WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP IN MY DRIVEWAY, I LOST BRAKING POWER... PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER A FEW PUMPS. BRAKE FLUID OUT ON THE GROUND. INSPECTION REVEALED REAR BRAKE LINE FAILURE BECAUSE OF CORROSION. THE TRUCK HAD 56,337 MILES AT THE TIME. IN SEPTEMBER 2011, THE FRONT LINES FAILED BECAUSE OF CORROSION WHILE OUT DRIVING ON THE ROADS. THE CORROSION WAS SEVERE OVERALL AND I HAD THE ENTIRE FRONT BRAKE LINE SYSTEM REPLACED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER DOWN RATHER THAN THE PARTIAL BRANCH THAT HAD BURST. AT THE TIME OF THE FRONT LINE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 58,555 MILES ON IT. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE CORROSION WAS ESPECIALLY SEVERE AT THE CONTACT POINTS: WHERE FASTENERS HELD THE LINES TO THE CHASSIS AND WHERE THEY MET JUNCTION BOXES/BLOCKS. THIS BRAKE LINE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ONE AND IS WORTHY OF THIS REPORT. WITH SO FEW MILES, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. FURTHER, WITH THE COST OF THESE VEHICLES, WHY WOULDN'T GENERAL MOTORS USE CORROSION RESISTANT MATERIALS FOR BRAKE LINES? *TR
2002 GMC C/K Pickup
Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer Hitches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsFAULTY DISC BRAKE ROTORS ON GENERAL MOTOR CARS AND TRUCKS. EVEN THOUGH G.M. DEALERS ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM REFUSE TO CORRECT WITHOUT OWNER PAYING. COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE ACCIDENT ON BRAKE FAILURE.*AK
GENERAL MOTORS HEAVY DUTY HITCH ON 1999-PRESENT TRUCKS & SUVS. RATED FOR 1500 LBS TOUNGE WEIGHT & 15,000 LBS TOTAL W/WEIGHT DIST. FLEXES UNDER LIGHT LOAD COMNDITIONS WHEN USING WEIGHT DISTRUBITION. POTENTIAL METAL FATIGUE AND FAILURE(TRAILER BREAKING LOOSE) NOTHING WAS DONE BY MY DEALER, I REPLACED THE HITCH MYSELF WITH AN AFTERMARKET PRODUCT.*AK
INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
ONE OF OUR 2002 GMC PICKUPS WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION THAT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO BEND THE FRAME AND TOTAL THE TRUCK BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DUE TO THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF DAMAGE I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANY INTEREST. *JB
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.