2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints

EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO THE BANK. AS I WAS SLOWING TO MAKE THE TURN INTO THE BANK THE BRAKES FELT A LITTLE SPONGY. AS I PULLED UP TO THE ATM BRAKES CONTINUE TO BE SPONGY. FINISHED AT BANK AND CAUTIOUSLY STARTED DRIVING HOME. FIRST STOP LIGHT, I HAD TO GEAR DOWN TO SLOW TO ALLOW ME TO STOP AS THE BRAKE HIT THE FLOOR. PUMPING HELPED ME STOP IN TIME TO NOT HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY CALLED FOR A TOW AT THAT POINT, BUT ONLY HAD BACK ROADS LEFT TO GET HOME. DROVE VERY SLOW (LESS THAN 5MPH) BY TIME HOME HAD NO BRAKES LEFT. GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO HIT CURB OPPOSITE OF MY DRIVEWAY TO STOP AND THEN BACKED INTO UPHILL DRIVEWAY SO GRAVITY STOPPED ME TO PUT IN PARK. BTW - NO EMERGENCY BRAKE TO HELP, THAT IS NOT WORKING. GOT OUT AND A STEADY STREAM OF BRAKE FLUID WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRIVE SIDE DOOR. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW FLUID LEAKING FROM CORRODED (RUSTED) BRAKE LINE BETWEEN MASTER CYLINDER & ABS BOX. TOOK A LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER LINE AND SURPRISED TO SEE HOW CORRODED ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE. I WAS ALSO KIND OF SURPRISED TO SEE HOW HORRIBLE THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE, INCLUDING FRAME, HAVE RUSTED FOR A 10 YEAR OLD TRUCK. DEFINITELY VERY UPSET THE BRAKE LINES ARE THAT CORRODED AND WILL ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED TO PROVIDE CONFIDENCE ANOTHER ONE IS NOT GOING TO BURST. I'M JUST VERY HAPPY I DIDN'T GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND I SURE HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE SOMEONE DYING FOR GM TO ISSUE A RECALL. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THESE VEHICLES AND THE SHEAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BOLTS ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WERE FRACTURING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,500. UPDATED 12/19/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. THERE WAS A CHANCE OF FIRE OR COMPLETE FAILURE CAUSING INJURIES IF THE MANIFOLD BREAKS AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 05/26/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE AND ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

HAVING NEW TIRES AND WHEELS INSTALLED AT TIRES DIRECT IN WAUKESHA, WI LOCATION. PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LINE BURST MIDWAY IN FRAME. USING EBRAKES WENT TO LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY REPLACED LINE. $325. *TR

PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. BRAKE LINE JUST ABOVE GAS TANK FROM JUNCTION BLOCK TO REAR AXLE RUSTED OUT AT CLIP ATTACHMENT POINT WITH FRAME. TRUCK WAS ALWAYS GARAGE KEPT AND WHEN WASHED AT AUTOMATIC CAR WASH MOST TIMES WITH A UNDER BODY RINSE. *TR

I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES BECAUSE OF A SUDDEN STOP. WHEN I DID MY ABS BRAKES WORKED FOR A SECOND WHEN NO MORE BRAKES. HAD TO SWERVE ,TO NOT HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I STOPPED I WAS TWO FEET PAST THAT CARS RIGHT REAR FENDER. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM BRAKE LINE ABOVE FRAME AT DRIVERS DOOR. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE. I HEARD THIS IS NO THE ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. *TR

WAS ENTERING DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT, GAVE ORDER, PROCEEDED TO WINDOW TO RECEIVE ORDER/PAY. NOTICED THAT UPON STOPPING AT WINDOW, BRAKE PEDAL STARTED TO DEPRESS NORMALLY, AND THEN WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS SMOKE STARTED COMING INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT THRU AIR VENTS, SMOKE COULD BE SEEN COMING OUT OF ENGINE FROM UNDER HOOD. QUICKLY PROCEEDED TO MOVE VEHICLE TO EMPTY PARKING SPOT/AREA.TURNED VEHICLE OFF, EXTINGUISHED FIRE BURNING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. BRAKE LINE BURST SENDING BRAKE FLUID ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLDS IGNITING ENGINE COMPARTMENT INSULATION. COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT/FATALITY OF MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND MYSELF AND/OR OTHERS IF TRAVELING AT SPEED AND/OR NOT ABLE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE QUICKLY. THIS IS AN ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH A HIGH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FATALITIES/INJURY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO SEVERAL BUSHES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. UPDATED 11/24/14*LJ UPDATED 02/03/15*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT SLIGHTLY TAPPED THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WHILE PULLING A 30 BOAT THIS WEEKEND MY BRAKES FAILED. PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR . PULLED MY 2004 2500HD TRUCK INTO THE SHOP AFTER USING THE E-BRAKE AND WHAT REMAINED OF MY BRAKES TO GET 4 MILES HOME. ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND WHEN I PRESSED THE PEDDLE A SHOWER OF FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER THE GROUND. MY UNDERCARRIAGE IS CLEAN. REMOVED THE FUEL TANK TO FIND THE BRAKE LINE COMPLETE DETERIORATED. I LIVE IN TN AND SALT IS NOT A MAJOR USES HERE. *TR

PULLING MY BOAT ON SECONDARY ROAD TOWARD HIGHWAY, PUSHED BRAKES TO STOP FOR STOP SIGN, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING OR TROUBLE LIGHT. HAD ENOUGH BRAKING FORCE TO STOP AFTER ROLLING APPROX 100 FT. CAUTIOUSLY DROVE TO GAS STATION/PARKED VEHICLE AND CALLED A WRECKER TO TAKE TRUCK 65 MILES TO MY HOME. ON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED CORRODED BRAKE LINE(STEEL) HAD RUPTURED ALONG ROUTING TO BACK BRAKE. LOTS OF CORROSION VISIBLE ON MULTIPLE STEEL LINES. I WAS INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO NOT BE TRAVELING FASTER AND IN AN EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATION. *TR

I HAD JUST RETURNED HOME WITH A FULL LOAD (2 YARDS) OF MULCH AND PARKED THE TRUCK TO UNLOAD. THE TRUCK WAS PERFECTLY FINE. WHEN I FINISHED UNLOADING I WENT TO MOVE THE TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER INDICATED "LOW COOLANT LEVEL". WHEN I CHECKED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, I FOUND TWO BRAKE LINES SEVERELY RUSTED WITH ONE LEAKING LOCATED UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT AREA WHERE THE LINES CROSS OVER TOP OF THE FRAME. THAT IS THE ONLY AREA THAT RUSTED THAT I SAW SO FAR. THERE IS NO OTHER RUST UNDERNEATH ON THE REST OF THE LINES. MY TRUCK DOES NOT GET HEAVY USE, IS FREQUENTLY HOUSED IN A GARAGE AND RARELY DRIVEN IN SNOW/ICE CONDITIONS (I'M RETIRED). IN ADDITION THE TRUCK IS WELL MAINTAINED AND KEPT CLEAN. IN ADDITION, THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL I BELIEVE IS A COMPUTER GLITCH AS THE LEVEL IS FINE AND UNCHANGED BEFORE AND AFTER THE INCIDENT. IN MY OPINION THE TRUCK'S COMPUTER IS SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE FOR A DEFECT IN THE PRIMARY BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

AS I WAS BACKING UP THE TRUCK TO HOOK UP OUR HORSE TRAILER I EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE BREAK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK BEFORE IT HIT THE TRAILER OR MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS DIRECTING ME. I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE TRUCK JUST BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT AND TRACED IT TO A CRACK IN A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN IT DID. HAD THE BRAKE FAILURE HAPPENED 10 MINUTES LATER, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING ON I95 IN VERY CROWDED CONDITIONS WITH A HORSE IN TOW. THERE HAD BEEN NO INDICATION THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS AT RISK OF FAILURE. WE HAD USED THE TRUCK THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND TO TRAILER OUR HORSE TO A SHOW AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. *TR

MY WIFE, DAUGHTER, AND I WERE TRAVELING DOWN A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT THE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT. A ONCOMING VEHICLE PULLED OUT TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID A COLLISION, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THANKFULLY, THE ONCOMING VEHICLE WENT BACK TO THEIR LANE AND WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP. UPON EXAMINATION, ALL FOUR BRAKE LINES ON THE FRONT HALF OF THE TRUCK WERE BADLY RUSTED AND LEAKING. THE UNDERCARRIAGE ON OUR 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO IS EXTREMELY RUSTED. FUEL LINES. TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES, BRAKE LINES, FRAME, BODY PANELS ALL HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RUST. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2004. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN A FLOOD. *TR

COMING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET LONG, I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, WITHOUT EVEN SLOWING THE TRUCK FROM 15 MPH (IT IS VERY SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL NEAR THE VERY END). I CROSSED THE ROAD AND WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE APPROACHING MY DRIVEWAY. FORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS A FRIEND SLOWING TO ENTER MY DRIVEWAY AND THE COLLISION WAS MINOR. DESTROYED MY REAR BUMPER AND DAMAGED THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL. HAD THE ONCOMING VEHICLE BEEN TRAVELING AT A NORMAL RATE OF SPEED FOR THIS ROAD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. LIKELY WITH INJURIES. IT IS A RURAL ROAD WITH A 35 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND PEOPLE GENERALLY DRIVE IT AT 40-45 MPH. *TR

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKE ON BOTH SIDES OF ENGINE, 6.0 LITER ENGINE, RESULTING IN EXTREME NOISE, POOR GAS MILEAGE, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BLINKING AND SMELL OF EXHAUST ENTERING CAB. WHY ISN'T THIS A RECALL ITEM SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH CHEVY AND GM TRUCKS AND SUV'S? THE COST OF REPAIR BY A GARAGE IS ASTRONOMICAL AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT OURSELVES. THE TRUCK NOW HAS ROUGHLY 112,000 MILES SINCE WE HAVE TO USE IT AT TIMES. *TR

STEPPED ON BRAKE AND PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE. DROVE TO END OF DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED. THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AFTER STOPPING. UPON INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THE BRAKELINE RUNNING FROM FRONT TO BACK OF VEHICLE BROKE. SAME TIME I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM WAS RUSTED AND FALLING APART. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY DENVER, COLORADO TRAFFIC LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF 07/18/2014, MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD, DURAMAX LLY HAD A "SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER". GM WAS AWARE OF THIS AS EARLY AS AUGUST 17, 2009, AS PER THEIR BULLETIN # 09-06-04-034. THIS BULLETIN STATES THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE FUEL INJECTOR WIRE HARNESS RUBBING AGAINST THE BRACKET AND CHAFING THE WIRE INSULATION. THIS OCCURRED ON MY VEHICLE CAUSING ONE WIRE TO SHORT AGAINST THE BRACKET. THIS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AFFECTED CYLINDER BANK RESULTING IN AN IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER. I FEEL THIS COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. I HAVE SENT THREE EMAILS TO [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012 I EXPERIENCED A BRAKE FAILURE. AFTER LOOKING UNDERNEATH MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING FROM A RUSTY BRAKE LINE BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT AREA. IT APPEARED I LOST THE REAR BRAKES SO I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AUGUST 13, 2012. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAD 49,364 MILES ON IT AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 YEARS OLD. THE CHEVY DEALER LATER CALLED ME WITH THE BAD NEWS THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. THEY ALSO DISCOVERED THE FUEL LINES WERE RUSTY AND NEEDED REPLACED TOO. THEY LATER NOTIFIED ME THE CALIPERS WERE RUSTY AS THEY COULD NOT BLEED THE BRAKES PROPERLY SO THESE ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TOTAL OF THIS AUGUST 21, 2012 INVOICE WAS $2,772.28 AND THIS WAS WITH A 10% DISCOUNT. PLEASE NOTE THE REAR BRAKES WERE JUST REPLACED 1207 MILES EARLIER ON APRIL 30, 2012 FOR MY REQUIRED STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION. DURING THIS STATE INSPECTION (MILEAGE 48,157) IN APRIL 2012 THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A SPEED SENSOR AS THE TRUCK WAS GOING INTO ABS AT LOW SPEEDS. THE INVOICE STATES THIS SENSOR ?CAME APART? AND THEY ALSO HAD TO CLEAN THE OTHER ONE. THERE IS WAS NO INDICATION OF RUSTY BRAKE LINES OR FUEL LINES BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION DURING THE APRIL 2012 STATE INSPECTION AND ON AUGUST 11, 2012, JUST OVER THREE MONTHS LATER I EXPERIENCED TOTAL REAR BRAKE FAILURE. I CERTAINLY FEEL THIS WAS A SUDDEN LOSS AND COULD CERTAINLY LEAD TO FUTURE COLLISIONS, INJURY OR POTENTIALLY DEATH IF SOMETHING IS N

JUST FINISHED A 300 MILE TRIP TOWING A 24 FOOT RACE TRAILER. NEXT MORNING LEFT TO PUT THE TRAILER IN STORAGE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ON THE WAY OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION. LUCKILY THE SPEED WAS SLOW AND THE TRAILER HAD BRAKES SO I COULD GET STOPPED BY USING THE OMG SWITCH ON THE BRAKE CONTROLLER. THERE WAS CROSS TRAFFIC THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A BAD ACCIDENT HAD I ENTERED THE INTERSECTION. JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF RUSTED BRAKE LINES ON THIS VEHICLE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE SHOWS THAT ALL THE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS TRUCK IS MAINTAINED IN LIKE NEW CONDITION AND BRAKE LINES SHOULD GO MANY MORE YEARS THAN THIS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE SHIFTER INTO LOW 1 AND HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP JUST SHORT OF HITTING THE HONDA CIVIC IN FRONT OF ME WITH THE BABY IN THE BACK SEAT. I PUT MY HAZARDS LIGHTS ON AND CHECKED THE TRUCK. UNDER THE BED WAS WET WITH BRAKE FLUID. THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND IS SNAPPED LETTING ALL OF THE FLUID OUT. SO, NO BRAKES! *TR

I WAS PLANNING ON HEADING UP TO THE MOUNTAINS TO MY CABIN TODAY (8/10/2014). I STOPPED FOR DIESEL AT KING'S QUICK STOP, ABOUT 3 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE. AFTER I FILLED UP, I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH IN THE GAS STATION PARKING LOT OR I COULD HAVE EASILY HIT CARS OR PEDESTRIANS CAUSING INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. I DROVE HOME USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH IS NOT IN A GREAT PLACE FOR EMERGENCY STOPPING. AFTER ARRIVING HOME I TOOK A LOOK AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES IN ONE PARTICULAR SECTION WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED AND ONE OF THEM HAD BURST. THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT I FREQUENTLY DRIVE TO THE MOUNTAINS AND I CANNOT FATHOM HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN ON ANY TRUCK, LET ALONE A HEAVY DUTY TRUCK. NO WARNING LIGHT CAME OUT TO INFORM ME THAT MY BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LOW ALTHOUGH I FIGURED THAT OUT QUICKLY WHEN MY FOOT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AFTER DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM, I DID SOME SEARCHING ON THE WEB AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE SALT BELT STATES. BUT I LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA SO THIS IS QUITE A SURPRISE. I WILL BE SCHEDULING REPAIRS TOMORROW BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT GM IS NOT ASSISTING IN ANY WAY AND THAT THE REPAIRS CAN RUN UP TO $2000. I'VE OWNED 20 CARS IN MY LIFETIME, MANY WITH EXCESSIVE MILEAGE AND HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKES FAIL BEFORE. SO THIS IS QUITE UNSETTLING AND CLEARLY GM HAS A FAULTY AND DANGEROUS DESIGN HERE. *TR

PULLING BOAT TRAILER UP OUT OF THE BOAT RAMP AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE FLUID HAD IT TOWED TO GARAGE AND FOUND BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON ONE OF THE 4 OTHERS WERE IN BAD SHAPE LUCKY I WASN'T TOWING THE BOAT DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO STOP I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE OR MYSELF GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM NOW I HEAR THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. *TR

ONE BY ONE, THE GAUGES ON THE DASH HAVE STOPPED WORKING, STARTING WITH THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THEN THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, OIL PRESSURE, AND FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALL WENT OUT, LEAVING ONLY THE BATTERY VOLTAGE METER WORKING CORRECTLY. I KNOW AT LEAST THREE OTHER PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN 20 MILES OF MY HOUSE THAT HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2004 SILVERADOS. *JS

WHILE DRIVING UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS, SUNNY, DRY ROAD SURFACE, APPROXIMATELY 65 DEGREES, ASPHALT CONDITIONS EXCELLENT, NOT IN TRAFFIC, NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME, NO CARS BEHIND, THE TRUCK WAS EMPTY AND HAD ONLY ONE PERSON, THE DRIVER. I STARTED TO SLOW FOR AN INTERSECTION AND THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS AT LEAST 400 FT FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT EQUIPPED INTERSECTION AT THE TIME. I WAS ABLE TO DOWN SHIFT. THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH SOME VERY LOW GEARING FOR TOWING AND BY SHIFTING DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES HAD VERY LITTLE STOPPING POWER LEFT. THERE WAS NO INDICATOR THAT I WAS LOSING BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE. HOWEVER HAD I BEEN ON A HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK FULLY LOADED, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON A BIG HILL THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT MUCH WORSE. REVIEWING THE BRAKE LINES YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE UNIFORMLY CORRODED ON ALL EXPOSED LINES.THE CORROSION IS HEAVY AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE SURFACE CONDITION OF THE BRAKE LINE. A LEAK HAD DEVELOPED AT A BEND, IN THE LINE, JUST UNDER THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. YOU REALLY CANNOT SEE THE LEAK DUE TO THE SURFACE CONDITION. YOU KNOW IT IS THERE DUE TO THE VISUALLY SEEING THE BRAKE FLUID SPURTING OUT. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK MUST BE REPLACED AND DUE TO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINE MATERIAL I WILL HAVE ALL OF THE LINES REPLACED. I STATE THAT I FEEL THEY ARE DEFECTIVE OR OF EXTREMELY INFERIOR QUALITY DO THE

A BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE I WAS STOPPING FOR A STOP SIGN. I MANAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND GET IT HOME, BUT UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT ALL OF THE METALLIC BRAKE LINES WHICH RUN TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ARE RUSTED TO SOME DEGREE. THE LINE WHICH BURST RUNS ALONG THE FRAME IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAS TANK. I OWN A 1971 JEEP COMMANDO WHICH STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL METALLIC BRAKE LINES, AND THEY ARE NOT THE LEAST BIT RUSTY. IT IS DISTURBING TO ME THAT A MODERN VEHICLE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITH MATERIALS INFERIOR TO THOSE USED MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH LEAKING ALL BRAKE FLUID WHILE TRAVELING 65+ ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. I AM MAKING THIS REPORT TO CONFIRM BRAKE PROBLEMS ON 2004 SUBURBANS AS WAS RECENTLY REPORTED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. COST TO REPAIR WAS IN EXCESS OF $1000. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A RECALL AND POSSIBLY CONSIDER USUALLY STAINLESS STEEL TUBING FOR THE BRAKE LINES! *TR

DRIVING A 2004 CHEVROLET 2500HD 4X4 6 LITER CREW CAB WITH 143005 MILES. TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AS I APPROACHED MY TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OUT I APPLIED BRAKES TO REDUCE SPEED TO 15/20 MPH TO MAKE 90 DEGREE DOWNHILL RIGHT TURN. I EXPERIENCED A VERY SPONGY BRAKE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS FOLLOWED BY THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING COMPLETELY TO FLOOR. I PUMPED BRAKES SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH THE SAME BRAKE PEDAL RESPONSE AND ZERO BRAKING. MY SPEED HAD ONLY DROPPED TO ABOUT 40 MPH, TOO FAST TO NEGOTIATE MY TURN. I CONTINUED ON THE HWY TO THE NEXT STREET USING MY PARKING BRAKE AND DOWN SHIFTING. SAFELY PARKED, I GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID WAS RUNNING ON THE GROUND, DRIVERS SIDE FORWARD PART OF CAB, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. MY LEFT FRONT STEEL BRAKE LINE LOCATED ON TOP OF FRAME UNDER DRIVER SIDE AT FIREWALL HAD BURST. ALL 4 BRAKE LINES IN THAT 4" LONG AREA WERE BADLY RUSTED. REMOVED ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND THAT APPEARS TO BE THE HEAVIEST AREA OF HEAVY RUST.

I WAS LEAVING MY HOME TO DO AN ERRAND, WHILE NEARING AN INTERSECTION I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN IT DROPPED TO THE FLOOR . I HAD TO APPLY SERIOUS PRESSURE TO GET IT SLOWED ENOUGH TO TURN AROUND TO HEAD UPHILL TOWARDS HOME. NOTICE I SAID SLOW DOWN, NOT STOP. HAD I GONE SECONDS FURTHER I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN FAR WORSE SHAPE AS THERE IS A STEEP DECLINE FOR ABOUT 3/4S OF A MILE JUST PAST THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE LINE GAVE OUT. I HAVE HAD BRAKE LINES GO BAD BEFORE IN OTHER VEHICLES BUT WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE. I THINK IF I HAD BEEN ON A MAIN ROAD WITH TRAFFIC AND A GENERALLY FASTER SPEED ALLOWANCE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO BETTER SUPPLY THE USE OF FRONT BRAKES WHEN THE REAR BRAKES FAIL AND VICE VERSA. *TR

IN WYOMING, TRAVELING I90 TO HYW 16 MOUNTAIN PASS...7 PER CENT GRADE....AFTER TWO MILES ENGINE OVERHEATED AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO LET ENGINE COOL DOWN...HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE TO BYPASS MOUNTAIN. GOOGLED DURAMAX OVERHEATING AND FOUND THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 2004 DURAMAX DIESEL..DESIGN PROBLEM PREVENTED ADEQUATE AIR FROM ENTERING ENGINE...SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL OR AT LEAST GM SHOULD HAVE OFFERED A SOLUTION... *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE STEERING BOX, PITMAN ARM, OUTER TIE ROD ON BOTH ENDS AND THE UPPER BALL JOINT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE LEAKING. THE BRAKE LEAK FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

WHILE IN TRAFFIC I PUSHED MY BRAKE PEDAL DOWN HARD TO STOP AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. SOME BRAKING RESISTANCE WAS FELT BY THE VEHICLE BUT I STILL HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS ONLY A MINOR SCRATCH ON THE CAR I HIT BECAUSE I ALSO HIT THE PARKING BRAKE ONE THE BRAKE PEDAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT TO INDICATE A PROBLEM BUT WHEN I PULLED OFF THE ROAD THE BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES WAS SQUIRTING FLUID. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON THE CAR SHOWED HEAVY SIGNS OF RUST. *TR

WHILE APPLYING MODERATE BRAKE PRESSURE IN HEAVY MORNING TRAFFIC ON CLEAN DRY PAVEMENT, THE BRAKE PEDAL COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR, FOLLOWED BY REAR BRAKE LOCK-UP. I SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION. I WAS FORCED TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO MOVE TO SAFETY. INSPECTION REVEALED A METAL BRAKE LINE FAILURE. IN FACT, ALL BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. I THOUGHT THIS WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. HOWEVER ONE WORK COLLEAGUE AND ONE NEIGHBOR IMMEDIATELY REVEALED THAT THEY HAD SUFFERED THE SAME FAILURE ON OTHER GM TRUCKS OF THAT AGE. MY MECHANIC REPORTED DOING SEVERAL DOZEN BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENTS ON GM TRUCKS IN THE 2000 TO 2006 ERA. SURELY THIS IS A MAJOR CLASS SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE HARD BRAKE LINE HAD BURST ABOVE THE FUEL TANK ON THE LINE THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE ABS MODULE AND REAR AXLE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO FROM MEDVED AND I FEEL IT HAS A PROBLEM AND GM SAYS IT'S WORKING AS DESIGNED. MY PROBLEM IS THE MESSAGE MODULE LED'S ARE SO DIM THEY CAN'T BE READ IN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES BY MEDVED TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THE P N R D D3 D2 LED"S ARE JUST FINE. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX IT. I TOOK IT TO [XXX] AND A 18 YEAR SERVICE TECH SAID IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER AND GM SHOULD HAVE SENT OUT A RECALL BUT DIDN'T. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU CAN'T READ THE WARNINGS AND OTHER MESSAGES THAT APPEAR ON THE MODULE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM MY WIFE'S PARENTS HOSE ON RT 40, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED. AND WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I STARTED TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND WAS LUCKY TO STOP MY TRUCK BEFORE I WENT THROUGHT THE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO NURSE MY TRUCK HOME. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED MY MECHANIC AND HAD THE PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. *JS

THE BRAKE LINE TO THE REAR BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUST (RUPTURED). THIS IS THE THIRD CHEVY TRUCK, OF THIS GENERATION, THAT I HAVE OWNED; ALL THREE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE. ALL THREE FAILED WITH NO WARNING. I CANNOT BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN KILLED; I WAS LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE EFFECTIVE BRAKING IN ALL THREE EVENTS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A TWO-LINE ROAD NEARING THE CITY AND NEAR THE TOP OF A HILL WHEN A LINE OF CARS SLOWED QUICKLY IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO GET ONTO THE BRAKES QUICKLY TO MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE, BUT WHEN I DID THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. HAVING VERY LITTLE TIME TO REACT, I NOTICED THE TRAFFIC IN THE ONCOMING LANE HAD STOPPED OR SLOWED GREATLY ABOUT 100 YARDS IN FRONT OF ME, SO I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE INTO THE LEFT LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING AN ENTIRE LINE OF CARS WITH MY 6000LBS TRUCK. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER AT THE FRONT OF THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC SAW ME AND STOPPED. I WAS THEN ABLE TO BARELY MANAGE MY WAY BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE AS SOME OF THOSE CARS STARTED MOVING AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I WAS JUST CRESTING A LARGE HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. A POLICE OFFICER IN THE ONCOMING LANE HAD ALREADY SEEN ME AND ACTIVATED HIS LIGHTS AND THEN STARTED WORKING TO TURN AROUND IN THE ROAD TO CHASE ME. WHEN I WAS BACK IN THE RIGHT LANE I FINALLY HAD A SECOND TO TRY TO LOCATE THE PARKING BRAKE, BUT ACTIVATING IT HAD ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT. I COASTED NEARLY 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND FORCED THE TRUCK INTO A PARKING LOT, OVER A LARGE SET OF RAILROAD TIES AND INTO A YARD WITH AN UPSLOPED HILL. IF I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IT STOPPED THERE I COULD HAVE COASTED DOWN AN EVEN STEEPER HILL AND INTO A VERY BUSY MULTI-LANE INTERSECTION AND KILLED SOMEONE. THE POLICE OFFICER ENDED UP BEING UNDERSTANDING OF MY SITUATION AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK FOR ME AND I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP. THE SHOP SAI

TO:[XXX], ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PLEASE OPEN THE LINK- HTTP://WWW.WXYZ.COM/MONEY/AUTO-NEWS/RUSTY-BRAKE-LINES-CAUSE-CONCERN-FOR-GMC-CHEVY-TRUCK-DRIVERS I AM WRITING THIS EMAIL BECAUSE AFTER THE EXPERIENCE I HAD DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO 4WD TRUCK TO WORK WITHOUT BRAKES DUE TO THE FACT THAT GENERAL MOTORS INSTALLED DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINES IN THEIR GMC AND CHEVY TRUCKS. (OPEN AND READ THE LINK ABOVE) THE LAST TIME I HAD DRIVEN MY 2004 CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO 4WD TRUCK, MY WIFE AND I HAD JUST RETURN FROM A HAGERSTOWN, MD CAMPGROUND TOWING OUR 5TH WHEEL RV TRAILER, I DISCONNECTED THE RV FROM THE TRUCK AND PARKED 10 FEET IN FRONT OF THE RV. THANK GOD, THAT THE BRAKE FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THE 2004 CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO 4WD TRUCK WHILE TOWING THE 5TH WHEEL RV TRAILER, IT MAY HAVE A CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND POSSIBLE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. I WONDER HOW MANY AMERICAN FAMILIES SUFFERED WITH THE STRESS, INJURIES, OR EVEN DEATH DUE TO THE INDIFFERENCE FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

RETURNING FROM PERFORMING A DRILL OPERATION AND TOWING OUR DRILL MACHINE BACK TO THE OFFICE. ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES AND ALL FAILED AT APPROX. 60MPH. I UTILIZED THE TRAILER BRAKES TO BRING THE TRUCK AND TRAILER TO A STOP WHERE I FOUND A MAIN BRAKE LINE HAD SPLIT. HAVING IT REPAIRED THE MECHANIC ADVISE ME THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM SHOULD BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION/RUST ON ALL LINES INCLUDING THE FUEL LINE WHICH COULD ALSO FAIL. IT WAS SO BAD THAT THEY DID NOT ATTEMPT TO BLEED THE LINES AS THE BLEEDER MAY BRAKE OFF. AFTER THAT THE TRUCK HAS BEEN STORED UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED AT OVER $2100.00 FOR ONLY THE BRAKES AND DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FUEL LINE. *TR

THE BOLTS ARE BRAKING OFF THE EXHAUST MANFOLDS AND THE MANIFOLDS ARE LEAKING AND THE COMPUTER IS MAKING THE TRUCK GO INTO REDUCED POWER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT WAS INOPERABLE. THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT ON JANUARY 8, 2013 HE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES HYDRO BOOST SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

AFTER PLACING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I GOT A BRAKE WARNING LIGHT. I OPENED THE MASTER CYLINDER CAP AND SAW NO BRAKE FLUID. I FILLED IT UP AND THE LEVEL KEPT DROPPING SO I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND SAW A PUDDLE OF FLUID. I TRACED THE FLUID TO THE METAL BRAKE LINES AND NOTICED THAT THEY WERE ALL MASSIVELY CORRODED TO THE POINT OF HAVING FLAKES OF METAL PEELING OFF THE LINES. ONE OF THE LINES HAD RUPTURED AND WAS SPRAYING FLUID ONTO THE ENGINE MAKING SMOKE AND CONTINUED TO DRIP EVEN WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. *TR

MY TRUCK WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP WHILE IN DRIVE; AT IDLE; WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD. WITHOUT WARNING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK BEGAN MOVING FORWARD. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON STOPPING THE TRUCK. AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD, I PUSHED DOWN ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL WHICH DID BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE WHERE 2 BRAKE LINES ARE LOCATED ALONG THE TRUCK'S FRAME. THE LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID IS COMING FROM THE BRAKE LINES WHICH ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. DOING A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALS THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON, PERVASIVE AND PERSISTENT ISSUE WITH GM PICKUP TRUCKS SINCE 1999, WITH SOME REPORTS INDICATING IT HAS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MODEL YEARS ANNUALLY THROUGH THE 2009 MODEL. THE REPAIR COST APPEARS TO BE RUNNING CLOSE TO $2000 TO REPLACE THE OEM LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL. WHY GM AND NHTSA HAVE ALLOWED SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO CONTINUE FOR SO LONG, WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS, IS SIMPLY REMARKABLE. *TR

MY WIFE HAD JUST LEFT OUR HOUSE AND AS SHE WENT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND SHE HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND BLEW A HOLE IN THE LINES. *TR

I GOT IN THE TRUCK TO LEAVE MY HOUSE. AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK AND PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I SHIFTED INTO REVERSE TO LEAVE MY DRIVEWAY. AT THAT TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT BACK TO PARK AS I HAD NOT RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE YET. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS EMPTY. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK, DRIVERS SIDE INSIDE FRAME RAIL, I DISCOVERED A BURST BRAKE LINE WHERE IT LEADS INTO THE ABS MODULE. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL AT A CHEVY DEALER. I HAD THE DEALER PERFORM OTHER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ITEMS AT THAT TIME AS WELL. THEY DISCOVERED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE A CHAIN GUIDE IN MY TRANSFER CASE, AND REPAIR A HOLE THAT THE LOOSE CHAIN HAD CAUSED. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CHEVY USED STAINLESS STEEL FOR THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, WHICH LOOKS GREAT AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS, YET THEY USED PLAIN STEEL FOR THE BRAKE LINES. I WAS LUCKY THIS OCCURRED IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND NOT WHILE I WAS TOWING MY BOAT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM ALSO SEEMS LIKE AN ENGINEERING FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING I SAW A DEER, IT STARTED TOWARD THE ROAD I WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH THE DEER STARTED TO RUN TO CROSS MY PATH. I APPLIED MY BRAKES (I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IN PLENTY OF TIME BUT....) THE PEDAL WENT DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY AS NORMAL AND HELD FIRM, THEN THE PEDAL CONTINUED TO THE FLOOR, THE BRAKES NO LONGER SLOWED MY TRUCK IMPACTING THE DEER. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS PRIOR. THE FIRST TIME THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED OVER THE FUEL TANK. THE INSTANT INCIDENT THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE FAILED TWO INCHES FROM THE WHEEL FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE JOINT. AN AUTOMOBILE THAT IS 9 YEARS OLD SHOULD NOT HAVE BRAKE LINES FAILING, THIS VEHICLE HAS JUST RECENTLY ROLLED OVER 100,000 MILES MARK AND IS USED TO PULL THE FAMILY RVS IT IS NOT A DAILY DRIVER. WHY IS STEEL USED FOR BRAKE LINES? IT RUSTS! WHY IS IT NOT COATED? WHY NOT STAINLESS STEEL? WHY PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK USING CHEAP MATERIALS THAT RUST IN A VITAL SAFETY COMPONENT SUCH AS BRAKES. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 120MPH ALL THE TIME WHEN MOVING. WAS FIXED ONCE UNDER WARRANT. THE DEALER WHO FIXED IT IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. I PURCHASED A EXTENDED WARRANTY, NEVER USED IT. THE TRUCK HAS 55,000 MILES RIGHT NOW. DIESEL. $43,000 NEW. CHEVY CHANGED OUR ONSTAR TO DIGITAL. NO ONSTAR NOW. *TR

HAD NO BRAKES. DISCOVERED RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. *TR

OIL PRESSURE GAUGE QUIT WORKING IN ABOUT 2009. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD WE WERE 4,000 MILES PAST THE RECALL OF THE CLUSTER. VERY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT!! SINCE THAT TIME THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING, THE TACHOMETER QUIT WORKING. VERY SCARY TO BE HAVING TO RELY ON TEMPERATURE GAUGES THAT I HOPE ARE WORKING CORRECTLY STILL, AND A GAS GAUGE THAT HOPEFULLY IS ALSO WORKING CORRECTLY. I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY DID NOT SUBMIT A FULL RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITHOUT AN EXPIRATION ON IT. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE TO ME TO HAVE NON WORKING GAUGES DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT!! *TR