2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Service Brakes Problems

The emergency brake does not work properly. It automatically comes on while I am driving almost causing me to have a accident. Please, fix!!!!

ABS kicks in constantly at low speeds in dry conditions. This causes longer stopping distances. The ABS grinds or vibrates interfering with normal braking situations. Many near miss collisions at low speeds. The manufacturer should be responsible and replace all the ABS sensors. I purchased this truck brand new in 2002.

THE THROTTLE CABLE MAKES CONTACT AND RUB THROUGH THE FLEXIBLE PRESSURIZED FUEL LINE CREATING A PINHOLE LEAK OF NATURAL GAS. I SMELL GAS INSiDE CAB. CAUSES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON

ABS SYSTEM WILL ACTIVATE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WITHOUT CAUSE SUCH AS A WET SURFACE

Mileage: 200,000

HARD BREAK LINES ARE FULLY CORRODED AND NEED FULL REPLACEMENT AFTER A BREAK LINE FAILURE. LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE, CURRENTLY 65K, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MILD CLIMATE OF NC AND SC SINCE 2002 WHERE SNOW AND SALT IS INFREQUENT. NEVER DRIVEN IN COASTAL AREA. ONLY RECENTLY DRIVEN ACROSS COUNTRY, WHERE FAILURE OCCURRED. THANKFULLY AT SLOW SPEEDS.

Mileage: 65,000

BRAKE LINES STARTED LEAKING BRAKE FLUID OUT OF NOWHERE. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE BRAKE PETAL SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH. I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN I DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE. HAD I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED I MAY NOT BE HERE TO COMPLAIN. RUSTED BRAKE LINES IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 116,060

ABS KICKS IN AT LOW SPEED

Mileage: 75,000

WHEN WE BOUGHT TRUCK I CHECKED VIN AND ONLY THE TAILGATE RECALL CAME UP BUT LISTED MY TRUCK BEING A CHEVY 800 MODEL, WELL COUPLE WEEKS AGO OUR TRUCK WOULDN'T BRAKE WHILE PARKING MAKING A LEFT INTO A RESTAURANT AND THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP AND HIT THE RESTAURANT WINDOW!!! WHEN I CHECKED JUST OUR EXACT VEHICLE 15 PLUS RECALLS CAME UP WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT LISTED, PLEASE HELP ADVISE. THANK THE PARKERD

Mileage: 205,000

WHILE SLOWING DOWN COMING TO A STOP - NO BRAKES. CHECKED EVERYTHING. SUSPECT POWER BOOSTER. THIS STARTED SLOWLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. TODAY IT ACTUALLY WOULD NOT STOP AND I ALMOST HIT THE FIRE HYDRANT.

Mileage: 97,000

BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH TO POINT OF FAILURE

Mileage: 125,000

MY BRAKE LINES ON MY SILVERADO HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 DIFFERENT LINES IN 4 YEARS THE TRUCK HAS 90,000 MILES ON IT AND IN THE LAST MONTH 3 TIMES IVE LOST BRAKES THE GUY WHO FIXES MY BRAKE LINES TELLS ME THE LINES ARE RUSTED OUT EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS, HE TOLD ME HE CANT TELL BY SIGHT WHEN THEY WILL FAIL CAUSE THEY LOOK OK BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE, I'VE READ THIS IS A ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLE'S IVE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR (KNOCK ON WOOD) BUT THE COST AND THE STRESS OF HAVING YOUR BRAKES FAIL IS UNACCEPTABLE SEEING THE LINES ARE NOT UP TO NORMAL STANDARDS, SOMEONE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE

Mileage: 70,000

IN JULY OF 2018, MY 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAD MAJOR BRAKE FAILURE AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES, IT WENT TOTALLY TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP, BLOWING RIGHT THROUGH RED LIGHT. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE MY BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH, AND ALL THE BRAKES LINES, AS WELL AS THE FUEL LINE IS TOTALLY RUSTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON IN THIS CHEVROLET / GM MODEL ERA. HE SAID IF ALL HE WERE TO DO IS REPLACE BRAKE LINES IN THIS 1999 TO 2006 ERA, IT WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP HIS BUSINESS BOOMING. WHAT SHOCKING STRUCK ME IS THAT HE TOLD ME THEY ALL FAIL UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, ALONG THE FRAME, BEFORE THE ABS MODULE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. MYSELF, AS WELL AS OTHERS COULD OF BEEN KILLED WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE RED LIGHT. JOHN D. NORRISTOWN, PA.

Mileage: 158,722

THERE IS A MAJOR SAFETY DESIGN FLAW IN THE 1999-2002 BRAKE SYSTEM. THE FRONT TIRES THROUGH THE SALT AND GRIME FROM THE ROADS ONTO THE BRAKE LINES WHERE CHEVROLET HAS LOCATED THEM IN THE DESIGN. THIS CAUSES THE BRAKE LINES TO CORRODE AND BURST DURING DRIVING. MINE HAVE NOW BURST FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST 5 YEARS. THE FIRST TIME IN 2013 I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH WHEN I WENT TO MAKE A RH TURN AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS TIME I HAD WENT TO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND WAS ON THE WAY HOME WHEN I STOPPED TO TALK TO A NEIGHBOR AND ONCE AGAIN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I DRIVE THE TRUCK VERY LITTLE SO I HAVE ONLY PUT JUST OVER 17,000 MILES ON THE NEW SET OF BRAKE LINES THAT I HAD INSTALLED BY A CHEVROLET DEALER IN 2013. I LIVE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE, KY SO OUR WINTERS ARE NOT THAT HARSH, SO THE AMOUNT OF SALT FROM ROADS IS PRETTY LIMITED. I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER CHEVROLET SILVERADO, YUKON AND SUBURBAN OWNERS AND THEY ALL SHARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR BRAKE LINES. I HAVE WENT TO YOUTUBE TO SEE HOW TO MAKE THE REPAIRS MYSELF AND HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS VIDEOS ON INDIVIDUALS REPAIRING THEIR BRAKES BECAUSE OF THE CORROSION AND THE BRAKE LINES BURSTING. COME ON NHTSB WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON BEFORE YOU ISSUE A RECALL, SOMEONE TO DIE OR BE PERMANENTLY DISABLED! DO THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THE BRAKES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES, ROTORS, CALIPERS AND BRAKE PADS THAT WILL NOT RUST AFTER A FEW YEARS!

Mileage: 1

I WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEED ON A STREET THAT IS 25MH AS I BREAK TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN MY ABS ACTIVATED. ALMOST CAUSED ME A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOP SO I HAD TO BREAK SO HARD MY BUT WAS ACTUALLY OFF OF THE SEAT. AND THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN SO NOW I HAVE TO TAKE THE ABS FUSE OUT TO DEACTIVATE MY ABS.

Mileage: 173,000

TAKATA RECALL - HAVE BEEN STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES AS IT HAS APPEARED TO BE THE FUEL PUMP NOT GETTING GAS TO START THE CAR. SOMETIME CAN HEAR PUMP RUNNING AS I HAVE REPLACE 3-4 PUMPS SINCE 2012 OR 13. SOME TIME BEATING UNDER TANK HELPS. THERE SEEM TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING AND START SOMETIME WHEN IT IS RESET. SOUNDS WONDERFUL WHEN IT RUNS. CAN IT BE THE COMPUTER? TOWED TO A SAFE LOCATION AFTER NOT STARTING AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNICIAN SHOW 10% FUEL PRESSURE. I PARKED WENT IN TO MAKE A PAYMENT AT A BUSINESS AND WOULD NOT START FOR 4 DAYS

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE DRIVER HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, WHICH HAD STILL GONE THROUGH THE STOP SIGN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE BRAKE SYSTEM RECALL. THERE WERE MORE THAN 20 TSBS ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO SOLUTION TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WAS ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

Mileage: 168,000

EXPERIENCING UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY ROADS WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND/OR STOPPING, WITH OR WITH OUT PRESSING ON THE BREAKS.

Mileage: 101,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEWART CHEVROLET (780 SERRAMONTE BLVD, COLMA, CA 94014) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED ABOUT AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING REPAIRED PER THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,475. *TT CONSUMER STATED HE HAD A NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS WITH THE BRAKES. HAD ONE ACCIDENT WHERE THEY FAILED TO DO THEIR JOBS. UPDATED 8/7/18*JB

Mileage: 133,475

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SHIFTED TO DRIVE TO PARK THE VEHICLE BACK IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AGAIN. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE UTILIZED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS HARD TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THE BRAKE LINES WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (KENDRED CHEVROLET IN SMITHFIELD, MISSOURI) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

Mileage: 63,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 7 MPH, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND PULSATED UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE STARTED INTERMITTENTLY APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO AND HAS BECOME WORSE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED DAILY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGES AT SLOW SPEEDS CAUSING INABILITY TO STOP. THE ROAD SURFACE DOES NOT MATTER, WET, DRY, DIRT OR PAVED, IT IS A FAILING SYSTEM. THIS WAS A RANDOM PROBLEM, NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THE SYSTEM WILL MAKE A RATCHETING SOUND THEN A GRINDING BEFORE AS YOU COME TO A STOP. YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO LET OFF THE BRAKE AND REAPPLY PRESSURE HOPING IT WORKS. I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SMALL CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND EVERYWHERE. I WOULD HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THESE BRAKES FAILED ME WHEN I REALLY NEEDED THEM.

Mileage: 175,000

ALL BRAKE LINE FOR ENTIRE TRUCK HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF RUST ISSUES, AS WELL AS REAR BACKING PLATES WHICH HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY AWAY. ABS SENSORS ARE ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEED ON DRY PAVEMENT CAUSING TRUCK TO TAKE LONGER SPACE TO STOP

Mileage: 172,000

BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. CAUSING PIN HOLE LEAKS. LINES ARE SO SEVERELY CORRODED THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX EXCEPT TO REPLACE ALL BAKE LINES. THIS IS A EXTERME COSTLY REPAIR. DEALER SHIP QUOTED A MINIMUM $1700.00 BUT COULD BE HIGHER. LEAKS OCCURR WHILE DRIVING THEN APPLYING BRAKES DUE TO CORROSION CAUSE WEAK SPOTS IN LINES. LEAKS ONLY OCCURR WHILE DRIVING THEN APPLYING BRAKES THAT CAUSE INCREASE IN PRESSURE IN LINES. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN FAST MOVING TRAFFIC.

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 6 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 251,000.

Mileage: 251,000

CAME OUT OF A RESTAURANT PUT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACING AT A COST OF 1100.00 DOLLARS. JUST GLAD THAT I WASN'T DRIVING AS THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

STARTED VEHICLE EARLY ONE MORNING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DAY, ALLOWED IT TO WARM UP FOR ABOUT ONE (1) MINUTE AND THEN PLACED IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT SIX (6) FEET IN REVERSE ATTEMPTED TO STOP, PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE AT ALL AND VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER ABOUT SIX (6) FEET. THERE WAS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. NO PRIOR INDICATIONS, NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF LIQUID ON THE GROUND NEAR THE REAR OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. AFTER HAVING VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD COMPLETED CORRODED. TOTAL REPAIR SHOP COST TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES WAS $810.36. THIS DID NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF THE TOW TRUCK TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR FACILITY. I AM THE FIRST AND ONLY OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE ON A BUSY SUBURBAN STREET. I WAS INTENDING TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND HAD NO BRAKES. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO COLLISON. TRUCK NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. COST WAS $872.73.

Mileage: 135,000

WE JUST PURCHASED A USED 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO ON 9/25, TOOK IT FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD BURST AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THESE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS, SINCE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LINES ON VEHICLES OF THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL.

Mileage: 86,412

TRAVELLING FROM PA TO CAPE HATTERAS, NC. TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE OF ALL 4 WHEELS IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC ON US 158 S BYPASS IN KILL DEVIL HILLS. MANAGED TO SWERVE ONTO RIGHT BERM GRASSY AREA AND SHIFT TO LOW AND USE HAND BRAKE TO STOP. HAD TWO CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT. ONE WAS A 2 YEAR OLD. HAD TO DRIVE 42 MILES WITH NO BRAKES TO REACH DESTINATION. MECHANIC IN RODANTHE HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER. BRAKE LINES WERE TOTALLY RUSTED OUT. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON I-95 AT 70 MPH WE WOULD PROBABLY ALL HAVE BEEN KILLED.

Mileage: 163,000

FUEL AND BREAK LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. FUEL LINE BROKE WHILE REPLACING FUEL FILTER. NECESSITATED REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE FUEL LINE SYSTEM. BREAK LINE BROKE WHILE DRIVING AROUND SAME TIME LOSING ALL BREAKING FUNCTIONS. NEEDED TO TURN OFF ROAD AND KILL MOTOR TO STOP. ALL BREAK LINES NEED REPLACEMENT. I SPENT $2500 FIXING.

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS PULLING MY 2000 LB BOAT TO THE LAKE SAT. WITH MY 2002 SILVERADO 1500 . I MADE IT TO THE LAUNCH RAMP OK BUT WHEN I WENT TO LAUNCH THE BOAT I COULDN'T STOP ROLLING DOWN THE RAMP [ NO BRAKES) I WAS ONLY ABLE TO SAVE THE TRUCK FROM BECOMING A SUBMARINE BY THROWING IT IN DRIVE AND HITTING THE GAS. I DROVE INTO THE PARKING LOT TO FIND THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT . HAD THIS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC . I READ ONLINE ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE LINES AND THE FACT THERE WAS A BACKUP. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY WHILE PULLING A BOAT IT WOULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED ME. I'VE HAD CARS LONGER THIS IN MY 40+ YEARS OF DRIVING ANY NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE FAIL FROM RUST. I WOULD HAVE LIKED A HEADS UP ON THIS ISSUE AS I'VE SEEN IT TO BE A PROBLEM IN MULTIPLE YEARS. NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED AGAIN BY GM BY NOT AT LEAST GIVING THE OWNERS A HEADS UP. AND I'M THANKING GOD FOR MY WIFE AND I NOT BEING INJURED ON A SIMPLE FISHING TRIP. SHAME ON YOU GUYS. IF IT WASN'T AN ISSUE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THE LINES ON LATER MODEL CARS. JUST ONE MORE PUSH TO MAKE ME LOOK AT OTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 193,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOORBOARD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,412. UPDATED 10/06/16*LJ *TR

Mileage: 156,412

BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES ARE VERY RUSTED ALSO THE DRIVE SHAFT AND ABS BRACKET 2 BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK HAS ONLY ABOUT 100,000 MILES IT IS VERY DANGEROUS

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH HARDLY ANY BRAKES.I HAD TO GO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID MAJOR CRASH . WAS VERY SHOCKED AND HEART WAS RACING . I NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE IN ALL THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. I MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME BY USING LOWER GEARS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. WHEN I FINALLY GOT HOME I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT THE HECK WAS GOING ON AND SAW THAT MY BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED THRU AND THE FLUID WAS COMING OUT. I WENT ON LINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND SAW THERE WERE MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I CALLED SEVERAL PLACES AND THE COST TO REPLACE ALL MY BRAKE LINES WAS AROUND 1200 - 1700. I ENDED UP GETTING THEM REPLACED FOR $1600. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I HAVE OWED MANY VEHICHLES OVER THE YEARS IN THIS SAME AREA AND HAVE NEVER EVER HAD TO REPLACE A BRAKE LINE. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A MAJOR RECALL BEFORE ANYONE DIES. THERE MUST BE FAULTY METAL BEING USED IN THESE AND NEEDS TO BE STAINLESS STEEL. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE $1600 I HAD TO SPEND ON THESE FAULTY BRAKE LINES. THEY NEED TO DO A RECALL OR LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE REPAIRS.

Mileage: 237,000

BRAKE LINE ARE RUSTING AND FAILING. I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THIS IS THE SECOND LINE TO FAIL FROM RUST AND THE OTHER 3 LOOK VERY RUSTY.

Mileage: 85,000

THE FUEL LINES RUST AWAY AND START LEAKING FUEL BADLY. ALL LINES HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE RUST ON THIS TRUCK IS UNBELIEVABLE. GM WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE PRODUCT. THE ROCKER PANELS ALL RUSTED OUT AS WELL. THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT. THESE TRUCK ARE JUST RUST BUCKETS

Mileage: 135,000

1ST INCIDENT - VEHICLE IN MOTION AT LOW SPEED, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AND PREVENT VEHICLE FROM STOPPING, RAN INTO GARAGE DOOR 2ND INCIDENT - AFTER 1ST INCIDENT, CAR SHOP REPLACED ABS MODULE. SAME SITUATION. VEHICLE IN MOTION AT LOW SPEED, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AND PREVENT VEHICLE FROM STOPPING, RAN INTO CAR IN PARKING LOT.

Mileage: 182,000

ONE OF THE REAR BRAKES STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 2 MPH, THE LOW SPEED ABS ENGAGEMENT INCREASED THE STOPPING DISTANCE AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR BUT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE A CRASH OCCURRED. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND RE-APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,652. UPDATED 07/12/16*LJ

Mileage: 75,652

I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM THE DEALER, WITH 230,000 MILES ON SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AS I BRAKED TO STOP THE PEDDLE WOULD STIFFEN AND PURR... AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, RUNNING INTERSECTIONS AND PARKING SPOTS. CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENTS. II LEARNED THIS WAS RELATED TO BRAKE ANTILOCK SYSTEM. DEALER SAID THEY DONE THE RECALL PROCEDURE TO CLEAN SENSORS AND AVOIDED ANY FURTHER CONCERNE EXPRESSED. I CHECKED WITH OTHER DEALERS WHO HAD THE SAME DENIAL REACTION, THE INITIAL DEALER HAD DONE CHECKS TO ALL CHASIS AND COMPONANT CHECKS, I NOTICED A MILD GROWL WHEN IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE BUT DROVE WELL OTHERWISE. I INSPECTED THE WHEEL SENSORS AND THEY WERE CLEAN I LEARNED THE RELUCTOR RING WHICH TRIGGERS THE SENSORS ARE WITHIN THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS I HAD ONE OIL SERVICE DONE BY ANOTHER GARAGE WHO DID A 21 POINT CHECK BUT NEGLECTED TO TELL ME OF THE APPARENT WEAR. AFTER ABOUT FIFTEEN MONTHS THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING BEGAN TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A EXTREME GROWL, I THEN HAD IT CHECKED BY A SERVICE GARAGE WHO CLEARLY IDENIFIED THE EVIDENT WEAR ON BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, I HAD THE BEARINGS BOTH CHANGED ALONG WITH A LOWER BALL JOINT ALONG WITH BOTH FRONT AXLE SHAFTS, DUE TO MILD LEAKING BOOTS. THIS THEM STOPPED THE HARD PEDDLE AND BRAKE FAILURE WHEN STOPPING. THE DEALER KNEW OF THE WEAR AND IGNORED THE DANGER. THE DEALER SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SELL A VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION . THE TRUCK DOES DRIVE WELL NOW. BUT I STILL HAVE A VERY MILD GROWL IN THE LEFT FRONT,BUT WITH THE AXLES NEW THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE DRIVE CASE, ONLY WHEN IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. ( WHILE THE BRAKE PROBLEM EXISTED I ADJUSTED MY DRIVING PRACTICE AND LIMITED MY USE OF VEHICLE.)

Mileage: 242,000

EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON BRAKE AND FUEL LINES. HAD A METAL LINE BLOW OUT NEAR REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL CAUSING DRIVER TO HAVE TO USE TRANSMISSION AND HOLDING PARKING BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE WHILE USING E-BRAKE WHILE STEERING WITH ONE HAND. UPON SPLICING IN A SECTION OF REPLACEMENT TUBING, I NOTICED THE FUEL RETURN LINE FROM THE ENGINE TO THE TANK IS CORRODED SEVERELY TOO. I HAD A SECTION OF FUEL LINE FALL APART UPON REPLACING A FUEL FILTER AND SPLICED IN A RUBBER FUEL HOSE WITH CLAMPS TO GET A FUEL FILTER REPLACED. WHEN THE FUEL LINES RUPTURE, THERE IS A CHANCE OF FIRE FROM THE EXHAUST OR HOT BRAKE DRUMS. WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT I NEED TO SELL TRUCK AS IT HAS 18-24 MONTHS LEFT WITHOUT PROPER AND EXPENSIVE REPAIRS BEING MADE. RARELY GETS UNDERBODY WASH AS A QUALITY WASH IS FAR AWAY AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RUST IS PROBABLY HOLDING IT TOGETHER AND ADVISED NOT TO KNOCK OFF ANY MORE RUST AS IT WOULD ACCELERATE FURTHER CORROSION. WAS ADVISED A WASTE OF TIME TO USE RUST REFORMER OR UNDERCOATING. I NOTICED THIS STATIONARY AS THE VEVICLE WAS MAKING SQUEAKING SOUNDS FROM THE REAR AXLE HUB ON DRIVER SIDE (SAME LINE THAT BLEW) AND FIGURED HANGING CALIPER SO I DID A FULL BRAKE PEDAL PRESS AND FELT THE PEDAL GET SPONGY AND DROP ANOTHER 1" TOWARD FLOOR. I OPENED DOOR, HUNG OUT LOOKING UNDER TRUCK AND PRESSED PEDAL AGAIN TO SEE FLUID POURING FROM REAR AXLE AREA. DROVE IT 30 MILES WITH NO SERVICE BRAKES TO GET TO THE GARAGE USING ONLY E-BRAKE AND 3,2,1 AND NEUTRAL RANGE OF TRANSMISSION TO BE ABLE TO STOP IF NEEDED. ALSO WAS ADVISED ABOUT FUEL TANK STRAP AND THAT I WOULD NEED A FLAME CUTTER TO CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP AS TRUCK BED BOLTS LOOKED HORRIBLE OR WOULD NEED TO CUT TANK STRAPS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. THE "ANNUAL UNDERBODY WASH" MOST OWNERS MANUALS RECOMMEND IS INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 130,000

CORROSION AND FAILURE OF METAL BRAKE LINE DIRECTLY BELOW LEFT FRONT DOOR. VERY POOR DESIGN AS TUBES ARE BEHIND A DOUBLE LOOP OF CHASSIS WIRING CAUSING BUILDUP OF DIRT AND MOISTURE RESULTING IN PREMATURE FAILURE. FAILED WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON THE ROAD

Mileage: 147,000

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO WARNING OF ANY KIND. LUCKY FOR ME NO TRAFFIC WAS COMING.

Mileage: 150,000

BRAKE LINES RUSTD OUT. MAKING MY TRUCK LOOSE BRAKE FLUID AND HAD TO BE REPLACE,. SERIOUS PROBLEM, LUCKY I DID NO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. RUST ETC, ALL OVER THE REST OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, VERY COSTLY, $$$$$, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A STREET SLOWLY.

Mileage: 121,000

CHEVY RUST. BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AND FAILED - HAPPEN AT SLOW SPEED NO ONE INJURED. SHACKLED BROKE OFF AND HIT BOTTOM OF BED WITHOUT TOWING. FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. NEIGHBOR HAS SIMILAR VEHICLE WITH SAME PROBLEMS (PUT JACK ON FRAME AND IT WENT THROUGH THE FRAME.) MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THESE VERY ISSUES.

Mileage: 84,000

BRAKES PULSATING AT LOW SPEED TRYING TO STOP ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

Mileage: 132,000

RECALL 05V379000 RELATED TO LOW SPEED ACTIVATION OF THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WHILE MY VEHICLE IS OPERATED WAS PERFORMED IN 2006 ON MY VEHICLE. THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE ISSUE AS LOW SPEED ACTIVATION OF THE ABS SYSTEM IS OCCURING NOW. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET CORPORATION (GMC) AND ASKED TO HAVE THE RECALL PROTOCOL PERFORMED AGAIN. THEY REFUSE. I SPOKE WITH KIMBERELY FROM NHTSA AND SHE ADVISED ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT IF GMC REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. PHONE CONFIRMATION # 868194

Mileage: 113,716

2002 CHEV. 1500 SILV. PURCH. 2001 TX.ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ON ST UNDER 5MPH,BROUGHT TO MECHANIC.,BRAKE PADS, AND TIRES.SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOT AND VERY HUMID, LAWS OF NATURE, AIRBAGS ARE NO GOOD IN EITHER VEHICLE.(SHE HAS A SON AGE 14, AND 3YR OLD GRL).AXIL IS RUSTY WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT BREAK.GOD IS WITH ALL OF US ,HIS INTENTIONS ARE ALWAYS GOOD. GOD PROTECTED HER AND HER CHIILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE THUS SO FAR..\& WE DESIRE TO PROTECT THIER CHILDREN AND YOU KNOW THIS, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO THROUGH UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDYS SUCH AS DIVORCE, HEALTH, ETC.A SINGLE, NO MONEY THAT WANTS SAFETY FOR THER CHILDREN AND WORK .CHEVY SILVERADO BROUGHT NEW PAID OFF LESS THAN 3YR. HER 1994 FORD MUSTANG (WAS INSURED FARMERS)PURCHASED IN 1997.ABS BRAKES FAILED, TRANSMISION PROB.& ENGINE REPLACED. TRUCK( GEICO INS) UNDRIVABLE BECAUSE OFELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ABS,RUSTY BRAKE LINES, RUSTY AXILS,LEAK IN THE LINE,NO HORN, DOORS DO NOT SEAL WATER LEAK, PAINT FADED,EVEN TOOLS CAN NOT FIX THESE PROBLEMS.SHE HAS A COLLEGE DEGREE AND LIVING IN A HOME SHE BOUGHT (BEFORE THE TRAGEDY )WHEN SHE WORKED.(HELPING OTHERS AT HERMAN MEMORIAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL BEAUMONT BEHAVIOR CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, MEHAFFY WEBER LAW FIRM, CHRISTUS ST.MARYS HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER, PORT ARTHUR ANIMAL CLINIC,PORT ARTHUR NEWS PAPER, PNG ISD AS A SUB-TEACHER,SPINDLETOP MHMR AND FAMILY SERVICES WOMANS AND CHILDRENS SHELTER. SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED AT 3 RIVERS COUNCIL FOR BOYSCOUTS OF AMERICA AND EVEN GRADULATED WITH THE WO HE LO MEDALION IN BOYS AND GIRLS CAMPFIRE SCOUTS WHEN SHE WAS 15.)SHE HAS REACHED OUT FOR HELP, AND NO ONE LISTENS....LIKE SHE DOES. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS DOWN FOR THE SEASON, SHE CONTINUES TO HELPS OTHERS BY SHOWING OTHERS THAT GOD IS GOOD HE IS REAL & ALIVE.WE R ALL GODS CHILDREN.PLEASE NHTSA, WHAT CAN BE DONE? -K

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ INVALID VIN NUMBER 4/23/18*JB *CN

Mileage: 125,000

SEEMS THAT BELOW 10 MPH ANTI LOCK KICKS IN ON DRY PAVEMENT AND MAKES TRUCK HARD TO STOP IN MOTION ON ROAD

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH AND PROCEEDING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 121,648.

Mileage: 121,648

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH MY SUBDIVISION APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND PRESSING THE BRAKE, THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. I PUMPED THE PEDAL REPEATEDLY AND ONLY SLIGHT BRAKING ACTION COULD BE ACHIEVED. I WENT THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION JUST NARROWLY MISSING TWO CROSSING CARS AND KIDS THEN TURNED ONTO A NEARBY SIDE STREET. AFTER FINALLY GETTING THE VEHICLE TO STOP, I GOT OUT AND SAW A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID FORMING A FEW FEET BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL.

Mileage: 41,000

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. AFTER I FELT THE BRAKE PEDEL WAS NOT RIGHT I BACKED THE TRUCK INTO THE FRONT YARD, AND WHEN I TRIED TO STOP THERE WAS NO PEDEL AND THE TRUCK KEPT GOING AND HIT A TREE, LAWN BENCH,MISC. OBJECTS, AND STOPPED AFTER HITTING S RETAINING WALL. I ESTIMATE SEVERAL THOUSAND DAMAGE DONE. I WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED.

Mileage: 201,000

I WAS DRIVING IN APPOMATTOX VA WHEN I STEP ON BREAK I HAD NO BREAKS. TWO OF LINES HAD BUST.

Mileage: 200,000

APPROACHED CORNER AND PRESSED BRAKES TO TURN. PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. ALMOST RAN INTO A CAR TURNING AND I HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THEM.

Mileage: 116,000

MULTIPLE TIMES STOPPING ABOUT 4-5 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT, MY VEHICLES ABS SYSTEM KICKS ON AND I LOOSE BREAKING POWER.

Mileage: 133,000

THE FIRST TIME I LOST ALL BRAKES WAS WHEN I WAS BACKING UP TO A TRALER ON 7/13/15. THE SECOND TIME I WAS HAULING A DUMP TRAILER WITH ROCK AND LOST ALL BRAKES AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO COAST TO A STOP. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE REAR BRAKE LINE REPLACED, ONLY TO LOSE MY BRAKES AGAIN 40 DAYS LATER! THIS TIME IT WAS MY FRONT BRAKE LINE. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS? I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN AND I CAN'T TRUST YOUR VEHICLE WITH THEIR LIVES OR MINE!

Mileage: 140,000

LUCKILY I WAS PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I FOUND OUT MY BRAKES HAD GONE BECAUSE THEY HAD RUSTED THROUGH NOT LONG AFTER MY GAS WAS POURING OUT CAUSE THE FUEL LINES RUSTED AND NOW CHANCES ARE I WONT GET AN INSPECTION STICKER THIS COMING YEAR BECAUSE MY FRAME IS RUSTED OUT

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE BRAKES PULSATED WHEN APPLIED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN AFTERMARKET WHEEL BEARING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WORKED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PRIOR TO THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER THE CONTACT WAS NOT OFFERED A REMEDY. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ UPDATED 11/08/2017*CN

Mileage: 130,000

I LOST THE BRAKES. THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BY PULLING OFF THE ROAD. AFTER RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR CHEVY SUBURBANS.

Mileage: 156,323

MY BRAKE LINES FAILED, NEARLY RESULTING IN KILLING A CHILD THAT RODE HIS BIKE ONTO THE ROAD FROM A DRIVEWAY AND FORCING A VEHICLE HEADON INTO MY LANE OF TRAVEL. LUCKLY EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE INTO APPROPRIATE PLACES AND WAS PAYING ATTENTION AS I WAS UNABLE TO SLOWDOWN. DUST COVERS ON THE REAR HAVE BEEN RUSTED AND GONE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND I HAVE REPLACED THE REGULATORS IN BOTH PASSENGER/DRIVERSIDE DOORS THREE TIME EACH DUE TO THE CABLES RUSTING AND SNAPPING. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO CHEVROLET DEALER SHIP FOR MAINTENANCE, IT HAD LESS THAN 36K AT THE TIME, THEY REMOVED ONE PLASTIC PANEL (FALLING DOWN FROM BEHIND THE DOOR INTERIOR TRIM PANELS) FROM EACH DOOR THAT WAS HANGING DOWN AND SCRATCHING MY ROCKER PANEL, AND SAID "WE DONT KNOW WHAT THESE ARE FOR, SO WE JUST REMOVED THEM", HMMM, MAYBE IT WAS TO HELP WITH MOITURE RELATED ISSUES WITHIN THE DOOR PANEL. NOT SURE JUST GUESSING, BUT CANT BELLIVE THAT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. OVER ALL NOT IMPRESSED WITH CHEVROLET EVEN THOUGH IT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE OWNED, IF THEY KEEP PRODUCING THIS CRAP THEY SHOULD LOWER THE PRICE.

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED AT ABOUT 5 MPH AND CAUSED TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING CONTROL. UNABLE TO STOP, THE SILVERADO CRASHED DIRECTLY INTO AN ADVERTISING SIGN. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE SILVERADO, MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE ADVERTISING SIGN, AND NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OR TWO CHILDREN. FOLLOW-UP AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT ACTIVATION OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND PART OF A GM RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000).

Mileage: 120,096

WENT TO START TRUCK. PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL. TRUCK STARTED, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TOOK FOOT OFF PEDAL. LET TRUCK RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES TO SEE IF BRAKE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. IT DID NOT. TURNED OFF TRUCK. CHECKED AROUND TRUCK. FOUND BRAKE FLUID UNDER TRUCK BY RIGHT REAR TIRE. CHECK BRAKE LINE NEAR LEFT REAR TIRE. IT IS IN BAD SHAPE AND WILL LIKELY FAIL SOON. TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, HAD FRONT LINE FAIL BELOW DRIVER'S SEAT. REPLACED FRONT LINES. REAR LINES DID NOT LOOK TOO BAD AT THE TIME. WITH ALL NEW TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, CHEVY IS NOW USING INFERIOR MATERIAL. DUST GUARDS AROUND REAR BRAKES OF THIS TRUCK ARE COMPLETELY GONE ON BOTH SIDES. EVERYTHING IS RUSTING. HAD 1975 BUICK ESTATE WAGON FOR 22 YRS. IT WAS IN BETTER SHAPE WHEN I SOLD IT THAN THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. CHEVY COULD DO ALL THE CORPORATE DOUBLE SPEAK THEY WANT. FACT IS THIS RUST ISSUE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE A LITTLE OLDER AND NEWER 1500 AND ALL HAVE BRAKE LINE ISSUES AND VARYING DEGREES OF RUST UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I SEE WHERE OTHERS HAVE REGISTERED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT NOTHING WILL GET DONE UNTIL THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES. (I SEE WHERE YOU WANT A DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU CALL FROM A PHONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A NHTSA ID, YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL.) UPDATED 09/17/15*LJ UPDATED 10/27/2017*CN

Mileage: 66,181

I'VE HAD TO REPLACE CALIPERS, ROTORS, BRAKE LINES THE HAVE RUSTED, BRAKES HOSES THAT HAVE GONE BAD AND THIS VEHICLE IS WELL KEPT AND INSIDE. LOW MILES FOR A 2002 AND YET ALL AT ONCE EVERYTHING WENT BAD INCLUDING MY FUEL SENSOR FOR THE GAS GUAGE.

Mileage: 85,595

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

Mileage: 153,000

WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND FORTUNATELY AT LOW SPEED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BRAKE LINE DEVELOPED A MAJOR LEAK. DESPITE GM'S CLAIM THAT AN INCIDENT SUCH AS THIS DOES NOT RESULT IN INADEQUATE BRAKING, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE TRUCK. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES YIELDED CONSIDERABLE CORROSION IN OTHER AREAS. CONTACTING THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK REVEALED THE HIGH COST TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE TRUCK. THE DEALER ALSO MADE NOTE THAT I SHOULD CONSIDER REPLACING THE FUEL LINES. CONTACTING GENERAL MOTORS YIELDED THE RESPONSE THAT THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING TO ASSIST ME. I DO CONSIDER OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO BE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, NOT THE BRAKE LINES. BRAKE LINE FAILURE CAN RESULT IN IMMEDIATE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. MY EXHAUST SYSTEM IS THE SAME AGE AS MY BRAKE LINES AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION DESPITE THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE AS MY BRAKE LINES. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 237,000

RUSTY BRAKE LINE BROKE. LOST BRAKE CONTROL FOR ENTIRE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 270,000

MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP (1500 4X4) HAS EXPERIENCED THREE MAJOR BRAKE FAILURES. THE FIRST FAILURE WAS WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, MY FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER PUMPING A FEW TIMES, THE TRUCK SLOWED BUT WITH LITTLE STOPPING POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TOWED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS ACTIVELY DRIPPING FROM THE LINES. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS ABOUT A YEAR LATER WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS (<5 MPH) WHILE PARKING. AGAIN, MY FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED (COMPLETELY DRY CONDITIONS) WITH ESSENTIALLY NO STOPPING POWER (ABS ACTIVATION BUT NO BRAKING POWER). THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE TRUCK DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO EFFECTIVELY STOP (THANK GOODNESS THE CAR IN THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF MY WAS UNOCCUPIED). AFTER BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER (TWICE), THE PROBLEM JUST OCCURRED AGAIN (APPROX. 2 YEARS LATER). *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SPEED SENSOR ERRATIC NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

WENT TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO SWERVE NOT TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND SWERVE AGAIN NOT TO KILL THE GUY WALKING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE I HAVE DRIVEN LOTS OF CAR INTO THE GROUND NEVER HAS THIS EVEN BEEN A THOUGHT. ALL BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 1100 DOLLARS LATER! *TR

Mileage: 112,325

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND APPLIED MY BRAKES. I COULD FEEL THE ABS SYSTEM FUNCTIONING AS I WAS ON A SNOW-COVERED ROAD. AFTER ABOUT 1-2 SECONDS OF ABS ACTIVATION, THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST ALL PRESSURE AND CONTINUED TO THE FLOORBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND COULD SEE THE BRAKE LINE LOCATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT, SQUIRTING BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE GROUND EACH TIME I ENGAGED THE BRAKE. *TR

Mileage: 76,500

BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER SIDE FRAME ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED AND ONE RUPTURED AND MY BRAKES TO FAIL ABOUT 90 % COULD BARELY COME TO A STOP. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT O'HARE AIRPORT TERMINAL 5 I WENT TO STOP FOR THE LIGHT AND THERE WAS A BRIEF SECOND WHERE THE BRAKES ACTED NORMALLY AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD MAYBE 10% BRAKING POWER. I HAD TO DRIVE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THROUGH THE RED LIGHT TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID THE BRAKE LINE ABOVE THE GAS TANK RUSTED RIGHT THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 123,541

DROVE TO MILAN, MI FROM YPSILANTI, MI. TO LOOK IN ON SISTER IN LAW WHO IS INCAPACITATED DUE TO BROKEN FEMUR FROM FALL. BRAKES FELT MUSHY AS I SLOWED TO ENTER HER DRIVEWAY. AFTER ENTERING THE DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEED I APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TRIED PUMPING BRAKES WITH NO RESULT. THREW SHIFTER INTO REVERSE TO KEEP FROM PLOWING INTO SISTER IN LAWS VEHICLE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED EARLIER ON THE BUSY ROAD LEADING INTO TOWN I WOULD HAVE SURELY HAD AN ACCIDENT. FOUND BRAKE LINES BADLY RUSTED AND BOTH LINES LEAKING THAT RUN FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ANTILOCK MODULE MOUNTED TO FRAME UNDER DRIVERS AREA. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT THESE TWO SAFETY SENSITIVE LINES ARE MADE OF UN PROTECTED STEEL AS OPPOSED TO COPPER NICKEL AND ARE RUN OUT OF THE PROTECTED UNDER HOOD AREA TO THE HIGH CORROSION PRONE UNDERBODY TO MEET THE INAPPROPRIATELY PLACED ANTILOCK MODULE. TWO YEARS PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE OF THIS TRUCK GM HEAVILY ADVERTISED THE RUST RESISTANT GALVANIZED PANELS THEY WERE USING IN THEIR TRUCKS. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THEY QUIETLY REMOVED THIS RUST PROTECTION. I HAVE ORDERED NEW BREAK LINES TO TOTALLY REPLACE ALL METAL LINES ON THIS, MY LAST CHEVY TRUCK. I CAN ONLY WONDER HOW MANY FATALITIES HAVE RESULTED FROM THIS OFTEN REFERENCED CONDITION. THE DIFFICULTY WILL BE IN EVER PROVING THE CAUSE AND AFFECT (EFFECT) OF THESE ACCIDENTS SINCE THEY WILL BE SO DEVASTATING IN NATURE, THE DRIVER WILL PROBABLY BE KILLED AND NOT BE ABLE TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE TRUE CAUSE AND ALMOST ALL GM TRUCKS OF THIS VINTAGE (ESPECIALLY IN THE RUST BELT STATES) WILL HAVE BREAK LINES SO RUSTED THAT THEY WILL CRUMBLE IN ALMOST ANY ACCIDENT. MY EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNFORTUNATE DRIVER WON'T ALWAYS HAVE "SOME" BRAKING ABILITY LEFT ON A LINE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

BRAKES STARTED TO SLIP WHEN APPLIED, TAKEN TO SHOP REPORTED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST. *TR

Mileage: 101,630

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILS TO WORK, IT HAS HAD THE PADS REPLACED 3 TIMES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CONTINUES TO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *TR

Mileage: 162,000

I HAD REPLACED ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE LAST YEAR AND HAD BRAKES WORKED ON THIS YEAR AND LAST AND REPLACED BRAKE PADS. THE ROTORS HAD BEEN TURNED BEFORE, ON A TRIP TO MY DAUGHTERS MY BRAKES STARTED TO GO OUT. THEY WERE COMPLETELY OUT BY THE TIME I REACHED HER CORNER. I HAD TO HAVE ALL NEW BRAKE LINES AND ROTORS AND PADS EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE PADS. I ALSO HAD RUSTPROOFED THE TRUCK INCLUDING THE UNDERBODY AND CARRIAGE WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2002. IT'S A RUST BUCKET DESPITE THE EXTRA PROTECTION. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE WAS RUSTED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. AND NOW THE FUEL PUMP IS OUT AND THEY FUEL LINES ARE RUSTED AS WELL. WHAT GETS ME IS I PAID SO MUCH EXTRA FOR EXTRA RUST PROOFING. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED THROUGH THIS BAD AT ONLY 125000 MILES. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE IS PLACED WHERE THE RUST CAN GET AT IT RIGHT UNDER THE CHASSIS PART UNPROTECTED. SO MUCH FOR SAFETY. THAT WENT OUT AT ABOUT 75000 MILES BUT JUST GOT IT REPLACED AT 100000 MILES OR SO. THE BRAKE LINES AND THE FUEL LINES ARE A JOKE ON THIS VEHICLE. I USED TO MAKE AND INSPECT AND TEST THEM AT A FACTORY AND THESE WOULD HAVE NEVER PASSED INSPECTION FOR CORROSION TEST. BUT THEY WEREN'T MADE THERE. THE FACTORY IS CLOSED. NO UNION WAGES EITHER, BUT WE DID GOOD WORK NOT THIS GARBAGE. IT COST OVER $500 FOR MODULE AND IT COST 2500 FOR THE REST OF BRAKE JOB. AND NOW THE FUEL LINES AND PUMP AND FILTER WILL COST OVER $1000. PLUS MY TRUCK BODY IS RUSTING THROUGH ON THE ROCKER PANELS. I BOUGHT A SILVERADO BECAUSE THEY HOLD THEIR VALUE AND ARE DEPENDABLE. NOW MY VEHICLE IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND I'M PAYING THOUGH THE NOSE ON TOP OF IT! WE HAVE A 98 CHEVY BLAZER WITH 195000 AND NO RUST ON THE ROCKER PANELS AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE JUST NOW GETTING REPLACED. THERE WAS NO EXTRA RUST PROTECTION ON IT EITHER! WHEN IS GM GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE? *TR

Mileage: 125,000

I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION. THEY FOUND THAT THE METAL BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND WERE LEAKING. FORTUNATELY THIS PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SHOP, AVOIDING A POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. I HAD THE FRONT LINES REPLACED BY THE SHOP AT A COST OF $581.50, AND I AM REPLACING THE REAR LINES MYSELF. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM AS IT RELATES TO PREVIOUS REQUESTS TO GM BY THE NHTSA TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 114,271

CRESTED A SMALL HILL TO SEE A RED LIGHT WITH THREE CARS IN LINE. I DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED USING THE PARKING BRAKE AFTER SWERVING INTO EMPTY LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THE LINE OF CARS FROM BEHIND. UPON INSPECTION, THE FRONT BRAKE CIRCUIT WAS BLOWN IN THE PIPING JUST AFT OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STOP A LARGE TRUCK WITH EMPTY BED USING ONLY THE REAR BRAKES AS THEY LOCK UP EASILY. THERE SEEMED TO BE NO BRAKE POWER USING THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH IS WHY THE PARKING PEDAL WAS USED. EVEN WITH A FUNCTIONAL PARKING BRAKE, THE "FAILSAFE" OF HAVING ONLY ONE CIRCUIT IS NEARLY USELESS GIVEN AN EMPTY TRUCK BED (LOW REAR-WHEEL TRACTION) AND A LOSS OF PRESSURE ON THE FRONT CIRCUIT. IN MY OPINION, LOSING THE FRONT BRAKES ON A TRUCK IS CATASTROPHIC. IN ANY EVENT, IN MY CASE, THE SUPPOSED FAIL-SAFE EITHER DID NOT WORK OR WAS INCONSEQUENTIAL. ALL OF THE HARD LINES (FUEL AND BRAKE) ON THIS VEHICLE ARE EXTREMELY CORRODED AND ARE BEING REPLACED WITH STAINLESS. THIS CAR SPENT THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF ITS LIFE IN OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI (WHERE LITTLE TO NO SALT IS USED) AND MOVED TO NH IN 2006. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE ROCKER PANEL IS ALSO RUSTED THROUGH AND THE FRAME HAS VERY SIGNIFICANT RUST, ESPECIALLY ON THE LEAF SPRING HANGERS. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT IS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT I WILL NOT OPERATE THE VEHICLE IN 4WD UNTIL I REPLACE IT. THIS VEHICLE SEEMS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RUST, ESPECIALLY THE BRAKE LINES, SOME OF WHICH CRUMBLED IN MY HUSBANDS HANDS WHILE REMOVING. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH TOWN APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR TRIED TO PUMP THEM AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO NOT GET INTO A COLLISION WITH CAR SITTING AT THE RED LIGHT. DID AN AVOIDANCE MANEUVER INTO RIGHT TURN LANE WAS UNABLE TO STOP TRUCK AND NARROWLY MISSED ONCOMING TRAFFIC TURNING LEFT AS I APPROACHED THE CORNER, I SHIFTED TRANSMISSION INTO LOW GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO APPLY PARKING BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND FOUND BRAKE LINE RUPTURED BELOW DRIVERS SEAT HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES DUE TO CORROSION .WAS INFORMED BY MECHANICS REPAIRING THE RUPTURED LINE COULD BREAK SURROUNDING LINES AS THEY WERE ALL CORRODED AS WELL. SO THEY REPLACED ALL BRAKELINES AND ALL PISTON CALIPERS AS WELL BECAUSE FERRUL NUTS WERE RUSTED INTO CALIPERS. $1600 DOLLAR REPAIR. LINES AND CALIPERS (4). *TR

Mileage: 172,000

DRIVER SWERVED IN FRONT OF TWO CARS IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING THEM TO BRAKE HARD. WHEN I BRAKE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AT 70 MPH. I SWERVED IN TO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. I KEPT THE PEDAL PRESSED AND ENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKE WHILE DOWN SHIFTING THE TRUCK FROM DRIVE TO 3, 2 THEN 1ST. I THEN PLACED THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND GOT THE VEHICLE STOPPED. UPON INSPECTION ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I FOUND ONE OF THE REAR STEEL BRAKE LINES HAD BURST. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

WHILE DRIVING ON US RT 202 THE LIGHT AHEAD OF ME TURNED RED SO I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN. I HAD LOST BRAKE PRESSURE. RAN THE RED LIGHT WHERE I ALMOST T-BONED ANOTHER CAR, RIGHT IN FRONT OF A POLICE OFFICE. AFTER AVOIDING THE CRASH I PARKED ON THE SIDE GOT OUT AND SAW BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR AREA. THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED DUE TO RUST. I AND OTHER MOTORISTS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED FOR AN ISSUE THAT BOTH GM AND THE NHTSA KNOW ABOUT. *TR

Mileage: 150,034

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD SUDDENLY RETRACT AND PREVENT THE CONTACT FROM MOVING. ALSO, THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. IN ADDITION, THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS PUMP MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

Mileage: 168,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25MPH AND COMING TO A SLIGHT ABRUPT STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR WHILE DEPRESSING THE PEDAL TO STOP. THE VEHICLE CAME SLOWLY TO A STOP WITH STEAM RISING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. UPON PULLING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE LOCATION AND UPON INSPECTION, IT APPEARS AS IF ONE OF THE METALLIC (ASSUMING STEEL) BRAKE LINES FEEDING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS BLOCK HAD BURST. NO INDICATION LIGHTS ON THE DASH OF A BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE OR LOW PRESSURE ALERT FOR THE SYSTEM. IT APPEARS THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED/RUSTED. UPON DISCUSSING WITH A REPUTABLE AUTO SHOP, THEY INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THIS MODEL YEAR VEHICLE AND THAT A REPAIR TO REPLACE THE LINES MAY BE REQUIRED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION AND IF THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THIS SAFETY SYSTEM WERE NON-CORROSIVE; THIS WOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 52,500

WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AT APPROX 30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL SIMPLY "POPPED" AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE IT TO A STOP BETWEEN THE VERY LITTLE BRAKING LEFT, DOWNSHIFTING AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. MECHANIC DETERMINED ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND LEAKING. *TR

Mileage: 71,758

THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES OR DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO STOP. IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE. PUMPING THE BRAKES DOES NOT WORK. PUTTING IT IN NEUTRAL OR RAMMING IT IN PARK IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT. I ALMOST RAN SOMEONE OVER TODAY. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK IN THIS CONDITION. LOOKING AT THE FORUMS OUT THERE THIS IS A WELL REPORTED PROBLEM YET I HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL. I HAVE NOT CHANGED MY ADDRESS AND HAVE OWNED THIS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

LEAVING FROM WORK AT THE GREATER CINCINNATI AIRPORT. DRIVING DOWN THE RAMP TO THE STOP SIGN AT DONALDSON RD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE FOR THE STOP SIGN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO THROUGH THE STOP SIGN ACROSS THE EAST BOUND LANES OF DONALDSON ROAD AND FINALLY STOP BEFORE ENTERING A DITCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT FIRST, I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME RESIDUAL BRAKING LEFT AND I, SLOWLY, DROVE THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES TO MY HOUSE. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL SHOP AND UPON INSPECTION WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT "ALL" BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. TOTAL BILL WAS OVER 1200 DOLLARS. 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXTENDED CAR/LONG BED 1500. *TR

Mileage: 143,200

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY I WAS READY TO LEAVE PUSHED ON THE BRAKE TO PUT IT IN DRIVE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR . LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE FLUID EVERWHERE. NOT ONE LEAK OR ANY SIGN BEFORE. I KNEW WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE I KNOW AT LEAST 4 OTHER PEOPLE WITH CHEVY TRUCKS AND THIER LINES WENT, 1 HAD AN ACCIDENT RUNNING IN TO THE REAR OF A CAR. I HAVE A NEW LINE SET BUT DIDN'T GET TO IN TIME. IF THAY HADN'T FAILED IN MY DRIVEWAY THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN INTIERLY DIDERENT WITH MY SON HIS FRIEND AND MYSELF. ONE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD USE A MATERIAL TO WITHSTAND THE ELEMENTS ON BRAKES!!!!! MY WORK TRUCK TRUCK IS A 2001 SILVERADO SO I CHECKED IT AND THERE GONE ALSO. I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT MOST PEPOLE FIX THE LINES AND DON'T REPORT. TO ME THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTING BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 48,460

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM TOLEDO OHIO TO HOME IN WHITE LAKE MICHIGAN. MY EXIT WAS NORMAL WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY. I APPLIED BRAKES TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN. AS I APPROACHED THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS RED WITH OTHER VEHICLES WAITING. I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARDER AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET THEM TO WORK TO NO AVAIL. RATHER THAN RUNNING IN TO STOPPED CARS I RAN MY TRUCK OFF THE ROAD. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK WITHOUT HITTING THE VEHICLES WAITING FOR THE LIGHT. I WENT ONLINE TO REVIEW THIS AND FOUND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. ONE COMMENT FROM GM IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STOP IF A LINE RUPTURES. NOT TRUE. ALSO, SINCE WHEN ARE BRAKE LINES A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. MY MANUAL DOESN'T SAY REPLACE BRAKE LINES EVERY 20,00 MILES OR 5 YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 268,927

WAS LEAVING A PAINTBALL FIELD PARKING LOT. WAS MOVING AT IDLE SPEED OF 5MPH AND WENT TO SLOW DOWN TO HEAR SOMEONE YELLING SOMETHING. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I CONTINUED TO THE STOP SIGN AND THE PEDAL ONCE AGAIN WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO DRIVE 23.5 MILES TO GET BACK HOME USING THE OLD SCHOOL METHOD OF DOWN SHIFTING AND APPLYING THE LITTLE BIT OF BRAKES I HAD LEFT. ****VERY DANGEROUS**** ONCE I GOT HOME I CHECKED MY BRAKE RESERVOIR AND IT WAS HALF FULL. UNDER THE TRUCK INSPECTION SHOWED FLUID FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR ALL THE BACK TO THE REAR END. I COULD NOT SEE WHERE THE LEAK ORIGINATED FROM. WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO A MECHANIC AND PAY. *TR

Mileage: 90,767

ISSUE WITH THE ABS BRAKES. SOMETIMES THE ABS KICKS IN AND DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO STOP. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

AT UNDER 60,000 MILES BOTH BRAKE LINES FROM MASTER CYLINDER WERE BADLY RUSTED. ONE LINE FAILED AND THE OTHER WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF FAILURE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET HAS BEEN RESISTING A RECALL FOR YEARS. THIS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN MOSTLY IN A NON-SALTED ROADS STATE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH IN UNDER 60,000 MILES. CHEVY TRIES TO CUT COSTS AND SAVE A FEW PENNIES ON A COMPONENT THAT IS CRITICAL TO LIFE SAFETY AND THEY REFUSE TO MAKE IT RIGHT WHEN THEIR COST-CUTTING SCHEME FAILS. MY SECOND AND LAST CHEVY. *TR

Mileage: 58,457

PULLED OUT OF PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED AND STOPPED TO WAIT FOR A RED LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED SLOWLY AND TESTED THE BRAKES TO FIND THE STOPPING POWER OF THE VEHICLE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. PULLED OVER IN A SAFE AREA AFTER A FEW BLOCKS AND INSPECTED VEHICLE TO FIND FLUID SPRAYED AROUND FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL WELL AND DRIPPING FROM BRAKE LINE. SUSPECT SUDDEN BRAKE LINE RUPTURE HAD OCCURRED. DECIDED VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO OPERATE AND PARKED IT AWAITING TOW. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN A 35MPH ZONE. THE BRAKES INITIALLY WORKED AND THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COULD FEEL THE ABS ENGAGE BUT NOT STOP HITTING A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I EXITED THE VEHICLE I COULD SMELL THE BRAKE FLUID AND OBSERVED FLUID LEAKING FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURES DEALER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RUSTED BRAKE LINE, GOT TO REPLACE 3 OF THE LINES... *TR

Mileage: 131,000

RUSTED BRAKE LINES CAUSED A NEAR ACCIDENT WHEN THE LINE BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITIES. *TR

Mileage: 131,800

BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY CORRODED AND FAILED. NO WARNING SIGNS TO MAKE THIS PROBLEM IDENTIFIABLE OR EXPECTED. THE TRUCK WAS IMMEDIATELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR LINES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS MODULE FAILED, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO HAVE NO BRAKING POWER WHATSOEVER. *TR

Mileage: 124,600

I WAS DRIVING AND WHEN I WENT TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK TOOK A LONG TIME TO STOP. THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUSTED BRAKE LINES WHICH ALLOWED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK OUT. ONE LINE WAS RUSTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND SEVERAL OTHER WERE BADLY RUSTED. *TR

Mileage: 94,100

PULLING OUT OF A GAS STATION ..BREAK LINES RUPTURED AND I DRIFTED OUT INTO THE ROAD BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STOP. CAR WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH A LOT OF BREAKING FORCE. *JS

Mileage: 105,000

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE ALMOST STRIKING ANOTHER PARKED CAR. REMAINING BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTED AND WILL NEED REPLACED. *JS

Mileage: 128,549

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP UNTIL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE FOUR BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,685. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/12/14*LJ UPDATED 07/06/2017 *CT

Mileage: 104,685

ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 23, 2013, WHILE TRAVELLING ON A CONNECTICUT STATE ROAD, I APPLIED MY BRAKES, AS A VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT AHEAD OF ME. THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FLOOR. I REALIZED A BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED. I WAS ABOUT A MILE FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY THAT I UTILIZE. I WAS ABLE TO NURSE THE VEHICLE THERE, WHERE IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPAIRED (BRAKE LINE REPLACED). IN THE PAST, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, BUT THAT DEALERSHIP WAS ONE OF MANY CLOSED DOWN BY GM. THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, IN ANY DIRECTION IS ABOUT 20 MILES. FORTUNATELY I HAVE FOUND AN OUTSTANDING LOCAL INDEPENDENT AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY. *TR

Mileage: 114,287

FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HAVE BEEN OUT TIME & EXPENSE OF INSTALLING NEW PARK BRAKE PADS NOT NEEDED, TURNING DRUMS, TRIED REPLACING LONG BRAKE CABLE UNDER FLOOR, PULLED REAR ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES & RE ADJUSTED PARK BRAKE... 1 WEEK LATER DON'T WORK AGAIN.. I HAVE TO PUT BLOCKS UNDER WHEELS FOR 3 YEARS TO KEEP TRUCK FROM ROLLING DOWN DRIVEWAY.. LIVE ON A HILL..CHEVY DON'T NEED THE TENSION ON LITTLE BITTY PARK GEAR IN TRANSMISSION....ALSO HAVE HAD TO FIX EVERY DEC BECAUSE SAFETY INSPECTION ENDS DEC,,,NEIGHBORS HAVE FORD & DODGE & THEIRS WILL STAY IN DRIVEWAY..HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY & TIME SPENT ON A GM BLUNDER... WHY HAS THEIR NOT BEEN A RECALL ? ANOTHER COVER UP BY GM EXECUTIVES ? *TR

Mileage: 100,000

AFTER EXITING THE OFF RAMP OF I264 IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA I SPED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHED THE NEXT STOP LIGHT. UPON APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL NO RESISTANCE WAS NOTED AND THE SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND NEGLIGIBLE. I REAR ENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. BOTH CARS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WERE PULLED INTO THE MEDIAN OUT OF TRAFFIC. AS I EXITED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE TRUCK FRAME AT THE FORWARD HINGE OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE DRIPPING FLUID WAS BRAKE FLUID. I SUSPECT A RUPTURED BRAKE FLUID LINE OR TUBE HAD RUPTURED WHICH CAUSED THE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. THERE WAS NO WARNING GIVEN BY THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER TO WARN OF LOW BRAKE FLUID BECAUSE THE RESERVOIR WAS STILL AT THE NORMAL LEVEL. I BELIEVE CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINES WAS ACCELERATED DUE TO THE USE OF SALT TREATMENTS ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER SNOW STORMS THAT HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND LUCKILY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN I WAS EXITING THE INTERSTATE AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. ALSO THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THESE ARE TWO SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES INCURRED IN ONCE INCIDENT TO A TRUCK WHICH HAS LESS THAN 70K MILES AND 12 YEARS OLD. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

BRAKE PROBLEM WITH ABS. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP CORRECTLY ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT. AFTER RESEARCHING FOUND RECALL FOR ABS WHEEL ISSUE FOR OTHER STATES BUT NOT TEXAS. VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. *TR

Mileage: 146,000

AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN FOR THE STOP SIGN I PRESS THE BRAKES AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND PRESS THEM A SECOND TIME AND POSSIBLE A THIRD BEFORE CROSSING TRAFFIC AND FAILING TO STOP. I MISS HITTING A CAR BY INCHES. THIS WAS ALL ON AN UPHILL INCLINE. I CROSS TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO STOP IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT BY USING THE PARKING BRAKE. AFTER ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COME ON. NO WARNING UNTIL THEN. AFTER INSPECTION THE BRAKE LINE NEXT TO THE DRIVERS SIDE HAD RUPTURE. THE LINE LET A TRAIL OF BRAKE FLUID FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS. THE BRAKE FLUID WAS CHECKED AT OIL CHANGE SERVICE FOUR DAYS PRIOR AND WAS FULL. NOW IT IS EMPTY. THIS IS A MAJOR FAILURE THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I THOUGH THAT THERE WAS A SECONDARY SYSTEM TO STOP IF ONE HALF OF THE SYSTEM FAILED. APPARENTLY NOT!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 124,304

STARTED TO LEAVE HOUSE TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING, STARTED VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKE TO OUT AUTO INTO GEAR, BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CHECK FLUID LEVEL WAS O.K. RECHECK BRAKING, SAME RESULT, NO BRAKES. AFTER CHECKING NOTICE SIGNS OF BRAKE FLUID AT AREAS BENEATH VEHICLE AT DRIVER DOOR. CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK THE FOLLOWING MORNING. IF I HAD GOTTEN TO HYWY. US 1. AND THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN, I FEAR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING MYSELF, OR OTHERS. WAITING FOR WORD FROM AUTO SHOP OF WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS AND OTHER TRUCKS. *JS

Mileage: 112,326

COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND LOST ALL BRAKES. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT REAR BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED THROUGH. ALL OTHER LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. INCLUDING FUEL LINES. *TT

Mileage: 170,565

BRAKE LINE BUSTED WHILE BLEEDING AIR OUT OF SYSTEM. FOUND ALL LINES GOING TO ABS BLOCK IN CENTER OF TRUCK WERE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. HAD SAME PROBLEM ABOUT YEAR BEFORE ON FRONT BRAKE LINE. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. I HAD TO HAVE TRUCK TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WERE THEY FIXED BROKE LINE. *TR

Mileage: 90,629

STARTED TRUCK TO HOOK UP TO A TRAILER AT HOME. BACKING UP, AND DEPRESSED BRAKES WHILE BACKING, SUDDENLY LOST ALL BRAKE CONTROL. I HAD NO CONTROL TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE ROLLED TO A STOP WHILE I PRESSED AND PUMPED BRAKES WITH NO AFFECT. *TR ROLLED TO STOP. I THEN PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED TO FIND BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND. I THEN TRIED TO SLOWLY MOVE VEHICLE INTO GARAGE SO AS TO RAISE JACK UP- FOR A FURTHER EXAMINATION, BUT I HAD ZERO CONTROL OVER BRAKING. IN ORDER TO GET VEHICLE ONTO CONCRETE SURFACE/GARAGE I HAD TO SHIFT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE UNTIL I LIMP THE TRUCK INTO GARAGE BUT DO SO WITHOUT RAMMING THROUGH THE BACK WALL AS I HAD NO CONTROL OVER BRAKES. ONCE IN, I JACKED UP TRUCK AND I FOUND ONE LEAK IN ONE RUSTED METAL BRAKE LINE AT A BEND CLOSEST TO LEFT REAR WHEEL. SUDDEN AND TOTAL AND COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 81,685

BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT FROM CORROSION. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE APRIL 2013. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON TWO SEPARATE RED LIGHT OCCASIONS. ALSO HAVING ABS PROBLEMS. THE ABS SYSTEM BREAKS LOOSE JUST ABOUT WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP FORCING ME TO LET GO AND REAPPLY BRAKE QUICKLY. MY TRUCK IS UNDERCOATED ALSO MAKING THIS DEADLY PROBLEM MORE CONCERNING. NHTSA SHOULD DO ITS JOB AND STOP THESE DEATH TRAPS. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

WITHOUT WARNING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. LUCKILY MORE ROAD TO GO DOWN. BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

BRAKE FLUID LEAK, LOSS OF BRAKES / FAILURE DUE TO BRAKE LINE CORROSION. *TR

Mileage: 163,000

STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDDLE AT IDLE AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON TAKING IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP, FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE CALIPER BLEEDERS WERE RUSTED OFF. ALL LINES, CALIPERS, AND TWO ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED - COST $2,091. *TR

Mileage: 86,984

STEPPED ON BRAKES TO STOP WHEN BLOWING SNOW REDUCED MY VISIBILITY, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AND ONE OF THEM SUDDENLY FAILED. TURNS OUT THAT IT'S AN EPIDEMIC WITH THESE GM TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

BRAKES TOTALLY FAILED WHEN TRYING TO STOP. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE TOTALLY RUSTED OUT. ALL EIGHT LINES WILL HAVE TO BE TOTALLY REPLACED IN ORDER TO FUNCTION. THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A VEHICLE WITH SUCH PROBLEMS. SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

DRIVING AT 50MPH, TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS TURNING RED,STARTED APPLYING BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. TRUCK DID NOT WANT TO STOP AT ALL. NO INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED OR WARNING LIGHT. GOT TRUCK BACK HOME AND FLUID WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION PROVED RUSTED, BRAKE LINE HAD SPLIT IN TWO. ALL BRAKE LINES ON THIS TRUCK ARE RUSTED OR CORRODED. NO SENSE FOR THESE LINES TO BE LIKE THIS. WONDER WHICH ONE WILL BUST NEXT. GM HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM!!! *TR

Mileage: 92,000

WAS DRIVING AND BRAKE LINE "BURST" CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE AND WRECK INTO TREE. *TR

Mileage: 85,410

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET C1500 2WD. THE CONTACT WAS COASTING AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AS THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED ALL FOUR BRAKE LINES WEE SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED.. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000...UPDATED 12-23-13 *BF

Mileage: 88,000

COMING HOME WITH A SMALL LOAD OF LUMBER FOR A WOODWORKING PROJECT, THE "CHANGE OIL LITE" CAME ON. UPON RETURNING HOME AND UNLOADED THE LUMBER, BACKED THE TRUCK INTO THE GARAGE TO CHANGE THE OIL-- THE PICKUP DIDN'T STOP. HE CRAWLED UNDER THE PICK UP TO FIND FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED, CORRODED AND ONE BRAKE LINE SPLIT AND LEAKING. FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT TRAVELING WHEN THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

Mileage: 88,183

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,233. UPDATED 12/24/13*LJ

Mileage: 16,233

I WAS TRAVELING AT 30 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AND A SCHOOL BUS STOPPED TO DROP KIDS RED LIGHTS FLASHING. I APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE ONLY TO HAVE THE BRAKE PEDAL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BOARD. LUCKY TIMING I WAS FIRST IN LINE AND RAN INTO GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE ANY CHILDREN HAD DISEMBARKED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND CAUSED A FLUID LEAK. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE- RUPTURED BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER DOOR SIDE. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.THE WEEK BEFORE I HAD MY ABS SENSORS ON THE FRONT WHEELS REPLACED BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULD SOMETIMES NOT STOP AT A SLOW SPEED. I AM HAPPY THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS TOWING MY TRAILER. RUPTURE OF THIS LINE CAUSED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT( WHEN ALL THE FLUID WAS GONE}. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

NOTICED BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. COULD NOT FIND ANY LEAKS, WHILE BACKING TRUCK UP, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. I USED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP MY TRUCK. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING FROM THE REAR AXLE. I INVESTIGATED THE BRAKE LINES AND FOUND THEM TO BE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND CORRODED. I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CERTAIN COLLISION CAUSING INJURIES OR DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 34,245

LEFT REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE LINE WAS FOUND RUSTED WITH A 1/16 INCH HOLE ON THE 3/16 INCH TUBING. *TR

Mileage: 191,825

BRAKES FAILED AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN. NO CROSS TRAFFIC AT TIME SO NO COLLISION OCCURRED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. TOTAL BILL $750. *TR

Mileage: 85,654

WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL TRAFFIC, I WAS PREPARING TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT WITH VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME. UPON APPLYING BRAKES FROM APPROX 30 MPH, I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE LIKE NORMAL, UNTIL APPROX 5-10 MPH, WHEN THE ABS KICKED ON FOR NO REASON, SENDING MY TRUCK WITHIN INCHES FROM STRIKING ANOTHER MOTORIST IN FRONT OF ME. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS FOR ABOUT 3 MILES UNTIL I ARRIVED HOME.

Mileage: 130,000

THIS COMPLAINT RELATES TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11001 REGARDING CORRODED BRAKE LINES ON CHEVY TRUCKS. I WAS COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT, SOME CARS AHEAD OF ME, GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. I APPLIED THE BRAKES. INITIAL PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL FELT NORMAL, THEN THE PEDAL RESISTANCE DROPPED TO ZERO. BY PUSHING THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I PULLED IN TO A GAS STATION. BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT OF A LOCATION ALONG THE BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. LOCATION ABOUT WHERE THE CAB AND BED MEET. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY TO A NEARBY CHEVY DEALER FOR REPAIRS. TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS $2200. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY WIFE COMPLAINED TO ME THE BRAKES ON OUR 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO PICK-UP, FELT FUNNY. I BACKED OUR PICK-UP TRUCK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO THE END OF THE STREET, THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY. AS I GOT TO THE END OF OUR STREET IS A STOP SIGN. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20MPH. I WENT TO STOP THE TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP. I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND THEN HELD FIRMLY ON THE PEDAL. I QUICKLY OBSERVED CROSS TRAFFIC IN THE ROAD BEFORE ME AND I TURNED SHARPLY ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY WEST JUST BEING NARROWLY MISSED BY WEST BOUND TRAFFIC. I HAD MY WIFE FOLLOW ME TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I COASTED INTO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT ANY BRAKES AT ALL. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP I NEEDED ALL NEW BRAKE LINES AND BRAKE CALIBERS. THEY ASKED ME TO COME DOWN AND VIEW THE UNDER PORTIONS OF OUR PICK-UP AND I DID SO. THE TRUCK WAS UP ON THE HOIST AND MECHANIC AND SERVICE REP SHOWED ME HE WAS UNABLE TO TAKE THE BROKEN LINE OUT OF THE BRAKE CALIBER WITHOUT SNAPPING OFF THE NUT HOLDING THE BRAKE LINE. THEY SHOWED ME THE REMAINING BRAKE LINES ALL IN STAGES OF RUSTING OUT INCLUDING THE ONE LINE THAT BLEW OPEN CAUSING THE SUDDEN LEAK AND "NO BRAKES" PROBLEM. THE REPAIR SERVICE COST ME APPROXIMATELY $2800,00. I COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER [XXX], I TOLD HIM I HAVE DRIVEN GM CARS FOR DECADES ON MICHIGAN ROADS AND NEVER HAD ANY BRAKE LINE RUST OUT AND FAIL. I WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE SALTY CONDITIONS DRIVING IN MICHIGAN WINTERS. HIS EXPLANATION STILL DID NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME. I KNOW CAR MANUFACTURES ARE VERY AWARE OF THESE TYPE ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTH EAST. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I TOOK MY TRUCK TO IS THE ONLY REPAIR FACILITY I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. THAT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL. WE WERE LUCKY NOT HAVING AN ACCIDENT ON THAT DAY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND PULLED UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS PREPARING TO STOP, AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I WAS PUSHING THE PEDAL DOWN AND EVEN TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES UP A BIT NOTHING WORKED AND IT WOULD NOT STOP AND I ALMOST HIT A POLICE CAR BUT LUCKILY THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT STOPPED ME ENOUGH TO GIVE ME TIME FOR THE CARS IN THE FRONT OF ME TO MOVE ON. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION AND I GOT THAT PART FIXED AND I WAS INFORMED THAT OTHER LINES WERE FINE BUT AFTER LAST WINTER AND THE TRUCK BEING PARKED OUTSIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF MILES ON IT AND EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN A STATE THAT USES SALT IN THE WINTER THIS TRUCK WAS NEVER DRIVEN IN THE WINTER AND PARKED IN A GARAGE AND ONLY DRIVEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS WHICH IS WHY THE MILES ARE SO LOW AND WHY I PURCHASED IT FROM A PRIVATE OWNER. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE BRAKE LINES ARE EXTREMELY RUSTED NOW AND LEAKING AND I CANNOT EVEN AFFORD THE COST AT THIS TIME TO GET THIS FIXED DUE TO HAVING MY HOURS AT WORK LOWERED TO 5 A DAY. *TR

Mileage: 43,312

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO CHANGE DIRECTION AND GO FORWARD. I HEARD A SUDDEN HISSING NOISE THROUGH THE OPEN DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BOTTOMING OUT. UPON INVESTIGATION I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID COMING FROM RUSTED BRAKE LINES BEHIND THE LEFT SIDE FRONT WHEEL. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL BOTTOMED, IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT I HAD ANY BRAKE ACTION AT ALL. VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION OR OTHER DANGEROUS LOCATION. *TR

Mileage: 77,866

WANT 1600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE EVERY LINE ON THE TRUCK DUE TO RUST...INCLUDING FLEXIBLE HOSE TO WHEELS. DON'T HAVE VIN NO TRUCK AT SHOP UNTIL I DECIDE WHAT TO DO. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WENT TO STOP AT STOP SIGN, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, NO CARS WERE COMING, WENT THRU SIGN BY TIME E-BRAKE WAS HIT. *TR

Mileage: 80,254

2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO.ABS ISSUE. DRIVING AT LESS THAN 10MPH, ABS PUMP WAS ENGAGED AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, I HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFT IN ORDER TO GET MY VEHICLE TO STOP. I WAS WITHIN ONE CAR LENGTH FROM STRIKING ANOTHER CAR ON THE ROAD. ABS IS CONSTANTLY RUNNING AND KICKS IN AT LOWER SPEEDS. VERY UNSAFE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WENT TO PUT ON BRAKES AND NOTHING FOUND THAT THEY HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AND NOT FROM RUBBING OR CLAMPS. WAS ABLE TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANOTHER CAR. *TR

Mileage: 90,578

WHILE TOWING MY BOAT I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHILE PRESSING MY BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER STOPPED CARS AT THE STOP SIGN I HAD JUST ENOUGH PRESSURE TO STOP IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE JUST PAST THE CARS IN MY LANE WHICH I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING. THANKFULLY ALSO THERE WAS NO CARS COMING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. I THEN PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER MY TRUCK UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ENTRANCE. I THEN LOOKED UNDER AND NOTICED THE RUSTED LINES THE FLUID WAS COMING FROM AS IT WAS DRIPPING OUT. THIS COULD OF BEEN A DISASTER BECAUSE IF I HAD MADE IT TO THE INTERSTATE AND GOT ON THE HIGHWAY TO HEAD HOME I SURELY WOULD OF NOT BEEN AS LUCKY. SO FAR MY TOWING COST ME 298.00 TO GET MY TRUCK HOME AND TO MY MECHANIC WHERE IT SITS IN THEIR LOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. LUCKILY MY FISHING PARTNER WAS NOT FAR BEHIND ME AND SAW ME PULLED OVER AND THEN PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. HE HAS A TRUCK AND TOWED MY BOAT ALL THE WAY HOME FOR ME WHICH WAS 60 MILES. THIS WAS BY FAR THE SCARIEST EVENT I EVER HAVE HAD IN MY TRUCK WHILE TOWING BUT DO REALIZE THAT IT COULD OF BEEN MUCH WORST. AFTER READING ALL THE COUNTLESS ISSUES THAT MOST HAVE HAD WITH THIS I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY GM HAS NOT STEPPED UP TO FIX THE PROBLEM THROUGH A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 112,500

MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK WENT TO PULL IN TO A PARKING SPOT WHEN SHE HIT THE BRAKES ABS KICKED IN AND WOULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK CAUSING HER TO HIT A PARKED CAR WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE OTHER CAR THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER GIVING ME PROBLEMS AND NOW ITS GOT NO BRAKES 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO. *TR

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 EXT CAB TRUCK WAS RECALLED IN 2005 FOR ANTI LOCK BRAKE ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS THE DEALER CLEANED PUT ON ANTI CORROSIVE MATERIAL ON SENSOR (AFTER TRUCK WAS IN A ACCIDENT I GOT THE NOTICE IN THE MAIL 3 DAYS LATER) NOW 7/11/2013 ITS HAPPENING AGAIN, THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AGAIN ONLY ONCE, COST FOR NEW HUB AND SENSOR I ABOUT $700 PER SIDE $1,400 TOTAL TO FIX PROBLEM, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE GM, CHEVY SHOULD FIX NOT PUT A BAND AID ON THE FIX. ALSO THE CHEVY DEALER SAID TO ME ITS A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON PARTS AND LABOR WOW THAT'S GREAT AT MY EXPENSE. WHY DIDN'T THEY PUT THE LIFETIME WARRANTY WHEN ITS NEW, NOW I HAVE TO PAY TWICE SOME DEAL. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

LOST MOST OF MY BRAKING AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RUST ON BRAKE LINES AND OTHER BRAKE PARTS. MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS WAY MORE RUST THAN THERE SHOULD OF BEEN IN THESE AREAS. *TR

Mileage: 111,238

WENT TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND THE DRIVE SIDE REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW,I WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITH NO BRAKES. THAT WAS A THRILL. *TR

Mileage: 82,766

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

THE EMERGENCY BRAKES HAVE NEVER WORKED, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT HOLD THE TRUCK. I HAVE A 4 WHEEL DRIVE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN ON AN INCLINE IN PARK THE TRUCK WILL SOMETIMES START TO ROLL DOWN HILL. *TR

SOMETIMES WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED 5 -10 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT THE ABS WILL START TO CYCLE MAKING THE STOPPING DISTANCE EXTREMELY LONG. *TR

I HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM MY HOUSE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. THE PEDAL HAD BARELY ANY PRESSURE AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE, FORTUNATELY I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, BY A COMBINATION OF DOWNSHIFTING AND USING WHAT LITTLE BRAKES THAT I HAD LEFT. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ON THE PANEL CAME ON AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CHECKED OUT. I WAS TOLD THAT MY BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THAT THEY ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/8 OF A MILE FROM MY ENTRANCE TO THE HIGHWAY, AND I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY. I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CONGESTED MORNING TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 60MPH. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNING. I WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THE LINES WERE RUSTED SO BAD THAT IT WAS SENSELESS TO TRY TO FIX JUST ONE SECTION, AND THAT IF THEY DID THAT I WOULD BE RETURNING SHORTLY TO REPAIR ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE LINES. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE REPAIR AND THAT IT COULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1000 DOLLARS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY CHEVROLETS MANUFACTURED IN THE 2000 YEARS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THEIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 53,817

LEAKING FLUID FOUND TO BE BRAKE FLUID COMING FROM RUST RUPTURED BRAKE LINES, ALL LINES RUSTED AND DEEMED BY DEALERSHIP TO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF LINES AND FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. *TR

Mileage: 51,700

UPON REQUIRING AN EMERGENCY STOP FROM 50 MPH APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BURST. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. (NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT, NO LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT, AND NO LOSS OF ABS LIGHT). I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION INTO 1ST GEAR IN HOPES OF SLOWING DOWN BEFORE A CRASH. I MADE THE RIGHT TURN AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH WAS UP HILL AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. FORTUNATELY, THE LIGHT JUST CHANGED SO THE INTERSECTION WAS STILL CLEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AFTER CONFIRMATION OF THE DAMAGED BRAKE LINE. FURTHER INSPECTION HAS REVEALED THAT ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE HEAVILY CORRODED AND ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THIS ISSUE SEEMS PRETTY FREQUENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND MODEL. A WEAK OR POORLY DESIGNED BRAKE LINE SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER. PROOF OF FAULT IS INDICATED IN GM'S DECISION TO CHANGE THE BRAKE LINES TO STAINLESS STEEL IN NEWER MODELS. IF NO RECALL IS ISSUED AT LEAST A WARNING SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CURRENT OWNERS!!! *TR

Mileage: 199,830

MY BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND BURST WHEN I USED MY BRAKES. COULD NOT KEEP MY TRUCK FROM MOVING WHEN STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. *TR

Mileage: 124,352

MY ANTILOCK BRAKES KICKED IN WHEN I WAS GOING 5 MPH. I DRIFTED RIGHT INTO A ROAD THAT I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER. I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 116,302

SERVICE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINE ABOVE REAR AXLE. PARK BRAKE FAILED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE REAR BRAKE DUSTSHIELD BEING CORRODED TO THE POINT IS WAS COMPLETELY GONE. THE LACK OF A DUST SHIELD ALLOWED THE PARK BRAKE SHOE AND LINKAGE CORRODE AND BECOME INOPERATIVE. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

I WAS QUITE FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN LEAVING A PARKING SPOT AND HAD JUST LEFT "PARK" SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE BECAUSE A PEDESTRIAN STEPPED OUT. AT THAT TIME THE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR, I STEERED THE TRUCK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE PERSON, HEADED FOR A PART OF THE LOT WHERE THERE WERE NO CARS, APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE, IT DID'NT WORK EITHER, SO I PUT IT INTO PARK. ALL THIS AND I HADNT APPLIED THE GAS TO THE VEHICLE. ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE I PARKED, I HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, ALL THE BRAKE FLUID WAS ON THE GROUND. UPON CLOSER INVESTIGATION, WE NOTICED THE BRAKE LINES WERE ROTTED OUT COMPLETELY. WE FEEL LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED. VERY ANGRY AT CHEVROLET. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

THIS VEHICLE, AT 46,000 MILES HAD TO HAVE ALL THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AND TWO CALIPERS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY RUSTED UP AND LOCKED UP. HAD TO DO IT AGAIN ABOUT 65,000 MILES, THEN HAD A BACK CALIPER SEIZE UP AND REPLACED BOTH ROTORS AND ONE CALIPER ALONG WITH NEW PADS. I THEN HAD TO HAVE ALL THE ROTORS REPLACED, BOTH FRONT HUBS, ONE NEW CALIPER AND PADS AGAIN AT BECK CHEVROLET A YEAR AGO. ON MY WAY DOWN TO FL THIS PAST FALL, WITH ABOUT 84,000 ON THE TRUCK, ANOTHER CALIPER SEIZED UP AND HAD TO REPLACE THE CALIPER, BOTH BACK ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. YESTERDAY, 3/27/13, ON MY WAY HOME FROM TOWN, WITH 85,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND NO BRAKES. INSPECTION SHOWED A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. MY REPAIRMAN SAID EVERY BRAKE LINE IS SWISS CHEESE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I'VE SPENT SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HAVE REPLACED BRAKES 3 TIMES, ALL ROTORS, MOST CALIPERS AND TWO FRONT HUBS BECAUSE OF RUST. THE FRAME AND EVERYTHING UNDER MY TRUCK IS RUSTED VERY BADLY. I'VE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE 2004, AND BOUGHT IT WHEN IT HAD 26,000 MILES ON IT. IT DRIVES BEAUTIFUL AND IS LIKE NEW, BUT IT'S GOING TO ROT RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER ME. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 46,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 SILVERADO ON A NARROW TWO LANE ROAD WITH A FEW STEEP GRADES AND MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR ON ONE OF THE DOWN GRADES. I PUMPED THE BRAKES BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. LUCKILY, I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REACT AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET STOPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRADE BEFORE RUNNING THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AT THE T INTERSECTION AND POSSIBLY OVER THE EMBANKMENT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ME. ONCE I GOT HOME I REALIZED THAT ALL THE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME TO THE ABS BOX WERE CORRODED AS WELL AS THE ONES GOING TO THE FRONT CALIPERS. ONCE I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. ALSO, ONE THAT JUST ABOUT EVERONE THAT I KNOW WITH A SILVERADO AROUND THAT SAME YEAR HAS HAD. I'M JUST GLAD THAT MY WIFE OR MY 16 YEAR OLD STEP-DAUGHTER WASN'T DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED! *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE EXITING FREEWAY, ON "OFF RAMP" REMOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL TO START BRAKING AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LITERALLY STOPPED TWO (2) FEET FROM REAR OF ALREADY STOPPED CAR. UPON UNDERNEATH INSPECTION FOUND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AT REAR, SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINE. *TR

Mileage: 148,845

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. MECHANIC SAID IT HAD RUSTED THROUGH. THIS HAPPEN IN 2009 AND AGAIN TODAY 2/23/2013. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON CT. RTE. 8 AT APPROX 6AM AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. STATE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES HAD PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED THE ROAD AS I ROUNDED THE BEND APPROACHING THE TRUMBULL TOWN LINE THIS IN TURN CAUSED AN ABRUPT HALT OF TRAFFIC. I APPLIED MY BRAKES RATHER HARD WHICH DID SLOW THE VEHICLE BUT I STILL HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INVESTIGATION I HAD FOUND THAT THE STEEL HARD LINE RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME RAIL FOR THE REAR BRAKES WAS BADLY CORRODED AND HAD BUST. THE REST OF THE STEEL LINES WHICH ALL RUN TO AND FROM THE ABS PUMP ARE ALSO IN BAD SHAPE. IT IS MY OPINION THESE LINES BE MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY. AFTER ALL THEY MAKE MOST MODERN EXHAUST IN STAINLESS AND THAT IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS STOPPING YOUR VEHICLE!!! *TR

Mileage: 109,000

DURING AN UNEXPECTED STOP SITUATION, MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING NORMALLY. THE ABS SYSTEM WAS GOING ON AND OFF. MY PICK UP WOULD NOT STOP. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IN THE ONCOMING LANE AVOIDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY REPAIR SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME THAT THE BRAKELINES WERE RUSTING OUT AND IN TWO SPOTS THE LINES HAD RUPTURED, PROBABLY DURING THE EVENT DESCRIBED ABOVE. BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE LINES IN TWO SPOTS. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

TOOK TRUCK IN FOR STATE INSPECTION, TRUCK FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES, POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKING , DEALER SAID IT WOULD BE $1228.43 TO $1420.99 TO JUST FIXED THE BRAKE LINES ALL LINES NEEDED REPLACED AND CALIPERS SCREWS. POWER STEERING PUMP COST 535.00 TO REPLACE. POOR QUALITY ,HIGH COST TO FIX AND LACK OF SAFETY ON GM PART FOR NOT COVERING RUBBER COATING OR USING STAINLESS STEEL LINES TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY VERY DISCOURAGED WITH SERVICE TECH SAID THESE ARE THE PRICES. WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SAFETY. BRAKE LINES AND GAS LINES SHOULD NOT BE MADE OF STEEL THAT CAN CORRODE AND RUST OUT AND BREAK. POWER STEERING PUMP WITH THESE FEW MILES SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT. MY 1988 CHEVY TRUCK NEVER HAD THESE PROBLEMS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 82,457

TRUCK FAILED ANNUAL MAINE SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF MAJOR CORROSION ON ALL BRAKE LINES RUN ALONG FRAME UNDERNEATH. (THE LINES ARE NOT YET LEAKING, BUT FAILURE IS IMMINENT AND VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.) COST OF REPAIRS IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $1400.00 BY SULLIVAN TIRE OF SCARBOROUGH MAINE. *TR

Mileage: 125,800

AS I APPROACHED A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING. I HAD TO VIGOROUSLY PUMP IT SEVERAL TIME TO COME TO A STOP AND WAS LUCKY I WAS GOING SLOWLY AND THERE WERE NO STOPPED CARS AHEAD OF ME. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH AND STILL DO NOT IF YOU START THE TRUCK. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND CAREFULLY MANAGED TO GET TO MY DRIVEWAY. A LARGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID DRIPPED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE BENEATH THE DOOR. WHEN I INSPECTED IT FROM BELOW, I FOUND THE BRAKE LINES SEVERELY CORRODED WHERE CLIPPED TO THE FRAME AND ONE HAD BURST THROUGH, CAUSING THE LEAK AND LOSS OF STOPPING ABILITY. *TR

Mileage: 123,044

BRAKE LINES UNDER HOOD AT DRIVERS SIDE RUSTED HOLE IN LINE CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 120,121

I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE AUTOPARTS STORE FOR AN OIL FILTER FOR MY OTHER VEHICLE WHEN I CAME UPON A LIGHT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. AS THE LIGHT CHANGED TO YELLOW I HIT MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS DOING NO MORE THAN 30 AT THIS TIME. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD STOP, I DRIFTED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO SAFETY. I WAS LUCKY - ANOTHER CAR WAS ALSO ABOUT TO TURN LEFT IN FRONT OF ME AS I WAS DRIFTING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, HE STOPPED SO AN ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND HAD TO HAVE ALL BRAKE LINES REPLACED. ALL WERE RUSTED AND PITTED. PAID NEARLY $900.00 TO HAVE STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES INSTALLED. THESE (STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES) SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BY GM AT THE FACTORY. MANUFACTURERS ALL USE STAINLESS STEEL FOR EXHAUST, WHY NOT FOR BRAKE LINES - SEEMS A BIT MORE IMPORTANT TO USE STAINLESS BRAKE LINES. WHAT IS THE COST DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN CHEAP STEEL AND STAINLESS - A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS SPENT IN MANUFACTURING COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO BURST LINE TO REAR AXLE; LITTLE OR NO STOPPING POWER FROM FRONT BRAKES; EMERGENCY BRAKE WORKED FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT NO LONGER AFTER COUPLE OF MILES TO MY DRIVEWAY. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED E-BRAKE PADS HAD CRUMBLED AWAY INSIDE REAR ROTORS; AND ALL 5 BRAKE LINES COMING OUT OF ABS UNIT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, NOT JUST REAR. FYI I HAVE OWNED IN EXCESS OF 20 G.M. TRUCKS, BUT NONE EVER AS BAD AS THIS ON BRAKE LINES. DAUGHTER IN TRUCK WITH ME- THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT VERY BADLY. TRUCK UNUSABLE UNTIL ALL LINES ARE FIXED- VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO POSITIONING OF LINES ( I HAVE DONE MANY BRAKE LINES- ON MUCH OLDER TRUCKS). THANKS... *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I TOOK MY 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 IN TO GET INSPECTED. IT FAILED DUE TO NO PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKES. I HAVE NEVER USED MY PARKING BRAKE, NEVER BEEN IN THE WHERE IT WAS NEEDED. I FIRST NOTICED AFTER REMOVING WHEEL THAT EVERYTHING IS RUSTED BEYOND WHAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT, THE SPLASH SHIELDS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. I REMOVED THE DRUM AND BRAKE SHOES AND NOTICED THAT ON BOTH SETS OF SHOES, LEFT AND RIGHT, THE PADS OF THE SHOES WERE NOT REALLY WORN, BUT THE ACTUAL LINING THAT THE SHOES ARE ATTACHED TO WERE WORN AT THE VERY BOTTOM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE VERY TOP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, BOTH WHERE THERE ARE NO PADS. I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS THAT CAME WITH THE NEW SHOES, REPLACED EVERYTHING, AND STILL NO BRAKES. I THEN BOUGHT A NEW CABLE AND SWAPPED IT OUT, THINKING THE CABLE MAY BE STRETCHED. STILL NO BRAKES. I REMOVED THE WHEEL AND DRUM ONCE AGAIN AND HAD SOMEONE DEPRESS THE PARKING BRAKE. I NOTICED THE ACTUATOR WORKING, SO I REASSEMBLED EVERYTHING, AND STILL NO BRAKES. I THEN CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT. I WAS TOLD THAT I CAN TAKE MY TRUCK TO A CERTIFIED CHEVY DEALER FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, AT MY EXPENSE, BEING THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN OVER 3 1/2 YEARS, I CAN NOT AFFORD THIS. I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP ME. I HAVE LESS THAN 2 WEEKS FOR MY TRUCK TO PASS INSPECTION, IF NOT, THEN I MUST PAY FINES AND COSTS WHEN I DO REREGISTER MY VEHICLE. HOW DO I GET MY VEHICLE TO PASS INSPECTION WHEN THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THEIR DESIGN. I'M HITTING A BRICK WALL EVERYWHERE I TURN. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS THAT I SEE BEING POSTED ONLINE, HOW COULD THERE NOT BE A RECALL. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AT REAR OF TRUCK NEAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL. ALL OTHER STEEL BRAKE AND FUEL LINES IN TRUCK HEAVILY RUSTED AND ALSO NEAR BLOW OUT POINT. *TR WHEN REAR LINE FAILED, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND STOPPING DISTANCE DOUBLED. I WAS PULLING A 3,000LBS BOAT AT THE TIME. THE BRAKE WARNING LAMP DID NOT ILLUMINATE. BRAKE WARNING LAMP CAME ON ONLY AFTER APPROX 10 MILES OF NO REAR BRAKE AVAILABILITY. I AM CURRENTLY TAKING PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND REPLACING ALL STEEL LINES IN TRUCK. OLD LINES AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IF YOU ACT QUICKLY.

Mileage: 116,000

MOST RECENT(9/15/12),BRAKE LINE RUPTURES DO TO TONS OF RUST... . BODY MOUNTS TOTALLY RUSTED OFF , REAR BRAKE ROTOR DUST SHIELDS RUSTED OFF, LEAF SPRING SHACKLES RUSTED THRU AND FELL OFF..REAR BUMPER RUSTED THRU,TOTAL UNDER CARRIAGE RUSTED THRU, RAILSUNDER DOORS TOTALLY RUSTED THRU AND HAVE BIG HOLES IN THEM.. *TR *JS

Mileage: 121,000

THE BRAKE LINES ON THE TRUCK, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS OLD ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED. I HAPPENED TO BE PULLING INTO A SERVICE STATION WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT LINE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT, SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID EVERYWHERE. I WAS LUCKY. THE BRAKES ARE COMPLETELY NONFUNCTIONAL. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE IF I HAD BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 183,742

I HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP, AND THE ABS WAS GOING ON AND OFF AND I ENDED UP GOING THRU THE INTERSECTION, LUCKILY NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE INTERSECTION, I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT IN 2005 AND THE WORK WAS DONE ON 1/23/2007, I CALLED CHEVROLET TO FIND OUT THAT THE RECALL WAS DONE THEY "CLEANED" IT AND HEY LOOK 5 YEARS LATER IT DOES THE SAME THING AND GM WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. LOOKS LIKE CLEANING REALLY DIDN'T DO THE JOB. *TR

Mileage: 151,000

DRIVING 45 MPH. NEEDED TO APPLY BRAKES. NO BRAKE AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO DOWN SHIFT AND THANK GOD I WAS GOIN UP A SLIGHT GRADE AND NO ONE WAS INFRONT OR CLOSE BEHIND. I WAS ABLE TO VEER OFF ROAD AND GET IT SLOWED IN TIME TO TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE DEALER WHEWRE I HAD PURCHASED MY TRUCK 10+ YEARS AGO. THEY SAID ALL BRAKES LINES MUST BE REPLACED. EXCESSIVE RUST ON ALL. I LOOKED AT THE LINE TO THE LEFT REAR WHEEL AFTER THEY REMOVED IT. IT FELL APART IN THE MECHANICS HAND. HOW IT HAD STOPPED ME IS UNKNOWN. BRAKE LINES DO NOT DO THIS. I'VE WORKED ON VEHICLES FOR 40 YEARS. HARD BRAKES LINES DO NOT RUST LIKE THIS. THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE IS CORRODED. NOT JUST THE TOP SAY, FROM SALT. THE ENTIRE LINE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK WITH ANY REMAINING BRAKE. PHYSICS STOPPED MY TRUCK. FEET BEFORE PLOWING INTO A MAJOR INTERSECTION. I'D LOVE TO BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. NOT SURE I HAVE THE FAITH THAT GM WANTS ME TO. THANKS GM. HOW CAN YOU BAILOUT OF THIS MESS? RECALL IT. I SPENT GOOD MONEY ON A CHEVY BECAUSE A CHEVY WILL LAST AS LONG AS YOUR WILLING TO CARE FOR IT PROPERLY. NOW I'M SPENDING IN EXCESS OF $800 TO FIX YOUR "LOW BIDDER" VENDORS MISTAKE. WHOMEVER MADE THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD BE BAILING ME OUT. MAKE IT RIGHT GM. JUST MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC AHEAD, I APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH INITIALLY SLOWED THE TRUCK BUT THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. BOTH VEHICLES SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE. AFTER MAKING SURE THE OTHER PARTY WAS UNINJURED AND WAITING FOR THE POLICE TO ARRIVE I NOTICED FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO FIND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE BRAKE LINES THAT RUN ALONG THE FRAME RAIL AT THE DRIVERS DOOR. ALL THE BRAKE LINES WHERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO A REPAIR CENTER TO HAVE THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND GM'S LOGIC OF USING A STAINLESS STEEL DRIVE SHAFT AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS, BUT USE LESSER MATERIAL FOR SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE BRAKELINES. A RECALL IS CLEARLY IN ORDER. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS DRIVING WHEN I WENT TO STOP AND THE PEDAL WAS SOFT. THE TRUCK STILL STOPPED BUT THE PEDAL DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY IN-LAWS HOUSE,ABOUT 2 MILES. WHEN I GOT OUT I SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THEY ARE THE LINES THAT GO TO THE ABS MODULE. WHEN I INSPECTED FURTHER, ALL 4 LINES WERE EITHER LEAKING OR ABOUT TO. THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED BOTH ROCKER PANELS, JUST UNDER THE DOORS, WERE RUSTED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED THROUGH. THE DOORS ARE NOT RUSTED AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE RUST ON THE TRUCK EVEN WHERE THE PAINT HAS FLAKED OFF. *TR

Mileage: 82,472

WITH ENGINE ON AND GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, AN 'ABS SYSTEM' WARNING LIGHT CAME OFF ALONG WITH A CONTINUOUS MOTOR TYPE SOUND. I PARKED THE CAR ON SIDE ROAD AND LOUD 'MOTOR' TYPE NOISE CONTINUED COMING UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I DROVE THE CAR BACK HOME AND ABS SYSTEM LIGHT ON WITH CONTINUOUS SOUND DID NOT STOP. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND THE SOUND DID NOT STOP. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, THE SOUND DID NOT STOP AND HAD TO DISCONNECT CAR BATTERY. TOOK CAR INTO CAR DEALERSHIP AND RIGHT AWAY BEFORE CAR WAS FORMALLY TESTED/DIAGNOSED, THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AND SERVICE ADVISOR CONFIRMED THE CAR HAD A 'KNOWN' PROBLEM RELATED TO ABCM (ABS CONTROL MODULE). ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY RELATED PROBLEM. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I AM SUBMITTING THIS SAFETY COMPLAINT. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR, DAMAGED ABCM COMPUTER CAN SEND AN INCORRECT SIGNAL AND THE BREAKS CAN CLOSE WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET CORPORATE AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION (SERVICE REQ # 71-1092953268). I WAS INFORMED THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS. I DID A QUICK SEARCH IN THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY CONSUMERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED ONLY TO 2002 CHEVY TRUCKS, BUT OTHER CAR MODELS AND YEARS. IF THE CARDEALER SERVICE MANAGER IS CORRECT AND THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED PROBLEM, THEN THIS ISSUE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INCIDENTS. CAN NHTSA PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND CONFIRM IF THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM? THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP. *TR

Mileage: 53,110

WHILE BACKING MY TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE I LOST MY BRAKES DUE TO PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR AND LOOSING BRAKE FLUID. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED ALL BRAKE LINES THAT ROUTE ON OUTSIDE OF FRAME BETWEEN MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS MODULE WERE RUSTED BADLY AND WERE WET WITH BRAKE FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

HAD TO MAKE A PANIC STOP AT A SPEED OF 50 MPH....NOT A FULL BRAKING PANIC STOP BUT A MINOR PANIC STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DROVE 3 MILES TO HOME (VERY CAREFULLY) ......SERVICE GARAGE SAID I HAD BLOWN A BRAKE LINE DUE TO RUST, AND ALL LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. COST TO REPLACE ALL LINES, $950.00. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN LOCAL ROAD, WHEN THERE WAS A THREE CAR ACCIDENT WAY AHEAD. I SOWED RIGHT DOWN, MAY 25-30 MPH AS WE CAME UP ON IT, REALIZING AS I WENT TO SLOW DOWN MORE, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. I MADE IT HOME AND PARKED. MY BOYFRIEND LOOKED AT IT NEXT MORNING, I HAD NO BRAKE FLUID LEFT, ONE OF THE LINES WAS SO CORRODED THE FLUID LEAKED ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD RECENTLY HAD MY BRAKES DONE AND INSPECTION WITHIN THE PAST MONTH. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK BRAND NEW, AND HAVE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT. INCLUDING ABS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED, AND NEVER WORKED AFTER IT WAS REPLACED, WHICH I DID COMPLAIN ABOUT, HE INTERIOR SET MATERIAL NEEDED REPLACING, THE TAIL GATE CABLES AND HINGES ARE BROKE, THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THEM. A SENSOR WENT IN GAS TANK, THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR FELL OFF, THE WINDOW CABLE ON DRIVERS SIDE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, PASSENGER SIDE ONCE, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. LIKE I SAID, I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT, TRADED IN OLDER CHEVY SILVERADO, PAID CASH WITH GM DISCOUNT. I LOVE MY TRUCK, BUT THINK IT HAS HAD WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE DEFINITELY READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE CORRODED GAS LINES AMONG OTHER ISSUES AND WOULD HOPE CHEVY WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. *TR

I HAD COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING , BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED. AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP.WAS A NIGHTMARE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR STATE INSPECTION WHEN THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

Mileage: 44,000

THE VEHICLES BRAKES FAILED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN (I WAS LUCKY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE MECHANIC REPORTED CATASTROPIC FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINES (RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF FLUID). *JS

Mileage: 55,000

THANK GOODNESS I JUST GOT OFF A MAJOR ROADWAY IN TOWN. MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WE GOT HOME AND I HAD TO RUN BACK OUT. I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME. PULLED OUT OF MY CUL-DE-SAC AND WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AT THE STOP SIGN AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKY NO CARS OR CHILDREN WERE IN MY PATH. ALL LINES ARE RUSTED OUT. HAD TWO SECTIONS (FRONT) WITH MAJOR ROT THAT WERE LEAKING. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS OR SIGNS PRIOR TO MALFUNCTION. BOUGHT NEW LINES FROM LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE AND HAVE BEEN REPLACING A LITTLE AT A TIME. ENTIRE UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK LOOKS LIKE ITS 50 YEARS OLD!!!! WILL SEE WHAT ROTS OUT NEXT. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

I WAS DRIVING 60MPH WHEN CONSTRUCTION CONES BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO ONE LANE. AS I BEGAN TO APPLY MY BRAKES, I COULD FEEL MY FOOT GOING TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS NOT SLOWING AT ALL. I TRIED THE EMERGNCY BRAKE, AND ALSO NO BRAKING OCCURED. I MANAGED TO DRIVE ONTO THE MEDIUM, AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO AVOID ALL THE "CONSTRUCTION JUNK" THAT LITTERED THAT AREA. AFTER A VERY LONG TIME, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER TO A SAFE STOP. WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THERE WERE NO BRAKE LINES. *TT

Mileage: 95,224

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE OPERATOR EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE--VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER AND IS NOW AWAITING "NEW " BRAKE LINE INSTALLATION. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS CORRODED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 54,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH AND AS I STARTED BRAKING THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ONCE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THE TRUCK STARTED TO BRAKE. I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY MAKE IT HOME AS I WAS ONLY A HALF MILE AWAY. WHEN I GOT HOME I INSPECTED THE UNDER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE MAIN REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND WAS SPILLING BRAKE FLUID NEAR THE DRIVER REAR SHOCK. AFTER INSPECTING ALL THE STEEL TUBE BRAKE LINES THEY ALL WILL NEED REPLACING AS ALL ARE RUSTED VERY BADLY. *TR

Mileage: 42,365