NHTSA Complaint #10445136 — 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500

ON 11/23/2011 AT 6:45 AM EST, I WAS HEADED DOWN A SNOW COVERED ROAD WHEN I NOTICED A PLOW TRUCK COMING TOWARDS ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I THEN HIT THE BRAKES AT NORMAL PRESSURE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NEXT TO NO RESISTANCE, HAVING NO BRAKES I DOWNSHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLOWING ME BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH, I COLLIDED WITH A FIRE HYDRANT AT THE TOP OF A STEEP EMBANKMENT ON THE SIDE OF THE AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND KNOCKED THE FIRE HYDRANT OUT OF THE GROUND. HAD THE FIRE HYDRANT NOT BEEN THERE, I COULD'VE FELL MORE THAN 50 FEET DOWN TO MY DEMISE. LUCKILY, THE HYDRANT WAS SHUT OFF AND THE ONLY DAMAGE (BECAUSE THE PLOW FRAME ABSORBED MOST OF THE IMPACT) WAS THE FRONT BUMPER. I HAVE HAD TO PAY $75 JUST TO HAVE THE LINE PATCHED GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE TRUCK TO BE DRIVABLE, WITH IMMINENT FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES ACROSS THE REAR AXLE AND THE FRONT BRAKE LINES TO THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH BOTH MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 (MODEL YEAR 2000) AND MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 (MODEL YEAR 1999). *TR