Complaint 1237817
2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO • SERVICE BRAKES • incident Nov 12, 2015
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1237817
- Make
- CHEVROLET
- Model
- SILVERADO
- Model Year
- 2005
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES
- Incident Date
- Nov 12, 2015
- Date Received
- Nov 13, 2015
- Data As Of
- Aug 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
SERVICE BRAKES
Owner Narrative
SITTING AT BURGER KING DRIVE THRU WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. VEHICLE ONLY 10 YEARS OLD AND 130,000 MILES. HAD BRAKES CHECKED OFTEN AT SERVICE CENTERS, NO MENTION OF PROBLEM. GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST MONTH WHEN I WAS BARRELING DOWN THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY WITH A FULL LOAD IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK. NHTSA AND GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE. I AM SURE PEOPLE ARE DYING DUE TO THIS NEGLIGENCE AND FAULTY MATERIALS BEING USED.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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