# 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX — SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
> NHTSA complaint `814948` · 2010-09-17 · 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:** EQUINOX
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
- **Miles at failure:** 101,000
- **Speed:** 50 mph
## Narrative
WHEN I FIRST HIT THE BRAKES, THE CAR DID NOT BRAKE.  THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS AND THEN THE BRAKES GRABBED HARD AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED.  THEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON STATING THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND TRACTION CONTROL DO NOT WORK.  THE NEXT TIME I STARTED THE CAR, THE LIGHTS FOR THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND TRACTION CONTROL WERE NOT ON.  I WAS DRIVING 50 MPH.  TRAFFIC STOPPED FAST.  I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK.  THERE WAS THE GRINDING SOUND AS BEFORE, AND THEN I CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR
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