2004 GMC SIERRA — SERVICE BRAKES

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2004 GMC SIERRA — SERVICE BRAKES
Start: 2013-03-26

crash · 970841 · 2013-03-27

Vehicle

Make: GMC
Model: SIERRA
Year: 2004
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure: 76,000
Speed: 45 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

BRAKE LINE FAILURE AS AN EMERGENCY STOPPING PROCEDURE WAS IN PLACE. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED, BUT REAR ENDED THE FORWARD VEHICLE. BRAKE LINE CORROSION IN HARD PIPING WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE PROBLEM AS THE HARD BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10504703
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown