NHTSA complaint: 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 — SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AT AN INTERSECTION BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES AND THE FRONT CALIPERS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation