GM Side Saddle Pickups – Fuel Fed Fires
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DOT Inspector General Report on DOT/GM Settlement
C/K Death Watch (.PDF)
Statement on Retrofit for GM Pickups – Clarence Ditlow, CAS Executive Director
Retrofit Developed for GM Side Saddle Pickups
Fix Available for Deadly GM Rolling Firebomb Pickups – Public Citizen
– VCRDVF Website
History of the GM Side Saddle Gas Tank Defect
Tort Liability of Dealers Selling 1973-1987 GM Pickups
Court Approval of GM Settlement – 12/19/96
$100 Settlement Certificate – Sample Letter to Pickup Owners
Retrofit Information: Automotive Safety Research Institute
– Retrofit Evaluation (.pdf)
– Summary Report (.pdf)
– Crash Test Report (.pdf)
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GM C/K’s – Before and After
Fatal C/K Fire Crashes 1993-2009
FARS Data: Fire/Trauma as Most Harmful Event
NHTSA Voluntary Recall Request
DOT Initial Defect Determination –
Chrysler Rejects Tank Outside Frame
GM Engineer Urges Center-Mounted Tanks
GM Engineers oÂn Preventing Fire Deaths
Click here to request GM C/K Retrofit information
GM Memo: Alternative Fuel Tank Locations
GM C/K Pickup In-Frame Tank Designs
DOT Summary of GM C/K Crash Tests
The $23 “Probable Easy Fix” Shield
Is there a Worse Place to Put a Gas Tank?
Center for Auto Safety Recall Petition
DOT Secretary Pena’s Statement
CAS Letter to Secretary Pena: GM Misled NHTSA