2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Service Brakes Problems

the brake lines rust and they burst this occurred on my main brake line going to the abs controller I had no brakes from mechanics they say this is a common problem on usa made cars brake lines should never ever rust and burst

Component SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY THERE WAS TRAFFIC I WENT TO SLOW DOWN MY BRAKES LOCKED UP ON ME MY CAR FISH TAILED I RELEASED THE BRAKES AND THEY WERE STILL STILL LOCKED. CAUSED ME TO SLID AT LEAST 30 FEET I WAS ONLY GOING 35. WHICH CAUSED ME SLAM INTO THE CENTER DIVIDER

Mileage: 216,234

PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD THE CAR IN PLACE AND WAS LIKE THAT WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW. UNABLE TO REPAIR IT TO MAKE IT HOLD THE CAR. PROBLEMS GETTING CAR INSPECTED.

Mileage: 1,000

WHEN DRIVING MY 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 AT SPEEDS UNDER 10 MPH IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC, THE ABS INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATED. THIS HAPPENED IN DRY WEATHER ON A FREEWAY. WHEN THE ABS INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATED, THE CAR VIBRATED AND ACCELERATED WITH DIFFICULTY AND JERKED. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING A TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE WHERE THE BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL. THE FIRE COMMANDER WHO EXAMINED THE CAR AFTER PUTTING OUT THE FIRE AND THE MECHANIC WHO IS REPAIRING THE CAR BOTH EXPLAINED THAT IMPROPER ABS ACTIVATION LED TO A RUPTURE IN THE BRAKE LINE, EXPOSING THE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID TO THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE LOCKED BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 CONCERNING THE ABS SYSTEM BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN TO A GM DEALER TWO MONTHS EARLIER (IN JULY) WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. THE GM DEALER DID NOT MENTION THE RECALL BUT MADE EXTENSIVE (AND EXPENSIVE) REPAIRS TO THE CAR. THE CAR EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, WHEN IT LED TO THE FIRE. THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME OR THE RIGHT SEASON FOR THE ABS TO DETERIORATE FROM SALT EXPOSURE SINCE THE JULY REPAIRS. MY CAR IS PROBABLY EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL BECAUSE IT IS REGISTERED IN VIRGINIA. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BECAUSE THE CAR IS REGISTERED IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AND MARYLAND. FAIRFAX COUNTY IS FURTHER NORTH THAN MANY PARTS OF MARYLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA. THE REGION HAS THE SAME WEATHER CONDITIONS, LENGTH OF WINTER SEASON, AND EXPOSURE TO SALT AS WASHINGTON, D.C., WEST VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA FREQUENTLY DRIVE IN THESE STATES, PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND MARYLAND, WHERE MANY VIRGINIA RESIDENTS WORK, SHOP, AND SEEK ENTERTAINMENT.

Mileage: 120,000

ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATING ON THERE OWN WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH 4 TIMES. I FINALLY PULLED THE ABS FUSE OUT THIS STOPPED IT BUT NOW I HAVE NO ABS IAM IN SOAP LAKE WASHINGTON IT SHOWS A RECALL BUT ONLY FOR A FEW STATES I BOUGHT MY SUBURBAN NEW IN BOISE IDAHO AND NOW RESIDE IN WASHINGTON STATE MY VEHACLE IS EFFECTED EXTREMELY BAD WITH THIS PROBLEM

Mileage: 150,000

BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND BRAKES FAILED TWICE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. FIRST INCIDENT WAS THE REAR BRAKE LINE BURST. I REPLACED THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE. FRONT BRAKE LINE BURST 6 MONTHS AFTER REAR BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. ALL FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE SO RUSTED, I REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL OF THEM AS A PRECAUTION. THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED IN AREAS WHERE THEY WERE CLAMPED, SO THAT SALT AND DIRT COULD NOT BE CLEANED OUT. BRAKE LINES WERE UNPAINTED BARE STEEL.

Mileage: 215,000

BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY I-476 (PHILADELPHIA PA) WITH THE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. UPON BRAKING TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR AND PUMPING THE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES DID NOT RESULT IN ANY BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER MANAGING TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEN PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL MORE TIMES, BRAKE FLUID COULD BE SEEN COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AT BOTH THE AREA AROUND THE REAR AXLE AND THE AREA UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT. LATER, INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES FOUND THEM ALL TO BE SEVERELY RUSTED. AFTER READING THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES, IT IS GREATLY DISAPPOINTING, TO SAY THE LEAST, THAT NO NOTIFICATION OR RECALL WAS GIVEN. SUCH A SEVERE AND SCARY SAFETY PROBLEM SHOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST NOTIFICATION OF CUSTOMERS AND BETTER QUALITY DESIGN/CONTROL OF BRAKING COMPONENTS.

Mileage: 142,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 220,000.

Mileage: 220,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HUB SENSOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/31/2017*CT

Mileage: 180,000

THE REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND CAUSED ME TO HAVE ACCIDENT. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE FRONT BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME 2009 THE DEALER CHANGED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS STATING THAT IS WHY THE FRONT BRAKES DIDN'T WORK HOWEVER THIS FAILURE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST INCIDENT ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES.

Mileage: 60,000

THE PARKING BRAKE ON THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY SINCE NEW AND NOW I GET A REJECTION STICKER IN THE STATE WHERE I LIVE DUE TO THIS AND THEN HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO REPAIR IT AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. IT WILL NOT HOLD EVEN ON THE SLIGHTEST INCLINE. VERY DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 500

BRAKE LINE HAS CORRODED AND RUBBED A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE AND LEADED FLUIDED. HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IS RUBBING IN SAME PLACE ON FRAME AGAIN.

BRAKE LINE ROTTED OUT RESULTING IN NEAR COLLISION. SECOND FAILURE IN AUG. OF 2015 BOTH EVENTS WERE A NEAR COLLISION . THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN KEPT IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION AS A HAULER FOR MY TRAILER, NOW FEAR TO USE AS ALL LINES LOOK BAD, SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE OF A NON COROSSIVE MATERIAL. VEHICLE SPENT MOST OF IT'S LIFE IN VERMONT

Mileage: 225,000

MY ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE GOING OFF AT SLOW SPEEDS, ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT, GOING ABOUT 4-5 MPH, NEED TO KNOW IF MY VIN IS COVERED IN RECALL

Mileage: 84,000

STARTED VEHICLE PUT IN REVERSE TO BACK UP AND WHEN APPLIED BRAKES THEY PEDAL WAS SOFT AND THEN WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE HIT A TREE. BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED SEVERELY.

Mileage: 102,000

WENT TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK GOT OUT AND BRAKE FLUID WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR NEAR THE FRONT OF THE DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TRAVELING ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY, 35 MPH, APPROACHING RED LIGHT IN LINE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND FELT THE PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR. I STEPPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. SECOND INCIDENT: 2014. TRAVELING DOWN HILL TOWARD STOP SIGN. SAME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS ABOVE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT CHEV. SUBURBANS SOLD IN NEW ENGLAND HAVE STEEL BRAKE LINES! THIS IS MY 8TH SUBURBAN. FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH RUSTING EVERYWHERE UNDER CHASSIS, ESP. BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT I NOTICED I NEEDED TO PUSH BRAKE PEDDLE FARTHER DOWN TO STOP. THE SAME FOR EACH STOP AFTER THAT. I KNEW THAT ANOTHER BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED. I HAD TWO REPLACE UNDER HOOD ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THIS ONE IS OVER FRAME MIDWAY BACK. *TR

Mileage: 142,195

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN CRASH AFTER BRAKES FAILED, WITHOUT WARNING INDICATOR. BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED THROUGH IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR BRACKET ON FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

BRAKES FAILED TODAY. STEEL TUBING WAS FOUND TO BE PERFORATED ALONG THE FORWARD LEFT PORTION. THE REMAINDER OF THE TUBING IS SUBSTANTIALLY CORRODED AND APPEARS SUBJECT TO FAILURE AS WELL. I SEE THAT THIS FAILURE IS THE SUBJECT OF NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11001 . *TR

Mileage: 170,000

MY SON WAS TRAVELING @ 50 MPH WHEN BRAKES FAILED. HE NARROWLY MISSED HITTING A CAR AT AN INTERSECTION. FOUND OUT FROM MECHANIC THAT BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED AND WAS ENTIRELY CORRODED. HAD NO WARNING. REPAIR COST $1,200. EVIDENTLY, THIS HAPPENS SO OFTEN THAT THERE IS AN AFTERMARKET KIT TO REPLACE ALL LINES. HAS THEIR BEEN A RECALL?.. *JS

Mileage: 164,000

DRIVING MY 2002 1500 SUBURBAN THE BRAKE LINE LET LOOSE, GOT THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP ON THE LIFT FOUND ALL BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND TWO LEAKING FLUID. UPON INSPECTION FOUND ALL FUEL LINES ROTTED OUT AS WELL. REPLACED ALL LINES IN THE TRUCK BRAKE AND FUEL INCLUDING FRONT RUBBER LINES AND CALIPERS. TRUCK HAS NEVER HAD A GREAT BRAKE PEDAL STILL DOES NOT. ALSO FOUND ROCKER PANELS ROTTING OUT ALONG WITH QUARTERS TRUCK IS BEAUTIFUL IN AND OUT EXCEPT THE CHEAP METAL GM USED. *TR

Mileage: 85,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO DECELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND COMING TO A LIGHT CHANGING TO YELLOW DURING A HEAVY SNOWFALL I HAD ATTEMPTED TO STOP . THE ABS PULSATED A FEW TIMES BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE SUBURBAN DID NOT STOP AND I COULD ONLY HOLD ON HOPE AND PRAY MYSELF AND MY 2 AND 3 YEAR OLDS GET THROUGH THE SNOWY AND SLIPPERY INTERSECTION WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE OR GETTING HIT BY SOMEONE ELSE, LUCKILY THE SNOW ON THE GROUND ACTUALLY HELPED SLOW THE VEHICLE, THE MASTER CYLINDER SHOWED MINIMAL FLUID LOSS, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER COLD WEATHER AND AGE CAUSED THE FAILURE AND AN ESTIMATE OF ABOUT 1500 TO REPAIR . THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF A DEALER MULTI-POINT INSPECTION WHICH SHOWED NO LEAKS AND FULL BRAKE INSPECTION BY THE DEALER WHICH INCLUDED THE BRAKE LINES AND A REQUESTED SYSTEM BLEED TO TRY TO GET THE BRAKES TO WORK PROPERLY.THE TRUCK ALSO HAS A LONG SOFT PEDAL TRAVEL WHICH GOES BELOW THE GAS PEDAL HEIGHT OF WHICH THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME IS NORMAL AND LIKE ALL OLDER 2002 SUBURBANS. AND THE FINAL BILL FOR THE BRAKELINES WAS 1730.26 AFTER ADDING AN OIL CHANGE WHILE IT WAS THERE FOR SERVICE... GOT IT HOME AND FLUID WAS LEAKING PROFUSELY ON THE DRIVEWAY (WHERE I HAD NO LEAKS UP UNTIL THIS POINT) THE DEALER DENIED OVERFILLING THE OIL WOULD CAUSE THE LEAK AND SUGGESTED THAT THE COLD WEATHER CAUSED THE FRONT SEAL LEAK SO I HAD AGREED TO REPLACE THE FRONT SEAL WHICH WAS ANOTHER 374.44 AND THE NOTES NOW SHOW MULTIPLE OIL LEAKS.AND A REPEAT BRAKE INSPECTION SHOWS NO FAILURES , BUT THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE DEALER SAID IF IT CONTINUES THEY CAN MANUAL BLEED THE BRAKE SYSTEM TO SEE IF THAT HELPS THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 140,987

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND HAVE REPLACED ALL THE SENSORS BRAKES AND HUBS ON MY SUBURBAN, I HAVE BEEN READING ALL THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AND CHEVY IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE.MY ABS SYSTEM RUNS WHEN IT WANTS PREVENTS MY CAR FROM PROPERLY STOPPING AND WHEN I REPORTED THE ISSUE THEY TOLD ME TO PULL THE FUSE SO THE PUMP WOULD SHUT OFF, SO I AM DRIVING AROUND WITH NO ABS SYSTEM AND WE JUST HAD THE SENSORS REPLACED AGAIN AS WELL AS THE HUB AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH THE PULSATING OF THE BREAK PEDDLE AND THE RUNNING PUMP I WOULD THINK CHEVY WOULD DO A RECALL WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS.. *TR

BACKING TO HOOK UP TO TRAILER, BRAKES FAILED NO PRIOR WARNING (LIGHT). ALL BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACED AS WELL AS FUEL LINES BEGINNING TO LEAK AND WILL SOON NEED REPLACED.

Mileage: 236,000

I WAS APPROACHING A 4-WAY STOP SIGN IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL SINKING TO THE FLOOR. I HAD BEEN USING THIS VEHICLE DAILY AND HAD RECENTLY USED IT FOR A TRIP TO THE STORE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR PROBLEM WITH BRAKING OR PEDAL FEEL BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TRY TO COME TO A STOP. I DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP UNTIL I WAS INTO THE INTERSECTION BY USING THE PARKING BRAKE AND PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO SAFETY WHERE I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT FROM AN EXTREMELY RUSTED BRAKE LINE BEHIND THE LEFT REAR TIRE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO CROSS TRAFFIC OR PEDESTRIANS OR CHILDREN CROSSING THE STREET AT THE TIME. THIS HAPPENED IN A SCHOOL ZONE WHERE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRESENT. *TR

Mileage: 145,790

THE METAL BRAKE LINES APPARENTLY HAVE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF TOTAL FAILURE. ONE METAL LINE BLEW OUT AS WE DROVE DOWN AN INCLINE I HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. THEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AS WE WERE OUT OF TOWN. THE SHOP REPLACED THE LINE THAT BLEW OUT AND POINTED OUT THAT ALL OF THE OTHER METAL LINES WERE ABOUT TO HAVE THE SAME RUST FATIGUE FAILURE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGISTERED IN VIRGINIA ALL OF ITS HISTORY. ON LINE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHACE STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE METAL LINES PRE BENT. IT WOULD SEEM TO ANY ONE THAT IF YOU CAN NOT STOP A VEHICLE DUE TO A COMMON SYSTOM FAILURE THAT COULD AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH IT MUST BE A SAFETY RECALL. *JS

Mileage: 123,675

WHEN BRAKING AT LESS THEN 10MPH THE ANTILOCKING BRAKING SYSTEM KICKS IN AND CAUSES THE CAR TO GO MUCH FURTHER TO STOP. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN INJURY BY MY GOING OVER A CURB. NO ANTILOCKING SHOULD OCCUR LESS THEN 10MPH - THIS IS VERY UNSAFE DUE TO THE FACT THAT BRAKING AT UNDER 10MPH FREQUENTLY INVOLVES BARRIERS IN FRONT OF THE CAR WHERE EVERY INCH OF STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. ABS BRAKING IS FOR WHEN TIRES BREAK STATIC FRICTION ON THE ROAD, AND, I ASSURE YOU THAT NO FRICTION IS BEING BROKEN - THIS IS A SERIOUS FLAW! *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WHEN BRAKING AT LESS THEN 10MPH THE ANTILOCKING BRAKING SYSTEM KICKS IN AND CAUSES THE CARE TO GO MUCH FURTHER TO STOP. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN INJURY BY GOING OVER A CURB. NO ANTILOCKING SHOULD OCCUR LESS THEN 10MPH - THIS IS VERY UNSAFE DUE TO THE FACT THAT BRAKING AT UNDER 10MPH FREQUENTLY INVOLVES BARRIERS IN FRONT OF THE CAR WHERE EVERY INCH OF STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. ABS IS FOR WHEN TIRES BREAK STATIC FRICTION ON THE ROAD, AND, I ASSURE YOU THAT NO FRICTION IS BEING BROKEN - THIS IS A SERIOUS FLAW! *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED COMPLETELY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

WHILE WAITING STATIONARY AT DRIVE-THRU HARD BRAKE LINE RUPTURED RESULTING IN GREATLY REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS AND LARGE LOSS OF FLUID. BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

Mileage: 242,000

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I PROCEEDED AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND TESTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO BE PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR JUST TO GET THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A SLOW/CRAWLING STOP. AFTER INSPECTING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, I DISCOVERED THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE LEAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. *TR

Mileage: 96,698

SEVERE METAL BRAKE LINE CORROSION: ON SURFACE STREETS, WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AT ABOUT 35 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE TOWING A DUAL-AXLE TRAVEL TRAILER. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO USE THE TRAILER BRAKE OVERRIDE TO STOP THE TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATION BEFORE HITTING ANYTHING. BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. CLOSER EXAMINATION REVEALED SEVERE CORROSION OF THE FOUR 1/4" BRAKE LINES THAT FOLLOW THE FRAME RAIL FROM THE ABS MODULE ON THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT FRAME RAIL UP INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE TWO FRONT WHEELS. ONE OF THE TWO LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE HAD BURST. THE RUST ON THESE 1/4" LINES WAS FLAKING OFF IN LARGE CHUNKS. ALSO OBSERVED VERY SIGNIFICANT RUST ON THE 3/16" HARD LINES ON THE REAR AXLE AND THE HARD LINES MOUNTED TO THE FRAME AND BODY LEADING TO THE REAR AXLE. THESE LINES ARE VERY CLOSE TO FAILURE. WHAT IS FURTHER DISTRESSING ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS THAT WHEN ONE BRAKE CIRCUIT FAILED THERE WAS NONE TO VERY LITTLE BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS FROM THE OTHER BRAKE CIRCUIT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER DOES NOT PROVIDE INDEPENDENT BRAKING CIRCUITS LIKE IT SHOULD. LATER, USING A PAIR OF LOCKING-TYPE PLIERS, THE FAILED LINE WAS CLAMPED OFF AND IT WOULD BUILD PRESSURE AND RESTORE A MODICUM OF BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS FROM THE OTHER CIRCUIT. THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE TRUCK IS GOOD WITH ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE RUST ON SOME OF THE UNDERBODY COMPONENTS. THIS TRUCK IS NOT A RUST-BUCKET. SALT EXPOSURE IS MINIMAL AS A MARYLAND TRUCK (ONE OWNER) THAT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR TOWING A CAMPER TRAILER IN FAIRER WEATHER AND IS NOT USED AS A DAILY COMMUTER. FAILURE: 7OCT2012. TRUCK: 2002 1/2-T CHEV SUBURBAN LS, 4WD WITH APPROXIMATELY 190,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 190,000

PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK. PARKING BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED BUT STILL DOES NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. I HAD TO STOP SHORT AS THE CAR INFRONT OF ME STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. MY CAR STOPPED, BUT IN THE LAST FEW FEET THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LOOKED UNDER THE CAR. IN THE REAR OF THE CAR I COULD SEE FLUID IN A PUDDLE UNDER THE REAR END HOUSING. THE FLUID CONTINUED TO STREAM OUT OF THE BRAKELINES. AFTER TOWING THE CAR HOME I LOOKED AT THE BRAKE LINES. WHEN I TOUCHED THEM THEY CRUMBLED IN MY HANDS. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE PARKING MY 02 SUBURBAN, I COMPLETELY LOST MY BRAKES!! THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR; BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. WHAT HAPPENED? THE BRAKE LINE UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK JUST BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT HAD ROTTED THROUGH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVY TRUCKS. HOWEVER, GM HAS FAILED TO INITIATE A RECALL. HOPEFULLY GM WILL DECIDE TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS AND FIX THE OBVIOUS ENGINEERING GLITCH BEFORE SOME UNFORTUNATE PERSON OR FAMILY ENDS UP SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IN AN UNNECESSARY ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN TO THE JERSEY SHORE ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY WITH MY FAMILY TO GO ON VACATION I WENT TO GET OFF THE EXIT AND WHEN I TRIED TO STOP MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR......WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK I REALIZED THAT THE STEEL BRAKE LINE ABOVE THE SPARE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF US. OR WE WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THEM AND BEEN HURT OR EVEN KILLED. PS I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW...IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. *TR

Mileage: 94,281

THE BRAKE FAILED AS I WAS STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION. THE BRAKE PEDDLE STARTED TO HOLD AND THEN JUST PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE LINE HAS FAILED. THIS IS THE THIRD BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE IN THE LAST 14 MONTHS. WE'VE HAD THE BOTH REAR AND BOTH FRONT LINES REPLACED ALREADY, THIS LAST FAILURE APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN MASTER AND ABS. *TR

Mileage: 107,500