# 2010 TOYOTA RAV4 — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `956473` · 2013-01-04 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** RAV4
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 53,450
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING UP TO TRAFFIC LIGHT TO STOP AND I WENT TO BRAKE AND MY BRAKE PEDAL SEIZED UP! IT FELT LIKE IT GOT STUCK AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING ME TO HAVE NO BRAKES AND I HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD NO BRAKES AND I COULD NOT STOP! I HAVE BEEN CITED FOR HITTING SOMEONE FROM BEHIND AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP! I BELIEVE MY ABS- ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM SOME HOW CAUSED MY BRAKES TO SEIZE UP AND BECOME INOPERABLE.  *TR
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