# 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
> NHTSA complaint `427241` · 2003-08-27 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
## Narrative
WHEN APPLYING ANTI LOCK BRAKES, THEY FAILED.  ALSO,  POWER STEERING WOULDN'T WORK WHEN  COMING TO A STOP AND TRYING TO TURN. TOOK  TRUCK BACK NUMEROUS OF TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY CHECKED THE TRUCK, AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. CALLED  MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE  PROBLEM, AND  MANUFACTURER CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER. SERVICE MANAGER TOLD HIM TO TAKE HIS TRUCK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. HE TRADED A 2000, CHEVROLET SILVERADO FOR A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.  TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME TRUCK, AND THEY WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HAD AN ACCIDENT ON THE  2001  TRUCK WHEN THE BRAKES WOULDN'T CATCH AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT, CAUSING $1100.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE.  NO ONE WAS HURT. 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO P/U, 4 W/D VIN#: [XXX]; 22,826 MILES;  2001  CHEVROLET SILVERADO P//U 4 W/D VIN#:[XXX]; 50,000 MILES.  *AK    INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).  *TR
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