# 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `549907` · 2005-08-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** OLDSMOBILE
- **Model:** ALERO
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Miles at failure:** 88,498
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
DT: WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING  BRAKE PRESSURE THERE WERE NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER.  THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.  THE VEHICLE SKIDDED, WENT OVER SMALL EMBANKMENT,  AND STRUCK A TREE WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP,   VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE A WRECKER SERVICE SHOP.  HAS NOT BEEN TO A REPAIR SHOP OR DEALERSHIP. ALSO, THERE WAS  NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED.  IN THE PAST THERE WAS AN ISSUE WHERE ON PARKING ON A INCLINE A BLOCK HAD TO BE PLACED BEHIND TO WHEELS TO KEEP  ITFROM ROLLING.  *AK
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