# 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1028006` · 2013-12-20 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 140,000
## Narrative
1ST INCIDENT NOV. 2013 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH THE KIDS AND WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AND HER BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO SWERVE INTO SHOPPING PLAZA ENTRANCE TO AVOID A ACCIDENT. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO HAVE BRAKE LINE FIXED. 2ND INCIDENT WAS NOV. 2013 WHILE BLEEDING BRAKES AT THE SHOP ANOTHER BREAK LINE BROKE IN THE REAR SO I HAD TO HAVE THE SHOP FIX THAT ALSO. DEC. 2013 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO SUPERMARKET,  WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC SOMEONE CUT IN FRONT OF HER AND WHICH CAUSED HER TO HIT THE BRAKES & ANOTHER BRAKE LINE BLEW  WHICH WAS ACCIDENT INVOLVED.  *TR
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