Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / PICKUP / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001071859 Incident Date: May, 23 2001
Consumer's City: HONOLULU Consumer's State: HI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: PICKUP Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:axle assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GBHC34R0WF Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 24 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While vehicle was making right hand turn passenger side axle assembly come out of differential housing. axle came about 24 inches out of housing before vehicle came to stop. after disassembly of wheel hub /axle assembly found retaing clip for axle nut had worked off of differential and allowed axle nut shaft key to come out of axle nut, this in turn allowed axle nut to come off and axle to come out of differential . this differential has no retaining "c" lock on axle spline end as prior year modles had . this axles only means of being secured to differential is through this very weak retaining clip i would consider this as insufficient considering what would happen to a vehicle and it's occupants if this were to happen at highway speeds. *ak