# 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
> NHTSA complaint `552612` · 2005-09-02 · 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:** TRAILBLAZER
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER ON AN ICY, SLIPPERY ROAD AT 25 -30 MILES PER HOUR, (THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30, IT WAS THE STREET WE LIVE ON)  WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL, HIT A TREE AND TOTALED ($22,000.00) THE VEHICLE.  THE OFFICER AND I WALKED THE PATH IN THE STREET AND COULD NOT FIND ANY SIGNS OF SKIDDING OR BRAKING, THERE FORE LEADING ME TO BELIEVE NOW THAT THERE WAS A BRAKING FAILURE.   UP UNTIL NOW, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE BRAKES FAILING DO TO CORROSION FROM ROAD SALT, I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT IN POOR ROAD CONDITIONS. WHEN I FIRST READ THE REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION I COULDN'T BELIVE IT WAS THE SAME SCENARIO AS HER ACCIDENT. POOR ROAD CONDITIONS, THEREFORE POSSIBLE SALT BUILDUP, A SLOW SPEED AND INABILITY TO STOP.  I AM SO GRATEFULL THAT SHE WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A SCRATCH, ALSO CONSIDERING THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT END WAS TOTALED.  I AM SURE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MUST BE IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE LIVING IN COLDER, NORTHERN STATES.
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