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

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 CHEVROLET S10 — STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Start: 2006-07-31

1 injured · 591349 · 2006-08-04

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: S10
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Miles at failure: 52,000

Severity

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

Narrative

1. NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE 2. BOTH TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED, BROKE IN HALF WHILE LOWERING GATE, MINOR BRUISING TO DRIVER AND SCRATCHES ON TAILGATE FINISH. 3. CABLES APPARENTLY CANNOT BE REPLACED, ATTACHMENT TO TAILGATE LATCH ASSEMBLY SEEMS TO BE PERMANENT. *NM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10164534
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown