NHTSA complaint: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — SERVICE BRAKES
MY DAUGHTER AND I LEFT A RESTAURANT AND WENT ABOUT 200 FEET TO A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WENT TO STOP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR NO WARNING OR ANYTHING JUST NO BRAKES AT ALL WE COULD OF BOTH BEEN KILLED A JEEP WAS TURNING AND I TRIED MY BEST TO AVOID HITTING HIM BUT I HAD NO WERE TO GO AND AFTER THE WRECK I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR THE BRAKES HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER AND THE MEC NEVER NOTICED RUSTY BRAKE LINES BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER WHEN MY DAD BOUGHT THE TRUCK BUT BY LOOKING AT THEM THEY LOOKED OK BUT THERE IS 4 LINES RUNNING 2GETHER AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE BACK 2 BUT WHEN I HAD THEM REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW GM WOULD USE SUCH POOR QUALITY OF LINES ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS BRAKE LINES THERE ARE THOUSANDS OTHERFAMILIES LIVES AT RISK RIGHT NOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET HURT OR EVEN GET KILLED BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING IM LUCKY MY DAUGHTER AND I WASN'T KILLED I HAVE GOT A 49 KAISER AND THE LINES ON IT ARE STILL IN PERFECT SHAPE BUT I CANT BELIEVE HOW ROTTEN ALL THE LINES WERE ON MY TRUCK AND WE DON'T EVEN GET MUCH SNOW IN TN WHY HAVE THEY GOT AWAY WITH THIS HOW MANY PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO UNKNOWINGLY RISK THERE LIFE EVERY DAY BEFORE SOME ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS GM PAYING PEOPLE OFF OR WHAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO ON THE KEDSHOULD ATLEAST SEND THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS TO ATLEAST GET THEM CHECKED OUT SO PEOPLE DON'T PUT THERE LIVES OF RIS
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation