# 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1108201` · 2014-09-11 · 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:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 150,000
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
WAS GOING TO WORK AT ABOUT 3:40 PM ABOUT 15 MILES FROM MY HOUSE HAD STOPPED AT 2 STOP SIGNS AND 3 RED LIGHTS WAS GOING DOWN HILL TOWARDS 4TH STOP LIGHT CARS WERE SLOWING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME SPEED LIMIT WAS 45 I WAS SLOWING MY VEHICLE  AT ABOUT 25MPH OR LESS LOST ALL BRAKES PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE HIT TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME NO ONE WAS INJURED THANK GOD  THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW BUY US AT SHELOR MOTOR MILE CHEVROLET  IN CHRISTIANSBURG VIRGINIA IT CAME WITH LIFETIME INSPECTION BY THEM HAD ALWAYS BEEN INSPECTED BY THEM LAST INSPECTION 7 MONTH THIS YEAR LAST DAY OF MONTH NEVER GOT ANY CALL OF RECALL NOTICE FROM GM OR CHECK BRAKE LINE INFORMATION FROM THEM I THINK GM  SHOULD PAY TO HAVE MY TRUCK BRAKE LINES REPLACED AND BE HELD LIABLE FOR DAMAGES TO MY AND THE OTHER PERSONS TRUCK THIS IS A MUCH MORE SEVERE PROBLEM THEN IGNITION SWITCH CUTTING OFF I THINK GM IS PUTTING THIS OFF BECAUSE OF COST AND LABOR CHARGES  THE TRUCK IS BEING TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TODAY BY THE WAY BRAKE LINES AT LEFT UNDER DRIVERS DOOR AT ABS VALVE BURST WITH NO WARNING DUE TO CORROSSION.  *TR
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