# 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
> NHTSA complaint `538111` · 2005-06-04 · 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:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- **Miles at failure:** 160,000
## Narrative
TAILGATE CABLE BROKE COMPLETLY WHILE LOADING A MOWER, DAMAGING MY TAILGATE AND INNER BED HINGES AS WELL AS THE OUTER HINGE ON THE TAILGATE ITSELF. I NOTICED THAT THE 2000 AND UP MODELS WERE RECALLED BUT, MINE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. MY MODEL IS EXACT TO THE ONES CURRENTLY RECALLED BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW STYLE CHANGE-OVER. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME INVESTIGATION AND/OR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU,   MIKE IRELAND
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