1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

WAS AT BOAT RAMP PULLING TRAILER OUT OF WATER, LOUD POP, PARKED THE TRUCK. CAME BACK TO TRUCK AFTER BOATING TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES. HAD FRONT BRAKE LINE REPLACED, VEHICLE SAT FOR APRX. 2-3 WEEKS WENT TO HOOK BOAT UP ONLY TO FIND THAT WHEN I WENT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUPTURED! HAVE ALWAYS OWNED CHEVY VEHICLES, TIME TO LISTEN TO MY FATHERS ADVICE AND GO TO FORD! *TR

BACKING BOAT INTO WATER AT BOAT RAMP. APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, SLAMMED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT LOSING MY BOAT AND TRUCK. INSPECTED ALL LINES--ALL CORRODED AND SEEPING BRAKE FLUID. TRUCK HAS ONLY 105,000 MILES, WAS RUSTPROOFED AND UNDERCARRIAGE WASH EVERY WEEK DURING WINTER. HAVE HAD CHEVY VEHICLES AND RAN THEM UP TO 300,000 MILES IN THE 70'S AND 80'S AND NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE. IT IS OBVIOUS THE LINES ARE OF LOW QUALITY-PURCHASED SS LINES PENDING REPAIR. *TR

PURCHASED WIND DEFLECTORS FOR FRONT AND PASSENGER WINDOWS FOR CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1999 LS FROM MCNEIL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, 1 MCNEIL COURT, BOLINGBROOK, IL 60440 (PHONE 1-630-769-1500, FAX 1-630-769-0300). FRONT RIGHT WINDOW DEFLECTOR SEPARATED FROM CAR AFTER A MONTH OF DRIVING AND CRASHING TO THE GROUND MISSING THE MOTORCYCLIST BEHIND ME. SHIPPED 1/27/13 INSTALLED WEEK OF 2/4/13 DROVE AT SPEEDS UP TO 80 MPH ON IH 130 WITH WINDOWS CLOSED AND UP TO 55 MPH WITH WINDOWS OPEN OR CRACKED. WEATHER WAS GOOD DURING THAT PERIOD IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR DRIVING WITH OPEN WINDOWS. RIGHT FRONT WIND DEFLECTOR DEPARTED CAR 3/8/13 ON MOPAC SOUTH ACCESS ROAD JUST NORTH OF DUVAL. I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND LUCKILY THE DEFLECTOR FELL ON THE CURB AND GUTTER AND DID NOT HIT THE MOTORCYCLE BEHIND ME. REMOVED THE LEFT FRONT WIND DEFLECTOR FOR SAFETY. COMPLAINED TO MCNEIL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS ON 4/5/2013 VIA PHONE. CONNECTION WAS NOT CLEAR, BELIEVE THE PERSONS FIRST NAME WAS [XXX]. SHE CLAIMED THAT I HAD NOT INSTALLED THE PART CORRECTLY. I COUNTERED THAT THE PART WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED A MONTH ON THE WINDOW AT THE SPEEDS IT WAS SUBJECTED TO IF NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. SHE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND ME NEW FRONT WINDOW DEFLECTORS, THEY NEVER ARRIVED. THAT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE I MADE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT I WAS GOING TO COMPLAIN TO YOU IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I TOOK MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 IN FOR SERVICE AT A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHO, UPON ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE VEHICLE ON A HOIST, INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED DUE TO THE FRAME BEING RUSTED THROUGH ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THEY LOWERED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT ONTO ANOTHER SERVICE AREA WITH A PIT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED FROM UNDERNEATH WITHOUT THE USE OF A HOIST. THE SERVICE REPAIR TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME THE SIGNIFICANT RUST DAMAGE TO THE FRAME AND ADVISED ME NOT TO SINK ANY MONEY INTO REPAIRS DUE TO THE FACT THE VEHICLE STRUCTURE COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME DUE TO FRAME BREAKAGE. I WAS TOLD BY A FORMER ENGINEER AT GM THAT THE FRAMES WERE SOURCED TO MAGNA CORPORATION AND THAT BRAND NEW VEHICLES WERE EXHIBITING FRAME BENDING WHEN BEING LOADED AND CLAMPED DOWN ON DELIVERY TRUCK TRAILERS. THE SUPPLIER MUST HAVE COMPROMISED THE MATERIALS AND PROCESSING OF THE TRUCK FRAMES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE CONTRACT FROM GM. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY PROBLEM DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OF BOTH GM AND THE SUPPLIER OF THE TRUCK FRAMES. I ALSO HAD EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE IN 2011 DUE TO THE BRAKE LINES RUSTING FROM THE OUTSIDE, WHICH WOULD ALSO INDICATE COMPROMISED MATERIALS AND PROCESSING. I NOTICED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED TO THE NHTSA ON THIS SITE ABOUT BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXTERNAL RUST FOR 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCKS JUST LIKE MINE. I AM AFRAID THAT MANY OF THOSE VEHICLE OWNERS HAVE NOT YET NOTICED THAT THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TRUCK FRAME FAI

REAR BRAKE LINE (NOT BRAKE HOSE) RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. I WAS STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LINE RUPTURED BUT, WAS FIVE MINUTES FROM GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS PULLING A TRAILER WHEN THE RUPTURE OCCURRED. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING. MY DRIVEWAY IS ON A STEEP HILL BUT, I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE ENTERING THE STREET. VERY DANGEROUS. I USE THIS VEHICLE EVERY DAY. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER AND HEADED FOR THE INTERSTATE, AS STATED EARLIER. I THOUGHT THESE VEHICLES WITH THE SPLIT MASTER CYLINDER STILL PROVIDED SOME BRAKING IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS. APPARENTLY NOT. *TR

WHILE COMING DOWN A HILL TO A RED LIGHT, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR. AS IT WENT TO THE FLOOR I HEARD A NOISE, TURNED MY WHEEL TO ADVOID HITTING THE CAR INFRONT OF ME, I RAN OVER A SPEED LIMIT SIGN, ONLY TO MISS A BUILDING BY APPLING THE PARKING BRAKE. I WAS ONLY GOING 25MPH. A COP BEHIND ME HEARD THE POP AND STOP TO SEE IF WE (ME, MY FIANCE AND CHILD) WERE ALRIGHT. WHEN I TALK TO MY MECHANIC, HE SAID THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF REPORTS OF THE BREAK LINES FAILING IN THE SILVERADO. THAT MOST OF HIS OTHER CLIENTS THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM CALL A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY EITHER PAID FOR THE REPAIRS OR GIVEN UP TO $500 TO THE REPAIRS. I CALL JBA CHEVROLET IN GLEN BURNIE MARYLAND, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE UNWARE OF SUCH A PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO LOOK INTO OR HELP IN THE REPAIR. I HAVE READ OF THE CONCERNS/REPORTS OF OTHERS AND I AM WONDERING WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL. FAMILIES ARE AT RISK. WHAT ACTIONS CAN I AND OTHER DRIVERS TAKE? CHEVY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

ALL BRAKES LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY RUSTED THROUGH. BRAKES HAD FAILED WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT THEN MYSTERIOUSLY CAME BACK LOCKED ON ONE SIDE (LEFT REAR). *TR

DEAR SIR OR MADAM, I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. I JUST HAD THE BRAKE LINES BURST ON MY CHEVY PICKUP. HAVING HEARD IT REPORTED ON THE LOCAL NEWS AND READING ABOUT IT ON LINE THAT. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS, GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THEIR LOW QUALITY WORK. TOYOTA HAD TO FIX THEIR GAS PEDAL ISSUE, THIS IS A FAR WORSE ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE NO BRAKES AND YOUR CAR IS FULL OF PEOPLE. *TR

REPLACED BRAKES AND CALIPERS BLEED SYSTEM THEN WENT TO DRIVE AND WHEN STOPPING NO PEDAL AT AL. REAR BRAKES WORK FRONTS DON'T. REBLED BRAKES AND WITH BOTH FRONT LINES OFF THERE IS NO FLUID COMING OUT THE LINES AND WHEN TESTING THE REAR I GET FLUID COMING OUT. MY TRUCK IS DISABLED TILL I CAN FIX THIS. *TR

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHEN SLOWING TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A GAS STATION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKE FUNCTION. AFTER INSPECTION I FOUND A HOLE RUSTED IN ONE OF THE METAL BRAKE LINES JUST BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME WERE CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE BRAKE LINE ON MY CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP RUPTURED DO TO RUST. THE LINE IS LOCATED JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. IT RUNS FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS BLOCK. *TR

I JUST SPENT OVER 2K REPLACING ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL THE WAY THE FACTORY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT ORIGINALLY ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY MECHANIC ALMOST HIT THE BAY DOOR WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. THE LOCAL GM DEALER THAT REPLACED THE LINES HAD ANOTHER CHEVY IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAID THEY ARE GETTING 1 TO 2 PER WEEK WITH THE SAME, EXACT PROBLEM! I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE LINE BLEW OUT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED AND GM NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. *TR

BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. TO DO THE REPAIR THE REAR CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE BOTH THE BLEEDERS AND LINE CONNECTIONS WERE SEIZED. FLASH FORWARD ONE YEAR AND NOW THE FRONT LINES FRONT HOSES AND FRONT CALIPERS NEED THE SAME THING. *TR

WHEN STOPPING AT STOP SIGN PEDAL WENT ALMOST ALL WAY TO THE FLOOR. CYCLES PEDAL A FEW TIMES AFTERTHOUGHT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. STILL WENT TO FLOOR AND HEARD AROUND LIKE AIR OR WATER RUSHING AT EACH PUSH OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND LEAK ON TOP SIDE OF MAIN BRAKE LINE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID IN UPWARD DIRECTION INTO REAR DRIVERSIDE CAB FLOOR. BRAKELINE APPEARS TO BE PITTED WITH CORROSION WITH LARGE HOLE. I DO NOT LIVE IN A SALT AIR ENVIRONMENT. *TR

I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AS WELL AS THE POLICE OFFICER I ALMOST HIT AT THE STOPLIGHT AND THE PEOPLE IN CROSS TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE PUSHED HIM INTO, WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. NO WARNING LIGHTS TO TELL ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND STILL NO WARNING LIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO BRAKES. THE ONLY REASON I WAS ABLE TO STOP IS BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING THE FULL SPEED LIMIT DUE TO GROCERIES STACKED ON THE SEAT BESIDE ME; WITH DOWNSHIFTING TO LOW RANGE ONE AND PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY TO GAIN MAYBE 5 TO 10% PRESSURE, I ONLY STOPPED ABOUT 5 TO 10 FEET BEHIND THE OFFICER. ADD ANOTHER 10-15 MPH AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. AN AVERAGE DRIVER WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY WRECKED AT FULL SPEED. THE LINE BURST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, UNDER WHERE THE DOOR JAM STARTS. ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED. I'VE HAD TWO 1971 CHEVY TRUCKS AND A 1964 PLYMOUTH VALIANT CONVERTIBLE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM EVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF, STILL LOOKS NEW, REGULARLY COMPLIMENTED ON ITS CONDITION AND LOOKS AND IT ALMOST KILLED PEOPLE! *TR

PUT BRAKES ON AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, FINALLY GOT TRUCK STOPPED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING FROM UNDER CAB. THE BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED. *TR

ON OCT. 10 2012, A CAR STOP REAL FAST IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES. THEY DID NOT WORK, WENT A AROUND HER AND STILL COULD NOT STOP. WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT,DODGING TRAFFIC. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MY TRUCK I WOULD HAVE HIT 6 DIFFERENT CARS. I MADE IT THROUGH THAT, WENT INTO PARKING LOT STILL COULD NOT STOP. I WAS HEAD FOR A BUSINESS AND IF I DID NOT TURN THE WHEEL WHEN I DID I WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT INTO IT. I HIT A TREE SO I COULD STOP. UPON CHECKING THE BRAKE LINES WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WE RUSTED THROUGH. NOT ONLY ARE THE BRAKE LINES BUT THE FUEL LINES ARE ALSO LIKE THIS. I LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THO DRIVE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED THAT DAY, THANK GOD I HAD SOMEONE WATCHING OVER ME ON THAT DAY. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND CAUSED A BREAK WHERE BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED THROUGH THE LINE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. LOSS OF BRAKING DISTANCE. NO ACCIDENT. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE BURST. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

THANKFULLY AFTER REMOVING MY BOX OF MY TRUCK TO REPAIR RUST, I NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION/RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE THAT FEEDS THE REAR CALIPERS (ENOUGH CORROSION WHERE IT WAS BOWING OUT AND SLIGHTLY LEAKING). I WENT OUT AND PURCHASED CORROSION PROOF FLEX LINE AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE LINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE ENTIRE LINE IS BASICALLY CORRODED AWAY. I STARTED LOOKING AT THE OTHER LINES AND THEY ALL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM ALL NOR DO I HAVE THE TIME, READING ONLINE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, THIS IS PUTTING MANY LIVES AT RISK! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. GM NEEDS TO BE HELD FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS PULLING IP TO A STOP SIGN AND MY THROTTLE STUCK AND I HAD NO CONTROL TO STOP IT AND A GUY HIT ME IN THE FRONT END WHERE ALL THE SENSORS TO MY AIRBAGS WERE AND THEY NEVER DEPLOYED AND THE GUY WAS GOING 95 MPH WHEN HE HIT ME. *TR

COMING HOME FROM VERMONT AND 6 MILES A WAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON,CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR I WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER,GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING AND LOOKED UNDER AND SAW BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED, NICE SIZE HOLE. *TR

WAS MOVING THE TRUCK INTO GARAGE TO CHANGE OIL.. HIT BRAKES AND PEDAL DROPPED A BIT, BRAKE FLUID FROM RUSTED OUT LINE JUST BELOW DRIVERS FLOORBOARD. I'VE HEARD THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE...THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LINE TO GO..THIS IS A BAD DESIGN. I LIVE IN NORTHERN INDIANA...PART OF THE SALT BELT. *TR

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAKING BY THEMSELVES, THE HEADS HAVE FALLEN OFF LEADING TO EXHAUST LEAKING! *TR

WAS IN TRAFFIC WENT TO BACK UP AND HEARD A POP. IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SUN SHELL GEAR FAILING. (AAMCO TRANSMISSION SAID SO). I WAS ON A HILL SO WHEN FAILED IT ROLLED FORWARD. STOPPED IT JUST IN TIME TO JUST BUMP CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WASN'T ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE SO DIDN'T FILE. HOWEVER I'VE DONE RESEARCH AND THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT ON THESE TRUCKS. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AS I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THANKS. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO BRAKE LINES RUSTING THROUGH. I HAD THE BRAKES FAIL ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING MY DRIVE WAY AND NOT ON THE ROAD TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE BRAKES TOTALLY FAILED AND AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE I DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT DUE TO ROT. I WAS TRAVELING ~50 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF A HIGHWAY WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS FORCED TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO THE CONCRETE DIVIDER AND USE THE PARKING BRAKE. I SIDESWIPED ONE CAR. AS THE POLICE TOOK MY REPORT ALL BRAKE FLUID LEAK OUT FROM MULTIPLE RUPTURES. *TR

DROVE 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO UP DRIVEWAY PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO FLOOR ALMOST HIT HOUSE. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND SAW THAT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED INTO LEAKING ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID OUT OF THE RESERVOIR ON,TO DRIVEWAY. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD OR ANYONE IN AREA...PLEASE MAKE GM STAND GOOD FOR THERE PRODUCTS THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO LET SLIDE BY. *TR

LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKES, PEDAL TO FLOOR. FOUND STEEL LINE TO ABS VALVE BLOWN, DUE TO CORROSION. *TR

I FILED A COMPLAINT ON 12/28/2004 REGARDING THE STEERING BOX BOLTS BREAKING LOOSE AND THE VEHICLE LOSING ALL STEERING CAPABILITY. GENERAL MOTORS WAS AWARE OF A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN. THEY DID PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, BUT ALL THE DID WAS REPLACE THE BOLTS. MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE. ON 6/28/12, THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AGAIN WITH ALL THREE BOLTS BROKEN AND NO STEERING. I CONTACTED GM . AFTER TWO WEEKS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH GM, THEY ARE REFUSING TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND ARE ATTRIBUTING THE BOLTS AND STEERING BOX BREAKING TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THE BREAK OTHER THAN THE THREE BOLTS ARE BROKEN IN HALF. I AM LUCKY THAT MY SON WHO WAS DRIVING WAS NOT GOING AT A FASTER SPEED, OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY CRASH. GM IS NOT WILLING TO LOOK AT THIS FURTHER OR TO PAY TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. THEY ARE RECOMMENDING REPLACING THE BOLTS, THE STEERING BOX, AND THE LOWER INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AT MY COST WHICH IS ABOUT $900. I FIRST THINK THEY SHOULD ADMIT THIS IS A PROBLEM HAVING HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME VEHICLE AND TO LOOK FURTHER AT WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED. THEY DID HAVE A RECALL OF 99 CHEVY'S WITH THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND NOW HAS IT AGAIN. MY CONCERN IS MOSTLY THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND WHETHER I WILL LET MY SON CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ONCE IT IS REPAIRED. THEY SHOULD ALSO PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. *TR

I NOTICED GAS TANK HANGING DOWN UNDER TRUCK ABOUT 8 IN. OFF GROUND WHEN I GOT HOME.LOOKED UNDER AND NOTICED FRONT GAS TANK STRAP COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH.STRAP HAS PLASTIC COATING ON STEEL STRAP.WATER TRAPPED BETWEEN PLASTIC COATING AND STEEL AND RUSTED THOUGHT.JUST LUCKY BACK STRAP HELD OR COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY WITH 30 GALLONS OF GAS HITTING THE ROAD WHILE TRAVELING,NOT ONLY FOR MY FAMILY BUT FOR ANYONE BEHIND ME. *JS

I WAS GOING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME AND THAT I STILL HAD THE FRONT BRAKES. I LIMPED IT HOME AND WHEN I GOT BACK BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING OUT OF THE LINES THAT RUN ON THE FRAME JUST UNDER THE GAS TANK. EVERYTHING UNDER THE TRUCK IS RUSTED. THE ROCKER PANELS ARE ALSO RUSTED OUT. THE TRUCK BED IS RUSTED ON ALL SIDES AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS TANK ON. THEY WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. I HAD ONE STRAP THAT HAD FALLEN OFF WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR. *TR

BRAKE LINE BURST AND RENDERED MY TRUCK BRAKELESS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY RUST PRONE BRAKELINES THEY PUT ON THESE TRUCKS. I WAS LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS STOPPED. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE IN REVERSE. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY, BUT HAD BECOME A PERMANENT FAILURE. THE BRAKE HAD TO BE DEPRESSED WITH FORCE AND THE GEAR HAD TO BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITHOUT A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE AND IT WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GRASSY FIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE FILED A REPAIR AND PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM AGAINST THE CONSUMER. UPDATED 08/30/12

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT AREAS ON THE TRUCK WHERE RUSTING OUT. BUT WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO THE LINES BEING RUSTED THROUGH I WAS VERY UPSET. I DO REALIZE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS FROM NORMAL WEAR BUT THE RUSTING IS EXTENSIVE.I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AS I DO HOPE THAT THIS WILL NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CRACKED AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 205,000.

THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1999. IT NOW HAS ONLY 45,000 ORIGINAL MILES. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE PASSENGER'S SEAT MOVED FORWARD SLIGHTLY WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS NOW DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. APPARENTLY THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ASSIST? *TR

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING TO BAY CITY MICHIGAN TO GO SHOPPING. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE AS THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF HERS, MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. AFTER A SECOND OR TWO OF FAIRLY HARD BRAKING, THE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE HITTING THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF HERS. THANKFULLY THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE SHOULDER THAT SHE COULD PULL OFF AND SLOWLY COME TO A STOP. *TR

REAR MAIN BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXTREME RUSTING CONDITION. THIS LINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER CHASSIS RAIL. FURTHER INSPECTION OF ALL BRAKE LINES RESULTED IN A VERY RUSTED CONDITION. *TR

1999 SILVERADO EXCESSIVE ROT ON FRAME JUST ASIDE OF FUEL TANK, LOWER CHANNEL OF FRAME GONE STARTING TO CRACK GOING VERTICAL. ALSO REAR SPRING PERCHES ROTTED TO POINT OF NO REPAIR.. TRUCK IS STREET DRIVEN NEVER OFF ROAD AM SECOND OWNER OF TRUCK. HAVE HAD OLDER CHEVYS WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS AS THIS. GOOGLE FRAME ROT 99 SILVERADO ITS NOT JUST MINE CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE..."WE HAVEN HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THAT ON THAT VEHICLE" SHOULDN'T FRAMES LAST LONGER? *TR *KB

ON MARCH 12 2012 I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A ROAD GOING TO WORK WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. DRIVER DID NOT SEE ME THEREFORE KEPT ON GOING SO I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES AND SWERVED TO THE LEFT AVOIDING A CRASH.. AT THAT TIME WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS WAS ACTIVATED BUT IT TOOK CONSIDERABLY LONGER TO STOP THE TRUCK SINCE I HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING EFFORT... I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE 4 LINES THAT WERE CLUSTERED TOGETHER ON THE FRAME BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS CONTROLLER HAD BURST. ALL 4 OF THE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY. IN ADDITION, TODAY MARCH 16 2012 I WENT BY THE SHOP TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD DONE ON THE REPAIR.. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD REPAIRED THE LINE AND WHEN HE WAS BLEEDING THE BRAKES, ANOTHER ONE OF THE LINES HAD BURST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, IN A SNOWSTORM, I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR, THAT HAD LOST CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO NARROWLY MISS HIM, BUT WHEN I WENT TO STOP, MY BRAKES HIT THE FLOOR. I WAS REALLY LUCKY NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND, BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOP. *TR

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH ROTTED ROTORS, PADS THAT DON'T WEAR RIGHT, BRAKE LINES THAT ROTTED AND RUSTED AWAY THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ALL REPLACED IN JULY OF 2006. A SIX YEAR OLD MOTOR VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE LINES REPLACED. THE BILL WAS $1,200. NEXT A ABS FRONT WHEEL SENSOR RECALL WAS DONE AT BEST CHEVY, HINGHAM, MASS. THE ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF AT THEIR OWN PACE. I HAD NEW FRONT BEARINGS INSTALLED, HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK FOR CODES. NOTHING. THE BRAKES JUST NEVER FELT RIGHT SOMETIMES. I WORKED AS A AUTO MECHANIC FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. BY THE WAY I TOOK GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE, GM MUST OF USED SUB STANDARD BRAKE TUBING, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO DECAYED AFTER 6 YEARS. ON APRIL 29, 2011 I WAS DRIVING HOME AND HAD STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM MY HOME. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I ACCELERATED UP TO ABOUT 30 MPH AND WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. HERE WE GO AGAIN. AS I NEARED THE ENTRANCE TO MY STREET SOME 300 FEET AWAY , I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE GAS AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW. AT ABOUT 200 FEET I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT SEEMED OK BUT AS I GOT NEARER TO THE STREET I FOUND MYSELF NEEDING TO PUSH DOWN MORE AND MORE. I WAS AT 15 MPH AND READY TO BEGIN MY TURN AND FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MY LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BEGUN TO LIGHTLY SKID. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WAS DOWN AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND BEFORE I COULD GET MY LEFT FOOT ONTO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND APPLY IT, THE LEFT SIDE

BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED BY BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION. UPON INSPECTION, ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT DISCONNECTED FROM ITS SEAT TRACKS. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR BRUISING ON HIS KNEES AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PLASTIC PARTS ON THE SEAT ADJUSTER FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 02/17/12 *BF THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER IT WOULD COST $ 816.OO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 02/22/12

I WAS LEAVING GIANT EAGLE GROCERY STORE. I PULLED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AND PULLED UP TO THE CROSSWALK. THERE WAS A MOTHER WITH HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN CROSSING. I PUT ON MY BRAKES TO STOP TO LET THEM CROSS AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THANKFULLY I PUT ON THE PARKING BRAKE AND STOPPED TWO FEET FROM RUNNING THEM OVER, I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK AND SAW ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE WAS BLOWN OUT. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. THIS IS THE SECOND BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON THIS TRUCK. ONE OF MY REAR BRAKE LINES FAILED DO TO CORROSION LAST YEAR. I PATCHED THAT ONE AND I'M GOING TO PATCH THIS ONE SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN NOT IF THE BRAKE LINES CAUSE MY DEATH OR SOME INNOCENT PEOPLE TO DIE WHEN I CRASH INTO THEM BECAUSE OF THESE CHEAP JUNK BRAKE LINES GM PUT ON THESE TRUCKS! *TR

ON JANUARY 11 2012 I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 1999 HOME FROM WORK. IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT WITH CLEAR ROAD CONDITIONS. I WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES, AND AS WAS THE CASE WHEN THE BRAKE LINES BLEW IN MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 2000 I FELT LITTLE TO NO PRESSURE BEFORE THE PEDAL SLAMMED TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO PAY $300 FOR NEW LINES. THE REAR AXLE BRAKE LINES ON BOTH SIDES BLEW, AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE BRAKE CALIPER FROM THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BRAKE LINES REPAIRED BY A DEALER AT NO COST TO ME, AS I HAD THEM DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS. I HAVE FAITH IN GM, AND CONTINUE TO BUY NOTHING BUT GM PRODUCTS, AND WOULD LIKE MY PROBLEM REPAIRED WITH THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY THAT I HAVE SEEN WITH GM PRODUCTS IN MY HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP. *TR

I HAD JUST FINISHED REPLACING THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND PADS. (I CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY BRAKE JOBS I HAVE DONE IN MY CAREER). I WENT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE. EVERYTHING FELT FINE UNTIL I MADE A HARD STOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD VIRTUALLY NO BRAKES AT ALL. I AM A BRAKE SYSTEMS ENGINEER WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE, SO I KNEW I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I PUT THE TRUCK BACK UP ON MY LIFT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SOLID BRAKE LINE FROM THE ABS UNIT TO THE REAR AXLE HAD RUPTURED AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT IT WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. ALL THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE ALSO SEVERELY RUSTED AND APPEAR AS IF THEY COULD RUPTURE AT ANY MOMENT. I DROPPED THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACED THE RUPTURED LINE WITH A NEW ONE I FABRICATED. I DO THIS TYPE OF WORK ON NEARLY A DAILY BASIS SO I AM QUALIFIED TO DO SO. IT WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED IN A LIGHTLY TRAVELED OFFICE PARK AND NOT WHEN I REALLY NEEDED THE BRAKES OR IN TRAFFIC. IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, AS AN AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS ENGINEER WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE BRAKE INDUSTRY, THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE IF THEY HAVE SPENT ANY SIGNIFICANT TIME IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXCESSIVE MOISTURE OR WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY INJURED OR WORSE. I WILL NO LONGER TRANSPORT MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION THE RESULT WOULD ALMOST DEFINITELY HA