Complaint 1166664
2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO • TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE • incident Mar 16, 2015
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1166664
- Make
- CHEVROLET
- Model
- SILVERADO
- Model Year
- 2006
- Component
- TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
- Incident Date
- Mar 16, 2015
- Date Received
- Mar 18, 2015
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
Owner Narrative
THE SPARE TIRE STRUCTURE DISINTEGRATED DUE TO RUST. THE SPARE TIRE WAS HANGING AND WAS EASILY PULLED OUT BY HAND. THE STRUCTURE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE IS BLOCKED BY THE SPARE TIRE AND DOES NOT GET WASHED, CREATING AN AREA WHERE THE DIRT AND SALT ACCUMULATE. THIS EASILY COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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