NHTSA Complaint #10281808 — 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. HE STATED WHEN ENTERING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN VANDALIZED AND THE REAR SEATS WHERE MISSING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NO SECURITY PLATE BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE WHICH WILL PREVENT SOMEONE FROM BRAKING THE DOOR HANDLE AND GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WHERE NO CURRENT RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE SO NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE OFFERED. HE WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE FAILING WITH THE YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THE VEHICLES WHERE VANDALIZED AND THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE THE PLATES INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLES TO PREVENT THEFT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,805 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000. BL