# 2000 GMC SONOMA — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
> NHTSA complaint `522478` · 2005-02-18 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** SONOMA
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- **Miles at failure:** 62,950
- **Speed:** 10 mph
## Narrative
TAILGATE CABLES BROKE WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE TAILGATE. RUSTED THROUGH WHERE THE PROTECTIVE COVERING CRACKED FROM BENDING. REPLACED WITH NOS CABLES AT MY OWN EXPENSE AS THE DEALER SAID THE RECALL ONLY INCLUDED FULL SIZED TRUCKS...?!!*AK
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