2004 Chevrolet Silverado Complaint Log

PREMATURE FAILURE OF BRAKE LINES DUE IMPROPER MANUFACTURE / IMPROPER MATERIALS AND CORROSION. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKING WHATSOEVER. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED IN A VERY CONGESTED AREA, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY GOT VERY SOFT AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BRAKING BECAME EXTREMELY LIMITED. WITH THE DRIVERS WINDOW OPEN THERE WAS THE SMELL OF BRAKE FLUID. IF THIS FAILURE HAD OCCURRED 5 MINUTES EARLIER WHILE BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEED IT WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ONCE STOPPED, A TRAIL OF BRAKE FLUID WAS APPARENT AND A PUDDLE HAD FORMED ON THE GROUND UNDER WHERE THE DRIVER SITS. CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWED ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES THAT RUNS FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER ON THE FIREWALL TO THE ABS CONTROL UNIT MOUNTED TO THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD RUPTURED. THIS BRAKE LINE, AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT LINE TO THE ABS CONTROLLER, AND THE LINE FROM THE ABS CONTROLLER TO THE REAR AXLE SHOWED SIGNS OF SEVERE CORROSION. THE SURFACE WAS RED AND LARGE CHUNKS OF CORRODED BRAKE LINE MATERIAL WERE FALLING OFF. THE ABS CONTROLLER, FUEL LINES IN THE AREA, AND THE FRAME RAIL ITSELF SHOWED VERY LIMITED SIGNS OF CORROSION TYPICAL OF A 7 YEAR OLD VEHICLE IN A SALT BELT STATE. 8 MONTHS PRIOR THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALER IT WAS PURCHASED AND A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED STATING THE BRAKE LINES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. *TR

NOTICED COOLANT LEVEL WOULD GET LOW. FOUND WATER PUMP MOUNTING GASKET LEAKING, REPLACED WATER PUMP AND GASKETS, BUT CONTINUED LOSING COOLANT. FOUND OUT THERE IS A KNOW DEFECT WITH CHEVY 4.8 AND 5.3 VORTEX ENGINE HEADS CRACKING AROUND THE MOUNTING BOLT HOLES. CHEVY ISSUED A TSB BUT WILL NOT WARRANTY A KNOW DEFECT. IT STRANGE THEY WILL COVER A HVAC BLOWER MOTOR ISSUE THAT IS KNOW BUT NOT A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HEADS CRACKING WITHOUT ANY FAULT OF THE OWNER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GUAGE, ODOMETER, PRESSURE AND THE HIGH/ LOW BEAM INDICATORS FAILED TO DISPLAY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 08/18/14*LJ UPDATED 09/5/2014 *JS

PICKUP IS ALWAYS GARAGED . AT 30000 MILES HAD TO CHANGE THE FRONT BRAKE SENSORS AS THE ANTI-LOCK WAS ACTIVATING AS THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT. OCCURRED AT APPROX 5 MPH. HUBS AND SENSORS CHANGED ($600 COST). NOW AT 58000 MILES PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. IT APPEARS A RECALL (#05V379000) HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SILVERADO PICKUPS FROM 1999-2002. I WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER. TRUCK LOCATED IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

STARTED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY. STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, SHIFTED BACK TO PARK. SHUT OFF ENGINE. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER VEHICLE UNDERCARRIAGE AND ON DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE IS ONLY 8 YEARS AND HAS LESS THAN 30K MILES. *TR

BEGAN TO SLOW FOR UPCOMING TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE LAST INCH OR SO OF BRAKE TRAVEL SEMI-ENGAGED SOME BRAKING ALLOWING ME TO STOP (WHILE APPLYING EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL). AT THE DEALER WAS INFORMED THAT ONE BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED SO BAD THAT IT BURST, AND ALL OTHER LINES SHOULD ALSO BE REPLACED AS THEY SHOWED THE SAME RUSTED, CORRODED CONDITION. QUOTED A PRICE OF NEARLY $3000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THEM ALL. I'VE NEVER SKIMPED ON MAINTENANCE, AND SINCE THIS IS A GREAT VEHICLE (BESIDES THIS ISSUE), I'M GIVING THE GO-AHEAD FOR THE WORK. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING ANY FASTER, OR THERE HAD BEEN MORE CONGESTION, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILED CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. *JB

COUNTY ROAD (THANK GOODNESS). DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN A LADY TURNED OFF A SIDE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION. THE BRAKE PEDAL HELD MOMENTARILY BUT THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED RIGHT INTO THE DITCH AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO KEEP FROM STRIKING HER CAR IN THE REAR. IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME (APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES), I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP (APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES AWAY IN HEAVY SUBURBAN TRAFFIC) FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. SAVED UP AND TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC (09/2012). MECHANIC ASK IF THE TRUCK HAD EVER BEEN UNDER WATER. REASON FOR QUESTION WAS THE BRAKE LINES, FRONT CALIPERS, AND TOP FORWARD FRAME WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING A BREAK FAILURE. THIS TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 21,000 MILES, NEVER BEEN SUBMERGED IN WATER, OCCASIONALLY DRIVEN IN THE WINTER, WASHED FREQUENTLY (ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER) AND WAXED, AND HAS ZERO BODY OR BED RUST. AFTER REPAIR, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. I READ SOMEWHERE ON THIS SITE A BULLETIN REGARDING PREMATURE ABS SENSOR FAILURE AND DEALERS FIXING THE SENSORS BUT I CAN NOT FIND THE ABS BULLETIN NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. ..UPDATED 09/07/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A TOTAL BRAKE LINE FAILURE. ALL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF THIS FAILURE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2005 PICK UPS. UPDATED 09/17/2012 *JS

5-29 12 FRONT BRAKE LINES LEAKING FLUID IN DRIVEWAY. SEVERE CORROSION ON BRAKE LINES .LOCAL DEALER REPLACED BRAKE FRONT LINES. 5-22-13 DRIVING THE DOWN ROAD ,COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES ,EMERGENCY STOP!! REAR BRAKE LINE ON FRAME RAIL HAD BURST DUE TO CORROSION. LOCAL DEALER REPLACED "ROTTED" BRAKE LINES WITH NEW CORROSION RESISTANT LINES. ALL REPAIRS DONE AT DEALER ON FILE. *TR

BOUGHT MY TRUCK NEW IN 2004 AS MY RETIREMENT VEHICLE. I HAVE ONLY 42,000 MILES. I HAD MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO UNDER A DEALER WARRANTY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. WITHIN THE PAST WEEK MY TRANSMISSION HAS RANDOMLY SLIPPED FROM A DEAD STOP AS WELL AS DOUBLE CLUNKED FROM A DEAD STOP. MOST RECENTLY, THE AC IS RANDOMLY BLOWING OUT HOT AIR. I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A GOLF CART INSTEAD. SINCE THE TRUCK IS NOW 7+ YEARS OLD IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I'M HOPING THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND LEAVE ME STRANDED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY ON A HOT SUMMER DAY. NOTE: I WAS A VICTIM OF THE US FIDELIS EXTENDED WARRANTY SCAM. *TR

WHILE PULLING UP TO A DRIVE UP WINDOW AT A FOOD STORE, THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HEARD THE PRESSURE RELEASING UNDERNEATH. DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT SIDE BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE HAD BURST FROM RUSTING THROUGH. THERE IS HEAVY RUST ON SECTIONS OF ALL OF THE LINES. LUCKILY, I WAS ONLY GOING VERY SLOWLY WHEN IS BURST. *TR

DRIVING 04 SILVERADO NOTICED BRAKES FEELING FUNNY.......DRIVING TO WORK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR,MADE IT TO WORK AND SEEN BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT OF THE LINE, AFTER CLOSER LOOK REALIZED ALL THE LIBES ARE COMPLETLY CORRODED......UNACCEPTABLE FOR 8 YEAR OLD VEHICAL......SUMTHING SHOULD B DONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE WOODS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THEY RECEIVED A LETTER APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO SEVEN YEARS AND 70,000 MILES. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED NOT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN UNDER THE WARRANTY UNLESS THE FUEL GAUGE HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER HAD BEEN STUCK AT 120 MPH. LATER, THE SPEEDOMETER INDEPENDENTLY DROPPED BELOW ZERO AND REMAINED STUCK THERE. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE SPORADICALLY BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURES WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000. UPDATED 7/18/12 *CN

BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND FAILED WHILE DRIVING. HEAVY RUST ON SEVERAL BRAKE LINES, FRAME, AND CROSS MEMBERS. *TR

DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE ON MY WIFE'S 2003 CHEVY 2500 HD SILVERADO CAUSED BY CORRODED BRAKE LINES, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE TO HAVE THE BRAKE LINES ON MY 2004 CHEVY 2500 HD SILVERADO CHECKED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES BY FITZGERALD AUTO IN FREDERICK, MD (WHERE I BOUGHT MY TRUCK, AND WHERE MY WIFE'S TRUCK HAD JUST HAD ITS BRAKE LINES REPLACED), THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. SOME AREAS OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED SO BADLY THAT THEY WERE FLAKING OFF. I WAS INFORMED BY THE TECHNICIAN AND THE SERVICE ADVISER THAT REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE LINES IS IMMINENT. AND WHILE IT WAS ALREADY CLEAR TO ME FROM THE VISUAL INSPECTION, THEY BOTH BELIEVED REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES NOW WAS NECESSARY TO AVOID BRAKE FAILURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE TOTAL COST FOR MY TRUCK'S REPAIR WAS $1408.95. THIS IS AN 8 YEAR OLD VEHICLE, AND THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT BE IN SUCH BAD CONDITION IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. I HAVE INSPECTED MY NEIGHBOR'S 2004 FORD F250 AND HIS BRAKE LINES LOOK BRAND NEW (THOUGH THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES). I HAVE INSPECTED A 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE, AND THAT VEHICLES BRAKE LINES LOOK BRAND NEW (THOUGH THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES). WHATEVER MATERIAL WAS USED ON MY (AND MY WIFE'S) MODEL YEAR TRUCK(S), IT WAS SUBSTANDARD, AND CAUSES A HAZARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE ROTORS AND BACKING PLATES WERE ALSO CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED THAT PIECES OF THE BACKING PLATES FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. UPDATED 06/06/12 *JS

OWNER WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM THE SHOULDER. DURING THE EMERGENCY STOP THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FAIL, AND COMPLETELY FAILED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STOP, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO RESULTING ACCIDENT, THE POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAS VERY PREVALENT. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS FOUND DRIPPING FROM THE FRAME RAIL JUST BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BLOCK AREA. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE WHERE THE LINES WAS MOUNTED TO THE FRAME AND HELD IN PLACE BY PLASTIC RETAINING CLIPS..ON ADDITIONAL INSPECTION, THE OTHER BRAKE HARDLINES WERE FOUND TO BE RUSTED AS WELL. THE ONLY VIABLE FIX WOULD SEEM TO BE A TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING LINES, TO PREVENT CONCATENATED FAILURES. *TR

I TRIED TO STOP THE TRUCK AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. *TR

I CAME TO A STOP IN MY DRIVE WAY WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR.I KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.I BLEW MY MAIN BRAKE LINE THAT EXITS THE MASTER CYLINDER.I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINES AND REALIZED THEY WERE ALL CORRODED VERY BADLY.I HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES CORRODE ON ME SO BADLY IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.THE VEHICLE IS ONLY A 2004 SILVERADO,IT IS NOT THAT OLD IN MY OPINION.I HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES,AND HAVE NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE RUST THE WAY MY SILVERADO HAS.I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURRED,I COULD OF SERIOUSLY HURT MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE ROAD,OR EVEN KILLED SOMEONE DUE TO THIS.FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH,IT SEEMS THAT 99-06 CHEVY SILVERADOS HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO RUSTED THROUGH AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINES. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILED AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY . FOUND THE CAUSE TO BE SEVERE RUSTING OF THE UNDERBODY I FIND THIS CONDITION UNACCEPTABLE FOR A 30.000 DOLLAR TRUCK WITH THIS MANY MILES. I AM THANKFUL THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE AND ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND RUPTURED AT A BEND GOING TO LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THIS TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW BY ME IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND NEVER DRIVEN ON THE BEACH OR IN SALTY CONDITIONS. WHY ARE YOU ONLY LOOKING AT 1999 THROUGH 2003 WHEN THEY CLEARLY DID NOT IMPROVE THE BRAKE LINES FOR 2004? THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK HAS BAD CORROSION. *JS

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED BRAKE LINES. MUST BE REPLACED. WITH ALL THE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY IT IS ABSURD THAT THESE VEHICLES DO NOT HAVE CORROSION PROOF ( STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES). *TR REPAIR WILL BE VERY COSTLY. I HAD THREE FORD PICKUPS PRIOR TO THIS CHEVROLET, KEPT THEM FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS AND NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY INFERIOR/DEFECTIVE AND VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED AT CHEVROLET'S EXPENSE.

ON SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2012, MY SON WAS BACKING THE TRUCK OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS SQUIRTING FROM A BROKEN BRAKE LINE UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND ABOUT 6 - 8 INCHES REARWARD FROM THE BACK OF THE CAB. SUBSEQUENTLY, I FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES ARE DEFECTIVE AND THERE WILL BE A COST IN THE AREA OF $1600 TO REPAIR THESE ITEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING AT AN EXTREMELY SLOW SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FOUR BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE TECHNICIAN PATCHED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINES AS A TEMPORARY REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO EVENTUALLY HAVE THE FOUR BRAKE LINES REPLACED DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OF A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,400. UPDATED 04/26/12*LJ ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE INVOICE, ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY CORRODED AS WAS THE UNDERCARRIAGE. UPDATED 05/31/12

LEAVING MY PROPERTY I STOPPED TO CLOSE GATE. I SMELLED GAS, LOOKED UNDER AT FUEL TANK AND FUEL LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ONTO MUFFLER. I REMOVED TRUCK BED AND FOUND ANIMAL (SQUIRREL) HAD CHEWED HOLE IN PLASTIC PRESSURE FUEL LINE AT TANK CONNECTION. PLASTIC NOT APPROPRIATE FOR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE. I HAVE PICTURES OF DAMAGED LINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BRAKE FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,000.

MY FATHERS TRUCKS BRAKE LINES FAILED AND WE HAD NO BRAKES, HAD TO VEER OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THESE LINES SHOULD BE BETTER THEN THIS. MY OLDER 1993 CHEVY SILVERADO NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL PUT ON THESE LINES FOR ALL THE TRUCKS. GM WILL NOT PUT ONE ON TILL SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

WHEN I HAD THE OIL CHANGED I HAD THE GARAGE CHECK THE BRAKE LINES SINCE I HAD HEARD OF MANY FAILURES. THEY DETERMINED AND SHOWED ME THAT THE LINES WERE CORRODED AND THE CONNECTIONS TO THE CALIPERS WERE ALSO SO CORRODED THAT THEY BROKE WHEN THEY TRIED TO REMOVE THEM. I HAD EVERYTHING REPLACED TO PREVENT A FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM. *TR

ALL MY LINES UNDER TRUCK RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES SHIFT LINKAGE TRANSMISSION LINES. BRAKES WERE THE WORST LINES POPPED FROM RUST.I KEEP THIS TRUCK IN A GARAGE NOT USED COMMERCIALLY. I'M A HOSPICE NURSE AND NEED TO GET WHERE I'M GOING. I KEEP THIS TRUCK MINT DETAILED TWICE A YEAR PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAINED EVERY 3000 MILES.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY SISTER INLAW BORROWED MY TRUCK TO MOVE SOME BOXES. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HIT BRAKES PEDAL FELT FUNNY. SECOND TIME SHE HIT THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FOOR. LUCKLY THE SECOND TIME WAS NOT A MUST STOP SITUATION. AND GOT THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD INTO A DRIVEWAY. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERLY CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEBODY IS KILLED OR EVEN A FAMILY IS KILLED. *TR

ON FEB..9 2012 I WAS IN A DRIVE THRU AUTOMATED CAR WASH, WHEN DRIVING OUT I WENT TO STEP ON BRAKE & THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE LIFTED THE HOOD & CHECKED THE MASTER CYLINDER & SAW THAT IT NEEDED FLUID, I WENT INTO THE CONVENIENCE STORE & BOUGHT A PINT OF BRAKE FLUID, I FILLED THE MASTER CYLINDER, IT TOOK THE WHOLE BOTTLE OF FLUID, I WALKED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK TO TEST THE BRAKE PEDAL & NOTICED THE FLUID LEAKED RIGHT OUT ON THE GROUND WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY REPAIR SHOP, WHEN PUT ON LIFT THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT THE ROTTED OUT BRAKE LINE BY THE MODULAR VALVE PLUS THE OTHER THREE LINES WERE ROTTED & WERE UNSAFE, FOR A TEMPORARY FIX I HAD THE ONE LINE FIXED BY REPLACING A PIECE OF THE BROKEN LINE. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION WITH NHTSA. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN NOV. 2003. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED AND SLAMMED HER TO THE GROUND, TRAVELING OVER BOTH OF HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A FENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NERVES AND ARTERIES OF HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

BRAKE LINE FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ANTILOCK CONTROL BOX FAILED TO LINE CORROSION. *TR

VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BAD FUEL INJECTORS. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE EXCESSIVE SMOKE AND SMOG TEST FAILURE. MANUFACTURER HAS A 7 YEAR/200,000 MILE WARRANTY ON INJECTORS. MY VEHICLE HAS 121,000 MILES BUT WAS PLACED IN SERVICE 12/2003. MASSIVELY COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL DURAMAX DIESELS. MANUFACTURER ONLY WARRANTIES THE REPAIRED VEHICLES FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. *TT

DRIVING ON I-95 IN FLORIDA EXIT 289 AS I WAS EXITING I APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR USED E-BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN WHICH TOOK SOME DISTANCE LUCKY FOR ME EXIT RAMP VERY LONG, I NOTICED NO TRAFFIC ON RT.1 SO I WENT THROUGH STOP SIGN. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ON DASH OR ANY OTHER WARNING. I FINALLY STOPPED GOT OUT AND FOUND A MAJOR LEAK BEHIND LEFT FRONT TIRE ALONG SIDE FRAME I NOTICED 4 BRAKE LINE STACKED 2X2 AGAINST FRAME RAIL.THEY WERE TOTALLY RUSTED AND RUBBING FRAME TRUCK NOW AT DEALER. I HAVE OWNED MANY CHEVY TRUCKS WITH MORE MILEAGE AND AGE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN OR BRAKE LINES RUSTOUT SO BAD. *TR

THE HEATING UNIT MELTED TO THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE HEATING DONT WORK LOOKS LIKE TO STARTED TO CATCH ON FIRE BUT QUICKLY STOPED WORKING AND NOW THE ELECTRICAL IS UNKOWN IF THERE IS DAMAGE AND NO HEAT TO THE TRUCK AND COULD VERY EASLY CATCH THE WHOLE TRUCK ON FIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANTI-FREEZE LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000. *TR

BRAKE LINE NEAR FRAME RAIL BENEATH DRIVERS SEAT ARE CORRODED. ONE OF THE LINES DEVELOPED A LEAK AND A LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION RESULTED. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

COMING DOWN ROUTE 55 IN LAGRANGEVILLE NY, STEPPED ON BRAKES, TO TURN INTO STEWARTS SHOP,THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR,LUCILY NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME WAS ABLE TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN. MY HOME WAS APPROX 3MILES AWAY. USED LOWGEAR, AND PUT IT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW TO GET IT HOME. HAD I TTOWED TO MONROE MUFFLER SHOP. STEEL BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT, HAD FRONT BRAKE LINES REPLACED. JUNE 6, 2014 BRAKE LINE OVER REAR AXLE FAILED AND LOST BRAKES AGAIN.ALSO DUE TO RUSTED LINES. *TR

AFTER RETURNING TO THE TRUCK FROM AN ERRAND I STARTED THE ENGINE AND, UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO WARNING LAMPS OF ANY SORT WERE ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. PUMPING OF THE PEDAL DID NOT PRODUCE ANY RESISTANCE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL WARNING LAMP CAME ON. BRAKE FLUID WAS ADDED BUT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY RESISTANCE FROM THE PEDAL. HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED HOME WHERE IT THEN SAT OVER-NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING I OBSERVED A LARGE WET SPOT ON THE DRIVEWAY JUST BELOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAW THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES GOING INTO OR OUT OF THE ABS MODULE WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AND AT LEAST ONE HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER. I ARRIVED AS THEY WERE RAISING THE TRUCK ON A LIFT. EVIDENTLY THEY ALSO ADDED SOME BRAKE FLUID BECAUSE QUITE A LARGE PUDDLE WAS FORMING ON THE SHOP FLOOR BELOW WHERE THE BRAKE LINES ENTER THE ABS MODULE. THE TECHNICIAN, THE SERVICE CONSULTANT, AND I ALL OBSERVED THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES, AND FLUID WAS LITERALLY DRIPPING FROM ONE THAT HAD OBVIOUSLY BURST. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT GM DOES NOT MAKE REPLACEMENT STEEL BRAKE LINES SO ALL THE LINES WOULD NEED TO BE HAND FABRICATED BY THE TECHNICIAN. DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT THE ABS MODULE MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF HOW CORRODED THE BRAKE LINE FITTINGS ARE (FITTINGS ARE STEEL, ABS MODULE IS ALUMINUM) WHERE THEY SCREW INTO THE MODULE. WE ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES FAR OLDER AND WITH FAR MORE MILEAGE AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE STEEL BRAKE LINES. I BELIEVE THE DESIGN IS FLAWED (THE ROUTING AND PLACEMENT OF LINES AND MODULE) OR THE BRAKE LINE MATERIAL (STEEL, INSTEAD OF STAINLESS STEEL) IS INSUFFICIENT. I HAVE PHOTOS AND THE OLD PARTS. *TR

MY DAUGHTER AND I LEFT A RESTAURANT AND WENT ABOUT 200 FEET TO A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WENT TO STOP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR NO WARNING OR ANYTHING JUST NO BRAKES AT ALL WE COULD OF BOTH BEEN KILLED A JEEP WAS TURNING AND I TRIED MY BEST TO AVOID HITTING HIM BUT I HAD NO WERE TO GO AND AFTER THE WRECK I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR THE BRAKES HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER AND THE MEC NEVER NOTICED RUSTY BRAKE LINES BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER WHEN MY DAD BOUGHT THE TRUCK BUT BY LOOKING AT THEM THEY LOOKED OK BUT THERE IS 4 LINES RUNNING 2GETHER AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE BACK 2 BUT WHEN I HAD THEM REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW GM WOULD USE SUCH POOR QUALITY OF LINES ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS BRAKE LINES THERE ARE THOUSANDS OTHERFAMILIES LIVES AT RISK RIGHT NOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET HURT OR EVEN GET KILLED BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING IM LUCKY MY DAUGHTER AND I WASN'T KILLED I HAVE GOT A 49 KAISER AND THE LINES ON IT ARE STILL IN PERFECT SHAPE BUT I CANT BELIEVE HOW ROTTEN ALL THE LINES WERE ON MY TRUCK AND WE DON'T EVEN GET MUCH SNOW IN TN WHY HAVE THEY GOT AWAY WITH THIS HOW MANY PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO UNKNOWINGLY RISK THERE LIFE EVERY DAY BEFORE SOME ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS GM PAYING PEOPLE OFF OR WHAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO ON THE KEDSHOULD ATLEAST SEND THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS TO ATLEAST GET THEM CHECKED OUT SO PEOPLE DON'T PUT THERE LIVES OF RISK. *TR

BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND VEHICLE LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID, THANKFULLY WHILE PARKED. VEHICLE IS 7 YEARS OLD, WITH LOW MILEAGE, ALWAYS GARAGED AND DRIVEN A LIMITED AMOUNT DURING WINTER, SO EXPOSURE TO SALT WAS NOT HIGH AT ALL. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON A 7 YEAR OLD HEAVY DUTY TRUCK WITH 50K MILES. THANKS GOD IT DIDN'T LOSE BRAKES WHEN TOWING A HORSE TRAILER.. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. I FOUND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM ONLINE. WHEN I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER TO SEE ABOUT GETTING MY VEHICLE FIXED THEY ADVISED EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE WAS OLD IT WAS 4 MONTH TO OLD TO BE COVERED BY THE FIX. THEY KNOW THEY SOLD VEHICLES WITH BAD INSTRUMENT PANELS BUT ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR

FAILURE OF CORRODED BRAKE LINES. *TR

WENT TO USE THE TRUCK AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FLUID HAD SHOT OUT EVERYWHERE. TWO BLOWN BRAKE LINES DUE TO ROTTED OUT CONDITION OF THE LINES. REPAIR TOTAL OF $411.68. 2 LINES PLUS FITTINGS PLUS NEW BLEEDER SCREWS. THE MECHANIC TELLS ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM PICK-UPS AND THAT THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE ON THE EDGE OF GOING ALSO. THESE LINES TOO ARE ROTTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED ASAP. I SEE THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION WITH THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER OF EA11001. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR VEHICLES BEFORE 1999 AND AFTER 2003. I WAS LUCKY MY INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT DOING 70 MPH OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL REPAIR BILL OF ABOUT $750-$800 TO REPLACE THE OTHER LINES. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM DISTRESSED TO BE IN THIS POSITION DUE TO THE MATERIALS USED AND INSTALLATION POSITION OF THESE LINES. *KB

FRONT BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES FIRST LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT IN 2010 THEN A YEAR LATTER THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT IN 2011. *TR