# 2025 CHEVROLET EQUINOX EV — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `2136696` · 2025-10-06 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** EQUINOX EV
- **Year:** 2025
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
Traveling down a gravel road, down hill with security gate at bottom of hill.  Traveled 100's of times.  starting going down hill and used brakes to slow, no slowing.  Pushed harder and still no slowing.  As hard as possible and hit the gate lots of damage to car.  It was as if there were no brakes.  In fact I think the car speeded up and the brakes released all the way.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*