# 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
> NHTSA complaint `440701` · 2003-11-13 · 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:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
- **Miles at failure:** 65,000
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WHICH I PURCHASED ON 01-06-2001, WITH 25,587 MILES ON THE ODOMETER READING.  BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE QUIT WORKING ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.  THIRD LIGHT (CAB STOP LIGHT) WORKS. BLINKERS WORK,AND BACK UP LIGHTS WORK.  ALL FUSES ARE GOOD. REPLACED BREAK LIGHT BULBS.  FIRST OCCASION, I WAS PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE ADVISING ME MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING.  THE DEALER(HUFFINES CHEVROLET STATED THAT A SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED.  VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAD TO PAY A $250 DEDUCTIBLE.  SECOND OCCASION I HAD TO PAY $280 AND VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.  THIRD OCCASION, IT HAS BEEN ONLY SIX MONTHS SINCE LAST REPAIR WAS MADE.  REPAIR HAS NOT BEEN MADE OF THIS DATE 11-13-03. STILL TRYING TO FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THE BREAK LIGHTS TO BE DEFECTIVE FOR THE REASON THAT EXPENSES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM  AND FOR THE THIRD TIME IS UNSATISFACTORY.  *LA
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