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1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — Complaint #292396

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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES filed May 15, 2001

NHTSA complaint #292396 (ODI reference 561021) concerns a 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN and was filed on May 15, 2001. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:wrecker and wheel lift devices, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET SUBURBAN cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:wrecker and wheel lift devices failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
Component
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES
State
Ohio

Complaint Description

THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED TOW FRAME WHICH DEVELOPED CRACKS IN/ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME THAT ATTACHES TO THE TRUCK FRAME. NLM

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 292396
ODI Number 561021
Date Filed May 15, 2001
VIN 1GKGK26N6SJ

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.