MY 2004 SUBURBAN IS EXTREMELY WELL CARED FOR. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 51,000 MILES AND IS KEPT IN PERFECT RUNNING AND PHYSICAL CONDITION. ON 10/8/2011 I WAS PERFORMING AN EXTENSIVE VISUAL CHECK OF THE BRAKE LINE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER READING OF SOME ISSUES WITH SIMILAR VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, I SAW THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEMS HYDR…
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MY 2004 SUBURBAN IS EXTREMELY WELL CARED FOR. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 51,000 MILES AND IS KEPT IN PERFECT RUNNING AND PHYSICAL CONDITION. ON 10/8/2011 I WAS PERFORMING AN EXTENSIVE VISUAL CHECK OF THE BRAKE LINE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER READING OF SOME ISSUES WITH SIMILAR VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, I SAW THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEMS HYDRAULIC LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED IN MULTIPLE AREAS. THESE LINES MUST BE REPLACED TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ON A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE AND LIMITED MILEAGE THIS IS HIGHLY WORRISOME. I HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES OF CONSIDERABLY GREATER MILEAGE AND OF OLDER VINTAGE THAT HAVE NOT HAD THIS CORROSION ISSUE. I MENTION THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE SERVICE LIFE, TO DATE, IN THE SAME WEATHER/DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE MATERIALS USED FOR THESE BRAKE LINES ARE OF AN INFERIOR MATERIAL. A RECALL IS ABSOLUTELY IN ORDER AS THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING REPAIR THAT IS THE RESULT OF POOR QUALITY PARTS. *KB
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