2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD NO BRAKING AT ALL LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT WITH OUT INCIDENT. HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE WE LEARNED ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULE AND FROM ABS MODULE TO FRONT AND REAR WHEELS. I LIVE IN WISCONSIN WE SALT ROADS, WITH ALL THE SAFETY REGULATIONS HOW CAN THEY USE A CHEAP CORROSIVE MATERIAL ON A VERY IMPORTANT VEHICLE PART? I KNOW THEY MAKE S.S. BRAKE LINES. I HAD JUST COME OFF OF A 65MPH HIGHWAY IF THEY HAD FAILED THEN, I MAY NOT BE WRITING THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER NOT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126000.

MONDAY MORNING I TOOK MY SON TO SCHOOL. MONDAY AFTERNOON I GOT IN THE TRUCK WENT TO PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. AFTER THAT THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON ( I DIDN'T ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE). I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID I DIDN'T HAVE ANY. AFTER INSPECTION MY HUSBAND FOUND A LEAK IN THE BRAKE LINE. IT WAS RUSTED AND WORN. I UNDERSTAND THE TRUCK HAS A LOT OF MILES. HOWEVER I DID NOT GET ANY WARNING LIGHT OR ABS LIGHT, NOTHING. I WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS DRIVING WITH MY SON. AFTER MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE LINE, HE CHECKED FOR LEAKS THE FOLLOWING DAY. THERE WERE NONE. WE STARTED BLEEDING THE BRAKES AND ANOTHER LINE STARTING LEAKING. *TR

BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING ENDED UP GOING OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO AVOID COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAR WAS TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY Y AND TRUCK EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE CAUSED BY CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINES. NO LIGHT AND OR WARNINGS OF ANY PROBLEM CAME ON AND THIS WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. *TR

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. TOOK TO SHOP HAD BEEN TOLD SPEED SOLENOID, REPLACED BOTH, FLUSHED TRANNY & CHANGED OIL. ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE FROM THE MINUTE WE TOOK THE PLASTIC OF THE SEATS. BRAKES, BEARINGS FUEL LINES, SPRINGS WATER PUMP ETC YOU NAME IT HAVE RECEIPTS FOR ALL OF IT. UNDER WARRANTY & AFTER. THIS TRUCK IS A LEMON. GMC WILL DO NOTHING, DEALER JUST PUTS HEAD DOWN & WALKS AWAY BECAUSE HE KNOWS MAJOR ISSUES IN THE FIRST 90 DAYS OF OWNING & CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. THIS PICKUP HAS NEVER LEFT THE BLACKTOP. NO OFFROADING, NOT HUNTING OR ANYTHING ELSE, NO VACATIONS IN FEAR OF BEING STRANDED. JUNK JUNK JUNK & NOW I GET TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WHEN CHRISTMAS IS 10 DAYS AWAY. I DON'T THINK MY CHILDREN WANT A NEW CHEVY VEHICLE EVER. *TR

ON 11/27/13, I WAS TRAVELING IN VERY HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN AUSTIN, TX WHEN I CAME TO TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING 45 MILES PER HOUR AND MY BRAKES WENT OUT. I RAN THE LIGHT, PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND COASTED ONTO A SIDE STREET AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. I HAD NO ADVANCE WARNING! NONE OF THE SERVICE MESSAGES APPEARED BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I WAS VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND BY MYSELF. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS SOME FLUID, BUT I QUICKLY SAW BRAKE FLUID FLOWING OUT IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED AND BROKE. THIS CAR HAS SPENT MOST OF ITS LIFE AT THE TEXAS COAST, EXPOSED TO SAND AND SALT. I AM SO VERY THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH I WAS ABOUT TO ACCESS...I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN. FOR THE LAST 43 YEARS, I HAVE OWNED SUBURBANS (CURRENTLY OWN 3) AND NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM. THIS 2004 IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY USED IN A SAND/SALT ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE WHICH SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY PROTECTED FROM DAMAGE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH CORROSIVE MATERIALS, LIKE SEA AIR OR SALTED ROAD AREAS. AS YOU KNOW, SUCH AREAS COVER MOST OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT TO WITHSTAND THAT TYPE OF WEAR. NOTE: THIS CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND NOT UTILIZED IN ANY ADVERSE MANNER. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. AS A RESULT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,548. UPDATED 12/30/13*CN

TOTAL SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO LEAKING BRAKE LINES, WITH NO PRIOR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, AND I AM TOLD ALL LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION DESPITE EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE AND RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE GIVEN AGE OF VEHICLE. I WENT ONLINE AND NOW SEE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN GM TRUCKS FOR APPROX. 10 YEAR RANGE, 99-09. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON WET/SNOWY ROAD DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HAD TO PUMP PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE AND STOP. ONCE HOME, I SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY DOOR LOCATION. BRAKE LINES SEVERELY CORRODED. $1700 EMERGENCY REPAIR ON NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND. CALIPERS REPLACED ALSO DUE TO CORRODED BLEEDERS. ABS HAS ALSO STOPPED WORKING/MALFUNCTIONED ON THIS TRUCK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND APPLIED MY BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT STOP THE TRUCK PROPERLY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK HOME REVEALED ALL BRAKE AND FUEL LINES HAVE SEVERE CORROSION AND BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED THROUGH AND EMPTIED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. VERY UNSAFE CONDITION FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS IN MY OPINION. *TR