2003 GMC Sierra 1500

OUR TRUCK WAS AT COLLISION SHOP FOR A REPAIR FROM A HIT AND RUN IN A LOWE'S PARKING LOT.. WHEN THEY FINISHED, THEY TOOK THE TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE TO TAKE FOR A CAR WASH. WHEN PULLING OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. THEY PUSHED IT BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT AND RESTARTED AND TESTED THE BRAKES. THERE WERE NO BRAKES. THEY LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THE BRAKE FLUID FLOWING OUT ON THE GROUND. WE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND ONE OF THE LINES WAS BROKE. HE REPLACED IT ($298.00). HE TOLD US THE OTHER LINES WERE ALSO IN BAD SHAPE. WE BECAME AWARE THAT GM HAD A PROBLEM AFTER SEEING A TELEVISION NEWS STORY. WE TOOK COPIES OF THIS STORY TO OUR LOCAL GMC DEALER, THE COLLISION SHOP AND OUR MECHANIC. OUR GMC DEALER SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 WE HAD THE REMAINDER OF THE LINES REPLACED. ($984.80). WE HAVE SINCE ENCOUNTERED TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED IN MICHIGAN, BUT WE SPEND OUT WINTERS IN FLORIDA, SO IT HAS LIMITED EXPOSURE TO SALT USED DURING THE WINTER. WHAT SCARES US ABOUT THIS IS: ON THE DAY BEFORE WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE COLLISION SHOP, WE WERE GOING TO DRIVE 45 MILES TO ANN ARBOR, MI FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY. WE DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE NOT TO GO. IF WE HAD GONE THAT DAY, THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO US TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH! THIS IS A SCARY THING. TO QUOTE THE NEWS STORY: "GM, IN A STATEMENT TO 7 ACTION NEWS STATES THIS IS 'NOT A SAFETY ISSUE' AS THE BRAKES STILL OPERATE WITH A BROKEN BRAKE LINE AND ADMIT THAT RUSTY BRAKE LINES ARE A PROBLEM THAT 'CAN HAPPEN OVER TIME', PRESUMABLY FROM LIQUID SALT USED IN COLD WEATHER STATES. GM HAS A SOLUTION. THE COMPANY IS OFFERING WHAT THEY CALL A DEEPLY DISCOUNTED BRAKE REPAIR KIT THAT RUNS $2-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONLY $500". GM NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND LET OWNERS KNOW. *TR

A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF MY SON LAST NIGHT ON HIS WAY TO A BOY SCOUT MEETING. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 45. MY SON HIT THE BRAKES WHICH LOCKED UP THEN LET LOOSE. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR . HE AVOIDED HITTING THE CAR THAT PULLED OUT ON HIM AND WHEN I ARRIVED FOUND THAT THE METAL BRAKE LINE RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME HAD RUPTURED AS IT BENT TO GO ACROSS THE FRAME BEHIND THE CAB. THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS A PREMATURE FAILURE DUE TO PREMATURE RUST. I OWN AND 1971 DODGE DART AND A 1978 PONTIAC FIREBIRD WITH ORIGINAL METAL BRAKE LINES ON BOTH WITH NO RUST ON LINES AT ALL AND I LIVE IN OHIO AND THEY ARE DRIVEN IN THE WINTER. I FEEL FORTUNATE MY SON AND NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED DUE TO THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE GM METAL BRAKE LINE. HOPE OTHERS WILL BE JUST AS FORTUNATE. TOYOTA WAS FORCED INTO A RECALL OF THERE TRUCK LINE DUE TO PREMATURE RUSTING PROBLEMS AND GM SHOULD BE MADE TO FOLLOW SUITE. THESE VEHICLES ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN. I ALSO OWN A 1994 GMC C2500 SUBURBAN THAT HAS NO VISIBLE RUST ON THE BRAKE LINES EITHER WITH 170,000 MILES THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR 15 YEARS. . THE 2003 GMC CHASSIS IS TRULY SUB STANDARD TO SAY THE LEAST. PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES I HAVE READ THE FORUMS OUT THERE AND I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE. THANKS. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY GMC PICKUP ( ALWAYS DEALER MAINTAINED ) TO A FRIENDS HOUSE. WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, HE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS NOT INJURED BUT IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION. WHEN LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM, I FIND THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. I ALSO HAVE FOUND THAT GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. THANK GOD MY SON WAS NOT INJURED. I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO DRIVE WILL BE AS LUCKY. *TR

SLOWING FOR TURN BRAKE LINE RUPTURE DUE TO HEAVY RUST. COMPLETE REPAIR NEEDED FOR LINES FROM MASTER CYL. TO WHEELS.$400.00 REPAIR COST. VERY SCARY SITUATION.FROM WHAT I HAVE READ GM SAYS IT WILL STOP. IT DID,BUT THEY OMITTED HOW [XXX]FAR IT TAKES.THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WENT TO PUT IT IN DR AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THE METAL LINE BLUE . THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE CALIPER TOO. IT COST ME $475.89 TO GET IT FIX. NOT HAPPY. I HAD CHEVY WITH 200,000 MILES ON IT AND NEVER REPLACE ANY BRAKE PARTS. I UNDER STAND THIS A BAD PARTS ON THE 1999 TO 2003 MODELS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE BACKING IN MY DRIVEWAY SLOPED DOWNHILL, APPLIED BRAKE PEDDLE TO SLOW BEFORE STOPPING. BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I HAD MIND ENOUGH TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP BEFORE RUNNING THROUGH MY GARAGE. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED FLUID RUNNING OFF THE FRAME RAIL ONTO DRIVEWAY. I NOTICED BRAKE LINES IN FRAME RAIL WERE CORRODED BAD. CALLED DEALER, THEY SAY THEY REPLACE BRAKE LINES ALL THE TIME IN THESE VEHICLES. THEY WANTED $1100. A LOCAL GARAGE REPLACED ALL THE LINES FOR $800. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF VEHICLE. IS THIS A CLASS PROBLEM? SHOULD THIS BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL? HAPPY TO SUPPLY VIN IF NEEDED, JUST DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR UPON ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AFTER REPEATEDLY APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE10010 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: POWER ASSIST: HYDRAULIC: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.