2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

DRIVING MY 2006 SILVERADO 3500 HD WHEN THE CAR AHEAD DECIDED ON A SUDDEN LEFT TURN. WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND HAD TO STAND ON THE PEDAL WHILE SWERVING, NARROWLY MISSING THE COMPACT CAR. AFTER EVALUATION AT THE GM CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP WE USE FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR ON ALL 8 OF OUR GM BUSINESS AND PERSONAL VEHICLES, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE EROSION/RUSTING WAS A COMMON DEFECT IN THE BRAKE LINES USED. CONTACTED GM AND THEY OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE $1400.00 BILL AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE ON THE ROAD! *TR

DRIVING MY 2006 SILVERADO 3500 HD WHEN THE CAR AHEAD DECIDED ON A SUDDEN LEFT TURN. WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND HAD TO STAND ON THE PEDAL WHILE SWERVING, NARROWLY MISSING THE COMPACT CAR. AFTER EVALUATION AT THE GM CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP THAT WE USE FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR ON ALL 8 OF OUR GM BUSINESS AND PERSONAL VEHICLES, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE EROSION/RUSTING WAS A COMMON DEFECT IN THE BRAKE LINES USED. CONTACTED GM AND THEY OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE $1400.00 BILL AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE ON THE ROAD! *TR

2006 SILVERADO 1500 IN OCTOBER 2012, AS I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT, MY BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND STOP BY PUMPING THE PEDAL AND USING THE PARKING BRAKE. THE CAUSE WAS A RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE, WHICH I PAID THE SHOP TO REPLACE. IN FEBRUARY 2013, I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE IN MY DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN LOST PRESSURE AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND UPON INSPECTION LEARNED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED OUT INCLUDING AT THE ABS MODULE CONNECTION POINT. THE ONLY REPAIR OPTION IS A $2000 JOB TO REMOVE THE BODY FROM THE TRUCK TO REPLACE EVERY SINGLE BRAKE LINE. THROUGH INTERNET SEARCHES AND BY MY MECHANIC'S EXPERIENCE, THIS IS CLEARLY A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD BE RECALLING SILVERADOS FOR. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUST THROUGH. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HIT BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR. STILL HAD FRONT BRAKES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. HAVING THE TRUCK TOWED TO HAVE LINES REPLACED. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME PROBLEM OF BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON 1999 TO 2007 CHEVY SILVERADO AND GMC SIERRA PICKUPS. THIS PROBLEM IS ON 80 TO 90 PERCENT OF THE TRUCKS WITH IN THEM YEARS THIS IS MILLIONS OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GENERAL MOTORS DUE TO EPA LAWS AND EMISSION STANDARDS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PASSED WHEN THESE BOLTS BREAK. *TR

THE MODULE ON THE FRONT BUMPER HAS BECOME DEFECTED AND THEREFORE THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT GO OFF DURING A COLLISION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 2006 CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP TRUCK, MY WIFE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AND TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN SHE PRESSED ON BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE, PEDAL FELL TO FLOOR AND BRAKES WERE UNRESPONSIVE. MY WIFE BARELY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT AND PULLED INTO SHOPPING CENTER. AFTER ARRIVING AT SCENE TO RETRIEVE MY WIFE, I CHECKED BRAKE FLUID LEVEL, WHICH WAS BELOW "MINIMUM". I ADDED A FULL CAN OF BRAKE FLUID, AND HAD HER PRESS BRAKES WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I COULD HEAR HISSING, AND SAW LIQUID SPRAY ESCAPE UNDER PRESSURE FROM UNDER HOOD. MECHANIC LATER INFORMED ME THAT BRAKE LINE FOR FRONT BRAKES WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND BRAKES FAILED WHEN SYSTEM PRESSURE FROM APPLYING BRAKES BURST THE RUSTED LINE. HE SAID MY WIFE WAS LUCKY SHE DIDN'T CRASH OR WORSE. HE ADVISED ME THAT ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS VERY RUSTED AND OTHER PARTS WERE SO RUSTED THAT IN ORDER TO BLEED AIR FROM BRAKE SYSTEM, THEY HAD TO REPLACE RUSTED CALIPERS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE AND BASED ON MY REVIEW OF OTHER DRIVERS' COMPLAINTS AND INTERNET FORUMS, IT APPEARS CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE IS A WIDESPREAD AND PERVASIVE PROBLEM FOR GM SILVERADO VEHICLES. SEE HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/GMBADBRAKES/ PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. *TR

THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE FAIL AT LOW SPEEDS (APPROX. 5 MPH). THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. CHEVY HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM (LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION, BULLETIN #03-05-25-007C). I HAD THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED IN OCTOBER 2010. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN, ROUGHLY 10,000 MILES LATER. INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IS READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE. MANY SILVERADO OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY RECALL ACTION ON THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A RECALL ON PRIOR MODELS, BUT NOT 2006 AND BEYOND MODELS, ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEARLY STILL A PROBLEM. *TR

LEFT MY DRIVEWAY AT 5AM TO GO TO WORK. AT THE END OF THE BLOCK IS A STOP SIGN. APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. COULD NOT STOP AND WENT THRU THE STOP SIGN. THERE WAS NOT LIGHTS OR WARNING CONCERNING THE BRAKES. AT FURTHER INSPECTION I SAW THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THRU. NOTICED THAT ALL THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE ON THE VERGE OF RUSTING THRU AS WELL. A VERY SCARY SIGHT. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. STOPPED USING EMERGENCY BRAKE.