GM Side Saddle Pickups - Fuel Fed Fires
Old Trucks Leave Fiery Legacy, Smoldering Anger - 3/25/10
Courtroom Drama Pits GM Against a Former Engineer
Who Pays the Bill? Accident Costs for GM Truck Fires
GM Paid $495 Million in Suits - 5/7/03
Louisiana Appeals Court Gives Green Light to Coupon Sale, Extends Deadline - 12/20/02
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
Statement by B J Kincade, President, Victim's Committee for Recall of Defective Vehicles Foundation, Inc.
- 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)
Click here for C/K History
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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
GM C/K Pickup Shield
Click here to request GM C/K Retrofit information
GM C/K Shield Crash Test
Garvil Study: Tank Locations
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
Ivey Cost Benefit Analysis
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
