# 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `537241` · 2005-05-31 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Miles at failure:** 9,500
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
DT:  NOT HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM UNTIL APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE.   WHILE DRIVING HOME  SAW ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND HIT BRAKES AND SLID TO WHAT SEEMED A LONG WAY.  FELT THERE WAS EXTENDED  STOPPING DISTANCE.  THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS TYPE.  THIS DID RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT, STRIKING VEHICLE IN FRONT.  NO REPAIRS.  ONE PERSON DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. CONSUMER FELT  BRAKES CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT.  *AK
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