2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

DRIVING HOME FROM STORE ONLY TO HAVE A VEHICLE STOP SHORT IN FRONT OF ME. APPLIED BRAKES AND TO MY SURPRISE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I HAD ROOM TO MANEUVER AROUND TRAFFIC AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND I WAS TOLD LEFT FRONT BREAK LINE RUSTED OUT. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND I CAN ATTEST THAT NO UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRED TO WARRANT BRAKE LINE RUSTING OUT. MOVING FORWARD 16 MONTHS I WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE ONLY TO HAVE BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE TOWED TO CHEVY DEALER. DEALER TELLS ME ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED BADLY (EXCEPT ONE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED) AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT TO THE TUNE OF $2700.00. GOOD THING I WAS NOT DRIVING OR WORSE YET PULLING MY 8000 POUND CAMPER. IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOME ONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE CHEVY IS MADE TO ADMIT THEY HAVE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE BRAKE LINES. *JS

WE HAD JUST GOTTEN TO THE BOTTOM OF A HILL WHEN WE APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL FELT NORMAL THEN INSTANTLY IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. WE ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKES BUT THE PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. WHEN WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO STOP WE JUMPED OUT AND SAW BRAKE FLUID PUDDLE ON THE GROUND AND ALL UNDERNEATH THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. AFTER THE FLUID WAS GONE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES TO EVEN PANIC STOP. THERE IS ALSO EXTENSIVE RUST UNDER THE TRUCK EVEN THOUGH UNDERCOATING WAS APPLIED IN THE FACTORY. *TR

VEHICLE UNDER CARRIAGE LOOKS MORE LIKE A 30 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. BRAKES LINES HAVE FAILED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OR SWERVING OFF ROAD TO AVOID COLLISION. OIL COOLER LINED RUPTURED AND LEAKED OIL ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD, A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ROTTED AS WELL SO HOT EXHAUST GASES ARE NOT DIRECTED OUT THE EXHAUST, ALSO A CONCERN FOR POISONING OCCUPANTS WITH TOXIC EXHAUST GASES . POWER STEERING FITTINGS ROTTED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. GM IS USELESS, WHEN I CONTACTED THEM THEY SAID IT IS THE ENVIRONMENT. I ASKED THEM WHY A TOYOTA AND ACURA, BOTH 8 YEARS OLDER SHOWED NO SUCH FAILURES OR EVEN SIGNS OF RUST ON CRITICAL COMPONENTS. GM RESPONDED THAT THEY COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. HMMM, I WONDER WHY. IN 39 YEARS OF DRIVING, IT IS THE MOST I EVER PAID FOR A VEHICLE, 48,000 DOLLARS, AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES ANY ASSISTANCE. THAT'S THE THANKS FOR BAILING THEM OUT. IT HAS ALSO HAD WIRES TO BLOWER MOTOR BURN, REAR BRAKE ROTORS ROTTED AWAY AT 22,000 MILES, GROUND WIRES UNDER HOOD HAVE ROTTED AND FALLEN OF... MORE POTENTIAL HAZARDS, A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED A CAME APART. I COULD GO ON AND ON. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION INTO GM AND.THE POOR QUALITY AND LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS BY FAR THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED, EVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, THE BRAKES AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000. *TR

AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME WITH ICY ROADS AND SNOW. I WAS ON MY DRIVEWAY TRYING TO GET TO THE TOP OFF IT WHEN I LOST TRACTION. I STOPPED AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. I STARTED TO BACK DOWN THE DRIVE WHEN THE PEDDLE FELL TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO VIOLENTLY OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASH DOWN OVER AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WAS NO WARNING, JUST TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES BOTH FRONT AND REAR. MECHANIC SAYS THE LINES BLEW APART FROM RUST. *TR

FIRST TIME BRAKE LINE BROKE AT DEALERS PARKING LOT. LINE REPAIRED TWO WEEKS LATER WHILE STOPPING FOR RED LIGHT ANOTHER BRAKE LINE RUPTURED MONTH LATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT ANOTHER BRAKE LINE BURST MINOR COLLISION NO DAMAGE. DEALER AT THIS TIME REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES IN VEHICLE AS I REFUSED TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT EVERY LINE REPLACED PERIOD. *TR

AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT AND THEN TO THE FLOOR. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING AND A BRAKE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I GOT THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. IT WAS EMPTY. IT HAD BEEN SNOWING THAT DAY AND I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FLUID HAD FORMED IN THE FRESH SNOW UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, JUST INBOARD AND AFT OF THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL. WHEN I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH AND LOOKED I FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE SEVERELY ROTTED BRAKE LINES. I HAVE NEVER HAD A SOLID BRAKE LINE FAIL ON ME BEFORE AND WAS QUITE SHOCKED AT HOW PROGRESSED THE CORROSION WAS. I TAKE CARE OF MY TRUCK AND IT GETS WASHED AND SERVICED REGULARLY. WITH THAT IT GETS USED AS A TRUCK AS WELL. I FEEL THAT THE CORROSION WAS EXCESSIVE AND PERHAPS IS THE RESULT OF A MATERIAL FLAW/CHEAP MATERIALS USED. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD I BEEN TOWING MY HORSE TRAILER OR MY CAMPER THAT DAY. *TR