Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TAILGATE STRAPS FAILURE. MAN WAS STANDING ON TAILGATE PREPARING TO JUMP DOWN, AND BOTH STRAPS SNAPPED AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WAS NO NOTICE THAT THE STRAPS WERE WORN OR FAILING. VEHICLE IS USED AS SHOW TRUCK, NOT WORK TRUCK, AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. FAILURE IS AS DESCRIBED IN YOUR RECALL 04E067000, NHTSA ACTION EA04005 AND GM DEFECT NOTICE 04V-129, EXCEPTION FOR PRE 2000 VEHICLES. *JB
ON MY 1996 SILVERADO, THE TAILGATE STRAPS ARE STARTING TO RUST AND BREAK. I THINK THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED BECAUSE THE RECALLED TAILGATE STRAPS ARE PUT TOGETHER THE SAME WAS EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE SAME MODEL. *JB
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
TWO CABLES THAT SUPPORT TAILGATE BROKE WHILE LOADING LAWN MOWER ONTO TRUCK, CAUSED BY CORROSION. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. THIS HAPPENS ONLY WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF LEAK. *AK
DRIVER'S INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS A WEAK METAL PART THAT FAILS WHEN THE DRIVER PULLS ON THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER MUST ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE.
BOTH DOORS OF VEHICLE WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THIS CONDITION IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A NORMAL CONDITION WEAR FOR 65000 MILES. *AK
REMOTE DOOR OPENER FAILED.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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