2000 Chevrolet Silverado Complaint Log

THE BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED AND LEAKED FLUID OUT AND IT CAUSED COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS GIVING WARNING TO THIS FAILURE. *TR

BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON DURING EVERY DRIVE, BUT STILL HAS FLUID. REPLACEMENT COST OF COMPONENTS OVER $1600, NOT INCLUDING ABS CONTROL PROBLEMS. *KB

I WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND IN THE CENTER LANE OF INTERSTATE 50 AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE ABRUPTLY CHANGED LANES IN FRONT OF ME WHILE CROSSING THE SEVERN RIVER BRIDGE IN MARYLAND. I ABRUPTLY APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF THE MAIN AND EMERGENCY BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DOWN SHIFT AND COAST TO THE SHOULDER. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND A BRAKE LINE UNDER THE CABIN AND UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT HAD CORRODED AND BROKEN AT THE HANGER AND BRAKE FLUID WAS DRAINING FROM THE LINE. *KB

I WAS BACKING MY TRUCK UP AT A BOAT LAUNCH WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND STILL KEPT GOING ALMOST RUNNING OVER MY HUNTING PARTNER. I PULLED THE TRAILER OUT AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. WHILE GOING HOME LATER THAT DAY I WAS GOING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. BRAKE WARNING LIGHT THEN CAME ON. I FOUND THE FLUID WAS LOW AND THEN FILLED IT UP. AT HOME I SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING OUT FROM UNDER MY TRUCK LIKE A SIEVE. MY GARAGE INFORMED ME MY BRAKE LINES ARE ALL EATEN UP BY RUST - THOUGH TRUCK WAS UNDERCOATED. I NEED TO REPLACE THE LINES. *TR

ON 11/23/2011 AT 6:45 AM EST, I WAS HEADED DOWN A SNOW COVERED ROAD WHEN I NOTICED A PLOW TRUCK COMING TOWARDS ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I THEN HIT THE BRAKES AT NORMAL PRESSURE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NEXT TO NO RESISTANCE, HAVING NO BRAKES I DOWNSHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLOWING ME BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH, I COLLIDED WITH A FIRE HYDRANT AT THE TOP OF A STEEP EMBANKMENT ON THE SIDE OF THE AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND KNOCKED THE FIRE HYDRANT OUT OF THE GROUND. HAD THE FIRE HYDRANT NOT BEEN THERE, I COULD'VE FELL MORE THAN 50 FEET DOWN TO MY DEMISE. LUCKILY, THE HYDRANT WAS SHUT OFF AND THE ONLY DAMAGE (BECAUSE THE PLOW FRAME ABSORBED MOST OF THE IMPACT) WAS THE FRONT BUMPER. I HAVE HAD TO PAY $75 JUST TO HAVE THE LINE PATCHED GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE TRUCK TO BE DRIVABLE, WITH IMMINENT FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES ACROSS THE REAR AXLE AND THE FRONT BRAKE LINES TO THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH BOTH MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 (MODEL YEAR 2000) AND MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 (MODEL YEAR 1999). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAULING A TRAILER AT 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO STOP BY APPLYING THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,475.

I'VE HAD TO REPLACE ALL MY BRAKE COMPONENTS SUCH AS, ROTORS, CALIPERS, BRAKE LINES, BACKING PLATES, ALSO THE REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLES HAD TO BE REPLACED AND WELDED IN ALL DUE TO METAL CORROSION OR RUST. NOW MY LATEST PROBLEM IS THE REAR SHOCK MOUNTS HAVE BROKEN DUE TO RUST SO NOW MY SHOCKS ARE JUST DANGLING AROUND NOT DOING ANYTHING TO PREVENT ME FROM GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE, THE REAR CROSSMEMBER THAT GOES FROM ONE END OF THE FRAME TO THE OTHER IS ALSO ROTTED THROUGH SO NOW I CAN'T EVEN REPAIR THE SHOCK MOUNTS BECAUSE THEY MOUNT TO THIS CROSSMEMBER WHICH IS NOW A PIECE OF ROTTED METAL! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST THIS TRUCK HAS ROTTED THROUGH, I HAVE A 1984 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TO CHANGE OR REPLACE ANY OF THESE PARTS BECAUSE OF RUST. I HAVE READ THAT GM HAD USED CHEAPER METAL FROM CHINA ON THEIR MODEL TRUCKS FROM 1999-2004 AND DIDN'T STOP USING THEM UNTIL ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS STARTED TO SURFACE. WHY DOESN'T GM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OF SHODDY MATERIALS AND COMPENSATE ALL THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THEIR TRUCKS FOR THESE YEARS!!!!!! *TR

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID THROUGH BROKEN RUSTED THROUGH STEEL BRAKE LINES. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES ARE IN SIMILAR CONDITION. *TR

VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION, BRAKE LINES RUPTURED FROM CORROSION. *TR

I TOOK MY 1500 CHEVY PICK-UP TO A GM DEALER IN RI,( HURD GMC) AFTER I SMELLED GASOLINE WHEN DRIVING, THE SERVICE DEPT INFORMED ME THAT THE FUEL LINE IS ROTTED (AT OR NEAR THE FUEL FILTER)AND LEAKING GASOLINE NEAR THE EXHAUST, THEY TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE TRUCK, FOR FEAR OF A FIRE. THEY ALSO NOTED THAT THE BRAKE LINES THE RUN DOWN THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME RAIL ARE ALSO ROTTED . I HAVE REPAIRED OTHER BRAKE LINES IN THE FRONT,LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF LEAKING BRAKE FLUID, THE GM DEALER QUOTED ME A PRICE OF AROUND $2000.00 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL LINE FROM THE TANK TO THE INJECTORS. WHICH INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF ALL ROTTED BRAKE LINES. I HAVE PARKED THE TRUCK FOR FEAR OF A FIRE, OR POSSIBLE LOSS OF BRAKES. THE TRUCK IS NOT A RUSTED MESS UNDERNEATH, I TOOK CARE NOT TO DRIVE ON SALTY ROADS, THESE LINES ARE MADE OF RAW STEEL, I BELIEVE IF THEY WERE STAINLESS STEEL, I WOULD NOT BE IN THIS MESS. WHAT DOES ONE DO WITH A PERFECTLY GOOD TRUCK, BUT CAN'T DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF FIRE OR CRASH ??? *TR

MY 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO ABS IS BEING ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP AND IT IS ALSO BEING ACTIVATED WHEN COMING TO A SLOW TURN INTO A PARKING SPOT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS OF ALMOST CRASHING INTO BUILDINGS OR OTHER VEHICLES AS THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE! I EXPERIENCED PRESSURE AND SLIGHT JERKING THEN COMPLETE FAILURE AS THE BRAKE HIT THE FLOOR CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL! I HAVE HAD 2 SEPARATE MECHANICS DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM AND BOTH DO NOT FIND ANYTHING MECHANICALLY WRONG WITH IT AND NO DASH SENSORS INDICATED OR ERROR CODES FOUND. ONE MECHANIC CHECKED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND NO ERROR. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE MY BRAKES AND WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED AND THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND IT WAS EXPENSIVE. I AM FRUSTRATED AND BEGAN SEARCHING RECALL NOTICES & FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND CHEVY ISSUED A RECALL NOTICE #05068 IN: IOWA, MINNESOTA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, OHIO, ETC. THE "SALT BELT", THE PROBLEM ON TOP OF BRAKE FAILURE IS THAT I RESIDE IN SOUTH DAKOTA! AND I AM NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL OF MY SURROUNDING STATES. NOW I HAVE JUST GOTTEN OFF THE PHONE WITH CHEVY AT THEIR 800 NUMBER, AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL LISTED FOR MY VIN# & MOST LIKELY I WILL PAY FOR REPAIRS OF THEIR DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS PICKING ME UP AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN WE GOT HOME I NOTICED THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW SO I FILLED IT AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STILL SPONGY SO I GOT UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND HAD HER PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL. I SAW BRAKE FLUID SQUIRT OUT OF A METAL BRAKE LINE THAT IS CORRODED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000. UPDATED 11/16/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. T HE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. BUT DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT ENTERED THE STREET. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A GREAT INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONSUMER FOUND THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING AND THE RESERVOIR WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED. UPDATED 02/06/12

JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, AND IT PASSED NYS INSPECTION WITH NO PROBLEMS (94,000 MI. ON IT). WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND STOPPED TO BACK INTO A SPACE WHEN THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PARKED THE TRUCK AND OPENED THE HOOD TO VERIFY FLUID IN THE MASTER (OK) THEN LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND A SMALL (BUT GROWING) PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID. WAS ABLE TO NURSE IT HOME (LOW SPEEDS, EBRAKE) AND JACK IT UP TO FIND THE LEAK. THE LEAK IS ONE OF THE 4 LINES ABOVE THE FRAME NEAR THE ANTILOCK CONTROL. TO MY SURPRISE ALL 4 LINES ARE VERY RUSTY AND ALL WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR COST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. THE LINES LOOK OK EVERYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT FOR THIS 2 FOOT SECTION WHERE THEY ARE BUNDLED AND RIDE ON TOP OF THE FRAME. I AM GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN AT SPEED OR IN AN EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATION BUT IT MIGHT HAVE. *TR

TIME 15:30. ROAD CONDITIONS: DRY. NO CLOUDS. INCIDENT: SLOWING TO A STOP AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED AT APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND LURCHED FORWARD INTO PEDESTRIANS. CONDITION REPLICATES THE ABS FAILURES IN SIMILAR VEHICLES THAT ARE UNDER RECALL; DEALER INDICATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL BUT HAS SAME ISSUE. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUPTURE ON 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO. BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

MY 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 THAT I PURCHASED NEW AND NOW HAVE 109,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGED. THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON ME 3 DIFFERENT TIMES DUE TO CORROSION TO THE BRAKE LINES THAT RUSTED THROUGH. I HAVE HAD THE FRONT BRAKE LINES REPLACED ONCE IN 2008 AND THE REAR BRAKE LINES REPLACED TWICE IN 2009 & 2011. THE 3 TIMES EITHER MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OR I WAS WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED, LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO PULL OFF INTO A FIELD OR BREAKDOWN LANE OF THE HIGHWAY AVOIDING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. 2010 HAD THE REAR SHACKLE BRACKET REPLACE BECAUSE OF CORROSION THAT RUSTED THROUGH AND IN 2011 HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION.THE FRAME HAS ALOT OF CORROSION AND ONE OF THE CROSS BARS IS RUSTED THROUGH. I HAVE OWNED DIFFERENT VEHICLES OVER 44 YEARS AND I ALWAYS DROVE MY VEHICLES FOR 10 OR MORE YEARS BEFORE GETTING A NEW ONE AND NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT HAD BRAKE LINES RUST THROUGH AND WITH THIS MUCH UNDERCARRIAGE CORROSION. *TR

PARKED ON A HILL WITH BOAT ATTACHED. STARTED TRUCK AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOOR. COULD NOT MOVE TRUCK. BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ON EXHAUST. TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP. RUSTED BRAKE LINE. *TR

PULLING A TRAILER ,WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE LINE BUSTED UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

THE MAIN BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ANTILOCK UNIT RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKED CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. *TR

TO DATE I HAVE HAD THREE (3) OF THE 4 BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK REPAIRED BECAUSE OF LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST. MY TRUCK ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE FT. WAYNE, IN AREA WHERE THEY USE SALT THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM MY WIFE'S SISTER. I KNOW THE TRUCK WAS GARAGED AND WELL MAINTAINED. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT EXPOSURE TO SALT FOR SEVERAL YEARS CAUSED THE LINES TO CORRODE. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECALL. IF YOU NEED FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT MY REPAIRS YOU CAN CONTACT:... CLAYTONS CAR CARE 3701 N. DUKE STREET DURHAM, NC 27704 THEY HAVE DONE ALL 3 REPAIRS TO MY BRAKES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. NEITHER THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRAME. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,000.

NO BRAKES AT LOW SPEED. A CONTINUATION OF THE PROBLEM RELATED TO A SAFETY RECALL. THE RECALL DOES NOT PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM, JUST REPLACES THE FAILED COMPONENT WITH THE SAME PARTS. THE CONDITION APPEARS AGAIN IN ABOUT THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME/MILES. HAD REPAIRED BY A GM DEALER AND RECEIPT SHOWS IT IS THE SAME ISSUE AS RECALLED. CONTACTED GM AND THEY REFUSE TO REIMBURSE FOR THE COST THE SECOND TIME STATING AGE/MILES OF THE VEHICLE IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM ANY MORE. *TR

THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. SEPTEMBER 2011, 2012, & 2013. ALL INCIDENTS HAPPENED DRIVING DOWNHILL ON MY ADDRESS ROAD. THE BRAKES/BRAKE LINES FAILED/GAVE OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING IN ALL INCIDENTS. BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR IN ALL INCIDENTS. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT DOWN IN GEAR ALL TIMES BUT LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING SLOWER & THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT/BEHIND ME. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TRUCK STOPPED AT BOTTOM OF HILL. I HAVE HAD 2 REPAIRS TO DAMAGED BRAKE LINES & NOW HEADED FOR A THIRD AT A DEALERSHIP. *TR

FRONT BRAKE LINE RUSTED THRU. TRUCK HAD TO TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. 8 FEET OF BRAKE LINE WAS REPAIRED. WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS UNDER THE TRUCK HE SAID THIS WAS ONLY THE START, ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE VERY HEAVY RUST. UPON INSPECTION BY ME, I SAW EXACTLY WHAT THE MECHANIC WAS STATING. I WAS DOING A SIMPLE U TURN ON MY STREET WHEN THE BRAKES LET OUT. THERE WAS NO BRAKING AT ALL, THE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR. IT WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS DOING LESS THAN 5 MPH. THE REPAIR AT THE SHOP COST ME $980.00. FOUR CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO HEAVY RUSTING. THIS TRUCK IS A MAINTAINED VEHICLE. YES I DO LIVE IN LONG ISLAND N.Y. WHERE THERE IS SNOW REMOVAL BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF RUST ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES. I KEEP MANY OF MY VEHICLES FOR 15 YEARS DO TO THE LOW MILEAGE I PUT ON A VEHICLE. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH RUST ON THEIR BRAKE LINES NOR HAVE I EVER HAD A BRAKE RUST THRU. IN ADDITION I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF THE FRONT BRAKES WERE LOST YOU WOULD HAVE THE REAR BRAKES WORKING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NOT SO ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS LOTS OF RUST ON ALL ITS BRAKE LINES. DRIVE SAFETY IS AN ISSUE THAT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND A CORRECTION RECALL SHOULD BE INSTITUTED. I UNDERSTAND NHTSA IS LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE AS THOUSANDS OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS MANY PEOPLE DO KEEP THEIR VEHICLES FOR MANY YEARS, HOWEVER I DO READ THAT VEHICLES MUCH YOUNGER THAN MINE ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. GM HAS A PROBLEM, THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AND THEY STAND BUY DOING NOTHING. YOU FOLKS (NHTSA ) NEED TO STEP IN AND CORRECT THIS DEADLY ISSUE. AS A SIDE NOTE,I DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS REALLY GOTTEN TO ME. I IF I AM INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR IF MY WIFE AND FAMILY ARE IN THIS TRUCK THE RAMIFICATIONS COULD BE ENORMOUS.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY APPLIED BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HAD TO APPLY PARKING BRAKE TO STOP .GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND LOOKED UNDER AND SAW FLUID DRIPPING ONTO PAVEMENT. FLUID STAINED DRIVEWAY. FOUND RUSTED BRAKE LINE NEAR REAR TIRE. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET K1500 SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD VIBRATE WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES: ANTILOCK). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

BRAKES FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROX. 30MPH AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WAS FIRM AT FIRST, AND THEN WENT SPONGY AND COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO INDICATION FROM THE DASH, NO BREAK LIGHT, ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRAKE FAILURE. UPON POST DRIVING INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT ALL FOUR BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. WHILE RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET I NOTED THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT I AM NOT SURE WHAT LINE, OR LINES, MAY HAVE RUSTED THRU AS I HAVE NOT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED YET, EXPENSIVE REPAIR ESTIMATE. *TR

2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH ABS. *TGW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS WITH PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKES, IT BECAME DIFFICULT FOR THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN OR REDUCE SPEED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

THE BRAKE LINES FAILED ON MY SILVERADO AND I COMPLETELY LOST BRAKING. WITH A DUAL MASTER CYLINDER SYSTEM THIS IS USUALLY NOT POSSIBLE. ON THESE TRUCKS THE LINES ARE SPRING COVERED PLAIN STEEL LINES THAT ARE PACKED TIGHT TOGETHER NEXT TO THE FRAME BEFORE THEY ENTER THE ANTILOCK BRAKE CONTROLLER, WHICH IS UNDER THE FLOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE WAY THE LINES ARE CONSTRUCTED AND ROUTED LEADS TO CONTAMINATES BEING TRAPPED IN THE AREA AROUND THE LINES CAUSING THEM TO PREMATURELY RUST OUT. THE FACT THAT BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR LINES AND ROUTED TOGETHER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE ELIMINATES THE SAFETY BENEFITS OF THE DUAL MASTER CYLINDER / FRONT AND REAR SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY FACTOR ON OLDER VEHICLES. IN MY CASE THE FRONT AND REAR LINES FAILED AT THE SAME POINT AND AT THE SAME TIME. ADDITIONALLY ON INSPECTING MY TRUCK THE HARDWARE THAT HOLDS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS IN PLACE HAD ALSO RUSTED AWAY AND CAUSED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINING TO SET ASKEW IN THE ROTOR CAUSING IT TO GET WORN DOWN. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COUNT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO OPERATE AS WELL. ALL IN ALL A REALLY POOR DESIGNED SYSTEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE LINES STARTED TO RUST OUT ON 2005 CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL, IN 2009 ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE, NO ACCIDENT. I REPLACED AT THE BRAKE LINES MYSELF. *TR THE REAR FRAME RAILS ARE RUSTING AND HOLES HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE FRAME.

ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT NEAREST THE FIREWALL BROKEN ALLOWING RAW UNTREATED ENGINE EXHAUST TO BE EXPELLED INTO ATMOSPHERE. EXHAUST SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AT SLOW SPEEDS. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET K3500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

WHILE STOPPING IN MY DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH LOSS OF BRAKING. A PORTION OF THE BRAKELINE WAS REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE REPORTED A LINE LEADING TO THE REAR BRAKES HAD FAILED AT THE "T" ON THE REAR AXLE AND ALSO IN THE AREA OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 90 MILES, ANOTHER BRAKELINE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER. ANOTHER PORTION OF BRAKELINE WAS REPLACED. AS A RESULT OF THE 2 INCIDENTS, ALL BRAKE LINES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED. *TR

WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SAW BRAKE FLUID COMING FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME NEAR THE DRIVERS DOOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS APPARENT THAT ONE OF THE METAL BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND RUPTURED. ALSO ALL OF THE OTHER BRAKE LINES APPEAR TO BE SEVERELY RUSTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND AWAITING REPAIRS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE MODEL TRUCKS AFTER READING THE NUMEROUS POSTS ABOUT IT.

MY WIFE AND I WERE GETTING READY TO GO INTO TOWN. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED IT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK. RIGHT UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR I SAW ALOT OF FLUID LEAKING. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION THE BRAKE LINES LEADING TO THE ABS UNIT ARE VERY RUSTY, SO MUCH SO THAT ONE ACTUALLY BURST. I HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK EARLIER IN THE DAY AND DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG, NO SPONGY BRAKES OR WARNING LIGHTS. I TRIED CONTACTING GM. ALL THEY WANTED TO DO IS HAVE ME TOW THE TRUCK TO A DEALER AND HAVE THEM INSPECT IT. I LATER CALLED THE DEALER AND TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, HE SAID GM PROBABLY WOULDN'T PAY ANYTHING TOWARDS FIXING THE BRAKE LINES. AS OF YET I HAVEN'T REPAIRED THE RUSTY LINES BUT I AM GOING TO SAVE THEM IN CASE THERE IS A RECALL SO I CAN SHOW THEM TO SOMEONE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES FAILED. TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO RUSTED METAL LINES. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING OTHERS BY TURNING ON TO A SIDE STREET AND USING THE E-BRAKE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED HALF A MILE SOONER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENARIO. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJ TURNPIKE MY BRAKES FAILED. I HAD MY 12 YEAR OLD SON WITH ME, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE MY FEAR. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR. LUCKILY I WAS APPROACHING THE REST AREA AND WAS ABLE TO USE THE SERVICE ROAD TO SLOW MYSELF DOWN. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. HE REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE( AT MY EXPENSE)AND WHEN HE SHOWED ME THE BROKEN LINE I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW RUSTED IT WAS. THIS WAS IN 2011. THE FOLLOWING YEAR (2012) THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WHILE TRAVELING IN TOWN THE BRAKES FAILED. I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE POINTED OUT HOW RUSTED ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE AND HOW DANGEROUS THE VEHICLE WAS. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES. THIS WAS AN EXPENSE THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED WHEN PURCHASING AN AMERICAN MADE CHEVY TRUCK. VERY DISAPPOINTING. UPON INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT IT IS A DEFECT WITH THE CHEVY VEHICLES. CHEVY SHOULD MAKE THIS RIGHT. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH NOT TO HAVE HAD A CRASH, THE THOUGHT OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS VERY DISTURBING. *TR

REAR FUEL TANK STRAP WAS RUSTY. BROKE OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

2000 SILVERADO 1500 LONG BED REG.CAB.BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION. LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. IN 5MIN RESEARCH, FOUND HUNDREDS W/SAME ISSUE. COSTS TOO MUCH TO FIX,CANT AFFORD A NEW TRUCK. WHAT IS THE AVG. PERSON SUPPOSED TO DO? GM ID OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF ISSUE AND HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. PEDAL LOST WHILE DRIVING. NO WARNING LIGHT FOR LOSS OF SYSTEM. PROBLEM NEEDS RESOLVED OR AT LEAST ADDRESSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 209,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

2005 REPLACED REAR BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED THROUGH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 4X4 REGULAR CAB. ALSO NOTED DRIVER SIDE ROCKERPANEL RUSTED THROUGH. 8-2011 GAS TAK STRAP BOTH COMPLETELY CORRODED THROUGH DROPPING GAS TANK ON THE GROUND. NOTED DURING REPLACEMENT THAT TRUCK BED CROSS MEMBERS ARE RUSTED OR RUSTING THROUGH SO BED WILL NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO ANYTHING ONCE COMPLETELY CORRODED. *TT

NOTICED FUEL TANK STRAP HANGING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION OF FUEL TANK STRAP NOTICED THAT THE STRAP HAD RUSTED & SEPARATED ABOUT FOUR INCHES FROM THE BOLT MOUNTING LOCATION. FUEL TANK DID NOT FALL TO THE GROUND BUT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE IF I KEPT DRIVING IT. NOTICED THAT GM USES A RUBBERIZED COATING ON THE STRAP. WATER & MOISTURE WERE ABLE TO MIGRATE INTO THE TOP AREA OF THE COATING AND SIT BETWEEN THE RUBBER COATING AND THE STRAP & NOT HAVE ANY EXIT POINT. THIS CAUSED A MOIST ENVIRONMENT AND OVER TIME ACCELERATED RUST/CORROSION BETWEEN THE RUBBER COATING & THE STEEL STRAP. POOR DESIGN & SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE (CAN'T COPY INTO THIS FORM). MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOUND ON THE INTERNET.

I OWN A 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THREE SEPARATE BRAKE FAILURES DUE TO SEVERELY CORRODED/RUSTED BRAKE LINES. THE FIRST OCCURRED IN 2008, THE SECOND IN 2010, AND THE MOST RECENT WAS LAST WEEK. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL OF THE LINES AS A RESULT. LUCKILY, THE LOSS OF BREAKS HAS HAPPENED IN AREAS/SITUATIONS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING WHEN THIS OCCURS, AND CONTRARY TO WHAT GM HAS SAID, NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON TO WARN THE DRIVER OF THE LOSS OF BRAKE LINE PRESSURE/FLUID. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THE LATEST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 102,000 MILES, THE OTHERS OCCURRED AT APPROX 87,000 AND 93,000 MILES VIN # = [XXX]. *TR

DURING A UTAH STATE SAFETY INSPECTION LAST YEAR IT WAS FOUND THAT 3 OF THE 12 EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS WERE BROKEN ON MY 6.0L ENGINE. THE BOLT HEADS WERE COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF/MISSING. THE BROKEN BOLTS ALLOW THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS TO LEAK CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH EMISSIONS. IF LEFT UNDETECTED THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO FAIL. JUST TO HAVE THE BOLTS REPAIRED IS A VERY EXPENSIVE >$500 REPAIR THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED BY HAVING THESE FAULTY BOLTS CHANGED OUT EARLY ON. ONCE THE BOLTS ARE BROKEN THEY HAVE TO BE EXTRACTED WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE THERMAL DEFORMATION AND CORROSION. TWO OF THE BOLTS WERE IN THE REAR MOST HOLES WHICH HAVE VERY LIMITED ACCESS. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICES FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A RECALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT CAUSES EMISSIONS PROBLEMS AND INCREASES POLLUTION. IF YOU CONSIDER HOW MANY OF THESE TRUCKS, TAHOES, AND SUBURBANS HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD SINCE 1999, THE INCREASE IN POLLUTION IS CONSIDERABLE. *TR

2000 CHEVY SILVERADO BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR AND BRAKES BARELY WORKED. THIS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH AND SAW THE FLUID COMING FROM THE BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL. BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND THE AREA WHERE THE LEAK IS OCCURRING CAN BE SQUEEZED TOGETHER WITH FINGER PRESSURE. INSPECTED THE OTHER BRAKE LINES AND THEY ALL APPEAR CORRODED WITH SEVERAL PLACES BEING VERY WEAK AND CAN BE SQUEEZED TOGETHER WITH FINGER PRESSURE. SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, THERE SEEMS TO BE PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. SOME WITH MORE DISASTROUS RESULTS.I AM LOOKING TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND UPON ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE UNDER DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME RAIL. *KB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CHATTERED AND FAILED TO STOP MY 1500 SILVERADO ON AN DRY SUNNY DAY, HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN 2005 ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THRU. *KB