2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

2003 CHEVY 2500HD TRUCK BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN LEAVING GARAGE.....UNDER VEHICLE FOUND BRAKE FLUID PUDDLE....UPON INSPECTION FOUND SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING.....YEAR PRIOR HAD SAME ISSUE WITH A DIFFERENT LINE, SO CHANGED OUT LINE. EVEN CHANGED A RUSTED LINE THAT WASN'T LEAKING....WHEN FILLED RESERVOIR WITH FLUID AND PRESSED PEDAL, BRAKE LINE GOING TO REAR OF TRUCK IN AN OBSCURED, ABOVE THE GAS TANK LOCATION, STARTED TO LEAK....ONCE AGAIN .....SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINE, IN AN AREA FREE FROM ANY ROAD DEBRIS....SO ALAS, AFTER DROPPING THE GAS TANK AND REPLACING THIS LINE, WHICH MEANT EVERY LINE HAS BEEN REPLACED......NO LEAKS!!! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE LINES.....I BABY THIS TRUCK AND IT IS IN THE GARAGE 95% OF THE TIME ALWAYS CLEAN...THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED!!!! AFTER BEING A CHEVY MAN ALL MY LIFE.......I'M DONE.... DRIVE SHAFT, FUEL TANK GUARD, AND FUEL LINES AND FILTER ALL RUSTED.....FROM WHAT????? *TR

IN LATE DEC MY DIESEL FUEL RETURN LINE ROTTED OUT FROM RUST, AND WAS LEAKING DIESEL FUEL ALL OVER THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED AT IDLE. I DIDN'T NOTICE IT UNTIL I STOPPED TO RE-FUEL AND REALIZED FUEL WAS DRIPPING FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK. I WAS ON TRAVEL FOR CHRISTMAS, ABOUT 500 MILES FROM HOME AND THERE WERE NO OPEN AUTO SHOPS AROUND THAT I COULD FIND. I WAS ABLE TO CUT THE ROTTED SECTION OUT AND BAND AID FIX THE SYSTEM WITH SOME RUBBER FUEL LINE AND HOSE CLAMPS FROM AUTOZONE. THIS FIX HAS SEEMED TO HOLD UP FAIRLY WELL FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN USING MY TRUCK. FAST FORWARD TO LAST WEEK WHEN MY BRAKE LINE DECIDED TO BURST, SPEWING BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE ROAD AND THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF MY TRUCK. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND GET IT TOWED BACK HOME WHERE IT NOW SITS. I'VE BEEN DOING THE RESEARCH AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WITH THESE SAME RUSTED OUT LINE ISSUES ON THESE GMC VEHICLES. I HAVE YET TO CONTACT GM ABOUT IT BUT I AM SURE THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME AS THE TRUCK DOES HAVE HIGHER MILLAGE. HOWEVER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE WITH UNDER 100K ON THEIR VEHICLES! HERE ARE SOME OF THE LINKS... NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP10003 HTTP://TRUCKS.ABOUT.COM/B/2011/08/01/BRAKE-LINE-CORROSION-SUSPECTED-IN-GM-TRUCKS.HTM HTTP://TRUCKS.ABOUT.COM/OD/GENERALMOTORSTRUCKS/A/BRAKE-LINE-CORROSION-PROBLEMS-IN-GM-TRUCKS.HTM HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/WEBX/.F0D4FE5?DISPLAYRECENT

RECENTLY I HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH MY 2003 2500HD SILVERADO. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP BUT THE PEDAL JUST WENT TO THE FLOOR. I QUICKLY DOWNSHIFTED TO 2ND AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO ASSIST IN GETTING THE TRUCK STOPPED. I NARROWLY MISSED CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I DISCOVERED THAT ATLEAST 1 OF MY BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. I'VE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY RECOMMEND ALL THE BRAKE LINES BE REPLACED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE CORROSION IN ALL THE LINES. I WAS ABLE TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE TRUCK ON THE LIFT. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKE LINES. THIS IS MY PERSONAL TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN KEPT VERY CLEAN INSIDE AND OUT AND IS ONLY USED LIGHTLY. I BELIEVE THE LINES ARE DEFECTIVE. BRAKE LINES DON'T TYPICALLY RUST OUT IN AN 8 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. I DON'T LIVE NEAR THE OCEAN, SO THE ONLY SALT IT MAY SEE IS IN THE WINTER MONTHS. THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AND GM SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND MAKE THE REPAIR. *TR

WENT OUT TO THE TRUCK, STARTED IT AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ALONG WITH A WARNING BEEP INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. NO SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO THIS WAS GIVEN, WHICH IS VERY SCARY AS I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, UPON INSPECTION (WORD FOR WORD FROM INVOICE) "BRAKE LINE FROM ABS TO UNIT TO REAR AXLE AND ONE RUSTED THRU FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS UNIT, OTHER LINES FROM ABS UNIT VERY RUSTY ALSO, REPLACED ALL RUSTED BRAKE LINES, FREE UP BRAKE BLEEDS AND BLEED BRAKE SYSTEM, ROAD TESTED AND RECHECKED OKAY" THIS KIND OF FAILURE SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE, TRUCK WITH THIS LOW MILES AND AGE, REALLY? COST TO FIX $1,010.64 WITH TOW. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE LINES WITH BRAKE LINES THAT WILL NEVER CORRODE, WHY WASN'T THIS DONE AT FACTORY TO BEGIN WITH? I REGULARLY TOW HEAVY EQUIPMENT, GRANTED THE TRAILERS HAVE BRAKES, BUT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKE LINES BROKE WHILE DRIVING. FIRST TIME HAD TO STOP SUDDEN ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME,REPLACED ONE LINE, NO REPLACEMENT LINES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME . SECOND TIME WAS THIS MORNING 12/6/11 PUT BRAKES ON TO AVOID ANIMAL DIFFERENT LINE RUPTURED . GETTING TIRED OF IT . THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AT LEAST A PLACE I COULD GET REPLACEMENT LINES. FURTHERMORE THE VEHICLE IS GARAGED OVERNIGHT IN THE WINTER ,VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN NEAR SALT WATER. *TR