2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AT STOP LIGHT WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO STOP BY USING EMERGENCY BRAKE. AAA TOWED TO LOCAL GAS STATION AND DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND HAD RUPTURED AT ONE POINT. TECHNICIAN ORDERED A BRAKE LINE "KIT" FROM GM AND INSTALLED IT FOR TOTAL COST OF ABOUT $1000.00. AFTER 3 MONTHS, I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES FELT SOFT, AND DISCOVERED IT NEEDED 3/4 CAN OF BRAKE FLUID. CLOSER INSPECTION UNDER VEHICLE DISCLOSED ANOTHER BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINE LOCATED ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE FRAME & THE TRUCK BED. (IT APPEARS THE BED WILL HAVE TO BE LIFTED TO REPLACE THIS LINE. IT EITHER WASN'T PART OF THE KIT, OR THE REPAIR STATION SKIPPED REPLACING IT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD TO GET TO.) MY COMPLAINT WOULD BE THAT NON-STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE USED ORIGINALLY, AND THAT THE LINES THAT WERE INSTALLED ARE OF INFERIOR QUALITY THAT WILL RUST OUT AND FAIL. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK WHEN MINE FAILED BECAUSE I WASN'T GOING THAT FAST, THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME, AND IT WAS EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I'M NOT SURE A YOUNGER DRIVER GOING FASTER IN TRAFFIC COULD STOP BEFORE A COLLISION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE SERVICE BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT NEEDING REPLACEMENT. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP CHARGED $772.70. SERVICE MANAGER SAYS MANY PROBLEMS. GM OFFERS KIT TO REPLACE LINES. SHOULD BE RECALLED. NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM IN 50 YEARS AS I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLES. I COULD NO LONG WAIT FOR A RECALL. THE BRAKE LINES WERE TERRIBLE. MY 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK HAS TWICE THE MILEAGE AND LINES LOOK LIKE NEW. BRAKE LINES SHOULD LAST LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. HOW CAN YOU INVESTIGATE FOR 4 YEARS AND DO NOTHING? *TR

ON JUNE 27,2014 APPROX. 6:30PM MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AS I WAS BACKING UP TO TURN MY TRUCK AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY. I PROCEEDED TO PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE AND PUSHED THE BRAKE AGAIN AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE CAB. I GOT A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. I ALSO NOTICED HOW EXTREMELY RUSTY THE BRAKE LINES WERE. THE BRAKE LINES WERE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE FROM RUST THAT REPAIRING IT WAS NOT AN OPTION. THE LINES NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO SHELOR MOTOR MILE IN CHRISTIANSBURG, VA ON 7/3/14. I TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO RUSTED TO REPAIR AND I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT WITH THE BRAKE LINES IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. I PICKED UP MY TRUCK ON 7/10/14 AND I ALSO GOT MY OLD BRAKE LINES THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK. AFTER I GOT HOME I GOT UNDER THE TRUCK AND LOOKED AT THE NEW BRAKE LINES AND NOTICED THEY HAD A BLACK COATING ON THEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE COATING WAS TO RUST PROOF THE BRAKE LINES WHICH THE OLD LINES DID NOT HAVE. I FELT VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN REAL BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES COLLAPSED LEAVING MY TRUCK WITH MINIMAL STOPPING POWER . THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWO TIMES IN ONE MONTH. MY MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON THE LINES. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY ABOUT 70 MPH AND NEEDED TO BRAKE QUICKLY FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD AND THERE WAS NO PRESSURE. THE RED BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY, BUT THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE APPLYING THE BRAKES. WITH DIFFICULTY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND BARELY MISSED THE VEHICLE WAY OUT IN FRONT AND THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND CREW. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH. *TR

I WAS GETTING READY TO BRAKE MY VEHICLE AT A STOP SIGN, AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. I ONLY LIVED CLOSE BY SO I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHEN I INSPECTED THE TRUCK , BRAKE FLUID WAS ALL OVER MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I COULD SEE MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STEEL BRAKE LINE WAS ROTTED OUT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND STEPPED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR I WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. I HAD IT REPAIRED AND THEN HAPPENED TWICE MORE. KNOW I HAD TO ORDER SS. BRAKE LINES BEFORE MY WIFE OR SOMEONE ELSE GOT KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO SPILL FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 09/05/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE APPEARS SAFE BUT, THE NEW LINES APPEAR TO BE SIMILAR MATERIAL FROM THE PREVIOUS DEFECTED LINES. UPDATED 12/3/2014 *JS

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE , , I TRIED TO STOP, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP . ALL THE BRAKE LINE WERE RUSTED OUT , I FIND OUT NOW GM SELLS A REPLACEMENT KIT WITH THE LINE COATED IN ABS PLASTIC. GM KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK. *TR