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2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 921604 · 2012-06-05

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO 1500
Year
2000
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
104,000
Speed
30 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN SHE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES ON OUR 2000 CHEVY PICKUP WHEN THE BRAKE LINE ON THE TRUCK RUPTURED AND SHE COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN REARENDED THE JEEP IN FRONT OF HER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. WE THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO ARE RESIDENTS WERE I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO FIND THE LEAK AND HOW BADLY THE TRUCK HAD RUSTED LINES AND THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK. I FEEL THIS A LIVE AND DEATH PROBLEM TO ANY 1 DRIVING THESE VEHICLES AND IF MY WIFE HAD NOT TAKEN EVASIVE ACTION THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DEATH INVOLVED. CHEVY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE ON LINE HAVE HAD THE SAME TROUBLES WITH THESE RUSTED LINES RUPTURING. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10460668
Machine
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