1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE — PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1999 CHEVROLET CORVETTE — PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
Start: 2004-11-03

crash · 505109 · 2004-11-04

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Year: 1999
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
Miles at failure: 37,023

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD ALLOWING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO A TREE DOING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM AS INDICATED BY THE NUMBER OF IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS NHTSA SITE.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10098280
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown