# 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `214481` · 2000-05-22 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
HAD CAR FOR 15 MINUTES, TRAVELED APPOX 8 MILES WHEN MAKING SUDDEN STOP HAD BRAKE FAILURE.  CAR CONTINUED TO TRAVEL UNTIL IT BECAME LODGED OVER A TREE TRUNK.  THIS VEHICLE WAS NEW AND HAD ONLY 20 MILES ON.  DEALER SAID THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE FAILED, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THIS SOLVED, IN THE MEAN TIME THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING US WITH A RENTAL OR LOANER BECAUSE THEY SAID WE ARE NOT HAVING OUR VEHICLE CURRENTLY SERVICED.  SO I AM WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION.  THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.  *AK
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