# 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
> NHTSA complaint `692862` · 2008-10-17 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO 1500
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- **Miles at failure:** 106,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
DRIVING AT 35 MPH I WENT TO STOP FOR A TURNING CAR. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP.  TO AVOID AN HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO A DITCH.  AFTER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS NOTED THAT EVERY ONE OF THE  BRAKE LINES (SHAPED AS A HOOK) THAT ARE NEAR THE ABS BOX WERE ABNORMALLY CORRODED AND RUSTED THROUGH EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL. BRAKE FLUID GUSHED OUT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.  THIS VEHICLE IS STORED DURING WINTER MONTHS (NOV.-APR) SALT AND SNOW ARE NOT ISSUES.  I HAVE A 2001 GMC 4X4 AND INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINES AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH THE SILVERADO.  THOSE BRAKE LINES LOOK FINE.*TR
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