2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

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

THE ABS KICKS IN AT LOW SPEEDS TO WHERE IT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND HAVE A GRINDING FEEL AT THE DOOR PEDAL EVEN AFTER HAVING THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED. THE DASH CLUSTER GAUGES STOP WORKING ONE BY ONE,ONLY THE HEAT GAUGE WORK OFF AND ON. THE ENGINE BEGINS TO OVER HEAT WHEN SITTING IN IDLE 10 MINUTES, SOMETIMES 5 MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW HOT IT IS,AND THE AIR CONDITIONING STARTS TO BLOW HOT AIR BUT IT BEGINS TO COOL OFF ONCE YOU START BACK DRIVING. I HAVE HAD THE WATER PUMP CHECKED,SOME HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND IT STILL DOES IT ONLY IN THE SUMMER

A TRUCK WENT THO A RED LIGHT AS I WAS UNDER THE LIGHT HEADING EAST AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS AT STOP LIGHT AND FOR UNKNOWN REASON IT TOOK OFF HITTING THE FRONT OF MY RIGHT FENDER AND PUTTING ME INTO A SPIN. AT FIRST I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED. THE MY VAN STOPPED. THE POLICE ASKED IF I WAS OK. I SAID NO.I GOT HIT IN THE FACE AND RIGHT ARM BY THE 2 AIR BAGS IN FRONT. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VAN. THE AIR BAGS WERE BROKE OPEN. NEVER HAD ACCIDENT BEFORE WERE AIR BAG WENT OFF. DID NOT KNOW HOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK. TILL I SEEN ON THE TV RECALLS. AND THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK OPEN.THE JELL BEHIND MY RIGHT EYE SPLIT. I HAVE TO SEE A DR. EVERY 6 MONTHS NOW TO CHECK PRESSURE IN EYE FOR GLAUCOMA NOW. *TR

DRIVING 45 MILES PER HOUR ALONG A RURAL ROAD FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE I WAS FOLLOWING APPLIED HIS BRAKES TO TURN LEFT ONTO A SIDE ROAD. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES I FELT THE ABS SYSTEM KICK IN, THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FLOOR WITH ONLY MINIMAL STOPPING POWER. I HAD TO DRIVE UP ONTO A LAWN TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION, I WAS ABLE TO NURSE IT HOME. THIS IS THE SECOND BLOWN BRAKE LINE I'VE HAD ON THIS TRUCK. IN AUGUST OF 2014 WHILE TOWING A TRAILER I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAIL. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND. I REPLACED THE RUSTED LINE AND BLED THE BRAKES, AFTER WHICH THEY OPERATED NORMALLY. I'VE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE NEW, PURCHASED IN DECEMBER OF 2003, AND NOTICED WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTING UNUSUALLY QUICKLY. I'M AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC AND AM USED TO INSPECTING MY VEHICLES FOR ANY MECHANICAL DEFECTS OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS.

THANK GOD I WAS NOT TRAVELING I GOT UP IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND PLACED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IN WHICH IT WENT TO THE FLOOR WHICH WAS ODD I PUMPED THE BRAKE A TIME OR TWO AND HEARD THE SOUND OF DRIPPING FLUID UNDER MY TRUCK I SHUT IT OFF AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK TO SEE A STREAM OF BRAKE FLUID DOWN TO THE GROUND. I COULD HAVE ONLY IMAGINED WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND THIS HAD HAPPEN OR IF I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME ON THE WAY TO THE BEACH. THIS COULD HAVE BEE CATASTROPHIC NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. I AM AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC AND AFTER READING SOME OF THESE KNOWN ISSUES AND CHEVROLETS RESPONSE TO THEM MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO ADMIT THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM. I MEAN THERE ARE SOME THINGS I CAN SEE NEEDING REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON A VEHICLE AND BRAKE LINES THAT ARE MADE OUT OF STEEL IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE AIRLINES USE STAINLESS STEEL IN THE AIRCRAFT TO HELP RESIST CORROSION FOR THIS VERY REASON. WHY PUT PEOPLES LIVES IN DANGER WHEN YOU CAN FIX IT WITH BETTER QUALITY PARTS.