Tailgate Hinge Problems of GMC C1500

I sat on my tail gate and the tail gate fell down. When I looked I had one broke cable and the other side the bolt was missing. I bought two cables from advance auto replaced one side but I could not get the bolt back in the other side. I was planning to take the truck to the dealer the following weekend for the recall but the gate fell off the truck and I did not know it had fell off and I dragged it down a dirt road for about half mile or more. I tried to get GMC to replace the tail gate but they just wanted to replace the cable saying that the cable did not cause the tail gate to fall off and the damage was not due to the cables. I feel that the cable problem caused the tail gate to fall off.

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The contact states there is NHTSA recalls campaigns 04v129000 concerning tailgate: hinge and attachments, and 05v161000 concerning parking brake. This vehicle manifests the same problems as indicated in the recalls. But is not included in the recalls due to VIN. The contact repaired the vehicle at his own expense. Updated 12/7/2005.

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Tailgate straps snapped in half while unloading 4wheeler while using a ramp.

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