# 2005 CADILLAC CTS — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1200488` · 2015-07-21 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CADILLAC
- **Model:** CTS
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 125,000
- **Speed:** 10 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING INTO A DRUGSTORE  PARKING LOT AND AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE CAR SPED UP INSTEAD OF STOPPING, THE MORE I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE FASTER THE CAR  WENT...IT APPEARS THAT THE SPEED WENT FROM ABOUT 10 MPH TO ABOUT 40 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, MY CAR SPED  UP  AND WENT ACROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION AND INTO ANOTHER DRUGSTORE PARKING LOT. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE PILLARS IN FROM OF THE SECOND DRUGSTORE, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE DEAD.  THE CAR SIMPLY WOULD NOT STOP! IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED AFTER HITTING THE PILLARS AT THE SECOND DRUGSTORE.  IT WAS GOD WHO BLESSED UP AND KEPT US HERE ON THIS EARTH..MY CAR WAS TOTALED.  NOW I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE.  THIS CAR WAS A RUNAWAY CAR AT THE TIME THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
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