1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
Start: 1999-10-01

crash · 224469 · 2000-08-10

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: SUBURBAN
Year: 1997
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES OVERHEATED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO CRASH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT BRAKES OVERHEATED. MECHANIC SAID THAT IN STOP AND GO SITUATIONS BRAKES WILL OVERHEAT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS WAS VERY SCARY, AND WAS CONCERNED THAT COULD NOT STOP A VEHICLE. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 867370
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown