Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / PICKUP / 1990

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998064700 Incident Date: Jul, 16 1998
Consumer's City: MYRTLE BEACH Consumer's State: SC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: PICKUP Model Year: 1990
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Seat belts:front:anchorage
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GTGC24K2LE Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 03 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1990
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This failure was the result of a rear und collision with my vehicke stopped. the vehicle that hit my truck was a small import traveling at about 40 mph. upon impact my head was snapped backeards and actually went through the rear window, shattering it and causing a concussion severe enough to cause me to to be unable to continue to work. there was no head restraint or bumper or pad extending hugh enough from the back of the seat to cussion the head. latter modles (ie 1992) had an extended head rest. gmc should have recognized this problen and offered a repair about the same time it redesigned the bench seats to include a passive head re