Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / S10 / 2002

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011643 Incident Date: Jan, 14 2005
Consumer's City: TEMPLE Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: S10 Model Year: 2002
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#: 1GCCS19W928 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 17 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 15 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: After lowering my s10 pick up truck tailgate i climbed onto it to get into the bed of the truck. both tailgate support straps broke in the middle of the strap. this caused the tailgate to drop lower to where it hit the top of the bumper. i was on my knees and fell off the tailgate. these are under a recall for the full sized chevrolet trucks but not the s10. why? *ak