NHTSA complaint: 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
ON TUESDAY, JULY 19TH, I HAD 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN SERVICED AT A LOCAL SHOP, WHERE I RECEIVED MY MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED 60K MAINTAINENCE, WHICH INCLUDED AN INSPECTION OF ALL MY PRIMARY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING BRAKE. NO PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED. ON FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2005, I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45PM. AS I APPROACHED MY DRIVEWAY FROM THE STREET, I BEGAN BRAKING WITH THE INTENTION OF PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE; HOWEVER, RATHER THAN SIMPLY SLOWING DOWN, MY BRAKES INSTEAD MADE A STRANGE VIBRATION (SOUND AND MOVEMENT), AND THE BRAKES APPEARED TO MALFUNCTION. I ATTEMPTED TO PUMP MY BRAKES, BUT THE "VIBRATIONS" CONTINUED AND MY TRUCK SEEMED TO "SLIDE", EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOW PRESSING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL WITH ALL MY MIGHT. MY TRUCK OVERSHOT MY DRIVEWAY PARKING SPOT, AND CRASHED INTO MY GARAGE DOOR. THE VEHICLE DESTROYED THE GARAGE DOOR, AND THERE WAS FRONT END DAMAGE TO MY BUMPER, HOOD, GRILL AND WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, MY NEIGHBOR AND I INSPECTED THE BRAKE FLIUD, MASTER CYLINDER AND VISIBLE SYSTEMS, WHICH APPEARED INTACT, AND TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. HOWEVER, I DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK UNTIL 2 DAYS LATER, WHEN I DROVE ON SUNDAY, JULY 24TH, AT WHICH TIME THE BRAKE "VIBRATIONS" RE-OCCURRED AS I PULLED INTO A TURN LANE INTO A SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, AND AFTER THEIR BRAKE
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation