TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP BROKE WHILE OPENING AND FELL ONTO MY FOOT. FOOT WAS ONLY BRUISED AND I DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. BOTH OF THE TAILGATE CABLES HAD CORRODED AND SNAPPED AT THE SAME TIME. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON CHEVROLET PROBLEM, AS CHEVROLET AND GMC FULL-SIZE PICKUPS HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO REPLACE CABLES. I REPLACED THE CABLES FOR $98.37. THE CABLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY TAKES PLACE. *JB