2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW (ALONG FRAME) PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR NO BRAKES, I WAS LUCKY I WAS OFF ROAD AT THE TIME OF BRAKE FAILURE. TRUCK HAS 21685 MILES. BRAKE LINES SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK. I SHOULD OF ONLY LOST THE BACK BRAKES, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE ABS UNIT (ECHU)? THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAKE LINES, WHY NO RECALL? THIS WILL COST AROUND $1500+ IF I LET THEM DO THE WORK.

I HAD JUST GOT OF THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 65. AFTER PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY OUT. NOTHING. APON INSPECTION, I FOUND A RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE ON THE LEFT FRONT. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED AS I AM ALMOST 70 YRS. OLD. ALL THE LINES ARE FLAKING WITH RUST AND NOW I WILL NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT UNTIL ALL THE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT A VERY HIGH COST SINCE GM DOES NOT MAKE A REPLACEMENT PART. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW IN GOOD FAITH THINKING IT WOULD BE MY LAST. IT SEEMS TO ME GM SHOULD AT LEAST STAND GOOD ON DEFECTIVE PARTS. NOW I FIND OUT THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL OVER. THIS IS NOT JUST A FEW TRUCKS EITHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EITHER THE REAR OR FRONT BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

WAS TRYING TO STOP AT RED LIGHT & BRAKE WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO WARNING & HAD NO BRAKES SO UNABLE TO STOP. HAD TO KEEP GOING THROUGH LIGHT & HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE & FINALLY MANAGED TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. BRAKE FLUID WAS ALL OVER GROUND UNDER THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED ONLY GOING 25 MILES AN HOUR IN A SUBURBAN SETTING. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES BEFORE.

ON JULY 22, 2015 I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 AND WHEN I WENT TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION THE BRAKES FAILED AND I HAD GO THROUGH A STOP SIGN. I HAD TO HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED. I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN A HOUSING SUB DIVISION AND NOT ON AN INTERSTATE BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I WAS CLOSE TO MY MECHANICS GARAGE AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE GARAGE WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED AND RUSTED THROUGH HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT A BRAKE CALIPER NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO ALL OF THE BRAKE LINE CORROSION. THE MECHANIC ALSO INFORMED ME THAT ALL THE FUEL LINES WERE CORRODED AND ALSO NEEDED REPLACED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAS REPLACED BRAKE LINES ON SEVERAL SILVERADO'S ALL DUE TO CORROSION. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 65,665 MILES ON IT AND WAS SELDOM DRIVEN IN SNOW. I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THESE TRUCKS. IF MY WIFE OR ONE OF MY KIDS WAS DRIVING THIS THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. THE TOTAL COST WAS OVER $1400.00 TO GET ALL OF THE LINES REPLACED SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2004 AND HAS ONLY TRAVELED TO "SNOW BELT" STATES IN THE WINTER LESS THAN A DOZEN TIMES IN PAST 11 YEARS. ON 7/23/15, WHILE ON VACATION, THE VEHICLE SUFFERED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL BRAKING POWER. FORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED IN TIME BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF US BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND PULLING THE PARKING BRAKE. AFTER PULLING OFF OF THE ROAD AND OPENING THE HOOD, WE DISCOVERED THAT A SMALL FIRE HAD STARTED FROM THE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID HITTING THE HOT MANIFOLD. AGAIN, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET IT DOUSED IN TIME BEFORE ANY MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT THE FRONT LEFT METAL BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED, WE CAREFULLY MADE OUR WAY TO ADVANCE AUTO USING THE NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP US WHEN NEEDED. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PATCH THE CORRODED BRAKE LINE IN THE PARKING LOT OF AUTO AT 8 PM AT NIGHT ONLY TO DISCOVER THE OTHER FRONT LINE WAS CRACKED AS WELL. BY THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE TO FIX SO WE MADE A HARROWING TRIP BACK TO OUR HOTEL WITHOUT ANY REAL BRAKES. GOOD THING THEIR WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC AND WE WERE CLOSE TO OUR HOTEL. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE. THEY MENTIONED THEY HAD REPLACED ONE ON A CHEVY SUBURBAN ONLY A DAY EARLIER FROM INDIANA FOR THE SAME REASON. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR THIS ISSUE, I MUST STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH GM WHEN THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND THE REAR AND THAT "SHOULD A BRAKE PIPE SUDDENLY FAIL FOR ANY REASON, THE AFFECTED VEHICLE WOULD BE CAPABLE OF STOPPING WITH THE PRESSURE SUPPLIED BY THE REMAINING CIRCUIT." WE HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE AT ALL AND HAD NO WAY OF STOPPING. IT WAS ONLY MY HUSBAND'S QUICK THINKING THAT SAVED OUR FAMILY AND ANOTHER FAMILY FROM AN ACCIDENT. I HOPE THIS MATTER WILL BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT OBSERVED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE LINES TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

ON 7/3/15, MY HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP IN ORDER TO EXIT A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WE (MY HUSBAND, CHILD, AND I) DROVE ACROSS THE MARKED PARKING WAYS AND CRASHED INTO A PARKING LOT SIGN TO MAKE THE VEHICLE COME TO A STOP. UPON EXITING THE TRUCK, MY HUSBAND NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE LEAKING. WE WERE BLESSED THAT WE HAD NOT PULLED ON THE MAIN STREET INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP FOR REPAIR. I ALSO CALLED DON MOORE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HAD NO RESPONSE. *TR