NHTSA Complaint #10250335 — 1994 CHEVROLET K1500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET K1500. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION AND THE INSPECTOR SMELLED GASOLINE. THE INSPECTOR NOTICED THAT THE FRAME HAD EXCESSIVE RUST AND THE FUEL AND TRANSMISSION LINES FAILED DUE TO THE RUSTED FRAME. AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2008, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,000. UPDATED 12/22/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/22/08. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED HE FILED A COMPLAINT OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAS NOT HEARD ANYTHING. HE WAS TOLD HE WOULD RECEIVE PAPERWORK. UPDATED 03/12/10 UPDATED 03/22/10 UPDATED 07/15/10.*JB UPDATED 07/21/10.*JB UPDATED 06/08/11.*JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME ON THE TRUCK WAS RUSTED AND BOTH THE MAIN STEEL JOINTS UNDER THE TRUCK ENGINE COMPARTMENT, PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WERE BAD. THE JOINTS WERE MADE OF SQUARED TUBULAR STEEL AS OPPOSED TO SOLID STEEL. UPDATED 04/29/14*JB UPDATED 07/02/14. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE MULTI PART CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO MAIN CARRYING BEAMS OF THE FRAME AT THE REAR AXLE WAS FLAWED AND DESIGNED TO FAIL. UPDATED 11/05/14. *JB