2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WAS HOOKING UP TRAILER AND STARTED TO MOVE TOUCHED THE BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY INTO . ALL BRAKE LINES VERY RUSTY. BECAUSE OF RUST I HAVE REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS,ALL 4 CALIPERS ALL 4 SHOCKS, ALWAYS PARKED IN GARAGE.THE TRUCK FRAME IS TOTAL RUST. THE RIMS HAD TO BE PAINTED BECAUSE OF RUST THE SPARE IS SOLID RUST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK EARLY ONE MORNING. A SAAB WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGNED AND I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKES. ALL BRAKE LINES BLEW.. COST ME OVER $600.00 TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. FAULTY BRAKE LINES ON TRUCK, I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IF I DIDN'T SWERVE AROUND SAAB ! THESE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED... *TR

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I GOT HOME I SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING OUT OF STEEL LINE. WHEN I TOOK TO GET REPAIRED THEY PUT TRUCK ON LIFT AND I SAW THAT STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND HOLES OPENED UP IN LINES.THIS WAS A COSTLY REPAIR AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

I STARTED MY TRUCK IN ORDER TO PUT IT AWAY IN THE GARAGE, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INVESTIGATION, I FOUND A POOL OF BRAKE FLUID BELOW THE TRUCK. I ALSO SAW THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WENT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT REPAIR COSTS, AND WAS TOLD THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE OVER $1,000.00. I HAVE NEVER SEEN CORROSION LIKE THIS IN ANY VEHICLE THAT WAS LESS THAT 25 YEARS OLD. I HAVE RESTORED MANY VINTAGE CARS, AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A STEEL BRAKE LINE DUE TO CORROSION. I HAD MY TWO YOUNG GRANDSONS AND MY WIFE IN THIS TRUCK WITH ME LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, AND IF THIS BRAKE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, IT IS LIKELY THAT WE ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THESE VEHICLES ARE TICKING TIME BOMBS, AND MUST BE TAKEN OFF OF THE ROADS. I HAVE GARAGED THIS TRUCK SINCE I PURCHASED IT AS A NEW VEHICLE, AND IT HAS BEEN SERVICED AT OUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP PER THE MANUFACTURER'S SCHEDULE. THE CORROSION ISSUE IS NOT DUE TO NEGLECT, BUT RATHER TO THE USE OF SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL. THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED AND RECTIFIED. *TR

ABS SENSORS FAULTY NO BRAKES,NEXT BRAKE PROBLEM ON 5-31-2011 BRAKE LINE ROTTED NO BRAKES,NEXT BRAKE PROBLEM 6-24-13 NO BRAKES AGAIN ABS SENSORS BROKE AGAIN,NEXT BRAKE PROBLEM,7-20-2013 ALL BRAKE LINES ROTTED NEED TO BE REPLACED NO BRAKES AGAIN COST TO ME SO FAR ALMOST $2800.00. *TR

I WAS COMING TO A NORMAL STOP AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, I WAS SLOWING DOWN NORMALLY THEN BEGAN TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. ABOUT HALF-WAY OF PEDAL TRAVEL, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH NO RESISTANCE AND I COULD NOT STOP MY CHEVY SILVERADO 2002. I HAD TO SUDDENLY VEER INTO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME THAT ALREADY HAD STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I THEN HAD TO QUICKLY SHIFT DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS TO GET THE TRUCK TO SLOW DOWN, THEN AFTER THE TRUCK HAD SLOWED DOWN A LOT, I SHIFTED INTO PARK TO FORCE THE TRUCK TO COME TO A STOP. AFTER I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND STOP THE TRUCK, I EXISTED THE TRUCK AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE WHEELS AND SAW BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER THE DRIVERSIDE FRONT WHEEL WELL. THE BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC TO FIX IT AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. HE ALSO INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINES FOR THE OTHER THREE WHEELS AND RECOMMENDED ALL OF THEM GET REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY SILVERADO GMT800 TRUCKS FROM MODEL YEARS 1999 AND UP. *TR

WHILE BLEEDING BRAKE SYSTEM AFTER CHANGING REAR CALIPERS FOUND A RUPTURE IN THE BRAKE LINE ON THE FRAME BY THE FRONT TIRE. THE LINE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND FAILED. LUCKILY IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT THE HIGHWAY. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHILE SHIFTING OUT OF PARK (LUCKILY) .BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. ALL 4 BRAKE LINES TO THE ABS ARE RUSTED AND ALL MUST BE REPLACED. ALSO PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK EVEN THOUGH ALL PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FRONT BRAKE FAILURE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES, BUT REPAIRS INCLUDED BRAKE LINES, CALIPERS AND PADS DUE TO CORROSION OF SAID LINES AND CALIPER ASSEMBLIES. SHOP SAID THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR GM PRODUCTS REGARDLESS OF AGE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO BRAKELINES RUSTED OUT, HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKELINES. POWERPLANT COMPANY TRUCK. *TR