GM recalls over 900,000 pickup trucks
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Originally Posted by redman_a12
For those who feel like kicking GM in the crotch today here is some news via CNN....
GM recalls over 900,000 pickup trucks
Cables that support the tailgate have corroded, causing 84 mostly minor injuries.
March 10, 2006: 11:31 AM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - General Motors is recalling over 900,000 pickups worldwide due to instances of tailgate cables corroding and snapping, a GM spokesman said Friday
The recall hits Chevrolet's Silvarado and GMC's Sierra pickup lines. Most of those affected, 805,368, are in the U.S.
The spokesman said the galvanized steel cables were protected with a plastic coating. But water has been found to get in the coating and cause the cable to corrode and snap when the tailgate is down.
GM said there have been 84 injuries, most of them minor scrapes and bumps.
Owners will receive letters in April and the tailgate cable will be replaced with a stainless steel cable.
GM recalls over 900,000 pickup trucks
Cables that support the tailgate have corroded, causing 84 mostly minor injuries.
March 10, 2006: 11:31 AM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - General Motors is recalling over 900,000 pickups worldwide due to instances of tailgate cables corroding and snapping, a GM spokesman said Friday
The recall hits Chevrolet's Silvarado and GMC's Sierra pickup lines. Most of those affected, 805,368, are in the U.S.
The spokesman said the galvanized steel cables were protected with a plastic coating. But water has been found to get in the coating and cause the cable to corrode and snap when the tailgate is down.
GM said there have been 84 injuries, most of them minor scrapes and bumps.
Owners will receive letters in April and the tailgate cable will be replaced with a stainless steel cable.
hmmm... That is kind of old news, my 02' Chevrolet was recalled last April for this exact reason.. I am kind of surprised that a year later that they are announcing this?!?!?
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Originally Posted by 98UltraZ
hmmm... That is kind of old news, my 02' Chevrolet was recalled last April for this exact reason.. I am kind of surprised that a year later that they are announcing this?!?!?
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Originally Posted by RockPick
Off to General...
Its as if I can see RP...scanning the posts...finds one like this...sighs....shoulders drop...and "Off to General..." appears.
It has the feeling of a broken man fighting a weed that just keeps popping back.
I doubt its that bad but everytime I read it I chuckle..
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From: Coldwater
Well I guess we should ask ford when they are going to recall all of the late 90 trucks that are doing the same thing. I an F250 that needed to have them replaced. But atleast I was smarter than the 84 people who did nothing about it until they got hurt! LOL
