1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

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

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

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

TOOK MY 1999 CHEVY EXT CAB IN FOR SERVICE. PUT IT ON THE LIFT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE FRAME CRACKED. NOTIFIED GM AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND WHEN I ASKED THEM WHO WAS PAYING THE BILL THEY TOLD ME I WAS. UNABLE TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW WELDING ON THE FRAME IN THIS STATE. I ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH MANAGEMENT AND LET THEM KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. NEVER GOT IT FIXED BECAUSE OF THE PRICE TAG TO DO IT I AM GOING TO RUN IT TO THE JUNK YARD TO GET READ OF IT. I HAVE KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NEVER ANY RECALLS. PLEASE LET PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO BUY GMS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL JUNK AND GM WANT FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THEM. *TR

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

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE QUICKLY INTHE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THE STEERING IS VERY SLOPPY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 30 MPH. AT HIGHER SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL WONDER ALL OVER THE ROAD MAKING IT VERY HARD TO OPERATE SAFELY. *TR

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

FRAME IS RUSTING ALONG WITH BUMPER AND ROCKER PANELS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH A POTENTIAL BUYER RIDING ALONG. WE HAD REACHED AN OPEN FARM FIELD AT THE EDGE OF TOWN AND HAD ENGAGED THE 4X4 TO VERIFY IT. AFTER FOUR-WHEELING A BIT, WE HEADED BACK TO THE MAIN ROAD, BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW FROM 35 MPH TO STOP AND DISENGAGE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THE BRAKE PEDAL PLUNGED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY FAILURE WARNING, AND WE CONTINUED SAILING OUT ONTO THE STATE HIGHWAY COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED AND STILL TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ENOUGH TO STAY MOSTLY OUT OF THE OPPOSITE DITCH, BUT I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SWERVE BACK INTO THE DITCH, FINALLY ROLLING TO A STOP AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC PASSED. THANK GOD WE NARROWLY MISSED BEING IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. WE WERE BOTH SHOOK UP BY THE NEAR MISS, AND I SAT FOR A MINUTE TRYING TO COLLECT MY NERVES BEFORE HEADING BACK TO TOWN. I SWITCHED THE 4X4 BACK INTO TWO-WHEEL DRIVE, BUT KEPT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN SECOND GEAR BACK TO HOME. I TOOK A ROUTE THAT HAD VERY FEW STOP SIGNS, BUT HAD TO SLOW FOR THOSE FEW BY DOWNSHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR, USING THE TOW/HAUL FEATURE ON THE TRANSMISSION TO INCREASE ANY AVAILABLE ENGINE BRAKING, AND PUMPING THE NOW USELESS BRAKE PEDAL LIKE A MANIAC. I GOT THE TRUCK AND US BACK HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, BUT ALSO WITHOUT ANY DASH BOARD WARNINGS WHATSOEVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I LOST THE SALE. I CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK, AND IT WAS DRIPPING BRAKE FLUID STEADILY FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WARRANTS A SAFETY RECALL, BUT TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE T

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS ALERTED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

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

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE LOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRACTURED, CAUSING THE SEAT TO SLIDE FORWARD AND PIN THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISING TO THE KNEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

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

AFTER FILLING UP MY TRUCK AND GOT SPEED UP TO ABOUT 65MPH MY GAS GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY AND THEN WOULD COME BACK UP AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR ROCKING THE TRUCK BACK AND FORTH , ALSO THE LIGHT ON THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER KEPT GOING OUT AND COULDN'T TELL WHAT GEAR I WAS IN, COULD PECK ON CONSOLE AND LIGHT MIGHT COME BACK ON BUT STAYS OFF MOST OF THE TIME NOW. NOW THE FUEL GAUGE STILL ACTS UP AND IT DOES NOT GIVE AND ACCURATE READING.HAVE TO SET MY TRIP TIMER EACH TIME I FILLUP SO I WILL KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE UNLESS SOMEONE STEALS A LOT OF IT THEN I USUALLY RUN OUT OF GAS ALONG SIDE THE ROAD. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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

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

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

MY VEHICLE WAS WRECKED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE THAT HIT MY VEHICLE WAS GOING EXCESSIVE SPEEDS (50-60MPH) AND RAN A STOP SIGN. DURING THE INCIDENT A PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. THE FRONT AXEL WAS BROKEN AND THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS TORN OFF INCLUDING THE AXEL AND BRAKES. THERE WAS SO MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN THAT NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED DURING IMPACT. THE VEHICLE ADVERTISES DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS. *TR

MANUAL DRIVERS SEAT ADJUSTER/LOCK FAILED ALLOWING DRIVER TO BE SLAMMED INTO STEERING WHEEL ON BRAKING. SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK IN ANY POSITION AND WOULD SLAM TO THE REAR OF THE ADJUSTMENT RAILS WITH SLIGHTEST ACCELERATION. THIS CREATED A COMPLETELY UNSTABLE PLATFORM FROM WHICH TO DRIVE AND PRESENTS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE SITUATION IF/WHEN THE VEHICLE IS USED. I HAVE GONE ONLINE TO RESEARCH THIS SITUATION AND FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN LARGE NUMBERS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, SOME WITH ACCIDENTS RESULTING FROM THE SITUATION. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM IS A PLASTIC PART IN THE LOCKING MECHANISM WHICH BREAKS/FAILS. SOME HAVE REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLE OWNERS MUST PAY $400.00 OR SO TO GET THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. I AM AN 86 YEAR OLD ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND FEEL THAT, BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD CAUSED BY THIS SITUATION, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL REPAIR AND NOT AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR ANY OWNER. MY SON, WHO IS VISITING FROM OREGON, IS GOING TO TRY TO GET MY PICKUP TO THE NEAREST GM DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY, 25 NOVEMBER FOR NECESSARY REPAIRS, AS, IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION, IT IS TOTALLY UNSAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE NHTSA ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION AND REQUIRING GM TO ISSUE A RECALL DUE TO THE HAZARD INVOLVED. *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING REGULAR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME FRACTURED ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 141,425. *TR