2006 Chevrolet Silverado

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

AS I WAS PROCEDIN TOWARDS A YIELD SIGN, MY BRAKES SEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN OUT. THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP BUT SLOWLY AND NEARLY CAUSED ME TO GET SIDESWIPED BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. UPON RETURNING HOME I SAW A MASSIVE POL OF BRAKE FLUID UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HAVING ANOTHER PERSON HIT THE BRAKES I SAW THAT THE FLUID WAS ESCAPING FROM THE METAL BRAKE LINE RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE COOLING FANS. THE LINE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED BY RUST. *TR

I WAS COMING HOME FROM MY DAUGHTERS SOCCER GAME WITH HER AND MY EX-WIFE AS PASSENGERS.WE WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES FROM HOME TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND PEDDLE WENT SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR. I MANAGED TO GET SLOWED DOWN AND BY QUICKLY PUMPING MY BRAKES I COULD GET ENOUGH PRESSURE TO STOP THE TRUCK. I PHONED A FRIEND AND HE BROUGHT A TRAILER AND WE HAULED IT HOME. I DO A LOT OF MY MECHANIC WORK BECAUSE OF GARAGE COST. I REPLACED THE ONE LINE, HAD ANOTHER ONE RUST OUT SO REPLACED ALL 4 OF THEM. THEN JUST THIS PAST WEEK I WAS GOING DOWN MY STEEP DRIVEWAY APPROXIMATELY 1/8 MILE LONG AND BRAKE LINE UNDER RADIATOR BROKE AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET STOPPED. I KEEP MY TRUCK CLEAN UNDERNEATH AND ON TOP AND THE FRAME IS RUSTING SO BAD IT'S SHAMEFUL!! THE BUMPERS AND CAB CORNERS ARE RUSTING TOO. *TR

DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT APPROX. 35 MPH AND HAD TO MAKE A ABRUPT STOP. AFTER MAKING THE ABRUPT STOP, I PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD. THE NEXT TIME I PUSHED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL FELT SOFT. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CHECKING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER FUTHER INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT THE REAR METAL BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND BUSTED OPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

BACKING UP SMALL GRADE, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE PEDAL FELT SOFT, PUMPED BRAKE SECOND TIME AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE EXTENT OF ITS TRAVEL. DRIFTED TO LEVEL AREA CHECKED BRAKE FLUID WHICH WAS NEAR EMPTY. THE BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER SIDE FLOOR AREA ALONG FRAME RAIL HAD BURST. THE LINES ARE RUSTED AND FLAKING. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AS I DID NOT FIND A RECALL ON THIS. REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A NORMAL PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE/ MODEL VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS GETTING READY TO PULL OUT ON THE MAIN HWY. WHEN HITTING MY BRAKES TO STOP BEFORE ENTERING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, I,M GLAD NO ONE GOT HURT AND I PARKED THE TRUCK SAFELY. AFTER PARKING IT THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE ROAD. ALL THE FOUR LINES WERE RUSTED AND ONE OR TWO BROKE. I'VE BOUGHT 4 NEW CHEV. THIS 2006 HAS HAD RUSTY BRAKE LINES SINCE 2008 OR 2009 WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THESE LINES HAVE RUSTED ON A LOT OF THESE 2006 CHEV. TRUCKS I'VE HEARD. I THINK GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM, BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER COBALT TRAGIC. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR