# 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `551412` · 2005-08-25 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2002
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Miles at failure:** 300
## Narrative
DT:   CALLER SAID THAT BRAKES FAILED OFTEN , AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CALLER  HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES SINCE  AFTER HE PURCHASING  THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES FAIEDL AT ALL SPEEDS AND UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITION. HE SAID THE BRAKES FAILED ABOUT 50 TIMES.  THE CALLER'S  WIFE HIT A DEER WHEN THERE WAS ONLY 300 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, SHE COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE.  THE CALLER WAS INVOLVED HAD A  COLLISION  DUE TO  BRAKE FAILURE WHILE  DRIVING AT  25 MPH WITH 8000 MILES NO VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED  DAMAGE. HE SAID THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE NOVEMBER. DEALER TOLD THE CALLER HE COULD NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THE DEALER  COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR WHAT WRONG WITH IT. THEY REFUSED TO WORK ON IT ANYMORE. MANUFACTURER WANTED  THE CALLER  TO PAY FOR ALL THE WORK TO FIND WHATS WRONG WITH IT, AND IF THEY FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE  PROBLEM THEY WOULD PAY HIM BACK, BUT IF THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN.  *AK
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