2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 4X4 PICKUP. MY BRAKE LINES FAILED TODAY AND CAUSED ME TO RUN INTO A PARKED CAR AT WORK. MY FATHER HAS A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4 THAT HE BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND GARAGE KEPT AND STILL ALMOST HAD A BAD ACCIDENT DUE TO HIS BRAKE LINES FAILING 3 YEARS AGO. WHEN I GM GOING TO REALIZE THAT BRAKE LINES ARE NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I OWN MULTIPLE VINTAGE CHEVY CARS THAT ARE BETWEEN 25 AND 37 YEARS OLD WITH THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES. WHY IS IT GM IS WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO BE KILLED DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS. I CHASSIS WASH MY TRUCK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH SILVERADOS IS YEAR CLOSE TO MINE. ALL HAVE SAME ISSUES. ITS SAD THAT OLDER GM CARS HAVE SURVIVED BETTER THAN THESE NEWER BUILT MODELS. NOW TOMORROW I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND ALOT OF MONEY ON A PART THAT SHOULD NOT FAIL. WHY IS IT THAT MY EXHAUST SYSTEM ON MY CAR HAS STAINLESS STEEL PARTS BUT YET THE ONE PART THAT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL IS NOT! SAD THAT MY EXHAUST WILL BE IN GREAT SHAPE AS MY BRAKE LINES FAIL! I HAVE OWNED GM CARS AND TRUCK MY WHOLE LIFE AND WILL NO LONGER BUY GM PRODUCTS. I HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES THAT MANY, MANY OTHER SILVERADO OWNERS HAVE. HOW CAN THOUSANDS OF SILVERADOS AND OTHER MAKE OF GM CARS AND TRUCK HAVE SO MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AND GM NOT RECALL THEM. MY EXHAUST MANIFOLDS HAVE 2 BROKEN BOLTS CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK DUE TO BROKEN BOLTS! I HAVE ENGINES FROM THE 1960'S WITH FACTORY MANIFOLDS STILL INSTALLED AND NO BROKEN BOLTS. PUT THE [XXX] AMERICAN MADE STEEL MILLS BACK UP AND STOP BUYING THIS CHEAP METAL BECAUSE FOR WHAT MOST OF US PAY FOR OUR CARS AND TRUCK THE LEAST GM CAN DO IS PUT QUALITY PARTS IN THEM. OFFERING A BRAKE LINE KIT TO HAVE INSTALLED IN GM DEALERSHIPS IS NOT HELPING PEOPLE THAT NEED THERE TRUCK LIKE I DO DAILY. RECALL THE [XXX] BRAKE LINE PROBLEM MODELS AND FIX THEM RIGHT! *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED A BRAKE FLUID LEAK AND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKES HESITATED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE REAR ROTORS WERE WORN OUT, WHICH CAUSED THE PARKING BRAKE TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

WAS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN WHILE COMING OVER A HILL TO A KNOWN STOP LIGHT. APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES. NO WARNING LIGHT, NO OTHER INDICATOR. WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE. PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID COULD BE FOUND UNDER THE TRUCK. HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES AS THEY HAD RUSTED OUT TOTALLY. LUCKY NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT IF I HAD BEEN CLOSER INTO THE CITY IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRETTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AFTER RECENTLY BEING REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WE HAVE REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK AT LEAST 3 TIMES ALREADY IN THE LAST IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. LUCKILY EVERY TIME BUT ONE IT WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE I PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO INFERIOR, UNSAFE MATERIALS, SUBJECT TO CORROSION, USED TO MANUFACTURE BRAKE LINES. BRAKE LINE SUDDENLY BURST, LUCKILY AT VERY SLOW SPEED, WHILE LEAVING A PARKING PLACE. GM DEALER "REPAIRED" BRAKE LINES IMMEDIATELY, INDICATING THAT THE BREACH WAS AT A SINGLE CORRODED SPOT IN THE LINE. APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR LATER, BRAKE LINE, AGAIN,SUDDENLY BURST, AGAIN, LUCKILY AT VERY SLOW SPEED IN A FARM FIELD. SAME GM DEALER REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES, INDICATING THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. BRAKES AND STEERING ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY SYSTEMS ON A VEHICLE; ONE CANNOT KILL/INJURE ONE'S SELF IF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RUN, WILL NOT START OR LOOKS TERRIBLE. THESE ESSENTIAL SAFETY SYSTEMS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED OF NONCORROSIVE MATERIALS, FOR PENNIES IN EXTRA COST TO GM. GM HAS RESPONDED PUBLICLY THAT THIS IS A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE AND THESE VEHICLE ARE SIMPLY "TOO OLD". THIS IS A LAME EXCUSE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT SAFETY SYSTEM! PLEASE ASK GM WHY THIS PROBLEM IS NOT PRESENT WITH ALL MAKES AND MODELS OF VEHICLES OF A SIMILAR AGE. *TR

WENT BACK UP TO A BOAT TRAILER PEDAL WENT ALL WAY TO THE FLOOR! HAD NO BRAKES PUMP PEDAL TO HAVE ANY BRAKES WENT TO REPAIR SHOW HAD USE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PUMP BRAKE PEDAL HOLIDAY WEEK LUCKY SOMEBODY HAD PARTS ALSO GET USE IN! ALSO PULLED A 5TH WHEEL WEIGHT OF AROUND 8,900PDS BEFORE THAT LUCKY I WASN'T TOWING IT THREW BROWN COUNTY AND MONROE RES IN INDIANA ARE IT WOULD KILLED ME AND MY FAMILY COULD NOT KEEP IT SLOWED DOWN HAVE USE MY TRAILER BRAKE ON THE 5TH WHEEL IF THAT COULD EVEN STOP USE! *TR

WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I QUICKLY DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF MY BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED. AFTER INSPECTING MY BRAKE LINES, I FOUND EXTREMELY HIGH AMOUNTS OF RUST THROUGHOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE LINES. THE BRAKE LINE THAT RUPTURED HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FAILURE. I HAVE REPLACED THE TWO LINES THAT WERE RUSTED THE WORST AND HOPE TO REPLACE THEM ALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT BRAKE LINES SHOULD RUST ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH AT THIS LOW OF A MILEAGE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO DEAL WITH ON ITS TRUCKS AND CARS AS IT COULD CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS CRASH AND POSSIBLY DEATH TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE OR HOW TO CHECK FOR IT. *JS