1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Brakes Problems

Your brake lines have rusted through and burst while you were driving. The rear brake line failed first, and a few months later the front brake line failed. Both times the vehicle was in motion, which could have caused loss of braking ability. The brake lines will need to be replaced with new ones that resist corrosion.

Your brake lines have rusted and broken, which caused you to lose braking ability and nearly have an accident. The brake line materials appear to be prone to corrosion and rust, creating a serious safety problem. You'll likely need to have the brake lines replaced, possibly with higher-quality stainless steel alternatives.

Your anti-lock braking system is engaging when it shouldn't, particularly at low speeds while driving. This unexpected braking can be dangerous and unpredictable. The issue likely involves diagnosing the ABS module, wheel speed sensors, or brake system hydraulics to determine why the system is activating improperly.

Your truck's brake system completely failed when a rusted steel brake line burst while you were slowing down on a downhill street. You narrowly avoided hitting the vehicle in front of you and were only able to stop by shifting into reverse before reaching the highway. The rusted brake lines will need to be replaced with new steel or stainless steel lines to restore proper braking function.

While you were pulling into a parking spot, your anti-lock brakes suddenly locked up, and your truck nearly hit a tree. This issue matches symptoms from a known recall (NHTSA campaign 05V379000), but you don't remember being notified about it. Your dealership scheduled an appointment to perform the recall repair, though the truck wasn't fully diagnosed before the appointment was made.

While driving at 15 mph, your transmission failed and wouldn't accelerate properly. A mechanic found that internal transmission parts in first gear were damaged and the entire transmission needed replacement. Additionally, you noticed brake fluid leaking from your vehicle—inspection revealed the brake lines had rusted and corroded, which was fixed by replacing them. The fixes may involve a full transmission rebuild or replacement and new brake lines.

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT IN MOTION

METALLIC BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES.FORTUNATELY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY GETTING READY TO LEAVE & HEARD A SLIGHT POPPING NOISE & LOST ABILITY TO STOP. GOT OUT & BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER DRIVEWAY..UNABLE TO ADD PHOTOS,TRUCK WAS TOWED TO SERVICE STATION IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS

HAD TO HAVE ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. THE LINES BURST DUE TO THEM ALL BEING RUSTED OUT AND CORRODED. I HAVE A 1994 TOYOTA PICK UP TRUCK WITH MORE MILES THAN MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE NOT RUSTED OR CORRODED GO FIGURE! I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS DOOR AND GAS TANK. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED FOR $1066.33. I WAS CHARGE FOR 8 HOURS OF LABOR. I AM PISSED OFF AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLE, BECAUSE OF THEIR USE OF SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PART (BRAKES) OF THEIR VEHICLES AND THEIR FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE & CORRECT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL YEAR TRUCKS WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, INSTEAD THEY MADE BOGUS EXCUSES AS TO WHY THESE BRAKE LINES WERE FAILING! I HAVE PURCHASE NINE CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN MY LIFE AND LIKE I STATED EARLIER I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET AGAIN AND WILL DISCOURAGE EVERYONE I KNOW THAT IS IN THE MARKET TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE TO NOT BUY A CHEVROLET BECAUSE, THE WAY CHEVROLET FAILED TO RESOLVE THE BRAKE LINE PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS IS UNACCEPTABLE!

ABS SYSTEM CONTINUOSLY GOES OUT.

WHILE TOWING A HEAVY TRAILER AT 30 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. WITH NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKING WHATEVER. I STOMPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A HARD RIGHT TURN TO AVOID A COLLISION AND COASTED TO A STOP. LOOKING DOWN, THERE WAS A TRAIL OF BRAKE FLUID LEADING TO A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER THE DRIVER'S DOOR. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK REVEALED THAT INCREDIBLY RUSTED BRAKES LINES HAD BURST, DRAINING THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE FLUID RESERVOIR. CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT EVERY FOOT OF BRAKE LINE UNDER THE TRUCK WAS IN SIMILAR CONDITION! AFTER TOWING IT HOME, I DISCOVER WHY THE E-BRAKE FAILED; THE CABLE WAS RUSTED SOLID. I HAD TO ORDER A COMPLETE BRAKE LINE KIT AND SPENT THE ENTIRE WEEKEND REPLACING THEM. IT WAS THEN THAT I FOUND OUT THAT THOUSANDS OF OWNERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING GM TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS DEFECT. WE NARROWLY ESCAPED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY, BESIDES HAVING TO BORROW A VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK FOR A WEEK.

ABS ACTIVATES WITHOUT ANY REASON ON DRY PAVEMENT DURING LOW SPEED BRAKING. BRAKES WILL NOT WORK, THEN. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT! TRUCK IS TECHNICALLY IN BEST CONDITION, HAS ONLY 40000 MILES!

1. ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN WHEELS ARE NOT SLIPPING. WHEN SLOWING THE TRUCK DOWN THE VEHICLE ABS ACTIVATES PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM STOPPING UNLESS YOU EITHER RELEASE AND REAPPLY THE BRAKE OR COLLIDE WITH THE OBJECT IN FRONT OF YOU. 2. BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY PULLING A 4,000 POUND TRAILER THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. I HAD THOUGHT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CROSSED TYPE SYSTEM AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD BRAKE PRESSURE ON THE REMAINING INTACT LINES BUT THE PEDAL WAS SO SOFT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY BRAKES. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM UNDER EMERGENCY FAILURE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE ROAD ROAD AND A CAR SLOWED IN FRONT OF ME. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE CAR BY GOING TO THE SHOULDER AND THEN TURING ON TO A SIDE STREET. ONCE STOPED I EXITED THE TRUCK AND SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENED TO MY GRANDFATHERS 2001 SILVERADO NOT MORE THAT 3 MONTHS AGO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATE AND EXTENDED THE BRAKING DISTANCE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V37900 (SERVICE BRAKES). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

I WAS BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY THEN MY FOOT TO FLOOR .L LOST BRAKE PSI .I AM LUCKY THAT STEEL LINE BROKE IN THE DRIVEWAY AN ON ROAD OR THE HIGHWAY . I KEPT CLEAN AFTER EVERY SNOW I CLEAN BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK .

NO DAMAGE. THE ABS CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED. WARNING LIGHT ON DASH. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON MY TRUCK. SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PART.

THIS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN IN MINNESOTA SINCE 1999. ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THIS TRUCK DUE TO CORROSION. I DROVE THE TRUCK ON A FOUR LINE ROAD. THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED TO YELLOW AND I TRIED TO STOP BUT THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.THIS TRUCK HAD SUCH BAD BRAKE LINES THAT WHEN BLEEDING THE BRAKE LINES FOR THE FRONT LINE ANOTHER LEAK STARTED OUT ONE OF THE REAR LINES. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY CONCERN FOR OWNERS OF A CHEVROLET SILVERADO.

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ACTION BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE (THANKFULLY NOT DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY). BRAKE LINES BENEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WERE RUSTED AND LEAKING FLUID. GM PARTS PERSON SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT THEY SELL A BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT SET BUT HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND DID NOT COVER THE COST OF PARTS OR LABOR (WHY?).

1ST TIME WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE BROKE JUST IN FRONT OF THE WHEEL,(REPLACED LINE) 2ND TIME ON THE ROAD DRIVING @ 60MPH AND GO TO STOP AND PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, LUCKILY II GOT INTO A CORN FIELD BEFORE ANYONE WAS HURT!! FRONT LINE BROKE AT FRAME JUST FORWARD OF THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHO EVER HEARD OF THE MAIN SAFETY FIGURE OF YOUR VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE STAINLESS STEEL!! WHO IN THE WORLD ARE WATCHING OVER THESE MANUFACTURERS!

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND PULLED INTO OUR DRIVE. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FOUND BRAKE LINE FAILURE UNDER CAB LEAKING BRAKE FLUID.

THIS IS THE 2ND INCIDENT TO REPAIR A RUSTED BRAKE LINE. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC AND IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS COMING UP OUR DRIVEWAY AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, I KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG. IT COST ME $130.00 TO TOW THE TRUCK TO OUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER IN ROMNEY, WV AND THE REPAIR WILL COST ME $1000.00. KNOWING THIS YEAR CHEVROLET TRUCK HAS THE BRAKE LINE RUST PROBLEM, I ALWAYS POWER WASH THE UNDERCARRIAGE.

RUSTED REAR TUBING ALONG DRIVER SIDE FRAME RUPTURED WHILE APPROACHING A RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. CONTROL OF ALL 4 WHEELS WAS LOST WITHOUT WARNING. ALL STEEL TUBING IS EXTREMELY RUSTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 19 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED A LONGER DISTANCE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ANTI- BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR AND ALL WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 207,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINES. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE LINES PREMATURELY FRACTURED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES TWICE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC A THIRD TIME FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AT MY BROTHER'S HOUSE AND BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING MY TO ON THIS DOWNHILL GRADE RUN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT HIS HOUSE. DAMAGED THE BUMPER AND GRILL ON MY TRUCK AND HIS BUMPER AND HOOD OF HIS CAR IN AN OLDS ALERO. REPLACING ALL BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL AND NOT REPAIRING THE DAMAGED PARTS DUE TO GM BEING CHEAP ON SUCH A VITAL PART.

AS I TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN (ON DRY PAVEMENT). VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING SO I RAN IT INTO THE FRAME OF THE GARAGE DOOR TO STOP, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE RAN THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. THE SHOP COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. BRAKE LINES WERE TOTALLY RUSTED. TRUCK HAS A GOOD ENGINE, BUT TERRIBLE RUST ON BRAKE LINES, FRAME, LOWER BODY PANEL BEHIND DOORS. PAINT PEALING OFF HOOD AND ROOF.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON. I DROVE 20 MILES TO MY HOUSE AND HAD SOFT BRAKES UPON ARRIVAL. THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS POSITION BENEATH THE CAB. THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A BUNDLE OF BRAKE LINES NEXT TO THE FRAME. *TR

WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I HAD A ANOTHER PERSON PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME, I HIT THE BRAKES AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATING, REPLACED THE POWER AIR BOOSTER WHICH TOOK CARE OF THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. BUT AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY, THE TRUCK BLEW A BRAKE LINE (SITTING IN PARK) THAT WAS RUSTED SEVERELY. EITHER WAY, I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 1999 SILVERADO HAD BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION FOUND A FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND BLOWN OUT. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. THERE ARE SEVERAL LINES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE SIX GM CARS AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. MY 1957 AND 1963 AND 1964 BRAKE LINES ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. I LIVE IN NC AND DO NOT HAVE THE BAD WINTER AND EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALTS THAT SOME MAY SAY WAS THE CAUSE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *JS

WHILE BRAKING HARD FOR AN ANIMAL IN THE ROADWAY, THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN APPLIED SUDDENLY AND HARD, WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE AT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE ANIMAL WAS STRUCK. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FRONT TO REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED AND BURST. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED VERY RUSTY BRAKE LINES WHICH APPEAR READY TO FAIL IN MANY LOCATIONS. *JS

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE ABS KICKS IN AND EXTENDS THE STOPPING DISTANCE BY VARIOUS AMOUNTS. *JS

MY WIFE DROVE THE TRUCK TO WINCHESTER, VA. AND THE BRAKES WORKED OK. WHEN SHE WAS RETURNING HOME SHE NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ?SOFT? AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE PUMPED TO STOP. UPON RETURNING HOME I NOTICED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. I FILLED THE RESERVOIR AND TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL GARAGE IN CAPON BRIDGE, WV. I INSPECTED THE RESERVOIR AFTER I GOT TO THE GARAGE AND IT WAS AGAIN EMPTY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED A LENGTH OF TUBING FROM BENEATH THE LEFT DRIVER'S DOOR TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT A COST OF $262.00. *TR

VEHICLE BRAKE LINES FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. BRAKE LINE MATERIAL IS NOT SUITABLE FOR SERVICE IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND IN MY CASE THE FRAME AND OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE DO NOT EXHIBIT SIMILAR CORROSION. INVESTIGATION OF THE LINES FOUND CORROSION THROUGHOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE ABS CONTROLLER, LOCATED AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INSIDE FRAME RAIL. IN TALKING WITH FRIENDS/CO-WORKERS I LEARNED OF TWO INCIDENTS, ONE WITH A 2002 SILVERADO 2500 HAVING A SIMILAR FAILURE WHERE THE LINE FAILED AT STOP WHILE THE LINE WAS UNDER PRESSURE. ANOTHER FRIEND HAD A FAILURE IN HIS 2001 SILVERADO 1500 WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP A THE BOTTOM OF A HILL. THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A RUPTURED LINE AND THE OWNER WAS ABLE TO GEAR DOWN, ROLL THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND TURN ONTO A SIDE ROAD. A HIGHER PROFILE INCIDENT INVOLVED A CO-WORKER WITH A 2001 SILVERADO 2500 PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER. WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND THE VEHICLE RAN THE RED LIGHT. THE OWNER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE TRAVEL TRAILER ELECTRIC BRAKES. I WORK AT A LARGE CHEMICAL COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN KINGSPORT, TN. THIS INCIDENT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SAFETY NEWSLETTER THAT IS CIRCULATED AT THE KINGSPORT SITE IN 2013. SEARCHES OF INTERNET FORUMS FIND MULTIPLE SIMILAR INCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE SOME INVOLVING INJURY. *TR

I WAS TURNING A CORNER A SHORT WAY FROM MY HOUSE. MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES AND GOT ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST UP INTO MY YARD. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THEIR WAS BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE FRAME RAIL AND THE BUNDLE OF LINES. ONE OR MORE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION! *TR

WHEN MERGING INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, OFF RAMP, THERE WAS TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. OTHER CARS WERE APPROACHING AND I COULD NOT BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP. SO I DROVE ONTO THE SHOULDER OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS INSTANTANEOUS WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CORROSIVE BRAKE LINES....UPDATED 10/22/14 *BF

WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND I SOMEHOW WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT GETTING HIT. AFTER COMING TO THIS SITE AND SEEING HUNDREDS OF RECORDED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS VEHICLE FOR FAULTY BRAKE LINES. *TR

AFTER STOPPING QUICKLY THE BROKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND NO LONGER HAD ANY RESISTANCE. THE BRAKING POWER WAS GREATLY REDUCED AND APPEARED THAT ONLY THE REAR BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING. *TR

I WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT LOST BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUSH TO THE FLOOR, UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DISCOVER THE BRAKE LINES THAT RUN FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULE WERE RUSTED OUT AND THE BRAKE LINES FROM THE ABS MODULE TO THE BRAKE CALIPERS WHERE RUSTED OUT AS WELL. THE BRAKE LINES HAD TO REPLACED. *TR

DRIVING EAST ON OHIO STATE ROUTE AT 40 - 45 MPH SLOWING TO MAKE RIGHT TURN APPLIED BRAKES IN A NORMAL FASHION AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMAL EFFECT ON VEHICLE VELOCITY. *TR

DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND APPROACHING STOPPED TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT HIT BRAKES TO STOP AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH GREATLY REDUCED STOPPING ABILITY. HAD TO STEER OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A REAR-END COLLISION. THIS IS SECOND TIME WITH BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. I SPENT 30 + YEARS FULL TIME, IN-HOUSE AS SELF-EMPLOYED ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AT THE DAYTON, OHIO GM / DELCO / DELPHI FACILITIES AND I KNOW GM CAN DO BETTER. 10 SIBLINGS AND WE ALL HAVE BEEN GM CUSTOMERS - NET RESEARCH INDICATED $40 COST INCREASE TO GO STAINLESS STEEL ON BRAKE LINES. ( ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE ON THE VEHICLE ) GENTLEMEN & LADIES ? R E A L L Y ! ! *TR

MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK EXPERIENCED A BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WAS GOING 5 MPH OR LESS WHEN BOTH OF MY BRAKE LINE FAILED CAUSING ME TO REAR END MY DAUGHTERS CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, LUCKY HER CAR WAS THERE OR I WOULD HAVE RUN INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. I HAD THE BRAKE LINES REPAIRED, THEY MUST HAVE ONLY REPLACED THE SECTIONS THAT BROKE SINCE APROX. 1 YEAR LATER ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BROKE AGAIN WHEN I WAS OUT OF STATE, I HAD THE SECTION THAT BROKE REPLACED JUST BEFORE THE REPAIR SHOP CLOSED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. TODAY ANOTHER SECTION OF BRAKE LINE BROKE I AM GETTING THIS REPAIRED AND ANY REMAINING OLD BRAKE LINES REPLACED, ALSO MY EMERGENCY BRAKE IS BROKEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS YET. *TR

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT TO GET ON INTERSTATE 81 SOUTH IN WV, I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES AND FELT A "POP" AND THEN I HAD NO BRAKES. I COASTED DOWN THE HILL AND ENTERED A "PARK & RIDE" LOT TO EVALUATE WHAT HAPPENED. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT WHERE THE CAB MEETS THE BED. BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. I HAD TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN WV AND GET A RIDE HOME. WILL NEED TO HAVE IT TOWED IN A DAY OR TWO. UNABLE TO ENTER VIN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS STILL 30+ MILES AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. *TR

I AM REPORTING YET ANOTHER CASE OF FAILURE FOR THE ABS MODULE AS WELL AS THE PROPORTIONING VALVE ON MY 99 SILVERADO. THERE IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH NUMBER OF INCIDENTS REPORTED THROUGHOUT VARIOUS FORUMS ON THE INTERNET, AND THE 3 MECHANICS I'VE SPOKEN TO ARE ALL VERY AWARE OF THIS COMMON ISSUE WITH 99-02 NBS TRUCKS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PART, WHICH IS KNOWN TO FAIL JUST AS THE ORIGINAL 60K WARRANTY WAS UP. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THESE TRUCKS USED, ESPECIALLY. WHEN THE PUMP/MODULE FAILS, THERE IS A CERTAINTY THAT ABS FUNCTION NO LONGER WORKS, AND THE HIGH PROBABILITY THAT BRAKE LINE PRESSURES ARE UNEQUALIZED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP EVEN AT SPEED. *TR

I WENT TO STOP TO MAKE A TURN AND BRAKES WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO SLOW ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO THE HOUSE BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER REAR TIRE. THIS IS NOT THE 1ST TIME THE 1ST TIME HAULING A TRAILER WHEN BRAKES FAILED THE NEXT TIME MY SON WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE CUT HIM OFF SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BLEW LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR CAUSED ACCIDENT THE NEXT TIME WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AS I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME I DO ALOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND I FEEL THAT AFTER REPLACING 4 BRAKES LINES IN LESS THEN A YEAR AND THE TRUCK GIVES NO WARNING OF ANY KIND THE BRAKES ARE LOW. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND WHEN I TO PUT ON THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I INSTANTLY HAD NO BRAKES, NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. THERE WAS A CAR STOPPED IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME AND WAS NOTHING I COULD DO SO I ENDED UP REAR ENDING THEM, TOTALING THEIR CAR. WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I REALIZED THE BRAKE LINES HAD BUSTED DUE TO RUST. I HAVE NEVER HAD AS MUCH AS A SPEEDING TICKET AND NOW HAVE A WRECK ON MY RECORD DUE TO FAULTY LINES THAT HAS HAPPEN TO MANY PEOPLE. AFTER I LOOKED INTO IT I SEEN ITS BEING INVESTIGATED BUT SOMETHING NEEDS DONE, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS GONNA KILL PEOPLE IF NOT FIXED AND RECALLED. *TR

THE BRAKE LINE WENT OUT AND JUST ABOUT CAUSED US TO WRECK. IT WAS FINE ONE MINUTE THEN THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PIONEER CHEVY IN ABINGDON VA SAID THE LINES HAD RUSTED. THAT COST US OVER $1300. THAT WAS IN APRIL AND NOW IT'S AUGUST AND IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT BREAK LINE. PIONEER NOW SAID IT'S GOING TO COST OVER $800 THIS TIME. I'M SO FURIOUS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND ON FIXING THE TRUCK WHICH WE REALLY NEED. FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND RESEARCHED APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

I HAPPENED TO NOTICE MY BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES WHERE WET, I CHECKED IN FOUND THE LINE HAD RUSTED THRU. UPON CHECKING THE OTHER LINES I FOUND THEY ALL WHERE EXTREMELY RUSTED. LUCK WOULD HAVE IT I HAD JUST PARKED. I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES WITH NEW LINES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET TRUCKS FROM 1999-TO THE EARLY OR MID 2000'S. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE BURST DURING BRAKING AT 40 MPH. SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION. EXTREMELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES UPON INVESTIGATION. *TR

I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AT STOP SIGN, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND BY LUCK NO ONE WAS COMING FROM OTHER DIRECTION. I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP. I SPENT OVER 700 DOLLARS TO HAVE NEW BRAKELINES INSTALLED. *TR

LEAVING DRIVEWAY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. NO ABS LIGHT OR ANY OTHER LIGHT VIEWABLE ON DASHBOARD. EVEN AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK, STARTING IT UP, AND DEPRESSING PEDAL, AGAIN WENT TO FLOOR, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS A 4WD TRUCK WITH ABS. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THRU AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE BREAK FLUID CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT RUST THRU SO EASILY AND SO SOON. I PREVIOUSLY HAD A 1991 SILVERADO WITH CLOSE TO 300,000 MILES AND THE BRAKE LINES ON IT NEVER RUSTED THRU. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS A VITAL SAFETY COMPONENT. FOR SOME REASON THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHEVROLET SILVERADOS FROM 1999 TO 2003. I HAD TO PAY $610.50 TO GET WHAT I CONSIDER A GM DEFECT FIXED. *TR

MONDAY JULY 7TH, 2014, I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, TRAVELING WEST ON HWY 290 W., AUSTIN, TX JUST PASSED CIRCLE DR. (INTERSECTION HAS BEEN CALLED DEATH TRAP). DEADLY CRASHES ON THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY OCCUR FREQUENTLY. STARTED TO SLOW FOR NEXT INTERSECTION WHEN BRAKES FAILED - PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. THE HILL HELPED ME SLOW A BIT, BUT SWITCHED TO MIDDLE TURNING LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THANK GOD THE LIGHT WAS GREEN. ONE SMALL CAR PASSED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TURNING IN FRONT OF TWO LANES OF EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. PROCEEDED INTO LONE STAR BANK'S PARKING LOT MISSING A MOVING CAR. TURNED RIGHT TO AVOID ROW OF PARKED CARS, DRIVE UP BAYS AND CURB THAT LED TO A POSSIBLE RAVENE. TURNED INTO PARKING SPACE, WENT UP OVER CURB & STOPPED IN FRONT OF LANDSCAPING ROCKS AND A TREE. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST - HAD NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. AS WENT UP OVER CURB, I DEPRESSED EMERGENCY BRAKE. WITH ONLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, SLOWLY ALLOWED TRUCK TO ROLL BACK DOWN OVER CURB. CALLED FOR AAA SERVICE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH TRUCK & IDENTIFIED TWO BRAKE FLUID LEAKS ON CONCRETE. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DAVIS AUTO AND WAS TOLD TODAY THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED, WITH NO WAY TO SPLICE, AND ALL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY WEREN'T SURE OF WHAT ELSE WOULD NEED REPLACING, SUCH AS ABS PUMP, BUT MASTER CYLINDER WAS OKAY. I CALLED BEN WHITE AUTOMOTIVE & WAS TOLD ABOUT ANOTHER MAN WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AT GM. I SAW ON INTERNET, AN ARTICLE DATED JULY 7, 2014 (HOW IRONIC) WHERE GM IS RESISTING RECALL OF BRAKE LINES ON 1999-2003 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUPS. SERIOUSLY, ALMOST REAR ENDING A SMALL CAR WITH CARS ALL AROUND, SWERVING IN BETWEEN TWO LANES OF ONCOMING EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TRAVELING 65 MPH, HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD'VE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. THE BRAKE LINES ON THESE TRUCKS HAVE GOT TO BE RECALLED BY GM! *TR UPDATED 03/19/2015 *JS

WHILE DRIVING, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMAL STOPPING POWER, I PULLED OVER AND SAW A POOL OF BRAKE FLUID. AFTER CHECKING FURTHER NOTICE THE CORRODED BRAKE LINE HAS RUPTURED. *JS

I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND IN THE LEFT LANE. A CAR TURNED RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT LANE HEADING EAST BOUND. AS I CAME THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR SUDDENLY CHANGED LANES INTO THE LEFT LANE IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAR THAT CHANGED LANES IN FRONT OF ME WAS ONLY GOING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. WITH MY VEHICLE TRAVELING 45 MPH I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BREAKS AND HORN AT THE SAME TIME AND THE CAR SWITCHED BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE. MY BREAKS WORKED FOR ABOUT A SECOND BEFORE THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED THE EMERGENCY BREAK WHICH DID NOT WORK EITHER. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT CAUSING A CRASH. THE BRAKE LINE BUSTED RIGHT UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR BEHIND THE FRONT TIRE. THE BREAK LINES WERE VERY RUSTED UPON INSPECTION. *TR

I WAS OPERATING MY VEHICLE A APPROX. 30 MPH AND WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO WARNING . UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT A BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKE SYSTEMS. I AM AWARE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS A DUAL SYSTEM FOR SAFETY BUT NEVER GAVE A WARNING. WITH BOTH FRONT AND REAR LEAKING, WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. ALL OF THE LINES ARE VERY RUSTED. I HAVE VINTAGE CARS WITH BRAKE LINES THAT NEVER BEEN REPAIRED, AND A NEWER VEHICLE WITH MANY BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IN JUNE OF 2007 AS MY WIFE APPROACHED OUR DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER. IF THIS BRAKE FAILURE HAD HAPPENED AT ANOTHER PLACE OR TIME, THERE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. CHEVROLET DEALER SAID THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED AND FABRICATED A STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL. THE INCIDENT COST ME $1100 TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINE. THE SILVERADO HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,200 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. IN A SECOND REPORT TO THE NHTSA, I REPORTED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER AND AT 90,000 MILES. THIS SECOND FAILURE RESULTED IN ANOTHER HORRIFYING INCIDENT OF BEING UNABLE TO STOP THE SILVERADO WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED. *TR

WAS SITTING AT RED LIGHT AND BRAKE PEDAL STARTING GOING TO FLOOR AND STARTED ROLLING, SO I PUSHED HARDER AND STOPPED PULLED OVER IN A PARKING LOT . I GOT UNDER TRUCK AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING UNDER DRIVER DOOR, BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING , THE LINES WERE RUSTY. ,AM GOING TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES SO THEY WILL NOT RUST AGAIN. I CHECKED INTERNET AND SEEN THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH A POTENTIAL BUYER RIDING ALONG. WE HAD REACHED AN OPEN FARM FIELD AT THE EDGE OF TOWN AND HAD ENGAGED THE 4X4 TO VERIFY IT. AFTER FOUR-WHEELING A BIT, WE HEADED BACK TO THE MAIN ROAD, BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW FROM 35 MPH TO STOP AND DISENGAGE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THE BRAKE PEDAL PLUNGED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY FAILURE WARNING, AND WE CONTINUED SAILING OUT ONTO THE STATE HIGHWAY COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED AND STILL TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ENOUGH TO STAY MOSTLY OUT OF THE OPPOSITE DITCH, BUT I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SWERVE BACK INTO THE DITCH, FINALLY ROLLING TO A STOP AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC PASSED. THANK GOD WE NARROWLY MISSED BEING IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. WE WERE BOTH SHOOK UP BY THE NEAR MISS, AND I SAT FOR A MINUTE TRYING TO COLLECT MY NERVES BEFORE HEADING BACK TO TOWN. I SWITCHED THE 4X4 BACK INTO TWO-WHEEL DRIVE, BUT KEPT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN SECOND GEAR BACK TO HOME. I TOOK A ROUTE THAT HAD VERY FEW STOP SIGNS, BUT HAD TO SLOW FOR THOSE FEW BY DOWNSHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR, USING THE TOW/HAUL FEATURE ON THE TRANSMISSION TO INCREASE ANY AVAILABLE ENGINE BRAKING, AND PUMPING THE NOW USELESS BRAKE PEDAL LIKE A MANIAC. I GOT THE TRUCK AND US BACK HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, BUT ALSO WITHOUT ANY DASH BOARD WARNINGS WHATSOEVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I LOST THE SALE. I CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK, AND IT WAS DRIPPING BRAKE FLUID STEADILY FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WARRANTS A SAFETY RECALL, BUT TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES DOESN'T? BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES SHOULD NEVER CORRODE UNDER ANY CONDITIONS! GM PUT STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUSTS ON THESE TRUCKS...... THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ENOUGH TO DO THE SAME WITH BRAKE LINES, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THE NHTSA STOPS DRAGGING ITS FEET AND MAKES GM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ENTIRE DEBACLE OF FAILURES OF THIS FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY SYSTEM! *TT

ON APRIL 9, 2014 AT ABOUT 9:00 AM, I WAS TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIGHT TRAFFIC WHEN I CAME TO STOP BEHIND A CAR. MY BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LUCKILY I KNOW THE AREA AND I LOOK FOR AN UPHILL STREET AND ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE BRAKE LINES BLEW AND DUMPED FLUID ON THE GROUND. ALL BRAKE LINES CORRODE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. A LOCAL MECHANICAL SHOP REPLACED ALL OF THEM FOR SEVERAL THOUSANDS DOLLARS. *TR

I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE UNDER A HARD BRAKING CONDITION (FIRM, BUT NOT PANIC STOP). THE HARD LINE FROM THE ABS PUMP TO THE REAR AXLE FAILED JUST ABOVE THE FLEX HOSE COUPLING. I HAD BELIEVE IT TO BE THE FLEX HOSE AT FIRST. UPON INSPECTION, THE HARDLINE AND FITTING TO THE FLEX LINE AT THE REAR AXLE HAS BECOME SO CORRODED AS TO NEARLY BE INDISTINGUISHABLE. BRAKING CONTROL WAS MINIMAL. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR EVEN WITH THE FRONT CIRCUIT STILL INTACT. EVEN THEN, IT COULD NOT COMPLETELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND I WAS FORCED TO USE THE PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE. HAD I BEEN TOWING AT THE TIME, I AM CONVINCED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR

I WAS TRYING TO COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT WHEN PRESSING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME & WAS ABLE TO TURN THE TRUCK INTO THE NEARBY STORE PARKING LOT. WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK HOME & TOOK A LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, I SEEN THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE LINE, ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, UNDER THE HOOD, THAT HAD A HOLE IN IT & WAS SPRAYING FLUID EVERYWHERE. THE LINE ALSO LOOKED TO BE RUSTED. TO MAKE NOTE THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOWLY, HOWEVER, I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN TRYING TO STOP & TRAVELED (JUST GUESSING) ABOUT 30 TO 40 YARDS TO THE RED LIGHT & WAS STILL UNABLE TO STOP. *TR

TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW. FIRST INCIDENT WAS 7/2012 AT MY LAKE PROPERTY WHEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. TRUCK WAS LIMPED TO A LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS ON AN ALIGNMENT RACK AFTER THE APPLICATION OF NEW TIRES. THE JIG TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE BRAKE PEDDLE WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE ON THE RACK. *TR

MASSIVE BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION OF BRAKE LINES. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN LAST YEAR IN ANOTHER PLACE ON THE TRUCK. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUSTED THRU. I HAVE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT INSTANCES WHERE THE STEEL BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED AND CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, HAVE ONLY EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN ONE BEFORE WITH A GM CAR (1972) ELDORADO. *TR

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES WHERE RUSTED OUT AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

HIT THE BRAKES RELATIVELY HARD AFTER BEING CUT OFF BY ANOTHER DRIVER. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO HAVE AAA GIVE ME A TOW HOME. FOUND A LEAKING BRAKE LINE AND REPAIRED IT. WHILE TEST DRIVING I HIT THE BRAKES FIRMLY AND IT APPEARED AS THOUGH IT WAS RESOLVED. AS I PULLED IN MY DRIVEWAY I GAVE IT ONE LAST GOOD BRAKE, AND LO AND BEHOLD THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ONLY TO FIND ANOTHER LEAK IN ANOTHER LINE. THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND ROTTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *TR

COMING TO RED LIGHT PUSH BRAKE PEDAL NO BRAKES, BRAKE LINE BROKE DUE TO RUST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL USAGE I FELT THE PEDAL GO ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. TOOK TO DEALER WHO SAID ALL 4 BRAKE LINES HAD BURST DUE TO CORROSION. CHARGED ME OVER $1500.00 TO FIX FOR NEW LINES AND BLEEDING THE SYSTEM. *TR

ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS SINCE I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK, THE BRAKE LINES HAVE FAILED AND RUPTURED. IN ALL CASES, THE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR, AND ONLY VERY LIMITED BRAKING WAS AVAILABLE. I HAVE PATCHED THE BRAKE LINES IN MANY PLACES. MOST RECENTLY TODAY, A BRAKE LINE FAILED AT THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE NEAR THE FRAME RAIL. I MADE THE NEEDED PATCH REPAIR, AND THE TRUCK IS OK FOR NOW. I HAVE INSPECTED THOSE SECTIONS OF THE BRAKE LINES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED, AND CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE DETERIORATING, AND WILL BE THE NEXT TO FAIL. I AM WORRIED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK WHEN I MAY NEED TO STOP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND WILL NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STOPPING DISTANCE. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION TWO DIFFERENT TIMES VERY LUCKY WAS NOT GOING FAST, AFTER INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THREE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP, TWO OF THEM MOVED TO THE LEFT. I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP AND WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL MY BRAKES STARTED WORKING NORMALLY. AS I GOT CLOSER, ABOUT TWO CAR LENGTHS, I LOST BRAKING POWER AND SPED UP AS IF I HAD HIT AN ICY PATCH IN THE ROAD. I WENT TO THE RIGHT AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME IN THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER. AT THIS POINT I COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO CHECK OUT MY TRUCK I FOUND A LOT OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA THAT APPEARED TO HAVE COME FROM THE METAL BRAKE LINE WHICH WAS RUSTY. THE TRUCK WAS SO HEAVILY DAMAGED I COULD NOT GET A PICTURE OR SEE THE HOLE IN THE LINE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *TR

A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK (1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 4X4) ON A CONNECTING ROAD (DIRT) WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES TO TURN. THE ABS PUMP STARTED RUNNING. I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT IT KEPT RUNNING BUT DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN I RETURNED BACK TO MY APARTMENT, IT WAS STILL RUNNING. I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER CHARGING THE BATTERY, I NOTICED THE ABS CONTROL UNIT (UNDER THE CAB ON THE DRIVERS SIDE) WAS STILL RUNNING. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHICH PROCEEDED TO TELL ME I NEEDED A NEW ABS UNIT $1100. AS I CANNOT AFFORD AN $1100 PART ON A 9 YEAR OLD TRUCK. I JUST UNPLUGGED IT. BOTH THE BRAKE AND THE ABS LIGHT STAY ON IN THE CAB ANY TIME THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIND A USED UNIT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS OVER 240000 MILES ON IT, WITH EXCEPTION OF A LITTLE RUST, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINES BURST CAUSING NO BRAKE SITUATION. NO BRAKE LIGHT LIT BEFORE OR FOR A DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT. LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF THE REST OF THE BRAKE LINES IT APPEARS THAT THE MATERIAL OF THE LINES IS DEFECTIVE AS THE REMAINING BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTY ALSO. *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. UPON INSPECTIONS BRAKES LINES RUSTED AND FAILED. THESE SHOULD BE MADE FROM NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL! THANK GOSH WE WERE NOT GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN WE LOST BRAKES. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED NEEDED REPLACEMENT,PIN HOLES IN LINES. *TR

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I LOST BRAKES,IN 2005,W 54000 MILES, I LOST ALL BRAKES AND HAD TO REPLACE ALL RUSTED CALIPERS ROTORS AND REAR RUSTED HAND BRAKE CABLES AND DRUMS.IN8/10/10 W/74000 MILES AND HAD RUSTED BRAKE LINE REPAIRED. NOW ON 10/ 10/13 LOST ALL BRAKES, DUE TO ANOTHER RUSTED BRAKE. I HAD ALL RUSTED BRAKE LINES TESTED AND REPLACED, BY A AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THESE REPAIRS COST ME 2300.00 DOLLARS. PS/THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 88000 MILES,6000 MILES A YEAR AND ALWAYS,ALWAYS HAS A UNDERCARRIAGE WASH IN SALT ROAD CONDITIONS.THE ONLY MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK IS THE BAD BRAKE RUST PROBLEMS.NO OTHER VEHICAL I OWNED HAS HAD RUST AS THIS TRUCK. I STILL OWN A 1972 VW THAT HAS ALL ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES W/ NO RUST. *TR

APPARENT BRAKE LINE FAILURE. APPEARS TO HAVE CORRODED AND IS LEAKING FLUID. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 BRAKE LINE RUPTURED LEAVING ME TO THINK QUICK TO AVOID A CRASH. AFTER PULLING OVER I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINE TO FIND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE HARD LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THRU RIGHT BEFORE IT CONVERTS TO A SOFT LINE. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 10 YEARS AGO I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. *TR

I HAD A BRAKE LINE BREAK AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT HIT ANY THING OR PERSONS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE GO EVER... *TR

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DURING APPLICATION, LOST CONTROL OF BRAKING AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND BRAKE LINES ARE ALL BADLY CORRODED. *TR

I WAS BRAKING AT RED LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TO FLOOR DID STOP AFTER I ALL READY WENT TROUGH RED LIGHT. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AFTER APPLYING THE E-BRAKE AND SOMETHING SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS DRAGGING. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL SHOP AND WERE TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES THAT GO INTO THE ABS WERE RUSTED OUT AND CORRODED. WE HAD JUST REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE IN FEBURARY OF THIS YEAR. I SEE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR TRUCK. WHY ISN'T CHEVY TAKING CARE OF IT???

I WAS TRAVELING AT 48 MPH WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID A QUICK HEAD CHECK AND HAD TO QUICKLY TURN INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AFTER I CROSSED 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE WEST HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THE PROTRUDING FRONT CLIP OF MY BIG RED SILVERADRO TRUCK

I WAS TRAVELING AT 48 MPH WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID A QUICK HEAD CHECK AND HAD TO QUICKLY TURN INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AFTER I CROSSED 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE WEST HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THE PROTRUDING FRONT CLIP OF MY TRUCK. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE HOME, I PROCEEDED TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM, I FOUND IT WAS A SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR GOING INTO THE ANTI-LOCK CONTROL MODUAL THAT HAD RUPTURED. AT THAT POINT I REALIZED THAT ALL THE BREAK LINES WERE IN THE SAME SEVERELY RUSTED CONDITION AND MUST BE REPLACED BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE ROAD. I CANT BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE EARLY 2012 & NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO TO SPEED THE RESOLUTION UP? THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY INJURED OR KILLED!

THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO INCIDENTS OF WHEN I WAS PULLING MY TRUCK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES AS A RESULT OF CORRODED BRAKE LINES. BOTH INCIDENTS DID NOT RESOLVE IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I AM AN AWARE DRIVER. BUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE HAD TO SEPARATE BRAKE LINES CORRODE THROUGH HAS ME NERVOUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS I'M UNSURE WHEN IT COULD OCCUR. I AM HAVING ALL THE LINES REPLACED EVEN IF THE MECHANICS DON'T RECOMMEND IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE LIGHT TURNED RED. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED AROUND A CAR AND RAN THROUGH THE LIGHT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS GOING THROUGH IT AT THAT TIME. I THEN PULLED OVER AFTER I DOWN SHIFTED AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. UPON INSPECTION, THE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE REST OF THEM WERE RIGHT BEHIND THE ONE THAT RUPTURED. GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED. THINK THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY. *TR

I CAME UP TO A RED LIGHT, ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR IN THE CROSS TRAFFIC, FOR I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP UNTIL I WAS WELL THOUGH THE INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY WITHOUT INJURY. LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

I WAS LEAVING MY BARN, AND AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY I HIT MY BRAKES AND MY PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ONLY DRIVING APPROX 5 MPH SO MY TRUCK SLOWLY ROLLED TO A STOP, AS I THEN PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, AND CALLED MY FRIEND WHO IS ALSO MY MECHANIC. *TR

WAS AT BOAT RAMP PULLING TRAILER OUT OF WATER, LOUD POP, PARKED THE TRUCK. CAME BACK TO TRUCK AFTER BOATING TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES. HAD FRONT BRAKE LINE REPLACED, VEHICLE SAT FOR APRX. 2-3 WEEKS WENT TO HOOK BOAT UP ONLY TO FIND THAT WHEN I WENT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUPTURED! HAVE ALWAYS OWNED CHEVY VEHICLES, TIME TO LISTEN TO MY FATHERS ADVICE AND GO TO FORD! *TR

BACKING BOAT INTO WATER AT BOAT RAMP. APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, SLAMMED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT LOSING MY BOAT AND TRUCK. INSPECTED ALL LINES--ALL CORRODED AND SEEPING BRAKE FLUID. TRUCK HAS ONLY 105,000 MILES, WAS RUSTPROOFED AND UNDERCARRIAGE WASH EVERY WEEK DURING WINTER. HAVE HAD CHEVY VEHICLES AND RAN THEM UP TO 300,000 MILES IN THE 70'S AND 80'S AND NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE. IT IS OBVIOUS THE LINES ARE OF LOW QUALITY-PURCHASED SS LINES PENDING REPAIR. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE (NOT BRAKE HOSE) RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. I WAS STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LINE RUPTURED BUT, WAS FIVE MINUTES FROM GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS PULLING A TRAILER WHEN THE RUPTURE OCCURRED. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING. MY DRIVEWAY IS ON A STEEP HILL BUT, I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE ENTERING THE STREET. VERY DANGEROUS. I USE THIS VEHICLE EVERY DAY. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER AND HEADED FOR THE INTERSTATE, AS STATED EARLIER. I THOUGHT THESE VEHICLES WITH THE SPLIT MASTER CYLINDER STILL PROVIDED SOME BRAKING IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS. APPARENTLY NOT. *TR

WHILE COMING DOWN A HILL TO A RED LIGHT, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR. AS IT WENT TO THE FLOOR I HEARD A NOISE, TURNED MY WHEEL TO ADVOID HITTING THE CAR INFRONT OF ME, I RAN OVER A SPEED LIMIT SIGN, ONLY TO MISS A BUILDING BY APPLING THE PARKING BRAKE. I WAS ONLY GOING 25MPH. A COP BEHIND ME HEARD THE POP AND STOP TO SEE IF WE (ME, MY FIANCE AND CHILD) WERE ALRIGHT. WHEN I TALK TO MY MECHANIC, HE SAID THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF REPORTS OF THE BREAK LINES FAILING IN THE SILVERADO. THAT MOST OF HIS OTHER CLIENTS THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM CALL A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY EITHER PAID FOR THE REPAIRS OR GIVEN UP TO $500 TO THE REPAIRS. I CALL JBA CHEVROLET IN GLEN BURNIE MARYLAND, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE UNWARE OF SUCH A PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO LOOK INTO OR HELP IN THE REPAIR. I HAVE READ OF THE CONCERNS/REPORTS OF OTHERS AND I AM WONDERING WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL. FAMILIES ARE AT RISK. WHAT ACTIONS CAN I AND OTHER DRIVERS TAKE? CHEVY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

ALL BRAKES LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY RUSTED THROUGH. BRAKES HAD FAILED WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT THEN MYSTERIOUSLY CAME BACK LOCKED ON ONE SIDE (LEFT REAR). *TR

DEAR SIR OR MADAM, I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. I JUST HAD THE BRAKE LINES BURST ON MY CHEVY PICKUP. HAVING HEARD IT REPORTED ON THE LOCAL NEWS AND READING ABOUT IT ON LINE THAT. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS, GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THEIR LOW QUALITY WORK. TOYOTA HAD TO FIX THEIR GAS PEDAL ISSUE, THIS IS A FAR WORSE ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE NO BRAKES AND YOUR CAR IS FULL OF PEOPLE. *TR

REPLACED BRAKES AND CALIPERS BLEED SYSTEM THEN WENT TO DRIVE AND WHEN STOPPING NO PEDAL AT AL. REAR BRAKES WORK FRONTS DON'T. REBLED BRAKES AND WITH BOTH FRONT LINES OFF THERE IS NO FLUID COMING OUT THE LINES AND WHEN TESTING THE REAR I GET FLUID COMING OUT. MY TRUCK IS DISABLED TILL I CAN FIX THIS. *TR

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHEN SLOWING TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A GAS STATION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKE FUNCTION. AFTER INSPECTION I FOUND A HOLE RUSTED IN ONE OF THE METAL BRAKE LINES JUST BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

THE BRAKE LINE ON MY CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP RUPTURED DO TO RUST. THE LINE IS LOCATED JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. IT RUNS FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS BLOCK. *TR

I JUST SPENT OVER 2K REPLACING ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL THE WAY THE FACTORY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT ORIGINALLY ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY MECHANIC ALMOST HIT THE BAY DOOR WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. THE LOCAL GM DEALER THAT REPLACED THE LINES HAD ANOTHER CHEVY IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAID THEY ARE GETTING 1 TO 2 PER WEEK WITH THE SAME, EXACT PROBLEM! I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE LINE BLEW OUT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED AND GM NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. *TR

BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. TO DO THE REPAIR THE REAR CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE BOTH THE BLEEDERS AND LINE CONNECTIONS WERE SEIZED. FLASH FORWARD ONE YEAR AND NOW THE FRONT LINES FRONT HOSES AND FRONT CALIPERS NEED THE SAME THING. *TR

WHEN STOPPING AT STOP SIGN PEDAL WENT ALMOST ALL WAY TO THE FLOOR. CYCLES PEDAL A FEW TIMES AFTERTHOUGHT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. STILL WENT TO FLOOR AND HEARD AROUND LIKE AIR OR WATER RUSHING AT EACH PUSH OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND LEAK ON TOP SIDE OF MAIN BRAKE LINE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID IN UPWARD DIRECTION INTO REAR DRIVERSIDE CAB FLOOR. BRAKELINE APPEARS TO BE PITTED WITH CORROSION WITH LARGE HOLE. I DO NOT LIVE IN A SALT AIR ENVIRONMENT. *TR

I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AS WELL AS THE POLICE OFFICER I ALMOST HIT AT THE STOPLIGHT AND THE PEOPLE IN CROSS TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE PUSHED HIM INTO, WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. NO WARNING LIGHTS TO TELL ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND STILL NO WARNING LIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO BRAKES. THE ONLY REASON I WAS ABLE TO STOP IS BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING THE FULL SPEED LIMIT DUE TO GROCERIES STACKED ON THE SEAT BESIDE ME; WITH DOWNSHIFTING TO LOW RANGE ONE AND PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY TO GAIN MAYBE 5 TO 10% PRESSURE, I ONLY STOPPED ABOUT 5 TO 10 FEET BEHIND THE OFFICER. ADD ANOTHER 10-15 MPH AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. AN AVERAGE DRIVER WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY WRECKED AT FULL SPEED. THE LINE BURST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, UNDER WHERE THE DOOR JAM STARTS. ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED. I'VE HAD TWO 1971 CHEVY TRUCKS AND A 1964 PLYMOUTH VALIANT CONVERTIBLE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM EVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF, STILL LOOKS NEW, REGULARLY COMPLIMENTED ON ITS CONDITION AND LOOKS AND IT ALMOST KILLED PEOPLE! *TR

PUT BRAKES ON AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, FINALLY GOT TRUCK STOPPED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING FROM UNDER CAB. THE BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED. *TR

ON OCT. 10 2012, A CAR STOP REAL FAST IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES. THEY DID NOT WORK, WENT A AROUND HER AND STILL COULD NOT STOP. WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT,DODGING TRAFFIC. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MY TRUCK I WOULD HAVE HIT 6 DIFFERENT CARS. I MADE IT THROUGH THAT, WENT INTO PARKING LOT STILL COULD NOT STOP. I WAS HEAD FOR A BUSINESS AND IF I DID NOT TURN THE WHEEL WHEN I DID I WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT INTO IT. I HIT A TREE SO I COULD STOP. UPON CHECKING THE BRAKE LINES WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WE RUSTED THROUGH. NOT ONLY ARE THE BRAKE LINES BUT THE FUEL LINES ARE ALSO LIKE THIS. I LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THO DRIVE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED THAT DAY, THANK GOD I HAD SOMEONE WATCHING OVER ME ON THAT DAY. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND CAUSED A BREAK WHERE BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED THROUGH THE LINE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. LOSS OF BRAKING DISTANCE. NO ACCIDENT. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE BURST. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

THANKFULLY AFTER REMOVING MY BOX OF MY TRUCK TO REPAIR RUST, I NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION/RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE THAT FEEDS THE REAR CALIPERS (ENOUGH CORROSION WHERE IT WAS BOWING OUT AND SLIGHTLY LEAKING). I WENT OUT AND PURCHASED CORROSION PROOF FLEX LINE AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE LINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE ENTIRE LINE IS BASICALLY CORRODED AWAY. I STARTED LOOKING AT THE OTHER LINES AND THEY ALL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM ALL NOR DO I HAVE THE TIME, READING ONLINE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, THIS IS PUTTING MANY LIVES AT RISK! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. GM NEEDS TO BE HELD FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

COMING HOME FROM VERMONT AND 6 MILES A WAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON,CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR I WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER,GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING AND LOOKED UNDER AND SAW BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED, NICE SIZE HOLE. *TR

WAS MOVING THE TRUCK INTO GARAGE TO CHANGE OIL.. HIT BRAKES AND PEDAL DROPPED A BIT, BRAKE FLUID FROM RUSTED OUT LINE JUST BELOW DRIVERS FLOORBOARD. I'VE HEARD THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE...THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LINE TO GO..THIS IS A BAD DESIGN. I LIVE IN NORTHERN INDIANA...PART OF THE SALT BELT. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO BRAKE LINES RUSTING THROUGH. I HAD THE BRAKES FAIL ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING MY DRIVE WAY AND NOT ON THE ROAD TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE BRAKES TOTALLY FAILED AND AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE I DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT DUE TO ROT. I WAS TRAVELING ~50 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF A HIGHWAY WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS FORCED TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO THE CONCRETE DIVIDER AND USE THE PARKING BRAKE. I SIDESWIPED ONE CAR. AS THE POLICE TOOK MY REPORT ALL BRAKE FLUID LEAK OUT FROM MULTIPLE RUPTURES. *TR

DROVE 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO UP DRIVEWAY PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO FLOOR ALMOST HIT HOUSE. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND SAW THAT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED INTO LEAKING ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID OUT OF THE RESERVOIR ON,TO DRIVEWAY. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD OR ANYONE IN AREA...PLEASE MAKE GM STAND GOOD FOR THERE PRODUCTS THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO LET SLIDE BY. *TR

LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKES, PEDAL TO FLOOR. FOUND STEEL LINE TO ABS VALVE BLOWN, DUE TO CORROSION. *TR

I WAS GOING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME AND THAT I STILL HAD THE FRONT BRAKES. I LIMPED IT HOME AND WHEN I GOT BACK BRAKE FLUID WAS DRIPPING OUT OF THE LINES THAT RUN ON THE FRAME JUST UNDER THE GAS TANK. EVERYTHING UNDER THE TRUCK IS RUSTED. THE ROCKER PANELS ARE ALSO RUSTED OUT. THE TRUCK BED IS RUSTED ON ALL SIDES AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS TANK ON. THEY WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. I HAD ONE STRAP THAT HAD FALLEN OFF WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITHOUT A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE AND IT WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GRASSY FIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE FILED A REPAIR AND PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM AGAINST THE CONSUMER. UPDATED 08/30/12

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT AREAS ON THE TRUCK WHERE RUSTING OUT. BUT WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO THE LINES BEING RUSTED THROUGH I WAS VERY UPSET. I DO REALIZE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS FROM NORMAL WEAR BUT THE RUSTING IS EXTENSIVE.I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AS I DO HOPE THAT THIS WILL NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. *JS

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING TO BAY CITY MICHIGAN TO GO SHOPPING. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE AS THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF HERS, MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. AFTER A SECOND OR TWO OF FAIRLY HARD BRAKING, THE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE HITTING THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF HERS. THANKFULLY THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE SHOULDER THAT SHE COULD PULL OFF AND SLOWLY COME TO A STOP. *TR

REAR MAIN BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXTREME RUSTING CONDITION. THIS LINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER CHASSIS RAIL. FURTHER INSPECTION OF ALL BRAKE LINES RESULTED IN A VERY RUSTED CONDITION. *TR

ON MARCH 12 2012 I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A ROAD GOING TO WORK WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. DRIVER DID NOT SEE ME THEREFORE KEPT ON GOING SO I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES AND SWERVED TO THE LEFT AVOIDING A CRASH.. AT THAT TIME WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS WAS ACTIVATED BUT IT TOOK CONSIDERABLY LONGER TO STOP THE TRUCK SINCE I HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING EFFORT... I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE 4 LINES THAT WERE CLUSTERED TOGETHER ON THE FRAME BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS CONTROLLER HAD BURST. ALL 4 OF THE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY. IN ADDITION, TODAY MARCH 16 2012 I WENT BY THE SHOP TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD DONE ON THE REPAIR.. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD REPAIRED THE LINE AND WHEN HE WAS BLEEDING THE BRAKES, ANOTHER ONE OF THE LINES HAD BURST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, IN A SNOWSTORM, I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR, THAT HAD LOST CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO NARROWLY MISS HIM, BUT WHEN I WENT TO STOP, MY BRAKES HIT THE FLOOR. I WAS REALLY LUCKY NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND, BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOP. *TR

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH ROTTED ROTORS, PADS THAT DON'T WEAR RIGHT, BRAKE LINES THAT ROTTED AND RUSTED AWAY THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ALL REPLACED IN JULY OF 2006. A SIX YEAR OLD MOTOR VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE LINES REPLACED. THE BILL WAS $1,200. NEXT A ABS FRONT WHEEL SENSOR RECALL WAS DONE AT BEST CHEVY, HINGHAM, MASS. THE ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF AT THEIR OWN PACE. I HAD NEW FRONT BEARINGS INSTALLED, HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK FOR CODES. NOTHING. THE BRAKES JUST NEVER FELT RIGHT SOMETIMES. I WORKED AS A AUTO MECHANIC FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. BY THE WAY I TOOK GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE, GM MUST OF USED SUB STANDARD BRAKE TUBING, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO DECAYED AFTER 6 YEARS. ON APRIL 29, 2011 I WAS DRIVING HOME AND HAD STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM MY HOME. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I ACCELERATED UP TO ABOUT 30 MPH AND WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. HERE WE GO AGAIN. AS I NEARED THE ENTRANCE TO MY STREET SOME 300 FEET AWAY , I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE GAS AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW. AT ABOUT 200 FEET I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT SEEMED OK BUT AS I GOT NEARER TO THE STREET I FOUND MYSELF NEEDING TO PUSH DOWN MORE AND MORE. I WAS AT 15 MPH AND READY TO BEGIN MY TURN AND FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MY LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BEGUN TO LIGHTLY SKID. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WAS DOWN AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND BEFORE I COULD GET MY LEFT FOOT ONTO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND APPLY IT, THE LEFT SIDE FRONT OF TRUCK STRUCK A TREE. THE ROAD IS A PRIVATE WAY AND VERY NARROW THERE. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, DIDN'T DAMAGE THE TRUCK TOO MUCH BUT IT HIT RIGHT ON THE TOW HOOK AND KINKED THE FRAME. I HAD MY MECHANIC BRING HIS ANALYZER TO MY HOME AND IT INFORMED HIM THAT THE CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. I'VE SPENT GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD ON THOSE BRAKES AND I DEMAND THE NHTSA DO SOMETHING. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED BY BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION. UPON INSPECTION, ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

I WAS LEAVING GIANT EAGLE GROCERY STORE. I PULLED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AND PULLED UP TO THE CROSSWALK. THERE WAS A MOTHER WITH HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN CROSSING. I PUT ON MY BRAKES TO STOP TO LET THEM CROSS AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THANKFULLY I PUT ON THE PARKING BRAKE AND STOPPED TWO FEET FROM RUNNING THEM OVER, I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK AND SAW ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE WAS BLOWN OUT. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. THIS IS THE SECOND BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON THIS TRUCK. ONE OF MY REAR BRAKE LINES FAILED DO TO CORROSION LAST YEAR. I PATCHED THAT ONE AND I'M GOING TO PATCH THIS ONE SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN NOT IF THE BRAKE LINES CAUSE MY DEATH OR SOME INNOCENT PEOPLE TO DIE WHEN I CRASH INTO THEM BECAUSE OF THESE CHEAP JUNK BRAKE LINES GM PUT ON THESE TRUCKS! *TR

ON JANUARY 11 2012 I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 1999 HOME FROM WORK. IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT WITH CLEAR ROAD CONDITIONS. I WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES, AND AS WAS THE CASE WHEN THE BRAKE LINES BLEW IN MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 2000 I FELT LITTLE TO NO PRESSURE BEFORE THE PEDAL SLAMMED TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO PAY $300 FOR NEW LINES. THE REAR AXLE BRAKE LINES ON BOTH SIDES BLEW, AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE BRAKE CALIPER FROM THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BRAKE LINES REPAIRED BY A DEALER AT NO COST TO ME, AS I HAD THEM DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS. I HAVE FAITH IN GM, AND CONTINUE TO BUY NOTHING BUT GM PRODUCTS, AND WOULD LIKE MY PROBLEM REPAIRED WITH THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY THAT I HAVE SEEN WITH GM PRODUCTS IN MY HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP. *TR

I HAD JUST FINISHED REPLACING THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND PADS. (I CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY BRAKE JOBS I HAVE DONE IN MY CAREER). I WENT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE. EVERYTHING FELT FINE UNTIL I MADE A HARD STOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD VIRTUALLY NO BRAKES AT ALL. I AM A BRAKE SYSTEMS ENGINEER WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE, SO I KNEW I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I PUT THE TRUCK BACK UP ON MY LIFT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SOLID BRAKE LINE FROM THE ABS UNIT TO THE REAR AXLE HAD RUPTURED AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT IT WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. ALL THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE ALSO SEVERELY RUSTED AND APPEAR AS IF THEY COULD RUPTURE AT ANY MOMENT. I DROPPED THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACED THE RUPTURED LINE WITH A NEW ONE I FABRICATED. I DO THIS TYPE OF WORK ON NEARLY A DAILY BASIS SO I AM QUALIFIED TO DO SO. IT WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED IN A LIGHTLY TRAVELED OFFICE PARK AND NOT WHEN I REALLY NEEDED THE BRAKES OR IN TRAFFIC. IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, AS AN AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS ENGINEER WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE BRAKE INDUSTRY, THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE IF THEY HAVE SPENT ANY SIGNIFICANT TIME IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXCESSIVE MOISTURE OR WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY INJURED OR WORSE. I WILL NO LONGER TRANSPORT MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION THE RESULT WOULD ALMOST DEFINITELY HAD BEEN A CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE WHO INFORMED HIM ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE COVERED WITH RUST, CORRODED AND WAS LEAKING. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES AT THE CUSTOMER EXPENSE FOR $670. THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 308,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND BRAKE FLUID SPEWED OUT FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

ON 11-10-11 I PURCHASED A PREOWNED SILVERADO 1500 LS TRUCK FROM CHAMPION CHEVROLET,3606 BRISTOL HIGHWAY, JOHNSON CITY, TN 37602. I WAS UNABLE TO TRY OUT THE TRUCK UNTIL THEY REPAIRED A LEAKING BRAKE LINE WHICH I WAS ADVISED HAD RUSTED.. AFTER PURCHASE I GOT IT HOME AND WAS EXAMINING THE UNDER FRAME ASSEMBLIES AND FOUND ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTING PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAD INSTALLED A PATCH LINE WHERE THE RUST RUPTURE HAD BEEN. THE TRUCK IS OTHERWISE RUST FREE AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I REALIZE THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS OF PURPOSE UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FROM THE DEALER OR GM ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE IS LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN WHICH SURVIVES TO SUBSEQUENT OWNERS. I PLAN TO TOW A CARGO TRAILER WITH THE TRUCK AND AM AFRAID THERE WILL BE FURTHER BRAKE LINE FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. I'VE NOW LEARNED THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD WITH THESE VEHICLES AND STRONGLY URGE A RECALL IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DRIVING PUBLIC AND THE OWNERS OF THESE DEFECTIVE TRUCKS. *TR

I WAS SLOWING UP TO STOP AT THE STOPLIGHT AND WAS CLOSE TO STOPPING WHEN SUDDENLY MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKES. FORTUNATELY I WAS GOING SLOW AND MANAGED TO COME TO A ROLLING STOP. I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VAN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND A CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE LINE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE REST OF THE BRAKELINES WERE ALSO VERY CORRODED BADLY AND WOULD LIKE ALSO NEED REPLACED DUE TO THE CORROSION. *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. MOVING VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY, PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION FOUND MULTIPLE CORROSION POINTS IN STEEL BRAKE LINE, THAT RESULTED IN HOLES IN THE LINE. TWO CORROSION POINTS/HOLES LOCATED IN THE "CLIPS" THAT HOLD BRAKE LINE IN PLACE. ONE "CLIP" INSIDE THE MAIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ANOTHER ON TOP OF THE FRAME WHERE LINE LEAVES ENGINE COMPARTMENT GOING TO REAR OF VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AT A CONGESTED INTERSECTION, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTION I NOTICED I HAD A BROKEN BREAK LINE. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION IT APPEARED THAT SEVERAL WERE VERY CORRODED AND APPEAR READY TO BREAK AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE TRUCK IS NOT A DAILY DRIVER AND I AVERAGE LESS THAN 8,000 MILES A YEAR ON IT. *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 2WD, I HAVE NO ABS BRAKES HAVE NOT HAD THEM FOR YEARS THE ABS MODULE WENT OUT THE TRUCK WAS BARLEY 6 YEARS OLD TO EXPENSIVE TO FIX. *KB

ALL THIS DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. ON 3/9/10 I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IN A 35MPH ZONE. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO GIVE IT A FEW PUMPS AND I STOPPED IN TIME. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE 4 BLOCKS TO AUTO SHOP. THE MECHANIC FOUND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE BACK BRAKES DUE TO RUST. FOUR DAYS LATER I HAD TO RETURN MY TRUCK TO THE SHOP BECAUSE MY BACK BRAKES WERE STICKING. I WAS INFORMED THAT RUST AND CORROSION HAD GOTTEN INTO THE BACK HOSES AND/OR CALIPERS AND WOULD NOT RELEASE PROPERLY. AT THAT TIME HE REPLACED THE REAR HOSES AND CALIPERS. ON 10/2/11 I HAD BRAKE FAILURE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS THE FRONT BRAKES. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A BRAKE LINE COMING OFF THE ABS UNIT IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THERE ARE FIVE BRAKE LINES IN THAT AREA AND THEY WERE ALL RUSTED. HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL. AT THAT TIME, THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS WERE SO RUSTED THAT HE COULD NOT BLEED THE BRAKES, AND HE SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE HOSES AND CALIPERS AND ALL FIVE BRAKE LINES, WHICH I DID. HE ALSO TOLD ME THERE IS A CROSS BRACE ON THE FRAME THAT WAS ALMOST RUSTED THRU AND NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO A WELDER TO BE FIXED. *KB

BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION CAUSED LEAKS IN THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WHERE THEY ARE GANGED TOGETHER APPROX 12"-18" BEFORE THE EBCM. THIS FAILURE CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO SLIGHTLY BUMP THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AT A RED LIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE. THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED. *TR

MY 1999 CHEVY TRUCK BRAKES FAILED AND I HAD TO PUT IT IN A DITCH TO STOP IT BEFORE I RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I GOT IT PULLED OUT OF THE DITCH BY A TOW TRUCK WE LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A BUSTED BRAKE LINE BUT EVERY LINE UNDER THE TRUCK WAS RUSTED ALL MOST IN TO FOR IT TO BE NO OLDER THEN IT IS, UNDER THE TRUCK LOOKS LIKE IT IS 50 YEARS OLD CHEVY HAS A BAD PROBLEM ON THERE HANDS. *TR

RUSTED BRAKE LINE CAUSED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHILE COMING TO STOP AT INTERSECTION. LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID WHILE PUMPING BRAKE TRYING TO STOP. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. LINE WAS REPLACED BY LOCAL MECHANIC. HAPPENED SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER WHILE COMING TO STOP. DIFFERENT RUSTED BRAKE LINE SPRUNG A LEAK. THIS LEAK APPEARS TO BE LOCATED WHERE BRAKE LINES ARE ATTACHED BY A CLAMP LOCATED ON TOP OF CHASIS FRAME ON DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK. TRUCK IS NOW UNDRIVABLE SO IS OUT OF SERVICE WAITING DECISION OF WHO WILL PAY FOR REPAIRS. *TR

BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. ACCIDENT AVOIDED ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN ONCOMING LANE AND I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE TO AVOID STOPPING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 137,000 MILES. SIMPLE ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH 1999 THROUGH 2003 CHEVY TRUCKS. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THE MATERIALS GM CHOSE FOR THESE BRAKE LINES AND A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE ORDERED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED IN ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS. *TR

RUSTED OUT ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE INCLUDING BRAKE LINES OF OUR 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. *TR

I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BURST DURING HARD STOPPING WHICH RESULTED IN VIRTUALLY NO BRAKING CAPACITY. A CRASH WAS AVERTED BY STEERING PAST AND LUCKILY FORWARD CARS MOVING IN TIME. A MECHANICS CHECK OF THE SYSTEM REVEALED SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES AND OVERALL UNDERCARRIAGE CORROSION. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA11001 *KB

I WAS BRAKING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD ABOUT 10% OF NORMAL BREAKING POWER. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND MY MASTER CYLINDER WAS ALMOST OUT OF BRAKE FLUID. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW FLUID LEAKING FROM A GROUP OF FOUR BRAKE LINES RUNNING UNDER THE DRIVE'S SIDE DOOR ALONG THE SIDE OF A FRAME BEAM. IT APPEARED AS EACH OF THE FOUR INDIVIDUAL LINES WERE RUNNING THROUGH A COILED WIRE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND ONE OF THE LINES WITHOUT A COIL WIRE SURROUNDING IT AND IT WAS THE LEAKING LINE.

1. BRAKE LINE TUBING CORROSION BLEW A HOLE IN THE BRAKE TUBING WHILE BRAKING TO MAKE A TURN. 2. BRAKE LINE FLUID DRAINED FROM MASTER CYLINDER, TRUCK CAN NOT BE DRIVEN, IT TOOK SOME SERIOUS DRIVING TO GET THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN TO VEER INTO AN OPEN PARKING LOT BEFORE SLAMMING INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. 3.THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED AND IS NOW SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT BRAKES. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT OTHER CHEVY SILVERADO OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME BRAKE LINE CORROSION FAILURE. *TT

WE WERE IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH A TRAILER AND BOAT ATTACHED AND PROCEEDING DOWN A HILL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE GOING AT A SLOW SPEED AND ABLE TO STOP, THEN BACK UP. IF WE HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 50 MPH AND NEEDED TO STOP QUICKLY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD, IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE METAL BREAK LINES HAD RUPTURED AND WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID WHERE IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. IT APPEARS THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE SIGNIFICANT CORROSION THAT COULD CAUSE THEM TO RUPTURE DURING BRAKE APPLICATION. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND YOU HAVE LITTLE BRAKING POWER.

I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 THAT HAS ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT. VIN# [XXX]. PULLING A TRAILER WITH A BOAT AND GOING DOWN A HILL, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO BACK UP. I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. LOOKING AT ALL THE BRAKE LINES, I FIND THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RUST ON ALL THE LINES. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. IF I HAD BEEN IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE LED TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN LIFE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

0PULLED INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT FROM HIGHWAY. DROVE APPROXIMATELY100FT., WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOORBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE AND STOP. LOOKED FOR ANY SIGNS OF LEAKING BRAKE FLUID BUT DID NOT SEE ANY. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME (ABOUT 2 MILES). UPON ARRIVING HOME I NOTICED LARGE AMOUNTS OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER WELL AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPON LOOKING FURTHER AND WIPING DOWN EXCESS BRAKE FLUID I NOTICED A HEAVY DRIP FROM STEEL BRAKELINE NEXT TO RADIATOR. HAVE NOT REPAIRED. *TR

FAILURE OF BRAKE LINE FEEDING REAR BRAKES. RUSTED THROUGH. THIS IS THE 2ND FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION REPAIR SHOP. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ON THE EVENING OF MAY 31ST I WAS DRIVING OUT A 2 LANE ROAD AT APPROX 40 MPH FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE OTHER VEHICLE DID A "PANIC BRAKE" AND SWERVED TO MISS A DEER IN THE ROAD. I "PANIC BRAKED" WHEN HE DID AND MY PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING AND I SLOWED DOWN BUT DIDN'T STOP. WHEN I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO STOP I GOT OUT AND CHECKED MY FLUID WHICH WAS DOWN BUT NOT EMPTY AT THIS POINT. I HAD A WET SPOT BEHIND THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON THE FRAME RAIL. WHEN THE GARAGE LOOKED AT IT THE BRAKE LINE WAS VERY RUSTED AND CORRODED AND HAD RUPTURED. I HAD NO WARNING LIGHT ON EITHER INDICATING A BRAKE PROBLEM. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE TRUCKS. I HAD A NEW LINE RUN AT THE COST OF $120.00. THIS IS A VERY BAD SITUATION, THERE WAS NO WARNING OF A PROBLEM BEFORE OR AFTER THE RUPTURE, I COULD SLOW DOWN BUT NOT STOP, I HAD TO SHIFT TO LOW GEAR TO TRY TO STOP, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT OR ALARM NEVER SOUNDED. PLEASE DO SOMETHING AND HAVE GM HELP FIX THIS BEFORE SOME INNOCENT PERSON(S) ARE HURT OR KILLED.

I HAVE A 1999 EXT. CAB CHEVY SILVERADO, MY ABS ,BRAKE, AND LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHTS STAY LITE UP UNTIL I TURN OFF VEHICLE. AND I HAVE FUEL AND REPLACED BRAKES AND THE THESE WARNING LIGHTS STILL COME ON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK) AND HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED. THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AT THE DEALER; HOWEVER, APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE MADE THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR AND THEN IT VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER THE RECALL AND THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE THE SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO EXT CAB 4WD. WHEN I AM COMING TO A STOP AND ALMOST STOPPED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES START GOING OFF! ITS VERY SCARY BECAUSE IT INCREASES MY STOP TIME CONSIDERABLY ! IT IS ALMOST DEFINITELY GOING TO CAUSE ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT! MY MILEAGE IS ROUGHLY 160000. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT GET WORSE OR BETTER AND IT HAPPENS AT ALMOST EVERY STOP!! THIS IS A YEAR THAT WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE RECALL AND DEFINITELY SHOULD OF BEEN! PLEASE HELP BEFORE IT CAUSES INJURY TO ME,MY FAMILY,OR SOMEBODY ELSE!! *TR

I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 REG. CAB 4X4 PICKUP. MY REAR STEEL MAIN BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE REAR END DO TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO STOP USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. THIS IS DEFINITELY CAUSED BY INFERIOR PARTS AND GM SHOULD RECALL THESE TRUCKS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!!!! *TR

1. STARTED ENGINE PULLED FORWARD APPLIED BRAKES. MOMENTARY NORMAL BRAKING THEN THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING. NO FAILURE NOTICE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. GREATLY DIMINISHED BRAKING ABILITY. 2. BRAKE LINE RUPTURE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL UNIT DUE TO CORROSION. NEAR TOTAL LOSE OF BRAKING. GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. 3. REPAIR IN PROCESS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ABS AND PARKING BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. UPDATED 05/03/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE BRAKES LINES WERE RUSTED. UPDATED 05/19/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING HIS VEHICLE AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. HE NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE BRAKE LINE BEING CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WHO REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND CREATED A CONDITION OF SUBSTANTIAL FLUID LOSS AND HENCE NEARLY COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE ON 1MAR2011. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE IMPENDING FAILURE. AS THE PRINCIPLE DRIVER WAS LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY THE TRUCK NEARLY DIDN'T STOP IN TIME FOR AN APPROACHING HIGHWAY-SPEED VEHICLE. UPON PARKING THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FAILURE, BRAKE FLUID WAS DISCOVERED RUNNING OUT THE HARD STEEL BRAKE LINES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE LOCATION OF THE LINE FAILURE WAS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE LINES RUN ALONG UPPER OUTSIDE OF FRAME NEARING THE ABS UNIT. THE TRUCK OWNER, RESEARCHED THE CAUSES, FAILURES AND REMEDIES. THE TRUCK OWNER PURCHASED ALL NEW STEEL BRAKE LINES FOR ALL LINES, IN ADDITION ALL FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINES AND FITTINGS IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO I WENT TO STOP AND THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT OUT AND FOUND THE BRAKE LINE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD BURST. ALL OF THE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. *TR

HAVE HAD A ISSUE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OF MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AUTO TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS NEW. TOOK VEHICLE IN UNDER WARRANTY TO DEALER FOR REPAIR THEY ONLY ADJUSTED CABLE INSTEAD OF CHANGING PADS. STILL DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM,WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT LEVER GOING ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR WAS NORMAL AS THIS BRAKE WAS FOR PARKING NOT FOR EMERGENCIES AND WAS NOT MEANT TO STOP VEHICLE ONLY TO GRADUALLY SLOW IT DOWN OR HOLD ON A INCLINE.HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT GM DID A RECALL BUT ONLY ON MODELS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS THE DIFFERENCE I STILL NEED A EMERGENCY BRAKE TOO, SHOULD THERE BE A RECALL FOR ALL MODELS WITH THAT PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND BEEN TOLD THE PADS WERE DEPLOYED AND RUBBED EVEN WITHOUT DEPRESSING EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PADS WORE OUT IN NO TIME AS WAS MY CASE. *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4. CAME TO A STOP AT STOP SIGN AND SUDDENLY LOST ALL BRAKES. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK AREA. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED AND HAD BURST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER HE WOULD APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

AS I APPROACH A STOP, AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, THE ABS UNIT KICKS IN WITH A SUDDEN SHUTTER AND EXTENDS THE STOP TIME AND DISTANCE. THIS STARTED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND HAS NOT GOTTEN BETTER OR WORSE. IT IS UNNERVING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN WHEN I NEED TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION OR APPROACHING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TURNING RED. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 05V37900 PE05020 WAS ISSUED FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM, INCLUDING THOSE VEHICLES IN MY STATE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD, BOTH BY CHEVROLET AND NHTSA, THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN GM RECALL NO. 05068, THEREFORE NOT THEIR NOR YOUR PROBLEM. I AM UPSET THAT I HAVE BEEN REBUFFED AND WANT TO KNOW WHY MY VEHICLE DOESN'T MATTER AND THE OTHER ONES DO. I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK'S DISC BRAKES OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS ONE CONCERNS ME VERY MUCH SINCE I DON'T KNOW IF OR WHEN THEY MAY FAIL IN AN EMERGENCY. THANKS YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. I AM AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE.

ON 11/6/2010 I WAS LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK. WHEN I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ONCE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. AFTER INSPECTING THE TRUCK, I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE INCLUDING THE FRAME, SUSPENSION, BRAKES, AND FUEL LINE HAVE EXTENSIVE CORROSION. THE EXTENT OF THE CORROSION IS VERY SURPRISING BECAUSE I LIVE IN CENTRAL VA AND WE DON'T EXPERIENCE SNOW OR SALT BEING APPLIED TO THE ROAD VERY OFTEN. ALSO I HAVE ONLY USED THE TRUCK TO DRIVE TO WORK WHICH CONSISTED OF MOSTLY INTERSTATE DRIVING. THIS APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND FAILED. IT STILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN THE FRONT WHEEL CIRCUIT. METAL BRAKE LINE BURST AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY IT WAS A SECONDARY ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO USE THE E-BRAKE TO STOP. I ENDED UP REPLACING ALL THE BRAKE LINES BECAUSE THE REAR LINES WERE HEAVILY RUSTED AND CRUMBLING APART AS WELL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE MOVING ANOTHER FIVE FEET BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD GRAB. ALSO, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW STARTER AND NEW FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. THE REAR SEAL ON THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL; THE DEALER REPAIRED THE SEAL. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS WERE PEELING; THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AT HIS EXPENSE. THE BRAKING ISSUE WAS THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM AND HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 138,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS SUDDENLY ACTIVATED AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP SHORT WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO BRAKE LINE CORROSION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000. UPDATED 01/04/11*LJ UPDATED 01/10/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MOVED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THEN STOPPED. THE CONTACT DROVE HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED; HE REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE HIMSELF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 121,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,786.

BRAKE LINE FAILURE. HAPPENED TO 1 LINE TWICE WITHIN A YEAR, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR ANOTHER LINE BROKE. ALL LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THIS IS ON A 1999 CHEVY PICK-UP. THE LINES WERE SO BAD IN 10 YEARS, HAD TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, OTHER VEHICLES I'VE HAD AT LEAST 20 YR, NEVER HAPPENED. I'VE SEEN A 2003 CHEVY PICKUP THAT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL ALSO NEED REPLACED. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURES HAVE BOUGHT CHEAP STEEL LINES FOR THESE VEHICLES AND THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED AS BRAKES ARE VERY IMPORTANT ON ANY VEHICLES ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY STAINLESS STEEL OR OTHER LINE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE WEATHER ARE NOT ON THESE VEHICLES AS THE EXTRA COST WOULD NOT BE THAT MUCH PER VEHICLE, IN THE LONG RUN IT WOULD BE CHEAPER AND SAFER TO HAVE THESE INSTALLED ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES FAILED AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 87,000.

2 REAR BRAKE LINES BURST WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. NARROWLY AVOIDED ACCIDENT. *TR

BRAKE LINE (LOCATED UNDER VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR) CAME APART AT CONNECTOR. CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. AS I WAS ALMOST STOPPED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE CAUSED. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNING TO FAILURE. *TR

MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, 2 WHEEL DRIVE BRAKE LINES THAT RUN UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT ON THE UNDERCARRAIGE ARE COMPLETLEY RUSTED AND 1 OF THEM BLEW OUT TODAY, NO CRASH LUCKALLY JUST MOMENTARY PANIC, A 11 YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE RUPTURING BRAKE LINES FROM RUST. I WILL HAVE TO REPLCE IT MYSELF DO TO MONETARY REASONS AND YES I WILL SAVE THE PART AND TAKE PICTURES BEFORE I TOUCH IT. *TR

WE HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET Z71 PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WE BOUGHT NEW ON JUNE 18, 1999. THE TRUCK NEVER HAD A NEW CAR VEHICLE STICKER ON THE WINDOW SO WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO FAR WE HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE COMPONENTS (ROTORS, CALIPERS, ETC.) FOUR TIMES. THE FRONT BRAKE HOSE ALSO ROTTED OFF O IT. TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD TO REPLACE ONE OF THE REAR STEEL BRAKE LINES BECAUSE IT HAD CORRODED THROUGH AND WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID - WOULD NOT STOP AT ALL. MY WIFE HAD TO DRIVE IT THAT WAY FOR OVER 40 MILES ON THE INTERSTATE, INTERMITTENTLY PUTTING ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS. THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE HAS BEEN RUSTED AND CORRODED FROM THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT. NOW WHEN STOPPING AT A SLOW SPEED LIKE ON AN EXIT RAMP STOP SIGN, THE TRUCK STARTS TO PULSATE AND THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY WON'T STOP. IT IS AT THE REPAIR SHOP NOW. HE CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR WHEEL SENSORS ACCORDING TO HIS COMPUTER. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? IS THERE SOMEONE WE CAN GO TO OR TALK TO? SOMEONE AT CHEVROLET? ANOTHER THING - THE TRUCK IS GARAGED EVERY OTHER MONTH AND RARELY SEES BAD WEATHER. IF IT DOES - MY HUSBAND TAKES IT THROUGH THE CAR WASH FOR UNDERBODY CLEANING. *TR

COMPLETE FAILURE OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM. STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

ABS BEARING FAILURE FOR 4TH TIME. BRAKE LINES ALL NEED REPLACED DUE TO RUST. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ON CARS WITH 200,000 MILES ON THEM. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED. IT WILL COST AS MUCH TO FIX AS TRUCK IS WORTH. TRUCK HAS ONLY 57,000 MILES ON IT. ALL CHEVY OWNERS SEEM TO EXPERIENCE THESE ISSUES. *TR

DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINES - I WAS PULLING INTO A GAS STATION WHEN A CAR LEAVING PULLED RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF ME, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I WAS NOT GOING THAT FAST AND MANAGED TO SWERVE AND COAST TO A STOP. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE CONDITION OF THE BRAKE LINES FOR REPAIR, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE SO CORRODED THEY WILL ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I WOULD EXPECT THIS FROM A VEHICLE THAT WAS 20 - 30 YEARS OLD, BUT NOT FROM A 1999 MODEL. I HAVE A 1988 MUSTANG WITH BRAKE LINES THAT LOOK 10X BETTER THAN THE 1999 SILVERADO THAT I JUST CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER TODAY...I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO COST ME TO REPLACE. *TR

BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TRAVELING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND NORMALLY ON A SLIGHT SLOPE. OCCURS ALMOST EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE IS MOVING SLOWLY. CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN DRIVEN ON THE GRASS, REDIRECTED DIRECTION TO MISS OTHER CARS, NO ACCIDENT YET. TO CORRECT, A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON 8/29/05, HAD NO ISSUE THEN, HAVING ISSUE NOW AND CHEVY WILL NOT FULLFILL THE RECALL AS THEY STATE THE VEHICLE IS 11 YEARS OLD AND HAS OVER 150,000 MILES. *TR

APPLIED BRAKES WHEN COMING TO A STOPLIGHT, BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN THE PAST 2 OR 3 MONTH I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN. THE STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME RUPTURED, THEY WERE DIFFERENT LINE EACH TIME. THE DEALER SPLICED NEW LINES INTO THE ORIGINAL LINES EACH TIME. *TR

1999 CHEVROLET TRUCK, FRAME IS RUSTING AT AN ALARMING RATE. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER TWO DIFFERENT FAILURES. AT AGE 70 AND HAVING WORKED ON CARS FOR YEARS AS A HOBBIE, I HAVE NEVER SEE A VEHICLE RUST SO BAD. THE BRAKE LINES WERE GONE. I COULD HAVE WRECKED BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *TR

EMERGENCY BRAKES FAIL INSPECTION EVERY YEAR SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE THEM WORKED ON EVERY YEAR TO PASS STATE REQUIREMENTS, COSTING LOTS OF MONEY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WITH PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COVERED WITH RUST AND ONE OF THEM WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS ON A HIGHWAY, HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY, HIT THE BRAKES, THERE WAS A POP, AND THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED!!! I MANAGED TO AVOID TRAFFIC BY GOING INTO A DITCH. TWO BRAKE SHOPS HAVE AGREED, ALL BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. WILL COST OVER $3000+ TO FIX. MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS!!!!!!!! *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND NOISE ALONG WITH IT. I KNEW WHAT IT WAS RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I REPLACED THE ABS MODULE ONCE BEFORE AT 40000 MILES. CHEVY GARAGE CONFIRMED. RIDICULOUS AND UNSAFE OF CHEVY NOT TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

MY BRAKE LINE ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO BUSTED WHILE TRYING TO STOP. ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO, THAT HAD BRAKE FAILURE. I PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS A LEAK IN A RUSTED BRAKE LINE NEXT TO THE ABS MODULE. ALL OF THE LINES LOOK VERY CORRODED AND THE WHOLE UNDERCARRIAGE LOOKS VERY CORRODED. I WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINE MYSELF, BUT ALL OF THE LINES ARE SO RUSTED, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN. *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. WAS DRIVING THE OTHER DAY WHEN I LOST MY BRAKES COMPLETELY. THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE SPOT AND I WAS ON A ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC. THE REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED OUT RIGHT BEHIND THE GAS TANK ON THE DRIVE SIDE, AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACING. WHOLE UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLE IS RUSTED OUT, EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON EVERYTHING. ROCKER PANELS WERE RUSTED OUT ALONG WITH THE BEDSIDES AND CAB CORNERS. BRAKE LINE IS MY MAIN CONCERN THOUGH, AS THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM ON A LOT OF THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

HIT BRAKES HARD BECAUSE TRAFFIC NO BRAKES. I MISSED THE CAR IN FRONT AND WAS ABLE TOO EXIT EXPRESS WAY WITH MY WIFE & 3 YOUNG ADULTS (MY SON & TWO DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT. IT BLEW UNDER MY DRIVERS SEAT . WHEN I WENT TO REPAIR ALL BRAKE LINES NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLUS THE MORE I LOOK ON-LINE AND PEOPLE I TALK TOO EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. BODY&FRAME RUST ,WHAT CAN I DO? *TR

1999 SILVERADO 1500 4WD TRUCK WITH RUSTING BRAKE LINES. *TR

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICK-UP THAT CHEVROLET HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS SATISFACTORILY. THE TRUCKS WERE RECALLED DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE SPEED SENSOR THAT WOULD CAUSE THE BRAKES TO FAIL. IN 2005 CHEVROLET RECALLED THE TRUCKS FOR THIS ISSUE AND SUPPOSEDLY PUT RUST PROTESTANT ON THE SPEED SENSOR TO PROTECT IT FROM FAILING. IN 2010 I WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC CRASH WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY FAILED TO PROPERLY ADDRESS THIS SITUATION. IN DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR INJURED AS A RESULT OF FAULTY BRAKES. *TR

1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 4WD STANDARD CAB 4.3 V-6 -FAILURE IN BRAKE LINE , I WAS STOPPED IN LINE AT DRIVE THRU AND FELT BRAKE PEDAL GO DOWN AND HEARD BREAK FLUID SQUIRT FROM LINE, INVESTIGATED PROBLEM AND FOUND A HOLE IN LINE DUE TO RUST , LOCATION OF PROBLEM WAS BELOW DRIVERS DOOR WHERE LINE RUNS ALONG FRAME, WILL HAVE TO REPLACE LINE, WILL KEEP OLD LINE FOR INSPECTION IF NEEDED. *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO P/U HAD RUSTY BRAKE LINES CAUSING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. SPENT OVER $5000 AT DEALER TO CORRECT PROBLEM. ALL HYDRAULIC LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. GM REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR ANY OF THE REPAIRS OR REPAIR BRAKES TO MY SATISFACTION. *TR

I OWN A 1999 SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB 2WD LS PICKUP TRUCK. I NEARLY RAN THROUGH MY PARENTS GARAGE WHEN THE BRAKE LINE SUDDENLY RUPTURED AND LEAKED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ALL THE LINES ARE TERRIBLY CORRODED AND RUSTED TO A POINT OF BEING BRITTLE( EVEN LINES UNDER THE HOOD WHERE THEY ARE TYPICALLY PROTECTED) I WAS HAPPY THAT I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAVE SINCE CHANGED THE MAIN LINE TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WITH A BETTER QUALITY LINE AND AM WAITING TO DO THE BALANCE BUT AM UNEASY AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO JUST DO THEM. THIS TRUCK ALSO HAD RUSTY TRANSMISSION LINES THAT CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE SINCE I DID NOT CATCH IT IN TIME WHEN THE LINE ROTTED OUT. WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN A COMPANY CANT PUT QUALITY MATERIALS IN A SYSTEM CRITICAL PART? THE REAR PLATES THAT SHIELD THE PARKING BRAKE COMPLETERUSTED AND FELL OFF. *TR

I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. I WAS GOING AROUND A BLIND DOWN HILL TURN, WHEN I GOT AROUND THE TURN THERE WAS A CAR COMPLETELY ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, THE TRUCK SLOWED BUT DID NOT STOP, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK, I FOUND THAT THE STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME HAD RUPTURED. THE LOCATION OF THE RUPTURE WAS UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND HAD THE LINE REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AND HAULING A TRAILER AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE SO THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE SEEMED COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4WD (PURCHASED NEW BY ME) HAS HAD MULTIPLE CORROSION/RUST BRAKE LINE FAILURES THAT FIRST BEGAN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD. ONE EVENT LEFT ME DESPERATE AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN BACKING MY 8,000LB BOAT DOWN A STEEP BOAT RAMP INTO THE WATER. THE ABS MODULE ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. ALL OF THIS HAS LED TO EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND MODIFICATIONS AT MY EXPENSE. MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RUST BELT STATES RECALL AS I LIVE IN VIRGINIA. *TR

THE BRAKES FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO RECENTLY. A MECHANIC REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES DUE TO CORROSION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO STORE. GOING DOWN A FAIRLY STEEP HILL,APPLIED BRAKES STARTED TO SLOW DOWN THEN LOST MY BRAKES. THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THRU. HAD NEW BRAKE LINES INSTALLED. *TR

MY BRAKES WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 GM PICKUP. I WAS LUCKY TO STOP WITHOUT AN INJURY. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL MY BRAKE LINES. THIS WAS A COST OF $2,073.00 DOLLARS. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN ON A FIXED INCOME. I DO PLAN TO SEND A LETTER TO GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

ON 4/5/10 WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT AT 93RD AND BROADWAY, CROWN POINT, IN. I HAD A BRAKE FAILURE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY TRUCK BARELY STOPPED. I HAD MY TRUCK TRAILERED HOME. I DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED OUT. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE BRAKE LINE YET. *TR

VEHICLE: 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM MY DAUGHTER. WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK, SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE TRUCK SLOWED, AND A WARNING LIGHT LIT ON THE DASH BOARD. I WENT TO WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. IT WAS LOW, SO I ADDED BRAKE FLUID. I THAN TRIED THE BRAKES, BY PUMPING THE PEDAL A COUPLE OF TIMES. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK, AND FOUND A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID. LOOKING CAREFULLY, I COULD SEE THAT IT WASN'T LEAKING FROM ANY FITTING, SO IT HAD TO BE A BROKEN BRAKE LINE. THERE WAS A MONRO SHOP NEAR BY, SO I BROUGHT THE TRUCK THERE. AFTER LOOKING THE BRAKE LINES OVER, THEY FOUND THAT ONE RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION, AND THE REMAINING LINES WERE BADLY CORRODED. I HAD ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED AT A COST OF JUST OVER $1,000. I HAVE OWNED VEHICLES IN CONNECTICUT SINCE 1975. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT EVER HAD IT'S METAL BRAKE LINES CORRODE SO BADLY THAT ONE RUPTURED AND ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. I ALSO WISH TO POINT OUT THAT THE PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T OPERATE CORRECTLY. IT'S A SAD STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT WAS LIMITED TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLES. I GUESS THAT IT'S ASSUMED BY NHTSA THAT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLES DON'T NEED PARKING BRAKES? *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION OF BRAKE LINE. ALL BRAKE FLUID DRAINED OUT WITH NO BRAKE INDICATOR (DASH) LITES ILLUMINATING. TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. *TR

BRAKES ON MY 1999 SILVERADO Z71, ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR

THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. *TR

BRAKES FAILED TOWED TO GARAGE MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT THAT WERE BOLTED TO DRIVERS SIDE FRAME AND THAT FRAME ON DRIVERS SIDE WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS ANOTHER SAFETY INSPECTION IN SEPTEMBER CALLED GM IN DETROIT TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE RECALLS AND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THEY SAID NO SO I TOOK PICTURESAND AM TAKING VEHICLE TO BE FIXED NEXT WEEK WITH A NEW FRAME

BRAKES DO NOT WORK VERY GOOD AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 8 MPH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND PARKING BRAKE WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM BECAME NONFUNCTIONAL WITH A SPONGY BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MODULE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,800. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

ROTTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

UNNECESSARY ABS ACTIVATION AT SLOW SPEED. ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR OUTPUT FOUND TO BE LOW. VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED BY DEALER (1/18/06) UNDER GM RECALL 05068. SERVICE CONSISTED OF 'REMOVING AND CLEANING ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSORS'. SUBSEQUENT FAILURE INDICATES THAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING DEFECT. *TR

WAS GETTING THE TRUCK INSPECTED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE GUY SAID THAT THE BRAKES WERE LOOSE AND HE HAD TO PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE TRUCK TO STEP. HE ALSO NOTICES CORROSION AND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. *TR

COMPLAINT INVOLVES A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4 ABS ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS (TYPICAL <5 MPH). EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE NEAR-MISSES OF LOW SPEED CRASHES WHEN BRAKING; ONE INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN. FAILURE OCCURS ON AVERAGE 1 OUT OF 2 TIMES WHEN BRAKING. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO GM DEALER - BALISE CHEVROLET/OLDSMOBILE, W. SPRINGFIELD, MA - ON 7/16/09. VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS 122,846. THIS IS THE SAME DEALER FROM WHICH VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ORIGINAL IN 1999. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS PROBABLE CORROSION AT BOTH FRONT SPEED SENSORS. RECOMMENDED CLEANING AND POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH SENSORS AT COST OF $234.25. I INFORMED DEALER THAT THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO RECALL 05068 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 05V379000) WHERE BOTH FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS WERE INSPECTED AND REPLACED AT 73,428 MILES ON 10/13/05. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE RECORDS AND CONFIRMED. DEALER WAS ASKED TO REPAIR AT NO CHARGE BASED ON RECURRING PROBLEM BUT DECLINED. CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE ON 7/20/09 AND SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVE (SERVICE REPORT 71-742297566) WHO REITERATED THAT GM WOULD NOT REPAIR AT NO CHARGE BASED ON PRIOR REPLACEMENT OF PARTS UNDER LAST RECALL. SHE GAVE ME THE NAME OF THE GM MANAGER AT CHEVROLET TO WHOM WRITTEN COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE SENT. *TR

FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN I APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY. IT ROLLS A LITTLE AND IT SCARES ME BECAUSE I AM PRESSING THE BRAKE INTO THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK WITH BOTH FEET. THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY TIME I DRIVE AND WITH THIS BEING THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE, I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT. I AM CURRENTLY CALLING AROUND FOR QUOTES AND NOTICE THAT THERE MAY BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BUT IT IS CURRENTLY BEING RESEARCHED BECAUSE OF RELATIONS TO THE PROBLEM BEING SALT CRYSTALS. EITHER WAY THIS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. ITS A PROBLEM FOR CERTAIN CHEVY MODELS AND YEAR. I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT IT MAY BE THE MASTER CYLINDER OR THE BOOSTER. EITHER WAY I NEED TO GET IT FIXED BUT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A RECALL, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOON. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED AN ESTIMATED PRICE OF AT LEAST $300. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES DUE TO A RUPTURE AS I WAS COMING UPON A 4 WAY INTERSECTION. THANK GOD NOTHING WAS COMING AS I ROLLED THROUGH IT. I MADE IT HOME AND TO THE SHOP THE NEXT DAY AND HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE PARKING BRAKE PADS ON THE REAR WHICH IS A RECALLED ITEM ON A TRUCK THAT HAS A MANUAL SHIFT TRANSMISSION. WHAT DOES THE TRANSMISSION HAVE TO DO WITH BRAKES? SHOULDN'T MATTER, JUST BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCIDENT OF A ROLL AWAY WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SO WHY DO THEY INSPECT THE PARKING BRAKE IF YOU HAVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION? BECAUSE IT IS AN EMERGENCY BRAKE! WITH THIS TRUCK YOU NEED IT. YOU CAN FIND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTING OUT IN THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE AS MY TRUCK. THERE IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH QUALITY AT GM AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

BOTH ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON DASH OF 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION AT RANDOM NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL BECAUSE OF WHERE I LIVE???? *TR

VEHICLE IS HAVING ABS PROBLEMS. THERE WAS A RECALL (74013) ISSUED 8/29/05 WHICH ONLY COVERED VEHICLES IN CERTAIN STATES, NOT VIRGINIA. SINCE BRAKES ARE A SAFETY ISSUE IT SEEMS THAT IT SHOULD BE. I CALLED GM AND THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS NOT (71-716605105 CLAIM #). PROBLEM STARTED WITH ABS LIGHT COMING ON, TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD ABS UNIT & ECM UNIT NEEDED REPLACING (4/10/09). TOTAL BILL 1940.00. *TR

ABS BRAKES KICKING IN AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN NOT NEEDED. NO LIGHTS ON DASH. NO WARNINGS WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. USUALLY WHEN STOPPING AT CROSSWALKS,PARKING LOTS OR GAS STATIONS BY PUMP. PROBABLY TRIPLING STOPPING DISTANCE. I ALMOST HIT A BRICK WALL IN THE DEALERS PARKING LOT BUT A CURB STOP STOPPED ME LUCKILY IT WAS THERE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK), BUT THE FAILURE HAS RECURRED. THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE RECALL REPAIR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

ABS FAILED, MOTOR KEPT RUNNING UNTIL THE FUSE WAS PULLED, WENT TO DEALER, I WAS TOLD REPAIRS WOULD COST $800-1100 FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL IN THE ICE BELT STATES, BUT NOT IN THE SOUTH.. THE ABS FAILED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, I WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WITH A 1000 POUND TRAILER IN TOW, A VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND I HIT HIM, MINOR DAMAGE $2500. MY POINT IS THE SOUTH HAS A HUMIDITY PROBLEM THAT CAUSES ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO FAIL, WE HAVE SALT AIR IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. THIS RECALL SHOULD BE FOR ALL NOT JUST THE ICE BELT C/K 1500 PICKUPS. *TR

VEHICLE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEED WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY. THE ISSUE IS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 2005-630-2438. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL REPAIR IN JULY 2006. THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT THE RECALL ISSUES AT THE TIME OF RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS THE ISSUES BUT CHEVY INSISTS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THE RECALL. *TR

ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES WHEN BRAKING ON ROUGH PAVEMENT SUCH AS RUMBLE STRIPS. ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR MORE THAN 4 YEARS, BUT WAS REPORTED ON JANUARY 9 2009. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN 2006 REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE DEALER REMOVED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND THOROUGHLY CLEANED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR MOUNTING SURFACE ON THE BEARING; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP BECAUSE THE ABS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A BRICK WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN AUTO CENTER AND THE MECHANIC PULLED THE FUSE FROM THE ANTILOCK BRAKE. THE FAILURE IS INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. UPDATED 02-23-09 *BF UPDATED 02/24/09. *JB

BRAKE LINE FAILURE!! WIFE CAME TO PICK ME UP AT WORK SEEN FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH TRUCK -BRAKE FLUID GOT HOME AND FOUND THE LINE WAS ROTTED BY THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL REPLACED DAMAGED SECTION BLOWN OUT THE 2ND TIME BY ABS MOTOR REPLACED BAD SECTION AGAIN BLOWN OUT 3RD TIME INSPECTED ENTIRE BRAKE LINE FOUND CORROSION EVERYWHERE I LOOKED. CONTACTED MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD QUITE RUDELY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN CHEVROLETS RECALLS ABOUT BRAKE LINES. HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE BACK ROTORS (TWICE). MY ABS MOTOR ALSO STARTED ACTING UP PULLED FUSE. HOW MANY REPORTS DO YOU NHTSA HAVE TO GET BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS COMPANY FIX THEIR BAD DESIGN? I'M SURE IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WAS HURT IN ONE OF THESE VEHICLES OR HIT BY ONE THAT A MANDATORY RECALL WOULD HAPPEN IN A SNAP. OR DOES CHEVROLET HAVE YOU IN THEIR BACKPOCKET................ *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A PULSATING NOISE WHENEVER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED SUDDENLY AND HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AVAILABLE FOR THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL GENERAL MOTORS. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE WAS REPAIRED TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 117,145.

ABS MODULE WENT OUT ON 1999 SILVERADO THAT HAS 51000 MILES. SYMPTOMS ARE THAT THE MODULE/PUMP CONTINUES RUNNING EVEN WITH IGNITION TURNED OFF. IN ADDITION, ABS DASH LIGHT IS ON. DEALER STATES THAT REPAIR WILL BE ROUGHLY $1000. INTERNET CHAT ROOM FOR LIKE VEHICLE HAS LITERALLY 100'S OF PEOPLE WITH EXACT SAME PROBLEM. ONLY WAY TO STOP MODULE/PUMP FROM RUNNING, ASIDE FROM SPENDING $1000, IS TO PULL 60 AMP FUSE THAT ENABLES THE ABS BRAKES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO C1500 EXTENDED CAB. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT BOTH OF THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO DROP DOWN TO THE BUMPER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. SHE HAD TO EXCESSIVELY PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY STOP THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION, THE BRAKE PEDAL NEARLY EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ABS SENSORS ON THE BRAKES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 06V066000 (STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS) AND 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE SERVICE ENGINE, BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ILLUMINATED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK NORMALLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AND ALL RELATED RECALLS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES ARE RELATED TO THE RECALLS. THE CONTACT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 264,187.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP AND ONCE MY SPEED WENT BELOW 5 MILES PER HOUR THE ABS KICKED IN. THIS PREVENTED ME FROM STOPPING MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. I HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANYONE OR PROPERTY. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING ON A REGULAR BASIS AFTER THIS EVENT. I HAD TO REMOVE THE MAIN FUSE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM TO PREVENT IT FROM RECURRING. I AM WAITING TO HAVE MY VEHICLE LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. MY VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS. *TR

ABS MODULE FAILURE. *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 4 WHEEL DRIVE ABS BRAIN BOARD FAILED. *TR

ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE HAS FAILED, DISABLING THE VEHICLE'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. CHEVROLET WANTS $1500 FOR REPAIR AND IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED COMMON PREMATURE FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDED THE RIMS, EMERGENCY BRAKES, AND ROTORS. THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BUT THEN DIMMED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOR OVER A WEEK UNTIL THE LIGHT REMAINED COMPLETELY ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS CONTROL BOX FAILED. CHEVROLET STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TOO MANY MILES TO BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT WAS REPAIRED WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME MILEAGE, THEN THE ABS CONTROL BOX SHOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL AS WELL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 217,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 224,000.

ABS CONTROLLER FAILED ON 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. *TR

BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED. *TR

I HAVE 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 TRUCK. THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK AT LOW SPEEDS. TWO YEARS AGO I RAN INTO THE BACK OF MY OWN SECOND VEHICLE, AS IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN MY TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP AT SPEEDS LOWER THAN 10 MPH. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE CHEVY DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR FREE BECAUSE OF A RECALL. IT IS 2 YEARS LATER, AND THE TRUCK IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. IT WILL NOT STOP AT LOW SPEEDS. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK IN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WOULD NOT COVER ANOTHER INSPECTION. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE WHEEL BEARING SENSOR HAD BEEN CLEANED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL AND THAT IS WAS POSSIBLE CORROSION HAD BUILT UP AGAIN. I TOLD THE DEALER THAT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE THAT EVERY 2 YEARS THE BREAKS JUST STOP WORKING.*CN

1999 CHEVY K-1500 LS WITH CORROSION BETWEEN THE FRONT HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY AND THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CORROSION IS CAUSING HER BRAKES TO NOT STOP THE VEHICLE IF PRESSED UNDER 10 MPH. SHE WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. *KB

MY 1999 CHEVY C/K PICKUP FAILS TO STOP QUICKLY WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ABS TURNS ON PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM STOPPING AS YOU APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. I AM TOLD BY TWO SEPARATE MECHANICS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON SIMILAR MODELS WHICH HAVE BEEN RECALLED (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 05V379000) WHEN CONTACTING CHEVROLET THEY SAY THEIR IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AS THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE BY VIN NUMBER EVEN IF IT IS THE SAME PART WITH THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE CONTACT HAS THE OLD PARTS IF NEEDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 80,000. *UPDATED 12/27/07 *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED FAILURE WAS ABOVE AND BELOW DRIVERS FOOT AND INVOLVED THE BRAKE LINE. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

BRAKE LINE RUST AT THE ANTI-LOCK CONTROLLER WITH ALL OTHER BRAKE LINES IN LIKE NEW CONDITION. *JB

THE ABS IS ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEEDS MOSTLY DURING PARKING MANEUVERS. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN SERVICED UNDER THE FRONT SENSOR RECALL BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHEN DECELERATING TO 5 MPH OR LOWER, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDS COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND INCREASES THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL # 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK), WHICH APPLIES TO HIS VIN. HE STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED IN 2002, DURING WHICH THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE CURRENT FAILURE OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 100,090 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH CLUSTER COMES ON AND STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED WHEN DEPRESSED AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR THE ABS, AND NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS AND COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT HUNDRED TIMES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 109,000, AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN.*AK

1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE ABS AND AFTER GETTING BRAKES FIXED THE PICKUP STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STARTING IDLING**CC THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, WHO THEN STATED THE ABS MOTOR WAS RUNNING CONSTANTLY AND THE FUSE NEEDED TO BE PULLED OR THE BATTERY WOULD DIE. ONCE THE FUSE WAS PULLED, THE NOISE STOPPED. THE DEALER SAID TO FIX THE PROBLEM WOULD BE COSTLY AND TO JUST DRIVE THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ABS MODULE WAS BAD. THE CONSUMER STATED EVERYTHING WAS FINE BEFORE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE STARTING PROBLEMS WERE DUE TO THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DECIDED TO SPLIT THE COST OF THE ABS MODULE WITH THE CONSUMER. *TR

PARKING BRAKE ON 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DOESN'T RELEASE COMPLETELY AND DRAGS ON THE DRUM CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE DRUM AND BRAKE SHOE. AS THE WEAR INCREASES THE BRAKES LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO HOLD THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL TO HAVE THE BRAKES SERVICED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES, BUT WAS NOW CHARGING THE CONTACT FOR OTHER SERVICES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT OTHER PARTS ON THE VEHICLE ASSISTED IN CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT'S DRIVING HABITS MAY BE THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE. ALSO, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD GET USED TO THE BRAKES JUMPING, AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 75,000.*AK

THE ABS PUMP WONT SHUT OFF WHEN I TURN OFF MY TRUCK, CAUSING A DEAD BATTERY. THE PUMP WENT BAD 3 WEEKS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD BE AROUND $1000 TO FIX OR I COULD PULL THE FUSE. EVERY PERSON IVE TALKED TO WITH A 99 SILVERADO HAS HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

WHEN PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE IS A RESISTANCE, A GRINDING NOISE, AND TRUCK DOES NOT STOP. IF YOU LET OFF THE PEDAL AND IMMEDIATELY PUSH IT AGAIN, PROBLEM IS STOPPED. VERY STRESSFUL DRIVING THIS TRUCK, WHICH IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS TIMES WE HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED CARS OR HIT BUILDINGS IN PARKING SPACES. WE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE, THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR CALIPERS AT $375.00, BEFORE I EVEN PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE BRAKES DID IT AGAIN. NOW WE CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THE ABS SENSOR DUE TO THE CALIPER BILL. WE LIVE IN KENTUCKY, WHY WEREN'T WE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? IF OHIO AND INDIANA GET SNOW, SO DO WE AND THEY WERE IN THE RECALL.

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1550 EXTENDED CAB ANTILOCK BRAKE PUMP CONTINUED TO COME ON AND STAY ON. HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE PUMP ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RECALL O5V379000 FOR THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK. HE STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE PUMP ALREADY FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,150, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000.*AK THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A LEAK COMING FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR. UPDATE 05/04/07*TR

CONSTANT NOISE FROM UNDER DRIVERS SIDE ,HAD GM DEALER DIAGNOSE PROBLEM ($75),WAS TOLD ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE HAD INTERNAL SHORT. EXT. WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE $900.00 EXPENSE,CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP WITH PROBLEM,SHOWED NO CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY OF HAVING THE ABS SYSTEM WORKING, DEALER TECH. ADVISED TO PULL FUSE. AM KNOW WITHOUT ABS BRAKES. FEEL GM SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *NM

ABS LIGHT CAME ON, THEN A ELECTRIC MOTOR SOUND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE,TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, WAS A FAILED ABS MODULE. HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IN 6 YEAR THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE FIRST TIME WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY, THIS TIME COAST 1180 DOLLARS TO REPLACE, I FEEL GM HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM, AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL PROBLEM. *NM

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I HAD NOTICED THAT THE ABS WOULD OCCASIONALLY ENGAGE AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT, RESULTING IN INCREASED PEDAL TRAVEL AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. THEN ON DECEMBER 15, AS I LEFT THE HOUSE AND HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 100 YARDS, I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE ABS UNIT NEXT TO THE TRANSFER CASE, AND THE NOISE STOPPED WHEN I PULLED THE ABS FUSE. I CALLED O'BRIEN CHEVROLET, AND THE EARLIEST THEY COULD LOOK AT IT WAS DECEMBER 20. THEY LOOKED AT IT, AND TOLD ME THAT THE ABS UNIT HAD DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL SHORT, AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, COSTING ABOUT $1200.00. I WAS SHOCKED! THIS TRUCK IS IN LIKE-NEW CONDITION, WITH ONLY 37,200 MILES, AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN KEPT IN A GARAGE OR A CARPORT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 37,200 MILES IS A NORMAL SERVICE LIFE OF A GENERAL MOTORS ABS UNIT BEFORE THEY DEVELOP SHORTS AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *JB

ON THE APPROX. DATE LISTED I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY ABS. SYSTEM RUNNING NON STOP. WHEN I APPROACHED A LOCAL DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX OR I COULD JUST PULL THE FUSE AND IGNORE THE LIGHTS THAT WOULD BE ON SO THIS IS WHAT I DID. I WAS RECENTLY NOTIFIED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD NOW BE FIXED FOR MUCH LESS ($1500). *NM

DEFECTIVE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULE VALVE ASSEMBLY**CC THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JB

LAST FALL I REPORTED TO NHTSA THAT A SOLID BRAKE LINE TUBING FAILED ON MY 1999 SILVERADO WHICH I LOST BRAKING POWER WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GO OVER THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN JUST BEFORE KINGWOO WV. I HAD THIS REPAIR DONE A THE CHEVY DEALER IN NEARBY OAKLAND MD NAMED TEAM ONE. NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM NHTSA. WEDNESDAY THIS PAST WEEK I WAS HEADING FOR CLARKSBURG VAMC WHEN THE SECOND RIDGED BRAKE LINE CRACKED AS THE FIRST. AGAIN I ALMOST LOST THE VEHICLE AS I WAS GONG DOWN HILL JUST OUTSIDE KINGWOOD AND ALMOST LOST THE TRUCK OVER THE MOUNTAIN. AGAIN I GOT IT THIS TIME TO JOE ROMEOS CHEVY DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. SAME FINDINGS AS THE FIRST AND THEY REITERATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT, BUT I STATED HOW CAN LINES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STAINLESS STEEL OR RUST RESISTANT THAT FAIL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE WARRANTY? I ASKED THIS OF GM LAST WEEK AND ALL I GOT WAS A BEAT AROUND THE BUSH ANSWER AND THEY WOULD NOT PAY. THIS LEAVES ME WITH OVER $400 IN REPAIR BILLS I HAVE TO PAY. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE LATEST DEALER FOR ALMOST A WEEK NOW WITH HOPES OF GETTING IT BACK TODAY. THIS WHAT I CALL INFERIOR PARTS BUT MY ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR THAT IS IN BACK OF THE VEHICLE I DO HAVE USE OF. [XXX],OF CRL AND ASSOC MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CONSULTANT. ALSO I MENTIONED THE DEALER HAS KNOWLEDGE OF OTHERS THAT THEY BROKE IN SAME MANOR AS MINE. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH INTO A SERVICE DEALER, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN TO PULSATE AND THE ABS SYSTEM MADE A BANGING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE SERVICE DOOR. THERE WAS 3200 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE SERVICE DOOR AND 1500 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY. THE REPAIR FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. THERE ABS ENGAGE WHEN IT WASN'T NECESSARY. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB

ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILURE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE WHEELS LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE SPUN 180 DEGREES RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE FACING THE TRAFFIC. ALSO WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE DESIGN OF BRAKING SYSTEM WAS 4-WHEEL ANTILOCK. THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE WAS PERMANENT. THE FAILED PART WAS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND THERE WAS NO REPAIR INVOICE. THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED BOTH ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND, SO A WIRE WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE ABS SYSTEM. WHEN RESTARTED, THE WARNING LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELTS TIGHTEN UP AT TIMES AND WON'T RELEASE, UNLESS THEY ARE UNBUCKLED. UPDATED 12/01/06. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. LAST WEEK I WENT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM FIX THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR UNDER THE RECALL FOR THE ABS ACTIVATION. I TOLD THEM THAT I PULLED THE FUSE FOR THE ABS MOTOR A WHILE BACK AND I DIDN'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT. TO MY SURPRISE, HE SAID THAT FIXING THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WOULD NOT FIX THE ABS PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. HE SAID THIS WITHOUT ANY DETAILS AS TO WHY I PULLED THE FUSE. HE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE ABS MOTOR. HE SAID THAT THE CIRCUIT PACKS WITHIN THE MOTOR ARE SHORTED AND THE MOTOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT SEEMED LIKE HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE. EVEN SEEMED ANNOYED WHEN I ASKED FURTHER ABOUT IT. I GOT THE FEELING THAT HE HAS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. EVERYONE I KNOW WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC I USE TO GO TO TOLD ME THAT HE SEES THIS PROBLEM ALL THE TIME ON CHEVY'S AND GMS FROM AROUND 1999. HE OWNS A 2000 GM SIERRA AND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. GM PUT OUT A RECALL FOR THE ABS, BUT ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY. CHEVY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ABOUT $800.00 TO REPLACE THE MOTOR. I FEEL LIKE GM TOOK THE CHEAP WAY OUT BY FIXING THE WHEEL SPEED CENSOR. IS EVERYONE ELSE WITH THIS PROBLEM BEING FOOLED THINKING THAT THEIR ABS PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE FIXED WITH THIS RECALL THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT? WHY IS GM CONCERNED ABOUT ONE SAFETY ISSUE (THE CHEAP ONE) AND NOT ANOTHER (THE EXPENSIVE ONE)? *NM

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICK UP TRUCK THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED AND FAILED RENDERING THE BRAKES USELESS. FORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE ALL THESE LINES REPLACED. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND MY SERVICE GARAGE HAS STATED TO ME THAT THEY REPLACE BRAKE LINES ON LATE MODEL CHEVROLET TRUCKS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. I HAVE WRITTEN CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I DID NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINE MATERIAL OR MANUFACTURE OF THESE ITEMS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE REQUIRED EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WHEEL SENSOR, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THERE WAS AN NHTSA RECALL, #05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

I NOTICED PRESSING THE BRAKES AT SLOW SPEED THE BRAKES BECAME SOFT AND THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT THING IN CERTAIN STATES BUT NOT MINE AND I AM BEING TOLD I HAVE TO PAY 800$ TO REPAIR IT. *JB

ABS LIGHT COMING ON. MAY GO A WEEK BEFORE IT COMES ON OR THE NEXT TIME I START THE TRUCK UP NO PATTERN BRAKES STILL WORK , 99 SILVERADO. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ROTATING THE TIRES, THERE WAS EXTREME CORROSION ON THE ROTORS, AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE PARKING BRAKE WAS EXTREMELY WORN AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS EXPOSED TO HARSH WINTER WEATHER, BUT ROAD SALTS WERE NOT USED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, #05V161000, REGARDING THE PARKING BRAKE. THE VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

MARCH,2004 SHUT OFF TRUCK AND HEARD SOUND (LIKE A SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR RUNNING) COMING FROM UNDER TRUCK. UNPLUGGED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO AVOID RUNNING BATTERY DOWN. CALLED MY MECHANIC AND HE KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS WRONG, HE SAID HE HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THE 1999 PICKUPS WITH THE SAME CONDITION. AS A FRIEND HE LOOKED AT IT NO CHARGE. SAID IT WOULD BE AROUND $650.00 TO FIX. CALLED CHEVY DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME GM WOULD PAY HALF. I LAUGHED AND SAID THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THEY ALSO WANTED $79.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. WHAT A JOKE. I WROTE A LETTER TO GM THEY DID NOT RESPOND. I CALLED ON THE PHONE AND GOT ALL THE WAY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CHEVROLET DIVISION AND SHE WOULD NOT PUT ME THROUGH TO HIM. I'M NOW DRIVING WITH STANDARD BRAKES BUT MY CHILD DRIVE MY TRUCK FROM TIME TO TIME AND FEEL LIKE I'M NOT PROVIDING HIM WITH A SAFE VEHICLE AND I DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, A NOISE LIKE A SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR RUNNING WAS HEARD. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT. THE PLUG TO THE ABS ANTILOCK BRAKE PUMP WAS DISCONNECTED. A SERVICE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED TO DIAGNOSE AND REPLACE THE PUMP AT HALF THE COST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND MADE THE SAME OFFER. UPDATED 10/25/2006

COMPLAINT ABOUT REAR PARKING BRAKE AT SERVICE REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS... NOW AT 84,438 MILES AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS OVER BY LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND 9,000 MILES, BEING TOLD THE REAR PARKING BRAKE PADS ARE WORN OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. COST WAS NEARLY $300. I WAS TOLD THEY WEAR OUT AS YOU DRIVE AROUND?? *JB

ABS SYSTEMS HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. ABS SYSTEMS CURRENTLY NON-FUNCTIONAL FACTORY RECALL CLEANED WHEEL SENSORS & REQUESTED $2000.00 TO REPAIR PROBLEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXHIBITING GRADUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKES OVER THE YEARS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, IT WOULD NOT HOLD. THIS BRAKE FAILURE DID NOT RESULT IN ANY CRASHES OR INJURIES. THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE BEFORE ANY OF THE BRAKE FAILURES. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE BRAKES BY A SERVICE DEALER MECHANIC BACK IN FEBRUARY 2004. THE DEALER REQUESTED THE CONTACT TO RETURN THE VEHICLE FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. THE DESIGN OF BRAKING SYSTEM IS REAR-WHEEL ANTILOCK. THERE HAVE BEEN 12 FAILURES SINCE LAST ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE IN MARCH.

1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED MAKING A NOISE UNDER SEAT. *TS ***NAR*** THE ABS MOTOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

RECALLS CLAIMED TO BE DONE, I'VE NEVER TAKEN TRUCK IN FOR RECALLS. CHEVOLET REFUSES TO RELEASE WHERE RECALLS WERE COMPLETED AT. *NM

AFTER CHANGING ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS BECAUSE THEY WERE BADLY RUSTED, MY BRAKES FAILED SOON AFTER LEAVING HOME . A PIN HOLE LEAK DEVELOPED IN THE BRAKE LINE BECAUSE OF RUST. THE LEAK WAS IN A PLACE THAT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE BY ME. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY FOUND FOUR BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINES AND REPLACED ALL FOUR AT A COST OF $953.16. THE TOWING CHARGES WERE COVERED BY MY ALLSTATE AUTO CLUB. I FORGET TO REQUEST THE OLD PARTS. I WAS FORTUNATE THE FAILURE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING HOME AND DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT LIKE THE FAILURE OF THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE IN MY 1988 CHEVY TRUCK CAUSED. I REAR ENDED A CAR IN THAT INCIDENT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ACTIVATES AT SPEEDS BELOW 5 MPH. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 2/13/2006 - *NM

ANTILOCK BRAKES WANTS TO ENGAGE AT LOW SPEEDS. *NM

ANTILOCK BRAKES WANTS TO ENGAGE AT LOW SPEEDS AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT RELEASED WHEN STOPPING CAUSING THRUST FORWARD. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS PULSATION, AND THE ABS BRAKES ENGAGED AT LOW SPEEDS, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V379000 REGARDING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.*AK UPDATED 02/07/06. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO, WALKED OUT STARTED TRUCK AND THE ABS MODULE FAILED AND RAN CONSTANTLY AS WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHEVY TRUCK OWNER HAVE DONE AS WELL, THIS IS A SHAME. GM NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKES AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION NOW HAVING ABS IN A SNOWBOUND STATE, ALSO WHAT IF THIS MODULE FAILED GOING DOWN THE ROAD IN A BRAKING SITUATION WHEN IT WAS NEEDED? THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF COLLISIONS. THIS IS A FAULTY PART PUT ONTO HE TRUCKS BY GM TO TRY AND SAVE MONEY, SEEMS FUNNY THAT THE ABS MODULES PRIOR TO THE 1999 MODELS HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THEM WHAT SO EVER. COME ON GM STEP UP TO YOUR MISTAKES. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES WERE ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY CLEANED THE FRONT HUBS OF RUST. THEN THE ABS WORKED PROPERLY, BUT THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN THE BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. THEY PERFORMED NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 REPAIRS. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE LOT IT ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY DISCONNECTED THE FUSE FOR THE ABS AND THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM AND THEY STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL AND THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET. *AK (12/01/05) THE TOW HAUL MODE WAS INOPERATIVE. *SC

FAILURE OF ANTILOCK BRAKES. BRAKES COME ON AT LOW SPEEDS ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS. IT IS ENGAGING AT LOW SPEEDS AT 5 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. HE PULLED THE ABS FUSE TO GET THE ABS DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING CORRECTLY NOW THAT THE FUSE HAS BEEN REMOVED. HE CONTACTED GM, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, HE STATES THAT THE STRAPS ON THE TAILGATE ARE NOT HOLDING CORRECTLY. *AK

DT: THERE IS A RECALL ON THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES . THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE BRAKES GRAB ONLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CONTACT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A DEALER OR SERVICE REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT HAS CALLED CHEVROLET ,WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE OTHER THAN FILING A COMPLAINT. NO REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS AT THIS TIME. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE ILLUMINATION ON PANEL GOES ON AND OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. BRAKES, ROTORS AND DRUMS WERE CHECKED, VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE,WATER PUMP REPLACED, STARTER REPLACED, RADIATOR REPLACED, HEATER CORE PROBLEMS,ALTERNATOR REPLACED, CERTAIN ILLUMINATION LIGHTS ON RADIO COME ON. *NM

MY 1999 SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK IS HAVING BRAKING TROUBLE WHERE THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS ON DURING NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE SOME NEAR MISSES WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB

I OWN A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO MADE IN THE USA AND THE ABS SYSTEM FAILS TO STOP AT 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP AND THE BRAKE HAS TO BE RELEASED AND PREASSURE REAPPLIED.

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO K1500 EXTENDED CAB. I BOUGHT IT IN THE SUMMER OF 2002. BY JANUARY OF 2003, I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE ABS KICKING IN WHEN IS WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. THE ROADS WERE NOT WET OR SLIPPERY AND I ALMOST WENT INTO TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES (I HAVE ALSO ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR PULLING IN A PARKING SPACE, AND ALMOST WENT OVER A STEEP EMBANKMENT SINCE THEN). I PAID OVER $300 IN FEBRUARY 2003 TO HAVE THEM FIXED AND THAT LASTED UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2004. WHEN I ALMOST WENT OVER THE STEEP EMBANKMENT AT MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, I DECIDED TO PULL THE FUSE. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CRUISE ANY LONGER. I FINALLY DECIDED I HAD TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE WE WANTED THE CRUISE FEATURE SO I GOT IT FIXED IN DECEMBER OF 2004. BY THAT TIME, THE CHEVROLET DEALERS ARE FINDING OUT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THEY JUST NEED TO CLEAN OUT THE SENSOR WHICH NOW COSTS ABOUT $75 (THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM WOULDN'T EVEN ADMIT THERE WAS A PROBLEM). THE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL GIVE ME PROBLEMS AGAIN AND I AM STILL A LITTLE AFRAID TO DRIVE MY TRUCK. I HAVE 2 YOUNG CHILDREN AND I WOULD HATE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HURT THEM BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT AND REFUSES TO DEAL WITH. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING ONLINE, AND I HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE OVER IT.

CONTACT STATES: THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CONSUMER RAN INTO A VEHICLE. THE ROTORS RUSTED SO BADLY THAT BRAKES WERE NOT BEING APPLIED. WHEN HE CONTACTED GM. THEY TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE HUB ASSEMBLY. THEY WOULDN'T PAY FOR THE BRAKES OR THE DAMAGE DONE TO HIS TRUCK. JUST THE HUB ASSEMBLY.*AK THE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. *JB

DT: HYDRAULIC BRAKES PROBLEM 09/04 BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY STIFF AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. A MECHANIC FRIEND STATES IT IS THE SPEED SENSOR IN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. NO WARNING. HAPPENS IN ANY CONDITIONS. INTERMITTENT, HAPPENS UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. PERMANENT. CAN'T DEPRESS, THE CONSUMER MUST PUMP THE BRAKES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT LOWS SPEEDS. THE BRAKES HAVE SERVICED REGULARLY AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE. *JB

1999 CHEVROLET 1500 EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES.*MR CUSTOMER STATED ABS LIGHT KICKS ON WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE AND VEHICHE WILL NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. REMOVED BOTH FRONT SENORS, REINSTALLED AND RECHECKED, OK. *BF

AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES MY ABS MOTOR UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE PART NEEDED TO FIX IT COST $900. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM I FOUND THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF 99 CHEVY 1500 OWNERS WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM.

[1] BRAKEING SEEMED TO BE ERRATIC SO I WENT TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKEING SYSTEM WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT OF A CRITICAL CONDITION.[2]LIFE THREATENING. [3]DEALER REPLACED ROTORS,DISKS&PADS ON BOTH REAR WHEELS.

ANTI LOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS; AT SLOWER SPEEDS WHEN APPLYING BREAK, BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD.*AK

ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1/2 TON WOULD HAVE A MALFUNCTION WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR WHEN I WAS BRAKING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION OR DRIVING INTO A PARKING SPACE. EVERY TIME THE SYSTEM WOULD HAVE THE TENDENCY TO INCREASE IN SPEED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE. AT ONE TIME IT CAUSED VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO A BUILDING. EVERY TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND CLEANING WAS DONE TO THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM. I READ ABOUT THE UPCOMING INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM AND WAS INTERESTED TO SEE IF THIS WILL BE A RECALL TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS?

ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR ON DRIVE PAVEMENT CAUSING STOPING DISTANCE TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE. SEVERAL TIMES HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT. CHEVY CLEANED AND REPAIRED FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND THEN REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WAS $650

ABS MODULE HAS GONE BAD ON 1999 SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB. THIS IS A COMPUTER COMPONENT AND STOPS TRUCK FROM BRAKING PROPERLY. CAUSES TRUCK TO GO SIDEWAYS IF SUDDENLY HAVE TO USE BRAKES.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS DEFECT SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. OWNER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A FEW ADJUSTMENTS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. THIS DEFECT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH JUST A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WHEN APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES, THEY WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE IN POSITION. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED, THEY WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE IN POSITION. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

THE ABS WENT OUT ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SIVERADO, DEALER STATES CAN'T KEEP PART ON SHELF(SO MANY GOING OUT). DEALER WANTS $1200 PLUS INSTALLATION. MANY FRIENDS HAVE SAME. 40,000 MILES AND WINTERS HERE, NOT SAFE TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE W/CHILDREN IN TRUCK. DRIVING WITHOUT ABS AT THIS TIME. *AK

AT SPEEDS UNDER 7 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM ENGAGES AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE BRAKES TO WORK (NO BRAKES WHATS SO EVER AND THE TRUCK KEEPS ROLLING WITHOUT ANY STOPPING EFFECTS AT ALL). *AK

WHEN SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL TO TEST THE EMERGENCY THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. THE BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. *AK *SC *JB

PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEM ON 1999 CHEVROLET K1500.*MR BEFORE THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS OFF THE CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHICH ORIGINATED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND UNPLUGGED THE ABS AND THE NOISE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EBCM SHORTED OUT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CHEVROLET. *NM

PARKED MY 1999 CHEVROLET K PICKUP AT A STORE AND JUST BEFORE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS OFF, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THE ABS MODULE WAS STILL RUNNING. I CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND UNPLUGGED IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY GM MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THAT THE EBCM SHORTED OUT AND APPARENTLY HAPPENS FREQUENTLY TO THIS MODEL. IT COST ME $781 FOR THE PART PLUS LABOR OF $202.50. I WAS UNIMPRESSED, ESPECIALLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH PROBLEM WITH THIS AND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT. CAN YOU HELP? ISN'T THIS A SAFETY ISSUE? MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50496 MILES ON IT.*AK

ABS PUMP WENT OUT, LUCKLY I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND ONLY HAD TO PAY $100.00 INSTEAD OF $800.00. ALSO MANY OTHER TRUCKS IN THE AREA WITH SAME PROBLEM. HAD KLUNKING NOISE IN REAR END CARRIED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALER SHIPS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. SOUNDED LIKE TRANSMISSION WAS PLAYING CATCH UP WITH REAREND. THREE MONTHS AFTER WARRANTY GOES OUT IT DOES THE SAME THING AND BUST THE GEARS IN TRANSMISSION. MOTOR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS KNOCKING WHEN YOU FIRST CRANK IT UP. THE DEALERSHIPS AROUND ARE QUICK TO SELL YOU A CAR BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND YOU WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMS. THIS WILL PROBALLY BE MY LAST CHEVY!!! *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

AFTER TURNING OFF MY TRUCK I HEARD THE ABS PUMP RUNNING AFTER REMOVING THE KEY. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ABS MODULE. *JB

MY 1999 CHEVROLET 1500 Z71 HAS HAD NUMEROUS ABS FAILURES. A FEW VERY CLOSE CALLS. THE DEALER OR MECHANIC HAVEN'T HEARD OF A RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ABS MODULE IS TELLING THE SYSTEM THAT ONE WHEEL IS SLOWING DOWN AS IF A SKID ERRONEOUSLY WHICH ACTIVATES THE ABS TAKING THE DRIVER OUT OF THE EQUATION. SOMBODYS GOING TO DIE. PLEASE FORWARD ANY INFO TO THE E-MAIL ADDRESS I LISTED . THANK YOU. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ABS MOTOR CONTROL UNIT FAILURE, AFTER SEEING MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB I AM REPORTING IT HERE. ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND PUMP MOTOR STARTED RUNNING. EVEN WHEN TURNING OFF THE MOTOR, THE UNIT STILL RUNS. ABS FAILURE. HAD TO PULL FUSE TO STOP, NOW DRIVING WITHOUT ABS AND ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON. $1000 - $1500 TO REPAIR PROBLEM, WILL MOST LIKELY DRIVE WITHOUT ABS FOR A LONG TIME. *LA

THE ABS MODUAL ON MY 1999 K1500 CHEVYROLET TRUCK HAS GONE BAD. THE PUMP STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES, UNLESS YOU PULL OUT THE FUSE FOR THE ABS. BY DISCONNECTING THE FUSE, THE ABS BRAKES ARE DISABLED FOR THE TRUCK. THIS ALSO LEAVES THE ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT IN THE DASH ON. THE REPLACEMENT FOR THIS PART IS AROUND $1000. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL TRUCK.MY FATHER IS HAVEING THE SAME LUCK WITH HIS 1999 K2500. NOTE THAT THE DEALER RECOMMENDED FIX, SHORT OF REPLACING THE UNIT, IS PULLING OUT THE FUSE. *AK

ABS BRAKE MODULE / MOTOR PUMP FAILURE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON AND MOTOR UNDERNEATH TRUCK RUNS ALL THE TIME. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE 60 AMP FUSE TO STOP THE MOTOR /PUMP

ABS SYSTEM WENT OUT ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AT 60,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY ARE SEEING HUNDREDS OF THESE. *NLM

ABS LIGHT COME ON. ABS MOTOR BEGAN TO BUZZ AND WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. I HAD TO TAKE THE FUSE OUT THAT WAS FOR THE ABS BRAKES. THE BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT STAY ON THE DASH. I RECENTLY HAD VALID BREAK ISSUES AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL DUE TO THE STAYING ON CONTINUALLY. *NLM

ABS COMPUTER FAILED IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET K1500 SILVERADO PICKUP. THE MODULE MAKES A CONTINUOUS NOISE LIKE A SMALL ENGINE RUNNING EVEN WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE NOISE IS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR REMOVE THE ABS 60 AMP FUSE. DEALER INFORMS ME THE PART COSTS $875.00 IN CHECKING WITH USED PARTS SHOPS I FOUND THIS PART IS IN VERY HIGH DEMAND -- MUCH GREATER THAN THEY CAN SUPPLY. ONE USED PARTS DEALER TOLD ME THEY HAD 18 REQUESTS THIS YEAR ALONE. THE CHEVROLET DEALER HESITATINGLY ADMITTED THEY REPLACE LOTS OF THESE. WITH THE FUSE REMOVED THE VEHICLE IS DRIVABLE BUT WITHOUT THE ABS FUNCTION. THE DASH BOARD DOES HAVE INDICATORS CONSTANTLY LIT FOR BRAKES AND ABS. *JB

THE ABS MODULE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM APPEAR ON THE PANEL. WITHOUT BRAKES, THE ABS MOTOR CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL THE CONSUMER DISCONNECTED THE SYSTEM. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

WHEN THE ABS ENGAGES, IT CAUSES THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STOPPING DISTANCE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TO DISCONNECT THE FUSES. *JG *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. THERE IS NO ANTILOCK BRAKE .PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH *TR

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP ABS BRAKE PROBLEM EBCM MODULE WENT OUT ON TRUCK AT 33,600 MILES. THIS MODULE CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER SHUTTING OFF YOUR TRUCK. DRAINS BATTERY. SKIDS FROM DRY TO WET PAVMENT. HAD TO REPLACE ON SATURDAY EMERGENCY PULL OVER. COST 914.85 I HAVE THE MODULE THAT WAS TAKEN OFF TRUCK FOR VERIFICATION.

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP ABS BRAKE PROBLEM EBCM MODULE WENT OUT ON TRUCK AT 33,600 MILES. THIS MODULE CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER SHUTTING OFF YOUR TRUCK. DRAINS BATTERY. SKIDS FROM DRY TO WET PAVMENT. HAD TO REPLACE ON SATURDAY EMERGENCY PULL OVER. COST 914.85 I HAVE THE MODULE THAT WAS TAKEN OFF TRUCK FOR VERIFICATION.

WHILE DRIVING, THE OWNER HEARD A "BUZZING SOUND" AND THEN THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE OF THE ABS BRAKES CONTINUED RUNNING EVEN AFTER THE OWNER PULLED OVER. THE MANUFACTURE HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE 2000 MODELS FOR ABS BRAKES. THE OWNER FEELS THAT THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO INVOLVE THE 1999 TRUCKS DUE TO THE SIMILARITY IN FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

NO SUMMARY. DT

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ANTI-SKID BRAKE CONTROL.*AK

THE ABS SENSOR FAILURE CAUSED THE FRONT CALIPER AND THE ROTOR TO FAIL WHICH WAS REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 30MPH BRAKES OPERATED POORLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALSO BRAKE PADS WORE OUT AT 4000 MILES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS WENT OUT, AND CONSUMER COULD ONLY USE THE REGULAR BRAKES.*AKA CONCERN AROSE WHEN CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS WITH THESE VEHICLES. CONSUMER FEELS A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *JG

AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF, ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN. CONTACTED DEALER WHO TOOK FUSE OUT. CONSUMER NOW DOES NOT HAVE ABS ON VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THE PART FAILED TOO SOON. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ABS MOTOR WON'T SHUT OFF UNLESS THE FUSE IS PULLED OR THE BATTERY RUNS DOWN. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FIRE AND THE BRAKES ARE INOPERABLE WHEN FAILURE OCCURS. *JG

ABS MODULE HAS GONE OUT TWICE ON VEHICLE . CONTACTED DEALER. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE MOTOR WOULDNOT SHUT OFF. *MJ

CONSUMER STATES WHEN STOPPING AT 3-7 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL DROP AND YOU CAN HEAR THE ABS MOTOR WORKING, CONSUMER FEELS THIS COULD CAUSE A SLOW SPEED ACCIDENT. *SLC

ABS PUMP CONTINUALLY RUNS, EVEN AFTER ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. DEALER DETERMINED PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHENEVER I APPLY THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO DRIVE OVER ANY UNEVEN SURFACES ON THE ROAD ( IE, BUMPS, POT HOLE, CRACKS, ETC) ABS WOULD ENGAGE AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE ABS GOES OUT, THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES RUNNING, TO DISABLE IT CONSUMER HAS TO EITHER DISCONNECT THE PUMP OR THE BATTERY, IF THIS IS NOT DONE CONSUMER STATED IT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE ABS GOES OUT, THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES RUNNING, TO DISABLE IT CONSUMER HAS TO EITHER DISCONNECT THE PUMP OR THE BATTERY, IF THIS IS NOT DONE CONSUMER STATED IT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE.*JB

ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND "ABS PUMP" WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WITH IGINITION KEY REMOVED. $975 FOR. *AK

THE ABS PUMP STARTED RUNNING WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS TO PULL THE FUSE. THE POWER WINDOW ON DRIVERSIDE WILL GO DOWN A LITTLE THEN STOP, YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING ON THE BUTTON TO GET IT ALL THE WAY DOWN WHICH TAKES A LOT OF TIME, SAME WAY WHEN YOU GO TO PUT IT BACK UP. THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE, DID IT A LITTLE NEW NOW DOES IT A LOT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM THEY SAID THAT THE TRUCK IS TO OLD KNOW FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE HEARD THAT OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT THERES OCCURED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY

BRAKES WERE WORKING, BUT BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD DEALERSHIP'S MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT BRAKING MODULAR SYSTEM FAILED. *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN VEHICLE TRAVELS ABOUT 40MPH IT WILL SLIDE. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD NOISE OVER TOP, ENGINE WAS RUNNING. CONSUMER CUT ENGINE OFF, AND THIS OTHER MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND CONSUMER STARTED SMELLING AN ODOR. ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN WITHOUT ENGINE RUNNING, AND KEY IN IGNITION. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED ABS MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT.*AK

ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A MECHANISM WITHIN ABS BRAKE MOTOR THAT CONTINUED TO RUN, CAUSING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 70 MPH ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN, WON'T SHUT OFF. BATTERY TERMINAL BURNED OFF AS A RESULT OF ABS FAILURE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPYLING ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ABS SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE DUE TO A MODULE FAILURE. *AK *JB

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE SLOWING FOR STOP SIGH BRAKES SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON, NOR WAS THERE ANY OTHER WARNING. LEFT REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE HAD BEEN RUBBING ON HYDRALIC LINE AND WORE A HOLE IN HYDROLIC LINE CAUSING FLUID TO ESCAPE AND BRAKES TO FAIL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON FRONT BRAKE HOSE.

ROTORS WARPED. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. ABS BRAKING LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. HE TURNED OFF VEHICLE, AND MOTOR LOCATED UNDER DRIVER SEAT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, CONTROLED ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO ABS SINCE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS DETACHED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM LEFT SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOR CONSUMER TO AVOID CRASH SHE SWAYED AND RAN INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH. *AK BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND PROPERLY. *YH

THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR RUMBLE STRIPS OR POTHOLES.I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND SOME KNOW OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT RECIEVED A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS SINCE IT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL 30 TO 50 FEET OF STOPPING DISTANCE.I LEAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY DIDTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME FOR FEAR THAT I WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN ORDIARY STOP JUST WHEN THERE ROAD GETS BUMPY.

WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF ELECTRIC MODULE FOR THE ABS DOES NOT SHUT OFF. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL BECOMES SOFT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONDITION OF PADS UNKNOWN AT PURCHASE. PADS REPLACED AFTER 3,357 MILES. PADS REPLACED AGAIN AFTER 1,900 MILES. ROTORS ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER PADS WORE OUT AND DUG 1/8" INTO ROTORS, WHICH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT. THE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN WITHIN 30,000 MILES. DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS NORMAL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEARD GRINDING NOISE WHEN STOPPING OR BRAKING HARD. CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS THROWN OFF WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE BRAKES, AND RESURFACED ROTORS' BASE ACCORDING TO A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. BUT, CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHEN MAKING A NORMAL STOPPING PROCEDURE AND APPYLING BRAKES ,THEY WILL MAKE A GROWLING NOISE , BRAKES WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE. DRIVER MUST PUMP BRAKES ONCE IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP ,BUT BRAKES WILL FEEL SPONGY. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY PULL TO THE LEFT MOST OF THE TIME. *AK *MJS

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 TO 80 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THEY DIDN'T WORK, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES CONTINUALLY FAIL, SEVERAL COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS, HOWEVER ABS UNIT EXPERIENCES SAME FAILURES.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, DURING FIRST ACTIVATION OF BRAKES THEY FAIL ALMOST RESULTING IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

THOTTLE RESTRICTION CAUSES AIR TO GET INTO THE DISTRUBUTION/DUCT AND INTO SPACE TO THE RIGHT OF THE THOTTLE PEDAL. CONSUMER SHOE OR TIE GETS CAUGHT UNDEREATH THE AIR DUCT. ALSO, THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO TRAVEL COMPLETELY TO THE OFF POSITION. *AK

BRAKE LINE ON BOTH FRONT WHEEL IS LOCATED 1/2 INCH AWAY FROM WHEEL , DRIVER AND PASSENGER WHEELS CUT INTO THE BRAKE LINE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK