2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCK HAD IT THAT I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVER SIDE. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH THE EXCEPTION FOR THE BRAKE LINES. ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED. IT IS OBVIOUS IN THE APPEARANCE, THAT THE MATERIAL USED TO MAKE THE BRAKE LINES WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE CORROSION RESISTANCE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINE FAILED TO THE FRONT BRAKES. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH REMAINING BRAKING BY THE REAR BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD SAT OVERNIGHT AND I STARTED IT TO DRIVE IT TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING. AS I WAS SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMED TO GO DOWN FARTHER THAN USUAL BUT ALLOWED ME TO SHIFT AS EXPECTED. AS I STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, AFTER TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WERE NOT WORKING. THE SERVICE LIGHTS APPEARED AND I BELIEVE THE CHIME SOUNDED. I DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKING ABILITY SO I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IT WAS DISCOVERED ONE OF THE METAL LINES ON THE REAR HAD RUPTURED/FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND ALL OF THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT. I FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN BUSY TRAFFIC OR APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITH STOPPED VEHICLES AND TAVELING AT A MUCH HIGHER SPEED BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP OR REACT QUICK ENOUGH TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND EVEN IF I HAD ATTEMPTED IT, I DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME. *TR

ALL THE TRUCK BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED AND A LEAK SPRUNG UP ON THE SECTION UNDER THE RADIATOR FEEDING THE PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL. HAVE LOOKED THE ENTIRE US FOR PARTS AND GM HAS A IMPROVED NYLON COATED PART NUMBER 22932587 THEY HAVE APPARENTLY DISCONTINUED. NUMEROUS SITES POINT TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF SUCH VEHICLES WITH A DOCUMENTED FAILURE RATE OF 1:1000. THE QUESTION...IF THE FAILURE RATE IS THIS HIGH, AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2010 - WHY IS GM NOT BEING PRESSURED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH CUSTOMERS? THIS REPAIR MAY COST ME APPROX $1800.00 AND THAT IS A LOT CONSIDERING THE DEFECT IS SO WIDELY KNOWN. *TR

AFTER RUNNING ERRANDS I WAS RETURNING HOME AND WHEN I CAME DOWN MY STREET THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK.THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I WAS TRAVELING SLOW AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH MY E-BRAKE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED . I GOT THE TRUCK TO A BRAKE SHOP WHERE THEY FOUND ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND IT COST APPROX. $1000.00 TO REPAIR.I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY CHEVROLET WOULD MAKE STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST BUT NOT STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES. THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 27000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH, WHEN A DEER STEPPED OUT ONLY 40 YARDS AHEAD OF ME, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. LUCKILY THE DEER STARTED TO SPRINT BECAUSE I MISSED THE DEER BY ONLY A COUPLE FEET. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD I FOUND OUT THE MASTER CYLINDER BLEW A O-RING. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE CHEVY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STOP TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN MY LINES BLEW. I WENT TO REPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO FIND NO PRESSURE. I WENT TO RELY ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN THAT ALSO FAILED AFTER 3 PRESSES. NOW I AM BEING QUOTED $1,500.00 FOR A REPAIR THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE DO TO FAULTY MATERIAL. *TR