2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Service Brakes Problems

Abs system is failing light comes on then brakes don’t catch, airbags message keeps coming on . Pulling in to store when it done it end up hitting the metal pipe in from of store to stop

# 1 is the 4l60E transmission that sits on the exhaust and runs next to it on the opposite side the heat from the trans itself and the exhaust overheat the gasket which causes weak spots that leak along with burning up the 3-4 clutch. Lost everything but 1&2,R,N on trip to Illinois on way back went to speed up to pass and all sudden the engine started tacking out and leaking fluid. I applied fluid all the way home at a speed of 45mph in a 70 mph limit which caused a major safety hazard with traffic. Took to trans shop said the 3-4 clutch was fried and was no good due to overheating and loss fluid from damaged gasket that's split on the stamps from AC Delco. 2nd issue arises out 1rst, even more dangerous to point of dragging me down drive way and cutting into my leg leaving a small scar. When wheels are chalked , E brake applied the vehical should not move, so after doing so I climbed under and unhooked the shift cable from the trans instantly with dog in truck it began rolling right over me I grabbed the frame and stopped it for a few sec then boom it went again I had spin around or my legs or head would've be smashed to Oblivion. At that point it just kept going as it cut into my leg, I let it roll over me hopped up and tried trow it in park yet no cable attached it wouldn't stop and just kept going till it hit a small ditch at end my drive and half way in the road.My leg was cut and I was scratched up in many spots yet dog was ok. The trans quitting lead to the unhooking of the cable then the e/p brake not holding due to worn brake shins in the rear which have calipers so if the calpier would've held with the brake it'd been fine but under everything is a set small and thin pads that hold the truck when brake applied. There was a recall (#05042). Yet my vin was not included, chevy was called yet denied any responsibility of either matter or action to cure it. These defects could've killed me, decapitated, or killed my service dog!

Vehicle was being driven when "Service Brake System" appeared in the DIC. Vehicle was safely returned to owners home where it was discovered a master cylinder failure had occurred. The master cylinder contained no brake fluid, the booster was covered in brake fluid, and fluid was dripping from the undercarriage to the ground. The master cylinder and booster were replaced. In the process of bleeding the brake lines, a secondary leak was discovered in the brake line to the left front caliper. An inspection revealed a failure of the brake line due to rust. Inspection of the other brake lines revealed rust which will require replacement of all the brake lines. In this instance, the vehicle was actively being repaired when the failure of the brake line occurred. Had the brake line not failed during the repair process of the master cylinder and booster, a failure would have occurred while the vehicle was being operated possibly resulting in a crash with injury or death to the occupants or other drivers.

WHEN YOU APPLY THE PARKING BREAK THROUGH A FOOT PEDAL ON THIS YEAR OF TRUCK AND THEN PULL THE HANDLE TO RELEASE IT THE PARKING BREAK WILL ONLY COME BACK A LITTLE UNTIL YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY REACH DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND PULL THE PARKING BREAK FOOT PETAL BACK UP TO OPERATIONAL HEIGHT WHERE THE PARKING BREAK (EMERGENCY BREAK) IS NO LONGER APPLIED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE CABLE IS STILL CONNECTED AND WILL ONLY BRING THE PARKING BREAK BACK UP AROUND A INCH UNTIL YOU HAVE TO PULL IT THE REST OF THE WAY BACK.

Mileage: 120,905

I STARTED TO NOTICE MY BRAKES AND STEERING COMPONENTS ARE VERY UNSAFE, MY STEERING WHEEL HAS TO MUCH PLAY, SOMETHING INSIDE THE STEERING MAKES A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN I HIT A BUMP, THE BRAKES DON?T OPERATE CORRECTLY, THE TRUCK SHAKES AND MAKES THE STEERING VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DUE TO THE SHAKING AND VIBRATION. I WAS TOLD IT MIGHT BE LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID. BUT TO SUM IT ALL UP TODAY ON 06-02-2020, I REALIZED THE TRUCK IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AND GETTING HARDER TO STEER AND THE BRAKES CAUSE THE STEERING TO MAKE IT EVEN HARDER TO DRIVE WITH ALL THE SHAKING AND PULLING TO THE SIDE AND ALSO I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL BE REALLY HARD AT TIMES AND THEN REALLY LIGHT AT TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 142,000

I PRESSED THE BRAKES HARD TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. ONCE I PRESSED THE PEDAL, THE TRUCK SLOWED AND THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A STEEL BRAKE LINE BELOW THE CAB BLEW. AFTER INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT ALL THE ORIGINAL STEEL LINES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY RUSTED.

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS ENGAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE BRAKED AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS SENSOR FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

Mileage: 48,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE ROTTED THROUGH AND WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE ALSO ROTTED AND SPILLED FUEL ALL OVER THE PLACE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ALSO, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN REVERSE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE, BUT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST AND USE OF INFERIOR PARTS FROM CHEVROLET. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AN ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED DUE TO AWARENESS OF OTHER DRIVERS. IN A NEIGBORHOOD STREET, WITH CHILDREN PRESENT VERY NEAR.

Mileage: 170,000

BRAKES FAILED ON HIGHWAY DUE TO RUSTED LINES. BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. BRAKE LINE WAS SO RUSTED IT HAD A HUGE HOLE IN IT DUE TO THE RUST.

I KNOW MY TRUCK IS 14 YEARS OLD. BUT MY BRAKE LINES RUST OUT NEAR THE ABS BLOCK AND NEAR THE FUEL TANK ON THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. WHICH IS ODD TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK LINE SOONER THEN ME. NOW I HAVE A 85 TRANS AM MADE BY GM AND HAVEN'T HAD THIS PROBLEM . I THINK THE NHTSA AND GM NEED TO LOOK AT THIS CLOSER. THIS HAPPEN TO ME THIS MORNING ON MY WAY OUT TO WORK AND IT SCARED THE HELL OUT ME LUCKY I WAS JUST IN MY DRIVE WAY. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY TRUCK AND DON'T ABUSE IT. I TRY TO KEEP UP ON THE UNDER BODY AND FRAME AFTER SNOW STORMS BY RINSING OFF THE UNDER BODY AND FRAME. NOW I WAS INFORMED I WILL COST ME ANY WERE FROM $1500.00 TO$ 2000.00 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. NOT A HAPPY CAMPER. JUST GLADE I WASN'T ON THE ROAD DOING 50. AS I TAKE LOCAL AND STATE HIGH WAYS TO WORK.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, TRAFFIC MOUNTED UP AND CARS VIGOROUSLY APPLIED BRAKED. BRAKED TRUCK, WHICH SLOWED AT FIRST, THEN PEDAL SANK TO FLOOR AND CEASED TO STOP. EMERGENCY BRAKE DEPLOYMENT PERFORMED REMAINING NECESSARY STOPPING (JUST BARELY). INSPECTION FOUND BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINE RUPTURED NEAR THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE, AS THE METAL LINE MEETS RUBBER. ALL LINES BADLY RUSTED WHILE LITTLE OTHER UNDERCHASSIS SHOWS ANY RUST AT ALL.

Mileage: 120,000

YESTERDAY MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I COULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK. I PUT MY BLINKERS ON AND DROVE ABOUT TWO MILES AN HOUR TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND HE SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE ARE RUSTED OUT AND LEAKING FLUID TO A COST OF $750.00. IT IS IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW SO I WON'T HAVE THE INVOICE FOR A FEW DAYS. HE ALSO SAID THE THE FUEL LINES LOOK RUSTED ALSO AND HOPES THEY WON'T BREAK WHILE FIXING THE BRAKE LINES.

Mileage: 107,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT, CAUSED THE CONTACT TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL FORCEFULLY AND PUNCTURED THE BRAKE LINE. THE CONTACT SLOWLY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

Mileage: 21,000

UPON EXITING HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH, I APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. THE BRAKES FELT SPONGY THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR. TRIED TO PUMP WITH NO RESULTS. THIS WAS A SINGLE LANE EXIT RAMP WITH A CAR TURNING LEFT AND ONE TURNING RIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAMP. STILL AT APPROX. 60 MPH I HAD NOWHERE TO GO. DOWN SHIFT TO 2ND AND APPLY PARKING BRAKE. FINALLY ONE CAR TURNS AND I BLAST THROUGH INTERSECTION ABOUT 40-45MPH AND JUST MISSED T-BONING ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS I WENT DOWN THE ENTRANCE RAMP BACK ONTO HWY. I WAS ABLE TO BRING TRUCK TO A STOP. LATER INSPECTION OF TRUCK SHOWED ALL 4 BRAKE LINES FROM ABS TO FRONT OF TRUCK SEVERELY RUSTED WITH ONE RUPTURED. REAR BRAKE LINE ALSO RUSTED. G.M. NEED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. AT THE SPEED I WAS TRAVELING I HAD SECONDS TO MAKE A DECISION. I WAS LUCKY THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME TURNED AND I MISSED THE CAR ON THE CROSSROAD. THIS TRUCK HAS 85,XXX MILES AND HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN IN SNOW OR BAD WEATHER MAYBE A HALF DOZEN TIMES DURING ITS LIFE SO CORROSION SHOULD HOT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. I'VE OWNED MANY CARS WITH 200,000 PLUS MILES AND NEVER HAD BRAKE LINE ISSUES. I BELIEVE WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM YOU NEED TO FORCE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS DISABLED FOR THE REST OF THERE LIFE, OR SOMEONE LOSES A FAMILY MEMBER!!!

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BATTERY INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WHEN HE OBSERVED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD SEIZED AND TOOK GREAT EFFORT TO TURN. ALSO, THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP USING THE FIFTH WHEEL CAMPING TRAILER THAT WAS HITCHED WITH ELECTRONIC BRAKES TO SLOW AND EVENTUALLY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT AND IDLER PULLEY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 151,041.

Mileage: 151,041

WHEN BRAKING AT SLOW SPEEDS BETWEEN 5-10 MPH THE ABS ACTIVATES PREVENTING SAFE STOPPING.

THE BRAKE LINES ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ARE BADLY CORRODED AND ONE OF THEM HAS FAILED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK HAD NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I LIVE IN KENTUCKY AND I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK SINCE NEW. WE RECEIVE A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF BAD WINTER WEATHER HERE SO I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY SALT. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD.

Mileage: 96,000

THE ABS KICKS IN AT SPEEDS UNDER 5 MPH ON DRIVE PAVEMENT

Mileage: 83,000

REAR BRAKE LINE BUSTED ON 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT. REALLY DANGEROUS! HAD TO HIT THE CURB TO STOP! THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE STEEL BRAKE LINES! IN THE SHOP NOW TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES THAT ARE FAULTY! A COST THAT SHOULD BE PAID BY GM NOT THE CONSUMER OF A FAULTY PRODUCT! *TR

Mileage: 180,000

WHEN PARKING IN MY DRIVEWAY, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP. MY BRAKE LINES WERE LEAKING FLUID DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION AND MUST BE REPLACED FOR OVER $3000.00. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT OCCUR WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET.

Mileage: 61,000

WHILE TOWING A BOAT REAR BRAKE LINE BURST LOSING BRAKES THANK GOD I HAD ROOM TO HIT E BRAKE AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A BACK ROAD

Mileage: 93,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. DRIVING DOWN A SHORT HILL, BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED COMPLETELY TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKE RESPONSE OR STOPPING AVAILABILITY. DRIVING @ APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD LITTLE EFFECT AND HAD TO TURN INTO A DIRT HILL TO STOP THE TRUCK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, 4 BRAKE LINES DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE CAB ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED WITH 2 LINES FAILING SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASING BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE GROUND. THE 2 LINES FROM THE PROPORTIONING VALVE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO THE ABS AND THE 2 LINES FROM THE ABS TO THE 2 FRONT WHEELS RUN PARALLEL UNDER THE CAB AND ARE SEVERELY CORRODED IN 2 PLACES ONLY. THE 4 LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AT THE POINT OF THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT SECURE THE LINES TO THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLD THE BRAKE LINES HOLD MOISTURE AND SALT AND CAUSE ALL THE BRAKE LINES TO CORRODE AT THOSE POINTS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO RUST IN THE LINES TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK OR AT BOTH REAR BRAKE CALIPERS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR OR LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I CLEAN THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VEHICLE EVERY WINTER. THE LINES ARE RUSTING AS A RESULT OF THE CLIPS RETAINING SALT AND CORROSIVES AND CAUSING YEAR ROUND CONTACT TO THE BRAKE LINES. IS ANYONE READING OR INVESTIGATING HERE? THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS HERE REGARDING THIS EXACT ISSUE. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE POST THAT LIST THE CORROSION IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT AS MY TRUCK. THESE LINES RUST NOT FROM NORMAL WEAR BUT BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE CLIP DESIGN. REPAIR ESTIMATE FROM CHEVROLET DEALER IS $1250 TO REPLACE ALL LINES. WHEN WILL GM CONSIDER THIS A DEFECT OR WRITE A SERVICE BULLETIN? *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT HESITATED TO RESPOND BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED. THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,340.

Mileage: 67,340

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD PRIOR TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT ANOTHER VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/08/16*LJ *TR

Mileage: 108,000

STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE PRONE TO CORROSION. REPLACED 2 ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS. 1ST FAILURE THE BRAKE LINE SUDDENLY BURST WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE. SECOND INCIDENT THE BRAKE LINE SLOWLY LEAKED. UPON INSPECTION THE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED.

Mileage: 76,000

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE ON 2 OCCASIONS, BOTH WITH TRAILER ATTACHED - BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINES TO BOTH FRONT WHEELS BURST UNDER THE ADDED PRESSURE OF STOPPING WHILE TRAILERING. OTHER LINES TO THE REAR ARE ALSO BADLY RUSTED, BUT HAVE NOT YET FAILED. FRONT LINES (PROVIDING THE MAJORITY OF BRAKING) ARE HELD IN HORIZONTAL PLASTIC CLIPS THAT DO NOT READILY DRAIN, AND ACCELERATE CORROSION DAMAGE. BOTH INCIDENTS INVOLVED NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE INJURIES. ONE, WHILE BACKING THE TRAILER INTO PARKING SPOT WITH SOMEONE BEHIND PROVIDING DIRECTIONS, AND THE OTHER JUST AFTER HOOKING UP THE TRAILER AND PROCEEDING INTO TRAFFIC (IF THAT FAILURE HAD BEEN ONE STOP LATER, IT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED WHILE STOPPING TO TURN ONTO A HIGHWAY). DUE TO A FEAR OF ADMITTING GUILT, GM HAS NOT OFFERED REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR PURCHASE, AND ALL NEW LINES MUST BE CUSTOM BUILT, WITH A COST ESTIMATE OF OVER $1000 TO REPLACE THE BUNDLE OF ALL 5 LINES. FINALLY, THIS TRUCK (1 OWNER) IS OTHERWISE TOTALLY RUST FREE - THERE IS NO EXPLANATION FOR THE FIRST 2 THINGS TO RUST OUT ON AN OTHERWISE RUST-FREE TRUCK TO BE BRAKE LINES. WITHOUT TRAILERS OR HIGH LOADS, THE HALF SYSTEM FAILURE LEAVES THE VEHICLE WITH LIMITED RESERVE STOPPING CAPABILITY, BUT UNDER THE HIGHER LOAD CONDITIONS (EXACTLY WHEN THE COMPROMISED BRAKE LINES FAIL) THE RESERVE CAPABILITY IS GREATLY REDUCED. ONE OF THE REASONS THERE LIKELY HAVE NOT BEEN MORE INJURIES AND FATALITIES, IS THAT ONCE THE OWNER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THERE IS LITTLE OR NO TRUST IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. WHY MUST THERE BE A DEATH COUNT BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT A PROBLEM REPORTED HUNDREDS OF TIMES OVER MANY YEARS ON BOTH GM AND CHRYSLER TRUCK (BOTH USING THE SAME LINES)? AT LEAST ORDER THE OEMS TO PROVIDE KITS OF ALL BRAKE LINES AT REASONABLE COST TO OWNERS.

Mileage: 95,000

PICKUP IS ALWAYS GARAGED . AT 30000 MILES HAD TO CHANGE THE FRONT BRAKE SENSORS AS THE ANTI-LOCK WAS ACTIVATING AS THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT. OCCURRED AT APPROX 5 MPH. HUBS AND SENSORS CHANGED ($600 COST). NOW AT 58000 MILES PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. IT APPEARS A RECALL (#05V379000) HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SILVERADO PICKUPS FROM 1999-2002. I WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER. TRUCK LOCATED IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

Mileage: 30,000

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. RUSTED BRAKE LINES. WHY ARE THESE NOT RECALLED? HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST BE KILLED OR INJURED?

Mileage: 158,000

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING ON STREET NEAR HOME. LINE FROM PROPORTIONING VALVE TO ABS UNIT HAS PIN HOLES, I HAD TO REPLACE ALL UNDER CHASSIS BRAKE LINES LAST YEAR, BUT LINES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT REALLY? THE PLASTIC SECURING CLIPS ACT AS A CONTAINER FOR MOISTURE AND ROT THE LINE.

Mileage: 5

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 10/07/16*LJ *TR

Mileage: 89,000

WHILE DRIVING TO THE GYM WITH MY 2 SONS WITH ME, I LUCKILY STOPPED AT THE DUMPSTER IN MY CONDO COMMUNITY TO DROP OFF SOME TRASH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP WHEN APPROACHING THE DUMPSTER I LOST ABOUT 90% OF MY BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL AND NOTICED A HUGE MIST OF FLUID BY MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND THEN RETURN TO MY PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF MY CONDO WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON PARKING MY TRUCK IN THE PARKING SPOT THE REMAINING BRAKE FLUID EMPTIED OUT. WHEN I LOOKED FOR THE CAUSE I QUICKLY DISCOVERED THAT MY BRAKE LINES WERE SO BADLY CORRODED THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY CAME FROM THE SUNKEN TITANIC. I HAVE LIVED IN 2 STATES THAT GET SNOW IN THE WINTER BUT AFTER EVERY SNOWFALL I'VE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL CAR WASH AND USED THE UNDERBODY WASH FEATURE. I'VE DRIVEN 1987, 1988, AND 1994 VEHICLES IN SNOW STATES AND HAD NO BRAKE LINE ISSUES SO MY 2004 VEHICLE I'D EXPECT NO ISSUES EITHER. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK, NOWHERE IN THE OWNERS MANUAL DOES IT WARN YOU TO CHECK YOUR METAL BRAKE LINES FOR CORROSION. FILTERS, PADS, FLUIDS ETC ARE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT THE OWNERS MANUAL INCLUDES BUT METAL BRAKE LINES ARE NOT AND SHOULDN'T BE, NOT WHEN AFTERMARKET CORROSION PROOF BRAKE LINE KITS COST $100. LUCKILY MY FAMILY OR NO ONE ELSE'S FAMILY WERE HURT IN MY INCIDENT BUT THE LONGER GM REFUSES TO RECALL THESE BRAKE LINES OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. UPDATED 09/08/16*LJ UPDATED 06/18/18*JB

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS DRIVING TODAY WITH MY LAWN TRACTOR LOADED ON THE TRUCK OF THE BED. I CAME UPON TRAFFIC STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. AS I PRESSED MY BRAKES TO STOP , THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I ALMOST STRUCK THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY I WAS NOT TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND THE VEHICLE MANAGED TO MOVE AND AVOID BEING REAR ENDED BY ME AFTER I BEGAN HONKING MY HORN AS A WARNING. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, I DISCOVERED THAT A BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED, WHICH CAUSED THIS PROBLEM.

BAD RUSTED BRAKE LINES ABOUT TO FAIL. I SEE ON LINE THAT GM USE BAD STEEL LINES.

POURING RAIN I WAS TAKING MY MOTHER TO SEE MY DAD AT THE HOSPITAL. I STARTED DOWN THE STREET AND WENT TO STOP. PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR. I CAME TO A STOP PART WAY INTO THE INTERSECTION. THANK GOD, FOR GOD AND MY GUARDIAN ANGEL THAT I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS CORRODED BRAKE LINES. IT'S A 2004 WITH 80,000 MILES ON IT. NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD. WHY HASN'T GM AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ISSUED A RECALL. HAD THIS BEEN THE NIGHT BEFORE COMING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WE WOULD BE AT A FUNERAL. IT WAS FORTUNATE WE WERE DOING MAYBE 10MPH.

Mileage: 80,000

BRAKE SYSTEM COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE IN MOTION. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE BRAKE TUBE LEADING TO REAR AXLE HAD RUPTURED. THE TUBE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED.

Mileage: 68,940

DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT, ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES AND ALL FLUID. BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND BROKE.. WAS ABLE TO GEAR DOWN TO SLOW AND USE PARKING BRAKE THANKS TO NO TRAFFIC LATE NIGHT. THIS IS NOT NORMAL AS THE LINES ARE NOT VISABLE WITHOUT CRAWLING UNDER VECHICLE WHERE THEY ARE UP IN THE FRAME. ONLY HAD 41,000 MILES ON TRUCK. THE COST FOR REPAIR WAS $600.00 WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE BORNE BY CHEVROLET. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC, IT WOULD DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THEY ARE NOT LOCATED IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE SEEN EASILY.

Mileage: 41,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT THEN DEPRESSED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND AVOID CRASHING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 51,000

BRAKE LINES LEAK DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. . ALL THE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED MONTHS AGO. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 50 THOUSAND MILES. I FEEL THIS IS WAY TO SOON FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER LAUGHED WHEN I ASKED IF THIS WAS A WARRANTY PROBLEM.

Mileage: 49,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A FOUR FOOT TALL CURB AND THE TRANSMISSION PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM GOING OVER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE CONTACT, WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HE DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED AND RUPTURED ON 3 OCCASSIONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE BRAKE LINES. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET.

Mileage: 62,000

UNWANTED ABS APPLICATION AT SLOW SPEEDS! SOMETIMES IT ACTIVATES, OTHER TIMES IT DOESNT. VERY UNPREDICTABLE & UNSAFE! THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM.

CAME UP TO A STOP SIGN GOING ABOUT 30MPH.BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. MECHANIC SAYS I NEED TO HAVE ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. ALL THE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT ONE FAILED. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ON THIS TRUCK IS NOT DIVIDED, MEANING A HOLE IN ANY LINE YOU LOOSE ALL BREAKS. TRUCK ONLY HAS 57000 MILES ON IT? I CAN'T BELIEVE A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. WHEN SOMEONE DIES I HOPE TO BE CALLED TO TESTIFY AGAINST GM.

Mileage: 57,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS HAULING A TRAILER, THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE AND STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT THE VEHICLE, COAST ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER, AND APPLY THE REAR BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP AT RED LIGHT, BRAKE PADDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS. BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND BROKE. HAD MY WIFE AND GRAND CHILDREN IN TRUCK.

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS, SERVICE ENGINE, AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED AND THEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE DEALER RESET THE UNKNOWN CODES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DISCONNECTED AND THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL DISCONNECTION FOR THE AIR BAGS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 06V417000 (AIR BAGS), 06V289000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), 05V043000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND 04V045000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,502.

Mileage: 186,502

BRAKE LINE FAILURE

Mileage: 74,000

BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND RUPTURED. BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN NEAR ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 204,000

REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW (ALONG FRAME) PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR NO BRAKES, I WAS LUCKY I WAS OFF ROAD AT THE TIME OF BRAKE FAILURE. TRUCK HAS 21685 MILES. BRAKE LINES SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK. I SHOULD OF ONLY LOST THE BACK BRAKES, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE ABS UNIT (ECHU)? THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAKE LINES, WHY NO RECALL? THIS WILL COST AROUND $1500+ IF I LET THEM DO THE WORK.

Mileage: 21,685

I HAD JUST GOT OF THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 65. AFTER PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY OUT. NOTHING. APON INSPECTION, I FOUND A RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE ON THE LEFT FRONT. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED AS I AM ALMOST 70 YRS. OLD. ALL THE LINES ARE FLAKING WITH RUST AND NOW I WILL NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT UNTIL ALL THE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT A VERY HIGH COST SINCE GM DOES NOT MAKE A REPLACEMENT PART. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW IN GOOD FAITH THINKING IT WOULD BE MY LAST. IT SEEMS TO ME GM SHOULD AT LEAST STAND GOOD ON DEFECTIVE PARTS. NOW I FIND OUT THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL OVER. THIS IS NOT JUST A FEW TRUCKS EITHER.

Mileage: 68,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EITHER THE REAR OR FRONT BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

Mileage: 124,000

BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND BLEW OUT WHILE STOPPING. KNOWN PROBLEM. GOVERNMENT MOTORS

Mileage: 92,000

WAS TRYING TO STOP AT RED LIGHT & BRAKE WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO WARNING & HAD NO BRAKES SO UNABLE TO STOP. HAD TO KEEP GOING THROUGH LIGHT & HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE & FINALLY MANAGED TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. BRAKE FLUID WAS ALL OVER GROUND UNDER THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED ONLY GOING 25 MILES AN HOUR IN A SUBURBAN SETTING. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES BEFORE.

Mileage: 105,000

ON JULY 22, 2015 I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 AND WHEN I WENT TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION THE BRAKES FAILED AND I HAD GO THROUGH A STOP SIGN. I HAD TO HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED. I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN A HOUSING SUB DIVISION AND NOT ON AN INTERSTATE BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I WAS CLOSE TO MY MECHANICS GARAGE AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE GARAGE WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED AND RUSTED THROUGH HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT A BRAKE CALIPER NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO ALL OF THE BRAKE LINE CORROSION. THE MECHANIC ALSO INFORMED ME THAT ALL THE FUEL LINES WERE CORRODED AND ALSO NEEDED REPLACED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAS REPLACED BRAKE LINES ON SEVERAL SILVERADO'S ALL DUE TO CORROSION. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 65,665 MILES ON IT AND WAS SELDOM DRIVEN IN SNOW. I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THESE TRUCKS. IF MY WIFE OR ONE OF MY KIDS WAS DRIVING THIS THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. THE TOTAL COST WAS OVER $1400.00 TO GET ALL OF THE LINES REPLACED SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

Mileage: 65,665

THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2004 AND HAS ONLY TRAVELED TO "SNOW BELT" STATES IN THE WINTER LESS THAN A DOZEN TIMES IN PAST 11 YEARS. ON 7/23/15, WHILE ON VACATION, THE VEHICLE SUFFERED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL BRAKING POWER. FORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED IN TIME BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF US BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND PULLING THE PARKING BRAKE. AFTER PULLING OFF OF THE ROAD AND OPENING THE HOOD, WE DISCOVERED THAT A SMALL FIRE HAD STARTED FROM THE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID HITTING THE HOT MANIFOLD. AGAIN, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET IT DOUSED IN TIME BEFORE ANY MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT THE FRONT LEFT METAL BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED, WE CAREFULLY MADE OUR WAY TO ADVANCE AUTO USING THE NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP US WHEN NEEDED. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PATCH THE CORRODED BRAKE LINE IN THE PARKING LOT OF AUTO AT 8 PM AT NIGHT ONLY TO DISCOVER THE OTHER FRONT LINE WAS CRACKED AS WELL. BY THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE TO FIX SO WE MADE A HARROWING TRIP BACK TO OUR HOTEL WITHOUT ANY REAL BRAKES. GOOD THING THEIR WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC AND WE WERE CLOSE TO OUR HOTEL. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE. THEY MENTIONED THEY HAD REPLACED ONE ON A CHEVY SUBURBAN ONLY A DAY EARLIER FROM INDIANA FOR THE SAME REASON. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR THIS ISSUE, I MUST STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH GM WHEN THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND THE REAR AND THAT "SHOULD A BRAKE PIPE SUDDENLY FAIL FOR ANY REASON, THE AFFECTED VEHICLE WOULD BE CAPABLE OF STOPPING WITH THE PRESSURE SUPPLIED BY THE REMAINING CIRCUIT." WE HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE AT ALL AND HAD NO WAY OF STOPPING. IT WAS ONLY MY HUSBAND'S QUICK THINKING THAT SAVED OUR FAMILY AND ANOTHER FAMILY FROM AN ACCIDENT. I HOPE THIS MATTER WILL BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER.

Mileage: 90,000

COMING TO AN INTERSECTION 10 MPH, BRAKE PADDLE WENT TO FLOOR. EMERGENCY BRAKE SAVED ME. ROTTEN BRAKE LINES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. ONE YEAR LATER FOUR MORE BRAKE LLINES REPLACED BECAUSE OF LEAKS. ALL FOUR WERE RUSTED OUT.

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT OBSERVED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE LINES TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,395.

Mileage: 76,395

ON 7/3/15, MY HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP IN ORDER TO EXIT A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WE (MY HUSBAND, CHILD, AND I) DROVE ACROSS THE MARKED PARKING WAYS AND CRASHED INTO A PARKING LOT SIGN TO MAKE THE VEHICLE COME TO A STOP. UPON EXITING THE TRUCK, MY HUSBAND NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE LEAKING. WE WERE BLESSED THAT WE HAD NOT PULLED ON THE MAIN STREET INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP FOR REPAIR. I ALSO CALLED DON MOORE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HAD NO RESPONSE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE ABS KICKS IN AT LOW SPEEDS TO WHERE IT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND HAVE A GRINDING FEEL AT THE DOOR PEDAL EVEN AFTER HAVING THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED. THE DASH CLUSTER GAUGES STOP WORKING ONE BY ONE,ONLY THE HEAT GAUGE WORK OFF AND ON. THE ENGINE BEGINS TO OVER HEAT WHEN SITTING IN IDLE 10 MINUTES, SOMETIMES 5 MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW HOT IT IS,AND THE AIR CONDITIONING STARTS TO BLOW HOT AIR BUT IT BEGINS TO COOL OFF ONCE YOU START BACK DRIVING. I HAVE HAD THE WATER PUMP CHECKED,SOME HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND IT STILL DOES IT ONLY IN THE SUMMER

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY WITHOUT WARNING AND FLUID LEAKAGE DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES. FORTUNATELY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PARKED AT HOME, BUT NECESSITATED TOWING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND A COSTLY REPAIR.

Mileage: 61,493

DRIVING 45 MILES PER HOUR ALONG A RURAL ROAD FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE I WAS FOLLOWING APPLIED HIS BRAKES TO TURN LEFT ONTO A SIDE ROAD. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES I FELT THE ABS SYSTEM KICK IN, THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FLOOR WITH ONLY MINIMAL STOPPING POWER. I HAD TO DRIVE UP ONTO A LAWN TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION, I WAS ABLE TO NURSE IT HOME. THIS IS THE SECOND BLOWN BRAKE LINE I'VE HAD ON THIS TRUCK. IN AUGUST OF 2014 WHILE TOWING A TRAILER I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAIL. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND. I REPLACED THE RUSTED LINE AND BLED THE BRAKES, AFTER WHICH THEY OPERATED NORMALLY. I'VE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE NEW, PURCHASED IN DECEMBER OF 2003, AND NOTICED WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTING UNUSUALLY QUICKLY. I'M AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC AND AM USED TO INSPECTING MY VEHICLES FOR ANY MECHANICAL DEFECTS OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS.

Mileage: 88,356

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD CONSTANTLY GO TO THE FLOOR AFTER STOPPING AT LIGHT, ETC. WITHIN A DAY BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE. ADDED TWO PINTS OF FLUID WHICH IMMEDIATELY LEAKED OUT. REPAIR FACILITY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LINE.

Mileage: 80,000

THANK GOD I WAS NOT TRAVELING I GOT UP IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND PLACED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IN WHICH IT WENT TO THE FLOOR WHICH WAS ODD I PUMPED THE BRAKE A TIME OR TWO AND HEARD THE SOUND OF DRIPPING FLUID UNDER MY TRUCK I SHUT IT OFF AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK TO SEE A STREAM OF BRAKE FLUID DOWN TO THE GROUND. I COULD HAVE ONLY IMAGINED WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND THIS HAD HAPPEN OR IF I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME ON THE WAY TO THE BEACH. THIS COULD HAVE BEE CATASTROPHIC NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. I AM AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC AND AFTER READING SOME OF THESE KNOWN ISSUES AND CHEVROLETS RESPONSE TO THEM MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO ADMIT THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM. I MEAN THERE ARE SOME THINGS I CAN SEE NEEDING REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON A VEHICLE AND BRAKE LINES THAT ARE MADE OUT OF STEEL IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE AIRLINES USE STAINLESS STEEL IN THE AIRCRAFT TO HELP RESIST CORROSION FOR THIS VERY REASON. WHY PUT PEOPLES LIVES IN DANGER WHEN YOU CAN FIX IT WITH BETTER QUALITY PARTS.

Mileage: 125,000

I WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE WITH MY BOAT HOOKED UP AND GOT ON THE HIGHWAY, WE HAD GONE FOR A HALF MILE AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND FOUND OUT THE LINE WAS RUSTED. THEN THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND I WAS TOLD THAT MOST OF THE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND HAD TO REPLACE THEM ALL. IT IS A SHAME THAT THE LINES ARE FAULTY AND COULD KILL MANY OTHERS THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN ANY VEHICLE-DON'T YOU THINK SO!

Mileage: 120,000

BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTY AND RUPTURED WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR.

Mileage: 86,000

AFTER READING ABOUT SO MANY MULTIPLE BRAKE FAILURES I DECIDED TO CHECK MY VEHICLE AND WAS HORRIFIED TO SEE MY BRAKE LINES WERE SO BADLY PITTED AND RUSTED. IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES IN THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD WITH ABOUT 54,000 MILES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SUCH AN IMPORTANT SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE WOUND FAIL AFTER SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

Mileage: 54,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD AS THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE SERVICING MY BRAKES I INSPECTED MY BRAKE LINES SINCE GM CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE ISSUE OF RUSTY AND FAILING BRAKE LINES. FOUND MIND RUSTING IN THE SAME CRITICAL AREA (BRAKE LINE DISTRIBUTION BOX) THAT MY DAUGHTERS 2004 1 TON BRAKES WERE RUSTY AND FAILED IN OHIO WITH A 4 HORSE GOOSE NECK TRAILER ATTACHED. SHE WAS LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HER BARN AND NOT ON THE ROAD TO A HORSE SHOW WITH A LOAD OF HORSES. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS, BRAKE FAILURES AND POSSIBLY PEOPLE KILLED BEFORE NHTSA FORCES GM TO RECALL ALL THE TRUCKS WITH PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE 2004 YEAR SERIES. GM USES STAINLESS STEEL IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BUT NOT BRAKES. STUPID. I DIDN'T GET KILLED IN VN DON'T WANT TO GET KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE HERE BECAUSE GM IS TOO CHEAP TO PUT PROPER MATERIAL IN CRITICAL AREAS. *TR

Mileage: 82,174

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AT ABS UNIT UNDER DRIVER SIDE FLOOR PANEL. TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. LUCKILY, WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. ALL BRAKE LINES AT THIS POINT VERY BADLY CORRODED AND WERE REPLACED. MECHANIC SHOWED ME THAT LINES AT THIS POINT WERE PAPER THIN FROM CORROSION AND LUCKY THAT THEY HADN'T RUPTURED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I HAD TO STOP TO WAIT FOR A VEHICLE MAKING A LEFT TURN AND AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THEY AT FIRST WORKED AND THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD TO GO OFF THE ROAD OVER A SMALL BAN INTO A DITCH. IF SAFETY IS SUCH AN ISSUE WHY ARE THE CAR MANUFACTURERS NOT MADE TO PUT THE BEST QUALITY BRAKE AND GAS LINES IN THEIR VEHICLES AS THERE ARE BETTER LINES AVAILABLE THAN WHAT THEY PUT IN SUCH AS STAINLESS. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

BRAKES BECAME VERY SPONGY WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I STOPPED IN MY DRIVEWAY I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE TRUCK. WHEN I CHECKED WHERE THE LEAK WAS I DISCOVERED MY BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED FROM FRONT TO BACK! THEY HAVE LEAKED THROUGH UNDER THE CAB. THIS LOOKS LIKE AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY HAD THE COMPANY NOT USED SUCH CHEAP MATERIAL TO SAVE THEMSELVES SOME MONEY. THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT BE IN THE RUSTY CONDITION THAT EXIST ON THIS TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 167,218

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY I EXITED THE OFF RAMP AND DEPRESSED THE PEDAL. THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK MAINTAINED ABOUT 15% STOPPING POWER ENOUGH TO JUST GET IT STOPPED BEFORE I WOULD HAVE ENTERED A BUSY INTERSECTION AND WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING AND SLAMMING 6,000 POUNDS OF METAL INTO SOMEONE CHILDREN. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME TRUCK WITHIN 2 YEARS AND ALL HAVE SUFFERED THE SAME PROBLEM OR HAD IT FIXED OUT OF FEAR. IT'S NOT HOW IT'S WHEN.... *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, TRAFFIC CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT. I HIT MY BRAKES, WHICH FELT FUNNY, SO I PUMPED AND THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY AND THANK GOD THERE WERE NO CARS OR PEOPLE IN MY PATH. I USED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP MY TRUCK. CONTRARY TO THE STATEMENT BEING MADE BY GM, THAT YOU STILL HAVE BRAKES, THIS IS BULL, THE PEDDLE GOES TO THE FLOOR. AFTER BEING QUOTED FROM THE DEALER, THAT MY TRUCK NEEDED ROTORS, CALIPERS, (OF WHICH THIS IS THE THIRD TIME) PADS, ALL FUEL LINES AND ALL BRAKE LINES, WITH A TOTAL PRICE OF $5,600 PLUS, I DECIDED TO CHECK FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH GM TRUCKS. I WAS SHOCKED TO SAY THE LEAST AND THEN ANGRY. WHO THE HELL IS BELIEVING ALL OF THE EXCUSES FROM GM. I HAVE BEEN AROUND CARS ALL MY LIFE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES DON'T FAIL ON THIS SCALE. I DON'T CARE WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY YOU LIVE IN. WHAT GENIUS DECIDED IT WAS OK TO USE STEEL TUBING FOR SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS FUEL AND BRAKE LINES. STEELRUSTS. THE NUMBERS BEING QUOTED FOR FAILURE, I'M CONVINCED AFTER READING ALL MORNING, ARE VERY LOW. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FOR SOMEONE TO ADMIT THEY MADE A MISTAKE AND CORRECT IT? THIS GOES FOR THE NTSB, AND GM. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

ATTEMPTED TO STOP FOR YELLOW LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING VEHICLE TO CONTINUE THROUGH INTERSECTION. HAD TO DOWNSHIFT TRANSMISSION MANUALY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. @$400.00. PEOPLE NEED TO BE MADE AWARE THAT TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE OCCURS IN THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 147,000

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS LITTLE BRAKING EFFORT AVAILABLE. AVOIDED A SEVERE ACCIDENT BY SWERVING INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE NEARLY COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER ONCOMING VEHICLE. SLOWED VEHICLE WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING. CAUSE WAS RUPTURED BRAKE LINE DUE TO CORROSION. ALL LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

Mileage: 190,000

MY TRUCK WAS STANDING IN TRAFFIC WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD SEVERE RUSTING AND THAT THE LINE HAD BURST. HE REFUSED TO FIX IT SAYING THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I THEN BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX IT EITHER. NOW I AM STUCK WITH NO WAY TO GET HELP. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

ONE DAY I WENT TO STOP ON A DRY ROAD AND WHEN I WAS ALMOST STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED AND THE ABS ENGAGED. I HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED AND ALL OF THE ROTORS WERE ALMOST GONE FROM RUST WITH CHUNKS OF THE ROTOR MISSING ON THE REAR. I HAD ALL OF THE ROTORS REPLACE WITH NEW PADS AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS ENGAGING ABOUT 5 MPH WHEN STOPPING INCREASING MY STOPPING DISTANCE. I HAVE NO ABS LIGHT OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD TOWING MY TRAILER AND WENT TO STOP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF ROAD IN THE GRASS AND SLOW DOWN TO A STOP LOOKED UNDER TRUCK DRIVERS SIDE NEAR FRONT AND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT AT THE PLASTIC BRACKETS THE WERE RUSTED VERY BADLY ALL THE LINES. I WAS A GM MECHANIC FOR 10 YRS OF MY LIFE AND THIS IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN. I CAN TELL ALL THE LINES NEEDS REPLACEING THEY ARE ALL THE BENDS ARE VERY RUSTED FROM FRONT TO BACK .

Mileage: 199,000

BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND ALL STOPPING POWER WAS LOST CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN A RED LIGHT. AFTER HAVING REPAIRS DONE, IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 168,000

AS I WAS LEAVING A SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT WITH MY FAMILY IN VEHICLE, I APPLIED BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME STOPPING VEHICLE. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE USING EMERGENCY BRAKE, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHY BRAKES FAILED AND SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH TRUCK JUST UNDER THE CAB. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES (AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES) WERE RUSTED VERY BADLY AND ONE OF THEM HAD RUPTURED. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN AN AVERAGE OF 4000 MILES YEARLY WITH VERY LIMITED EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THESE BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS FAILURE. IT IS ALSO MY OPINION THAT THE TYPE OF MATERIALS USED FOR THESE BRAKE LINES ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THIS APPLICATION AND ARE A SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE OWNED OTHER VEHICLES WHICH WERE MUCH OLDER AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE NOW. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER GM TRUCKS OF THIS YEAR AND FEEL GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THESE BRAKE LINES AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. THANK YOU FOR INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER. *TR UPDATED 3/3/16 *JS

Mileage: 44,000

I BACKED UP TO HOOK MY TRUCK UP TO THE TRAILER, AS I PULLED AHEAD I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING DIRECTLY UNDER THE DRIVER FROM THE BRAKE LINE THAT WENT OVER THE FRAME INTO THE ABS. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

CATASTROPHIC BRAKE LOSS. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, TRIED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY MANAGED TO AVOID COLLISION. LIMP TRUCK OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED TOW TRUCK. WHILE WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK NOTICE BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING UNDER THE TRUCK IN THE AREA OF THE FIREWALL. LOOKS AS IF BRAKE LINE RUSTED CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. VERY LUCKY NO TO HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. TRUCK IS 10 YEARS OLD AND HAS EXCELLENT CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 53,500

STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, LINE RUPTURES. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILURE/RUPTURE UNDER LITTLE TO NO BRAKING. IN A PARKING LOT, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE CLUSTER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HEAVILY RUSTED ALONG THE FRAME RAIL. THIS IS WHERE THE RUPTURE OCCURRED. THANKFULLY I JUST DROPPED OFF MY THREE KIDS AND THIS HAPPENED BEFORE LOADING THE BED WITH A CORD OF OAK FIREWOOD. I'VE WORKED ON VEHICLES FOR 20+ YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN BRAKE LINES RUST LIKE THIS. NORMAL ROAD SALT HAS NEVER IMPACTED ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED AND MAINTAINED OVER THE YEARS. I GUESS IT WAS CHEAPER FOR GM TO USE ALUMINIZED STEEL RATHER THAN STAINLESS AT THE FACTORY. IF MY TRUCK WAS LOADED WITH FIREWOOD, AND MY THREE KIDS, THE END RESULT WOULD HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

BRAKE LINES JUST WENT, LUCKILY THEY DID WHEN I FIRST STARTED TRUCK UP, THEY WERE RUSTED OUT. AS I HAVE COME TO LEARN, THERE HAS BEEN MANY CASES OF THIS PROBLEM, I KNOW OF MANY CARS AND TRUCKS THAT ARE 20 YEARS OLD THAT HAVEN'T HAD RUSTED BRAKE LINES. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS, BEFORE IT CREATES A MAJOR PROBLEM. IT ALSO COST 1000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR LINES, WHICH I THINK IS WAY TO MUCH. *TR

Mileage: 117,399

BRAKING DOWNHILL AT INTERSECTION RED LIGHT. THE REAR BRAKE LINE BURST DUE TO RUSTING. LUCKILY I SLOWED ENOUGH NOT TO REAR END THE VEHICLES STOP AT THE RED LIGHT. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES. CHECKED ONLINE AND SAW MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH GM PICKUP TRUCKS. GM NEVER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 52,612

WAS DRIVING DOWN BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP AT UPCOMING TRAFFIC STOP LIGHT. PUT FOOT ON BRAKES AND WENT TO FLOOR, NO BRAKES, NO WARNING. I WAS IN A HEAVILY CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A 4-WAY INTERSECTION THAT WAS GETTING READY TO GO DOWN A HILL, WAS ABLE TO TURN UP A STREET THAT WAS A HILL AND HAD TO HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET STOPPED. HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED. THIS COULD OF BEEN A DEADLY CATASTROPHE CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF FAILED EQUIPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS VERY HEAVILY CONGESTED INTERSECTION. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED IT ON 04/25/2014. HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS. IT SEEMS THE PROBLEMS NEVER STOP. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND RUPTURED DURING OPERATION CAUSEING LOSS OF BRAKES AND RUN STOP SIGN WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICAL WITH E BRAKE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TRAVELING NORTH ON HWY 41 APPROACHING CONSTRUCTION ZONE NORTH OF NEW HIGH SCHOOL, SEMI TRUCK DECIDED TO CHANGE LANES TO AVOID CONGESTION AHEAD AND DID NOT CHECK FOR TRAFFIC IN THE LANE HE MOVED TO. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND HIM AND REQUIRED TO JAM ON BRAKES. PEDAL WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR AND VIRTUALLY NO BRAKING POWER WAS FELT. I PUMPED BREAKS BUT THE PEDAL CONSISTENTLY PUSHED TO ABOUT 1/2" FROM THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO AVERT COLLISION BY SWITCHING LANES (SHOULDER) AND TURNED ON FLASHERS. I SLOWED TO ABOUT 25 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND PULLED OVER TO THE NEAREST SAFE SPOT. FIRST I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID - WHICH WAS DOWN FROM THE WEEKEND SIGNIFICANTLY. THEN I LOOKED AT THE WHEELS AND THEY LOOKED OK. CRAWLING UNDER THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE GAS TANK AREA, FROM THE CABLES FOR THE EMERGENCY BREAK, SPRAY OVER THE SPARE TIRE AND SPRAY ON THE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE. ALL LIQUID (WHICH APPEARED TO BE BRAKE FLUID) WAS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK & INSPECTED MORE CLOSELY. THERE WERE APPARENTLY 2 SPOTS WHERE THE BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED (ONE WAS NOT VISIBLE - ABOVE THE GAS TANK - BUT OBVIOUSLY THE MAJOR LEAK WAS THERE). THE SECOND LEAK WAS FROM THE STEEL LINE THAT JOINED NEAR THE RUBBER BRAKE LINE ON THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. TRUCK IS NOT DRIVABLE AT 41000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 41,006

ANOTHER 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EXT. CAB BRAKE LINE RUPTURE. THE LINE BROKE UNDER THE CAB BY THE DRIVERS DOOR, AND THIS LEFT ME WITH ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. GENERAL MOTORS CLAIMS THERE WILL STILL BE LIMITED BRAKING FORCE, NOT SO! I WAS STOPPING AT A CROSSWALK PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND I STARTED TO STOP, REDUCED SPEED TO ABOUT 10 MPH AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR, THERE WAS NO BRAKING FORCE LEFT AT ALL. I WENT THROUGH THE CROSS WALK AND STOPPED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE DOWN THE STREET. I HAD TO STEER INTO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID THE PEDESTRIAN AND ANOTHER CAR. I LIVE IN ATLANTIC CANADA, SIMILAR CLIMATE TO NEW ENGLAND, I JUST THOUGH I WOULD ADD MY INCIDENT TO YOUR FILE AS THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS BY GM, I AM ALSO INFORMING TRANSPORT CANADA, AND GM CANADA. WE ALL KNOW BRAKE LINES CORRODE, BUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE A REDUNDANCY, THIS IS THE ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES THE MASTER CYLINDER DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. WE HAVE ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTIONS IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA AND THIS WAS DONE AT THE GM DEALERSHIP IN MARCH, 2014, THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO IN THE GM DEALERSHIP IN SEPT., 2014 FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE BRAKE LINE BROKE A FEW WEEKS LATER. I REALIZE THIS IS AN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, BUT A LOT OF CANADIAN CARS ARE ON YOUR ROADS, I AM ADDING THIS INCIDENT TO THE FAILURE LIST, THE TRUCK WAS BUILT IN TEXAS. I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE ALL RUSTED OUT AND NEED REPLACEMENT BEFORE THIS TRUCK IS SAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. I AM SURE THERE ALL LOTS OF THESE BRAKES LINES READY TO FAIL ON THESE TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FOUND RUPTURED BRAKE LINE ALONG FRAME BELOW DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR. INSPECTED ALL OTHER LINES AND FOUND ALL TO BE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT DO TO RUST. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ONTO THE MAIN ROAD HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A VEHICLE COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR HAD ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE STOPPED INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO FIND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE ON THE FRAME BELOW DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

Mileage: 129,300

WENT TO DRIVE TRUCK AND WHEN I TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION THE CHECK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND ALARM BELL SOUNDED. AFTER CHECKING UNDER VEHICLE I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE LEFT REAR (DRIVER'S SIDE) TIRE. I CHECKED FOR THE SOURCE AND NOTICED THAT THE SOLID BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED IN THAT LOCATION. *TR

Mileage: 139,300

APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCK HAD IT THAT I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVER SIDE. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH THE EXCEPTION FOR THE BRAKE LINES. ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED. IT IS OBVIOUS IN THE APPEARANCE, THAT THE MATERIAL USED TO MAKE THE BRAKE LINES WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE CORROSION RESISTANCE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINE FAILED TO THE FRONT BRAKES. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH REMAINING BRAKING BY THE REAR BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 108,255

THE VEHICLE HAD SAT OVERNIGHT AND I STARTED IT TO DRIVE IT TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING. AS I WAS SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMED TO GO DOWN FARTHER THAN USUAL BUT ALLOWED ME TO SHIFT AS EXPECTED. AS I STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, AFTER TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WERE NOT WORKING. THE SERVICE LIGHTS APPEARED AND I BELIEVE THE CHIME SOUNDED. I DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKING ABILITY SO I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IT WAS DISCOVERED ONE OF THE METAL LINES ON THE REAR HAD RUPTURED/FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND ALL OF THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT. I FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN BUSY TRAFFIC OR APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITH STOPPED VEHICLES AND TAVELING AT A MUCH HIGHER SPEED BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP OR REACT QUICK ENOUGH TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND EVEN IF I HAD ATTEMPTED IT, I DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

ALL THE TRUCK BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED AND A LEAK SPRUNG UP ON THE SECTION UNDER THE RADIATOR FEEDING THE PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL. HAVE LOOKED THE ENTIRE US FOR PARTS AND GM HAS A IMPROVED NYLON COATED PART NUMBER 22932587 THEY HAVE APPARENTLY DISCONTINUED. NUMEROUS SITES POINT TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF SUCH VEHICLES WITH A DOCUMENTED FAILURE RATE OF 1:1000. THE QUESTION...IF THE FAILURE RATE IS THIS HIGH, AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2010 - WHY IS GM NOT BEING PRESSURED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH CUSTOMERS? THIS REPAIR MAY COST ME APPROX $1800.00 AND THAT IS A LOT CONSIDERING THE DEFECT IS SO WIDELY KNOWN. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPING. BRAKE LINE IN THE REAR BROKE DUE TO RUST. ON 9/08/14 FRONT BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. CAUSE: RUSTED BRAKE LINE, DANGEROUS PROBLEM

Mileage: 79,000

AFTER RUNNING ERRANDS I WAS RETURNING HOME AND WHEN I CAME DOWN MY STREET THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK.THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I WAS TRAVELING SLOW AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH MY E-BRAKE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED . I GOT THE TRUCK TO A BRAKE SHOP WHERE THEY FOUND ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND IT COST APPROX. $1000.00 TO REPAIR.I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY CHEVROLET WOULD MAKE STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST BUT NOT STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES. THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 27000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 27,500

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH, WHEN A DEER STEPPED OUT ONLY 40 YARDS AHEAD OF ME, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. LUCKILY THE DEER STARTED TO SPRINT BECAUSE I MISSED THE DEER BY ONLY A COUPLE FEET. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD I FOUND OUT THE MASTER CYLINDER BLEW A O-RING. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE CHEVY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM *TR

Mileage: 166,000

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STOP TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN MY LINES BLEW. I WENT TO REPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO FIND NO PRESSURE. I WENT TO RELY ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN THAT ALSO FAILED AFTER 3 PRESSES. NOW I AM BEING QUOTED $1,500.00 FOR A REPAIR THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE DO TO FAULTY MATERIAL. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK ON RTE. 30 NEAR GREENSBURG, PA. AT ONE OF THE RED LIGHTS I HIT MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT STOPPED IN TIME TO NOT STRIKE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THESE GM VEHICLES AND THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED. WHEN I CALLED GM THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR THE "OLD" GM AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING. THIS IS NONSENSE. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEM REPAIRED YET BECAUSE OF DEALING WITH MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I HAVE OLDER VEHICLES WITH TWICE THE MILEAGE AND NO BRAKE LINE PROBLEMS. IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GET OFF THEIR BUTTS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT AND WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE HAD SLOW STOPPING ABILITY, BRAKE LINE TO REAR ROTTED AND LEAKED. 2 WEEKS LATER SAME THING HAPPENED AND A FRONT LINE BROKE. NOW CHANGING ALL LINES. *TR

Mileage: 31,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE ABS SYSTEM FAILS. I RESEARCHED AND I FOUND A RECALL UP TO 2003 MODEL FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I DO NOT THINK IT WAS CORRECTED IN THE 2004 MODEL. DISCONNECTED THE FUSE TO STOP THE PROBLEM BUT IT NOW IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SELL THE VEHICLE AND THE ABS LIGHT ON ALL THE TIME. THEY WANT $900 TO REPLACE THE ABS MODULE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AT GM, WHERE DO I START ON THE ISSUES AT HAND ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO? N. I CONTACTED GM ON THE ISSUE OF THE RUSTED OUT REAR BRAKE LINE, AND OF COURSE IT FELL ON DEAF EARS AT GM. AS YOU KNOW, I LOST MY BRAKES IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AFTER BEING CUT OFF AND ALMOST SLAMMING INTO THE VEHICLE THAT CUT ME OFF. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED, AND THE BOTTOM LINE WAS, IT COST ME $240.00 AND NOT TO SAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY HURT. THE FACT THAT I HAVE A 2004 AND IT IS 9 YEARS OLD DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE BRAKES RUSTED OUT PREMATURE. PLEASE NOTE, THIS RUST DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT I'M SURE IT STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. SO PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ABOUT TAKING PRIDE. GM SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORNS ON THIS ISSUE (RECALL) OF RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE, BUT YOU CHOSE TO BURY YOUR HEADS IN THE SAND HOPING IT WENT AWAY. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

I WAS STOPPING TO TURN ONTO THE ROAD THAT MY WORK IS ON. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME TURNING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO STOP AND THE PEDAL SLOWLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I APPLIED THEM AGAIN AND THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO NOT HIT THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. I PARKED AT THE 911 CENTER WHERE I WORK AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK. THE BRAKE LINE UNDER MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS LEAKING EXTREMELY BAD. THERE WAS ALREADY A LARGE POOL OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND BY THE TIME I GOT OUT TO LOOK. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM LOCAL GROCERY STORE, I NOTICED MY BRAKES GETTING SPONGEY.I MADE IT TROUGH 5 GREEN LIGHTS AND 4 MILES TO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BELLS AND WHISTLES SOUNDED.I PARKED MY TRUCK , CRAWLED UNDERNEATH AND DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND LEAKING FLUID. NOW IT SITS WAITING UNTIL I CAN GET IT TOWED, FURTHER INSPECTED, AND REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 124,450

MY SON AND I WERE GOING HOME FROM A DAY OF HUNTING WHEN WE STARTED GOING DOWN A LARGE CURVY HILL (BACK ROAD) WHEN NO WARNING, BRAKES STARTING GOING OUT. THE PEDAL BECAME VERY SPONGY AND I PUSHED IT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR TO SLOW DOWN AND DOWN SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR TO GET TO BOTTOM OF HILL. IT WAS SCARY FOR BOTH OF US, IT REMINDED ME FROM A SCENE FROM A MOVIE UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS NO MOVIE. THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN BABIED IN A GARAGE AND SERVICED REGULARLY. APPARENTLY I AM ONE OF MANY THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM OF RUSTY BRAKE LINES. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS THAT GM HAS USED ON BRAKE LINES. IN HINDSIGHT I AM NOT SURPRISED FROM GM. *TR

Mileage: 96,279

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND APPLIED MY BRAKES. THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK CAME TO A GRADUAL STOP, TAKING ABOUT 4 TO 5 TIMES THE NORMAL DISTANCE IT SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED. I ENDED UP PARTLY IN THE INTERSECTION BEFORE THE TRUCK STOPPED. FORTUNATELY, NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE AT THE INTERSECTION WHEN I ARRIVED. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THE BRAKES HAD FAILED. THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR DID NOT COME ON UNTIL AFTER THE BRAKES FAILED AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE FUNCTIONING OF THE BRAKES BEFORE THE FAILURE TO GIVE ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION AND I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, ON A RELATIVELY FLAT ROAD, AT AN INTERSECTION WITH NO CARS PRESENT. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED ON THE MAIN ROADS WHICH ARE CURVY AND STEEP IN THIS AREA OR HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE, AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE, BEEN VERY DIFFERENT AND TRAGIC. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AT THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THE COST OF REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES CAME TO $1,760.27. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUSTED BRAKE LINES. IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THIS SAME DEALERSHIP REPLACED BY BRAKE DISKS LESS THAN 15 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND THEY DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE LINES WERE RUSTED AT THAT TIME. I HAVE OWNED 6 VEHICLES AND THERE HAVE BEEN DEFECTS IN MANY OF THESE VEHICLES, BUT NONE OF THE DEFECTS WERE AS SERIOUS OR HAD THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAN THIS ONE WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN IT TURNED YELLOW AND THEN RED IMMEDIATELY. I HIT THE BRAKES AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE LIGHT. THERE WERE NO BRAKES AT ALL AND MY FOOT HIT THE FLOOR. AS I COASTED AND TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT THE TRUCK CAME TO A CRAWL, I TURNED INTO A ROAD WHERE I COULD STOP THE VEHICLE.THERE WAS NO WARNING TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS GOING TO LET GO. I COULD SMELL SOMETHING WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN BRAKE FLUID THAT EMPTIED ALL OVER GROUND. THE IDIOT LITE SAID SERVICE BRAKES AND WAS BEEPING VERY LOUD. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND THE NEW BRAKE LINES ARE GOING TO COST ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TO INSTALL COATED STEEL LINES WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FROM THE FACTORY. ALL FOREIGN CARS COME WITH COATED OR COPPER BRAKE LINES. WHY CAN'T AMERICAN AUTO BUILDERS DO IT FOR OUR OWN COUNTRY? THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THING THAT CAN HAPPEN AND COULD BE AVOIDED FOR A FEW MORE DOLLARS PER CAR. WHEN YOU SPEND CLOSE TO 40,000 DOLLARS FOR A VEHICLE DON'T YOU THINK WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS? *TR

Mileage: 153,000

ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CAME COMPLETELY INTO MY LANE. TO AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION, I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES, LAID ON THE HORN AND MOVED AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS I POSSIBLY COULD. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR COMING TOWARD ME SWERVED BACK INTO THE PROPER LANE AT THE VERY LAST INSTANCE. CRISIS AVERTED? NO ... AS I APPROACHED THE NEXT TURN IN THE ROAD (A SHARP 20 MPH TURN) ON A 45 MPH ROAD, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK BARELY SLOWED ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THOUGH THE TURN. I THEN LIMPED THE NEXT QUARTER MILE USING THE PARKING (EMERGENCY) BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GOT TO A SAFE PLACE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM AT LEAST ONE OF THE STEEL HYDRAULIC LINES INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL ABOVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL. SOME OF THE FLUID WAS HITTING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND CREATING SMOKE. I AM NOW HAVING ALL THE RUSTED STEEL BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINE REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL. *TR

Mileage: 127,450

AS I AM OVER 50 I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLE'S AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES. JUST HAD THEM REPLACED TODAY JULY 29,2014. YES I LIVE I A STATE WHERE SALT IS USED ON HIGHWAYS, BUT HAVE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES ON ANY CAR OR TRUCK THAT I OWNED. THANK GOODNESS THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED BEFORE THEY FAILED. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND SAW THIS WAS AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF TRUCK... HUMM SEEMS STRANGE WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING SAME ISSUE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.TRUCK IS GARAGE KEEP IN SUMMER AND ONLY DRIVEN IN WINTER. SO I ASK SOMEONE TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FOR ME, FOR AS A SINGLE PARENT THIS BILL OF $538.00 WILL TAKE ME YEARS TO PAY OFF, FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A DEFECT. *JS

Mileage: 84,500

I WENT TO SLOW DOWN TO TURN INTO A DRIVE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKES AT ALL. I USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK AND GET IT OFF THE ROAD. OUR FAMILY USES THE TRUCK PERIODICALLY - WOULD THEY HAVE KNOWN TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE? WHAT IF THEY HAD BEEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION? ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 65,579

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE BRAKE LINES WOULD WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,602 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDATED 8/28/14*CN UPDATED 11/12/2014 *JS

Mileage: 115,602

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED FROM EXCESSIVE CORROSION... LOST BRAKING! PUMPED BRAKES TO A STOP. *TR

Mileage: 68,250

DROPPED VEHICLE OFF AT MY MECHANIC'S SHOP COMPLAINING ABOUT RUBBING NOISE FROM DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL (I TOLD HIM IT SOUNDED LIKE DISC PAD RUBBING ON ROTOR & WAS PRESENT EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED.) HE TOOK VEHICLE FOR TEST RIDE TO DUPLICATE & LOCATE THE NOISE. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY TEST DRIVE HE APPLIED THE BRAKES & A BRAKE LINE FAILED DUMPING FLUID ON HIGHWAY. UPON INSPECTION BACK AT HIS SHOP HE FOUND ALL FOUR BRAKE LINES RUSTED & IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. HE REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS UNIT & FROM ABS UNIT TO ALL CALIPERS. HE ALSO REPLENISHED BRAKE FLUID & BLED THE BRAKE LINES AFTER THE NEW BRAKE LINES WERE INSTALLED. *TR

Mileage: 32,855

BRAKES FAILED IN DRIVEWAY. UPON INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND ONE OF THE TWO UNDER THE HOOD HAD RUPTURED. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED AS I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 119,021

I WAS BACKING UP IN A PARKING LOT, WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES MY PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I DECIDED TO TRY AND GET TO A PARTS STORE, BUT THE NEWER VEHICLES ARE NOT LIKE THE OLDER ONES. WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES IN MY 2004 CHEVY 1500 I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. THE PEOPLE WHO ENGINEER THESE VEHICLES NEED TO USE A LITTLE SENSE AND NOT PUT STEEL BRAKE LINE ON THE OUTSIDE OF FRAME BEHIND FRONT WHEEL. BECAUSE WHEN THEY TREAT ROADS FOR BAD WEATHER IT HAS CHEMICALS IN IT THAT EATS METAL. MY BRAKE LINE HAD BUSTED NEAR DRIVER DOOR, IT WAS EAT UP WITH RUST AT ONLY TEN YEARS OLD. NEW ENGINEERING SURE IS NOT LIKE THE OLD. YOU PAY A MUCH BIGGER PRICE NOW DAYS FOR A LOT LESS QUALITY? IS THIS BECOMING THE AMERICAN WAY BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE GETTING LESS QUALITY FOR HIGHER PRICE ON ABOUT EVERY THING WE BUY. *TR

Mileage: 158,000

COMING DOWN ROUTE 55 IN LAGRANGEVILLE NY, STEPPED ON BRAKES, TO TURN INTO STEWARTS SHOP,THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR,LUCILY NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME WAS ABLE TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN. MY HOME WAS APPROX 3MILES AWAY. USED LOWGEAR, AND PUT IT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW TO GET IT HOME. HAD I TTOWED TO MONROE MUFFLER SHOP. STEEL BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT, HAD FRONT BRAKE LINES REPLACED. JUNE 6, 2014 BRAKE LINE OVER REAR AXLE FAILED AND LOST BRAKES AGAIN.ALSO DUE TO RUSTED LINES. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

RUSTED BRAKE LINE RUPTURE, 20 MPH. NO WARNING SIGN, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

RUSTED OUT STEEL BRAKE LINES. LOST BRAKES HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. LUCKY I DID NOT CRASH INTO ANYONE. CHEVROLET DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR ANY OF IT THEY SAY THE TRUCK IS TEN YEARS OLD. *TR

THE TRUCK'S BRAKES UNEXPECTEDLY FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE AN EXIT RAMP FROM A MAJOR HIGHWAY ONTO CITY STREETS. THE BRAKE LINES FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKES WERE ALL CORRODED WITH BRAKE FLUID GUSHING FROM THE SYSTEM WITH EACH PEDAL DEPRESSION. THIS WAS A SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING EVENT. WE WERE TRAVELING WITH OUR FAMILY IN THE TRUCK AT THE HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. IF IT HAD BEEN DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH MORE TRAFFIC, WE COULD QUITE EASILY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AS THE TRUCK'S STOPPING CAPABILITY BECAME NON-EXISTENT. WE'VE PAID MORE THAN $2000.00 TO HAVE ALL THE LINES, HOSES, BLEEDERS, FITTINGS REPLACED. EVERY PIECE OF TUBING WAS CORRODED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IN A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 53K MILES ON IT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE, AND IF REIMBURSEMENT IS POSSIBLE WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. *TR

Mileage: 53,180

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THE SAME VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES FROM MASTER CYL. TO ABS CORRODED AND LEAKING, LINES FROM ABS TO WHEELS CORRODED AND LEAKING, ONE DRIVER SIDE FRONT HAD A MAJOR FAILURE. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE MY 17 YEAR OLD SON DRIVES THIS VEHICLE . GM SHOULD BE MADE TO REPLACE THESE BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS LINES, NOT BRAKE LINES THAT WILL CORRODE AGAIN AND AGAIN. LIVES ARE AT STAKE. JUST A MATTER OF TIME. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

COST $600 TO REPLACE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL!!! BRAKES NEVER WORKED PROPERLY ALWAYS HAVE TO PUSH TO THE FLOOR TO STOP EVEN ON NEW BRAKES SHOCKS ALWAYS NEEDING REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 177,000

ALL BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND LEAKING IN MY 2004 SILVERADO. ALL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE SEVERE CORROSION. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A SNOW EMBANKMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE HOSE WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSED ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. ..UPDATED 08/11/14 *BF UPDATED 08/19/2014 *JS

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION ON NJ STATE ROUTE 10 WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDDLE WENT TO ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES OFF THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK COULD NOT STOP, AND WENT THOUGH THE LIGHT AS IS TURNED RED. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND STOP. I FOUND FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE TRUCK AND COULD SEE IT WAS FROM A FAILED BRAKE LINE. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND A MECHANIC. I FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKE LINE WERE ALL RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ROTORS, CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS, E BRAKE CABLE AND SHOCKS WHERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 78,940

RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES FRONT AND REAR CAUSED NO BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LINE BROKE FROM YEARS OF CORROSION AND CHEAPLY MADE BRAKE LINES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CHEVY, AS YOU KNOW I'M SURE. I'VE LOOKED ONLINE A CHEVY FORUMS AND I'M NOT THE ONLY CASE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO. MANY, MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND ITS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS NOT TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A PARKING LOT AND CALL ME TO TELL ME WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP THAT WAS CLOSE AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FIXED AND I'M NOT REALLY TOO HAPPEN ON SPENDING $1000 GETTING IT REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 168,000

BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE ON FREEWAY TRAFFIC BACKUP. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 55-60 MPH THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME HIT THEIR BRAKES AND I DID THE SAME BUT I IMMEDIATELY FELT THE BRAKE PEDAL GO DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD - THE WARNING BELL AND RED LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH SO I KNEW SOMETHING WITH THE BRAKES HAD FAILED. I TRIED TO GET TO ANOTHER LANE BUT TRAFFIC WAS TOO HEAVY. I PUSHED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK BETWEEN THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME TO AVOID HITTING ANYONE BEFORE THE TRUCK FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. FELT VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE CAUSED INJURY OR DEATH TO MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE. WAS TOLD LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE BROKE DUE TO CORROSION AND ALL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. $1,000 +

Mileage: 116,335

AFTER A CLOSE RELATIVE LOST HIS BRAKES ON HIS 2003 GMC SIERRA I EXAMINED THE BRAKE LINES ON MY 6 YEAR OLD CHEVY SILVERADO WITH 65000 MILES AND DISCOVERED THE BRAKES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED ALL ALONG THE FRAME NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I HAD TO HAVE ALL THE LINES REPLACED AT LOCAL GARAGE AT MY OWN EXPENSE AS THE CHEVROLET GARAGE ACTED LIKE IT WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR A 6 YEAR OLD TRUCK TO BE IN THIS CONDITION. I TOOK PICTURES OF CORRODED LINES AND HAVE KEPT THE REPAIR RECEIPT IN HOPES THAT GENERAL MOTORS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AS TOYOTA DID WHEN CUSTOMERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TACOMAS WITH SEVERE RUST PROBLEMS AROUND 2008-2009. *TR

Mileage: 65,500

THE FRONT BRAKE LINES BUSTED WHILE COMING TO A STOP WHILE PULLING MY 20FT ENCLOSED TRAILER, I HAD TO RUN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO THE DITCH TO AVOID HITTING MULTIPLE VEHICLES, ONCE STOPPED I FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BEHIND THE WHEEL. I FOUND THE FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED OUT AND BUSTED. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING EFFECT AND NO WARNING. HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A CAR MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. DROVE THE TRUCK HOME SLOWLY, PUMPING THE BRAKES TO GET WHAT LITTLE STOPPING POWER I COULD. BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. INSPECTED THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AND ALL BRAKE LINES GOING INTO THE ABS CONTROL UNIT WERE VERY BADLY CORRODED WITH AT LEAST ONE LEAKING FLUID. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, CORROSION IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER WAS EVIDENT IN ALL THE BRAKE LINES THAT WERE VISIBLE IN THE TRUCK CHASSIS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MATERIAL DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 56,500

BRAKES FAILED WHEN STOPPING FOR STOPLIGHT. MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINE TO REAR BRAKES RUSTED AND FAILED. ALSO SAID ALL BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED AND CORRODED. *TR

Mileage: 108,200

5-29 12 FRONT BRAKE LINES LEAKING FLUID IN DRIVEWAY. SEVERE CORROSION ON BRAKE LINES .LOCAL DEALER REPLACED BRAKE FRONT LINES. 5-22-13 DRIVING THE DOWN ROAD ,COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES ,EMERGENCY STOP!! REAR BRAKE LINE ON FRAME RAIL HAD BURST DUE TO CORROSION. LOCAL DEALER REPLACED "ROTTED" BRAKE LINES WITH NEW CORROSION RESISTANT LINES. ALL REPAIRS DONE AT DEALER ON FILE. *TR

Mileage: 84,311

SLOWING DOWN TO STOP , PUSH ON BRAKE PEDDLE , WENT TO FLOOR HAD ENOUGH SINCE TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE , THANK GOD BECAUSE I WAS COMING UP TO A STATE ROUTE ( 2 , CURTICE , OHIO ) CHECK OUT WHY , TWO BRAKE LINES LEAKING , ALL THE LINE WERE RUSTED BADLY TO MY UNBELIEF ! PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS GM PROBLEM . I WAS LUCKY !!! *TR

Mileage: 102,000

WHILE LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY I WENT TO STOP , PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR,CAR ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT WITH ONCOMING SNOW PLOW TRUCK. EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE DEALER SAID WARRANTY WAS UP. FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH. HAD THEM REPLACED. JUST RECENTLY I CHECKED UNDER VEHICLE & IT APPEARS THE SAME IS HAPPENING TO THE REAR BRAKE LINES & FUEL LINES. ROSSI CHEV. MY DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

BRAKE LINES GAVE WAY DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST, LUCKILY I WAS GOING DOWN HILL AND DID NOT NEED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP. MECHANIC REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND INFORMED ME THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND A CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED SUDDENLY TO MAKE A TURN, I PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL FIRMLY TO AVOID HITTING HIM BUT DID NOT LOCK UP TIRES. WHEN I DID THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND JUST BARELY MISSED HITTING HIM BY SWERVING TO THE RIGHT. I AM A MECHANIC OF 29 YEARS AND KNEW THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO A MAJOR LEAK. I BOUGHT A PIECE OF BRAKE LINE AND WAS GOING TO REPAIR IT THE NEXT DAY AND WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK ON THE LIFT I SEEN MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST ON ALL THE LINES AND THAT IT HAD MULTIPLE LEAKS FROM THE PANIC STOP. I HAVEN'T SEEN LINES RUSTED LIKE THIS ON CARS THAT HAVE 3 TIMES THE MILEAGE THAT MY TRUCK HAS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS A KNOWN CONCERN. ALL BRAKE BLEEDERS ARE RUSTED BEYOND BEING ABLE TO BLEED THE SYSTEM, BACKING PLATES RUSTED AWAY. OF ALL RECALLS OUT THERE AND THIS ISN'T ONE IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOONER THAN LATER. I HAVE BEEN A STATE INSPECTION MECHANIC ALL MY LIFE AND THIS IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN ESPECIALLY ON A TRUCK WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT! THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE?? PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND NO RECALL BUT WE WILL RECALL CARS IF A SENSOR MIGHT BE CAUSING A CAR TO POLLUTE THE AIR. THIS IS A $1,000- $1,500 MIN. REPAIR FOR THE CONSUMER. PLUS THE FUEL LINES ARE RUSTING THE SAME WAY. I HAVE BEEN READING THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON LINE FOR HOURS TONIGHT AND I COULD READ FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND DON'T THINK I'D GET THROUGH ALL THE COMPLAINTS. I'M TAKING MINE TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED JUST TO HAVE IT DOCUMENTED FOR ANY FUTURE RECALLS OR SETTLEMENTS OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE. I'VE WORKED IN DEALERS ALL MY LIFE AND KNOW IT HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED PROPERLY TO GET REIMBURSED. I HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE NEXT PERSON GETS INJURED OR WORSE. *TR

Mileage: 60,509

I TRIED TO STOP THE TRUCK AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED AND ALL OF THE GAUGES PROVIDED INACCURATE READINGS. IN ADDITION, THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,800. UPDATED 3/28/14*CN *TR

Mileage: 42,000

AFTER REPLACING ROTORS, AND PADS, I PRESSED HARD ON THE PEDAL. A BRAKE LINE BURST, LEAVING NO BRAKES EXCEPT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I DROVE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP1/10TH MILE AWAY. I AM FORTUNATE IT DIDN'T BREAK SOONER AS I RECENTLY COMPLETED A 4000 MILE TRIP WITH A TRAILER BEHIND. GM SHOULD PONY UP!!! PLEASE REQUIRE ALL FUEL AND BRAKE LINES BE RUST PROOF. A SIMPLE FIX AT POINT OF ASSEMBLY. [XXX]...2004 1500 SUBURBAN AWD 75000 MILES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 75,000

THE BRAKES FAILED IN MY DRIVEWAY DUE TO RUSTED STEEL BRAKE LINES. IT COST ME $914. TO FIX. THIS IS PROBABLY A DEFECT IN DESIGN BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO USE A PLASTIC COVER OVER THE BRAKE LINES. ALSO, THE ABS SENSORS IN THE FRONT WHEELS ALSO FAILED, LEADING TO PERIODIC ENGAGEMENT OF THE ABS SYSTEM AT SLOW SPEEDS, SUCH AS APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS OR AT STOP LIGHTS. MY MECHANICS TOLD ME THESE WERE COMMON FAILURES FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE, TO THE FLOOR, ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO GO OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. GM SAYS THE DUAL SYSTEM PREVENTS THIS ? NOT TRUE. MY MECHANIC INFORMS THAT BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND FAILURE ON GM TRUCKS IS A KNOWN AND VERY COMMON PROBLEM, DUE TO INFERIOR METAL USED IN THE BRAKE LINES. GM IS DENYING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MOST CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM ON THEIR TRUCKS ! WHAT IS NHTSA DOING ???? *TR

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS SLIGHT DECELERATION WHEN THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THERE WERE NO BRAKES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED TO SLOW THE TRUCK. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO MY DAUGHTERS HOUSE THAT WAS CLOSE BY AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. AFTER HIS INSPECTION, THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 72,500

I HAD JUST TURNED OFF OF A BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY, LUCKELY BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT, AS I CAME TO A STOP SIGN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKES AT ALL.. BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND LEAKED, I SEE ON THE COMPUTER THIS SEAMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL , ONE AREA WHERE THE LINES ARE PLACED CATCHES SNOW AND SALT AND IT LAYS ON THEM CAUSING MOST OF THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 60,000 MILES IVE HAD TRUCKS WITH 150,000 MILES AND NO SUCH PROBLEMS.. *TR

Mileage: 60,233

MY FIANCE STOPPED AT MCDONALDS TO GET A SNACK BEFORE WORK. WENT INTO STORE CAME OUT STARTED TRUCK AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. DROVE IT HOME AND I LOOKED UNDER AND SAW BRAKE FLUID COMING OUT BY FUEL TANK. NO WARNING AT ALL. RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES AT 75,000 MILES ON A WELL KEPT TRUCK. I HAVE NOT FIXED IT YET BUT, IT IS EASY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. BRAKE FAILURE SHOULD NOT HAPPEN THAT SOON ON ANY VEHICLE. BRAKE SYSTEMS ARE SEALED AND THE FACT THEY NO LONGER USE STAINLESS STEEL LINES THEY WILL RUST OUT IN NO TIME AT ALL. I AM GLAD SHE WAS NOT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT WENT BAD. SHE DID DRIVE IT HOME THE 2 MILES FOR ME TO LOOK AT IT IN THE RAIN. SHE ALMOST CRASHED INTO A POLE. I AM PISSED OFF AND HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CHEVY OWNER FOR MANY YEARS. THIS IS DISGUSTING THAT SUCH CORNERS ARE BEING CUT. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE I HAVE READ MANY ONLINE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE A SAFETY RECALL? *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

Mileage: 65,000

THE VEHICLE HAD A BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A BRAKE LINE RUSTING OUT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE OF POOR QUALITY. AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE ROTTED OUT. THESE ARE SIZED TOO SMALL DIAMETER TO SAVE WEIGHT .3/16TH CHEAP STEEL, AND THIN WALL TUBING, UNCOATED, UNPAINTED, NON GALVANIZED, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PROTECTED BRAKE LINE. IT IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. GM DECIDED TO USE THESE CHEAP THIN WALL BRAKE LINES. AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES , AND POWER STEERING COOLER LINES, FOR THAT MATTER ARE ROTTED BEYOND SAFE USE. WHILE THE REST OF THE VEHICLE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS JUST BLATENT IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. TO USE THESE LINES WITHOUT RUST PROTECTION. PAINT AT LEAST. OR BETTER YET, THEY SHOULD OF BEEN STAINLESS OR CAD OR GALVANIZED PLATED LINES. GM SHOULD REPLACE THEM FOR FREE, AND THE FUEL LINES AND MY ROTTED OUT COOLER LINES. THE VEHICLE HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND IS PARKED IN MY DRIVE. I OWE 3 YEARS ON IT. I DROVE IT 4000 MILES . THE BRAKES FAILED, THE AIRBAG LIGHTS ON, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON, LINES ROTTED ALL OVER, AND ITS A PIECE OF [XXX] . I HOPE GM ROTS IN [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 54,700

APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD NO BRAKING AT ALL LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT WITH OUT INCIDENT. HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE WE LEARNED ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULE AND FROM ABS MODULE TO FRONT AND REAR WHEELS. I LIVE IN WISCONSIN WE SALT ROADS, WITH ALL THE SAFETY REGULATIONS HOW CAN THEY USE A CHEAP CORROSIVE MATERIAL ON A VERY IMPORTANT VEHICLE PART? I KNOW THEY MAKE S.S. BRAKE LINES. I HAD JUST COME OFF OF A 65MPH HIGHWAY IF THEY HAD FAILED THEN, I MAY NOT BE WRITING THIS. *TR

Mileage: 86,674

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER NOT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126000.

Mileage: 126,000

BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING ENDED UP GOING OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO AVOID COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAR WAS TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY Y AND TRUCK EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE CAUSED BY CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINES. NO LIGHT AND OR WARNINGS OF ANY PROBLEM CAME ON AND THIS WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

MONDAY MORNING I TOOK MY SON TO SCHOOL. MONDAY AFTERNOON I GOT IN THE TRUCK WENT TO PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. AFTER THAT THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON ( I DIDN'T ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE). I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID I DIDN'T HAVE ANY. AFTER INSPECTION MY HUSBAND FOUND A LEAK IN THE BRAKE LINE. IT WAS RUSTED AND WORN. I UNDERSTAND THE TRUCK HAS A LOT OF MILES. HOWEVER I DID NOT GET ANY WARNING LIGHT OR ABS LIGHT, NOTHING. I WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS DRIVING WITH MY SON. AFTER MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE LINE, HE CHECKED FOR LEAKS THE FOLLOWING DAY. THERE WERE NONE. WE STARTED BLEEDING THE BRAKES AND ANOTHER LINE STARTING LEAKING. *TR

Mileage: 114,606

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. TOOK TO SHOP HAD BEEN TOLD SPEED SOLENOID, REPLACED BOTH, FLUSHED TRANNY & CHANGED OIL. ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE FROM THE MINUTE WE TOOK THE PLASTIC OF THE SEATS. BRAKES, BEARINGS FUEL LINES, SPRINGS WATER PUMP ETC YOU NAME IT HAVE RECEIPTS FOR ALL OF IT. UNDER WARRANTY & AFTER. THIS TRUCK IS A LEMON. GMC WILL DO NOTHING, DEALER JUST PUTS HEAD DOWN & WALKS AWAY BECAUSE HE KNOWS MAJOR ISSUES IN THE FIRST 90 DAYS OF OWNING & CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. THIS PICKUP HAS NEVER LEFT THE BLACKTOP. NO OFFROADING, NOT HUNTING OR ANYTHING ELSE, NO VACATIONS IN FEAR OF BEING STRANDED. JUNK JUNK JUNK & NOW I GET TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WHEN CHRISTMAS IS 10 DAYS AWAY. I DON'T THINK MY CHILDREN WANT A NEW CHEVY VEHICLE EVER. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

ON 11/27/13, I WAS TRAVELING IN VERY HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN AUSTIN, TX WHEN I CAME TO TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING 45 MILES PER HOUR AND MY BRAKES WENT OUT. I RAN THE LIGHT, PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND COASTED ONTO A SIDE STREET AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. I HAD NO ADVANCE WARNING! NONE OF THE SERVICE MESSAGES APPEARED BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I WAS VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND BY MYSELF. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS SOME FLUID, BUT I QUICKLY SAW BRAKE FLUID FLOWING OUT IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED AND BROKE. THIS CAR HAS SPENT MOST OF ITS LIFE AT THE TEXAS COAST, EXPOSED TO SAND AND SALT. I AM SO VERY THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH I WAS ABOUT TO ACCESS...I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN. FOR THE LAST 43 YEARS, I HAVE OWNED SUBURBANS (CURRENTLY OWN 3) AND NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM. THIS 2004 IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY USED IN A SAND/SALT ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE WHICH SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY PROTECTED FROM DAMAGE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH CORROSIVE MATERIALS, LIKE SEA AIR OR SALTED ROAD AREAS. AS YOU KNOW, SUCH AREAS COVER MOST OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT TO WITHSTAND THAT TYPE OF WEAR. NOTE: THIS CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND NOT UTILIZED IN ANY ADVERSE MANNER. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. AS A RESULT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,548. UPDATED 12/30/13*CN

Mileage: 42,548

WHILE TRAVELING ON WET/SNOWY ROAD DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HAD TO PUMP PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE AND STOP. ONCE HOME, I SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY DOOR LOCATION. BRAKE LINES SEVERELY CORRODED. $1700 EMERGENCY REPAIR ON NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND. CALIPERS REPLACED ALSO DUE TO CORRODED BLEEDERS. ABS HAS ALSO STOPPED WORKING/MALFUNCTIONED ON THIS TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TOTAL SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO LEAKING BRAKE LINES, WITH NO PRIOR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, AND I AM TOLD ALL LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION DESPITE EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE AND RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE GIVEN AGE OF VEHICLE. I WENT ONLINE AND NOW SEE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN GM TRUCKS FOR APPROX. 10 YEAR RANGE, 99-09. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND APPLIED MY BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT STOP THE TRUCK PROPERLY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK HOME REVEALED ALL BRAKE AND FUEL LINES HAVE SEVERE CORROSION AND BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED THROUGH AND EMPTIED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. VERY UNSAFE CONDITION FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS IN MY OPINION. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AND FAILED WHILE DRIVING. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DUE TO A LOSS OF PRESSURE AND FLUID. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND DRIVE INTO A SMALL DITCH TO STOP THE TRUCK. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A NON GM REPAIR SHOP AND AFTER INSPECTION ALL HARD BRAKE LINES ARE SO RUSTED THEY MUST ALL BE REPLACED TO AVOID A MAJOR COLLISION OR DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKES TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHILE DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,000. THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE APPROACHED THE TOP OF THE HI,, AND THE ROAD LEVELED OUT, HE SAW A VEHICLE STOPPED WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ON, INDICATING A HE/SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE CONSUMER PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, NOR WAS THERE ANY INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. AS THE CONSUMER WAS SPEEDING TOWARD THE STOPPED CAR IN FRONT OF HIM, WITH NO BRAKES, HE SAW A DRIVEWAY LEADING TO A SMALL SHOPPING AREA. HE TURNED ABRUPTLY INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WAS ABLE TO STOP, USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE OR ANY OTHER VEHICLES OR PROPERTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LOST.

Mileage: 99,000

WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY USING ONLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BUT ONLY AFTER APPROX. 100 FEET. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME BY USING FOUR WHEEL LOW AND ALLOWING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO KEEP ME AT A SAFE SPEED. I THEN CONTACTED MY MECHANIC WHO LIVES RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AND HE CAME UP AND LOOKED AT THE TRUCK. HE TOLD ME THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED AND ADDITIONALLY ALL THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE FUEL LINE THAT APPEARS TO BE BADLY CORRODED. I THEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE LINES ON THESE TRUCKS AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP ME. I THEN LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THESE TRUCKS AND THE NTSB WAS LOOKING INTO A RECALL . *TR

Mileage: 83,609

I WAS DRIVING PULLING A TRAILER WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN. I GEARED THE TRANSMISSION DOWN WHILE SWERVING TO MISS THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

WHEN APPROACHING A STOP-SIGH I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. FURTHER REVIEW REVEALED A REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A LINE BLOWING OUT IN THE FRONT WHERE I LOST ALL BRAKES AGAIN. BOTH TIMES I HAD IT REPAIRED BOTH MECHANICS STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR OF THE SILVERADO AS WELL AS OTHER YEARS. LINES COMPLETELY RUST OUT. I WAS ADVISED THIS TIME THAT NOW MY FUEL LINES APPEAR ALL RUSTED AS WELL. VEHICLE WAS USED IN A SALT FREE ENVIRONMENT AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CAUSED BY POOR QUALITY PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

DRIVERS FRONT STEEL TUBING BRAKE LINE FAILED/ RUPTURED SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID IN ENGINE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP . BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR FLUID ON GROUND TRAILING ON THE GROUND BEHIND VEHICLE ONCE AT A COMPLETE STOP. INSPECTED SEVERE CORROSION ON ALL METAL TUBING BRAKE LINES TO THE ABS AND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. TRUCK UNDRIVEABLE MUST REPLACE ALL LINES. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO ONLY HAS 81909 MILES ON IT AND BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED. BRAKE LINES AND GAS LINES SHOULD NOT BE MADE FROM MATERIAL THAN CAN RUST AND FALL APART. *TR

Mileage: 81,900

I WAS SOUTHBOUND ON INDIANA 63 AT US 41 LIGHT WHEN THE SIGNAL UNEXPECTEDLY CHANGED TO YELLOW. THE PANIC STOP PRESSURE ON PEDAL CAUSED THE LINE FEEDING THE REAR BRAKES TO BURST. I WAS PULLING A HAULMARK TRAILER WITH EXCELLENT BRAKES. THE TRAILER STOPPED THE TRUCK AND PREVENTED A CRASH. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED ALL LINES ARE DRASTICALLY RUSTED WHERE THEY RUN BEHIND THE WIRING HARNESS. THIS WAS VISIBLE ONLY AFTER THE WIRING WAS REMOVED FROM IT'S HOLDING CLIPS AND MOVED TO THE SIDE. PROPER REPAIR WILL CALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL BRAKE LINES ON THE TRUCK. I FEEL THIS IS A HIDDEN DEFECT THAT WILL ONLY BECOME MORE SERIOUS WITH TIME. IT IS NOT VISIBLE DURING NORMAL SERVICING. I INSPECTED THIS TRUCK FOR RUST DAMAGE IN JAN 2013 AND I MISSED IT WHEN I WAS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR SUCH THINGS. THIS SPOT IS HIDDEN BY 3 THINGS, THE WIRING, THE FRAME AND THE ANTILOCK CONTROLLER. IF YOU OWN ONE OF THESE TRUCKS PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. ASE MASTER AUTOMOBILE TECHNICIAN IU1MX********* SINCE 1989 *. *. ******** *TR

Mileage: 90,102

WHILE DRIVING MY BRAKE PEDAL GOT VERY SOFT AND MOVED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND WATCH UNDER MY TRUCK FOR A PUDDLE. I LOCATED THE LEAK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR HARD BRAKE LINE JUST BEFORE THE RUBBER HOSE CONNECTION. DUE TO THE ADVANCED CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINES AND THEIR FRAGILITY IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO REPLACE ALL THE LINES AT THE SAME TIME DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE ONE. *TR

Mileage: 93,612

I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR A 4TH OF JULY PARTY WHEN I STARTED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY . I WENT TO STOP AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE SLOW SPEED ABS KICKED IN .. AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR .. GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO FIND THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED AND ALL OF THEM WERE RUSTED .. HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO HAVE THEM FIXED YET ... THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY MANUFACTURE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WAS LEAVING MY HOUSE PULLING A DUEL AXLE UTILITY TRAILER TO HAUL 7 YARDS OF MULCH TO A JOB. I GOT TO THE END OF MY LANE AND HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED TO PIECES , THANK GOD I DIDN'T HAVE THE TRAILER LOADED. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. *JS

Mileage: 107,000

THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AND THEY BUSTED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ON 8/31/13, LANG CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERFORMED THE 75000 MILE SERVICE ON MY TRUCK AND THEY DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THE SERVICE INVOICE SHOWS THAT THE BRAKES WERE CHECKED AND WERE ABOUT 20-30% WORN. ON 2/27/12 LANG CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL FOUR WHEELS BECAUSE THEY WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AND CHARGED ME $1253.00. THEY DID SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CORRODED BRAKE LINES. I BELIEVE THAT THE COMPANY IS PURPOSELY NOT WARNING CUSTOMERS ABOUT CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THIS IS PUTTING US CHEVROLET OWNERS AT RISK OF BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN BY BRAKES FAILED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO COMPLETE FAILURE OF MY BRAKES. *JS

Mileage: 75,000

BRAKE LINE FAILURE (RUSTED OUT) FUEL LINE FAILURE (RUSTED OUT) BRAKE LINES REPAIRED COST A THOUSAND DOLLARS QUOTE FOR FUEL LINE REPLACEMENT $1200 FROM DEALER. LIVE IN CONNECTICUT

Mileage: 84,000

LOST BRAKES DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUST THRU. *LN

Mileage: 90,445

OCCASIONALLY, THE BRAKE WERE WOULD BECOME SPONGY AND DEPRESS LOWER. THERE WAS NEVER ANY WARNING LIGHTS. ON THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER 2013, I WENT TO PICK UP MY BOAT FOR A DAY AT A LAKE. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70MPH ALONG THE STRETCH OF INTERSTATE TO THE LAKE. I STOPPED BY THE STORAGE OFFICE THEN PROCEEDED TO BACK UP TO GO TO THE STORAGE YARDS ENTRANCE GATE. THE BRAKES DID THEIR USUAL RANDOM LOWER THAN USUAL DEPRESSION. JUST AS I ROLLED UP TO THE SECURITY KEYPAD THE BRAKES FAILED. AT THIS POINT ALL THE BRAKE AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS CAME ON. UNBELIEVABLE!!! I DO THANK ABOVE I BECAME ILL THAT WEEKEND AND SKIPPED THE BOAT FISHING TOURNAMENT TO LAKE HURON HOURS AWAY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTROUS AND TAKEN MY LIFE!!! I PUT FLUID IN IT BUT IT DID NOT HELP. I MADE IT 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD TO THE AUTO STORE FOR MORE FLUID. IT DID NOT HELP. I MADE IT ANOTHER 1/2 MILE HOME BY USING THE POORLY ADJUSTED EMERGENCY BRAKE (PREVIOUS OWNERS NEGLECT PROBABLY) AND THE 1 INCH OF BRAKE PRESSURE LEFT IN THE REGULAR BRAKES. I WAS IN UTTER SHOCK TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF RUST. NOT ONLY THE BRAKE LINE BUT THE OTHER LINES, ALSO. THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE EVEN FOR A 2004 TRUCK. I HAVE OLDER VEHICLES THAN THIS WITH VERY LITTLE OR NO RUST ON COMPONENT LINES. THIS WAS INTENTIONAL BY GM? MAYBE TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE SERVICE MONEY ON SUCH A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE? I CAN NOT MAKE UP EXCUSES OR THINK OF ONE GOOD REASON TO JEOPARDIZE CONSUMERS LIVES THIS WAY. AN INCH OF BRAKE USE IS NOT GOING TO STOP THE TRUCK AT REGULAR SPEEDS LET ALONE A TRUCK WITH A PAYLOAD OR A TRAILER. I USUALLY THINK PEOPLE WHO SUE OTHERS ARE OUT FOR MONEY. NOW I AM THINKING OF SUING GM FOR ENDANGERING MY LIFE. THAT SHOULD WAKE THEM UP TO THIS SITUATION. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD CLASS ACTION LAWYERS OUT OF TENNESSEE THAT SUCCESSFULLY FILED AGAINST A MAJOR DRUG STORE CHAIN. I AM CALLING THEM.

Mileage: 170,000

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY, IN TRAFFIC, I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A POPPING SOUND WHICH APPEARED TO BE IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AREA OF THE VEHICLE. ON THE NEXT OCCASION THAT I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE DID SLOW DOWN AND DID STOP, BUT I WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT 5 MPH. AT THIS POINT I WAS USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. BEING CLOSE TO HOME, I USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET BACK TO MY HOME. UPON INSPECTION IT APPEARS A BRAKE LINE DRIVER SIDE, JUST BEHIND THE DRIVER HAD RUSTED AND FAILED, EMPTYING ALL THE BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE. I AM QUITE A GOOD MECHANIC BUT THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT FIX AS WELL. THIS TRUCK IS A 2004 AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED. I'VE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE DISCS WARPING WHICH IS ANOTHER CHEVY SILVERADO PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, HE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL SUNK INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS WERE CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

Mileage: 31,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM AN ERRAND AND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A TURN I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN MORE THAN USEALL. I CONTINUED TO TRAVEL HOME AND WHEN I STOPPED FOR AN INTERSECTION THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, BUT STILL STOPPED THE VEHICLE SO I CAREFULLY CONTINUED HOME AND PARKED IN MY GARAGE. WHEN I CAME BACK OUT LATTER TO HAVE A LOOK I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR. I OPENED THE HOOD AND SEEN TWO BRAKE LINES ALL CORRODED AND ONE HAD BURST RIGHT NEST TO LEFT FRONT WHEEL UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED TWO SECTIONS OF BRAKE LINES AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON SILVERADO TRUCKS, BUT NO KNOWN RECALLS. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

I ENTERED THE TRUCK DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STARTED THE VEHICLE AS I ALWAYS DO. THE PEDAL THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE AGAIN AND PRESSED IT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, AT THAT POINT THE SERVICE BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON SO I SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND INSPECTED IT. I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR AREA. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION I NOTICED A CLUSTER OF BRAKE LINES THAT ALL APPEAR VERY RUSTY AND IN VERY BAD SHAPE. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE LINES IS LEAKING. THANKFULLY I WAS PARKED. *TR

Mileage: 44,104

WHILE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF A STATE HIGHWAY, I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ONLY BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND BY GOING AT A SLOWER SPEED WAS I ABLE TO STOP. THE FRONT BRAKE LINE FROM THE PROPORTIONING VALVE TO THE MODULE HAD BLOWN AND THE SECOND BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED OUT. THE REMAINING LINES SHOW SOME RUST AND WILL NEED REPLACING IN THE FUTURE. ALSO THE O2 SENSOR WENT AT THE SAME TIME, TOTAL COST ALMOST $600.00. NOT BAD FOR A TRUCK WITH ONLY 37K MILES ON IT, RIGHT? *TR

Mileage: 39,757

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4 AROUND TOWN I ENCOUNTERED MY FIRST EVER BRAKE FAILURE. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. I WAS IN TRAFFIC, NEEDING TO APPLY BRAKING. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT NORMAL AT FIRST AND THEN SUDDENLY IT, THE PEDAL, BEGAN SOFTLY AND MUSHINGLY HEADED TOWARD THE FLOORBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN EVENTUALLY BUT THE DISTANCE REQUIRED FOR BREAKING HAD NOW TRIPLED OR QUADRUPLED. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. THEN, LOW AND BEHOLD, AND JUST A BIT TOO LATE THERE CAME THE IDIOT LIGHT TELLING ME TO CHECK THE BRAKES. IMPERFECT TIMING TO SAY THE LEAST. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND INTO AN AUTO SHOP. THANKFULLY, THE SHOP HAD LOTS OF CHEVY EXPERIENCE AND WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE PROBLEM AS IT IS BEEN IN THE INVESTIGATION PIPELINE FOR A WHILE. *TR

Mileage: 128,500

GOT CUT-OFF IN TRAFFIC, STEPPED ON THE BRAKES IT HELD FOR A SECOND THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR. GOT THE TRUCK HOME ONLY TO FIND THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THRU AND LEAKING, AND WITH THAT I WAS CHECKING THE OTHER LINES FOUND THEM TO BE RUSTED AS WELL. *JB

Mileage: 100,200

I WAS REVERSING FROM TA PARKING SPOT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS IN REVERSE AND HAD TO QUICKLY APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. AFTER INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE STEEL BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. *JS

Mileage: 122,000

COMING HOME FROM WORK AROUND 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND WENT TO SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC SLOWING DOWN AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AS I EASED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME I HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL AND WENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY LANE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL SLIGHTLY DAMAGING MY FENDER AND BUMPER BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM ABOVE THE FUEL (GAS TANK) ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL. I CALLED AAA ROAD SERVICE AND HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOUSE SO I COULD FURTHER INSPECT THE TRUCK FOR REPAIRS NEEDED. I AM A DIESEL TRUCK TECHNICIAN AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CARS AND TRUCK FOR YEARS. I ALSO HAVE A 1989 CHEVY TRUCK WITH 368,000 AND NEVER HAVE HAD A BRAKE LINE REPLACED OR A BRAKE FAILURE LIKE THIS, AS I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINES I FOUND ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND RUSTED AND NEED REPLACED. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A COSTLY REPAIR! I PULL A BOAT, TRAVEL TRAILER AND A UTILITY TRAILER. IF I HAD BEEN PULLING ONE OF THESE ITEMS AND THE BRAKES HAD FAILED LIKE THEY DID ONLY GOD! WOULD KNOW THE OUT COME. GM NEEDS TO MAKE A RECALL AND HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED. I AM BACK DRIVING MY 1989 STEP SIDE UNTIL I CAN AFFORD TO MAKE REPAIRS! I SURE COULD USE SOME HELP!!

Mileage: 73,000

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 65,555

I WAS MOVING MY TRUCK INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO PUSH THE BRAKE DOWN AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE BREAK LINES ARE RUSTED AND ONE SPRANG A LEAK. LUCKILY I WASN'T GOING REAL FAST. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND JUST TO REPLACE THE BACK BRAKE LINES COST $800. THE SERVICE GUY TOLD ME IF I WANTED TO REPLACE THE FRONT BREAK LINES THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE FRONT CLIP AND TAKE THE CAB OFF THE FRAME FOR A TOTAL COST OFF $2,300.00. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR BOARD AS THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE BRAKE LINES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,100. *TR

Mileage: 40,100

WHEN I WAS BACKING MY TRUCK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR AND THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. UPON FURTHER CHECKING I REALIZED THAT MY BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT AND BROKE. WHILE LOOKING UNDER TRUCK I REALIZED A LOT OF LINES AND TRUCK IS RUSTED. DON'T FEEL A NINE YEAR OLD TRUCK SHOULD BE THAT RUSTED. IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME MY EMAIL IS [XXX]OR [XXX] MY NAME IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 99,904

STOP LIGHT CHANGED, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. BLEW BRAKE LINE. LUCKY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME!!!!!!! WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM! *TR

Mileage: 70,000

WAS DRIVING 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT WHEN A PERSON STEPPED IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR REQUIRING ME TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL RAPIDLY (MANY TIMES) WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID HITTING THE PERSON. VERY SCARY! I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGED! THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES I OR SOMEONE ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE BRAKES HAD FAILED AT ANOTHER TIME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE (BRAKE LINE RUST) FOR A 9 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH ONLY 89,100 MILES. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE!. *TR

Mileage: 89,100

WHILE BRAKING FOR A LEFT HAND TURN 55 MPH DOWN TO 25MPH MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR !!!! MY BRAKE LINE BUSTED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE , I HAND NO BRAKES , I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK WITH ME .THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY. I CANT BELIEVE GM HASN'T DONE SOMETHING YET . IT MUST B/C THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH CRASHES OR INJURIES.THIS IS COMPLETE BS !!! I ONLY HAVE 83K MILES ON MY 04 SILVERADO 4X4. (SOMETHING NEEDS DONE) !!!!! *TR

Mileage: 83,000

WHILE DRIVING A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK STOPPED AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE FLUID ONLY TO FIND IT LEAKING ON THE GROUND. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED AND CALLED A CHEVY TECH I KNOW AND WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM. REPLACEMENT PARTS AS AN ASSEMBLY ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE! YOU BUY THE LINES AND HAVE TO HAVE THEM BENT TO FIT..A ROUGH PRICE $1,000 TO $1,600.00. *TR

Mileage: 139,000

WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT THE PA STATE INSPECTION STATION THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID APPEARED ON THE SHOP FLOOR AT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. UPON INSPECTION WE FOUND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. I CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AND I FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR, COMMON PROBLEM AND GM SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR INSTALLING INFERIOR BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 39,997

DEPRESSED BRAKES AND PEDAL RIGHT TO FLOOR. NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE AND EVEN WITH THAT SLOWING ME DOWN WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY THE LIGHT JUST CHANGED AND ON-GOING TRAFFIC NOT YET INTO INTERSECTION. STEERED OFF OF ROAD AND STOPPED INTO A FIELD. HAD TO BE TOWED TO GARAGE WHERE DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT IN BOTH REAR AND FRONT, THUS NO BRAKES (SO MUCH FOR HAVING TIME TO STOP BECAUSE BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WONT FAIL AT SAME TIME). INVESTIGATION WAS THAT SEVERELY CORRODED TUBING AND ALSO DISCOVERED THAT GAS TANK BRACKETS ALSO CORRODED ...ONE COMPLETELY FAILED ALREADY. THEN IT GETS WORSE...THE LINES ARE CUSTOM MADE/BENDED WITH MOLDED IN RUBBER SECTIONS ETC. AND GM NOT OFFERING REPLACEMENTS. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

TRUCK WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WHEN A LEAK WAS NOTICED. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED BECAUSE OF RUST. VEHICLE HAD ALL BRAKE LINES REPLACED FOR $1000.00. *TR

Mileage: 110,230

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STOP. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

COMING TO A STOP SIGN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, MY VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD PREVIOUSLY NEVER DONE THAT. I ALMOST DID NOTSTOP AND IN FACT OVER SHOT THE STOP SIGN BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I HAD MY THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WAS LUCKY THAT OTHER VEHICLES WERE ABLE TO AVOID HITTING US. AT THE MECHANICS I WAS TOLD ALL MY LINES WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AS ALL ARE CORRODED TO A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

MY DAUGHTER AND 10 YEAR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER BORROWED THE TRUCK TO GO TO A STORE,A SHORT DISTANCE. SHE CAME TO A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WITH NO WARNING THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION IN THE 35 MPH ZONE ON A GREEN LIGHT. MY DAUGHTER MADE THE CORRECT PANIC DECISION TO QUICKLY TURN RIGHT INTO THE TRAFFIC FLOW SHOULDER TO AVOID BEING HIT BROAD SIDE. I HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK WITHIN THE HOUR BEFORE THE NEAR ACCIDENT WITH NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM.NO LEAKING BRAKE FLUID SMELL, NO DASH LIGHTS, NO LOW BRAKE PEDDLE. ALL BRAKE FLUID DRAINED FROM THE FAILED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE CAB, SO MUCH FOR THE DUEL BRAKING SYSTEM!! ALL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 75,429

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY , HAD TO STOP VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. BRAKE LINES ON THE TRUCK WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT THEY RUPTURED. SEEMS AS THOUGH THE LINES ON THE VEHICLE ARE MADE OF A VERY POOR QUALITY STEEL AND NOT PROPERLY COATED TO PREVENT CORROSION. VEHICLE IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD WITH 23,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 23,000

STARTED VEHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. CHECKED BRAKE LINE. RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO C 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKES WOULD BECOME STUCK TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT BRAKE FLUID ON WAS LEAKING AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

DRIVING NORTH ON I-79 WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO FLATBED IT HOME . MY BRAKE LINE BLUE OUT. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO STD CAB, 1500 LONG BED, 4X4, 73K MILES. BRAKES FAILED WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. WAS DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES. LOST BRAKE FLUID. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

SPONTANEOUS FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURE ON A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 LT PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS PULLING UP TO MY DRIVEWAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKE WITH NO SUCCESS. NO PRIOR BRAKE LEVEL OR ABS OR PROPORTIONING VALVE WARNING LIGHTS WERE INDICATED. I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND CAME TO A STOP. ONCE I PARKED THE TRUCK I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING DOWN BELOW THE DRIVER'S DOOR. I CRAWLED UNDER TO DISCOVER THAT ALL FOUR STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND FLUID WAS STEADILY COMING OUT. A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER THE TRUCK HAD ACCUMULATED OVER A SHORT TIME. I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE ALSO SEVERELY RUSTED IN THE SAME AREA. I AM 65 YEARS OLD AND HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES OVER MY LIFETIME (INCLUDING CLASSIC CARS), BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE RUST AS BAD AS THESE. I AM EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT I WASN'T ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO MAKE A QUICK STOP FOR TRAFFIC AHEAD. MORE SERIOUSLY THAN THE RUSTED LINES IS THE FACT THAT NO PRIOR WARNING WAS GIVEN BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE. DUAL MASTER CYLINDERS AND ISOLATED FRONT AND REAR LINES DID NOT PERFORM AS DESIGNED. I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET TODAY AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. I CAN JUST IMAGINE OTHER PEOPLE/FAMILIES WHO WILL NOT BE AS LUCKY AS ME IF THIS CONTINUES WITHOUT SOMETHING BEING DONE TO WARN AND CORRECT THE SITUATION. THIS SHOULD BE ON THE NEWS AND GM SHOULD BE INVOLVED AND RESOLVING THE ISSUE. THANKS *TR

Mileage: 113,087

WHEN TO STOP AT RED LIGHT BRAKES FAIL COULD NOT STOP. I USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO FINALLY STOP AFTER I WHEN THREW THE RED LIGHT. IT IS A GOOD THING THEIR WAS ANY COMING THE OTHER WAY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE WHOLE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD ALL BRAKE LINES REPAIRED AND THE RUBBER HOSES TOO. THE METAL LINE WHERE RUSTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

MY WIFE WAS NEARING OUR HOUSE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SHE ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

2004 SILVERADO 1500 Z71: PREVIOUS OWNER LIVED IN PHILIDELPHIA- WHERE I BELIEVE MOST OF THE RUST CAME FROM. WHILE ON MY WAY TO VISIT MY FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL, MY BRAKE LINE TO THE REAR WHEELS BURST. I HAVE A TENDENCY TO BEGIN BRAKING EARLY, WHICH KEPT ME FROM RUNNING A RED LIGHT INTO A BUSY 4-LANE INTERSECTION. REALIZING THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO MY BRAKES, I CONTINUED TO THE HOSPITAL DRIVING CAREFULLY SO THAT I HAD EXCESSIVE BRAKING DISTANCES AND/OR AN AVAILABLE RUN OFF AREA. UPON ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED ABOUT TEN SECONDS AND RESTARTED IT TO TEST IF THE BRAKES HAD MANAGED TO PRESSURIZE. UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO ROUGHLY AN INCH ABOVE THE FLOOR AND THE DRIVER INFORMATION CONSOLE DISPLAYED A WARNING, ACCOMPANIED BY A CHIME, INDICATING THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. SO I SENT MY MOTHER INSIDE TO VISIT WITH MY FATHER WHILE I CALLED MY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP SHOWED ME WHERE THE BREAK LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND WONDERED ABOUT WHERE ALL OF THE RUST HAD COME FROM (NOT AS MUCH SNOW HERE IN THE DEEP SOUTH). I LATER HAD MY TRUCK TOWED FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO A PEP BOYS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP WAS LYING TO ME ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND INFLATING THE COST OF THE PARTS. HAVING TAKEN SOME TIME TO LOOK AROUND THE INTERNET FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THESE LINES, I SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY MANY COMPLAINTS OF PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE. I AM SORELY DISAPPOINTED WITH GENERAL MOTORS UNWILLINGNESS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE MAJORITY OF THE REPORTS I HAVE READ THE DRIVER HAD NO WARNING BEFOREHAND AND THE BRAKE LINE THAT HAD RUSTED THROUGH WAS THE ONE GOING TO THE REAR (ROUTED ABOVE THE GAS TANK) THREE QUARTERS OF THE TIME, OR THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE THE REST OF THE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 159,766

MY DAUGHTER AND I LEFT A RESTAURANT AND WENT ABOUT 200 FEET TO A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WENT TO STOP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR NO WARNING OR ANYTHING JUST NO BRAKES AT ALL WE COULD OF BOTH BEEN KILLED A JEEP WAS TURNING AND I TRIED MY BEST TO AVOID HITTING HIM BUT I HAD NO WERE TO GO AND AFTER THE WRECK I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR THE BRAKES HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER AND THE MEC NEVER NOTICED RUSTY BRAKE LINES BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER WHEN MY DAD BOUGHT THE TRUCK BUT BY LOOKING AT THEM THEY LOOKED OK BUT THERE IS 4 LINES RUNNING 2GETHER AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE BACK 2 BUT WHEN I HAD THEM REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW GM WOULD USE SUCH POOR QUALITY OF LINES ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS BRAKE LINES THERE ARE THOUSANDS OTHERFAMILIES LIVES AT RISK RIGHT NOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET HURT OR EVEN GET KILLED BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING IM LUCKY MY DAUGHTER AND I WASN'T KILLED I HAVE GOT A 49 KAISER AND THE LINES ON IT ARE STILL IN PERFECT SHAPE BUT I CANT BELIEVE HOW ROTTEN ALL THE LINES WERE ON MY TRUCK AND WE DON'T EVEN GET MUCH SNOW IN TN WHY HAVE THEY GOT AWAY WITH THIS HOW MANY PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO UNKNOWINGLY RISK THERE LIFE EVERY DAY BEFORE SOME ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS GM PAYING PEOPLE OFF OR WHAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO ON THE KEDSHOULD ATLEAST SEND THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS TO ATLEAST GET THEM CHECKED OUT SO PEOPLE DON'T PUT THERE LIVES OF RISK. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

FIRST INCIDENT: UPON LEAVING WORK, I MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY, TRAVELED AROUND THE CIRCLE, STOPPED, CROSSED ONTO ANOTHER HIGHWAY, STOPPED AGAIN, ACCELERATED NORMALLY, REACHED APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO STOP BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME STOPPING SHORT. THE NEXT TIME I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT TRAVELED NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. THE LINE FROM THE ABS UNIT TO THE REAR BRAKES HAD CRACKED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MY GARAGE WHERE I REMOVED(AND SAVED) AND REPLACED THE LINE. SECOND INCIDENT: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH. ON MY WAY TO WORK, NORMAL DRIVING AND BRAKING, APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, LIGHT CHANGED TO YELLOW, I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL CONTINUED TO TRAVEL AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AFTER THE LIGHT HAD TURNED RED. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY. I WILL MOST LIKELY RECEIVE A TICKET AS THE LIGHT HAS A CAMERA THAT PHOTOGRAPHS ANYONE RUNNING THE LIGHT AND SENDS THEM A TICKET IN THE MAIL. THIS TIME, A LINE GOING TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT CALIPER BROKE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO MY GARAGE WHERE I CUT OUT AND BEGAN THE DIFFICULT TASK OF REPLACING THIS LINE. I ALSO NOTICED THE LINE GOING TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT CALIPER WAS EQUALLY RUSTED, BUT HAD NOT BROKEN YET. IT IS NOW THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST. I HAVE MISSED 3 DAYS OF WORK AND NOW I WILL HAVE TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I WORK AT WHERE I WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO REMOVE THE BODY OF THE TRUCK FROM THE FRAME TO PROPERLY INSTALL NEW BRAKE LINES TO THE FRONT CALIPERS. I HAVE SAVED THE OLD BRAKE LINES AS EVIDENCE. THEY LOOK MORE LIKE ROTTEN TWIGS THAN THEY LOOK LIKE STEEL BRAKE LINES. IT'S DISGRACEFUL THAT A VEHICLE ONLY 9 YEARS OLD WOULD NEED ALL NEW BRAKE LINES WHEN I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OLD VEHICLES FROM THE 70'S AND 80'S WHICH HAD ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES THAT DID NOT BREAK. ONLY SURFACE RUST APPEARED ON THEM. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

LEAVING A PARKING LOT, I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AT THE STOP SIGN. THE BRAKES INITIALLY WORKED, THEN THE PEDAL QUICKLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I BEGAN PUMPING THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT INTO THE STREET. I SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING FROM THE LEFT SWERVED LEFT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I BACKED INTO THE PARKING LOT AND TESTED THE BRAKES. EACH TIME I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE A MINIMAL AMOUNT, BUT THE PEDAL WOULD VERY QUICKLY GO TO THE FLOOR. WITHOUT CONSTANT PUMPING, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THE BRAKE LINES UNDER THE HOOD SEVERELY CORRODED, AND A SIGNIFICANT LEAK FROM A LINE DIRECTLY BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER. MY MECHANIC REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES EXCEPT THE TWO RUNNING TO THE BACK BRAKES. CONTRARY TO WHAT GM ADVERTISES, THIS BRAKELINE RUPTURE RESULTED IN A COMPLETE FAILURE OF BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. IN OLDER SYSTEMS, THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE OPERATED FROM TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT NEWER BRAKING SYSTEMS USE SOME TYPE OF METERING VALVE BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK AS EXPECTED. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, AND I AM FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THREE FACTORS PREVENTED AN ACCIDENT. MY SLOW SPEED, MY ABILITY TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT, THE OTHER DRIVERS ABILITY TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT. WITHOUT ALL THREE, A SEVERE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

I HAD PARKED MY TRUCK AT A CHRISTMAS TREE FARM. UPON RETURNING TO MY TRUCK, I RESTARTED IT, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE TO BACK UP IN THE FIELD WHEN IT APPEARED TO HAVE SLID IN THE MUD WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. I CONTINUED UP THE HILL AND HAD ROUNDED THE TOP OF THE FARM CONTINUING BACK DOWN A MODERATE SLOPE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT PROVIDED VERY LITTLE STOPPING POWER. THE BRAKE LIGHT IN THE DASH ILLUMINATED AND A NOTE IN THE DASH INDICATED TO HAVE THE BRAKE SYSTEM SERVICED. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A GMC DEALER FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED OUT AND REPAIRS WOULD COST BETWEEN $1200.00 AND $1300.00. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALER TOMORROW TO SAVE ALL OF THE OLD BRAKE LINES FOR INSPECTION. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

ON 12/14/2012, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO Z71 WHEN I BEGAN TO HIT THE BRAKE TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL PUSH ENTIRELY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH AND TURN INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE BRAKES FAILED WITH NO NOTICE JUST A FEW MINUTES EARLIER, I WAS TRAVELING HIGH SPEEDS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE KILLED ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH. TIME FOR CHEVY TO ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES... *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 100,000

PREMATURE FAILURE OF BRAKE LINES DUE IMPROPER MANUFACTURE / IMPROPER MATERIALS AND CORROSION. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKING WHATSOEVER. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 31,719

AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH DRIVER STEPPED ON BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE FOR STOP SIGN AND BRAKE LINE BLEW A HOLE OUT RESULTING IN BRAKE FLUID DRAINING FROM LINES AND LEAVING TRUCK UNABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO NO BRAKES. GM DEALERSHIP SAID BRAKES LINES WERE RUSTED AND ROTTED IN VARIOUS PLACES. DEALERSHIP COMMENTED THAT THEY ARE SEEING THIS HAPPEN IN MULTIPLE GM PICK MODELS FROM 1999-2006. DEALERSHIP REPLACED LINES WITH NEW LINES MADE OF ALLOY COMPONENT. GM SHOULD HAVE USED THIS COMPONENT IN THE BRAKE LINE IN THE FIRST PLACE AS THERE ARE MANY DRIVERS OUT THERE NOT KNOWING WHEN THEIR BRAKE LINE COULD BURST. *TR

Mileage: 61,527

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE SERVICE BRAKE PEDAL LIGHT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGNS OF AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT. DUE TO THE LIGHT TURNING GREEN I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OFF MINE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I PROCEED TO A SAFE LOCATION CAREFULLY TESTING THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THE PEDAL TO BE SOFT. I PULLED INTO A AREA QUICKLY AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE THE VEHICLE MOVED MORE THAN A FOOT OR TWO. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE FLUID WAS ABOVE THE MIN MARK ON THE RESERVOIR THEN NOTICED FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE CAB. THE BRAKE LINES APPEARED TO BE LEAKING AND SEVERELY CORRRODED WITH HOLES IN THE LINES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 61,112

BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW. AT 112,160 MILES THE BRAKE LINES FAILED CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WHILE PUTTING THE TRUCK INTO "DRIVE". I QUICKLY PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO "REVERSE" TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED. BRAKE LINES CORRODED. *TR

Mileage: 112,160

AFTER TOWING MY TRAILER TO MY SONS AND BACKING IT INTO THE BARN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I PULLED OUT. I HAD JUST WENT ABOUT 5 MILES AT ABOUT 50MPH WITH A 20 FOOT TRAILER. LUCKILY THE BRAKE LINE DIDN'T LET GO ON THE MAJOR ROAD I WAS ON. THE BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT OF A RUSTED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE CAB. THIS TRUCK HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT AND IS KEPT IN A GARAGE IN THE WINTER. AFTER INSPECTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK I AM QUITE SURPRISED AT THE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION PARTS. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR LOOKS LIKE NEW BUT THE BRAKE LINES LOOK ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD. I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THE GOVERNMENT WOULD LEAVE A SAFETY ISSUE JUST CONTINUE ON OUR HIGHWAYS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED AND SAVE LIVES. *TR

Mileage: 58,109

WHILE EXITING INTERSTATE 89 IN SWANTON VERMONT, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH NEARLY NO BRAKING OCCURRING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE BRAKE LINE BURST VERY CLOSE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED THE ENTIRE BRAKE-LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED BEYOND ANY NORMAL WEAR. THE REPAIRMAN STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS ON A NUMBER OF SILVERADO'S AND THAT THEIR IS OBVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE QUALITY OF THE LINES. THIS VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT AND SHOWS NO BODY WEAR OR ENGINE WEAR. *TR

Mileage: 82,111

PUT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL TO START VEHICLE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PUMPED PEDAL AND THERE WAS LITTLE INCREASE IN PRESSURE. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND STARTING VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE COMPONENTS. FLUID CHAMBER WAS FULL AND CLEAN. ABS MODULE WAS CLEAN AND ALL WIRES IN PLACE. THE BRAKE LINE ABOVE THE LEFT REAR FRAME RAIL HAD A SEVERE HOLE AND FLUID RUNNING OUT. LINES AND FITTINGS IN OTHER AREAS ARE ALSO CORRODED BUT NO LEAKS READILY IDENTIFIED. *TR

Mileage: 19,533

BRAKE LINE FAILURE - BRAKING ABILITY LOSS. WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SLOWLY FADING AND MOVING TOWARD THE FLOOR. I ASSUMED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS FAILING IN SOME WAY AND DROVE VERY CAREFULLY. I STOPPED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM A BRAKE LINE UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER AREA, I STILL HAD USE OF THE REAR BRAKES, APPARENTLY ONLY THE FRONT SIDE HAD LEAKED. I NEVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FORTUNATELY, AS I BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHILE STOPPED. IF THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. MY LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE TWO BRAKE LINES THAT RUN FROM THE EQUALIZER TO THE ABS UNIT AT A COST OF NEARLY $300.00. ALL THE LINES WERE BADLY CORRODED BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM PROACTIVELY RIGHT NOW. HAVING READ MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE MORE DAMAGE, SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH OCCURS. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

I HAD FULL BRAKE LOSS AT 55 MPH COMING TO A STOP LIGHT, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN FATALITIES . I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MONROE MUFFLER AND BRAKES AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES AND MY FUEL LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED AND THAT THEY ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THIS IN THESE VEHICLES. THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE THAT RUSTED THROUGH BUT TOLD ME THAT ALL MY LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CASES JUST LIKE MINE WITH THESE SAME TRUCKS. WHAT IS GM WAITING FOR BEFORE THEY RECALL THESE TRUCKS, A HIGHER BODY COUNT? *TR

Mileage: 89,137

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURE WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND BRAKE FLUID WAS SPEWING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

Mileage: 87,000

BRAKE LINE FAILED WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 125,849

TRUCK: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, STANDARD CAB, LONG BED, 133 INCH WHEELBASE, 109,568 MILES ON ODOMETER. BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, NO FRONT TO BACK SPLIT BRAKING AVAILABLE, TOTAL FAILURE. BRAKE LINE RUPTURED, BRAKE FLUID, UNDER PRESSURE, SQUIRTED ON EXHAUST, LOTS OF SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE. LAID DOWN PUDDLE OF SLIPPERY FLUID ON ROADWAY. PULLED OFF ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. TRUCK IS STANDARD SHIFT, USED TRANSMISSION, TO DOWN SHIFT AND SLOW DOWN, EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS WORKING, BUT COULDN'T STOP VEHICLE ON ITS OWN. DIDN'T USE TOW, RISKED DRIVING VEHICLE HOME, LUCKILY ONLY ABOUT 5 MILES IN RURAL AREA, IN FIRST GEAR AT 5-10 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 109,568

BRAKE LINES RESTING ON TOP OF CHASSIS IN DRIVER'S FRONT WHEEL WELL CORRODED AND BREACHED/LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. VEHICLE IS IN MICHIGAN. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

AS I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK A SMALL CHILD ON A BICYCLE CAME INTO THE ROADWAY, AS I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO SLOW TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I QUICKLY DEPLOYED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK'S FORWARD MOTION, LUCKILY I WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25- 30 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED, HAD I BEEN ON A ROAD WITH A HIGHER SPEED LIMIT I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO STOP MY VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE ALL THE LINES REPLACED. ONE WEEK BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, I WENT UP THE MT WASHINGTON AUTO ROAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHILE ON VACATION WITH MY FAMILY AND CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY THAT WE ARE ALL ALIVE TODAY. I BELIEVE THE DOT SHOULD ISSUE OR TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER'S FLAW AS I HAVE FOUND OUT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM ON MANY SIMILAR GM CARS AND TRUCKS. THE DOT SHOULD AT LEAST NOTIFY OR HAVE GM NOTIFY OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES THAT THEY ARE IN DANGER ESPECIALLY IF THEY DRIVE THERE GM AFFECTED VEHICLES ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD OR HILLY TERRAIN. MY TRUCK IS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD WITH 83,000 MILES ON IT AND THESE BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED SO QUICKLY. THE DOT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER AND THEY SHOULD TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 82,500

THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AT THIS POINT BRAKE FLUID WAS OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AND FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES. IT WAS LUCK THAT WERE NOT TRAVELING FASTER. THERE IS NO WAY BRAKE LINES SHOULD CORRODE THIS FAST WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE. STOPPING TO ME IS THE UTMOST SAFETY CONCERN AND THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

BEGAN TO SLOW FOR UPCOMING TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE LAST INCH OR SO OF BRAKE TRAVEL SEMI-ENGAGED SOME BRAKING ALLOWING ME TO STOP (WHILE APPLYING EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL). AT THE DEALER WAS INFORMED THAT ONE BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED SO BAD THAT IT BURST, AND ALL OTHER LINES SHOULD ALSO BE REPLACED AS THEY SHOWED THE SAME RUSTED, CORRODED CONDITION. QUOTED A PRICE OF NEARLY $3000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THEM ALL. I'VE NEVER SKIMPED ON MAINTENANCE, AND SINCE THIS IS A GREAT VEHICLE (BESIDES THIS ISSUE), I'M GIVING THE GO-AHEAD FOR THE WORK. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING ANY FASTER, OR THERE HAD BEEN MORE CONGESTION, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 79,000