2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TRAVELED TO STORE ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS AWAY FROM MY RESIDENCE. UPON RETURNING, I NOTICED MY BRAKES BARELY WORKING WHILE GOING DOWNHILL ON STREET. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT AND USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET TO BOTTOM OF HILL. AT BOTTOM OF HILL IS MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS ABLE TO ENTER MY DRIVEWAY AND PARK. I COULD SEE A LIQUID DRIPPING RAPIDLY -- BRAKE FLUID-- UNDER THE TRUCK ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I OPENED THE HOOD AND CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL, ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT LEFT. WITHIN FIVE MINUTES THE REST OF THE BRAKE FLUID HAD DRAINED OUT WITH GRAVITY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME OR CROSSING THE STREET. NOTE: THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON DASH LIT PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. BRAKING LOSS HAPPENED FIRST. SEEMS LIKE BRAKE LINE JUST SPLIT/BURST.

LEAVING MY DRIVE WAY MY BRAKE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. AFTER CHECKING FOR PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THE METAL BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKES HAD RUSTED THROUGH IN THE ENGINE AREA AND BRAKE FLUID WAS BEING SPRAYED ON THE MANIFOLD. (IF ENGINE WAS HOTTER THEIR COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE.) TRUCK IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY STILL NOT FIXED.

APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON EXAMINATION I FOUND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM A RUSTED LINE AT THE READ RIGHT OF THE TRUCK WHERE THE BRAKE LINE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CONNECTS TO THE RUBBER HOSE THAT FEEDS BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR BRAKES. THE REST OF THE LINES LOOK GREAT BUT THAT MAIN FEED IS RUSTED AND FAILED. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME IN ALL YEARS OWNING VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THERE WAS AN INCREASED IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND CORRODED CAUSING THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRAKE LINE, SPRAYING OUT BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE SUSPENSION AND RELEASING ALL PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND I HAD TO STOP WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE INSTEAD.

NO WARNING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME A BRAKE LINE HAS BLOWN OUT ON THIS TRUCK. I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO NO RESISTANCE UNTIL THE PEDAL HIT SOMETHING METAL. THE TRUCK DID COME TO A GRADUAL STOP. THIS IS A WELL MAINTAINED TRUCK WITH JUST UNDER 39000 MILES ON IT. REGULAR NYS INSPECTIONS, OIL AND GREASED AND LOOKED OVER BY A MECHANIC EVERY 3000 MILES. THIS IS NOT A WEAR PROBLEM AS GM MAINTAINS.

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THAT A BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT ON THIS TRUCK. NO WARNING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. APPLIED BRAKES COMING TO A STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO PEDAL RESPONSE. THIS TRUCK IS KEPT CLEAN AND MILEAGE IS UNDER 34000. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS.

BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT WHEN APPLING BRAKES TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. NO PEDAL RESPONSE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.

DRIVING DOWNHILL ON MY (400' LONG) DRIVEWAY I DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP AT THE BOTTOM BEFORE ENTERING TRAFIC. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETLEY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS COMING. I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP. I DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM RUSTED LINES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, MID-WAY DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE TRUCK. UPON FURTHUR INVESTICATION I NOTED ALL BRAKES LINES ARE SEVERLY RUSTED. BASED ON THE LOCATION AND MANNER THESE LINES ARE ROUTED, I WOULD NOT CLASSIFY THEM AS A MAINTENANCE ITEM. PLEASE HELP.

VEHICLE DEVELOPED A GAS LINE LEAK, AND UPON INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THAT ALL FUEL AND BRAKE LINES ON VEHICLE HAVE EXTENSIVE CORROSION AND ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ARE IN NEAR NEW CONDITION, THE ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE AND GAS LINES IS CLEARLY A METALLURGICAL ISSUE AND TO THE EXTENT THIS PROBLEM IS, IS NOT A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM AND IT PUTS LARGE NUMBERS OF CONSUMERS AT RISK. THERE IS NO WAY THAT A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE SHOULD REQUIRE REPAIR COSTS IN EXCESS OF $3000.00 FOR THIS TYPE OF SAFETY ISSUE.