2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST OUT, 35,000 MILES ON PU TRUCK. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS IF IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY OR ROAD. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON LINE I FOUND HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF FAILURES FOR BRAKE LINE RUST OUTS FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME 1999-2004, THIS IS A 2003 CHEVY PU UP, NOT A 1959 PICKUP! I AM DISMAYED THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS SEVERE SAFETY PROBLEM! *TR

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO RUPTURED BRAKE LINE DRIVER SIDE. PUMPED BRAKE PEDAL TO GET PRESSURE BUILT BACK UP IN ORDER TO BRING TRUCK TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION SOME OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED INCLUDING THE LINE THAT RUPTURED. OTHER BRAKE LINES APPEAR FINE, NO RUST. GM MUST HAVE HAD A BAD QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT. HOW WOULD SOME BRAKE LINES BE FINE AND OTHERS HAVE COMPLETE RUST OUT? DID GM HAVE MULTIPLE SUPPLIERS FOR THESE BRAKE LINES? THE VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVROLET 2500HD 2WD EXT CAB PICK UP TRUCK. *TR

5/12/2011 2003 CHEVROLET 2500 HD 85,000 MILES WHILE APPROACHING STOPPED TRAFFIC BEGAN TO BRAKE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR AND HAD NO BRAKING ABILITY. STRUCK THE AUTOMOBILE IN FRONT OF ME AT APPROX. 20 MPH WHICH STRUCK THE AUTOMOBILE IN FRONT OF THEM. LUCKILY NO INJURIES REPORTED AT TIME OF INCIDENT. $1,500 REPAIRS TO FRONT END OF MY TRUCK AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF DAMAGES TO REPAIR OTHER AUTOMOBILES. BOTH WERE DRIVABLE ALTHOUGH APPROX. SAME AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AS MINE. TRUCK WAS TOWED FROM SCENE. DEALERSHIP FOUND BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED, $1,600. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTING TO A STOP WHEN SMOKE BEGAN TO RISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE BRAKE LINES FRACTURED UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING A SMALL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 160,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO A STOP WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BRAKES ON A TRAILER IT WAS HAULING. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP10003 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 55,000.

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD PICK UP W/ A LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES. THIS WINTER WHILE DRIVING THE BREAK PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOOR AND COULD NOT STOP. A SNOW EMBANKMENT STOPPED ME LUCKILY WITH NO INJURY AND NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A NEARBY CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED RIGHT THROUGH THE CALIPERS WERE CORRODED AT THE BLEEDER VALVE AND ROTORS WERE DELAMINATING . THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT IS COMMON WITH THESE VEHICLES. I CANNOT SEE A 7 YEAR OLD VEHICLE W/ LOW MILES HAVING SUCH A MAIN MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE AS THIS. THE COST FOR REPAIR WOULD BE $3,200 I CANNOT AFFORD THIS SO THE VEHICLE (WHICH IS MINT CONDITION) IS NOW SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY. *TR