2001 CHEVROLET S10 — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 CHEVROLET S10 — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Start: 2005-01-12

1 injured · 526562 · 2005-03-17

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: S10
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Miles at failure: 25,000

Severity

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

Narrative

THE TAILGATE STRAPS ON MY CHEVROLET S-10 GAVE WAY WHILE I WAS KNEELING ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, MY KNEES WERE HURT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. GM KNOWS THAT THEIR TAILGATE STRAPS ARE DEFECTIVE YET THEY DO NOT WARN THAT THEY MAY JUST GIVE OUT LIKE THEY DO. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10114260
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown