2001 Chevrolet Silverado Body & structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE SUB FRAME AND BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE ON THE LIFT BUT AND AS THE LIFT BEGAN TO RISE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO CRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 211,409.

NHTSA ID

10541884

Incident

Mar 16, 2012

Mileage

211,409 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PART THAT WOULD HOLD THE SPARE TIRE UP. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 68,000.

NHTSA ID

10364213

Incident

Oct 12, 2010

Mileage

68,000 mi

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE REPAIR RECALL 04V129000 REPAIRS CONCERNING TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS WITH OTHER DEFECTIVE PARTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

10113324

Incident

Oct 1, 2004

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM GENERAL MOTORS IN APRIL 2004 INDICATING THE TAILGATE CABLES ON A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO I PURCHASED WERE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD BE REPLACE WHEN NEW ONES BECOME AVAILABLE. BOTH CABLES WITHOUT WARNING IN JULY 2004 WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE TAILGATE. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT INJURED. BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY EXISTS. I DID FALL TO THE GROUND. THE CABLES WERE REPLACED BY GM FREE OF CHARGE WITH THE SAME STYLE. I HAVE CONTACTED GM RECENTLY (FEB. 8 & 9, 2005) ABOUT THE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT CABLES. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL TO REPLACE THE CABLES EVEN THOUGH MINE HAVE FAILED BEFORE AND I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10110188

Incident

Jul 20, 2004

Mileage

69,000 mi

WHILE LOADING ITEMS ONTO THE VEHICLE THE TAILGATE STRAP CABLES BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A OWNER FELL ON THE GROUND AND SUFFERED FROM BACK AND KNEE INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

NHTSA ID

10107369

Incident

Dec 29, 2004

Mileage

50,000 mi

THE REAR HATCHBACK WINDOW WILL NOT CLOSE TIGHTLY. THIS WOULD ALLOW WATER TO LEAK INTO THE REAR WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10106803

Incident

Nov 16, 2004

Mileage

43,000 mi

THE TAILGATE CABLES FAILED CONSTANTLY. THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE AND BENT THE HINGES. BOTH HINGES WERE REPLACED AND A NEW TAILGATE WAS INSTALLED. *BF THE LEFT REAR TAIL GATE BROKE. THE TAIL GATE FELL ON THE BUMPER AND BENT BOTH HINGES ON THE RIGHT SIDE SCRATCHING THE TAIL GATE. THE PLASTIC SEAL LEAKED. THE CABLE WAS RUSTED. THE RIGHT STRAP HAD TOO MUCH SLACK AND WAS NOT HOLDING ANY WEIGHT ON THE TAIL GATE. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10106625

Incident

Dec 1, 2004

Mileage

14,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING STRAP TO THE TAILGATE SHEARED OFF. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE TAILGATE, CABLES, AND TOOLS WERE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TAILGATE AND CABLES WILL NOT BE REPLACED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DECISION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10095123

Incident

Oct 5, 2004

2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS BROKEN TAILGATE STRAPS AND I WAS INFORMED BY GM TO CALL MY LOCAL DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE THEM REPLACED. KOOL CHEVORLET OF GRAND RAPIDS WOULD NOT HONOR THIS, AND TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM. WHEN I ASKED WHAT HAPPENS IF IT FALSE OFF THEY SAID IT WAS GMC PROBLEM .SAFTEY IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A CONCERN HERE.I CALLED TO MAKE A APPOINTMENT LIKE MY GM DOCUMENTSTATED AND THEY STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THE STRAPS AND STATED THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10093230

Incident

Sep 25, 2004

Mileage

37,000 mi

WHILE LOADING EQUIPMENTTAILGATE DROPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TAILGATE CABLES BROKE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10092816

Incident

Sep 12, 2003

THE CABLE TO THE TAILGATE BROKE WHILE LOADING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10090376

Incident

Aug 29, 2004

Mileage

110,000 mi

2001 CHEVY TRUCK STRAP HOLDING TAILGATE FAILED IN CENTER OF CABLE THROWING ME TO GROUND. *JB

NHTSA ID

10088133

Incident

Aug 14, 2004

Mileage

33,000 mi

WHILE LOADING THE VEHICLE BOTH CABLES OF THE TAILGATE BROKE AT THE SAME TIME. CONSUMER FELL OFF AND BROKE HIS ANKLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10075448

Incident

May 1, 2004

Mileage

32,362 mi

WHEN LOADING THE TRUCK TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER FELL TO THE GROUND, AND SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10066895

Incident

Jan 1, 2004

Mileage

40,000 mi

I WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE AND UNLOADING A BOX FROM THE BED OF MY TRUCK WHEN BOTH CABLES HOLDING THE TAILGATE SNAPPED. *LA

NHTSA ID

10065616

Incident

Mar 30, 2004

WHILE LOADING EQUIPMENT, THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE AND COLLAPSED 3 TO 4 INCHES, THROWING THE DRIVER TO THE GROUND. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A SPRAINED SHOULDER. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

10059754

Incident

Sep 20, 2003

Mileage

36,000 mi

TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES RUSTED THROUGH COMPLETELY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WA SNOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10065077

Incident

Mar 28, 2004

Mileage

84,000 mi

THE TAILGATE SUPPORT BROKE ON OUR 2001 Z71 CHEVROLET SILVERADO,TWO DAYS LATER THE SECOND ONE BROKE . THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND USED BY MY WIFE, THERE IS NO EXCESSIVE LOADING OR PRESSURE ON THE TAIL GATE WHILE OPEN. BOTH CABLES ARE RUSTED THRU AND FRACTURED IN THE SAME MANNER. THE VEHICLE IS NEVER OPERATED WITH THE TAIL GATE OPEN.*AK

NHTSA ID

10064133

Incident

Mar 23, 2004

Mileage

53,123 mi

MY 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED WHILE LOADING CARGO LAST NIGHT. I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE- IS THERE A RECALL YET FOR THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT? *JB

NHTSA ID

10062749

Incident

Mar 20, 2004

LEFT HAND TAILGATE STRAP BROKE WHILE TAILGATE WAS IN A LOWERED POSITION AND I WAS SITTING ON TAILAGTE. STRAP DID NOT SEPARATE INTO TWO PIECES, BUT A NOTICEABLE "FOLD" NOW EXISTS IN STRAP AND AT THIS LOCATION IT FEELS LIKE THE STRAP HAS BROKEN. UPON STRAP FAILURE, LEFT HAND LOWER TAILGATE ATTACH POINT BENT DUE TO LOAD BEING PLACED UPON THIS STRUCTURE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10062614

Incident

Dec 15, 2003

Mileage

46,000 mi

TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE. AS A RESULT, DRIVER WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, AND SUSTAINED BACK AND LEG INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10063254

Incident

Mar 14, 2004

Mileage

50,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING, MY TAILGATE TOOK IT UPON ITSELF TO LEAP OFF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE NEARLY HITTING A VEHICLE DRIVING NEXT TO ME, AS IT SWUNG AROUND THE SIDE BY THE ONLY REMAINING CABLE AND CAUSING A SUDDEN BRAKING ACTION FROM THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND ME WHICH ALMOST CAUSED IT GET REAR ENDED BY THE 4X4 BEHIND IT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10062324

Incident

Mar 16, 2004

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED. THIS CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO COME, CRASHING DOWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A SEVERE ENGINE KNOCK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10063029

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND PULL OVER. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT TAILGATE CABLE SNAPPED IN HALF. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE CABLES AND PLACE THEM IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10062977

Incident

Mar 11, 2004

CONSUMER WAS LOADING A FOUR WHEELER ONTO THE BACK OF PICKUP. WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THE ARMS THAT ATTACHED THE TAILGATE TO THE TRUCK BROKE. THE FOUR WHEELER FLIPPED OVER THE TAILGATE AND DROPPED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10061110