Service Brakes owner reports: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 years in the records

The records describe a possible crash, fire, injury, or loss of control.

“WHILE TRAVELING IN THE LEFT HAND LANE OF A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY WE NOTICED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US WAS NOT MOVING. WE WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH. WE COULD NOT MOVE TO THE RIGHT LANE DUE TO VEHICLES ENTERING THAT LANE FROM AN ON RAMP. WE WERE ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY WHEN WE REALIZED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US WAS NOT MOVING. WE IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. WE HAD A VERY SEVERE COLLISION. WE SLAMMED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. THAT VEHICLE WENT LEFT INTO THE GUARDRAIL AND WE FINALLY STOPPED ON THE REAR BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE THAT HAD INITIALLY STOPPED WITH HALF OF THEIR VEHICLE STILL IN THE LEFT HAND LANE. TALKING LATER WITH MY SPOUSE WE BOTH REALIZED NEITHER OF US FELT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE. THERE WAS NO SOUND THAT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BRAKING HARD. I TOOK PICTURES AT THE SCENE. I FOUND IT ODD THAT THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY AND SHORTLY AFTER 11 AM. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MY HUSBAND REQUIRED TREATMENT AT THE LOCAL ER. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED.”

The records describe a possible crash, fire, injury, or loss of control.

“TRUCK WAS RECALLED DUE TO BRAKING ISSUE, TOOK IN AND HAD RECALL PERFORMED. AFTER RECALL BRAKES FAILED, TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP. RETURNED FOR PICKUP AND BRADE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LEFT IT AGAIN FOR REPAIR. PICKED IT UP AFTER THIS AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF GETTING THE TRUCK BACK FROM THE DEALER THE BRAKES FAILED AND WE WERE INVOLVED IN A CRASH. WE WERE UNABLE TO STOP AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING ALONG A ROADWAY AND WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED IN FRONT OF OUR VEHICLE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND FAILED CAUSING US TO CRASH.”

The records describe a possible crash, fire, injury, or loss of control.

“In September 2004, I filed a complaint on my 2019 chevrolet Silverado was making a noise from under the steering wheel (like a click noise at least twice) also the brakes were changing the movement when I pressed the brakes. One night the brakes completely went out while driving at 55 mph. I tried everything from pumping hard but the pedal went all the way to the floor with no result. I related the gas until the vehicle came to a stop. From there I placed the vehicle on park in the middle of an intersection. When the traffic light turned green I placed the vehicle on D and it moved but still with no brakes. I parked on the side of the road and called a wrecker to tow my truck home. It was could not be driven. After filling a complaint the local dealership called me and fixed it free of charge. Last week the noise on the steering wheel came back and the brakes are acting funny again. I have my two daughters ages [XXX] and [XXX] in my truck and I am requesting another inspection to my vehicle before another accident can happen. IT is unsafe INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)”