2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

I OWN A 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK AND HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM(S) WITH DOORS UNTIL ON AUGUST 18, 2016 THE POWER LOCK MECHANISM FOR THE PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR STILL WORKED. I FELT THAT MY KEY TO THE DOORS WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT IT WOULD NOT OPEN. THE KEY DID WORK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE SLIDE BAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ALSO COULD NOT MOVE THUS RENDERING THAT DOOR IN A CONSTANT STATE OF BEING LOCKED. I BECAME VERY CONCERNED THAT A VEHICLE COULD BE MADE WITH POWER LOCKS AND NOT HAVE SOME SYSTEM TO MANUALLY ALLOW THE OPENING OF THE VEHICLE. IF THE VEHICLE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS THE PASSENGER DOOR THE OCCUPANT COULD FACE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SEVERE SAFETY RISK. NOW I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE TRUCK FOR FEAR THIS MIGHT HAPPEN ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND I WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF TRUCK.

AS I WAS MAKING A TURN AFTER A STOP (WHICH FELT SOMEWHAT SLUGGISH OF A STOP) I WENT TO TAP THE BRAKES AND EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. I WAS ON A DESCENT AND IMMEDIATELY THREW THE TRUCK INTO PARK TO CUT THE POWER TO WHEELS AND PRESSED EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD A SPLIT SECOND TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO AS THE ROAD WAS CAUSING RAPID ACCELERATION. I SAW ONE CHANCE TO DRIVE OVER A DITCH AND INTO A YARD BY A HOUSE. I DID SO, FLYING OVER THE DITCH. IT TOOK THE LENGTH OF THE ENTIRE YARD (ABOUT AN ACRE OF PROPERTY) FOR THE TRUCK TO EVENTUALLY STOP ON ITS OWN. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED WHERE UPON QUICK ASSESSMENT MECHANIC SAID I HAD CORRODED BRAKE LINES AND RUPTURED BRAKE HOSE. THIS MOST CERTAINLY COYLD HAVE REAULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT AS THE END OF THIS ROAD IS FULL OF HOUSES AND SHARP BEND WITH MULTIPLE TELEPHONE POLES. I AM STILL AWAITING FULL REPORT ON VEHICLE BUT AM VERY UPSET GM HAS NEVER EVER ADVISED ME OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE. I MAINTAINED VEHICLE AT GM DEALER AND AM SINGLE OWNER. NEVER ONCE WAS I NOTIFIED. MY VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,300 MILES ON IT AND I WAS JUST STARTING DOWN THE HILL, ABOUT 10MPH BUT RAPIDLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHIN SPAN OF 2 HOUSES...RESULTING IN THE CRASH AND LOSS OF VEHICLE USE DUE TO NEED FOR TOWING. HAVE NO IDEA OFBSPEED AT THE DITCH AS I WASN'T ABLE TO LOOK DOWN .

A BRAKE LINE EXPLODED AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CORROSION ON MOST OF THE BRAKE LINES. IT SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS TO MAKE THEM OUT OF A MATERIAL THAT RUSTS COMPLETELY THROUGH AFTER 16 YEARS. WHY ARE THEY NOT USING STAINLESS STEEL?

EXTREME RUST ON UNDER CARRAGE OF VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE FRAME RUSTED OUT AT REAR LEAF SPRINGS AND FRAME RAIL CROSS MEMBERS. REAR SHOCK HANGERS RUSTED OFF VEHICLE. FRAME RUSTED SO BAD THAT IT PROHIBITS TOUNG OF ANY TYPE OF TRAILER. TOYOTA HAD SAME PROBLEM AND THEY HAD TO DO A RECALL SO WHY HAS GM NOT HAD TO DO THE SAME THING. IT IS A VERY LARGE SAFETY ISSUE AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES ON THE HWY TODAY.

RUSTED BRAKE LINE BURST RESULTING IN COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. EVEN THE DUAL SYSTEM TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO FUNCTIONING BRAKES ALSO FAILED. GM USED SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL FOR THE LINES. THESE SHOULD HAVE NOT RUSTED IN LOUISIANA. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING SLOWLY WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST UNTIL I JAMMED INTO PARK. SAME FAILURE ON THE ROAD WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HYDRAULLIC BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

THIS TRUCK HAS HAD ISSUES SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED IT. BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK IN A SAFE DISTANCE WHICH ENDED UP WITH ME HAVING AN ACCIDENT WITH IT. THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT AFTER LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THEM ALL. NOW WITH 173,000 MILES THE GAS LINES ARE LEAKING AND THE FRAME IS RUSTED SO BAD THAT IT CANNOT BE PUT UP ON A LIFT TO FIX THE BRAKE LINES.

TYPICAL GM PRODUCT, REAR BUMPER RUST OUT, BRAKE LIKES RUSTED COMPLETELY OUT, REAR CROSS MEMBERS, FUEL TANK CROSS MEMBER HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY ON PASSENGER SIDE WHERE THE SHOCK MOUNTS TO AND THE SAME FOR THE REAR CROMMM MEMBER WHERE THE SHOCK MOUNTS TO ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I MEAN THE FUEL TAN CROSS MEMBER HOLDS THE TANK IN PLACE AND IF THAT TANK DROPPS THEN I'D ASSUME THAT IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. ATLEAST I HOPE SO.

THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ALL WORK DURING THE DAY. WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, THE BOTTOM REAR LIGHTS (BRAKE LIGHTS) TURN OFF WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE.

"TAKATA RECALL" AS I WAS LEAVING A LOCAL STORE IN MY NEIGBOR-HOOD,I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. I THEN TRIED TO PUMP IT UP BUT THAT DID WORK. SO I DROVE IT SLOWLY HOME,DOWN SHIFTING WHILE COMING TO STOPS.I HAVE A 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHEN I GOT HOME I NOTICED MY BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW SO I ADDED FLUID. GOT INTO MY TRUCK AND PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES,NOTHING HAPPENED.GOT OUT AND SEEN BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING ON MY DRIVEWAY. I NOTICED IT WAS COMING FROM MY RUSTY BRAKE LINES BUT COULDN'T PINPOINT IT.TWO YEARS AGO I WAS WORKING IN W.VIRGINIA AND THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS AND YES THE SALT DID A NUMBER ALL UNDER MY TRUCK,EVERYWHERE. I HAVE AN OLD FLIP PHONE THEREFOR NO FANCY DATA FROM THIS PHONE.

MY TRUCK HAD TO HAVE A WHOLE BREAK LINE PUT IN LAST YR AND IT COST ME 200 BUCKS.NOW THE OTHER SIDE WENT OUT AND I AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND CANT AFFORD ANOTHER 200 BUCKS,,,ITS A 2000 MODEL AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER TRUCKS IN THE 90S WITH GOOD LINES,,WHATS UP WITH THIS ???I THINK WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THESE MODELS G M SHOULD PUT A RECALL OUT ON THEM!! FOR NOW I AM HOUSE BOUND,,,THANKS GM FOR A WONDERFULL TRUCK!!!

IN OCTOBER 2014 WENT TO HAVE ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION TO BE PERFORMED. WAS REJECTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST ON FRAME. AS TRUCK WAS LIFTED THE FRAME WAS BENDING. INSPECTION STATION SAID TRUCK WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO RUST IN WHEEL WELLS, TAILGATE, BUMPERS. TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 91,500 MILES DRIVEN. APPEARANCE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HAVE REPORTED TO GMAC (CASE # 71-1508539581)AND THEY HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE FRAME. DO NOT DRIVE IT IN SALT WATER AND DO NOT TRAILER ANY BOATS OR OTHER NEAR SALT WATER. HAVE BEEN WITHOUT VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR. WAS TOLD THAT THIS TRUCK IF DRIVEN IS A DANGER TO DRIVE: HAVE REVIEWED YOUR COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VINTAGE VEHICLE AND MANY COMPLAINTANTS WONDER WHY SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE TO REMEDY THIS APPARENT INFERIOR MATERIAL USED IN THESE TRUCKS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS IN MANUFACTURING. HAVE IN EARLIER REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM THAT RESULTED FROM RUST RELATED CORROSION BRAKE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME.AM WILLING TO SEND COPIES OF THE TRUCK'S OUTER CONDITION CONFIRMING THAT IT HASN'T BEEN ABUSED IN ANY WAY. PLEASE GIVE ME AN E-MAIL ADDRESS AND INSTRUCTIONS HO I MAY FORWARD THE PHOTOS TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURTEOUS ATTENTION.

FARM BROKE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IS CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY A REPAIR SHOPS WHEN I WAS HAVING A FLAT TIRE FIXED.

I WAS CHANGING THE SHOCKS ON THE REAR AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WHERE THE TOP SHOCK MOUNT IS IS ALMOST RUSTED OFF. WILL CHEVY PAY TO REPAIR THE FRAME DAMAGE BECAUSE ITS A SAFETY HAZARD. WHY IS IT THAT CHEVY FRAMES RUST SOOO BAD? WHY DON'T THEY COAT THE FRAMES WITH SOMETHING TO THEY DON'T RUST SOOO BAD. FORD FRAMES DON'T RUST THIS BAD.

I SLOW TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN OFF HWY 20, ONCE IN THE TURNING LANE I SEE A SEMI CROSSING IN FRONT OF ME FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. I PUT ON THE BRAKES, THE PEDDLE GOES TO FLOOR. UNABLE TO STOP I MAKE A TIRE SCREECHING TURN IN FRONT OF THE SEMI BARELY MISSING HIM. BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH ON DRIVERS SIDE JUST FORWARD OF THE DOOR.

WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD ON 8/22/2015 TURNED CORNER HEARD LOUD POP AND TRUCK SLID SIDEWAYS INTO GAURD RAIL. I GET OUT AND SEE MY SHOCK WEDGED UP IN FRAME. NOTICED LOTS OF FRAME RUST AND SHOCK SUPPORT COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. MY WHOLE FAMILLY HAS THE 02 TO 06 CHEVY PICKUPS AND IT SEEMS THERE FRAMES ARE ATLEAST TWICE AS THICK (MEASURING IN THE NON RUSTED SECTIONS). NOW I NEED TO FIND A NEW VEHICLE AND THATS ALL THATS WRONG WITH MY TRUCK. I WISH CHEVY WOULD DO SOMETHING FOR US CHEVY GUYS

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND NOTICED THE ABS LIGHT COME ON AND A HUMMING SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT OFF INCLUDING REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, AND A MOTOR NEAR THE ABS SYSTEM KEPT RUNNING. I THEN PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN AND ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED. I LOOKED AT ALL THE LINES AND THEY ARE ALL SEVERALLY RUSTED AND ABOUT TO BLOW TOO. AFTER READING ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET THIS IS APPARENTLY A HUGE ISSUE WITH A LOT OF GM VEHICLES MADE BETWEEN 1999 AND 2003. I ENDED UP SPENDING $800 TO HAVE ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED SO THE VEHICLE IS SAFE AGAIN. I AM AMAZED THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED OR AT LEAST HAD AN OFFER FOR A DISCOUNTED REPAIR. I AM GLAD THAT I DIDNT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT TO FIND THIS ISSUE LIKE A LOT OF STORIES I READ. I GUESS IT WILL JUST TAKE A FEW DEATHS BEFORE IT IS RECALLED.

ALL OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE LEAKING AND MY BRAKES AREN'T WORKING. I WAS DRIVING UP MY ROAD AND THE BRAKES WENT OUT. I HAD TO DRIVE VERY SLOWLY TO GET HOME. I'VE CALLED SEVERAL GARAGES AND THEY ALL TELL ME THAT ALL OF THE SILVERADOS HAVE BAD BRAKE LINES THAT RUST THROUGH AND THEY CHANGE THEM ALL OF THE TIME. SOME OF THE GARAGES TELL ME THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND GM SHOULD PAY FOR THEM. WILL GENERAL MOTORS PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE BRAKE LINES? I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AND THE BRAKES AREN'T WORKING. I HAVE A 2000 FORD RANGER THAT I BOUGHT NEW AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY BRAKE PROBLEMS , IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES. THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE STEEL BRAKE LINES ON CARS. THEY SHOULD BE A RUST FREE MATERIAL. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T STOP BECAUSE THE BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT. THAT'S CRAZY. CAN'T YOU MAKE THE CAR COMPANIES USE CORROSION RESISTANT BRAKE LINES WHEN THEY BUILD THESE VEHICLES? CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS? IT'S GOING TO COST $500 TO REPLACE ALL OF THE LINES.

GOING TO WORK THE FIRST TIME DOING ABOUT 45 M.P.H. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I DID NOT HIT IT WENT AROUND THE CAR GOOD THING. THERE WAS NOT A CAR IN THE OTHER LANE. NEXT WEEK IM GOING ON VAC, I PULL A BOAT THAT IS 2000 POUNDS IF THE BRAKE LINE WOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD. I'M JUST GLAD IT BLEW OUT BEFORE I HOOKED UP THE BOAT. I HAVE IT IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW ,THE TECH SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE BAD.HE SAID THIS JOB IS GOING TO COST ME 400 TO 500 DOLLARS. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THIS PROBLEM ! IT IS STILL A GOOD RUNNING TRUCK IF I CAN GET THIS BRAKE PROBLEM TAKING CARE OF , I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP REPLACING BRAKE LINES. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED , MAYBE THE THIRD TIME WILL BE MY CHARM . THANKS

STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILURE WHERE LINES RUN BETWEEN FRAME AND FRONT DRIVERS SIDE CAB MOUNT. FROM THE DEALER THAT REPLACED THE LINES, THERE WAS A PIN HOLE IN THE LINE. I HAVE THE PARTS. WENT TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 6 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT 5:15PM. THE LIGHT CHANGED AND I BRAKED HARD FROM 50 MPH. JUST BEFORE THE TRUCK WAS TO STOP AT THE STOP LINE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK CONTINUED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. I WAS THE FIRST VEHICLE AT THE LIGHT, THERE WAS ONE CAR TO MY RIGHT IN THE RIGHT LANE AND TWO CARS SIDE BY SIDE AT THE JUG HANDLE TO MY RIGHT WAITING TO CROSS THE SIX LANE STATE HIGHWAY. IT WAS JUST DUMB LUCK THERE WASN'T A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. TWO SECONDS LATER THE CROSS TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE BROADSIDED ME AND ANOTHER SECOND LATER I WOULD HAVE BROADSIDED THE CROSS TRAFFIC. THIS STATE HIGHWAY IS INFAMOUS IN THE COUNTY FOR PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE AND NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH. I MOVED THE TRUCK THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND TESTED THE BRAKING. I HAD VERY MINIMAL BRAKING. I HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED WITH TWO INCIDENTS OF HARD BRAKING WITH NO ISSUES. I WAS LESS THAN A 1/4 MILE FROM MY HOME. LIMPED HOME AT LOW SPEED WITH MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON. HAD TRUCK TOWED FROM MY HOME TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIR. RECOMMENDED REPLACING ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES DUE TO THE FA

@00 MILES AFTER COMPLETE BRAKE JOB NEW PADS AND ROTORS STATE INSPECTION STEEL BRAKE LINE FROM ABS UNIT TO RF CALIBER FAILED. THREE DAYS LATER STEEL LINE FROM ABS TO MASTER AND FRONT BRAKES FAILED. THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED. WHY ARE OTHER MANUFACTURES HAVING THIS PROBLEM? HIGHER QUALITY MATERIAL MAYBE. THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON GM HAS DEVELOPED A KIT WITH ALL NEW BRAKE LINES. INSTALLATION IS ON YOU PRICES RANGE FROM 1000-4000 DOLLARS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. (NOTE BETTER QUALITY BRAKE LINES ARE USED IN THE KIT.)

FATAL COLLISION OCCURRED ON 8/20/15 ON SR 126E IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON. VEHICLE DRIFTED OFF ROADWAY AND SUSTAINED FRONTAL IMPACT WITH LARGE TREE RESULTING IN ENGINE FIRE. THIS IS THE THIRD OF THREE CHEV SILVERADOS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN FRONTAL IMPACTS THIS YEAR THAT HAS RESULTED IN A FIRE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION NEAR THE ABS CONTROL BOX ON A BRAKE LINE, WHICH RESULTED IN EXCESS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000. MA 10/14 *CN

MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WOULD KICK IN WHEN I WOULD SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP. THEY WOULD NOT LET ME STOP. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON AND MY BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN WORKING GREAT. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO A LOT OF CHEVY OWNERS?

I WAS DRIVING UP MY STREET TO GO WATCH FIREWORKS AND WHEN I WENT TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, MY BRAKE PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR. I BARELY MANAGED TO STOP IN TIME AND GOT TURNED AROUND TO GET MY 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO BACK IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I LOOKED FOR THE PROBLEM I SAW RUSTED BRAKE LINES, AND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL AMERI 660 AS TIRES (NA), SIZE: P255/70R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP SOUND NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT DO TO ROAD SALT.

BACKED OUT OF GARAGE DRIVE WITH A DOWNWARD SLOPE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. STOPPED THE TRUCK USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE INCIDENT, NOT BEFORE. CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR, FLUID LEVEL WAS BELOW MINIMUM. UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE PROBLEM WAS APPARENT. NEAR THE ABS CONTROL UNIT IT LOOKED LIKE THE METAL LINE(S) HAD EXPLODED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK AND DRIPPING DOWN THE FRAME RAIL. CHECKING THE VEHICLE, I FOUND ALL THE METAL BRAKE LINES, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ABS UNIT, WERE BADLY RUSTED. TWO PROBLEMS: 1. THE FAILURE WAS CATASTROPHIC WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE, IT PROVIDED NO PRIOR INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. BRAKE FLUID WAS OK PRIOR TO THE LINE FAILURE (NO BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT) AND THE BRAKE FLUID LOSS WAS THE RESULT OF THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURE. THE BRAKE LINE, WEAKENED BY RUST, FAILED WITH THE INCREASED PRESSURE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. 2. THERE WAS NO RESIDUAL OR BACK-UP BRAKING AVAILABLE EVEN WITH FULLY DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL. I'VE READ GM'S STATEMENT THAT THE BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT WOULD PROVIDE ADVANCE WARNING AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BRAKING (WITH LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES) SHOULD THERE BE FAILURES IN THE SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY, IN CATASTROPHIC BRAKE LINE FAILURES THERE WERE NO WARNINGS; THE WARNING LIGHT WAS DELAYED AFTER THE FACT. FROM AN ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE, DID THE METALLURGICAL CONTENT OF THE BRAKE LINES CHANGE IN 1999 OR PERHAPS THA

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, STARTED TO MAKE RIGHT TURN AND ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND JUST AS QUICKLY KICK STARTED. LATER SAME DAY ENGINE SHUT OFF IN PARKING LOT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART IT. THE NEXT DAY ENGINE DID THE SAME THING (SHUT OFF) BUT AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART IT. *TR

FUEL TANK LEAK ,FRONT OF TANK APPROX HALF WAY UP TANK NOT VISABLE WITH OUT REMOVAL BRAKE LINES ALSO ROTTED OUT FOR SECOND TIME. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 60 MPH, THE CAR AHEAD OF US MADE A SUDDEN, DRASTIC SLOW DOWN. AS WE PRESSED THE BRAKES, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WE CONTINUED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND STOPPED INCHES BEFORE HITTING THE CAR AHEAD OF US. THANKFULLY WE HAD AT LEAST 5 CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN US. HAD BREAK LINE REPAIRED. MECHANIC SAID IT HAD RUSTED THROUGH. FEBRUARY 28, 2015 PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WITH CARS AHEAD OF US, MOVING 4-5 MPH. CAR IN FRONT OF US SUDDENLY STOPS, WE GO TO BRAKE AND HEARD A NOISE, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US.( WE WERE A 1/2 CAR LENGTH BEHIND THE CAR.) DUE TO MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE OCCUPANTS OF BOTH CARS BEING JERKED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND ABS SENSORS WERE RUSTED OUT AS WELL AS THE HUBS ETC... HE THEN TOLD US HE CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF RUST AND CORROSION WE HAVE ON THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE. HE STATED IT LOOKED LIKE A 50 YEAR OLD VEHICLE THAT SAT IN A FIELD FOR YEARS. HE ADVISED US TO GET THE REST OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED AS WELL AS WATCH THE FRAMING ETC.. FOR CRACKING. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE ANYMORE! THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY CARED FOR AND KEPT WASHED EVEN DURING WINTERS. *TR

I WAS DOWN MOUNT PLACE ROAD GOING TO WORK 5:00 AM IN THE MORNING I BRAKE FOR A DEAR AN SLOW DOWN THEN ON BRAKE PADDLE HIT THE FLOOR AN MY PICK UP WAS HARD TO STOP HAD TO TAKE IT BACK HOME AN I HAVE BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND A BRAKE LINE BURST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING A STOP AT THE TOP OF A HILL, THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE IS A TOTAL PIECE OF JUNK. THERE ARE MANY, MANY VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME TRANSMISSION. IT LOCKED UP SLINGING THE DRIVER INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. THIS BROKE THE BOLTS HOLDING THE SEAT TO THE FRAME. THE COST TO FIX WAS OVER 1200 DOLLARS. I'VE TALKED WITH SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS, EACH ONE IS IN BUSINESS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. THEY REPAIR OR REPLACE MORE OF THESE THAN ALL OTHER TIMES 400. IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE FIRST BEING USED. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT NO ONE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE REPAIRS AND/OR DEATHS, INJURY THAT IS BEING CAUSED BY THIS DEFECTIVE UNIT. IT'S OINDTALLED IN MILLIONS OF VEHICLES WORLDWIDE. WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE ? WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ? STOP THIS MADNESS, PLEASE ! THE TIME IT'S TOOK ME TO FILL OUT THE FORM, DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED DUE TO THE ABOVE STATEMENT. *TR

PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY ABS MOTOR BEGAN RUNNING AND NO BRAKING HAD TO RAM INTO PARK TO KEEP FROM HITTING GARAGE. *TR

I WAS LEAVING A BANK PARKING LOT AND WENT TO STOP BEFORE TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY, I WAS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS COMING FROM A CORRODED LINE BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS MODULE. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY LOCAL SHOP AND THEY REPLACED TWO BRAKE LINES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS. FAST FORWARD TO APRIL 22, 2012 AND AROUND 37K MILES LATER. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO STOP. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAD RUSTED THROUGH ENOUGH THAT IT COULD NOT HOLD THE PRESSURE. THIS LINE I REPLACED MYSELF. AND FINALLY, TODAY, JANUARY 4, 2015, SAME THING. I START MY TRUCK, LET IT RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES. APPLY THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. THIS TIME IT'S THE BRAKE LINE FOR THE REAR BRAKES THAT HAS RUSTED OUT. I AM GOING TO HAVE THIS LINE AND ANY OTHER LINES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, REPLACED AT MY LOCAL SHOP OR DEALER. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF! I WAS GOING SLOW WITH EACH OF THESE INCIDENTS, BUT WHAT IF I WAS DOING 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND HAD TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN VERY SUDDENLY AND MY BRAKES FAILED? SOMEONE AND/OR MYSELF COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT WILL TAKE...FIX IT GM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!

MY CAR HAS ONLY 50,400 MILES-ITS A 2009, YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING I FELT A JOLTING IN THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK AND IT CONTINUED EACH TIME I STOPPED AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM. I WENT ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RELATED TO OTHER SILVERADO TRUCKS AS A RECALL DUE TO A SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTER PROBLEM WHICH CAN LEAD TO A ROLL AWAY. *JS

WHILE COMING UP TO AN INTERSECTION MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE AHEAD OF ME , NOR WAS THERE ANY CROSS TRAFFIC.. I SOON FOUND OUT THAT MY FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND HAD LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID TO THE FRONT BRAKES. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 2/24/15*CN UPDATED 9/11/2017*CN

ABS BRAKES COME ON AT SLOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. *TR

AT ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN BRAKING BRAKE PEDDLE GETS HARD ABS TRIES TO ENGAGE. BUT YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. I HAVE HEARD ITS DUE TO A CORRODED ABS SENSORS. WHY THERE IS NO RECALL WHEN THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IS BEYOND ME. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AS SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE SAID ON LINE. *TR

FRAME BRAKING INTO OVER THE BACK TIRES MAJOR RUSTING HEATH HAZARD TO MY SELF PLUS OTHER'S SAME ISSUE AS TOYOTA RECALLED FRAME ISSUES. *TR

COOLANT LEAK (INTERNAL) INTO CRANKCASE MOTOR OVERHEATING, BEARING FAILURE,LOST OF OIL PRESSURE CRACK IN CYLINDER HEADS (CASTECH)#862 *JS

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, WENT TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND NO BRAKE LIGHT. CALLED G.M. THEY PUT ME IN A PHONE LOOP NOTHING RESOLVED. *TR

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. GOODYEAR WRANGLER LT265/75R16. THE SIDEWALL WAS BLOWN OUT AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE. *TR

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. DRIVER FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, LEFT THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER. SIDEWALL OF TIRE BLOWN OUT AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. IN BOTH CASES THE SIDE WALL HAS BLOWN OUT. *TR

AT LOW SPEED WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES IT FEELS LIKE THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES CAUSING THE TRUCK NOT TO STOP UNTIL YOU PUMP THE BRAKES. *TR

WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS THE ABS WOULD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ON SOLID DRY PAVEMENT. UPON MY INVESTIGATION WHAT I FOUND WAS THE FRONT HUB BEARING SEAL RUSTED OUT. THIS CAUSED ROAD SALTS/WATER TO ENTER THE HUB ASSY.. THIS THEN CREATED A RUST THAT GATHERED ON THE MAGNETIC ABS SPEED SENSOR . THE GM CAMPAIGN UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 SAYS THIS IS DUE TO AN EXTERIOR RUST ISSUE. THIS IS NOT WHAT I FOUND ! WHEN THE GM PROCEDURE TO REPAIR THIS IS DONE , IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE THE RUSTED GREASE IS REMOVED FROM THE SENSOR TIP . I REPLACED BOTH FRONT HUB ASSY AND THIS IS NOW NOT A DEFECT . MY COMPLAINT IS THAT MANY HAVE REPORTED THAT , THIS IS A ONE TIME FIX, SO IT IS MY BELIEF GM SOLD THIS QUICK FIX TO NHTSA TO CHEAP OUT ON THE REAL FIX , WHICH IS TO REPLACE THE FRONT HUB ASSY AND USE SEALS WITH A RUST RESISTANT METAL . IT IS A LOT CHEAPER TO REMOVE THE RUST OFF THE SENSOR TIP , THAN TO FIX THE REAL CAUSE WHICH IS A RUSTED DAMAGED HUB ASSY DUE TO POOR METAL QUALITY OF THE GREASE/HUB BEARING SEAL. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES SINCE 1977 INCLUDING VEHICLES WITH ABS BRAKING SYSTEMS . *TR

I WENT TO MOVE MY TRUCK FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO THE STREET. AS I WAS LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY I HAD TO PUSH AS HARD AS I COULD TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK ONLY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS AS FAR AS I COULD PUSH IT DOWN. I DROVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK TO SEE IF THE BRAKES WOULD WORK BETTER. I STILL HAD TO PUSH DOWN ALL THE WAY AND IT LOOK A LONG TIME TO STOP. I WAS NOT CONFORMABLE DRIVING MUCH OVER 10 MPH. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE DRIVEWAY I NOTICED A LINE OF FLUID. I LOOKED AT THE REAR DRIVE SIDE WHEEL WELL AND THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER IT. IT APPEARS THE BRAKE LINE TO RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

RUSTY BRAKE LINES LEAKING BADLY. TO MUCH MONEY TO HAVE DEALER REPAIR. TRUCK JUST SITTING. *TR