SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Miles at failure
27,000
Speed
5 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
DT: CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT TODAY. CONSUMER WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT, A CAR WAS BRAKING AHEAD AND THE CONSUMER HIT THE BRAKE. THE CONSUMERS BREAKS DID NOT RESPOND. THE TACHOMETER WAS GOING UP. CONSUMER HIT BRAKES A SECOND TIME, STILL DID NOT WORK. CONSUMER HIT OTHER VEHICLE, AND THEN VEHICLE STOPPED. PREVIOUS WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP, MECHANIC SAID IT JUST NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. LAST FRIDAY AT ONE POINT IT SEEMED LIKE THE BRAKES DIDN'T GRAB. JEEP STATED THERE WAS A SERVICE ALERT OR RECALL.*AK IN THE PAST CONSUMER ASKED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, WHEN THE DRIVER TRIES TO SLAM ON BRAKES INSTEAD HITS BOTH THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL BECAUSE OF IT BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER.*SB