SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Speed
30 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; FIRST THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME. TAKEN TO DEALER AND RESET. THEN ABOUT (2) WEEKS LATER DRIVER HIT A PATCH OF BLACK ICE, AND HAD NO CONTROL. VEHICLE SPUN, ENTERED DITCH AND STRUCK A VEHICLE ALREADY IN A DITCH WHO HAD SAME TYPE OF SPINOUT. TRUCK BOUNCED OF OTHER VEHICLE, SPUN AGAIN, AND LANDED FRONT END IN DITCH. ON OCTOBER 31ST, 1997, OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT TRUCK HAD NO FRONT BRAKES. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THE BRAKES WERE TURNED, AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTS. *AK