# 2002 CHEVROLET S10 — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
> NHTSA complaint `532109` · 2005-04-26 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** S10
- **Year:** 2002
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- **Miles at failure:** 18,896
## Narrative
ON FEBRUARY 2, 2005 I WAS UNLOADING A TWENTY-FIVE POUND PAIL FROM THE BACK OF MY CHEVY S-10 PICK UP TRUCK. I OPENED THE TAIL GATE, AND AS I SLID THE PAIL ON TO THE TAILGATE, BOTH OF THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED.  I FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR, AND I INJURED MY BACK.  I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASDE MY TRUCK, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL.   ON MARCH 17,2005 AS I WAS DRIVING, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE TAILGATE HAD FALLEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.  A WOMAN WITH A VAN FULL OF CHILDREN HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE TAILGATE.  THE TAILGATE WAS DENTED AND BADLY SCRATCHED.  I AGAIN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND AGAIN THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO NOTHING, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE S-10 PICK UP REGARDING THE TAILGATE SUPPORTS OR THE TAILGATE. I HAVE THE BROKEN TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES, AND THE TAILGATE.*AK
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