SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Speed
15 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, APPLIED BRAKES, FELT A LITTLE PRESSURE, THEN PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, AND I WAS AWARE THAT GM WAS ALSO AWARE, BUT WHEN I TALKED TO THE DEALER, HE SAID THAT HE COULD DO NO WORK UNLESS THERE WAS A RECALL NOTICE, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PIECE OF PAPER EVEN THOUGH THEY ALREADY KNEW SOMEONE COULD BE HURT. WE WERE LUCKY, BUT I'M NOT WAITING. *AK