Updated on November 5, 2015
CHEVY TRUCK NEWS:
GM ORDERS WEIGHT LIMIT ON BUMPER STEPS AFTER DOZENS OF PICKUPS ACCIDENTALLY “CAPSIZED” BY CORPULENT OWNERS
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| Plus-sized Silverado owner Latimer Lempert inadvertently upends his pickup while standing on truck’s bumper steps |
“We recommend that plus-sized owners put sandbags in the bed as a precaution. And for God’s sake, don’t sit on the tailgate.”
GM Spokeswoman Sacagawea Fook
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| 2016 Suburban test vehicle with slide-outs |
GM HITS SNAG IN PLAN TO EQUIP 2016 SUBURBAN WITH
RV-STYLE SLIDE-OUTS
An inside source says GM is struggling to fit weather-proof recreational vehicle-type pop-outs to the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban.
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| Unidentified engineer is untangled by coworker as a panic-stricken half-woman watches |
When extended, the two hydraulically-operated slides could increase the passenger capacity to 16 or more, but according to the source, as it is now, at least six occupants would be “turned into pretzels” when the devices retract. “More work is needed,” he said.
One engineer who had an extremely close call had to be untangled by coworkers after the slides closed unexpectedly on him as he worked in the back seat. He was unhurt but won’t be able to ride a bicycle for a few weeks.
