Upon trying to stop for traffic light turning red a rigid brake line under driver seat burst open and brake pedal immediately went to the floor pan and truck would not stop, it was rush hour and others trying to avoid me running the red light got in an accident. My truck continued to roll as I steered to the shoulder engine running the entire time. Once I was safely in shoulder of 4 lane road I used e-brake to bring truck to a halt, as my brake pedal was in effective at stopping my truck, gm says my brake system is independent and if (a) line is lost the other will offer half the braking of the auto, this is not true, I lost a brake line, not more than 1 and my truck has no brakes at all. Either I have a unique truck, I'm 2nd owner n bought in 05 with 30k on it , or gm is mistaken in the brake design cause 1 line failure yeilds no brakes at all. I think if our corporations can't or won't for the sake of almighty dollar do the right thing and put or use better materials, then you folks need to require it or that they the company responsible pays for repairs and losses. Since when is it except able to build such a critical component to only last 5-10 yrs. And you folks allow them get away with it. So the consumer is screwed, so now when ford, dodge, nissan, toyota, mazda, n others do the same we know we can't look to the federal safety agency to safeguard our kids or our investment or our safety.
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes complaints
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Applied the brakes and the brake pedal went all the way down and vehicle wouldn't stop, it leaked all the brake fluid, brake lines rusted.
Driving along and came to red light,applied brake pedal and it went to floor, I applied emergency brake pedal to stop truck, no warning of a brake system problem, my ase certified technician informed me that a metal brake line failure due to corrosion caused the line to rupture, he also stated that this has been an ongoing problem and also that gm and the federal safety agency is aware of this problem but have not issued a recall or any type of notice to the consumer warning them of a potentially fatal brake system failure that can happen at any time.
A brake line ruptured, seriously impairing the braking. This happened on a day that ice was on the road, increasing the possibility of an accident. The brake line was replaced, and others inspected and deemed safe. On october 3, 2014, another brake line ruptured. This happened while at low speed. No accident or damage occurred. I will have this ruptured line replaced along with all other original brake lines. Last gm product I will buy in my lifetime.
While driving at 45 MPH I applied pressure to brake pedal in order to stop for slowing traffic. The pedal went all the way to the floor and the vehicle failed to stop as it normally would. I was able to steer toward the shoulder of the roadway to avoid a rear end collision with the vehicle in front of me. Inspection of the truck revealed severely corroded brake lines where a failure of the brake line resulted in complete brake failure and loss of brake system pressure. Corrosion of the brake lines and associated hardware far surpasses the level of corrosion of other parts on the underside of the truck.
I was driving home from work, luckily I live 4 miles from my job. I had brakes at the stop light I drove for about 1/4 mile and went to apply brakes my peddle went all the way to the floor, I had absolutely no brakes. Somehow I made it home, I opened the hood my wife applied the brake and I had pin hole cracks everywhere and brake fluid was coming out of them. I had the truck towed to a mechanic he said the lines were all totally rusted out. I have read that gm has used sub-par metals on the undercarriage of some vehicles.
I took my truck in for a routine oil change and tire rotation. I parked it in the parking lot outside of the shop and went in and sat down to wait. All of a sudden an employee from the shop came in and asked me if I had been having trouble with my brakes, I replied no as they had been working just fine. He told me when he went to push the brakes to take the car into their garage that the brake pedal went straight to the floor. He looked underneath the truck and he noticed that there was brake fluid spewing out one of the lines which had busted. There was no indication of any issues with the brake system prior to them completely giving out. They took me back to show me the lines and I was able to see that all of the brake lines had been completely eroded and rusted.
I had just pulled of the interstate and was traveling down a small road . I pressed the brake pedal to slow down to make a left turn. The pedal went all the way to the floor.thankfull there was no traffic in front of me. Once emergency brakes eventually brought me to a stop,I got out the truck and noticed a pool of brake fluid on the road. To my surprise the metal brake lines had completely rusted through . Thank god I wasn't on the highway when this happened.
While driving down the road and coming to a traffic light, I pressed on the brake and they failed. Thank god there was a shoulder to avoid a serious accident. This near accident was due to the rusted brake lines blowing out.
While driving lost brakes , pedal went right to the floor . Had to apply emergency brakes to stop. Brake line blew .
On 12/15/13 I was pulling into my driveway when I suddenly lost all brakes. I was helpless to stop the truck with my power brakes, the brake peddle went to the floor. The only way I could stop my vehicle was to use the parking brake. On 12/17/13 I took the truck to my mechanic. He informed me that two brake lines had ruptured and the others were leaking badly. This, according to the mechanic, was due to the chemicals used to treat the road surface in the winter. The chemicals had corroded each brake line to the point of catastrophic failure. At a cost of $834.21 all of my brake lines were replaced.
Just leaving home to go look at some parts for a pole barn and left driveway went to stop sigh , I proceeding to go down mitchell hill rd and on the second turn no brakes , luckily I have some experience in this area and instantly applied my emergency brake and put truck into lower gear . This was enough to slow me down so I didn't go over the guard rail but did hit it roughly . I made it to the bottom and coasted to a stop . Got out and looked under hood and truck to find brake fluid was pouring on to the ground. I had it towed home . Upon further inspection I located the cause of brake failure was due to brake lines broke due to heavy rust all over them .. Now I do a little research online for replacement parts and find out that this is a serious issue with many owners of chevrolet silverado's . Why hasn't their been a recall . Why is because of the amount of money involved and gm doesn't want to pay . So someone else will be paid , but not the owners . Or a fatality will have to occur for someone to make a decision . That's the world we live in now ! Sad but true .
On 09/18/2014 while driving in my driveway I applied the brakes and the peddle went nearly to the floor. I was only going 5-10 MPH and was able to stop without hitting anything. I looked under the vehicle and observed a trail of fluid and a puddle of fluid under the vehicle at the leading edge of the drives door. Inspection revealed the brake lines were rusted through.
I was driving on the highway and my brakes went out and almost rear ended the vehicle in front of me. I pulled over and noticed something leaking from my vehicle. I had the vehicle inspected and mechanic said all brake lines were corroded and that they thought that seemed odd with this year of vehicle.
The ABS brakes on my 4wd 1500 failed, without any warning, the brake pedal went to the floor. Fortunately, I was on a 4 lane undivided road with light traffic and was able to get to the shoulder, play contortionist and apply the emergency brake to stop.upon inspection I found brake fluid leaking below the driver door. The recovery vehicle operator told me I was his 3rd truck towed this year for the same problem. I wonder how many brakes lines have failed and have not been reported. With all the news about gm recalls this year, I wonder if this an item I should bring to media attention? Having no brakes is definitely not safe.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that when the brake pedal was depressed, it traveled abnormally to the floorboard. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who informed that the brake line fractured due to rust corrosion causing the brake fluid to leak. The mechanic declared the vehicle unsafe to drive. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 30,000.
8/21/14- left work at 5pm, approaching an intersection to make a right turn, traveling approximately 20 MPH, applied brakes and pedal went to the floor. Safely turned, pulled off the road and stopped vehicle. Found brake fluid pooling on the road under bed of pickup. Found a badly rusted and blown out rear brake line. Had truck towed home, replaced all of the brake lines with aftermarket stainless steel pre bent lines as every single one of them was rusted. I also had to replace both front calipers as they too were so rusted that the bleeder screws broke off as I tried to open them. Total cost for me doing all of the repairs was over $500.00 how can gm consider this problem "normal routine maintenance" ? Belt's ,hoses, lights, brake pads, they are normal routine maintenance items, not brake lines.
Brake pedal went to floor in parking lot and "check brake system " warning light came on. Was able to stop using parking brake. Found all brake lines severely rusted and brake fluid leak under drivers side door.
All six brake lines rotted away, lost 2 lines while driving home at night, no warning, thank god I was close to home, 2 front calipers rotted so bad, I could not bleed the lines... All this after the heads leaked antifreeze into the oil at 40,000 miles. I was told chevy new about the defective heads, but did nothing about it. Instrument cluster bulbs blew, gas gauge cluster failed, passenger door will not unlock when shifted back into park. Serious frame rust showing.....and the hits just keep on coming!!!!!!
I was leaving my parents house sunday night august 24, 2014 and when I applied the brakes for the stop sign my brake pedal went clean to the floor before I felt any braking action. My brake light/alarm went off inside the cab of my truck at this time saying I need to service my brakes. Thank goodness it was late at night and they wasn't any traffic. After inspecting the brake lines, the rear steel brake line burst on the drive side and spewed all of my rear brake fluid onto the pavement.
Just left home and was driving about 1/2 mile from home. Came to a traffic light and went to brake for a red light. The truck started to brake and then my foot went down to the floor while pressing the brake. My pickup did not stop and had to go through the red light. Luckily, I was able to honk and warn the other cars going through the intersection, that I couldn't stop. I had to downshift and use the emergency brake to stop and pull over. I found that the brakes ruptured in two different spots. Both front and back brake lines ruptured at the same time.
Going out of drive brake pedal went to floor. Later turned out to be a brake line ruptured from being corroded. Truck rolled backwards and struck a tree causing minor damage to the bumper. Not reported to insurance because deductible higher than damage. This failure of the break line happened once before in 10/2009. Luckily no injuries but the number of these incidents point to a hazardous flaw that gm should address.
Brake lines rusted severely. No fluid leaks or failures yet, but I went ahead and bought new brake lines from gm dealership to replace before the lines fail. Severe rust, approximately half of the thickness of the lines is gone due to rust.
I applied the brakes to stop at a stop sign in a parking lot. The brake pedal went to the floor. I went through the stop sign. Another vehicle had to slam on its brakes to avoid hitting me. The emergency brake is useless for stopping the vehicle in this type of situation because its foot pedal is positioned so high you cannot step on it in time. The problem was caused by failure of a rusted through steel brake line that ran from the ABS module to the rear of the vehicle. It provided the hydraulic pressure for both rear brakes.the point where it rusted through is above the gas tank cover and not visible for inspection. I realize that the truck is 11 years old and has been used in the northeast but it does not have any serious body rust and has received reasonable care. It also has relatively low mileage. The "dual diagonal brake system" did not function to provide adequate braking action. It provided no noticeable braking action. This is about as serious a safety defect as I can imagine. I am lucky it happened at low speed and I was not involved in a collision.
I was traveling east on a roadway in the township where I live, at approximately 45 MPH. When I went to apply my brakes on my 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500 pick-up truck and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor and " I had no brakes!" I nearly crashed into another vehicle that was traveling thru the intersection. I was near my home and was able to travel slowly home and discovered that the driver's side brake line, near the rear (bed area) of the truck had exploded due to a high volume of rust in which I discovered that entire brake line was completely rusted. Brake fluid had spewed everywhere. I feel that this definitely is a major safety issue and that people could be injured or killed due to the issue. I have been doing some research and have learned that this is becoming a huge issue with gm trucks and light duty trucks. This should not be a "normal wear issue" for a 2003 model.
I was approaching the intersection and the light turned yellow I tried to slow down and my brakes went directly to the floor not able to a stop, I speed up little to make it thru the light and pulled over in to a vacant lot to I came to a stop. Then the ABS light came on and service brakes system popped up. I got out my truck was leaking brake fluid from driver side under the driver seat. Brake lines busted.
I was approaching md highway 97 on nicodemus road when I depressed the brake pedal, which went to the floor with no braking effect. Fortunately no vehicle was coming as I could not stop. The parking brake was insufficent for stopping the truck. I finally had to put the transmission in reverse to stop. One of the brake lines near the ABS unit had burst due to rust. All of the lines at that location were rusty. I replaced all lines with stainless steel lines from an after-market supplier. I see that the fuel lines near that location are also rusty and will need to be replaced.
Traveling at about 20 MPH into a congested intersection applied the brakes and the pedal gave normal resistance, the about a second later went right to the floor. I was able to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. Thinking my brake fluid was low, I added 12 oz of dot 3 fluid, pumped the brakes several times and discovered that all the fluid was pouring out of the rear brake lines. Had to have the vehicle towed to get it home. Upon daylight inspection found that all of the rear lines on the truck were in a rusted condition.
Rusted brake lines caused brake line to burst and no longer function.
I was getting ready to stop at a red light when the brakes on the truck failed. The pedal went straight to the floor when pressed. After parking the truck and looking at the brake line (metal line) above the rear-end had rusted causing the tube to weaken and crack.
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