# 1998 CHEVROLET CHEVY VAN — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `200234` · 2000-03-03 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** CHEVY VAN
- **Year:** 1998
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING SOUTH IN A FOUR LANE ROAD.  A CAR WAS COMING NORTH AND TURNED INTO ME TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.  MY DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WAS HIT, THE WHEEL WENT FLAT.  UPON SEEING HIM COME INTO ME, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND SOMETHING SNAPPED.  THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT UP INTO THE STEERING COLUMN .   I COULD NOT KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT.  I WENT INTO TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE HITTING A FENCE WHICH STOPPED THE CAR.  I HAD NO BRAKES.  MY ANKLE IS BROKE AND I'M IN A CAST BECAUSE OF THE PEDAL SNAPPING UPWARD.    UPON INPACT, THE THIRD BENCH IN THE VAN UNBOLTED AND WENT FORWARD.  I WAS ALONE IN THE VAN THAT DAY, THANK GOD.   I AM LUCKY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING.  I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR.  I FEEL THE BRAKES COULD HAVE BEEN MADE SAFER.  PLEASE HELP OTHER FAMILIES WHO COULD BE INJURED WORSE IN WHAT I CONSIDERED A "FAMILY VAN".   THANK YOU.  IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHO I CAN TALK TO OR WRITE TO, PLEASE LSET ME KNOW.  *AK( DOT NUMBER:   )
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