NHTSA complaint: 1999 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2001-01-12
description: ABS OPERATED ERRATICALLY. FIRSTCRASH RESULTED WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH UNDER COLD/WET WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AT BEGINNING OF MARCH, AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ABS. ON MARCH 16TH, 2001, UNDER RAINY/ICY CONDITIONS, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MPH WHEN SHE TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH, CAUSING REAR END OF VEHICLE TO SWING AROUND INTO DITCH, AND CAUSING 3 TIRES TO FLATTEN, AND $9000.00 OF DAMAGE. CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE SINCE SECOND OCCURRENCE. DEALERSHIP HAS PROVIDED CONSUMER WITH NO INFORMATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. *AK THE BRAKES FAIL COMPLETELY WHEN IT GETS WET AND COLD. *YH
organizer: General Motors, LLC
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 287065

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