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I FILED A COMPLAINT LAST YEAR (ODI# 10125958) ABOUT MY ONE TAILGATE CABLE BREAKING AND GM TELLING ME THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE TAILGATE CABLE RECALL NHTSA#04V129000 GM RECALL#04007. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE NHTSA OR GM. SINCE THEN MY OTHER CABLE HAS BROKEN MAKING MY TAILGATE USELESS. NOW WHENEVER I HAVE TO LOAD SOMETHING INTO MY TRUCK, I HAVE TO TAKE MY TAILGATE OFF. THAT'S AN INJURY JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN. BUT THEN AGAIN, I GUESS THE NHTSA DOES NOT CARE OR LISTEN UNTIL THE INJURIES HAPPEN ANYWAY. *NM

TAIL GATE SUPPORT CABLE HAS BROKEN. *NM

THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE ( ONE ) RUSTED THROUGH . BULLETIN NO.04007A ISSUED OCT 22, 2004 DOES NOT COVER THIS PROBLEM SINCE MY TRUCK WAS BUILT ON, OR ABOUT, AUGUST OF 1999 AND THE START DATE OF THE EXISTING RECALL IS 10/99. PLEASE REFERENCE NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10010543. *NM

DT: HEN THE TAILGATE WAS OPENED,OWNER REALIZED THAT THE PASSNEGER SIDE CABLE BROKE IN THE MIDDLE. OWNER WAS AFRAID THAT THE TAILGATE WILL FALL OFF BECUASE THERE WAS ONLY ONE CABLE HOLDING IT.THERE WAS RECALL 04V129000 WAS ISSUED, BUT OWNER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE DEALERSHIP WILL CHARGE OWNER FOR THE REPAIR WORK. AT THIS TIME THE OWNER DID NOT USE THE TAILGATE. OWNER DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS BECUASE GMC WAA AWARE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATES THE CABLES OF THE TAILGATE BROKE TWICE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE, BUT THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. *AK

WHILE COMING TO A SLOW STOP(-10MPH AND DRY) THE ANTILOCK BRAKES STARTED TO OPERATE CAUSING A FAILURE FOR AN ASSURED DISTANCE .WHEEL SPEED SENSORS TO BE CAUSE ,REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP. HAPPENED AGAIN 8 MONTHS LATER WHEEL SPEED SENSORS REPLCED AGAIN. SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO FAILURE TO STOP CAUSES ACCIDENTS NOT TAILGATE CABLES. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V129000. GMC ISSUED A TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HAS EXPERIENCED BROKEN CABLES, KEEPING IT FROM MAINTAINING UPWARD POSITION. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TAILGATE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS PUTTING A 4 WHEEL VEHICLE ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK, AND WHILE DOING SO, TAILGATE MALFUNCTIONED. THE TAILGATE CABLES WERE RUSTED. IT SMASHED THE BUMPER. *AK

TAILGATE STRAP ON PASS SIDE OF TRUCK BROKE WHILE TAILGATE WAS DOWN AND TAILGATE ACTUALLY CAME OFF AND DAMAGED TAILGATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AFTER THIS. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON DRIVES THIS TRUCK AND 1 TIMES THIS HAPPENED HE WAS ON A BUSY STREET AND COULD NOT GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DRUG THE TAILGATE ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE BEFORE HE COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC TO REATTACH THE TAILGATE. I HAVE NOT HAD THE TAILGATE REPAIRED, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN AND CAUSING EVEN MORE DAMAGE. I HAVE AT THIS POINT REMOVED THE TAILGATE FROM THE TRUCK UNTIL I CAN FIND A RESOUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER PLACED A LIGHT WEIGHT BOX OF CLOTHES ON THE TAILGATE AND BOTH CABLES SNAPPED, DROPPING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE ON HIS LEFT KNEE. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED THE TWO CABLES HAD PLASTIC SHEATHS OVER THEM TO PROTECT THE METAL CABLES FROM THE WEATHER, HOWEVER WHEN THE TAIL GATES WERE CLOSED, THE PLASTIC SHEATHS CRACKED, WHICH ALLOWED WATER INSIDE AND CAUSED THE CABLES TO RUST THROUGH. *JB

CONSUMER OPENED THE TAILGATE AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE TAILGATE STRAP BROKE. *AK *LA

BOTH TAILGATE CABLES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, DUMPING MYSELF AND THE DESK THAT I WAS LOADING ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH TAILGATE DOWN IT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. TAILGATE ASSEMBLY WAS NOT REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED TAILGATE DROPPED OPEN. *AK

THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHILE LOADING AN ATV BIKE. AS RESULT, THE BIKE FLIPPED BACKWARDS AND INJURED CONSUMER'S HANDS. THIS FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUST DEVELOPING IN THE CABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS MET OTHER CONSUMER'S WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC