1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND IN THE LEFT LANE. A CAR TURNED RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT LANE HEADING EAST BOUND. AS I CAME THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR SUDDENLY CHANGED LANES INTO THE LEFT LANE IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAR THAT CHANGED LANES IN FRONT OF ME WAS ONLY GOING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. WITH MY VEHICLE TRAVELING 45 MPH I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BREAKS AND HORN AT THE SAME TIME AND THE CAR SWITCHED BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE. MY BREAKS WORKED FOR ABOUT A SECOND BEFORE THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED THE EMERGENCY BREAK WHICH DID NOT WORK EITHER. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT CAUSING A CRASH. THE BRAKE LINE BUSTED RIGHT UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR BEHIND THE FRONT TIRE. THE BREAK LINES WERE VERY RUSTED UPON INSPECTION. *TR

I WAS OPERATING MY VEHICLE A APPROX. 30 MPH AND WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO WARNING . UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT A BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKE SYSTEMS. I AM AWARE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS A DUAL SYSTEM FOR SAFETY BUT NEVER GAVE A WARNING. WITH BOTH FRONT AND REAR LEAKING, WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. ALL OF THE LINES ARE VERY RUSTED. I HAVE VINTAGE CARS WITH BRAKE LINES THAT NEVER BEEN REPAIRED, AND A NEWER VEHICLE WITH MANY BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IN JUNE OF 2007 AS MY WIFE APPROACHED OUR DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER. IF THIS BRAKE FAILURE HAD HAPPENED AT ANOTHER PLACE OR TIME, THERE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. CHEVROLET DEALER SAID THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED AND FABRICATED A STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL. THE INCIDENT COST ME $1100 TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINE. THE SILVERADO HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,200 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. IN A SECOND REPORT TO THE NHTSA, I REPORTED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER AND AT 90,000 MILES. THIS SECOND FAILURE RESULTED IN ANOTHER HORRIFYING INCIDENT OF BEING UNABLE TO STOP THE SILVERADO WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED. *TR

WAS SITTING AT RED LIGHT AND BRAKE PEDAL STARTING GOING TO FLOOR AND STARTED ROLLING, SO I PUSHED HARDER AND STOPPED PULLED OVER IN A PARKING LOT . I GOT UNDER TRUCK AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING UNDER DRIVER DOOR, BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING , THE LINES WERE RUSTY. ,AM GOING TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES SO THEY WILL NOT RUST AGAIN. I CHECKED INTERNET AND SEEN THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH A POTENTIAL BUYER RIDING ALONG. WE HAD REACHED AN OPEN FARM FIELD AT THE EDGE OF TOWN AND HAD ENGAGED THE 4X4 TO VERIFY IT. AFTER FOUR-WHEELING A BIT, WE HEADED BACK TO THE MAIN ROAD, BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW FROM 35 MPH TO STOP AND DISENGAGE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THE BRAKE PEDAL PLUNGED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY FAILURE WARNING, AND WE CONTINUED SAILING OUT ONTO THE STATE HIGHWAY COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED AND STILL TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ENOUGH TO STAY MOSTLY OUT OF THE OPPOSITE DITCH, BUT I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SWERVE BACK INTO THE DITCH, FINALLY ROLLING TO A STOP AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC PASSED. THANK GOD WE NARROWLY MISSED BEING IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. WE WERE BOTH SHOOK UP BY THE NEAR MISS, AND I SAT FOR A MINUTE TRYING TO COLLECT MY NERVES BEFORE HEADING BACK TO TOWN. I SWITCHED THE 4X4 BACK INTO TWO-WHEEL DRIVE, BUT KEPT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN SECOND GEAR BACK TO HOME. I TOOK A ROUTE THAT HAD VERY FEW STOP SIGNS, BUT HAD TO SLOW FOR THOSE FEW BY DOWNSHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR, USING THE TOW/HAUL FEATURE ON THE TRANSMISSION TO INCREASE ANY AVAILABLE ENGINE BRAKING, AND PUMPING THE NOW USELESS BRAKE PEDAL LIKE A MANIAC. I GOT THE TRUCK AND US BACK HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, BUT ALSO WITHOUT ANY DASH BOARD WARNINGS WHATSOEVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I LOST THE SALE. I CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK, AND IT WAS DRIPPING BRAKE FLUID STEADILY FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WARRANTS A SAFETY RECALL, BUT TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES DOESN'T? BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES SHOULD NEVER CORRODE UNDER ANY CONDITIONS! GM PUT STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUSTS ON THESE TRUCKS...... THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ENOUGH TO DO THE SAME WITH BRAKE LINES, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THE NHTSA STOPS DRAGGING ITS FEET AND MAKES GM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ENTIRE DEBACLE OF FAILURES OF THIS FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY SYSTEM! *TT

ON APRIL 9, 2014 AT ABOUT 9:00 AM, I WAS TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIGHT TRAFFIC WHEN I CAME TO STOP BEHIND A CAR. MY BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LUCKILY I KNOW THE AREA AND I LOOK FOR AN UPHILL STREET AND ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE BRAKE LINES BLEW AND DUMPED FLUID ON THE GROUND. ALL BRAKE LINES CORRODE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. A LOCAL MECHANICAL SHOP REPLACED ALL OF THEM FOR SEVERAL THOUSANDS DOLLARS. *TR

I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE UNDER A HARD BRAKING CONDITION (FIRM, BUT NOT PANIC STOP). THE HARD LINE FROM THE ABS PUMP TO THE REAR AXLE FAILED JUST ABOVE THE FLEX HOSE COUPLING. I HAD BELIEVE IT TO BE THE FLEX HOSE AT FIRST. UPON INSPECTION, THE HARDLINE AND FITTING TO THE FLEX LINE AT THE REAR AXLE HAS BECOME SO CORRODED AS TO NEARLY BE INDISTINGUISHABLE. BRAKING CONTROL WAS MINIMAL. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR EVEN WITH THE FRONT CIRCUIT STILL INTACT. EVEN THEN, IT COULD NOT COMPLETELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND I WAS FORCED TO USE THE PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE. HAD I BEEN TOWING AT THE TIME, I AM CONVINCED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR

I WAS TRYING TO COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT WHEN PRESSING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME & WAS ABLE TO TURN THE TRUCK INTO THE NEARBY STORE PARKING LOT. WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK HOME & TOOK A LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, I SEEN THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE LINE, ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, UNDER THE HOOD, THAT HAD A HOLE IN IT & WAS SPRAYING FLUID EVERYWHERE. THE LINE ALSO LOOKED TO BE RUSTED. TO MAKE NOTE THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOWLY, HOWEVER, I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN TRYING TO STOP & TRAVELED (JUST GUESSING) ABOUT 30 TO 40 YARDS TO THE RED LIGHT & WAS STILL UNABLE TO STOP. *TR

TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW. FIRST INCIDENT WAS 7/2012 AT MY LAKE PROPERTY WHEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. TRUCK WAS LIMPED TO A LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS ON AN ALIGNMENT RACK AFTER THE APPLICATION OF NEW TIRES. THE JIG TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE BRAKE PEDDLE WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE ON THE RACK. *TR