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Chevrolet Defect Investigation RQ04010: TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BREAKAGE
1999 Chevrolet Silverado
TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BREAKAGE
Latches/Locks/Linkages:Tailgate:Latch
Structure:Body:Tailgate
Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments
- Summary
- ODI is upgrading RQ04-010 and opening an engineering analysis to further investigate the tailgate support cables installed in 1998, 1999, and partial year 2000 Silverado and Sierra (C/K models).General Motors is conducting recall campaign 04V-129 to replace the tailgate support cables originally installed in certain model year 2000 - 2004 Sierra and Silverado.General Motors has advised ODI that the materials used for the tailgate cable sheathing installed in C/K models had inadvertently changed in October 1999, increasing the propensity for voids in and around the galvanized steel cable strands which can allow moisture to wick among the strands, leading to oxidation and weakening of the strands.since ODI initiated RQ04-010 in September 2004, ODI has received 10 additonal non-injury complaints on MY 1998-99 C/K vehicles, but no additional injury complaints.during this same period, GM has received 564 non-injury and 35 injury complaints. ODI has received 6 injury complaints and 38 non-injury complaints from owners of model year 2000 C/K vehicles and requires further investigation to determine whether these incidents occurred in vehicles within the scope of campaign 04V-129 or should be added to the injury summary for RQ04-010.
- Documents (9)
- OPENING RESUME APPROVED_*_09/24/04_*_p
- IR TO MFR_*_01/14/05_*_p
- MFR IR RESPONSE LETTER
- CLOSING RESUME APPROVED GM TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BREAKAGE- T.BOWMAN * 4/14/05 * P
- MEMO 1/14/2005 TO TIS, ONE CD, GM 1/14/2005ATTACHMENT 1 (9A, 9B, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M, Q2, & Q4)
- OCC 7/5/2005 LETTER TO GM GRNAT CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR GM 1/14/2005 LETTER TO OCC
- GM 1/14/2005 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
- GM RESPONSE ONE CD-ROM SUPPLEMENT-REQUEST #2 DATA
- MFR IR RESPONSE LETTER
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