# 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1114795` · 2014-09-29 · 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 1500
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 160,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK EXPERIENCED A BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WAS GOING 5 MPH OR LESS WHEN BOTH OF MY BRAKE LINE FAILED CAUSING ME TO REAR END MY DAUGHTERS CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, LUCKY HER CAR WAS THERE OR I WOULD HAVE RUN INTO THE GARAGE DOOR.  I HAD THE BRAKE LINES REPAIRED, THEY MUST HAVE ONLY REPLACED THE SECTIONS THAT BROKE SINCE APROX. 1 YEAR LATER ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BROKE AGAIN WHEN I WAS OUT OF STATE, I HAD THE SECTION THAT BROKE REPLACED JUST BEFORE THE REPAIR SHOP CLOSED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. TODAY ANOTHER SECTION OF BRAKE LINE BROKE I AM GETTING THIS REPAIRED AND ANY REMAINING OLD BRAKE LINES REPLACED, ALSO MY EMERGENCY BRAKE IS BROKEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS YET.  *TR
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