SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Miles at failure
21,000
Speed
35 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO. 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE / 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THEY ACTIVATE ON MODERATE BRAKING ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE. I HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. INCIDENT DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. I NOTICED THAT GM HAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM - BUT IT DOES NOT COVER MY VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NOT REGISTERED IN A STATE THAT SALTS THEIR ROADS. MY VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT AND OPERATED IN MAINE (RECALL STATE), BUT I HAD IT REGISTERED IN SOUTH DAKOTA - I AM ACTIVE DUTY NAVY. *JB