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2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — STEERING

crash · 1450916 · 2018-02-27

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO 1500
Year
2014
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
78,000
Speed
5 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I HAD MY 3 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME AT THE TIME THAT I LOST CONTROL ON MY 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. I WAS TURNING AND THE WHEEL BEGAN TO TURN ON ITS OWN AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL. THE INTERNAL COMPUTER KEPT SWITCHING ON AND OFF AS IF IT HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN. I WAS INCHES AWAY FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND BEING AT FAULT OF AN ACCIDENT, NOT TO MENTION THE DANGER MY DAUGHTER WAS IN. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT I HIT A SIDEWALK DAMAGING THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE ON MY BUMPER. I WILL NEVER AGAIN MAKE ANOTHER CHEVROLET PURCHASE, AND PUT MY DAUGHTERS LIFE IN DANGER.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11075300
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown