2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED AND WENT TO THE FLOOR IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. APPARENTLY THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED DUE TO BEING RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

HAD BEEN DUCK HUNTING WITH MY GRANDSONS PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND STARTED BACKING MY TRUCK INTO GARAGE WITH BOAT ATTACHED AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. AT THAT POINT I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. HAD TO PUSH PARKING BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. WHEN I GOT OUT I SAW PUDDLE OF LIQUID ON DRIVEWAY ( BRAKE FLUID) . I LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND SAW THAT THE BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVERS FLOOR AREA IS RUSTED AND BLEW OUT. I JUST THANK GOD THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN IT DID AND NOT AS MY GRANDSONS AND I WAS GOING DOWN HIGHWAY. I GOT ON INTERNET AND I SEE THAT THERE IS MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME ISSUE WITH BRAKE LINES ON CHEVY TRUCKS. I JUST MUST ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET HURT OR DIE BEFORE GM FIXES THIS PROBLEM???? I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS ... *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PULLING A TRAILER WHEN A DOG JUMP OUT IN FRONT OF US. HE PUT ON HIS BRAKE BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. THERE WAS A CAR IN THE OTHER LANE, A DROP OFF ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A DOG IN FRONT OF US. WITH GOD'S HELP MY HUSBAND MISSED ALL OF THAT. MY HUSBAND STARTED CHECKING AND FOUND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE PROBABLY DUE TO THE RUST ISSUE. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COST OF TOWING THE VEHICLE AND REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES - WHICH WON'T BE CHEAP. GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN BUSY ROAD, FOR NO REASON ENGINE POWER WAS SUDDENLY REDUCED WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. CALLED GM. NO RECALLS. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN INHERENT PROBLEM, NOT WEAR AND TEAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP. *TR

I FILED COMPLAINT 10650327 YESTERDAY AFTER LOOSING BRAKING ABILITY BECAUSE OF A BRAKE LINE RUPTURE IN THE SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINES OF MY TRUCK. MY TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TODAY THEY TOLD ME THE HYDRAULIC MODULE THE BRAKE LINES CONNECT TO IS CRUMBLING APART WHEN THEY TRY TO UNSCREW THE LINE CONNECTIONS. THEY TOLD ME THE MODULE IS ALUMINUM AND THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE STEEL WHICH IS AN APPARENT DESIGN FAILURE. WHAT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING IS ACCELERATED DETERIORATION BETWEEN THE TWO METALS CAUSED BY GALVANIC CORROSION. SURELY THIS CONDITION SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED DURING ES TESTING IN THE PROTOTYPE STAGES OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND IS A DESIGN FLAW. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT STEEL CONNECTED TO ALUMINUM ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER OR ESPECIALLY SALT WATER WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID AND ACCELERATED CORROSION AND POTENTIAL FAILURE. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUPTURE AND LOSS OF BRAKES. SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINES, DRIVER SIDE ALONG FRAME AND LEADING TO ABS MODULE ARE SEVERELY RUSTED TO THE POINT OF DELAMINATION CAUSING ABRUPT LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND ANY ABILITY TO STOP. FORTUNATELY THIS RUPTURE HAPPENED WHILE MANEUVERING THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE ON THE ROAD AS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 PULLING A 27 FOOT CAMPER TO A WEEKEND CAMPING DESTINATION ALONG WITH MY FAMILY INCLUDING TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. UPON OUR ARRIVAL AT THE CAMPGROUND, I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND MY FOOT AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT ENTIRELY TO THE FLOOR! I HAD TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING! I BELIEVE THE BRAKES ON MY TRAVEL TRAILER SOMEWHAT AIDED IN SLOWLY BRINGING MY TRUCK TO A STOP AS I PULLED INTO OUR WEEKEND CAMPING DESTINATION. UPON A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES, THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE ENTIRELY COATED WITH RUST THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRUCK. THE STEEL BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED DUE TO RUST WHICH CAUSED IMMEDIATE TOTAL LOSS OF MY TRUCKS BRAKING SYSTEM. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT DRIVING IN THE HILLS AT HIGHER SPEEDS WHILE PULLING MY 6000 LB CAMPER DURING OUR ROUTE TO OUR FAMILY CAMPING DESTINATION. I HAD YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR, AND ONE STRAPPED IN A CAR SEAT. THANK GOD THE TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE GOING DOWNHILL WITH PULLING THE CAMPER THROUGH SOME OF THE VERY STEEP HILLS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA! WHEN WILL G.M. ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE DANGEROUS STEEL BRAKE LINES THAT ARE ENTIRELY RUSTING THROUGH? CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY BEEN INJURED OR DIED DURING A WEEKEND CAMPING TRIP DUE TO THIS TOTAL BRAKE LINE FAILURE! AT CURRENT TIME, I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVY DEALERSHIPS, THEY ESTIMATE A COST OF $1500 - $2000 TO REPLACE ALL THE RUSTY BRAKE LINES AND TO MAKE THIS TRUCK SAFE AGAIN! I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPA

APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN IT TURNED YELLOW, PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TRUCK SLOWED A LITTLE, AND I ENDED UP COASTING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT. LUCKILY THE CROSS TRAFFIC HAD NOT MOVED YET WHEN I WENT THROUGH. GOT THE TRUCK STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WALKED AROUND TO INSPECT, FOUND BRAKE FLUID ON LEFT REAR TIRE AND INSIDE WHEEL WELL. FLUID WAS DRIPPING FROM FRAME AND I COULD FEEL THE HOLE IN BRAKE LINE. MADE IT HOME BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW AND STOP. *TR

WHILE DRIVING INTO WORK THIS MORNING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME HIT THERE BRAKES SUDDENLY AND I HIT MY BRAKES AND THE TRUCK BRAKES ACTED LIKE THERE WAS AN ABS EVENT AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN US AND SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND BARELY GOT STOPPED. TRIED THE BRAKES AGAIN AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THEN A POP-UP IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER READ "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM". COMPLETELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND BEGAN LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK AND YOU CAN SEE BRAKE FLUID IS DRIPPING UNDER THE DRIVERS FLOOR PANEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE GAUGES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE PRIVATE MECHANICS WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

UPON TRYING TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNING RED A RIGID BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER SEAT BURST OPEN AND BRAKE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR PAN AND TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP, IT WAS RUSH HOUR AND OTHERS TRYING TO AVOID ME RUNNING THE RED LIGHT GOT IN AN ACCIDENT. MY TRUCK CONTINUED TO ROLL AS I STEERED TO THE SHOULDER ENGINE RUNNING THE ENTIRE TIME. ONCE I WAS SAFELY IN SHOULDER OF 4 LANE ROAD I USED E-BRAKE TO BRING TRUCK TO A HALT, AS MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS IN EFFECTIVE AT STOPPING MY TRUCK, GM SAYS MY BRAKE SYSTEM IS INDEPENDENT AND IF (A) LINE IS LOST THE OTHER WILL OFFER HALF THE BRAKING OF THE AUTO, THIS IS NOT TRUE, I LOST A BRAKE LINE, NOT MORE THAN 1 AND MY TRUCK HAS NO BRAKES AT ALL. EITHER I HAVE A UNIQUE TRUCK, I'M 2ND OWNER N BOUGHT IN 05 WITH 30K ON IT , OR GM IS MISTAKEN IN THE BRAKE DESIGN CAUSE 1 LINE FAILURE YEILDS NO BRAKES AT ALL. I THINK IF OUR CORPORATIONS CAN'T OR WON'T FOR THE SAKE OF ALMIGHTY DOLLAR DO THE RIGHT THING AND PUT OR USE BETTER MATERIALS, THEN YOU FOLKS NEED TO REQUIRE IT OR THAT THEY THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE PAYS FOR REPAIRS AND LOSSES. SINCE WHEN IS IT EXCEPT ABLE TO BUILD SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ONLY LAST 5-10 YRS. AND YOU FOLKS ALLOW THEM GET AWAY WITH IT. SO THE CONSUMER IS SCREWED, SO NOW WHEN FORD, DODGE, NISSAN, TOYOTA, MAZDA, N OTHERS DO THE SAME WE KNOW WE CAN'T LOOK TO NHTSA TO SAFEGUARD OUR KIDS OR OUR INVESTMENT OR OUR SAFETY. *TR

A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED, SERIOUSLY IMPAIRING THE BRAKING. THIS HAPPENED ON A DAY THAT ICE WAS ON THE ROAD, INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED, AND OTHERS INSPECTED AND DEEMED SAFE. ON OCTOBER 3, 2014, ANOTHER BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE AT LOW SPEED. NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE OCCURRED. I WILL HAVE THIS RUPTURED LINE REPLACED ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES. LAST GM PRODUCT I WILL BUY IN MY LIFETIME. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND CAME TO RED LIGHT,APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO FLOOR, I APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP TRUCK, NO WARNING OF A BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM, MY ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT A METAL BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION CAUSED THE LINE TO RUPTURE, HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND ALSO THAT GM AND THE NHTSA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL OR ANY TYPE OF NOTICE TO THE CONSUMER WARNING THEM OF A POTENTIALLY FATAL BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE THAT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. *TR

APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP, IT LEAKED ALL THE BRAKE FLUID, BRAKE LINES RUSTED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH I APPLIED PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP FOR SLOWING TRAFFIC. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AS IT NORMALLY WOULD. I WAS ABLE TO STEER TOWARD THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. INSPECTION OF THE TRUCK REVEALED SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES WHERE A FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINE RESULTED IN COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND LOSS OF BRAKE SYSTEM PRESSURE. CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINES AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE FAR SURPASSES THE LEVEL OF CORROSION OF OTHER PARTS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, LUCKILY I LIVE 4 MILES FROM MY JOB. I HAD BRAKES AT THE STOP LIGHT I DROVE FOR ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKES MY PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. SOMEHOW I MADE IT HOME, I OPENED THE HOOD MY WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKE AND I HAD PIN HOLE CRACKS EVERYWHERE AND BRAKE FLUID WAS COMING OUT OF THEM. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A MECHANIC HE SAID THE LINES WERE ALL TOTALLY RUSTED OUT. I HAVE READ THAT GM HAS USED SUB-PAR METALS ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF SOME VEHICLES. *TR

I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. I PARKED IT IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP AND WENT IN AND SAT DOWN TO WAIT. ALL OF A SUDDEN AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE SHOP CAME IN AND ASKED ME IF I HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY BRAKES, I REPLIED NO AS THEY HAD BEEN WORKING JUST FINE. HE TOLD ME WHEN HE WENT TO PUSH THE BRAKES TO TAKE THE CAR INTO THEIR GARAGE THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. HE LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID SPEWING OUT ONE OF THE LINES WHICH HAD BUSTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM PRIOR TO THEM COMPLETELY GIVING OUT. THEY TOOK ME BACK TO SHOW ME THE LINES AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD BEEN COMPLETELY ERODED AND RUSTED. *TR

I HAD JUST PULLED OF THE INTERSTATE AND WAS TRAVELING DOWN A SMALL ROAD . I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.THANKFULL THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. ONCE EMERGENCY BRAKES EVENTUALLY BROUGHT ME TO A STOP,I GOT OUT THE TRUCK AND NOTICED A POOL OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE ROAD. TO MY SURPRISE THE METAL BRAKE LINES HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH . THANK GOD I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AND THEY FAILED. THANK GOD THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS NEAR ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES BLOWING OUT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING LOST BRAKES , PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR . HAD TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP. BRAKE LINE BLEW . *TR

THE 2003 SILVERADO 1500 SHORT BED PU U-JOINTS KEEP GOING OUT. HAVE REPLACED THEM ATLEAST 6 TIMES. PU HAD 30,000 WHEN PURCHASED IN 2006. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE BUILD OF THE PU THAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM, DON'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF TIRES I PUT ON THE PU IT HAS A VIBRATION ALL THE TIME. THE VIBRATION COULD BE WHATS CAUSING THE U-JOINTS TO GO OUT. I HAVE HAD 10 PLY TIRES ON IT FOR OFF ROAD USE AND NOW I'M RUNNING HIGHWAY TIRES AND STILL HAVE THE VIBRATION, SO I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIRES IT'S MORE OF A DESIGN IN BUILD PROBLEM RETHER THAN A MECHANICAL PROBLEM I THINK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER AND STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHEN MY TRUCK IS STARTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DAY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL. IF THE TRUCK IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS TO COME ON, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I START AND STOP THE TRUCK. IF THE TRUCK SITS OVERNIGHT AND IS RESTARTED THE CLUSTER FUNCTIONS NORMALLY UNTIL THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, AT WHICH TIME THE CLUSTER FAILS TO COME ON. ALL GAUGES, TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, BATTERY, ENGINE TEMPERATURE, OIL PRESSURE ODOMETER, FUEL GAUGE AND ODOMETER FAIL TO OPERATE AT ALL. ON THE RARE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK WITH A NON FUNCTIONAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THE CLUSTER WILL SUDDENLY TURN ON. IF I TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT THE CLUSTER FAILS TO COME ONLINE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. NOW THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK RUNS WITHOUT THE CLUSTER COMING ON I CANNOT DETERMINE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO SAFELY OPERATE MY VEHICLE. AND, AS THE MILEAGE IS STORED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, IT IS PROBABLY NOT REGISTERING MILEAGE WHEN IT IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. *TR

ON 12/15/13 I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I SUDDENLY LOST ALL BRAKES. I WAS HELPLESS TO STOP THE TRUCK WITH MY POWER BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE ONLY WAY I COULD STOP MY VEHICLE WAS TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE. ON 12/17/13 I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC. HE INFORMED ME THAT TWO BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED AND THE OTHERS WERE LEAKING BADLY. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, WAS DUE TO THE CHEMICALS USED TO TREAT THE ROAD SURFACE IN THE WINTER. THE CHEMICALS HAD CORRODED EACH BRAKE LINE TO THE POINT OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. AT A COST OF $834.21 ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. *TR

ON 09/18/2014 WHILE DRIVING IN MY DRIVEWAY I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDDLE WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ONLY GOING 5-10 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED A TRAIL OF FLUID AND A PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE DRIVES DOOR. INSPECTION REVEALED THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

JUST LEAVING HOME TO GO LOOK AT SOME PARTS FOR A POLE BARN AND LEFT DRIVEWAY WENT TO STOP SIGH , I PROCEEDING TO GO DOWN MITCHELL HILL RD AND ON THE SECOND TURN NO BRAKES , LUCKILY I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA AND INSTANTLY APPLIED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PUT TRUCK INTO LOWER GEAR . THIS WAS ENOUGH TO SLOW ME DOWN SO I DIDN'T GO OVER THE GUARD RAIL BUT DID HIT IT ROUGHLY . I MADE IT TO THE BOTTOM AND COASTED TO A STOP . GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND TRUCK TO FIND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING ON TO THE GROUND. I HAD IT TOWED HOME . UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I LOCATED THE CAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE WAS DUE TO BRAKE LINES BROKE DUE TO HEAVY RUST ALL OVER THEM .. NOW I DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS AND FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH MANY OWNERS OF CHEVROLET SILVERADO'S . WHY HASN'T THEIR BEEN A RECALL . WHY IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED AND GM DOESN'T WANT TO PAY . SO SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE PAID , BUT NOT THE OWNERS . OR A FATALITY WILL HAVE TO OCCUR FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A DECISION . THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN NOW ! SAD BUT TRUE . *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY BRAKES WENT OUT AND ALMOST REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED SOMETHING LEAKING FROM MY VEHICLE. I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND MECHANIC SAID ALL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT SEEMED ODD WITH THIS YEAR OF VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TACHOMETER DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS AND FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

THE ABS BRAKES ON MY 4WD 1500 FAILED, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ON A 4 LANE UNDIVIDED ROAD WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, PLAY CONTORTIONIST AND APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP.UPON INSPECTION I FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING BELOW THE DRIVER DOOR. THE RECOVERY VEHICLE OPERATOR TOLD ME I WAS HIS 3RD TRUCK TOWED THIS YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I WONDER HOW MANY BRAKES LINES HAVE FAILED AND HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED. WITH ALL THE NEWS ABOUT GM RECALLS THIS YEAR, I WONDER IF THIS AN ITEM I SHOULD BRING TO MEDIA ATTENTION? HAVING NO BRAKES IS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, IT TRAVELED ABNORMALLY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED DUE TO RUST CORROSION CAUSING THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE MECHANIC DECLARED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

8/21/14- LEFT WORK AT 5PM, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SAFELY TURNED, PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED VEHICLE. FOUND BRAKE FLUID POOLING ON THE ROAD UNDER BED OF PICKUP. FOUND A BADLY RUSTED AND BLOWN OUT REAR BRAKE LINE. HAD TRUCK TOWED HOME, REPLACED ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WITH AFTERMARKET STAINLESS STEEL PRE BENT LINES AS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS RUSTED. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT CALIPERS AS THEY TOO WERE SO RUSTED THAT THE BLEEDER SCREWS BROKE OFF AS I TRIED TO OPEN THEM. TOTAL COST FOR ME DOING ALL OF THE REPAIRS WAS OVER $500.00 HOW CAN GM CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM "NORMAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE" ? BELT'S ,HOSES, LIGHTS, BRAKE PADS, THEY ARE NORMAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, NOT BRAKE LINES. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR IN PARKING LOT AND "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM " WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO STOP USING PARKING BRAKE. FOUND ALL BRAKE LINES SEVERELY RUSTED AND BRAKE FLUID LEAK UNDER DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. *TR

ALL SIX BRAKE LINES ROTTED AWAY, LOST 2 LINES WHILE DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT, NO WARNING, THANK GOD I WAS CLOSE TO HOME, 2 FRONT CALIPERS ROTTED SO BAD, I COULD NOT BLEED THE LINES... ALL THIS AFTER THE HEADS LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE OIL AT 40,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD CHEVY NEW ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE HEADS, BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BULBS BLEW, GAS GAUGE CLUSTER FAILED, PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK WHEN SHIFTED BACK INTO PARK. SERIOUS FRAME RUST SHOWING.....AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING!!!!!! *TR

JUST LEFT HOME AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HOME. CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WENT TO BRAKE FOR A RED LIGHT. THE TRUCK STARTED TO BRAKE AND THEN MY FOOT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE. MY PICKUP DID NOT STOP AND HAD TO GO THROUGH THE RED LIGHT. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO HONK AND WARN THE OTHER CARS GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THAT I COULDN'T STOP. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP AND PULL OVER. I FOUND THAT THE BRAKES RUPTURED IN TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS. BOTH FRONT AND BACK BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

I WAS LEAVING MY PARENTS HOUSE SUNDAY NIGHT AUGUST 24, 2014 AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES FOR THE STOP SIGN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAN TO THE FLOOR BEFORE I FELT ANY BRAKING ACTION. MY BRAKE LIGHT/ALARM WENT OFF INSIDE THE CAB OF MY TRUCK AT THIS TIME SAYING I NEED TO SERVICE MY BRAKES. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND THEY WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC. AFTER INSPECTING THE BRAKE LINES, THE REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST ON THE DRIVE SIDE AND SPEWED ALL OF MY REAR BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE PAVEMENT. *TR

REDUCED ENGINE POWER. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS, HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND REPLACED EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS EVEN AFTER REPLACING: ACCELERATOR AND RECEIVER ON THROTTLE BODY AS WELL AS CHECKING WIRING HARNESS FOR ISSUES. ESSENTIALLY, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE THE FUNCTION OF THE ACCELERATOR WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE USE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHY IT STILL IS HAVING THIS ISSUE...THE OTHER DAY THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER MODE SET IN AND AT THE SAME TIME THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THOUGHT THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT AT THE SAME TIME WAS A ONE TIME DEAL BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN THE VERY NEXT DAY. THE VEHICLE HAD THIS ISSUE ON THE HIGHWAY THE OTHER DAY AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IT IS SHOCKING THAT THERE ARE NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, IF YOU LOOK UP FORUMS ON THIS TOPIC THERE ARE OVER 200,000 THREADS ON THIS VERY ISSUES. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FORUM COMPLAINTS ABOUT REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND HOW PEOPLE HAVE SPENT $1000 PLUS AT THE DEALER AND THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTS. THE DRIVE BY WIRE FUNCTIONALITY INSTEAD OF USING A THROTTLE CABLE SEEMS TO BE HAVING ISSUES THAT EVEN GM DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY LOOKING INTO ON THIS SUBJECT. *TR

GOING OUT OF DRIVE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LATER TURNED OUT TO BE A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED FROM BEING CORRODED. TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK A TREE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. NOT REPORTED TO INSURANCE BECAUSE DEDUCTIBLE HIGHER THAN DAMAGE. THIS FAILURE OF THE BREAK LINE HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE IN 10/2009. LUCKILY NO INJURIES BUT THE NUMBER OF THESE INCIDENTS POINT TO A HAZARDOUS FLAW THAT GM SHOULD ADDRESS. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED SEVERELY. NO FLUID LEAKS OR FAILURES YET, BUT I WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT NEW BRAKE LINES FROM GM DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE BEFORE THE LINES FAIL. SEVERE RUST, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE THICKNESS OF THE LINES IS GONE DUE TO RUST. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON A ROADWAY IN THE TOWNSHIP WHERE I LIVE, AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. WHEN I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 PICK-UP TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND " I HAD NO BRAKES!" I NEARLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING THRU THE INTERSECTION. I WAS NEAR MY HOME AND WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL SLOWLY HOME AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE, NEAR THE REAR (BED AREA) OF THE TRUCK HAD EXPLODED DUE TO A HIGH VOLUME OF RUST IN WHICH I DISCOVERED THAT ENTIRE BRAKE LINE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. BRAKE FLUID HAD SPEWED EVERYWHERE. I FEEL THAT THIS DEFINITELY IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT PEOPLE COULD BE INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THE ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS BECOMING A HUGE ISSUE WITH GM TRUCKS AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A "NORMAL WEAR ISSUE" FOR A 2003 MODEL. *TR

I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN IN A PARKING LOT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WENT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN. ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD TO SLAM ON ITS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS USELESS FOR STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION BECAUSE ITS FOOT PEDAL IS POSITIONED SO HIGH YOU CANNOT STEP ON IT IN TIME. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY FAILURE OF A RUSTED THROUGH STEEL BRAKE LINE THAT RAN FROM THE ABS MODULE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. IT PROVIDED THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FOR BOTH REAR BRAKES.THE POINT WHERE IT RUSTED THROUGH IS ABOVE THE GAS TANK COVER AND NOT VISIBLE FOR INSPECTION. I REALIZE THAT THE TRUCK IS 11 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE NORTHEAST BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY SERIOUS BODY RUST AND HAS RECEIVED REASONABLE CARE. IT ALSO HAS RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE. THE "DUAL DIAGONAL BRAKE SYSTEM" DID NOT FUNCTION TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE BRAKING ACTION. IT PROVIDED NO NOTICEABLE BRAKING ACTION. THIS IS ABOUT AS SERIOUS A SAFETY DEFECT AS I CAN IMAGINE. I AM LUCKY IT HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED AND I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION AND THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND MY BRAKES WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR NOT ABLE TO A STOP, I SPEED UP LITTLE TO MAKE IT THRU THE LIGHT AND PULLED OVER IN TO A VACANT LOT TO I CAME TO A STOP. THEN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND SERVICE BRAKES SYSTEM POPPED UP. I GOT OUT MY TRUCK WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM DRIVER SIDE UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT. BRAKE LINES BUSTED. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING MD HIGHWAY 97 ON NICODEMUS ROAD WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING EFFECT. FORTUNATELY NO VEHICLE WAS COMING AS I COULD NOT STOP. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS INSUFFICENT FOR STOPPING THE TRUCK. I FINALLY HAD TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE TO STOP. ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES NEAR THE ABS UNIT HAD BURST DUE TO RUST. ALL OF THE LINES AT THAT LOCATION WERE RUSTY. I REPLACED ALL LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES FROM AN AFTER-MARKET SUPPLIER. I SEE THAT THE FUEL LINES NEAR THAT LOCATION ARE ALSO RUSTY AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.

TRAVELING AT ABOUT 20 MPH INTO A CONGESTED INTERSECTION APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL GAVE NORMAL RESISTANCE, THE ABOUT A SECOND LATER WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THINKING MY BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW, I ADDED 12 OZ OF DOT 3 FLUID, PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE FLUID WAS POURING OUT OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO GET IT HOME. UPON DAYLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THAT ALL OF THE REAR LINES ON THE TRUCK WERE IN A RUSTED CONDITION. *TR

I WAS GETTING READY TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES ON THE TRUCK FAILED. THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR WHEN PRESSED. AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK AND LOOKING AT THE BRAKE LINE (METAL LINE) ABOVE THE REAR-END HAD RUSTED CAUSING THE TUBE TO WEAKEN AND CRACK. *TR

THE BRAKES WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

RUSTED BRAKE LINES CAUSED BRAKE LINE TO BURST AND NO LONGER FUNCTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE REAR BRAKE LINES FRACTURED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED EXTENSIVE RUST ON ALL SIX BRAKE LINES, CALIPERS, AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPAIRED ALL SIX BRAKE LINES AND REPLACED THE CALIPERS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WAS WITH ME AND I WAS TOWING MY BROTHER IN LAWS SMALL TRACTOR ON MY DAD'S TANDEM AXLE TRAILER. WE HAD ALREADY DROVE ABOUT 20 MILES AND COMING UP TO THEIR HOUSE TURN OFF. I TURNED INTO THERE DRIVEWAY AND STARTED TO TURN SO WE COULD THEN BACK UP THE TRAILER TO HIS BARN TO UNLOAD HIS TRACTOR. THE TRUCK STOPPED PERFECTLY BUT THE BRAKES FELT WEIRD AT THAT POINT SO WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED I PUT INTO PARK THEN WE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND UNLOADED THE TRACTOR AND WHEN WE WAS UNLOADING THE TRACTOR I WENT UP TO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK AND OPENED THE DOOR BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL SO THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD HELP HOLD MY TRUCK IN PLACE WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE TRACTOR HIT THE BACK OF THE TRAILER WHICH IN TURN WOULD MAKE THE REAR OF MY TRUCK REALLY LIGHT. WHEN I HIT THE PEDAL IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR ABSOLUTELY NO PEDAL AT ALL. THEN I NOTICED THE SMELL OF BRAKE FLUID THEN LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SURE ENOUGH BRAKE FLUID EVERYWHERE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. I CRAWLED UNDER THE EDGE OF THE TRUCK JUST A BIT AND NOTICE ALL THE BRAKE LINES RIGHT THERE IN ONE AREA BUT THE ONE HAD BUSTED/SPLIT. SO I KIND OF NOTICE ALL THE OTHER ONES ALL IN THAT AREA WERE REALLY RUSTED UP SOME AS WELL. IT ALMOST IN THAT AREA ONLY LOOKED AS IF THE TRUCK HAD 200,000 MILES ON IT BUT JUST ON THE BRAKE LINES NOTHING ELSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY I ONLY HAVE TWO VEHICLES AND I WORKED IN TWO DAYS SO I WENT TO MY LOCAL AUTOPARTS STORE AND BOUGHT WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE E

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON THE DRIVEWAY AT HOME AND ON JULY 29, 2014 I WANTED TO DRIVE IT TO A STORE AND COULD NOT TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION SWITCH DID NOT WORK ANYMORE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 93000 MILES AND IN THE PAST 8 YEARS AND WE DID NOT DRIVE IT EVERY DAY. MANY DAYS AND WEEKS WAS JUST PARKED. THEREFORE, THE IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOT HAVE SO MUCH USAGE. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING, LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY TO PICK OUR 2 YEAR OLD UP FROM THE BABYSITTER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A WARNING ALARM SIMULTANEOUSLY ALERTED ME OF THE BRAKE FAILURE. THANKFULLY, THIS HAPPENED IN OUR DRIVEWAY ON THE WAY TO PICK UP OUR CHILD! I CAN'T IMAGINE THE POTENTIAL TRAGEDY HAD IT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES, THEY WERE SERIOUSLY RUSTED AND PRACTICALLY CRUMBLED IN MY HUSBAND'S HANDS. *TR