Yet another failure of inadequately specced brake lines. I have now had to replace two brake lines (from the bpmv to the front-right caliper and bpmv to the rear-left drum) due to blow-outs originating from heavy corrosion - both of which occurred in heavy-traffic situations. On every other vehicle I have owned, brake lines were an item that could more-or-less be presumed a lifetime part; they rarely needed to be replaced unless damaged. However, on my truck (and hundreds of others just on the federal safety agency's complaints page for the 06 silverado alone), the hard brake lines are about as far from a long-lasting, high-quality part as you can get. There is an endless amount of documentation scattered across the internet on this matter, yet the federal safety agency seems averse to holding gm responsible for the safety of their product. It may well be too late at this point for the federal safety agency to do anything about it, but why didn't they do anything sooner? The oldest recorded complaint on the federal safety agency website is from 5-22-2012 (id# 10459283), there are hundreds on the exact same matter, and yet the federal safety agency has publicly opened 0 investigations on the topic. To the federal safety agency, please hold gm accountable for speccing lines that are not adequate for a service environment, and quit making consumers responsible for gm's choices. Thank you.
2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes complaints
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Replaced brake lines on a regular basis - undercarriage rotting out
Experiencing unwanted ABS activation on front brakes at low speed. Below 10 MPH. Causing increase stopping distance during low speed applications. Happens constantly. I have heard of a similar ABS recall on early model silverado trucks. Recall n050068.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the steering wheel shook, the brakes made a scraping noise, and the ABS warning indicator illuminated. While the contact attempted to decelerate and turn the vehicle, the front driver's side wheel detached from the hub. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic for a diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000.
Nephew borrowed my truck. He was in motion and tried to make a left hand turn on a city street and realized brakes had failed. He wisely continued straight till it slowed down enough and he made a right hand turn onto a road and pulled into a parking lot behind a housing project. He used a snow bank/boulder to stop the truck. Luckily no one was hurt. Truck was towed back to my house. I do my own repairs. After inspection it was determined that one of the supply lines from the master cylinder into the ABS module had ruptured. There was complete failure of the braking system after a single push on the brakes. The truck is 11 years old. How can the brake lines be rusting out. There is a serious issue and a serious flaw with this design. I'm attaching 2 pictures for your observation. Gm should be held accountable for fixing these bad designs. Is this another cheap solution like the ignition key problem that cost countless lives? There should be the utmost action by this agency to hold gm accountable. This ABS module should be up in the front hood like other manufacturers do. Not under the cab in a wet environment. Shame on gm.
"takata recall" on 11/04/2016 attempting to pass another vehicle, suddenly vehicle on my passenger side begin to sideswiped my vehicle, my passing was delay and hinder; oncoming traffic and sideswiped continually force me of the left side pavement onto the gravel on the left and into a resident dogwood trees, no deploy from airbags vehicle was consider a total lost by my insurance company and repair shop
Failure of brake line complete loss of brakes. Going out of driveway turn into a dte pole to stop
One morning when try to go the work, I start my truck but see the brake light show up, when push the brake pedal goes all the way down, I look brake fluid under the truck drooping fluid by the gas tank area. Thanks to god not happen when driving and just used the truck night before, if not could be something very bad and dangerous.
Brake line completely rusted through on front, left side near wheel. Inspection of lines revealed significant rust on all brake lines. No braking action at all when I tried to stop, brake fluid poured out and I had to use parking brake to stop vehicle. Occurred when I was driving out of my garage. If I had been on highway when this happened, it could have caused significant injury to myself and others. This vehicle saw only limited use during winter months but lines are very rusted.
Driving in stop and go traffic 3 -5 MPH brake line broke, pedal went to floor. Had to shift to neutral and emergency brake to stop. Chevy dealership states they were aware of rusting brake lines failing on this model. No recall at this time. $1,800.00 to have dealership replace.
Steel brake lines (brakelines) rusted through by frame of truck. Common problem with this year and model. Very dangerous as usually occurs (and did in my case) while driving since pumps will push brake fluid out of leaking rusted lines while driving.
Severely rusted brake lines
When braking at low speeds, the ABS system is engaging and the vehicle will not stop where you intended to stop. It goes several feet before stopping increasing the risk of accident by rear ending someone or ending up in the middle of an intersection.
Frame and suspension components excessive rusting to the point of failure. Leaf spring shackle failed last year, causing leaf spring to put a hole in truck bed while driving. Brakes lines rusted to failure last week and caused near brake loss while operating. Had to use e-brake to avoid hitting my garage. Cross members supporting shock failed. Gas tank about to fall off due to rust failure. Cannot drive truck. Brakes no longer function and truck is unsafe due to frame being compromised.
Driving my chevy silverado down the road. Hit the brakes for a deer and the brake pedal went to the floor. Smoke started coming out from under the hood. Fluid was all over the engine and on the road. Found that the metal brake line blew out. Talked to 3 companies about repairs. All the lines are rotten. Minimum cost is $500. All places said this is a common problem with gm trucks-even the dealer said oh brake lines go bad all the time on vehicles over 10 years old. I have been driving for almost 50 years; owned at least 20 vehicles and never heard of this happening. In case you don't know it-brakes are pretty important! I was lucky. No one was hurt. I was on a back road. I read that gm used low quality material for their lines. If so, it should be easy to break it down and verify. Was this metal susceptible to corrosion? They know all the conditions that their trucks will be in. How many more of unreported issues are there? Sooner or later it will be people's lives that will be lost. Thank you for your time.
At 45,000 mi. Abs began activating, at slow speed, when stopping. Abs light was not lite and brakes were effective. Based on the c0040 diagnostic code, replaced rt front hub/ABS sensor assy. At a cost of $400. Eventually, all hub sensors began giving false indications. Was told by dealer it was attributed to a defective design, but there was no bulletin or recall to remedy the problem. Cannot afford to replace all hubs if it is only going to happen again. Gm should make good on these repairs.
Moving boat in my yard when brake pedal went to the floor, used emergency brake to stop. Brake line to left front was completely split open . Line is severely rusted in spots.
Loss of breaks,rusted out breaklines.pedal went to the floor,no breaks at all! (someones going to die)
Brake lines rotted/rusted out ,front to back. Fluid leaked out everywhere. Had to drive ten miles per hour ,but made it home from work safely! ($950 repair bill). Thank you general motors. My next truck will be a ford.
Was driving vehicle on us 131 in holland mi. I was traveling at approx 50mph when I had to brake for stopped traffic ahead. Vehicle began to slow when suddenly brake pedal fell and I lost much of my braking. Had to veer off to the shoulder of the road to avoid possible collision with stopped traffic. When I pulled over to inspect my truck, I noticed fluid dripping from the frame rail near the fuel tank. It was brake fluid. The brake line that goes from the ABS unit to the rear brake hose was rusted through and leaking. This is a 10yr old truck with only 122000 miles on it. I don't believe this type of failure is acceptable for a vehicle of this age and mileage. I was able to carefully drive the truck home and parked it. I contacted my local dealer service manager, who could only repair it at my expense. I got general motor customer assistance # from her and contacted them. They opened a case, #8-2572108769, and said they also would do nothing to assist in the repair of this condition. They are lucky not to have a death or injury lawsuit on their hands. I've seen several other complaints online from other owners of this model. These need to be recalled before somebody gets killed.
The brakes failed while in motion. The cause was the steel hydraulic brake line to the rear wheels rusted and became too weak to hold braking pressure. Upon further inspection, all steel brake lines were very rusty.
Brake hydraulic metal pipe failed to right front wheel, brake pedal went to floor. Vehicle was stopped by downshifting and using park brake. This occurred at low speed in city traffic. No accident occurred.
While traveling at highway speed the breaks were applied to stop for a red light, the front break line broke and the breaking petal went to the floor. The breaks were then pumped but there was no real reduction in speed allowing the truck to travel thru the intersection at a high rate of speed thru the red light. The truck did eventually come to a stop with the continued pumping of the breaks
The brakes went to the floor and completely failed; through the intersection we went. I was able to use the emergency brake to slow and then stop the truck. Somehow, we were able to avoid an accident. I was able to get the truck the rest of the way home using the emergency brake. The brake fluid reservoir was full, but I could see fluid leaking under the truck from the frame area near the driver's door. Looking under the truck, I noticed the brake lines were rusted; every brake line on the truck was rusted. Looking on-line, I noticed I wasn't the only one with this problem. I ordered a complete set of stainless steel brake lines. We had the truck towed the truck to the chevy dealer ($200.00). They replaced every brake line on the truck as well as the front calipers ($2100). The dealer did a great job; $1600.00 of the cost was for labor.
All brake lines rusted out under cab on drivers side busted when stoping at stop sign
Was traveling approximately 55 MPH down a state highway. After coming around a blind curve, came upon stopped traffic due to road work. Applied pressure to brake pedal when pedal went soft and depressed all the way to the floor. After releasing brakes and pushing again still had no brakes. Had to swerve out of road-way to avoid rear ending multiple vehicles. After running out of road, hit 2 culvert pipes along with road work signage, finally bringing the truck to a stop in a residential yard. Truck brake lines for front brakes had corroded and ruptured causing the incident. Further investigation into this matter shows an apparent issue with this model gms for brake line corrosion that gm has failed to address through the recall process.
Parked vehicle in driveway, moved it about three feet and braked. The pedal went to the floor. Looked under the truck and found a large puddle of brake fluid coming from a rusted through brake line. Upon further inspection the others were in the same state. Lucky this didn't happen with family onboard while driving on a roadway, could have resulted in a terrible accident.
Rusted/ruptured brake line in 2012 while braking at an intersection - swirved to miss a vehicle. Pulling out of driveway in 2016 another line ruptured. Vehicle undercarrage washed after each winter but excessive rust on all parts and frame. Both incedents with low miles [20k & 30k] on a lightly used vehicle.
Brake lines are rusting away. I noticed a soft brake pedal, on my way back to st. Louis from atlanta, ga. I noticed fluid under the truck in my driveway after I got home. I started looking around the truck. The master cylinder was low on fluid. No warning light came on. I noticed fluid under the drivers side door. It was brake fluid coming from a rusted thru brake line. After inspection, all of the other brake lines were badly rusted. The repair(reichers auto and tire-washington, mo) shop is replacing all of the brake lines due to heavy rust. Cost is going to be over $800.
Rear brake line rusted completely through during normal driving operation which resulted in a brake fluid spill and reduced braking capacity of the vehicle. Vehicle was on a city street turning onto a highway when the incident happened. Further inspection found that all brake lines on the vehicle had extensive corrosion and had to be replaced. Vehicle had 120,000 miles on it with no accident history.
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