TAILGATE CABLE RUSTED THROUGH THE TAILGATE DID NOT LATCH WHEN CLOSED. WHEN ACCELERATING THE TAILGATE FELL OPEN AND THE PASSENGER SIDE CABLE BROKE AND THE GATE WAS HANGING FROM ONE CABLE AND DRAGGING ON THE ROAD. *JB
2000 GMC C/K Series
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the latches/locks/linkages › tailgate › latch. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Tailgate › Latch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsLatches/Locks/Linkages › Tailgate › Latch
Filed Mar 6, 2004PA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.