1995 Chevrolet Pickup

STOP AT AN INTERSECTION WITH MY PICK UP. MY WIFE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME IN HER GMC JIMMY. AFTER CHECKING FOR TRAFFIC, I PROCEEDED AND MY WIFE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION. AT THIS TIME, I HEARD SOMETHING IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND LANDED IN THE ROAD. AS I LOOKED THROUGH MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, MY WIFE PROCEEDED AND RAN OVER THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED HER VEHICLE TO GO AIR-BORNE. SHE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. AFTER CHECKING THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT, I FOUND THAT THE TIRE IS ONLY SECURED BY A SMALL CABLE. THIS CABLE BROKE CLEAN, AND THE TIRE FELL TO THE ROAD. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AT PH#800-222-1020. I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BUCK ON 6-4-01. HE STATED THAT I SHOULD CHECK MY SPARE TIRE BETTER. HE WASN'T VERY HELPFUL AND I BECAME VERY UPSET AND CALLED ON 6-5-01. THIS TIME I SPOKE WITH A PERSON NAMED AMBER. SHE ALSO SAID I SHOULD CHECK THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT BETTER. I EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE OF SAFETY AND THAT SOMETHINGT SIMILAR COULD HAPPEN AT GREATER SPEEDS, RESULTING IN DEATH. I WANTED TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING HOW THE PROBLEM WAS GOING TO BE HANDLED BUT SHE SAID NO ONE WOULD CALL ME. I THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A LAW SUIT AND THEN SHE STATED I WAS ACCUSING THEM OF WRONG DOING. I ALSO EXPLAINED NEW YORK STATE DIDN'T REQUIRE SPARE TIRE CHECKS ON INSPECTIONS AND THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO CHECK EVERY PART OF A VEHICLE, TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO BREAK. SHE THEN TOLD ME TO GO TO A DEALER AND GET THE VEHICLE CHECK AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I WENT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THE CABLE BROKE BECAUSE OF NEW YORK STATE WEATHER. NONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HELPED ME AND THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE OF SAFETY. I ALSO CHECKED A NEW CHEVROLET PICK UP TRUCK AND IT APPEARS THE SAME TYPE OF CABLE IS HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE. COULD YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER, SO BOTH OF US MIGHT PREVENT A DEATH. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS EVERY SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS PICKUP.. IT HAS KEPT DYING ON US, WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE STOP MANY, MANY TIMES, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE COMPUTER, FUEL INJECTION, ABOUT 4 OR 6 TIMES, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US THAT THE MFG HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH ALL THESE TRUCKS, IT FIRST CAME OUT ON THE 1994 MODELS, THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT THEN, BUT THEY STILL PUT IT ON THE 95 MODELS EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW. MY WARRANTY IS UP NOW, WE R STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS FUEL INJECTION, IT DIED ON GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT LEAST 5 TIMES, ONCE I WAS IN CONSRUCTION AND COULDNT PULL OVER, I ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND, THE OTHER TIMES I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE MFG NEEDS TO RECALL THIS AND FIX IT THE RIGHT WAY SO IT DOESNT HAPPEN AGAIN.. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALER SAID THIS WILL KEEP HAPPENING OVER AND OVER BECAUSE OF THE DEFAULT IT HAS.. HIS NAME IS [XXX], HE WORKS FOR THE DEALER WESLACO MOTORS. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).