# 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
> NHTSA complaint `554856` · 2005-09-18 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- **Miles at failure:** 74,772
- **Speed:** 69 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE INTERSTATE IN CRUISE CONTROL GOING 70 MPH.  SUDDENLY I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY SIDEWAYS.  I SLID OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A HIGHWAY SIGN WHICH SLOWED ME AND MUST HAVE JARRED SOMETHING BECAUSE THEN I COULD USE MY BRAKES AND  ALL FOUR OF THEM SEEMED TO WORK.  I SMASHED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND ROCKER PANEL AND OTHER DAMAGE, PROBABLY BENT THE RIM ON A TIRE, HAD CUTS ON BOTH HANDS AND HAD TO TAKE MY DOGS AND CAT TO THE VET AS THEY WERE IN SHOCK.  I WAS ABOUT 130 TO 150 MILES FROM HOME AND THANKS TO FRIENDS WAS ABLE TO GET HOME THAT EVENING.  THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP I HAD IT TOWED TO, SAID THEY COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK.  BUT ACCORDING TO THE DPS OFFICER THAT IS WHAT THEY SEEMED TO DO.   *NM
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