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2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE — STEERING

crash1 injured · 1682069 · 2020-08-04

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
TRAVERSE
Year
2015
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
14,081
Speed
35 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE PAD RETAINER DEFECTIVE. PART IS MADE SO THAT THE BRAKE PADS DO NOT MOVE SO THAT YOU GET SEVERE PAD WEAR, SAME AS IF YOU HAD A FROZEN CALIPER. DEALER DID NOTHING TO FIX IT. MY BROTHER HAD A 2016 AND THE OTHER SIDE DID THE SAME THING. I ALSO NOTICED MY FRIENDS 2019 BLAZER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN'T FIND ONE TO REPLACE IT SO I GROUND THE ENDS OF THE PADS SO THEY COULD MOVE FREELY. OTHER INDICATION IS SPONGY FEEL STOPPING THE CAR. I WOULDN'T BE WRITING THIS IF THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. BOB JOHNSON OF ROCHESTER IS THE PLACE. PROBLEM VEHICLE NOT STOPPING PROPERLY

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11343244
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown