Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 1500 / 2004

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006070083 Incident Date: Jul, 02 2006
Consumer's City: ROYAL OAK Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO 1500 Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:tailgate:hinge and attachments
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCEC14X54Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 03 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 14 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2004 chevy silverado pickup tailgate cable failure. -- i was injured today while loading my riding lawn mower onto the back of my pickup. the cables (which appear rusted within) snapped allowing the lawn mower and myself to fall off the back of the truck. i narrowly missed being seriously injured. shear luck allowed me to be thrown out of the way. *jb