2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 — TRAILER HITCHES

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 — TRAILER HITCHES
Start: 2005-06-29

1 fatalcrash4 injured · 596907 · 2006-09-20

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: SUBURBAN 1500
Year: 2002
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: TRAILER HITCHES
Miles at failure: 31,663
Speed: 55 mph

Severity

Deaths: 1
Injured: 4
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: Yes
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

WAS PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER WHEN THE STOCK HITCH RECEIVER BROKE OFF CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE, CAUSING A DEATH, AND MULTIPLE INJURIES TO THE WHOLE FAMILY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10168762
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown