2003 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

AIR CONDITIONER SHORTS OUT. WE HAVE HAD EVERY PANEL REPLACED TRYING TO FIX IT, BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCKS BRAKES ROTTING OUT AND BRAKE FAILURE. THIS HAPPENED 2/2013. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVERS SEAT AND SEATBELT. BOTH HAVE COMPLETELY BROKEN IN THE TRUCK 5/2013. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES FOR THIS TRUCK. *TR

RECENTLY, MY VEHICLE HAS HAD A HARD TIME STARTING. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT INSPECTED/DIAGNOSED. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY FUEL PUMP/FILTER COMBO AS WELL AS ALL THE INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD COST ME JUST UNDER $6000.00 FOR THE REPAIR. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION TODAY AFTER RESEARCHING THAT THIS IS AND HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE TO THE POINT THAT GM ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AND MODIFIED THE BULLETIN TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME AND/OR TOTAL MILEAGE, BUT THAT TIME EXTENSION HAS EXPIRED BEFORE MY VEHICLE DEVELOPED THE SAME ISSUE THAT THE BULLETIN ADDRESSES. WITH SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM SUCH AS THE NATURE OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WHY DOES THIS NOT FALL UNDER A MANDATORY RECALL FROM NHTSA? I USE MY VEHICLE FOR ONLY WEEKEND RECREATION, AND AS SUCH, I ONLY HAVE 42K MILES ON MY VEHICLE, AND FOR AN ENGINE THAT I PAID A PREMIUM FOR, I THINK THAT IT IS JUST PLAIN WRONG TO EXPECT TO PAY SUCH AN OUTRAGEOUS BILL FOR AN ENGINE THAT IS ADVERTISED AS A 'TOUGH, LONG-LASTING ENGINE'. NHTSA SHOULD FORCE GM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY LIKE ME OUT THERE, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT OWN THESE VEHICLES. *TR

HAD SLOWLY COME TO A STOP THEN POP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, LEAVING ME WITH NO BRAKES. STEEL BRAKE LINE HAS FAILED DUE TO RUST THROUGH. *TR

WHILE CHANGING MY OIL I NOTICED EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE BRAKE FLUID LINES RUNNING FROM THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE MODULE UNDER THE TRUCK (ALONG TO FRAME RAIL). I BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR PRE-BEND REPLACEMENTS AND FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS OF ISSUES WITH CHEVROLET VEHICLES HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I WANT TO ENSURE THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE BUT I AM UNABLE TO FIND EXACT REPLACEMENT BRAKE FLUID LINES. IT APPEARS THAT PEOPLE ARE REPLACING THEM WITH STRAIGHT STOCK BRAKE LINES AND GETTING THE CORRECT SHAPE AND LENGTH IS DIFFICULT. THESE THINGS APPEAR TO BE HARD TO REPLACE. I WANT TO REPLACE THESE TO ENSURE THE TRUCK IS SAFE TO DRIVE BUT EVEN GM DOES NOT APPEAR TO PROVIDE A DIRECT REPLACEMENT. *TR

MY TRUCK HAS ONLY BEEN IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR 4 YEARS AFTER BEING IN VIRGINIA SINCE NEW. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL AND MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH THE BRAKE ACTION LIGHT GOING OFF. INSPECTION OF BRAKE SYSTEM FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. I REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND FOUND SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE BRAKE LINE SEVERELY CORRODED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHEN I TRIED TO STOP BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO WARNING LIGHT OR SOUND .AFTER I PUMPED THE BRAKE THE LIGHT CAME ON I WAS DRIVING SLOW AT THE TIME AND MANAGED TO SLOW DOWNSHIFTING AND STOP WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH ALSO WENT TO THE FLOOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO HEAR BRAKE FLUID SPRAYING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 115,000. *TR

TRYING TO STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. ABLE TO AVOID ACCIDENT BECAUSE NO VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT OF ME. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. TERRIBLE SAFETY HAZARD AND $1000 REPAIR BILL FOR NEW BRAKE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER. ALL LINES WERE BRITTLE AND CORRODED. *TR

DUE TO A SUDDEN BURSTING OF THE BRAKE LINES, 3 OF THE 5 LINES IN THE CLUSTER BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR, THE MASTER CYLINDER EMPTIED OUT CAUSING THE TRUCK TO HAVE NO BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED WHEN MY DAUGHTER AND HER THREE CHILDREN WERE DRIVING IN A BUSY WASHINGTON, DC SUBURB. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT! VERY DANGEROUS! AFTER INSPECTION, THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS INSIDE THE PLASTIC RETAINER CLIPS THAT HOLD THEM TO THE FRAME. *TR

I ENTERED MY 2003 MODEL YEAR CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD TRUCK ON APRIL 19, 2013 AT MY RESIDENCE. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE. UPON PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT IMMEDIATELY WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOORBOARD AND NO BRAKE STOPPING ACTION WAS APPARENT. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT I ROUTINELY APPLY THE MANUAL PARKING BRAKE WHEN I PARK THE TRUCK, SO IN THIS INSTANCE WHEN THE BRAKES SEVERELY MALFUNCTIONED THE TRUCK WAS PREVENTED FROM MOVING FORWARD AS THE VEHICLE WENT INTO DRIVE. I PLACED THE TRUCK BACK INTO PARK AND PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER MY VEHICLE BRAKES, TO NO AVAIL. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT I WAS PARKED FACING A DOWNWARD ANGLE WHEN I EXPERIENCED THIS TERRIBLE BRAKE FAILURE. AND HAD I NOT EMPLOYED THE PARKING BRAKE IN ADVANCE THERE SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. AFTER MY ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER MY TRUCK BRAKES PROVED FUTILE, I DISCOVERED A LARGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND DIRECTLY UNDER MY DRIVER'S SIDE COMPARTMENT. IT WAS DETERMINED ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND THE TWO (2) BRAKE LINES RUNNING FROM THE TRUCK'S MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE HAD A NUMBER OF RUST DETERIORATION HOLES IN THE STEEL LINES RENDERING THE TRUCK UNUSABLE AND UNSAFE. MY TRUCK HAS ONLY 36,095 MILES ON IT . I CAN NOT COMPREHEND HOW THIS "LATENT DEFECT" IN THE 2003 YEAR CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCKS BRAKE SYSTEMS COULD GO UNRECO

STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. MECHANIC LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE ROTTED OUT AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. ALL LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE READ IN THE INTERNET THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. IT IS SORT OF RIDICULOUS TO TAKE OFF A BATTERY TO CLEAN IT . PUT BACK ON AND NOTHING BUT HOT AIR ON PASSENGER. MY WIFE IS PRETTY UPSET ABOUT THIS, SHE WILL NOT EVEN DRIVE IN MY TRUCK ANYMORE. WHAT A CRYING SHAME! *TR

VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ALL BRAKELINES WERE RUSTED AND HAD HOLES IN THEM. MECHANIC REPLACED ALL BRAKELINES, LINES WERE ALL IN VERY POOR SHAPE. (RUSTED) *TR

MID AUGUST 2012 APPROXIMATELY 5 PM AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 76 DEGREES AND ROADS WERE DRY. WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 83 SOUTHBOUND NEAR HARRISBURG PA AT APPROXIMATELY 5PM I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE (BRAKE) PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY LOST SAFE BRAKING DISTANCE. I ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO UTILIZE WHAT BRAKE POWER I HAD LEFT WHILE DOWN SHIFTING TO USE THE ENGINE TO ASSIST IS SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN APPROXIMATELY 2/10 OF A MILE. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED THUS RELEASING BRAKE FLUID AND CAUSING BRAKE LOSS. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES HAVE SIGNIFICANT CORROSION. A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS MADE TO THE RUPTURED LINE HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER THAT ALL THE LINES BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD (BY THE SERVICE MANAGER) THE CAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE CORROSION IS FROM THE TREATMENTS USED ON HIGHWAYS FOR WINTER DRIVING. HE ALSO TOLD ME HE IS REPLACING BRAKE LINES ON AT LEAST 3 TRUCKS A MONTH. I SPOKE TO OTHER GARAGES IN THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THOSE GARAGES CONFIRMED THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE BRAKE LINE REPAIRS. *TR

MID AUGUST 2012 APPROXIMATELY 5 PM AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 76 DEGREES AND ROADS WERE DRY. WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 83 SOUTHBOUND NEAR HARRISBURG PA AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE (BRAKE) PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY LOST SAFE BRAKING DISTANCE. I ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO UTILIZE WHAT BRAKE POWER I HAD LEFT WHILE DOWN SHIFTING TO USE THE ENGINE TO ASSIST IS SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN. WHILE USING THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN APPROXIMATELY 2/10 OF A MILE. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED THUS RELEASING BRAKE FLUID AND CAUSING BRAKE LOSS. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES HAVE SIGNIFICANT CORROSION. A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS MADE TO THE RUPTURED LINE HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER THAT ALL THE LINES BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD (BY THE SERVICE MANAGER) THE CAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE CORROSION IS FROM THE TREATMENTS USED ON HIGHWAYS FOR WINTER DRIVING. HE ALSO TOLD ME HE IS REPLACING BRAKE LINES ON AT LEAST 3 TRUCKS A MONTH. I SPOKE TO OTHER GARAGES IN THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THOSE GARAGES CONFIRMED THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE BRAKE LINE REPAIRS. *TR

OVERHEATED CONNECTOR IN DASH, POSSIBLY LOOSE AT ASSEMBLY. ORIGIN BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL, DRIVER SIDE OF DASH. *TR

WHILE INSPECTING FLUID LEVELS, I NOTICED THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. I CONTINUED TO INSPECT THE LINES TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, THEY TOO WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. WHILE DOING AN ONLINE SEARCH I DISCOVERED MANY OWNERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. SO NOW I HAD A DECISION TO MAKE, CONTINUE DRIVING THE TRUCK UNTIL THERE WAS A FAILURE OR ARRANGE FOR REPAIRS, INCURRING AN EXPENSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF GM HAD INSTALLED BETTER QUALITY LINES. TRUCK IS NOW AT A LOCAL GM DEALER BEING REPAIRED. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT !!!! *TR

HOOKED UP A TRAILER AND HEADED OUT THE DRIVEWAY. WENT TO BRAKE AT DRIVEWAY/ROAD INTERSECTION, PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. I PUMPED THE BRAKE FURIOUSLY TILL PEDAL WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN. THERE WAS NO BRAKING. I SWITCHED TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE, STEERED TO THE CURB AND SHUT OFF THE KEY. HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED ALL BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY RUSTED AND ONE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND FLUID HAD BLED OUT. ALL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST WAS $985.80. *TR

APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN ONTO ANOTHER ROAD, LOST COMPLETE BRAKE PRESSURE TO LATER FIND STEEL BRAKE LINE ALONG DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME RAIL HAD BURST AND IT WAS NOT THAT CORRODED. I WOULD HAVE HATED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS OCCURS AT A HIGHER SPEED OR EVEN WORSE WHILE TOWING A TRAILER. VEHICLE WENT FROM FULL BRAKES TO AN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS. EVEN THOUGH BRAKES STILL FUNCTION, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

WHILE SLOWING DOWN JUST PRIOR TO COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE WARNING LIGHT/SIGNAL CAME ON. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, BRAKE FLUID WAS SEEN BELOW AND TO THE FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOORBOARD. WHEN TRYING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEED (IDLE) TO A SAFE LOCATION, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. CHEVY'S CLAIM THAT THE "OTHER HALF" OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD FUNCTION WITH INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES IS NOT TRUE IN MY CASE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS (ALLEN SAMUELS CHEVROLET, 361-884-5234). UPON DIAGNOSIS, VICTOR LANDA (SERVICE ADVISOR) INFORMED ME THAT THE BRAKE LINE FAILED DUE TO RUST/CORROSION. FURTHERMORE, HE STATED THAT THIS A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO THE SALTY ENVIRONMENT (GULF COAST OF TEXAS) AND THAT HE HAS A MECHANIC THAT IS GETTING REALLY GOOD AT MAKING REPLACEMENT LINES. UPON INSPECTION, [XXX] INDICATED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES ON MY VEHICLE SHOWED EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND SUGGESTED REPLACING THEM ALL FOR SAFETY ALONG WITH THE "CONTROL VALVE". ALL THE LINES WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE MECHANIC AT A COST OF REPAIR EXCEEDING $1800.00. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE BEACH LESS THAN 8 TIMES TOTAL IN ITS LIFE AND HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY WASHED AFTER EACH VISIT. IT APPEARS, BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH AND DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF AT ALLEN SAMUELS CHEVROLET, THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SO COMMON THAT THE NHTSA HAS OPENED AN ENGINEERING ANAL

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. WAS ABLE TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND COME TO A SAFE STOP. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES. UPON INSPECTION 4 OF THE 6 BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND FAILED. FAILURE WAS DIRECTLY BELOW MASTER CYLINDER WHERE MINIMAL BRAKE FLUID LEFT WAS BUBBLING OUT. BRAKE LINES WERE OEM AND NOT PROTECTED. ALL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED BY CUSTOM MADE LINES AT A COST OF OVER $800 PLUS TOWING. *TR

AFTER NOTICING A GAS LEAK, I ASKED MY FATHER TO DRIVE MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. WHEN HE PUT THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE HE HAD NO BRAKES AND HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE ROLLING INTO MY MOTHER'S CAR BEHIND HIM. UPON INSPECTION BY THE DEALERSHIP, ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES AND GAS LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON RESEARCH I FOUND THIS PROBLEM QUITE WIDESPREAD AND EXPENSIVE, NOT TO MENTION THE CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED. I DO WANT TO KNOW THAT CHEVROLET/GM IS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY AND IS ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BRAKE LINES, WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE CORRODED, AND CAUSED BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,253. UPDATED 1/29/13 *CN UPDATED 02/06/13*JB

MOVING FROM PARKING SPACE, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. NO STOPPING POWER AT ALL. CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. BRAKE FLUID IS FULL. PEDAL MAKES SUCKING OR GURGLING SOUND WHEN DEPRESSED. PUMPING THE BRAKES DID NOT HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING TO A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE OR FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE FRACTURED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. UPDATED 12/19/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES FAILED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FRONT BRAKE LINES FAILING. THE CONTACT HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM REPLACED DUE TO RUST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000. UPDATED 01/02/2013*LJ THE CONSUMER RETURNED FROM A 125 MILE TRIP, AFTER THAT DAY THE FAILURE OCCURED. THE CONSUMER BACKED THE TRUCK DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS

FAILURE OF THE BRAKES DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES GOING TO THE ABS UNIT. UPON INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND WERE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. AS A RESULT, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD ABNORMALLY TRAVEL TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 135,000.

I CAME OUT TO VEH IN MORNING AND BRAKE WARNING/SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON AND LOOKS LIKE MY LINE FROM REAR TO FRONT IS RUSTED AND WHERE BRAKE LINE MEET TO SPLIT TO EACH REAR WHEEL IS RUSTED AND WET W/FLUID. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED . BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO STOPPING POWER. AFTER THIS HAPPENED THEN A NOTIFICATION CAME ACROSS MY DASH TO HAVE BRAKE SYSTEM CHECKED. BUT THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE FAILURE BEFORE AND NOW THERE IS NO INDICATION FROM THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. STILL NO BRAKES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHERVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE THE LINING REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. WHICH WAS IN ACCORDANCE TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPIGN ID NUMBER: 05V161000 (PARKING BRAKE), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND TH E CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED THE ALUMINUM BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES LINES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,400.

I WAS IN A DRIVEWAY AND WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE, PUT MY FOOT ON BRAKES AND PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AS HE ENTERED A PARKING SPACE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY DRIVING AGAINST THE HIGH CURB. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE BRAKES LINES WERE FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AND THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, CALIBERS AND ROTORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND HE WAS NEVER ADVISED OF A POTENTIAL HAZARD WITH THE BRAKE LINES. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 97,412. UPDATED 10/31/12*LJ

MY WIFE HAD JUST DROPPED OFF OUR GRANDSON AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK,THE BRAKE LINE BUSTED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON EXAMINATION ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED BAD. *TR

I WAS LEAVING MY SONS SOCCER GAME AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 25MPH. AS SOON AS I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON ALARMS WERE GOING OFF, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM MESSAGE CAME ACROSS THE ODOMETER. FORTUNATELY THE SOCCER FIELD IS CLOSE TO HOME. UPON ARRIVING AT HOME I NOTICED FLUID DRIPPING STEADILY FROM THE LEFT REAR. *TR

TRUCK WAS PULLING PARTIALLY LOADED TRAILER ENTERED CURVE IN ROAD GOING DOWNHILL & WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH OBVIOUSLY NO REAR BREAKS,TRUCK NOSEDIVED WHEN APPLIED AT BOTTOM OF PEDAL, TRUCK & TRAILER STARTED TO JACKNIFE HAD TO GET OFF BRAKES AND STEER MY WAY OUT OF TROUBLE & APPLY ONLY LIGHTLY UNTIL ENTERING STRAIGHT SECTION OF ROAD. THIS MADE FOR AN EXTREMELY INTENSE RIDE DOWN THE HILL. ANY HAIRPIN TURNS OR STOPPED TRAFFIC IN FRONT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. STOPPED & PULLED OFF ROAD TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME RAIL. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALS OBVIOUS BURST BRAKE LINE BUT WITHOUT REMOVING INNER FENDER OR WIRING HARNESS I CAN NOT ACTUALLY SEE THE RUPTURE AND IT MAY BE CONCEALED BY THE CLIPS ATTACHING THE LINE TO THE FRAME. ODDLY THE LINES HAVE SOME RUST BUT NOTHING WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT IS SO SEVERE TO HAVE ALLOWED A RUPTURE. THE ATTACHING HARDWARE MAY BE ALLOWING SOME MOVEMENT IN THE LINES ALLOWING ADDITIONAL RUST TO TAKE HOLD. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW IN 2003 IN OCTOBER I THINK AND ONE THING ABOUT IT THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE TWO PREVIOUS NEW CHEVY TRUCKS I BOUGHT WAS THE REAR BRAKES NEVER SEEMED TO APPLY AS HARD AS THEY SHOULD AND NOTHING EVEN CLOSE AS THE 2000 TAHOE OR THE 1994 SILVERADO. SINCE THE BRAKE LINES SEEM TO BURST IN FRONT OF THE ABS SYSTEM IT COULD BE THAT THE ABS SYSTEM IS PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE FLOW CREATING A HIGHER THAN NORMAL LINE PRESSURE BETWEEN THE

WHILE BEING SERVICED, MY MECHANIC OBSERVED SIGNIFICANT RUST ON FUEL LINES, TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE LINES UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK, AS WELL AS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. LINES ARE NOT LEAKING AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING, I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WITH CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I APPLIED MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, AND I REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I LATER DISCOVERED THAT MY BRAKE LINE IN THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO AS I APPROACHED STOP LIGHT AN MY LIGHT WAS RED WITH TRAFFIC WAITING IN FRONT OF ME, WAITING FOR LIGHT TO TURN GREEN TO PROCEED. I APPLIED BRAKES AND FELT AN IMMEDIATE POP AND MY FOOT PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKES!!! COMPLETE FAILURE! THANK GOD THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN AND TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING, I MISSED HITTING CAR IN FRONT OF ME BY INCHES. MY TRUCK IS 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO WITH ONLY 64,994 MILES. VERY WELL KEPT AND MAINTAINED. WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE THAT SO MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVEN MORE SHOCKED THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AN NO RECALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO, CREW CAB, SHORT WHEELBASE WEST ON RT 140, WHEN I OBSERVE THE LIGHT AT BETHEL RD TURN RED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND I PUMPED TO NO AVAIL, THEN PUSHED HARD, AND REALIZED THAT I WOULD HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, SO I TURNED THE WHEEL AT THE LAST INSTANT AND DROVE INTO THE MEDIAN GRASS TO AVOID THE COLLISION. SCARED MY SON AND HIS FRIEND VERY MUCH. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT, OF ANY KIND OF MALFUNCTION..ON THE DASHBOARD...EVEN AS I SLOWLY DROVE IT HOME!!!! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE TAKEN BY SURPRISE LIKE THAT!!! *TR

FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE RUSTED THROUGH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. JUST NOTICED THE SAME YEAR EXPRESS VAN HAD A RECALL AND THOUGHT I SHOULD FILE A REPORT FOR WRK ALREADY COMPLETED ON MY TRUCK LAST YEAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING OUR 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT SPEEDS OF NO MORE THAN 40 MPH. I BRAKED AT A STOP SIGN AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WENT WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND YET THE TRUCK WASN'T STOPPING. WHEN I APPLIED EVEN MORE PRESSURE (AT THIS POINT I WAS UP AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL AND PRACTICALLY STANDING UPRIGHT!) THE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING LIGHT SUDDENLY POPPED ON WITH A RINGING BELL. I WAS LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM HOME, SO I CONTINUED MY DRIVE, DOWNSHIFTING TO 1ST AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN. AT A RED LIGHT, I SHIFTED INTO PARK TO AVOID ROLLING INTO TRAFFIC. AFTER RETURNING HOME, I NOTICED A LINE OF FLUID DRIPS ON THE DRIVEWAY. I PUT A DISH UNDER THE AREA THAT SEEMED TO BE LEAKING (UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR) AND MY HUSBAND LATER CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS BRAKE FLUID AND THAT A LINE HAD RUPTURED. TWO SEPARATE REPAIR SHOPS CONFIRMED THAT FIVE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED OUT AND ONE HAD RUPTURED. WE PAID OVER $1000 TO REPLACE PARTS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED OUT IF THEY HAD BEEN MADE WITH A RUST-PROOF MATERIAL RATHER THAN STEEL. IF THIS BRAKE LINE RUPTURE HAD OCCURRED ONE DAY EARLIER, THE SCENARIO COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH UGLIER: I HAD BEEN DRIVING TO THE BEACH, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WITH MY TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AS PASSENGERS. OUR SILVERADO HAS ABOUT 74K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A HEADACHE WITH PARTS RUSTING OUT BEFORE THEIR TIME. *TR .. UPDATED 08-30-12 *BF

LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINES. HAD A 5000 LB. BOAT ON. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO AVOID ACCIDENT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES ARE FORESEEABLE. GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STOP, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE FINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE A TURN, THE PEDAL WENT SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR. I DROVE SLOWLY HOME AS I WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM HOME. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES, I FOUND WHERE ONE HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. ALL THE OTHER BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. *TR

BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WHEN DESCENDING HILL TO HOUSE. UNABLE TO STOP MY WIFE DOWN SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR TO TRY TO SLOW TRUCK DOWN BUT STILL COULD NOT GET IT TO SLOW DOWN. END OF ROAD IS CUL-DA-SEC (LUCK IT WAS EARLY MORNING AND KIDS WEREN'T OUT PLAYING YET) WITH A WALKING TRAIL TO WOODS AT THE END. SHE FIGURED THAT WAS BEST WAY TO SLOW IT DOWN SO AIMED TOWARDS TRAIL. AFTER ENTERING THE WOODS 75 FEET THE TRUCK FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS NOT HURT AND ALSO THE TRUCK WAS NOT DAMAGED, BUT NOW MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO USE THE TRUCK. MECHANIC TOLD ME BRAKE AND FUEL LINES ARE NO LONGER STAINLESS STEEL. WHO'S BRIGHT IDEA WAS IT AT GM TO CUT COST BY MAKING THE BRAKE AND FUEL LINES NOT BE STAINLESS STEEL. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF LINES NOT BEING STAINLESS AND SHAME ON ANY SAFETY INDUSTRY PERSONAL THAT DECIDED THIS WAS OK. I WOULD GLADLY PAY THE EXTRA $20 ON TRUCK COST TO HAVE IT STAINLESS. HERE IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA THEY USE SALT ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER AND EVEN IF I RINSED OFF THE TRUCK EVERY DAY IT WOULD STILL CORRODE OUT THE LINES. GM GOT LUCK WITH THIS ONE THAT NO ONE WAS HURT, THEY OFFER RECALLS FOR OTHER ITEMS WHICH ARE WASTEFUL, BUT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS THEY DON'T. I HAVE BEEN A GM OWNER FOR A LONG TIME BUT IF GM IS GOING TO TAKE RISKS WITH ME AND MY FAMILIES LIFE, THIS MAYBE THE LAST GM PRODUCT I OWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AND ENTERING A GARAGE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED WITH RUST. THE CONTACT OWNED A REPAIR SHOP AND REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES THAT LED TO THE PROPORTIONING VALVES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,273. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000. UPDATED 09/05/12*LJ UPDATED 09/10/2012 *JS *TR