2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

WHILE DRIVING A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK STOPPED AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE FLUID ONLY TO FIND IT LEAKING ON THE GROUND. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED AND CALLED A CHEVY TECH I KNOW AND WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM. REPLACEMENT PARTS AS AN ASSEMBLY ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE! YOU BUY THE LINES AND HAVE TO HAVE THEM BENT TO FIT..A ROUGH PRICE $1,000 TO $1,600.00. *TR

WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT THE PA STATE INSPECTION STATION THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID APPEARED ON THE SHOP FLOOR AT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. UPON INSPECTION WE FOUND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. I CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AND I FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR, COMMON PROBLEM AND GM SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR INSTALLING INFERIOR BRAKE LINES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE ODOMETER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000. UPDATED 9/17/13*CN THE RACK AND PINION, STEERING COLUMN AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO REPLACED. ALSO, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.

DEPRESSED BRAKES AND PEDAL RIGHT TO FLOOR. NO BRAKES. HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE AND EVEN WITH THAT SLOWING ME DOWN WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY THE LIGHT JUST CHANGED AND ON-GOING TRAFFIC NOT YET INTO INTERSECTION. STEERED OFF OF ROAD AND STOPPED INTO A FIELD. HAD TO BE TOWED TO GARAGE WHERE DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT IN BOTH REAR AND FRONT, THUS NO BRAKES (SO MUCH FOR HAVING TIME TO STOP BECAUSE BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WONT FAIL AT SAME TIME). INVESTIGATION WAS THAT SEVERELY CORRODED TUBING AND ALSO DISCOVERED THAT GAS TANK BRACKETS ALSO CORRODED ...ONE COMPLETELY FAILED ALREADY. THEN IT GETS WORSE...THE LINES ARE CUSTOM MADE/BENDED WITH MOLDED IN RUBBER SECTIONS ETC. AND GM NOT OFFERING REPLACEMENTS. *TR

COMING TO A STOP SIGN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, MY VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD PREVIOUSLY NEVER DONE THAT. I ALMOST DID NOTSTOP AND IN FACT OVER SHOT THE STOP SIGN BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I HAD MY THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WAS LUCKY THAT OTHER VEHICLES WERE ABLE TO AVOID HITTING US. AT THE MECHANICS I WAS TOLD ALL MY LINES WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AS ALL ARE CORRODED TO A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

MY DAUGHTER AND 10 YEAR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER BORROWED THE TRUCK TO GO TO A STORE,A SHORT DISTANCE. SHE CAME TO A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WITH NO WARNING THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION IN THE 35 MPH ZONE ON A GREEN LIGHT. MY DAUGHTER MADE THE CORRECT PANIC DECISION TO QUICKLY TURN RIGHT INTO THE TRAFFIC FLOW SHOULDER TO AVOID BEING HIT BROAD SIDE. I HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK WITHIN THE HOUR BEFORE THE NEAR ACCIDENT WITH NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM.NO LEAKING BRAKE FLUID SMELL, NO DASH LIGHTS, NO LOW BRAKE PEDDLE. ALL BRAKE FLUID DRAINED FROM THE FAILED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE CAB, SO MUCH FOR THE DUEL BRAKING SYSTEM!! ALL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. *TR

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY , HAD TO STOP VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. BRAKE LINES ON THE TRUCK WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT THEY RUPTURED. SEEMS AS THOUGH THE LINES ON THE VEHICLE ARE MADE OF A VERY POOR QUALITY STEEL AND NOT PROPERLY COATED TO PREVENT CORROSION. VEHICLE IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD WITH 23,000 MILES. *TR