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Last night I took my truck in to get the tailgate cable recall done. I had not noticed anything wrong with the cables I had on there already, but I figured it was about time to get 'em done, with safety, and my shiny paint in mind.

Got the truck back tonight, and the freaking cables have a "made in china" sticker on them. What a f@cking load of ****. And to top it off, the passenger side one is longer than the drivers side. So all the weight of the tailgate is on one cable. Imagine when I actually put weight on it.

I cant believe that they cant build a set of tailgate cables here in america, to employ a worker here. Rather than that I have to get some low quality **** on my truck. I want my old cables back.

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The one service writer there was helpful in getting something done about it. I should recieve a call this morning about their plan of fixing it.

 

That sucks man. I've gotta go get mine also. I was at the dealer getting new brake shoes for the emergency brake the other day. I remebered the recall on the cables and asked for my set. I was told I'd have to give em' my old ones. I was in a hurry and I figured it would take forever for them to swap em' (there service dept. sucks and is slow). I just left and said i'd get em' later. I think I'll take them off myself, I really don't want them touching my truck.

 

Had mine replaced a couple of months ago and noticed the same...made in China and one cable longer than the other. I've heard the same complaint from a few others. I really like my Silverado, but after experiencing out-of-round tires, intermediate steering shaft replacement, tail gate cable recall, and now some mysterious new front end rattle, all on a brand new truck, I just wonder how long the US manufacturers can produce vehicles at this quality level and compete with the Japanese.

 

did they have the recall on the 99 silverados?

 

You should have recieved a recall letter if you were included.

 

but i didnt buy my trucks new

 

i was wondering the same thing. i did not receive a letter.

didn't they have a recall on those for the OBS too?

 

I dont think they included 99, only 2000 and up

 

I may be mistaken, but I think I read something recently that said GM ended up having to issue recalls on some '99s as well.

 

I have a 2001 and I got the recall too



I havnt taken it in yet.....