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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006085632 | Incident Date: Oct, 17 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BLYTHEWOOD | Consumer's State: SC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: COLORADO | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:wheel cylinders |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCDT136158 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 15 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 04 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On october 18th in the morning i was driving by chevrolet colorado 2005, and the brake fluid light came on during driving. within minutes, i lost all ability to break. the vehicle had around 50k miles on it at the time. upon inspection at the nearest place of repair, my entire right rear break drum (the piston) had burst and leaked all of the fluid from the break lines into the drum. the resulting metal fragments had ground into the drum and caused massive failure of the entire system. this all resulted in my being unable to brake while driving, and i almost wrecked the vehicle into another vehicle at 50 miles per hour. i had to roll my vehicle into a nearby shop and have it fixed. there is no way this should have happened. i am a mechanic and failures like this at such low miles are unheard of. chevrolet didn't even have the parts (at any dealership in sc) to deal with the repair, and the gentleman at the dealership couldn't believe it had happened because they haven't even replaced any brake pads for these vehicles yet. please help. thank you, [xxx]. *nm information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr |
