# 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `1135242` · 2014-12-01 · 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:** EQUINOX
- **Year:** 2011
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
## Narrative
ON OCTOBER 8,2014 [XXX] BEGAN TO DRIVE SUBJECT VEHICLE INTO OUR GARAGE  SHE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN  SURGE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD VERY RAPIDLY. WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME SHE HAD TRAVELED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET AND CRASHED INTO THE SHELF,  IT WAS PUSHED INTO THE GARAGE WALL DAMAGING THE SHELF NUMEROUS ITEMS ON THE SHELF AND THE WALL BEHIND IT. BEHIND THE SHELF IS A WALL BETWEEN OUR GARAGE AND OUR KITCHEN. CABINETS AND A COUNTER TOP   , INCLUDING A BACK SPLASH IN OUR KITCHEN. UPDATED 12/01/14*LJ  UPDATED 02/10/15 *BF   UPDATED 5/1/15 *JS   UPDATED 9/7/2017*CN    INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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