2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

WHILE DRIVING TO GO GET LUNCH I WENT TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC AND MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THANK GOD I DIDN'T HIT ANYONE. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED HOME AND I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE TRUCK. WHEN I CLIMBED UNDER I NOTICED THE LINES WERE CORRODED AND ONE OF THE HAD RUPTURED. AFTER ALL OF THIS I STARTED TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALOT OF GM TRUCKS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO RECALL YET!!! ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED FIRST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT HAD TO ENGAGE THE PEDAL UNTIL IT WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

STEEL BRAKE LINE TO REAR OF TRUCK RUSTED THROUGH, WHICH CAUSED BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK OUT & SYSTEM COULD NOT GENERATE SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO STOP THE VEHICLE QUICKLY. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS RELATIVELY LIGHT AND I HAD A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN FRONT OF ME. THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR IN THE SAME TRIP, AND NO WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, EVEN DURING THE FAILURE. AT THE NEXT KEY OFF & ON, THE WARNING LIGHT DID ACTUALLY COME ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A DEER IN THE ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL.THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD AND OVER A DITCH IN ORDER TO STOP AND AVOID CRASHING INTO THE DEER. THE CONTACT SUFFERED NO PERSONAL INJURY. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THERE WAS AN OPEN AND CLOSED INVESTIGATION FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP10003 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE APPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THEY REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES. THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES COVERING THE FAILURE. THEY OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE ALSO ROTTED AND CORRODED. THIS WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,900. UPDATED 10/23/2014*LJ UPDATED 04/7/2015 *JS

COMMING TO A STOP LIGHT I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND WHEN I WENT TO COME TO A FINAL STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND I ROLLED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I HAVE OWNED A LOT OF CARS AND NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I HAD THIS HAPPEN EVEN IN THE OLDEST OF CARS OR TRUCKS, BEFORE THIS WITH ONLY 20000.00 MILES ON THE TRUCK I HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR ROTORS DUE TO SUCH BAD CORROSION THAT THEY COULD NOT BE CUT. AND NOW WITH ONLY 75000.00 MILES I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES FOR THE SAME REASON. *JS

BRAKE LINING HAS PREMATURE RUST, IN WHICH, CAUSED IT TO LEAK AND FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. I WAS THE FOURTH VEHICLE TO PULL UP TO A RED LIGHT, WHEN I NOTICED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY BRAKES. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45 MPH AT THIS ROAD LOCATION AND I WAS TRYING TO SLOW MY ACCELERATION TO COME TO A STOP. THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR ON MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN AND COME TO A STOP. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO STOP MY TRUCK BEFORE HITTING THE SMALLER CAR IN FRONT OF ME! I SWUNG MY TRUCK TO THE BURM OF THE ROAD AND PASSED ALL THE VEHICLES STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT, EVENTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE LIGHT BY WAY OF THE BURM OF THE ROAD. MY DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS BROKEN IN THIS INCIDENT. THE BRAKES DID SLOW ME DOWN AND ALLOW ME TO COME TO A STOP WITH THE USE OF MY EMERGENCY BRAKE BUT, IT WAS AFTER MY VEHICLE PASSED ALL THE CARS STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT AND ME STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. LUCKY THERE WAS NO CARS IN THE WAY! THE BRAKES HAD SOME STOPPING POWER BUT, WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR THIS SIZE TRUCK AND THE PEDAL DID NOT ENGAGE TILL IT WAS JUST ABOUT TO THE FLOOR. *JS BROKEN LINING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY INSPECTION MECHANIC BUT, STATED HE WILL NOT INSPECT THIS VEHICLE UNTIL ALL THE LINES ARE REPLACED. HE HAS STATED THAT ALL THE LINES HAVE PREMATURE RUST AND COULD BREAK AT ANY TIME AND WILL NOT TAKE THE RESPONSIBLILTY TO SAY THEY ARE OKAY TO PASS INSPECTION. I ALSO, HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 FACTORY BRAKE ROTORS AT 14,752 MILES. THE BRAKE PADS WORE OUT PREMATURELY AND WHEN I HAD MY MECHANIC REPLACE THEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND PITTED PREMATURELY. I STILL HAVE THEM, I CAN'T BELEIVE HOW BAD THEY DETERORATED! I WAS SURPRISED WITH SUCH LITTLE MILEAGE THAT THE ROTORS AND BRAKES WENT BAD.