2004 GMC SIERRA 1500 Service Brakes Problems

CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN RURAL ROAD GETTING READY TO TURN IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY BRAKES GAVE OUT. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE GRAVEL DRIVEWAY WITHOUT KILLING SOMEONE. WHEN I LOOKED UNDERNEATH TO FIND THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND ONE HAD BURST. I HAD PART OF THE LINE FIXED WITH COPPER TUBING. I HAVE SINCE HAD 2 MORE LINES BURST. AS WELL AS A FUEL LINE LEAK. THIS HAS BECOME FRUSTRATING.*DT*JB

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2004 AND HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE AND ALMOST 100,00 MILES IN ALMOST 14 YEARS HOWEVER I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND ALL THE BRAK FLUID CAME OUT I HAD TO DRIVE OVER A PERSON LAWN TO AVOID HITTING A PERSON AND A MOVING VEHICLE ON 7/1/2017 DUE TO RUSTY BRAKE LINE AND CHECKING ALL LINES WERE RUSTED . I AM ALMOST 75 YEARS OLD AND VERY CONCERNED I WAS AWARE THE LINES WERE ALL RUSTED DUE TO IMPORTED BRAKE LINES WITH INFERIOR METALS, NEVER HEARD ABOUT AND NOTICE OR RECALL.I ALMOST INJURED A PERSON AND HIT A CAR IF I DID NOT DRIVE ON SOMEONES LAWN THE VEHIVLE WAS MOVING ABOUT 35 MPH .

Mileage: 999,940

BRAKES WENT OUT AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, BRAKE LINE CORROSION

POWER TRAIN PCM DEFECTIVE WITH TRANSFER CASE WITH BAD DESIGNING WITH SHOE PUMP, AND BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND LEAK. BRAKE SYSTEM WILL NOT PREVENT VEHICLE TO STOP WHEN BRAKE LINES ARE LEAK. FOR MY 2004 I WAS LUCKY DRIVING ON SLOW SPEED ON CITY ROAD, AND I WAS ABLE TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP MY TRUCK.

Mileage: 110,000

ON JANUARY 24, 2017 TRAVELING ON PA TURNPIKE AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70MPH, WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW WHEN APPROACHING SLOWER VEHICLES. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE ALMOST RAN INTO THE REAR OF SLOWER VEHICLES. METAL BRAKE LINE RUPTURED ABOVE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. WHEN INSPECTED, ALL BRAKE LINES EXHIBITED EXTREME RUST/CORROSION TO THE POINT OF FLAKING AND THINNING. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR COLLISION AND WOULD HAVE INJURED OR KILLED OCCUPANTS. THIS PROBLEM IS A MAJOR KNOWN SAFETY DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED BY GM.

Mileage: 142,550

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE BRAKES ON MY TRUCK FAILED DUE TO THE BRAKE LINE CORROSION. I PUSHED ON MY BRAKES WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY LOST ALL BRAKING POWER AND HAD MY BRAKE . LUCKILY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND, I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR HE SAID THAT THIS WAS COMMON AND THAT THE NEW BRAKE LINES WERE COATED AND WILL NOT RUST. NONE THE LESS THE REPAIR COST AND TOWING COST WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE.

Mileage: 146,145

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,900....UPDATED 02/04/16 *BF; 05/02/18*JB

Mileage: 89,900

BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTING CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO PRESSURE/FLUID LOSS

Mileage: 230,000

AS I APPROACHED A MAJOR INTERSECTION THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES PREPARING TO STOP. THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK ROLLED HALFWAY INTO THE INTERSECTION BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STEP ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND FULLY STOP THE TRUCK. THE DASHBOARD FLASHED ON INDICATING "REPAIR BRAKES"...A LITTLE TOO LATE TO HELP. IF I HAD A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME , I WOULD HAVE HIT IT AND POSSIBLE INJURIES WOULD HAVE RESULTED. I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND WAS GLAD FOR SEAT BELTS.

Mileage: 53,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

Mileage: 83,000

I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME FROM A RESTAURANT, JUST ABOUT 4 BLOCKS FROM MY HOME I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND ANTI LOCK BRAKES WAS ACTING UP AND I PRESSED A LITTLE HARD TO STOP BEFORE A STOP LIGHT AND THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO DRIVE VERY SLOW TO GET MY TRUCK TO MY HOME AS I HAVE NO BRAKES. BY THE TIME I PARKED MY PARKING SPOT I GOT OUT AND OPENED MY HOOD TO LOOK AT THE BRAKE DRUM DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AND PROCEEDED TO LOOK UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK AND FOUND A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID JUST UNDER DRIVERS SIDE BOTTOM. I WAS AMAZED TO SEE THAT AND IT LOOKED SO RUSTED, COULDN'T PINPOINT WHERE THE LEAK IS COMING FROM ON THE LINES IT WAS ALL SOAKED WITH THE FLUID. RIGHT NOW I FEEL THAT THE GM CORPORATION SHOULD REPLACE ALL THE LINES AT A NO COST TO ME. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT AN INFERIOR PRODUCT ON THE TRUCK AND IT IS DANGEROUS THEY CAN HAVE SOMEONE KILLED IF THE BRAKES FAIL ON A HIGHER SPEED !!! THEY TRICKED THE CUSTOMER INTO BUYING A QUALITY MADE TRUCKS AND ITS NOT! IT IS MADE OF CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP QUALITY PARTS THAT I SPEND ON WITH MY MONEY WHEN I BROUGHT THE SIERRA 1500 NEW FROM A GM DEALER IN JULY 2004 MILEAGE AT THE TIME HAPPENED AROUND 118385. *TR

Mileage: 118,385

BRAKE FOR RR CROSSING, PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR. TOWED TO GARAGE. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE! BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE SAFETY BELTS, AIR BAGS, SAFETY GLASS, AND MANY OTHER SAFETY FEATURES ON CARS AND TRUCKS BUT DO NOT MAKE IT MANDATORY THAT ALL BRAKE COMPONENTS (LINES) ARE NOT MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL TUBING! BEING UNABLE TO STOP IN AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE CAN RESULT IN MANY CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENTS AND UNNECESSARY DEATHS OR INJURIES! *TR

Mileage: 73,841

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. ALSO, THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

Mileage: 104,000

DRIVING INTO THE VILLAGE, HAD TO STOP FOR SOMEONE MAKING A LEFT TURN, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. COMPLETE BRAKING FAILURE. NO ACCIDENT, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE RIGHT, BUT REAL SCARY, MY SON WAS WITH ME. GOT THE TRUCK HOME AND NOW ALL THE BRAKE FLUID RAN DOWN THE DRIVE WAY. LOOKS LIKE GM WENT CHEAP AGAIN, THE BRAKE LINES ARE HORRIBLY RUSTED AND THE FLUID IS LEAKING FROM AN AREA JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. *TR

Mileage: 42,397

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. DUE TO RUSTED LINES BRAKE FLUID POURED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 58,400

WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD MINIMAL BRAKING POWER. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY BUT THE BRAKES LINES ARE COMPLETELY GONE. THEY ARE ALL RUSTED AND HAVE SEVERAL HOLES IN THEM AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 85,600

DRIVING VEHICLE, AND LOST BRAKES. DISCOVERED THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THRU CAUSING LOSS OF FLUIDS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS I FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN YEAR MODEL GM VEHICLES. THIS IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND I CANT BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS. DOES IT REALLY TAKE DEATHS FOR GM TO ACT ON DEFECTS THEY ARE AWARE OF? I HAVE A 1988 JEEP WRANGLER AND THE BRAKE LINES LOOK A LOT BETTER THAN THOSE ON MY TRUCK. THE SAD THING IS YOU CANT EVEN BUY THE BREAK LINES FROM THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL THEM, WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK DEEPER INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE GETS KILLED OR INJURED. *TR

Mileage: 102,345

COMING UP DRIVEWAY IN 2004 GMC SIERRA PICKUP TRUCK AND WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR - NO BRAKES. HAD TO PUSH EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK, SAW FLUID LEAKING OUT BENEATH TRUCK UNDER DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND FOUND BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND BRAKE FLUID WAS DRAINING OUT. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH A DEER SUDDENLY JUMPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THEY EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FAILURE THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED WHICH CAUSED IT TO BURST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,892.

Mileage: 48,000

BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. PULLING INTO CAR WASH AND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK WENT OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR WASH. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS AS I PULL AN EQUIPMENT TRAILER WITH 7000 POUNDS ON IT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. I WILL NEVER OWN A GM PRODUCT AGAIN. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

Mileage: 214,000

ENTIRE BRAKE LINE FAILURE DO TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 123,467

BRAKES ENGAGED THE ANTILOCK DEVICE EVEN AS I WAS DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS HAPPENED OFTEN, AND IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL WITH FOLLOWING DISTANCE YOU'LL REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS HAPPENS IN A RANDOM FASHION THAT THE ANTILOCK DEVICE GETS ENGAGED. *JS

Mileage: 40,541

BRAKE FLUID LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. LOST BRAKES WITH FAMILY IN TRUCK WHILE AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND THREE (3) MILES FROM HOME. DROVE HOME ON SHOULDER OF ROAD WITH DRAG ON TRANSMISSION TO STOP. VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS HAS NOT BE RECALLED SOONER. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT A LOW SPEED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE BACKING IN DRIVEWAY, BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR WITH NO PRESSURE. LOST ALL FLUID IN SYSTEM. 3 BRAKE LINE TO BREAK IN 4 YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THE ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND SERVICE BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PUSH DOWN ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE STRIKING MY OTHER TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED BEHIND ME. BEING SOMEWHAT MECHANICALLY INCLINED, I SAW A LINE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK EXTENDING BENEATH IT. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK, ALMOST DIRECTLY BELOW THE DRIVERS SEAT AND SAW A BUNDLE OF STEEL BRAKE LINES THAT WERE NOTHING BUT A SOLID MASS OF RUST AND DRIPPING BRAKE FLUID! THE RUSTING IS SO BAD THAT I CAN'T TELL WHETHER IT'S ONE OR ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH! SINCE I'M RETIRED (AND DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE IN BAD WEATHER) AND HAVE ANOTHER OLDER TRUCK I DRIVE MOST OF THE TIME, THE GMC HAS RARELY SEEN BAD WEATHER (I PURCHASED IT NEW) AND WHEN IT DID IT WAS ALWAYS PRESSURE WASHED (UNDERNEATH) AT THE CAR WASH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SNOW OR ICE HAD ENDED! MY BROTHER WHO IS A MECHANIC RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE RUSTED BRAKES LINES ON A 2005 CHEVY TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

04 GMC SIERRA 1500 EXTENDED CAB FRONT STEEL BRAKE LINES CORROSION/RUSTED AND BURST CAUSED SUDDEN FLUID LEAKAGE AND FAILURE TO STOP PLACED ME IN A DANGEROUS/HAZARDOUS SITUATION. FINDING A RELIABLE SHOP, EXPENSIVE TOWING AND REPAIRS CAUSED TREMENDOUS BURDEN AND INCONVENIENCE. *TR

Mileage: 73,328

BRAKES WORKED PERFECTLY TO STOP VEHICLE ON A STEEP DOWNWARD HILL IN ORDER TO OPEN A GATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL OF MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER THE GATE WAS OPENED THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED DOWN THE HILL COASTING AND THERE WAS A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE TO AVOID GOING OVER A CLIFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH NO WARNING OF BRAKE FAILURE. FRONT AND REAR BREAKS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. NO WARNING BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR ON DASH EVER WENT ON. THIS OCCURRED ON MY PROPERTY AND DRIVER AND A PASSENGER WERE BOTH INJURED. BODY SHOP INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY IF THE FAILURE TOOK PLACE ON THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

FRAME RUST. *LN

Mileage: 100,000

THIS OCCURRED ON 8/13/2013 IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE TRUCK HAD 93461 MILES ON IT. WHILE MOVING MY 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500 TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR CHIME INDICATING A BRAKE SYSTEM ISSUE. THE DUAL MASTER CYLINDER SYSTEM ONLY PROVIDED ENOUGH BRAKING TO SLIGHTLY SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AND THE PARKING BRAKE DIDN'T HELP MUCH. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO A CORRODED STEEL BRAKE LINE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THESE LINES FREQUENTLY IN A LARGE NUMBER OF CHEVROLET AND GMC PICKUP TRUCKS. THEY REPLACED THE LINE AND I HAD PLANNED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE OTHER LINES IN A FEW MONTHS. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE AND APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES LATER, ANOTHER LINE FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CHIMES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I ESTIMATE THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10% BRAKING POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE PARKING BRAKE DID HELP SOME BUT IS NO A SUBSTITUTE FOR A REAL EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT THE OLDER VEHICLES USED TO HAVE. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS NOT EASY TO LIFT YOUR FOOT UP TO IT AS THE PEDAL IS MOUNTED SOMEWHAT HIGH OFF THE FLOOR. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THIS TIME IT WAS A STEEL LINE RUNNING TO THE MASTER CYLINDER AND COULD BE SEEN LEAKING FLUID FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAD THEM REPLACE ALL THE LINES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE NHTSA HASN'T DEMANDED A RECALL OF THESE VEHICLES FOR THE CORRODED BRAKE LINES AND THE FAILURE OF THE DUAL MASTER CYLINDER SYSTEM TO OFFER ANY RELIABLE METHOD OF STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE MUCH OLDER THAN THIS TRUCK AND THEIR LINES WERE ALWAYS RUST FREE AND NEVER FAILED. ALTHOUGH MOST ARE NOT RECORDED HERE, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GM TRUCK OWNERS REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 93,461

I WAS PARKING OUR 2004 GMC SIERRA PICK UP TRUCK WHEN MY FOOT WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK, I NOTICED ALL THE BRAKE FLUID DRAINING OUT OF THE BRAKE LINE ON TO THE GROUND. WHEN OUR MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT, HE SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED OUT AND THAT THE WHOLE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK WAS ENTIRELY RUSTED OUT. WHAT A DISGRACE. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH UPHILL, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING ANY FARTHER. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES LINES WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. IN ADDITION, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,600.

Mileage: 60,600

GOT IN MY CAR AND PROCEEDED TO GO DOWN THE ROAD I WAS DOING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR I HIT THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT THE WHOLE WAY TO THE FLOOR AFTER I GOT STOPPED AND CHECKED IT OUT THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 141,030

INCIDENT #1 WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD I APPLIED BRAKES TO DECELERATE FOR A 75 DEGREE RIGHT HAND BEND IN THE ROAD. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO COLUMN SHIFT DOWN THROUGH THIRD, SECOND, AND THEN TO FIRST GEAR, TO SLOW DOWN. I WAS UNABLE TO GET TO EMERGENCY BRAKE. FORTUNATELY IT WAS ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED ROAD AND THERE WAS NO ON COMING TRAFFIC AS I HAD TO VEER INTO THAT LANE TO MAKE THE TURN. I WAS ABLE TO HOBBLE HOME, WITH HAZARDS ON, BY DOWNSHIFTING TO SLOW DOWN. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE REAR BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED AND WERE REPLACED. INCIDENT #2 WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH TRAVELING DOWN HILL A RACCOON RAN ACROSS THE ROAD. I APPLIED BRAKES IN A DEFENSIVE MANNER AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I AGAIN HAD TO COLUMN SHIFT THROUGH THIRD, SECOND, AND THEN HOBBLE DOWN HILL IN FIRST GEAR. I WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I WAS ABLE TO HOBBLE HOME DOWN SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. THE TRUCK WAS AGAIN TO SAME SHOP AND I HAD THEM REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 126,841

I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP. I MANEUVERED PAST SEVERAL VEHICLES ALMOST STRIKING THEM. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER SOME DISTANCE PAST THE INTERSECTION. I AM A POLICE OFFICER WITH 25 YEARS ON THE JOB. I HAVE ATTENDING VARIOUS DRIVING COURSES RELATED TO MY PROFESSION. IF A LAY PERSON WAS IN THIS SITUATION A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I BARELY ESCAPED THE ACCIDENT DUE IN PART TO TRAINING AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF LUCK. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAD STOPPED NORMAL AT THREE PRIOR INTERSECTIONS WITHOUT GIVING ANY WARNING OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I HAVE READ ON LINE THE THEORY ABOUT THE SALT CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE BRAKE LINES. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE IN THE SNOW SINCE IT IS A SPARE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS 72000 MILES A LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE MILES DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY (SUMMER AND FALL). I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN 2004. THE COST TO REPAIR THE BRAKE LINES WAS $1,100 DOLLARS. A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE IN REGARDS TO THIS DEFECT BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. I HAD A MECHANIC SHOP REPAIR THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY HAD NO OTHER REPORTED FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE. A QUICK LOOK ON VARIOUS WEBSITES SHOWED THAT TO BE A FALSE CLAIM. ANYONE DRIVING THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES PLEASE HAVE YOUR BRAKE LINES INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. *TR

Mileage: 72,423

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSED PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

Mileage: 97,000

WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY DRIVER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL WHICH SANK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH APPROX 5 PERCENT BRAKING POWER. DRIVER LIFTED OFF AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIX PROBLEM AT THIS POINT A DASH LIGHT AND ALARM ILLUMINATED TO WARN OF BRAKE ISSUES; BRAKING POWER WAS STILL ONLY 5 PERCENT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF LIGHT TRAFFIC AND PLENTY OF RUN OFF AREA. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND RUPTURED UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE 6 BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACES DUE TO CORROSION. VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN IN NORTHERN WINTERS AND HAS NOT BEEN ON ANY BEACHES. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WHEN TO THE FLOOR, WITHOUT SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED IMMEDIATELY IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION (RUST) ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR LINE. THE OTHER THREE LINES WERE IN A SIMILAR STATE AND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO FAIL AT ANY TIME. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE MESSAGE CENTER THAT THERE WAS EVER INADEQUATE PRESSURE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM EVEN WHEN IT WAS STEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. *TR

Mileage: 64,970

THE BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK ROTTED OFF AND IT COST OVER A GRAND TO FIX THEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE DETERIORATING AND THE MATERIAL WAS RUSTED. AS A RESULT, BRAKE FLUID WS CONSTANTLY LEAKING AND THE BRAKES HAD BECOME HARD TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

Mileage: 78,000