# 2001 CHEVROLET redundant SILVERADO 2500 — SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
> NHTSA complaint `447156` · 2003-12-31 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** redundant SILVERADO 2500
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
- **Miles at failure:** 30
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
SUBJECT: COMPLAINT: (ABS PRODUCT FAILURE -- ANTI-LOCKED BRAKE SYSTEM) ON 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN - PURCHASED ON MAY, 2003, [XXX] E-MAILED TO: SALES@SMITHCHEVROLET.COM MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN FROM SMITH CHEVROLET  ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS (MAY 22, 2003).   I AM ALSO AWARE THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER WERE WORKED BEFORE WE PURCHASED THIS CAR.  MY HUSBAND AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 14, 2003.  HE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ON A TWO-TURNING LANE, WHEN ABRUPTLY THE PERSON ON THE SECOND TURNING DECIDED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO CROSSED ONTO OUR TURNING LANE ABRUPTLY.  MY   HUSBAND ACTED FAST AND MADE A QUICK BRAKE STOP  BUT HIS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WHEELS LOCKED.  THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP BUT WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF A CONCRETE COLUMN  UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE LOCATED AT STARLIGHT TERRACE.  HE  TRIED   TO TURN THE WHEELS TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, BUT IT WOULDN'T TURN BECAUSE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED ON HIS CAR.  THERE WAS ONE LONG STRETCH  OF SKIT MARKS ON THE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY.   THE POLICE OFFICER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT LANE WE WERE TURNING FROM WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT YOU COULD TELL JUST  BY LOOKING AT THE SKIT MARK ON THE STREET.  I WAS TOLD THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ANY SKIT MARKS ON THE STREET ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE HAS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. ALLSTATE TOOKK POSSESSION OF THE CAR THIS PAST WEEK.    YOU MAY CONTACT [XXX] AT [XXX], MY CLAIM NUMBER IS [XXX].    I NEED ANSWERS FROM GMAC, U.S. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
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