Tailgate cable finally broke

tmf6902 · February 8, 2005

Almost a year after I got the recall notice and GM told me to wait......almost a month after I got the "WHY HAVEN'T YOU GOTTEN YOUR NEW TAILGATE CABLES" letter, and about a week, since I got the letter inviting me to the stealership for the new cables that are now available in this area......IT FINALLY BROKE.

I was putting my new fullsize spare in the bed. Naturally I ignored GM's reccomendations and lifted the tire from the ground to the tailgate, then rolled it on into the bed. When it hit the tailgate I head a "PHFWALLP" and started laughing. I guess it wasn't enough to break totally, but I saw the buldge and pulled and it broke in half like a stick.

That'll teach me though, I should have followed GM's reccomendations and not used the tailgate. Hindsight being 20/20 I should have lifted the tire over the side of the bed.... That way it could have broken it later, when I was sitting on it fishing.

KurtMcMouth · February 8, 2005

Yeah man, you have better luck than I. I'm guessing I'll be loading my sportbike into the bed when mine decides to come crashing down. I'll be sure to let yall know when that happens.

Polak · February 9, 2005

Get this. I'm the second owner of my HD so the recall didn't come to me.

One day I'm loading a large set of tires into the bed and FWAP! Both cables break. No damage to the gate, thank gawd! SO I bought new cables and kept on truckin'.

5 months later the SES comes on and I take it in to have the code read (bad CPS.)

Couple of days later the lady from the dealership calls for a follow-up "how was your visit" thing and says "I see we serviced a recall while you were in, are you satisfied?" I said not really, since you didn't friggin' tell me you replace the dern things. Service manager says bring in the reciept and GM will refund your $30. Honestly I probably threw away the reciept the day I bought the cables. Not that $30 breaks my bank, but d**n! Could'a told me they did it.

Sorry for the rant!