# 2021 GMC TERRAIN — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1766984` · 2021-09-07 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** TERRAIN
- **Year:** 2021
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
i WAS GOING  TO MY SONS HOME WHICH IS LOCATED ON  A  STEEP DOWHILL STREET WITH SEVERAL TURNS, ONE OF THER ALMOST 90 DEGREES.aS i STARTED TO DESEND THE HILL AND  GAIN SPEED, I DEPRESSED THE FOOT BRAKE.  iT DID NOT RESPOND AT ALL.   AS I CONTINUED TO GAIN  SPEED AND COMING UP ON  THE SHARP CURVE, I CONTINUED  TO PUMP AND APPLY BRAKE .  tHE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. i CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED AND  GO AROUND  2 OTHER TURNS.  AT THE END  OF THE STREET i HAD A CHOICE TO CONTINE STRAIGHT AHEAD AND HIT  A HOUSE,  TURN RIGHT AND  CONTINUE  DOWN ANOTHER  STEEP STREET UNTIL  I HIT  A HOME AT THE END OF THE STREET OR TRY TO TURNLEFT ANDGO UP HILL.  i TURNE LEFT UP THE HILL AND FINALLY GOT STOPPED BEFOR i COULD PUT THE  VEHICLE IN PARK OR APPLY THE BRAKE I BEGAINTO ROLL BACKWARDS ON THE STEEP INCLINE .  i ROLLED BY ANDHIT  A CURB, JUMPED INTO THE YARD AND HIT  A BUSH,SMALL TREE AND  AN ELECTRIC  GROUND TRANSFORMER, COMING TO RESET ABOUT 4 FEET OF THE GROUND  ON TOP OF THE TRNSFORER..  tHE  UTILITY WORKERS  SAID THAT I WAS LUCKY NOT  TO GET  EECTROCUTED.  tHIS VEHICLE  WASPURCHASED  ABOUT  7 DAY  PRIOR  TO THE ACCIDENT,   THE BRAKES SIMPLY FAILED ADDID NOT WORK AT ALL
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