| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011178 | Incident Date: Feb, 11 2005 |
| Consumer's City: GRAPEVINE | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: S10 | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:tailgate:latch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCCS19WXY8 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 11 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 08 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 1. moving a television, placed into bed of chevy s10 pickup. 2. tailgate support cables (both sides) snapped, rusted through appx middle of cables. person resting on tailgate fell off end of truck. slight denting of tailgate as it fell past horizontal and pressed into bumper. 3. spoke with local dealership. they indicated other trucks on recall, not s10. have purchased new set of cable assemblies (left and right side, can not replace just cable, as they are integrated on the latch). have digital photos to show failed cables. have old parts. am trying to figure out how to remove latch bar to remove cable assemblies from tailgate at this time (3-12-05). *ak |
