Started truck, went to put in gear and brake pedal went clear to floor. Looked under truck and had a puddle of brake fluid approximately under the front of the driver's door. Upon inspection, the line that went from the ABS module up to the right front brake had ruptured (small pin hole). All the brake lines on the truck are about rusted through. This rupture left me with no brakes on the truck. Luckily it happened in a parking lot while putting in gear instead of while trying to brake on the roads.
2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes complaints
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My 16 yr old son drove thru an intersection with no brakes. Just avoiding an accident. I know 4 other people that own the same kind of vehical with the exact same problem. I will be contacting them so they can also fill this complaint out. Do people have to die to get this mess fixed up ??????????
Brakes were staying applied after braking. Smell of burning brakes. Brakes and rotors worn down and braking distance was affected. Brake hoses were failing and had to be replaced along with rotors and brake pads. Emergency brake was worn down also. Rear brakes and rotors had been replaced 7 months earlier.
The 1st incident this year happened in march 2012. While traveling down a hill at 25 MPH I pressed on the brake pedal and it went to the floor. I had to use the emergency brake to bring the truck to a stop on the level at the bottom of the hill. Thank god there was not any one crossing the street or another car in front of me. The mechanic said the left rear brake line had ruptured from the metal line being corroded. Cost $300.00 + towing. Cost to replace all lines is over a $1,000.00. Cannot afford new truck or that type of expenditure at this time. The 2nd incident happened today, may 2012. While traveling on a level highway at 35 MPH a car pulled out in front of me from a gas station and I had to hit the brakes hard. I felt a pulse in the brake pedal and it went to the floor. To avoid hitting the car I went up over a very high curb, over a walkway and through a parking lot. I jammed on the emergency brake to bring it to a stop. Looked under the truck and the frame is covered with brake fluid under the drivers seat. Another guy stopped to see if I was o.k.. I had him press on the brake pedal and looked under the truck. You could see the fluid squirting out of 2 corroded, ruptured brake lines. Had the truck towed. I have had problems with metal corrosion on this truck since day one. The rear bumper had extensive rust in 3 years. Went to dealer, got the run around. I replaced all four brake rotors with less than 35,000 and the pads were maintained during this time. Went to dealer, dealer said that was normal wear for a rotor. Give me a brk. It sounds like bad metal was used throughout this truck.
The brakes went out - not totally out I but had to push the breaks all the way to the floor to get the car to slowly stop. I had very little stopping power. Shortly thereafter (3- 4 minutes later ) the instrument break warning light came on. Had I been going any faster I would have surely been in a serious accident. The car was towed to a chevrolet dealer. They discovered a leaking break line. They indicated that it was a result of excesssive rust in the break line. The warning light should have come on much sooner and the break line should not have rusted through. $3,000 later, it was fixed.
I was driving down the hwy and my brakes went completely out. No warning light that is a lie and so is the statement about it slowly coming to a stop. Luckily I was going up a hill so it came to a stop then started rolling backwards into on coming traffic and I had to go off the road and hit a pole and broke my tailgate off cause the tailgate pins were rusted to and I live in alabama. No salt anywhere. Thanks chevy, now I can't even fix the truck because its going to cost me 1,000 dollars.
My wife was on an errand and when she got into the truck to come home the brake peddle was soft and went to the floor before she was able to stop. She was scared and tested the brakes and found there was some so came home slowly with a plan in her mind to hit something other than another car in the case the brakes failed completely. Had this happened on the road there may have been a crash.
Brake line corroded at ABS unit along frame.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado k 1500. The contact was driving 5 MPH when the brake line failed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 81,220.
I believe my vehicle has suffered same exact problems outlined in the federal safety agency action number: pe05020 and recall campaign number: 05v379000. When trying to stop in parking lot or parking garage the ABS would activate at very low speeds and my vehicle would not stop. I would run into cement while chocks or blocks that are designed to stop a car in parking lots. This has happened 5-10 times in my vehicle. It has not happened in the past year but I believe this is because the ABS has been deactivated by vehicle. Last month I had to slam on brakes and they locked up and my truck skidded out of control, had to release brakes to regain control. Luckily no accidents yet.
I purchased my vehicle in march of 2011 and since have noticed a significant amount of rust on all the brake lines going and coming from the ABS module under the driver's side frame rail. I have read many cases of owners that have had their lines burst in as little as 2 years after purchase from the dealership. I am very concerned about the safety of operation of my truck with the brake lines corroded to the extent that they are and hope that general motors will do the right thing and fix this safety hazard. There is also a significant amount of rust on the entire underside of the vehicle (frame rails, bolt locations, weld locations, underside of bumpers, ect).
Rusting fuel line caused a significant fuel leak in the rear of the vehicle near the fuel tank, while repairing that line I observed several other rusting lines in that area brake, and more fuel lines.
My brake lines are corroded and this is a known issue. I fear this is a safety issue and should be recalled by gm.
While pulling into my parking area and braking, the break pedal went to the floor. A hissing sound was heard while the pedal was being pushed. Upon inspection a break in the brakeline under the driver's side cab was identified at the hanger. Based upon visual inspection their appears to be corrosion around the break in the line.
Brakes failed due to loss of brake fluid caused by rusted out brake line from ABS unit.
2001 silverado 1500 4wd ext. Cab short bed. Original owner purchased new in 2001. Just so happens that I experienced my brake failure during a return trip after purchasing a used lawn tractor that I was bringing back home on my 6x10 single axle trailer. I was approaching the off ramp to my exit off of major highway traveling at approximately 60 MPH. Along with other vehicles taking exit also I started to brake to go into exit and suddenly with no warning the brake pedal immediately went to the floor and I started heading to collide with the vehicle in front of me that was slowing down into the turn. I luckily was able to swerve back onto the shoulder of the highway without collision to any vehicle and then press down on emergency brake to come to a slow stop. I must mention also that I had my 9 year old son with me who was oblivious to everything going on until I explained what just happened. I had to call my wife to come so that I could unhook trailer from my truck and hook back up to her 2003 gmc yukon. After gathering myself and pondering the situation I then proceeded to drive my truck home downshifting the auto trans to slow myself and using emergency brake to come to a complete stop and sit for redlights. After getting home I crawled under truck to determine where my failure occurred and noticed a large wet spot right under the drivers side front door where all 4 brake lines run alongside the wiring harnesses. There is also a large black plastic clip at this location that holds the 4 brake lines. This area is immediately behind the front tire which in my opinion takes a large amount of splash up from the tire. I must mention that at no time did any warning light come on and has not come on yet. I had no brakes...unlike the theory that I should have had brakes on the other circuit of the brake system. I have not fixed truck yet due to cost of repair.
Brake lines all rusted causing complete failure.. Rocker panels totally rotted out..
When starting my vehicle I had my foot on the brake, in short order the pedal went to the floor. I tried pumping the pedal but the soft pedal feel did not subside and the pedal would still go to the floor. I then got out and checked under the vehicle and found brake fluid pouring out of a ruptured line. A pin hole sized rupture is at the driver rear axle near where the hard line connects to the flex rubber line. I feel that it is relevant that though this vehicle is now in a southern state, the first five years of its existence was in a salt-belt state.
Brake line rupture while backing out of garage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the brake pedal went all the way to the floorboard and she was unable to engage the brakes. The vehicle would not stop and the contact crashed into a guard rail. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the brake lines, rotors, and brake pads needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 53,000. Updated 11/16/11 *bf updated 11/21/11
Lost brakes at a low speed due to brake line corrosion. Will need to replace all other brake lines as they are heavily corroded as well. Then, just today I tried to apply my parking brake and something broke. The pedal went all the way to the floor. Brake cable broke and parking brakes remain on. Will have to have vehicle towed for repair once again. I believe that it would be prudent to take a look at this forum as I have found that many, many people are having issues with chevrolet brakes. Http://trucks.about.com/b/2011/08/01/brake-line-corrosion-suspected-in-gm-trucks.htm.
Wheel speed sensors replaced under recall failed again failing to stop vehicle in safe distance under 10 MPH. Had to replace both wheel speed sensors again. Was told brake lines also corroded. Have found that a common complaint on chevy silverado.
Failure of rusted or rotted brake line. Driver side rear wheel. Slow leak, detected and made repairs myself. Second failure in 2011, different location, by ABS module, no warning complete failure, luckily had emergency brake, and horse trailer brakes to bring vehicle to a stop.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH or less, he noticed that the ABS would activate and increase stopping distance and time when braking. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 155,150. The VIN was not available.
Front brake lines failed due to corrosion approaching a traffic light. Ran off road to avoid collision. Approximately 2 years later, rear brake lines failed due to corrosion. Backing plates on rear disks have completely rusted away. All calipers and rotors have been replaced and all parking brake cables have broken due to corrosion. This truck only has 57,000 miles!
I applied brakes going down hill when all of a sudden the pedal went all the way to the floor causing my vehicle to be very unresponsive to braking almost causing me to crash. I was able to stop the truck after a lengthy time. I would not have been able to stop up any conditions if needed to do so if there wasn't a long area of road to gradually stop like I had. I'm really concerned because this truck was garaged most of its life and is very low mileage(45k). It has no rust on body, only on the brake lines and I believe the fuel lines.
Anti-lock brakes engage as vehicle comes to a stop. Vehicle ends up 2-5 feet further than desired stopping location. Hubs, have been replaced, rotors have been replaced 4 times with only 61k miles on vehicle that is garage kept. Nothing has fixed problem. Vehicle is dangerous to drive.
Driving on rt 280 in nj. Traffic was merging to one lane, got cut off by merging car, hit brakes hard, pedal went to floor, was able to stop by flooring pedal, downshifting and using rumble strip. Brake lines under truck are completely rusted, it appears to have failed in more than one spot.
I lost my brakes completely, luckily I suspected a brake line leakage due to the brake fluid needing to be refilled prior to my trip. There was confusion amongst drivers ahead of me merging onto the highway, everyone got hard on their brakes including me. My ABS kicked on and immediately the line ruptured, I saw a mist of brake fluid in the drivers side mirror and my brake pedal dropped to the floor rendering my brakes useless. I missed rear ending the person in front of me by inches. My truck is currently in the shop getting all of the brake lines replaced due to the fact that they are all rusted from front to back and deemed unsafe.
Was pulling into garage applied brakes was running 4 MPH anti lock activated peddle went to floor hit work bench knocked wall out of back of garage & damage truck $5000 total damage. Found out wheel sensor was bad replaced no more problems. Seams like something that's is suppose to help you stop should not keep you from stopping if it goes bad crappy fail safe.
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