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2025 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 2163531 · 2026-01-06

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
TRAVERSE
Year
2025
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
2,000
Speed
30 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at 30 MPH on an expressway, occupied with his wife in the vehicle, seated on the front passenger side, attempting to depress the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to respond as intended, causing the front end of the vehicle to crash with the rear end of the vehicle in front. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal felt abnormally hard and excessive force was applied; however failed to bring the vehicle to a stop, causing the crash. The air bags did deploy. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard, the vehicle was then towed to the insurance company. The contact stated she and her husband did not sustain any injuries. No medical attention was required. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11709088
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown