I was slowing down to drive around a sharp bend, when I pressed on my brake pedal and it dropped to the floor. I then down shifted, but could not stop. Before my truck plummeted down a wooded hill ( the hill being approx 50-60 yards long) I jumped from my truck, but got caught between my truck and a stationary vehicle. I was then crushed, as my truck proceeded to plummet down the hill. This all causing the stationary car to have scrapes, and a dent where my body was, and causing severe bruising, swelling and abrasions of my upper legs, hips, and buttock, and I was unable to walk for 3 days after the incident because of leg weakness, every time I would put weight on my right leg it would give out, and cause a severe shooting pain up my leg into my lower back, and was unable to work for a week.
1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes complaints
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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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Rear brake line burst. Upon inspection found that all brake lines are severely corroded.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Loss of hydraulic brakes, pedal to floor. Found steel line to ABS valve blown, due to corrosion.
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.
Brake line burst and rendered my truck brakeless. Someone is going to get hurt because of the faulty rust prone brakelines they put on these trucks. I was lucky that it happened when I was stopped.
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, the federal safety agency 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.
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