Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 2500 / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004262910 Incident Date: Feb, 24 2004
Consumer's City: FISHERS Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO 2500 Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:tailgate:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCGK29F2WE Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 02 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 02 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Door catch and lock failure. the driver's door will not completely latch, thereby preventing the door from closing completely and securely/tightly and staying tightly closed. this vehicle has had and currently has other locking and latching problems with the passenger door and the tail gate. attempts to get the general motors corporation to acknowledge that there are systemic safety problems with this vehicle's locking and latching mechanisms have been unsuccessful. even though general motors corporation refuses to acknowledge/repair these locking and latching problems, they insisted on creating a file for this product safety issue. that file number created by general motors corporation is 1-194571737. the locks/latches should not be a problem on a vehicle of this age and with only 93466 miles on it. *ak