2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: brake failure

Filed Jan 7, 2021 · Brakes · 125,000 miles · KY · crash

The rear brake line on my 2001 chevt 1500 silverado rusted into. Is was not a salt corrison. Many trucks have this issue. I work in a parts store and a man came in last week with the same problem. It is know these checy trucks in this year do this. I hope u can take this serious and have gm to correct it before someone gets killed if they haven't already. I ran off the road due to it breaking and slide upon a fence. When I pushed on the brake . I had nothing no brakes at all. Please help. Thank you

Filed Mar 24, 2020 · Brakes · 283,000 miles · CO

Brake system failure: september 16, 2018 rear brake line snapped while driving causing immediate loss of brake fluid and loss of braking. Owner was driving 20 MPH on dirt road and was able to stop vehicle using 4wheel drive low. Brake line was replaced 9/18/2018 and the mechanic noted he'd never seen anything snap like that before without evidence of direct damage. On inspection brake fluid was corroded despite having been recently changed out. Brake system second failure: on april 16, 2019 vehicle failed to come to a stop while owner was braking for a stop sign. Vehicle slowed but didn't stop despite brakes applied. Owner was ticketed for failure to stop. Owner on turning vehicle on after traffic stop saw ABS light now on (wasn't on prior to this) and on braking to turn vehicle then failed to brake completely at which point both ABS dash light and red brake warning lights came on. Owner again stopped vehicle using 4 wheel drive low. Owner immediately inspected vehicle's brake fluid levels and found fluid was again low despite having just been serviced on april 10, 2019 with engine replacement and brake inspection. Owner added fluid, looked for leaks and on "pumping up the brakes" felt sufficient pressure to then take the vehicle back to the repair shop that replaced the engine and inspected brakes 6 days prior. The vehicle was evaluated by licensed mechanics and determined to have had ABS module failure, brake fluid failure (again) and complete brake system failure. The ABS control module was repaired/replaced, brake fluid was evacuated, flushed and replaced. The vehicle has been maintained with regular brake system maintenance. It has not been abused or subject to any conditions that would cause the type of brake system failures that it is experiencing. Because of VIN for this vehicle it was not included in gm recall for vehicles having these problems

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · Brakes · 135,000 miles · MN

The brakes failed due to corrosive failure of brake lines. Complete replacement.

Filed Mar 1, 2018 · Brakes · 93,000 miles · MD

While driving I lost brake pedal. All the lines had some type of defect in the steel lines causing a failure and loss of brake fluid. I suggest to make it mandatory to have only stainless steel brake lines on all vehicles.

Filed Aug 5, 2017 · Brakes · 82,000 miles · MI

Loss of brakes due to rusted brake lines

Filed Jun 12, 2017 · Brakes · 184,251 miles · IL

Drove truck to go fishing, parked, finished fishing and went to take truck out of park an put into gear and the pedal went to the floor. Popped hood to check master cylinder, no visible problem, looked under truck, seen fluod dripping. Went to drivers side where fluid was dripping and seen all brake lines corroded and rusty and a bisted line. Had to drive home hoping the e brake would slow my speed, it did not, so had absolutely no brakes and had to drive thru town up and down hills pumping the pedal hoping their was enough fluid left to create pressure. Had to roll thru 3 stop signs and a red light, with hazards on honking to warn other drivers

Filed May 23, 2017 · Brakes · 112,000 miles · IL

Extremely rusty brake lines, rusted all the way through due to no protection from elements. Complete loss of brakes while driving on city street.

Filed May 6, 2016 · Brakes · 210,000 miles · NJ

Brake lines rusted out and burst leaving us with no brakes and unable to stop. Almost in a collision, and left us stranded. Two times this happened with two different brake lines bursting at low speed. Luckily we weren't going fast.

Filed Apr 21, 2016 · Brakes · 157,000 miles · VA

Vehicle was driving/braking fine in/around town and on highway. Noticed that it was becoming harder to get truck to stop as brake pedal was gradually getting closer to floor before brakes would start slowing truck down. Stopped at restaurant to eat, when I came back out to leave, the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. Had truck towed to a mechanic I trust. He informed me that this was a known problem for this model and year vehicle. He also said that all of the brake lines were corroded and that one had ruptured (it was spraying a mist when the pedal was pushed). He repaired the ruptured line, topped off the fluid, and bled the brakes, brakes work again, but I'm concerned that the other corroded lines may rupture when I need the brakes the most. Cost of this repair instance was $387. Dealer quote to replace all the lines was $1500. Mechanic said that the lines all run very close to each other and in some instances rub against each other. Mechanic said that chevrolet offers a "kit" containing all of the lines except for the two lines to the rear wheels. The lines in this kit are epoxy-coated to prevent future corrosion. However, due to tight quarters and close proximity to the other brake lines, replacement of all of these brake lines is very difficult. This vehicle is located in virginia, which was not one of the salt states indicated in a now-closed recall (ea-11-001).

Filed Dec 9, 2015 · Acceleration, Brakes · 120,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving various speeds, the ABS warning light illuminated and the brakes failed to engage. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the driver and passenger side speed sensors and the electronic brake control module were defective. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Sep 26, 2015 · Brakes · 108,000 miles · MO · crash

While driving my truck on highway 70, the traffic slowed, I attempted to slow down, but my brake pedal went to the floor (rusted brake lines ruptured causing total brake failure) and I was unable to stop. I whipped the steering wheel to the left to avoid rear ending up coming cars. I managed to slow the truck down by pulling down to 1st and was able to get to an off ramp, but was unable to stop, before hitting another car and a sign pole. I have owned many cars that had far more miles than my truck and were not taken care of like this truck. Never have I had a total brake failure on any other car. This should not ever happen, no matter where you live, snow removal methods, etc. I was lucky, I could have killed or seriously injured someone. I would bet there has already been many fatal accidents due to these poor brake line being installed on trucks.

Filed Sep 15, 2015 · Brakes · 126,317 miles · IN · crash

Coming back from store ,went to turn in driveway to house no brakes ran off in grass and creek.front and back brakes both leaking and rusted bad.had this truck since 07 and taken care of .can not afford to pay what shop wants to fix. Gm needs recall trucks with this problem before someone gets bad hurt or killed.