# 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `474949` · 2004-05-11 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
WHILE DRIVING  VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL.  WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND FAILED TO STOP  VEHICLE WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, RESULTING  IN A REAR END CRASH.   CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND  DEALERSHIP ONLY REPAIRED THE BODY PARTS DAMAGED BY THE CRASH. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP INDICATED IT COULDN'T FIND ANY LEAK.  WHEN THE CONSUMER PICKED UP THE  VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD.   DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE SMOKE WAS CAUSED BY FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR, AND THE BODY PARTS THEY HAD REPLACED.  THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE  TO HYDRO PLANE FROM THE DIESEL FUEL, AND  CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE  VEHICLE. IT  WAS TOWING A TRAILER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TRAILER JACK KNIFED AND DAMAGED THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.   IT  WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, WHO  FOUND A LEAK IN THE FUEL INJECTOR LINE.*AK
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