# 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC
> NHTSA complaint `388577` · 2003-01-09 · 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:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC
- **Miles at failure:** 60,000
- **Speed:** 4 mph
## Narrative
WHILE SLOWLY PULLING IN TO MY PARKING SPOT AT WORK, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP.TO MY AMAZMENT, THE BRAKE PEDEL WAS EXTREAMLY HARD. I HAD APPROX. 2 SECONDS TO REACT BEFORE I ROLLED INTO AN EXHUAST FAN ATTCHED TO A BUILDING. AFTER A FEW TAPS ON THE BRAKE PEDEL IT WAS STILL HARD AS STEEL.BY THIS TIME I HAD IMPACTED WITH THE EXHAUST FAN. THE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK WAS BAD ENOUGH, HOWEVER THIS OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE SERIOUS IF A CO-WORKER WALKING OUT OF THE DOOR NEXT TO THE EXHAUST FAN WAS NOT AS QUICK THINKING AS HE WAS.
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