2000 GMC SIERRA — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 GMC SIERRA — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Start: 2003-05-14

1 injured · 449640 · 2004-02-24

Vehicle

Make: GMC
Model: SIERRA
Year: 2000
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Miles at failure: 70,000

Severity

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

Narrative

THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHILE LOADING AN ATV BIKE. AS RESULT, THE BIKE FLIPPED BACKWARDS AND INJURED CONSUMER'S HANDS. THIS FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUST DEVELOPING IN THE CABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS MET OTHER CONSUMER'S WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10054029
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown