# 2003 CADILLAC ESCALADE — STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
> NHTSA complaint `547692` · 2005-08-03 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CADILLAC
- **Model:** ESCALADE
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
- **Miles at failure:** 20,000
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
DT:  THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP.  THE POWER STEERING PUMP ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE.  THIS WAS DONE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED.  THIS SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.  APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS AGO CONSUMER NOTICED BRAKES WOULD SHOOK ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT WHILE ROAD WORK WAS DONE. THIS  CAUSED A CRASH,  VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE.  CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN HAND AND NOSE.  CONSUMER'S HUSBAND SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND HAD A KNOT ON  HEAD, AND TORE LIGAMENTS IN HIS ARM.  THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO,  INSURANCE COMPANY  INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE POWER STEERING BOOSTER. THIS AFFECTED THE POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER  FOR A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM;   THE BLACK BOX HAS NOT BEEN RETRIEVED FROM THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE HOOD WOULD NOT OPEN.   A POLICE REPORT  WAS ISSUED.  *AK
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