2001 GMC SIERRA — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 GMC SIERRA — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Start: 2003-06-18

1 injured · 444836 · 2003-12-11

Vehicle

Make: GMC
Model: SIERRA
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Miles at failure: 39,500

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

2001 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICK-UP AILGATE CABLES SNAPPED (BOTH) WHEN I SAT ON THE TAILGATE. I AM NOT TOO HEAVY THE CABLES ARE DEFECTIVE BY ALLOWING WATER THE SEEP INTO THE CABLE AND RUST WHILE NOT SHOWING ANY OBVIOUS PROBLEM UNTILL THE FAILURE.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10049575
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown