# 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `491091` · 2004-08-17 · 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:** SUBURBAN
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Miles at failure:** 96,437
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
WHILE PULLING OUT ON TO THE MAIN STREET FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AREA, BOTH LANES CLEAR OF ON COMING TRAFFIC..DRY/SUNNY DAY.....12 NOON SATURDAY....AS I PULLED OUT I SAW 60 YARDS AHEAD  TRAFFIC IN MY LANE WAS STOPPED FOR A VEHICLE 3-4 CARS AHEAD OF ME MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN.  MY SPEED WAS UNDER 25 MPH AND WHEN I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES MY 1999 SUBURBAN 2WD WOULD NOT STOP.  I APPLIED MY BRAKES WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE STOPPED VEHICLES, BUT MY SUBURBAN CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LITTLE OR NOT STOPPAGE.   I TRIED TO DITCH THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT BUT COULD NOT DUE TO A TELEPHONE POLE, ROAD SIDE CEMETERY AND TREES.  AT THE TIME I SAW THE ON COMING LEFT LANE DID NOT HAVE VEHICLES COMING SO I PULLED OUT INTO THAT LANE.  I PASSED 2 OR 3 OF THE VEHICLE IN MY LANE BEFORE A VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE TOWARDS ME CAME.  I TRIED TO STEER THE SUBURBAN TO THE LEFT INTO THE DITCH.  I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE.  I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON BUT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT STOP ME FROM HITTING MY HEAD ON THE WIND SHIELD CAUSING A STAR BURST CRACK IN THE GLASS.  BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED....CW   *JB
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