2003 Cadillac Escalade: brake failure

Filed Sep 5, 2015 · Brakes · 118,507 miles · MI

I was on I 75 passing under miller rd in flint, mi when traffic started to back up and slow down. I applied the brakes and the car stated to slow down, the brake peddle then went to the floor and I had no brakes. I was able to down shift to 1st gear and get to the side of the road. The car slowed down to where I could get it into reverse to stop it. We where so lucky! I got it to a cadillac dealer in dearborn, mi and found out that the main brake line had rusted through. I had all the brake line replace. I have major concerns that there are thousands of gm vehicles with this problem still on the road. I have since been told that gm had a brake line material problem during the early 2000 that lead to rusting out of the lines. Please look into this for the safety of others. The dealer was les stanford cadillac updated 10/9/15

Filed Jul 30, 2015 · Brakes · 70,000 miles · MI

Brakes have failed completely three times because of failure of hydraulic lines/components. Last time when brake failed I was on a freeway and I hit the brake to slow down the car to take an exit and lost complete control of the car. Thanks god no damage took place. I am having lot of rust/corrosion/chrome failure problem with this car.

Filed Oct 9, 2014 · Brakes · 133,100 miles · FL

I was driving home from work and when I brake the pedal went all the way to the floor, I had no brakes what so ever, lucky me I was close to home, it looks like the brake lines is broke, I have a pool of brake fluid in my drive way.

Filed Dec 18, 2013 · Brakes · 185,000 miles · NY

Driving home from work on a slightly icy road, the car ahead of me was coming to a stop. I hit my brakes, but the ground was a little slick so the ABS kicked on. I pushed the pedal harder, there was a pop noise, and my brake pedal went to the floor. The brake warning chime came on, along with a message that said "service braking system" in the dic on the instrument panel. My brakes were no longer functional, and I narrowly avoided hitting the car in front of me. I had a dash cam running at the time, and captured a video of the incident, which I have put on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6gqfiwq_a I was able to pull into a parking lot up the road, at which point I popped the hood and saw a puddle of brake fluid directly under the master cylinder. When a friend arrived to give me a ride home, I had him push the brake pedal so I could see where the fluid was escaping. It was coming from a split in one of the brake lines under the master cylinder (also on youtube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudtdmzla2u I noted that all of the brake lines that I could see looked extremely corroded, and decided to file a complaint once I saw that it wasn't a freak incident and that many others have had similar problems with their gm trucks / suvs.

Filed Sep 1, 2005 · Brakes · 55,000 miles · CO · crash · 1 injury

Dt: consumer complained about a brake problem. Intermittently, while driving at 35 MPH or above and if needed to come to an immediate stop it won't stop like it should. Took vehicle to dealer, and they said brake pads were fine, and they did need not take apart the ABS system. Also, they checked a diagnostic machine, but it did not show any codes. Consumer's vehicle rear ended another vehicle due to brake failure. Noticed this around august 1, 2005.

Filed Feb 19, 2004 · Brakes · 7,500 miles · GA

While driving 20 MPH brakes failed. As a result, consumer had to run into a curb to stop the vehicle. *ak

Filed Jan 12, 2004 · Brakes · CA

Upon pulling out of a car wash the brake pedal went to the floor when it was depressed. Upon inspection of the vehicle by the dealership, it was discovered that master cylinder broke in half which was caused by a failure in molding of the metal, per the dealership.