# 1991 CHEVROLET CORSICA — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
> NHTSA complaint `177824` · 1999-10-11 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** CORSICA
- **Year:** 1991
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
LIGHT RAIN; CAR HAD BEEN AT AUTO STATION REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES FOR A REAR BRAKE JOB.  FRONT BRAKES WERE NEW.  ORGINAL COMPLAINT:  PASSENGER REAR TIRE LOCKED UP AND CAR SKIDDED. 9-4-99, TRUCK SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR, WE SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND WHEEL LOCKED UP AND WE SKIDDED OVER ONE BLOCK INTO TRUCK.  MOM (ME) BROKE 3 RIBS, SON HURT NECK, DAUGHTER CUT LIP. AFTER BODY SHOP HAD CAR FOR ALMOST 4 WEEKS, RETURNED CAR TO AUTO STATION.  THEY FIXED MASTER CYLINDER--GUARENTEED TO FIX.  TEST DRIVE- CAR SKIDDED ACCOSS SHOP'S PARKING LOT.  REPLACED DRUMS.  REAR BRAKES APPEAR TO BE WORKING WITH A LOUD RATTLE-LIKE THUMPING NOISE.  AFTER MUCH MONEY SPENT AND NOW 5 TRIPS TO AUTO STATION, I DRIVE CAR TO WORK AND PRAY TO GOD THAT THE BRAKES HOLD THIS TIME.  MECHANICS SAID ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED FROM OVERSIZED DRUMS.  I TOOK DRUMS TO 2 OTHER CAR SHOPS--BOTH STATED DRUMS WERE FINE AND COULD BE TURNED ONE MORE TIME, BUT NO MORE.  RIBS, NECK, AND MOUTH ARE ALL HEALING FINE.  MOM (ME) IS BLOND WITH A VISA.  SOM
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