NHTSA Complaint #10618822 — 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA

@ 65MPH TRAFFIC CAME TO A SLOW DOWN,I HAD PLENTY OF SPACE 2 STOP IF I HAD 2 IN MY LANE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES & THE WHEELS LOCKED UP & WAS SKIDDING OUT OF CONTROL,IT SURGED INTO THE LANE LEFT OF ME & THE REAR SLID OVER WHERE I WAS SIDEWAYS. I TRIED TO CONTROL MY STEERING BUT IT WOULD NOT RESPOND,THEN IT WENT INTO THE LANE RIGHT OF ME NEARLY MISSING A TRUCK IT SHOT OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS NOW ON THE SHOULDER WHERE I STILL HAD NO CONTROL OF ANY STEERING AT ALL.THEN THE CAR SLAMMED INTO A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL AND FINELY THE CAR STOPPED.THE AIR BAGS DRIVER AND PASSENGER NEVER INFLATED. DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END WAS A TOTAL LOSS INCLUDING THE HOOD,BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE FENDERS HAD CRUNCHED, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS BENT THEN THE BATTERY DIED.I ALREADY REPLACED A BATTERY THREE WEEKS AGO FROM SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. *TR