Complaint 1207513
2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO • SERVICE BRAKES • incident Aug 9, 2015
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1207513
- Make
- CHEVROLET
- Model
- SILVERADO
- Model Year
- 2006
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES
- Incident Date
- Aug 9, 2015
- Date Received
- Aug 10, 2015
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
SERVICE BRAKES
Owner Narrative
TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND APPROACHED A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT. APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP WITH OTHER TRAFFIC. BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH APPROXIMATELY 10% BRAKING POWER. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH. FORTUNATELY THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND TRAFFIC MOVED PRIOR TO A CRASH. CRASH WAS GUARANTEED IF TRAFFIC LIGHT HAD NOT CHANGED. BRAKE FLUID LEVEL FINE. BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVERS SIDE RUSTED AND BURST. NO WARNING SIGNS.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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