SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Speed
40 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
3
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
CONSUMER HAS EXPRIENCED BRAKES FAILURE MORE THAN ONE TIME. THE FIRST TIME BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO FAULTY PARTS THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES. CONSUMER WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES TO STOP WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN 10MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40MPH. DUE TO CRASH, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 7,000 MILEES. THE BRAKES WOULD LOSE PRESSURE THIRD TIME. CONSUMER WENT TO DEALERSHIP WHO BLED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CHECKED THE CALIPER CODE, (NO-CODE), THERE WAS AIR IN THE LINES. *AK