1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Service Brakes Problems

BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. FIRST THE REAR BRAKE LINE BURST. A FEW MONTHS LATER A FRONT LINE BURST. BOTH TIMES VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 800 (1500). WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SEIZED ABRUPTLY AND THE VEHICLE ALMOST STRUCK A TREE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DID NOT REMEMBER BEING NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO THE SYMPTOMS LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. JEFF BARNES CHEVROLET (6110 SYKESVILLE RD, ELDERSBURG, MD 21784, (410) 970-6363) MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL REPAIR PROMPTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND BROKE. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY AND A NEAR ACCIDENT. BRAKE LINE MATERIALS USED WERE INFERIOR AND THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY RISK FOR ALL OWNERS. GM SHOULD REPLACE ALL REGISTERED VEHICLES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES.

Mileage: 101,000

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE EMPLOYS WHEN NOT NEEDED AND AT LOW SPEEDS IN MOTION .VERY DANGEROUS !!! !!!

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. STEEL LINES RUSTED AND BURST. ON SIDE STREET, SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BEFORE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY ON DOWN HILL LOCATION. STEPPED ON BRAKES, LINE FAILED, JUST MISSED REAR ENDING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, WAS ABLE TO SHIFT IN REVERSE AND GET STOPPED BEFORE ENTERING HIGHWAY.

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT IN MOTION

Mileage: 77,000

METALLIC BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES.FORTUNATELY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY GETTING READY TO LEAVE & HEARD A SLIGHT POPPING NOISE & LOST ABILITY TO STOP. GOT OUT & BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER DRIVEWAY..UNABLE TO ADD PHOTOS,TRUCK WAS TOWED TO SERVICE STATION IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS

Mileage: 108,000

HAD TO HAVE ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. THE LINES BURST DUE TO THEM ALL BEING RUSTED OUT AND CORRODED. I HAVE A 1994 TOYOTA PICK UP TRUCK WITH MORE MILES THAN MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE NOT RUSTED OR CORRODED GO FIGURE! I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS DOOR AND GAS TANK. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED FOR $1066.33. I WAS CHARGE FOR 8 HOURS OF LABOR. I AM PISSED OFF AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLE, BECAUSE OF THEIR USE OF SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PART (BRAKES) OF THEIR VEHICLES AND THEIR FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE & CORRECT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL YEAR TRUCKS WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, INSTEAD THEY MADE BOGUS EXCUSES AS TO WHY THESE BRAKE LINES WERE FAILING! I HAVE PURCHASE NINE CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN MY LIFE AND LIKE I STATED EARLIER I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET AGAIN AND WILL DISCOURAGE EVERYONE I KNOW THAT IS IN THE MARKET TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE TO NOT BUY A CHEVROLET BECAUSE, THE WAY CHEVROLET FAILED TO RESOLVE THE BRAKE LINE PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS IS UNACCEPTABLE!

Mileage: 193,507

ABS SYSTEM CONTINUOSLY GOES OUT.

Mileage: 240,000

WHILE TOWING A HEAVY TRAILER AT 30 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. WITH NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKING WHATEVER. I STOMPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A HARD RIGHT TURN TO AVOID A COLLISION AND COASTED TO A STOP. LOOKING DOWN, THERE WAS A TRAIL OF BRAKE FLUID LEADING TO A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER THE DRIVER'S DOOR. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK REVEALED THAT INCREDIBLY RUSTED BRAKES LINES HAD BURST, DRAINING THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE FLUID RESERVOIR. CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT EVERY FOOT OF BRAKE LINE UNDER THE TRUCK WAS IN SIMILAR CONDITION! AFTER TOWING IT HOME, I DISCOVER WHY THE E-BRAKE FAILED; THE CABLE WAS RUSTED SOLID. I HAD TO ORDER A COMPLETE BRAKE LINE KIT AND SPENT THE ENTIRE WEEKEND REPLACING THEM. IT WAS THEN THAT I FOUND OUT THAT THOUSANDS OF OWNERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING GM TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS DEFECT. WE NARROWLY ESCAPED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY, BESIDES HAVING TO BORROW A VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK FOR A WEEK.

Mileage: 154,000

ABS ACTIVATES WITHOUT ANY REASON ON DRY PAVEMENT DURING LOW SPEED BRAKING. BRAKES WILL NOT WORK, THEN. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT! TRUCK IS TECHNICALLY IN BEST CONDITION, HAS ONLY 40000 MILES!

Mileage: 37,200

1. ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN WHEELS ARE NOT SLIPPING. WHEN SLOWING THE TRUCK DOWN THE VEHICLE ABS ACTIVATES PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM STOPPING UNLESS YOU EITHER RELEASE AND REAPPLY THE BRAKE OR COLLIDE WITH THE OBJECT IN FRONT OF YOU. 2. BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY PULLING A 4,000 POUND TRAILER THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. I HAD THOUGHT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CROSSED TYPE SYSTEM AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD BRAKE PRESSURE ON THE REMAINING INTACT LINES BUT THE PEDAL WAS SO SOFT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY BRAKES. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM UNDER EMERGENCY FAILURE.

Mileage: 250,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE ROAD ROAD AND A CAR SLOWED IN FRONT OF ME. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE CAR BY GOING TO THE SHOULDER AND THEN TURING ON TO A SIDE STREET. ONCE STOPED I EXITED THE TRUCK AND SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENED TO MY GRANDFATHERS 2001 SILVERADO NOT MORE THAT 3 MONTHS AGO.

Mileage: 223,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATE AND EXTENDED THE BRAKING DISTANCE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V37900 (SERVICE BRAKES). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY THEN MY FOOT TO FLOOR .L LOST BRAKE PSI .I AM LUCKY THAT STEEL LINE BROKE IN THE DRIVEWAY AN ON ROAD OR THE HIGHWAY . I KEPT CLEAN AFTER EVERY SNOW I CLEAN BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK .

Mileage: 174,560

NO DAMAGE. THE ABS CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED. WARNING LIGHT ON DASH. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON MY TRUCK. SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PART.

Mileage: 75,000

THIS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN IN MINNESOTA SINCE 1999. ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THIS TRUCK DUE TO CORROSION. I DROVE THE TRUCK ON A FOUR LINE ROAD. THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED TO YELLOW AND I TRIED TO STOP BUT THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.THIS TRUCK HAD SUCH BAD BRAKE LINES THAT WHEN BLEEDING THE BRAKE LINES FOR THE FRONT LINE ANOTHER LEAK STARTED OUT ONE OF THE REAR LINES. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY CONCERN FOR OWNERS OF A CHEVROLET SILVERADO.

Mileage: 175,000

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ACTION BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE (THANKFULLY NOT DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY). BRAKE LINES BENEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WERE RUSTED AND LEAKING FLUID. GM PARTS PERSON SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT THEY SELL A BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT SET BUT HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND DID NOT COVER THE COST OF PARTS OR LABOR (WHY?).

Mileage: 245,000

WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SLOPPY. UPON INVESTIGATION I HAD TO REPLACE ALL REAR BRAKE LINES, AND ONE OF THE FRONT DO TO RUST. AS I WAS REPLACING THESE I NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND CRACKED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE UNDER THE DOOR. I HAD A PATCH PUT IN, BUT JUST THE OTHER DAY I ALSO NOTICED A NEW SPOT ON THE FRAME WHERE IT BENDS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT BEHIND THE MOTOR. THE FRAME IS SO WEAK IN THIS SPOT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE REPAIRED.

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND THE FRAME ON THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. THE FRAME WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

1ST TIME WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE BROKE JUST IN FRONT OF THE WHEEL,(REPLACED LINE) 2ND TIME ON THE ROAD DRIVING @ 60MPH AND GO TO STOP AND PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, LUCKILY II GOT INTO A CORN FIELD BEFORE ANYONE WAS HURT!! FRONT LINE BROKE AT FRAME JUST FORWARD OF THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHO EVER HEARD OF THE MAIN SAFETY FIGURE OF YOUR VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE STAINLESS STEEL!! WHO IN THE WORLD ARE WATCHING OVER THESE MANUFACTURERS!

Mileage: 180,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND PULLED INTO OUR DRIVE. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FOUND BRAKE LINE FAILURE UNDER CAB LEAKING BRAKE FLUID.

Mileage: 163,000

THIS IS THE 2ND INCIDENT TO REPAIR A RUSTED BRAKE LINE. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC AND IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS COMING UP OUR DRIVEWAY AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, I KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG. IT COST ME $130.00 TO TOW THE TRUCK TO OUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER IN ROMNEY, WV AND THE REPAIR WILL COST ME $1000.00. KNOWING THIS YEAR CHEVROLET TRUCK HAS THE BRAKE LINE RUST PROBLEM, I ALWAYS POWER WASH THE UNDERCARRIAGE.

Mileage: 123,000

RUSTED REAR TUBING ALONG DRIVER SIDE FRAME RUPTURED WHILE APPROACHING A RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. CONTROL OF ALL 4 WHEELS WAS LOST WITHOUT WARNING. ALL STEEL TUBING IS EXTREMELY RUSTED.

Mileage: 114,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 19 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED A LONGER DISTANCE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ANTI- BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR AND ALL WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 207,000.

Mileage: 207,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINES. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE LINES PREMATURELY FRACTURED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES TWICE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC A THIRD TIME FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,000.

Mileage: 194,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

Mileage: 117,000

PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AT MY BROTHER'S HOUSE AND BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING MY TO ON THIS DOWNHILL GRADE RUN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT HIS HOUSE. DAMAGED THE BUMPER AND GRILL ON MY TRUCK AND HIS BUMPER AND HOOD OF HIS CAR IN AN OLDS ALERO. REPLACING ALL BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL AND NOT REPAIRING THE DAMAGED PARTS DUE TO GM BEING CHEAP ON SUCH A VITAL PART.

Mileage: 15

AS I TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN (ON DRY PAVEMENT). VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING SO I RAN IT INTO THE FRAME OF THE GARAGE DOOR TO STOP, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE RAN THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. THE SHOP COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. BRAKE LINES WERE TOTALLY RUSTED. TRUCK HAS A GOOD ENGINE, BUT TERRIBLE RUST ON BRAKE LINES, FRAME, LOWER BODY PANEL BEHIND DOORS. PAINT PEALING OFF HOOD AND ROOF.

Mileage: 165,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON. I DROVE 20 MILES TO MY HOUSE AND HAD SOFT BRAKES UPON ARRIVAL. THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS POSITION BENEATH THE CAB. THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A BUNDLE OF BRAKE LINES NEXT TO THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 144,450

WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I HAD A ANOTHER PERSON PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME, I HIT THE BRAKES AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATING, REPLACED THE POWER AIR BOOSTER WHICH TOOK CARE OF THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. BUT AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY, THE TRUCK BLEW A BRAKE LINE (SITTING IN PARK) THAT WAS RUSTED SEVERELY. EITHER WAY, I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 214,653

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL RUST PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM BRAKES LINES RUSTING THROUGH, GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTING THROUGH. NOW WE HAVE FUEL LINE LEAK AND OUR TORSION BAR HAS CRACKED DUE TO RUSTING THROUGH AND THEY WILL NOT REPAIR UNLESS THE FRAME IS REPLACED WHICH IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUST THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. UNLESS FRAME IS REPLACED IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 141,250

I HAVE HAD RIGHT REAR BRAKE LINE RUST OUT. I HAD FRONT BRAKE LINES RUST OUT. I HAD THE BRAKE LINE TO THE ABS FROM BOOSTER RUST OUT. HAD THE FUEL LINES RUST OUT(LEAKING RAW GAS) HAD OIL LINES FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RUST OUT. EACH TIME I WAS LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED IN THE CITY AT LOW SPEEDS AND NOT WHILE PULLING A TRAILER.I ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ABS KICKING IN FALSELY AT SLOW SPEEDS(ALSO RUST BUILD UP AT WHEEL SENSOR MOUNTING PLACE. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

MY 1999 SILVERADO HAD BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION FOUND A FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND BLOWN OUT. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. THERE ARE SEVERAL LINES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE SIX GM CARS AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. MY 1957 AND 1963 AND 1964 BRAKE LINES ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. I LIVE IN NC AND DO NOT HAVE THE BAD WINTER AND EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALTS THAT SOME MAY SAY WAS THE CAUSE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *JS

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE BRAKING HARD FOR AN ANIMAL IN THE ROADWAY, THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN APPLIED SUDDENLY AND HARD, WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE AT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE ANIMAL WAS STRUCK. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FRONT TO REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND BURST. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED VERY RUSTY BRAKE LINES WHICH APPEAR READY TO FAIL IN MANY LOCATIONS. *JS

Mileage: 160,000

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE ABS KICKS IN AND EXTENDS THE STOPPING DISTANCE BY VARIOUS AMOUNTS. *JS

Mileage: 202,355

I HAVE A 1999 SILVERADO 1500 I HAD THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED IN JULY 2014 BECAUSE OF CORROSION. THEN YESTERDAY NOVEMBER 4TH 2014 I HAD THE TRUCK TO A SHOP GETTING TIRES PUT ON AND WHEN THEY STARTED TO LIFT IT THE REAR END STARTED TO SAG. THEY LET IT DOWN AND NOTICED RUST HOLES IN THE FRAME. THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND GM NEEDS TO POST A RECALL ON THESE PROBLEMS! *TR

Mileage: 220,800

MY WIFE DROVE THE TRUCK TO WINCHESTER, VA. AND THE BRAKES WORKED OK. WHEN SHE WAS RETURNING HOME SHE NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ?SOFT? AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE PUMPED TO STOP. UPON RETURNING HOME I NOTICED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. I FILLED THE RESERVOIR AND TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL GARAGE IN CAPON BRIDGE, WV. I INSPECTED THE RESERVOIR AFTER I GOT TO THE GARAGE AND IT WAS AGAIN EMPTY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED A LENGTH OF TUBING FROM BENEATH THE LEFT DRIVER'S DOOR TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT A COST OF $262.00. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

VEHICLE BRAKE LINES FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. BRAKE LINE MATERIAL IS NOT SUITABLE FOR SERVICE IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND IN MY CASE THE FRAME AND OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE DO NOT EXHIBIT SIMILAR CORROSION. INVESTIGATION OF THE LINES FOUND CORROSION THROUGHOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE ABS CONTROLLER, LOCATED AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INSIDE FRAME RAIL. IN TALKING WITH FRIENDS/CO-WORKERS I LEARNED OF TWO INCIDENTS, ONE WITH A 2002 SILVERADO 2500 HAVING A SIMILAR FAILURE WHERE THE LINE FAILED AT STOP WHILE THE LINE WAS UNDER PRESSURE. ANOTHER FRIEND HAD A FAILURE IN HIS 2001 SILVERADO 1500 WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP A THE BOTTOM OF A HILL. THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A RUPTURED LINE AND THE OWNER WAS ABLE TO GEAR DOWN, ROLL THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND TURN ONTO A SIDE ROAD. A HIGHER PROFILE INCIDENT INVOLVED A CO-WORKER WITH A 2001 SILVERADO 2500 PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER. WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND THE VEHICLE RAN THE RED LIGHT. THE OWNER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE TRAVEL TRAILER ELECTRIC BRAKES. I WORK AT A LARGE CHEMICAL COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN KINGSPORT, TN. THIS INCIDENT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SAFETY NEWSLETTER THAT IS CIRCULATED AT THE KINGSPORT SITE IN 2013. SEARCHES OF INTERNET FORUMS FIND MULTIPLE SIMILAR INCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE SOME INVOLVING INJURY. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS TURNING A CORNER A SHORT WAY FROM MY HOUSE. MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES AND GOT ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST UP INTO MY YARD. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THEIR WAS BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE FRAME RAIL AND THE BUNDLE OF LINES. ONE OR MORE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION! *TR

Mileage: 180,000

WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND I SOMEHOW WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT GETTING HIT. AFTER COMING TO THIS SITE AND SEEING HUNDREDS OF RECORDED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS VEHICLE FOR FAULTY BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

AFTER STOPPING QUICKLY THE BROKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND NO LONGER HAD ANY RESISTANCE. THE BRAKING POWER WAS GREATLY REDUCED AND APPEARED THAT ONLY THE REAR BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING. *TR

Mileage: 285,000

I WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT LOST BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUSH TO THE FLOOR, UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DISCOVER THE BRAKE LINES THAT RUN FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULE WERE RUSTED OUT AND THE BRAKE LINES FROM THE ABS MODULE TO THE BRAKE CALIPERS WHERE RUSTED OUT AS WELL. THE BRAKE LINES HAD TO REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 216,543

DRIVING EAST ON OHIO STATE ROUTE AT 40 - 45 MPH SLOWING TO MAKE RIGHT TURN APPLIED BRAKES IN A NORMAL FASHION AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMAL EFFECT ON VEHICLE VELOCITY. *TR

Mileage: 193,990

DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND APPROACHING STOPPED TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT HIT BRAKES TO STOP AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH GREATLY REDUCED STOPPING ABILITY. HAD TO STEER OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A REAR-END COLLISION. THIS IS SECOND TIME WITH BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. I SPENT 30 + YEARS FULL TIME, IN-HOUSE AS SELF-EMPLOYED ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AT THE DAYTON, OHIO GM / DELCO / DELPHI FACILITIES AND I KNOW GM CAN DO BETTER. 10 SIBLINGS AND WE ALL HAVE BEEN GM CUSTOMERS - NET RESEARCH INDICATED $40 COST INCREASE TO GO STAINLESS STEEL ON BRAKE LINES. ( ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE ON THE VEHICLE ) GENTLEMEN & LADIES ? R E A L L Y ! ! *TR

Mileage: 195,815

MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK EXPERIENCED A BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WAS GOING 5 MPH OR LESS WHEN BOTH OF MY BRAKE LINE FAILED CAUSING ME TO REAR END MY DAUGHTERS CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, LUCKY HER CAR WAS THERE OR I WOULD HAVE RUN INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. I HAD THE BRAKE LINES REPAIRED, THEY MUST HAVE ONLY REPLACED THE SECTIONS THAT BROKE SINCE APROX. 1 YEAR LATER ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BROKE AGAIN WHEN I WAS OUT OF STATE, I HAD THE SECTION THAT BROKE REPLACED JUST BEFORE THE REPAIR SHOP CLOSED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. TODAY ANOTHER SECTION OF BRAKE LINE BROKE I AM GETTING THIS REPAIRED AND ANY REMAINING OLD BRAKE LINES REPLACED, ALSO MY EMERGENCY BRAKE IS BROKEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS YET. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT TO GET ON INTERSTATE 81 SOUTH IN WV, I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES AND FELT A "POP" AND THEN I HAD NO BRAKES. I COASTED DOWN THE HILL AND ENTERED A "PARK & RIDE" LOT TO EVALUATE WHAT HAPPENED. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT WHERE THE CAB MEETS THE BED. BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. I HAD TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN WV AND GET A RIDE HOME. WILL NEED TO HAVE IT TOWED IN A DAY OR TWO. UNABLE TO ENTER VIN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS STILL 30+ MILES AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. *TR

Mileage: 216,000

I AM REPORTING YET ANOTHER CASE OF FAILURE FOR THE ABS MODULE AS WELL AS THE PROPORTIONING VALVE ON MY 99 SILVERADO. THERE IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH NUMBER OF INCIDENTS REPORTED THROUGHOUT VARIOUS FORUMS ON THE INTERNET, AND THE 3 MECHANICS I'VE SPOKEN TO ARE ALL VERY AWARE OF THIS COMMON ISSUE WITH 99-02 NBS TRUCKS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PART, WHICH IS KNOWN TO FAIL JUST AS THE ORIGINAL 60K WARRANTY WAS UP. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THESE TRUCKS USED, ESPECIALLY. WHEN THE PUMP/MODULE FAILS, THERE IS A CERTAINTY THAT ABS FUNCTION NO LONGER WORKS, AND THE HIGH PROBABILITY THAT BRAKE LINE PRESSURES ARE UNEQUALIZED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP EVEN AT SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 227,000

I WENT TO STOP TO MAKE A TURN AND BRAKES WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO SLOW ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO THE HOUSE BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER REAR TIRE. THIS IS NOT THE 1ST TIME THE 1ST TIME HAULING A TRAILER WHEN BRAKES FAILED THE NEXT TIME MY SON WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE CUT HIM OFF SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BLEW LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR CAUSED ACCIDENT THE NEXT TIME WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AS I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME I DO ALOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND I FEEL THAT AFTER REPLACING 4 BRAKES LINES IN LESS THEN A YEAR AND THE TRUCK GIVES NO WARNING OF ANY KIND THE BRAKES ARE LOW. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND WHEN I TO PUT ON THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I INSTANTLY HAD NO BRAKES, NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. THERE WAS A CAR STOPPED IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME AND WAS NOTHING I COULD DO SO I ENDED UP REAR ENDING THEM, TOTALING THEIR CAR. WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I REALIZED THE BRAKE LINES HAD BUSTED DUE TO RUST. I HAVE NEVER HAD AS MUCH AS A SPEEDING TICKET AND NOW HAVE A WRECK ON MY RECORD DUE TO FAULTY LINES THAT HAS HAPPEN TO MANY PEOPLE. AFTER I LOOKED INTO IT I SEEN ITS BEING INVESTIGATED BUT SOMETHING NEEDS DONE, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS GONNA KILL PEOPLE IF NOT FIXED AND RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 149,510

THE BRAKE LINE WENT OUT AND JUST ABOUT CAUSED US TO WRECK. IT WAS FINE ONE MINUTE THEN THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PIONEER CHEVY IN ABINGDON VA SAID THE LINES HAD RUSTED. THAT COST US OVER $1300. THAT WAS IN APRIL AND NOW IT'S AUGUST AND IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT BREAK LINE. PIONEER NOW SAID IT'S GOING TO COST OVER $800 THIS TIME. I'M SO FURIOUS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND ON FIXING THE TRUCK WHICH WE REALLY NEED. FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND RESEARCHED APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 197,000

I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK GOING 45MPH WHEN I SAW A CAR A SHORT DISTANCE AHEAD PULL OUT ONTO THE ROAD. I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AS THE CAR AHEAD DID NOT REACH THE SPEED LIMIT FAST ENOUGH. MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING ABILITY WAS LOST. I LIFTED MY FOOT TO TRY TO APPLY THE PEDAL AGAIN AND AGAIN THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I NEARLY CRASHED INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME AND HAD TO SWERVE OFF OF THE ROAD TO AVOID CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER A LONG DISTANCE OF RIDING ON THE SHOULDER AND DOWNSHIFTING THAT I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP. ONLY JUST AS I WAS STOPPING DID THE BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH. I HAD NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OR THAT I HAD LOST MY BRAKES, OTHER THAN THE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. BEFORE THIS, THE BRAKES WORKED PERFECTLY. HAD I NOT HAD THE ROOM TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A POTENTIALLY LETHAL ACCIDENT AND ONE OR MORE LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN LOST. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

I HAPPENED TO NOTICE MY BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES WHERE WET, I CHECKED IN FOUND THE LINE HAD RUSTED THRU. UPON CHECKING THE OTHER LINES I FOUND THEY ALL WHERE EXTREMELY RUSTED. LUCK WOULD HAVE IT I HAD JUST PARKED. I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES WITH NEW LINES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET TRUCKS FROM 1999-TO THE EARLY OR MID 2000'S. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 147,040

REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE BURST DURING BRAKING AT 40 MPH. SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION. EXTREMELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES UPON INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 86,540

I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AT STOP SIGN, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND BY LUCK NO ONE WAS COMING FROM OTHER DIRECTION. I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP. I SPENT OVER 700 DOLLARS TO HAVE NEW BRAKELINES INSTALLED. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

LEAVING DRIVEWAY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. NO ABS LIGHT OR ANY OTHER LIGHT VIEWABLE ON DASHBOARD. EVEN AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK, STARTING IT UP, AND DEPRESSING PEDAL, AGAIN WENT TO FLOOR, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS A 4WD TRUCK WITH ABS. *TR

Mileage: 182,166

THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THRU AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE BREAK FLUID CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT RUST THRU SO EASILY AND SO SOON. I PREVIOUSLY HAD A 1991 SILVERADO WITH CLOSE TO 300,000 MILES AND THE BRAKE LINES ON IT NEVER RUSTED THRU. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS A VITAL SAFETY COMPONENT. FOR SOME REASON THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHEVROLET SILVERADOS FROM 1999 TO 2003. I HAD TO PAY $610.50 TO GET WHAT I CONSIDER A GM DEFECT FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 102,456

MONDAY JULY 7TH, 2014, I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, TRAVELING WEST ON HWY 290 W., AUSTIN, TX JUST PASSED CIRCLE DR. (INTERSECTION HAS BEEN CALLED DEATH TRAP). DEADLY CRASHES ON THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY OCCUR FREQUENTLY. STARTED TO SLOW FOR NEXT INTERSECTION WHEN BRAKES FAILED - PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. THE HILL HELPED ME SLOW A BIT, BUT SWITCHED TO MIDDLE TURNING LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THANK GOD THE LIGHT WAS GREEN. ONE SMALL CAR PASSED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TURNING IN FRONT OF TWO LANES OF EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. PROCEEDED INTO LONE STAR BANK'S PARKING LOT MISSING A MOVING CAR. TURNED RIGHT TO AVOID ROW OF PARKED CARS, DRIVE UP BAYS AND CURB THAT LED TO A POSSIBLE RAVENE. TURNED INTO PARKING SPACE, WENT UP OVER CURB & STOPPED IN FRONT OF LANDSCAPING ROCKS AND A TREE. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST - HAD NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. AS WENT UP OVER CURB, I DEPRESSED EMERGENCY BRAKE. WITH ONLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, SLOWLY ALLOWED TRUCK TO ROLL BACK DOWN OVER CURB. CALLED FOR AAA SERVICE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH TRUCK & IDENTIFIED TWO BRAKE FLUID LEAKS ON CONCRETE. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DAVIS AUTO AND WAS TOLD TODAY THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED, WITH NO WAY TO SPLICE, AND ALL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY WEREN'T SURE OF WHAT ELSE WOULD NEED REPLACING, SUCH AS ABS PUMP, BUT MASTER CYLINDER WAS OKAY. I CALLED BEN WHITE AUTOMOTIVE & WAS TOLD ABOUT ANOTHER MAN WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AT GM. I SAW ON INTERNET, AN ARTICLE DATED JULY 7, 2014 (HOW IRONIC) WHERE GM IS RESISTING RECALL OF BRAKE LINES ON 1999-2003 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUPS. SERIOUSLY, ALMOST REAR ENDING A SMALL CAR WITH CARS ALL AROUND, SWERVING IN BETWEEN TWO LANES OF ONCOMING EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TRAVELING 65 MPH, HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD'VE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. THE BRAKE LINES ON THESE TRUCKS HAVE GOT TO BE RECALLED BY GM! *TR UPDATED 03/19/2015 *JS

Mileage: 155,000

WHILE DRIVING, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMAL STOPPING POWER, I PULLED OVER AND SAW A POOL OF BRAKE FLUID. AFTER CHECKING FURTHER NOTICE THE CORRODED BRAKE LINE HAS RUPTURED. *JS

Mileage: 111,000

THE RUSTING OUT OF THIS VEHICLE IS SO BAD. OUR BRAKE LINE ALL HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AND OUR GAS TANK STRAP ALSO RUSTED OFF. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND IN THE LEFT LANE. A CAR TURNED RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT LANE HEADING EAST BOUND. AS I CAME THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR SUDDENLY CHANGED LANES INTO THE LEFT LANE IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAR THAT CHANGED LANES IN FRONT OF ME WAS ONLY GOING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. WITH MY VEHICLE TRAVELING 45 MPH I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BREAKS AND HORN AT THE SAME TIME AND THE CAR SWITCHED BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE. MY BREAKS WORKED FOR ABOUT A SECOND BEFORE THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED THE EMERGENCY BREAK WHICH DID NOT WORK EITHER. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT CAUSING A CRASH. THE BRAKE LINE BUSTED RIGHT UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR BEHIND THE FRONT TIRE. THE BREAK LINES WERE VERY RUSTED UPON INSPECTION. *TR

I WAS OPERATING MY VEHICLE A APPROX. 30 MPH AND WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO WARNING . UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT A BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKE SYSTEMS. I AM AWARE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS A DUAL SYSTEM FOR SAFETY BUT NEVER GAVE A WARNING. WITH BOTH FRONT AND REAR LEAKING, WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. ALL OF THE LINES ARE VERY RUSTED. I HAVE VINTAGE CARS WITH BRAKE LINES THAT NEVER BEEN REPAIRED, AND A NEWER VEHICLE WITH MANY BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IN JUNE OF 2007 AS MY WIFE APPROACHED OUR DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER. IF THIS BRAKE FAILURE HAD HAPPENED AT ANOTHER PLACE OR TIME, THERE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. CHEVROLET DEALER SAID THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED AND FABRICATED A STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL. THE INCIDENT COST ME $1100 TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINE. THE SILVERADO HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,200 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. IN A SECOND REPORT TO THE NHTSA, I REPORTED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER AND AT 90,000 MILES. THIS SECOND FAILURE RESULTED IN ANOTHER HORRIFYING INCIDENT OF BEING UNABLE TO STOP THE SILVERADO WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED. *TR

Mileage: 46,216

WAS SITTING AT RED LIGHT AND BRAKE PEDAL STARTING GOING TO FLOOR AND STARTED ROLLING, SO I PUSHED HARDER AND STOPPED PULLED OVER IN A PARKING LOT . I GOT UNDER TRUCK AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING UNDER DRIVER DOOR, BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING , THE LINES WERE RUSTY. ,AM GOING TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES SO THEY WILL NOT RUST AGAIN. I CHECKED INTERNET AND SEEN THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 151,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH A POTENTIAL BUYER RIDING ALONG. WE HAD REACHED AN OPEN FARM FIELD AT THE EDGE OF TOWN AND HAD ENGAGED THE 4X4 TO VERIFY IT. AFTER FOUR-WHEELING A BIT, WE HEADED BACK TO THE MAIN ROAD, BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW FROM 35 MPH TO STOP AND DISENGAGE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THE BRAKE PEDAL PLUNGED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY FAILURE WARNING, AND WE CONTINUED SAILING OUT ONTO THE STATE HIGHWAY COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED AND STILL TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ENOUGH TO STAY MOSTLY OUT OF THE OPPOSITE DITCH, BUT I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SWERVE BACK INTO THE DITCH, FINALLY ROLLING TO A STOP AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC PASSED. THANK GOD WE NARROWLY MISSED BEING IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. WE WERE BOTH SHOOK UP BY THE NEAR MISS, AND I SAT FOR A MINUTE TRYING TO COLLECT MY NERVES BEFORE HEADING BACK TO TOWN. I SWITCHED THE 4X4 BACK INTO TWO-WHEEL DRIVE, BUT KEPT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN SECOND GEAR BACK TO HOME. I TOOK A ROUTE THAT HAD VERY FEW STOP SIGNS, BUT HAD TO SLOW FOR THOSE FEW BY DOWNSHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR, USING THE TOW/HAUL FEATURE ON THE TRANSMISSION TO INCREASE ANY AVAILABLE ENGINE BRAKING, AND PUMPING THE NOW USELESS BRAKE PEDAL LIKE A MANIAC. I GOT THE TRUCK AND US BACK HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, BUT ALSO WITHOUT ANY DASH BOARD WARNINGS WHATSOEVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I LOST THE SALE. I CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK, AND IT WAS DRIPPING BRAKE FLUID STEADILY FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WARRANTS A SAFETY RECALL, BUT TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES DOESN'T? BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES SHOULD NEVER CORRODE UNDER ANY CONDITIONS! GM PUT STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUSTS ON THESE TRUCKS...... THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ENOUGH TO DO THE SAME WITH BRAKE LINES, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THE NHTSA STOPS DRAGGING ITS FEET AND MAKES GM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ENTIRE DEBACLE OF FAILURES OF THIS FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY SYSTEM! *TT

Mileage: 123,972

ON APRIL 9, 2014 AT ABOUT 9:00 AM, I WAS TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIGHT TRAFFIC WHEN I CAME TO STOP BEHIND A CAR. MY BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LUCKILY I KNOW THE AREA AND I LOOK FOR AN UPHILL STREET AND ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE BRAKE LINES BLEW AND DUMPED FLUID ON THE GROUND. ALL BRAKE LINES CORRODE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. A LOCAL MECHANICAL SHOP REPLACED ALL OF THEM FOR SEVERAL THOUSANDS DOLLARS. *TR

Mileage: 117,101

I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE UNDER A HARD BRAKING CONDITION (FIRM, BUT NOT PANIC STOP). THE HARD LINE FROM THE ABS PUMP TO THE REAR AXLE FAILED JUST ABOVE THE FLEX HOSE COUPLING. I HAD BELIEVE IT TO BE THE FLEX HOSE AT FIRST. UPON INSPECTION, THE HARDLINE AND FITTING TO THE FLEX LINE AT THE REAR AXLE HAS BECOME SO CORRODED AS TO NEARLY BE INDISTINGUISHABLE. BRAKING CONTROL WAS MINIMAL. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR EVEN WITH THE FRONT CIRCUIT STILL INTACT. EVEN THEN, IT COULD NOT COMPLETELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND I WAS FORCED TO USE THE PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE. HAD I BEEN TOWING AT THE TIME, I AM CONVINCED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR

Mileage: 187,000

I WAS TRYING TO COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT WHEN PRESSING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME & WAS ABLE TO TURN THE TRUCK INTO THE NEARBY STORE PARKING LOT. WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK HOME & TOOK A LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, I SEEN THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE LINE, ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, UNDER THE HOOD, THAT HAD A HOLE IN IT & WAS SPRAYING FLUID EVERYWHERE. THE LINE ALSO LOOKED TO BE RUSTED. TO MAKE NOTE THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOWLY, HOWEVER, I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN TRYING TO STOP & TRAVELED (JUST GUESSING) ABOUT 30 TO 40 YARDS TO THE RED LIGHT & WAS STILL UNABLE TO STOP. *TR

Mileage: 256,913

TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW. FIRST INCIDENT WAS 7/2012 AT MY LAKE PROPERTY WHEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. TRUCK WAS LIMPED TO A LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS ON AN ALIGNMENT RACK AFTER THE APPLICATION OF NEW TIRES. THE JIG TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE BRAKE PEDDLE WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE ON THE RACK. *TR

Mileage: 214,000

MASSIVE BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION OF BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE WE BOUGHT IT ON JUNE 18, 1999. THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION LOOKED AS IF IT WAS DRIVEN IN A SALT BATH - TOTALLY RUSTED. SAW THIS RIGHT AFTER BUYING IT BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES. THE WORSE THING THAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT ON MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME. THE FRONT SHOCKS WERE BAD WITH 553 MILES. THE EGR VALVE WENT OUT THE FIRST WEEK WE HAD THE TRUCK. THE BRAKE LINES, BRAKE SENSORS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 7 TIMES. AS OF TODAY THIS TRUCK HAS 52,000 MILES AND IT IS 15 YEARS OLD. WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM VEHICLE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET KILLED OR INJURED BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE? *TR

Mileage: 553

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN LAST YEAR IN ANOTHER PLACE ON THE TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

BRAKE LINE RUSTED THRU. I HAVE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT INSTANCES WHERE THE STEEL BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED AND CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, HAVE ONLY EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN ONE BEFORE WITH A GM CAR (1972) ELDORADO. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES WHERE RUSTED OUT AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

HIT THE BRAKES RELATIVELY HARD AFTER BEING CUT OFF BY ANOTHER DRIVER. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO HAVE AAA GIVE ME A TOW HOME. FOUND A LEAKING BRAKE LINE AND REPAIRED IT. WHILE TEST DRIVING I HIT THE BRAKES FIRMLY AND IT APPEARED AS THOUGH IT WAS RESOLVED. AS I PULLED IN MY DRIVEWAY I GAVE IT ONE LAST GOOD BRAKE, AND LO AND BEHOLD THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ONLY TO FIND ANOTHER LEAK IN ANOTHER LINE. THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND ROTTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *TR

COMING TO RED LIGHT PUSH BRAKE PEDAL NO BRAKES, BRAKE LINE BROKE DUE TO RUST. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL USAGE I FELT THE PEDAL GO ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. TOOK TO DEALER WHO SAID ALL 4 BRAKE LINES HAD BURST DUE TO CORROSION. CHARGED ME OVER $1500.00 TO FIX FOR NEW LINES AND BLEEDING THE SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 139,000

ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS SINCE I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK, THE BRAKE LINES HAVE FAILED AND RUPTURED. IN ALL CASES, THE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR, AND ONLY VERY LIMITED BRAKING WAS AVAILABLE. I HAVE PATCHED THE BRAKE LINES IN MANY PLACES. MOST RECENTLY TODAY, A BRAKE LINE FAILED AT THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE NEAR THE FRAME RAIL. I MADE THE NEEDED PATCH REPAIR, AND THE TRUCK IS OK FOR NOW. I HAVE INSPECTED THOSE SECTIONS OF THE BRAKE LINES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED, AND CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE DETERIORATING, AND WILL BE THE NEXT TO FAIL. I AM WORRIED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK WHEN I MAY NEED TO STOP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND WILL NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STOPPING DISTANCE. *TR

Mileage: 55,500

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION TWO DIFFERENT TIMES VERY LUCKY WAS NOT GOING FAST, AFTER INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED. *TR

Mileage: 170,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THREE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP, TWO OF THEM MOVED TO THE LEFT. I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP AND WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL MY BRAKES STARTED WORKING NORMALLY. AS I GOT CLOSER, ABOUT TWO CAR LENGTHS, I LOST BRAKING POWER AND SPED UP AS IF I HAD HIT AN ICY PATCH IN THE ROAD. I WENT TO THE RIGHT AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME IN THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER. AT THIS POINT I COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO CHECK OUT MY TRUCK I FOUND A LOT OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA THAT APPEARED TO HAVE COME FROM THE METAL BRAKE LINE WHICH WAS RUSTY. THE TRUCK WAS SO HEAVILY DAMAGED I COULD NOT GET A PICTURE OR SEE THE HOLE IN THE LINE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *TR

Mileage: 185,500

A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK (1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 4X4) ON A CONNECTING ROAD (DIRT) WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES TO TURN. THE ABS PUMP STARTED RUNNING. I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT IT KEPT RUNNING BUT DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN I RETURNED BACK TO MY APARTMENT, IT WAS STILL RUNNING. I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER CHARGING THE BATTERY, I NOTICED THE ABS CONTROL UNIT (UNDER THE CAB ON THE DRIVERS SIDE) WAS STILL RUNNING. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHICH PROCEEDED TO TELL ME I NEEDED A NEW ABS UNIT $1100. AS I CANNOT AFFORD AN $1100 PART ON A 9 YEAR OLD TRUCK. I JUST UNPLUGGED IT. BOTH THE BRAKE AND THE ABS LIGHT STAY ON IN THE CAB ANY TIME THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIND A USED UNIT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS OVER 240000 MILES ON IT, WITH EXCEPTION OF A LITTLE RUST, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 195,000

BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINES BURST CAUSING NO BRAKE SITUATION. NO BRAKE LIGHT LIT BEFORE OR FOR A DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT. LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF THE REST OF THE BRAKE LINES IT APPEARS THAT THE MATERIAL OF THE LINES IS DEFECTIVE AS THE REMAINING BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTY ALSO. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. UPON INSPECTIONS BRAKES LINES RUSTED AND FAILED. THESE SHOULD BE MADE FROM NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL! THANK GOSH WE WERE NOT GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN WE LOST BRAKES. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED NEEDED REPLACEMENT,PIN HOLES IN LINES. *TR

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I LOST BRAKES,IN 2005,W 54000 MILES, I LOST ALL BRAKES AND HAD TO REPLACE ALL RUSTED CALIPERS ROTORS AND REAR RUSTED HAND BRAKE CABLES AND DRUMS.IN8/10/10 W/74000 MILES AND HAD RUSTED BRAKE LINE REPAIRED. NOW ON 10/ 10/13 LOST ALL BRAKES, DUE TO ANOTHER RUSTED BRAKE. I HAD ALL RUSTED BRAKE LINES TESTED AND REPLACED, BY A AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THESE REPAIRS COST ME 2300.00 DOLLARS. PS/THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 88000 MILES,6000 MILES A YEAR AND ALWAYS,ALWAYS HAS A UNDERCARRIAGE WASH IN SALT ROAD CONDITIONS.THE ONLY MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK IS THE BAD BRAKE RUST PROBLEMS.NO OTHER VEHICAL I OWNED HAS HAD RUST AS THIS TRUCK. I STILL OWN A 1972 VW THAT HAS ALL ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES W/ NO RUST. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

APPARENT BRAKE LINE FAILURE. APPEARS TO HAVE CORRODED AND IS LEAKING FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 137,236

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 BRAKE LINE RUPTURED LEAVING ME TO THINK QUICK TO AVOID A CRASH. AFTER PULLING OVER I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINE TO FIND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE HARD LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THRU RIGHT BEFORE IT CONVERTS TO A SOFT LINE. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 10 YEARS AGO I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

I HAD A BRAKE LINE BREAK AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT HIT ANY THING OR PERSONS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE GO EVER... *TR

Mileage: 72,000

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DURING APPLICATION, LOST CONTROL OF BRAKING AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND BRAKE LINES ARE ALL BADLY CORRODED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

I WAS BRAKING AT RED LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TO FLOOR DID STOP AFTER I ALL READY WENT TROUGH RED LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AFTER APPLYING THE E-BRAKE AND SOMETHING SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS DRAGGING. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL SHOP AND WERE TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES THAT GO INTO THE ABS WERE RUSTED OUT AND CORRODED. WE HAD JUST REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE IN FEBURARY OF THIS YEAR. I SEE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR TRUCK. WHY ISN'T CHEVY TAKING CARE OF IT???

Mileage: 115,000

I WAS TRAVELING AT 48 MPH WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID A QUICK HEAD CHECK AND HAD TO QUICKLY TURN INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AFTER I CROSSED 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE WEST HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THE PROTRUDING FRONT CLIP OF MY BIG RED SILVERADRO TRUCK

Mileage: 138,000

I WAS TRAVELING AT 48 MPH WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID A QUICK HEAD CHECK AND HAD TO QUICKLY TURN INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AFTER I CROSSED 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE WEST HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THE PROTRUDING FRONT CLIP OF MY TRUCK. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE HOME, I PROCEEDED TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM, I FOUND IT WAS A SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR GOING INTO THE ANTI-LOCK CONTROL MODUAL THAT HAD RUPTURED. AT THAT POINT I REALIZED THAT ALL THE BREAK LINES WERE IN THE SAME SEVERELY RUSTED CONDITION AND MUST BE REPLACED BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE ROAD. I CANT BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE EARLY 2012 & NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO TO SPEED THE RESOLUTION UP? THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY INJURED OR KILLED!

Mileage: 138,000

THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO INCIDENTS OF WHEN I WAS PULLING MY TRUCK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES AS A RESULT OF CORRODED BRAKE LINES. BOTH INCIDENTS DID NOT RESOLVE IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I AM AN AWARE DRIVER. BUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE HAD TO SEPARATE BRAKE LINES CORRODE THROUGH HAS ME NERVOUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS I'M UNSURE WHEN IT COULD OCCUR. I AM HAVING ALL THE LINES REPLACED EVEN IF THE MECHANICS DON'T RECOMMEND IT. *TR

Mileage: 95,678

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE LIGHT TURNED RED. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED AROUND A CAR AND RAN THROUGH THE LIGHT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS GOING THROUGH IT AT THAT TIME. I THEN PULLED OVER AFTER I DOWN SHIFTED AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. UPON INSPECTION, THE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE REST OF THEM WERE RIGHT BEHIND THE ONE THAT RUPTURED. GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED. THINK THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

I CAME UP TO A RED LIGHT, ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR IN THE CROSS TRAFFIC, FOR I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP UNTIL I WAS WELL THOUGH THE INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY WITHOUT INJURY. LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 185,439

ON DRIVING MY VEHICLE, MY BRAKES SLOWLY SANK TO FLOOR, UPON PUMPING MY BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, I PULLED OVER TO FIND BRAKE FLUID COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER DOOR AREA. HAVING MY VEHICLE TOWED TO MY BROTHERS HOUSE WE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WHERE RUSTED AND ROTTED, RIGHT BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE ABS, MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING IN HIS DRIVEWAY SINCE THEN, I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 122,018

I WAS LEAVING MY BARN, AND AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY I HIT MY BRAKES AND MY PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ONLY DRIVING APPROX 5 MPH SO MY TRUCK SLOWLY ROLLED TO A STOP, AS I THEN PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, AND CALLED MY FRIEND WHO IS ALSO MY MECHANIC. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO DRIVE AROUND A SHARP BEND, WHEN I PRESSED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. I THEN DOWN SHIFTED, BUT COULD NOT STOP. BEFORE MY TRUCK PLUMMETED DOWN A WOODED HILL ( THE HILL BEING APPROX 50-60 YARDS LONG) I JUMPED FROM MY TRUCK, BUT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MY TRUCK AND A STATIONARY VEHICLE. I WAS THEN CRUSHED, AS MY TRUCK PROCEEDED TO PLUMMET DOWN THE HILL. THIS ALL CAUSING THE STATIONARY CAR TO HAVE SCRAPES, AND A DENT WHERE MY BODY WAS, AND CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING, SWELLING AND ABRASIONS OF MY UPPER LEGS, HIPS, AND BUTTOCK, AND I WAS UNABLE TO WALK FOR 3 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT BECAUSE OF LEG WEAKNESS, EVERY TIME I WOULD PUT WEIGHT ON MY RIGHT LEG IT WOULD GIVE OUT, AND CAUSE A SEVERE SHOOTING PAIN UP MY LEG INTO MY LOWER BACK, AND WAS UNABLE TO WORK FOR A WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

WAS AT BOAT RAMP PULLING TRAILER OUT OF WATER, LOUD POP, PARKED THE TRUCK. CAME BACK TO TRUCK AFTER BOATING TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES. HAD FRONT BRAKE LINE REPLACED, VEHICLE SAT FOR APRX. 2-3 WEEKS WENT TO HOOK BOAT UP ONLY TO FIND THAT WHEN I WENT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUPTURED! HAVE ALWAYS OWNED CHEVY VEHICLES, TIME TO LISTEN TO MY FATHERS ADVICE AND GO TO FORD! *TR

Mileage: 109,000

BACKING BOAT INTO WATER AT BOAT RAMP. APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, SLAMMED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT LOSING MY BOAT AND TRUCK. INSPECTED ALL LINES--ALL CORRODED AND SEEPING BRAKE FLUID. TRUCK HAS ONLY 105,000 MILES, WAS RUSTPROOFED AND UNDERCARRIAGE WASH EVERY WEEK DURING WINTER. HAVE HAD CHEVY VEHICLES AND RAN THEM UP TO 300,000 MILES IN THE 70'S AND 80'S AND NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE. IT IS OBVIOUS THE LINES ARE OF LOW QUALITY-PURCHASED SS LINES PENDING REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 104,800

REAR BRAKE LINE (NOT BRAKE HOSE) RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. I WAS STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LINE RUPTURED BUT, WAS FIVE MINUTES FROM GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS PULLING A TRAILER WHEN THE RUPTURE OCCURRED. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING. MY DRIVEWAY IS ON A STEEP HILL BUT, I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE ENTERING THE STREET. VERY DANGEROUS. I USE THIS VEHICLE EVERY DAY. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER AND HEADED FOR THE INTERSTATE, AS STATED EARLIER. I THOUGHT THESE VEHICLES WITH THE SPLIT MASTER CYLINDER STILL PROVIDED SOME BRAKING IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS. APPARENTLY NOT. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

WHILE COMING DOWN A HILL TO A RED LIGHT, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR. AS IT WENT TO THE FLOOR I HEARD A NOISE, TURNED MY WHEEL TO ADVOID HITTING THE CAR INFRONT OF ME, I RAN OVER A SPEED LIMIT SIGN, ONLY TO MISS A BUILDING BY APPLING THE PARKING BRAKE. I WAS ONLY GOING 25MPH. A COP BEHIND ME HEARD THE POP AND STOP TO SEE IF WE (ME, MY FIANCE AND CHILD) WERE ALRIGHT. WHEN I TALK TO MY MECHANIC, HE SAID THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF REPORTS OF THE BREAK LINES FAILING IN THE SILVERADO. THAT MOST OF HIS OTHER CLIENTS THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM CALL A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY EITHER PAID FOR THE REPAIRS OR GIVEN UP TO $500 TO THE REPAIRS. I CALL JBA CHEVROLET IN GLEN BURNIE MARYLAND, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE UNWARE OF SUCH A PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO LOOK INTO OR HELP IN THE REPAIR. I HAVE READ OF THE CONCERNS/REPORTS OF OTHERS AND I AM WONDERING WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL. FAMILIES ARE AT RISK. WHAT ACTIONS CAN I AND OTHER DRIVERS TAKE? CHEVY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 149,822

ALL BRAKES LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY RUSTED THROUGH. BRAKES HAD FAILED WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT THEN MYSTERIOUSLY CAME BACK LOCKED ON ONE SIDE (LEFT REAR). *TR

Mileage: 27,643

DEAR SIR OR MADAM, I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. I JUST HAD THE BRAKE LINES BURST ON MY CHEVY PICKUP. HAVING HEARD IT REPORTED ON THE LOCAL NEWS AND READING ABOUT IT ON LINE THAT. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS, GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THEIR LOW QUALITY WORK. TOYOTA HAD TO FIX THEIR GAS PEDAL ISSUE, THIS IS A FAR WORSE ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE NO BRAKES AND YOUR CAR IS FULL OF PEOPLE. *TR

Mileage: 163,850

REPLACED BRAKES AND CALIPERS BLEED SYSTEM THEN WENT TO DRIVE AND WHEN STOPPING NO PEDAL AT AL. REAR BRAKES WORK FRONTS DON'T. REBLED BRAKES AND WITH BOTH FRONT LINES OFF THERE IS NO FLUID COMING OUT THE LINES AND WHEN TESTING THE REAR I GET FLUID COMING OUT. MY TRUCK IS DISABLED TILL I CAN FIX THIS. *TR

Mileage: 114,658

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHEN SLOWING TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A GAS STATION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKE FUNCTION. AFTER INSPECTION I FOUND A HOLE RUSTED IN ONE OF THE METAL BRAKE LINES JUST BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

Mileage: 95,670

THE BRAKE LINE ON MY CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP RUPTURED DO TO RUST. THE LINE IS LOCATED JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. IT RUNS FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS BLOCK. *TR

Mileage: 128,520

I JUST SPENT OVER 2K REPLACING ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL THE WAY THE FACTORY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT ORIGINALLY ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY MECHANIC ALMOST HIT THE BAY DOOR WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. THE LOCAL GM DEALER THAT REPLACED THE LINES HAD ANOTHER CHEVY IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAID THEY ARE GETTING 1 TO 2 PER WEEK WITH THE SAME, EXACT PROBLEM! I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE LINE BLEW OUT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED AND GM NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 83,231

BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. TO DO THE REPAIR THE REAR CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE BOTH THE BLEEDERS AND LINE CONNECTIONS WERE SEIZED. FLASH FORWARD ONE YEAR AND NOW THE FRONT LINES FRONT HOSES AND FRONT CALIPERS NEED THE SAME THING. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

WHEN STOPPING AT STOP SIGN PEDAL WENT ALMOST ALL WAY TO THE FLOOR. CYCLES PEDAL A FEW TIMES AFTERTHOUGHT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. STILL WENT TO FLOOR AND HEARD AROUND LIKE AIR OR WATER RUSHING AT EACH PUSH OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND LEAK ON TOP SIDE OF MAIN BRAKE LINE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID IN UPWARD DIRECTION INTO REAR DRIVERSIDE CAB FLOOR. BRAKELINE APPEARS TO BE PITTED WITH CORROSION WITH LARGE HOLE. I DO NOT LIVE IN A SALT AIR ENVIRONMENT. *TR

Mileage: 214,190

I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AS WELL AS THE POLICE OFFICER I ALMOST HIT AT THE STOPLIGHT AND THE PEOPLE IN CROSS TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE PUSHED HIM INTO, WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. NO WARNING LIGHTS TO TELL ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND STILL NO WARNING LIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO BRAKES. THE ONLY REASON I WAS ABLE TO STOP IS BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING THE FULL SPEED LIMIT DUE TO GROCERIES STACKED ON THE SEAT BESIDE ME; WITH DOWNSHIFTING TO LOW RANGE ONE AND PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY TO GAIN MAYBE 5 TO 10% PRESSURE, I ONLY STOPPED ABOUT 5 TO 10 FEET BEHIND THE OFFICER. ADD ANOTHER 10-15 MPH AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. AN AVERAGE DRIVER WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY WRECKED AT FULL SPEED. THE LINE BURST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, UNDER WHERE THE DOOR JAM STARTS. ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED. I'VE HAD TWO 1971 CHEVY TRUCKS AND A 1964 PLYMOUTH VALIANT CONVERTIBLE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM EVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF, STILL LOOKS NEW, REGULARLY COMPLIMENTED ON ITS CONDITION AND LOOKS AND IT ALMOST KILLED PEOPLE! *TR

Mileage: 137,000

PUT BRAKES ON AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, FINALLY GOT TRUCK STOPPED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING FROM UNDER CAB. THE BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED. *TR

Mileage: 235,000

ON OCT. 10 2012, A CAR STOP REAL FAST IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES. THEY DID NOT WORK, WENT A AROUND HER AND STILL COULD NOT STOP. WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT,DODGING TRAFFIC. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MY TRUCK I WOULD HAVE HIT 6 DIFFERENT CARS. I MADE IT THROUGH THAT, WENT INTO PARKING LOT STILL COULD NOT STOP. I WAS HEAD FOR A BUSINESS AND IF I DID NOT TURN THE WHEEL WHEN I DID I WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT INTO IT. I HIT A TREE SO I COULD STOP. UPON CHECKING THE BRAKE LINES WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WE RUSTED THROUGH. NOT ONLY ARE THE BRAKE LINES BUT THE FUEL LINES ARE ALSO LIKE THIS. I LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THO DRIVE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED THAT DAY, THANK GOD I HAD SOMEONE WATCHING OVER ME ON THAT DAY. *TR

Mileage: 258,716

REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND CAUSED A BREAK WHERE BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED THROUGH THE LINE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. LOSS OF BRAKING DISTANCE. NO ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

REAR BRAKE LINE BURST. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

THANKFULLY AFTER REMOVING MY BOX OF MY TRUCK TO REPAIR RUST, I NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION/RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE THAT FEEDS THE REAR CALIPERS (ENOUGH CORROSION WHERE IT WAS BOWING OUT AND SLIGHTLY LEAKING). I WENT OUT AND PURCHASED CORROSION PROOF FLEX LINE AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE LINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE ENTIRE LINE IS BASICALLY CORRODED AWAY. I STARTED LOOKING AT THE OTHER LINES AND THEY ALL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM ALL NOR DO I HAVE THE TIME, READING ONLINE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, THIS IS PUTTING MANY LIVES AT RISK! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. GM NEEDS TO BE HELD FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 134,302

COMING HOME FROM VERMONT AND 6 MILES A WAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON,CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR I WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER,GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING AND LOOKED UNDER AND SAW BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED, NICE SIZE HOLE. *TR

Mileage: 170,000

WAS MOVING THE TRUCK INTO GARAGE TO CHANGE OIL.. HIT BRAKES AND PEDAL DROPPED A BIT, BRAKE FLUID FROM RUSTED OUT LINE JUST BELOW DRIVERS FLOORBOARD. I'VE HEARD THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE...THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LINE TO GO..THIS IS A BAD DESIGN. I LIVE IN NORTHERN INDIANA...PART OF THE SALT BELT. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO BRAKE LINES RUSTING THROUGH. I HAD THE BRAKES FAIL ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING MY DRIVE WAY AND NOT ON THE ROAD TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE BRAKES TOTALLY FAILED AND AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE I DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT DUE TO ROT. I WAS TRAVELING ~50 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF A HIGHWAY WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS FORCED TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO THE CONCRETE DIVIDER AND USE THE PARKING BRAKE. I SIDESWIPED ONE CAR. AS THE POLICE TOOK MY REPORT ALL BRAKE FLUID LEAK OUT FROM MULTIPLE RUPTURES. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

DROVE 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO UP DRIVEWAY PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO FLOOR ALMOST HIT HOUSE. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND SAW THAT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED INTO LEAKING ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID OUT OF THE RESERVOIR ON,TO DRIVEWAY. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD OR ANYONE IN AREA...PLEASE MAKE GM STAND GOOD FOR THERE PRODUCTS THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO LET SLIDE BY. *TR

Mileage: 107,654

LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKES, PEDAL TO FLOOR. FOUND STEEL LINE TO ABS VALVE BLOWN, DUE TO CORROSION. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I WAS GOING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME AND THAT I STILL HAD THE FRONT BRAKES. I LIMPED IT HOME AND WHEN I GOT BACK BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING OUT OF THE LINES THAT RUN ON THE FRAME JUST UNDER THE GAS TANK. EVERYTHING UNDER THE TRUCK IS RUSTED. THE ROCKER PANELS ARE ALSO RUSTED OUT. THE TRUCK BED IS RUSTED ON ALL SIDES AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS TANK ON. THEY WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. I HAD ONE STRAP THAT HAD FALLEN OFF WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 166,480

BRAKE LINE BURST AND RENDERED MY TRUCK BRAKELESS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY RUST PRONE BRAKELINES THEY PUT ON THESE TRUCKS. I WAS LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS STOPPED. *TT

Mileage: 68,000