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2018 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — STEERING

crash · 1873748 · 2023-02-15

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO 1500
Year
2018
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
69,000
Speed
80 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

The contact owned a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving at 80 MPH the steering wheel became stiff and the vehicle would not brake without any warning. The contact desperately pressed on the brake pedal but the vehicle would not brake, causing the contact to be struck by another vehicle on the driver's side. No one was injured and no major damage to none of the vehicles. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed and deemed a loss. All the air bags deploy but the front driver side. The manufacturer was not unable to reach them. The failure mileage was 69,000.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11507517
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown