2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND COMING TO A STOP THE AT A JUCTION THE OTHER DAY THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, NO WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO PRESS THE FOOT BRAKE AND LOCK IT TO STOP THE TRUCK, SCARIEST THING EVER HAVE GONE THROUGH. NOT TO BE IN CONTROL OF A 1/2 TON TRUCK COMING TO A STOP. I THOUGHT FOR SURE I WAS GOING TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. I FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE BRAKE LINES COULD BE LEAKING BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THEM, SURE ENOUGH THEY WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR ALL THE FLUID TO EMPTYED FROM THE MASTER CYCLINDER. AFTER SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I LEARNED THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR GM AND THE CHEVY SILVERADO AND OTHER GM TRUCKS. BRAKES LINES RUSTING OUT AFTER AS LITTLE AS 4 YEARS. I CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND LEARNED THAT IT'S A "REGULAR MAINTAINCE ISSUE". ALTHOUGH MANY 1000'S OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE OF BRAKE LINES RUSTING PREMATURLY. ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES $1500!!! SOME OF US JUST DONT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND BUT ILL HAVE TOSAFTLY COMES FIRST GM

I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AS THE STEEL LINE LEADING TOWARD THE REAR AXLE BURST, THE FAILURE OCCURRED NEAR THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL IN THE LINE FOLLOWING THE TOP OF THE LEFT FRAME RAIL TOWARD THE REAR AXLE. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN IT HAPPENED, SO NO PERSONAL INJURY OCCURRED.THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND PASSED ANNUALLY, WITH THE LAST INSPECTION TAKING PLACE EIGHT MONTHS AGO IN SEPTEMBER 2014.

DRIVING DOWN MY STREET TO GO TO STORE WENT TO STOP AT END OF STREET TO TURN LEFT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I ALMOST RUN INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I THEN BACK UP AND BUT IT IN FRONT OF HOUSE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A MAIN ROAD AND HAD TO STOP I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT . THE ABS DIDN'T WORK AT ALL IF THIS IS WHAT IT IS SUPPOSE TO DO, THERE WAS NO STOPPING OF THIS TRUCK. THIS WAS THE REAR BRAKE LINE UP BY THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK WITH CONNECTOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM THE BOTTOM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STRUT SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND MADE A DINGING SOUND AS THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD BECOME LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE LURCHES FOR A FEW FEET THEN JUST LETS GO UNTIL IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP SEVERAL FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION. THIS ALSO OCCURS EVERY TIME THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHEN TRYING TO STOP. THE BRAKES SEEM TO SLOW YOU DOWN TO 10 MILES PER HOUR THEN THEY LET GO. AT THIS TIME WE ARE FORCED TO USE THIS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNSAFE. WE WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM FIXED ASAP. *TR

LEAVING THE CAR WASH, FAN QUIT WORKING AND I SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. PIGTAIL TO RESISTOR HAD A BURNT WIRE. GOT PIGTAIL FROM DEALER FOR $95.00. PARTS MANAGER TOLD ME THEY REPLACE 4 OR 5 A MONTH. STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. PURCHASED FAN RESISTOR FROM AUTO PARTS STORE. PROBLEM FIXED. APRIL 2010 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. WENT TO SALVAGE YARD AND GOT 2 USED PIGTAILS AND INSTALLED ONE OF THEM. RESISTOR SEEMED TO BE OK. APPROX. NOVEMBER 2011 RECEIVED LETTER FROM GENERAL MOTORS SAYING THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE PARTS. I DID GET $95.00 BACK FOR THE PIGTAIL BUT COULDN'T FIND THE RECEIPT FOR THE RESISTOR. APRIL 2015 PROBLEM OCCURRING AGAIN. I STILL HAVE ONE USED PIGTAIL I WILL HAVE TO INSTALL, MAYBE THE RESISTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. IF I PARK MY TRUCK IN THE GARAGE I TAKE A CHANCE OF BURNING DOWN MY HOUSE. PLEASE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE. GOT THE TRUCK HOME AND TOWED IT TO A AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED OUT AND WERE LEAKING THE BRAKE FLUID OUT, ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS BECAUSE THE FLUID BLEEDING MECHANISM RUSTED OUT TOO THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND GM SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL, THIS REPAIR HAS COST ME 1350 $. *TR

BRAKE LINES ARE SEEPING BRAKE FLUID DUE TO CORROSION AND ARE FAILING. NOTICEABLE SMELL OF BRAKE FLUID AND LEAKAGE IN FRONT OF TRUCK. BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.