2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

THE VEHICLE HAD A BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A BRAKE LINE RUSTING OUT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE OF POOR QUALITY. AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE ROTTED OUT. THESE ARE SIZED TOO SMALL DIAMETER TO SAVE WEIGHT .3/16TH CHEAP STEEL, AND THIN WALL TUBING, UNCOATED, UNPAINTED, NON GALVANIZED, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PROTECTED BRAKE LINE. IT IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. GM DECIDED TO USE THESE CHEAP THIN WALL BRAKE LINES. AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES , AND POWER STEERING COOLER LINES, FOR THAT MATTER ARE ROTTED BEYOND SAFE USE. WHILE THE REST OF THE VEHICLE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS JUST BLATENT IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. TO USE THESE LINES WITHOUT RUST PROTECTION. PAINT AT LEAST. OR BETTER YET, THEY SHOULD OF BEEN STAINLESS OR CAD OR GALVANIZED PLATED LINES. GM SHOULD REPLACE THEM FOR FREE, AND THE FUEL LINES AND MY ROTTED OUT COOLER LINES. THE VEHICLE HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND IS PARKED IN MY DRIVE. I OWE 3 YEARS ON IT. I DROVE IT 4000 MILES . THE BRAKES FAILED, THE AIRBAG LIGHTS ON, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON, LINES ROTTED ALL OVER, AND ITS A PIECE OF [XXX] . I HOPE GM ROTS IN [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I REALIZE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS WELL OUT OF THE 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. BUT LATELY WITH HOW RAPIDLY THIS TRUCK WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART ON ME ITS JUST REALLY BEEN FRUSTRATING. I'VE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SHOP LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FOR FRONT WHEEL BEARING/ ABS SENSOR REPAIR WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY WENT OUT. MOST OF THE TIME SPEEDOMETER IS READING 0 MPH OCCASIONALLY IT WILL FLUTTER BETWEEN 5-10 MPH. READING ONLINE I SEE GM EXTENDED THEIR SPEEDOMETER WARRANTY TO 7 YRS/70K MILES. JUST VERY FRUSTRATING GENERAL MOTORS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THIS WHAT THIS REPAIR WILL COST. IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE THE REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE TO THIS TRUCK WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES HAVE BEEN... FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS,SWAY BAR(LINKS/BUSHINGS), INNER/ OUTER TIE RODS( BOTH SIDES), UPPER/ LOWER A ARMS (BOTH SIDES), NEW BRAKES/ROTORS( ALL THE WAY AROUND) , A FRONT END ALIGNMENT WITH MY NEW TIRES. THIS IS A 2 WHEEL DRIVE 1500 TRUCK NOT A 2500 4X4 THAT WAS USED TO PLOW SNOW WITH FOR YEARS. NO IDEA WHY THE WHOLE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WAS SO ROTTED OUT TO THE POINT EVERYTHING NEEDED REPLACED. NOT FOR A TRUCK WITH SO FEW MILES ON IT. AND NOW THIS. *TR

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