2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME APPLIED HIS BRAKES FOR A DISABLED VEHICLE IN THE ROADWAY. I BEGAN TO PRESS MINE WHEN THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. I BEGAN TO PUMP THE BRAKES QUICKLY HOPING THE SYSTEM WOULD SEND FLUID TO THE OTHER SET WHICH IT DID NOT. IN ORDER TO PREVENT IMPACTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR THE DISABLED VEHICLE, I HAD TO SEND THE VEHICLE ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC, LAUNCH OVER A ROADSIDE DITCH AND COME TO A STOP IN A CORN FIELD. THE FAILURE WAS A PINHOLE BLOWOUT UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHERE THE BRAKE WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS SILVERADO NOV. 2000, WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I HAD REPLACED MY LEFT FRONT DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT. TO DATE I HAVE REPLACE THIS SAME LEFT FRONT DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT NO LESS THAN 9 TIMES. MY WIFE HAS A SUBURBAN AND IT IS A 2009 AND WE HAVE REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT APPROX. 4 TIMES. YOU CAN NOT DRIVE DOWN A ROAD OR HIGHWAY AND LOOK AT AN ONCOMING CHEVY TRUCK/SUV WITHOUT SEEING A DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT OUT. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NOTICE OR RECALL OF ANY TYPE. CHEVY IS GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. *TR

MY BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES ARE SO RUSTED I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE DAY THAT ONE OF THEM BREAKS. AND POSSIBLE KILLS SOMEONE. I JUST HOPE THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN BEFORE GM DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I AM HOLDING OFF REPLACING THE LINES TO SEE IF GM IS GOING TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM. I DONT USE THIS TRUCK FOR FEAR OF GETTING INTO AND ACCIDENT!!!! *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE AND HAD TO REACH INTO PASSENGER SEAT WHICH RESULTED IN ME APPLYING A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE ONTO MY BRAKE PEDAL. MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR BOARD AND I KNEW SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG. I PROCEEDED TO GO STRAIGHT HOME AND NOTICED MUCH LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES. I CHECKED UNDER MY VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY AND SAW THAT MY BRAKE LINE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 45 MPH DOWN THE ROAD WHEN A GROUP OF THREE DUCKS RAN INTO THE ROAD. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS IN AN EMERGENCY AND THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT BECAUSE IT WAS MADE OF STEEL AND HAD RUSTED OUT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I RAN OVER THE DUCKS. I AM GLAD THAT IT WASN'T FOR A CAR OR PERSON THAT I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP. *TR

AS I WAS COMING DOWN A HILL TOWARD STOPPED TRAFFIC I APPLIED MY BRAKES.THE BRAKE STARTED TO SLOW THE TRUCK THEN WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.TO AVOID THE STOPPED CAR IN FRONT OF ME I TURNED TOWARD THE SHOULDER OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND THE CAR AND STAY BETWEEN THE CAR AND A DRAIN RUNOFF ON THE SHOULDER.I CONTINUED ON THE SHOULD STILL TRYING TO STOP I SPLIT BETWEEN A TELEPHONE POLE AND A TREE.I FINALLY CAME TO A STOPPED ABOUT 75FT AFTER THAT.I GOT OUT TO CHECK UNDER THE TRUCK AT EACH TIRE.THERE WAS NO FLUID.I PROCEEDED TO OPEN THE HOOD AND CHECK THE MASTER CYLINDER.IT WAS FULL.I WENT BACK UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR AND UNDER THE DOOR HINGES ON THE FRAME THE WAS BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER. *TR

TWO OF THE FACTORY EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ARE BROKEN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE ENGINE, THE BACK TWO NEAREST THE FIRE WALL. THERE IS AN EXHAUST LEAK DUE TO THE FACTORY EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAKING OFF, AND THE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING EXHAUST WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE FIREWALL MATERIAL WHICH I AM WORRIED THAT MIGHT CATCH ON FIRE. GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON SILVERADOS TO FIX AND REPAIR THEM. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED, ALL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED, I HAVE NEVER SEEN BRAKE LINES IN THIS BAD OF A CONDITION ON A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD.CHEVY SHOULD OWN UP TO THEIR CHEAPNESS AND DO SAFETY RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE OR STOP. THE CONTACT AVOIDED TRAFFIC BY MANEUVERING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES SUFFERED FROM SEVERE CORROSION AND HAD BEGUN TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 149,000.

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIGH ST. IN CORTLAND OHIO, AND WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A LIGHT, THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I AVERTED AN ACCIDENT BY STEERING LEFT AND APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. *TR