# ACTIBRAKE AB-1-14 — EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
> NHTSA complaint `776488` · 2010-03-24 · ACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** ACTIBRAKE
- **Model:** AB-1-14
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** ACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
- **Component:** EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
## Narrative
MY FRONT BRAKES ON MY 2001 ODYSSEY WERE REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO. THIS INCLUDED ROTORS, PADS (FRONT/BACK) AND THE DRUMS WERE TURNED IN REAR. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME. THE REAR BRAKES EMIT A VERY OBNOXIOUS NOISE. THESE BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN "GRABBY" SINCE THIS VAN WAS NEW ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS. RECENTLY I WAS INOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE VAN PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND I HIT TWO PARKED CARS AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE UNTIL TURNING OFF IGNITION AND THROWING THE CAR INTO PARK. THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND AT ALL. ONE CAR I HIT IS TOTALED, MY VAN IS BOARDERLINE TOTALED.  , ONE CAR I HIT WAS TOTALED AND THE THIRD I AM NOT SURE YET. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR BACK AT LEAST10 TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS TO HAVE THE BRAKES DEALT WITH WITHOUT COMPLETE SUCCESS.
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