2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

REAR STEEL BRAKELINE FAILURE CAUSED BY RUST-THROUGH, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKEFLUID. LEAK WAS AT BEND OVER FRAME BRACKET AND FITTING FOR FLEXIBLE RUBBER HOSE FOR REAR AXLE BRAKE . DID UNDER VEHICLE INSPECTION OF BRAKELINES ON VEHICLE, ALL BRAKELINES FRONT AND REAR NEED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION. LINES BETWEEN MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS BRAKE CONTROLLER AND LINES TO ALL SERVICE BRAKES NEED REPLACEMENT. LOSS OF REAR BRAKES CAUSED REAR BRAKES TO FAIL. REMAINING FRONT BRAKES SYSTEM WOULD HAVE BEEN USELESS IF LOSS WAS AT HIGH SPEED. *TR

THE BRAKES FAILED IN TRAFFIC APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. A SEVERE COLLISION WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A BRAKE LINE BETWEEN THE ABS CONTROLLER AND THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING A SUDDEN RUPTURE AND BRAKE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, ALL BRAKE LINES WERE FOUND TO BE SEVERELY RUSTED FROM END TO END. *TR

LUCKY I WAS SITTING AT A WENDY'S PICKUP WINDOW WHEN I FELT A POP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CHECKED AND FOUND THAT 2 OF MY BRAKE LINES HAD PIN HOLES LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED ALONG WITH GAS LINE (FROM MASTER CYL TO ABS BLOCK AND BACK) IT IS SITTING AT A CHEVY DEALER IN VA BEACH BECAUSE THEY SAID COST OVER 3000 TO FIX OR TOTAL IT, GLAD IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS REALLY DRIVING LIKE ON THE WAY HOME TO PA AFTER VAC. *TR

I LIVE IN A SECTION OF TOWN WHERE THERE ARE NUMEROUS, STEEP HILLS. ON THE WAY HOME, I BEGAN BRAKING TO KEEP BELOW THE 35MPH SPEED LIMIT, AND THE BRAKES WENT WAY FURTHER DOWN THAN NORMAL, BUT THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN. SINCE I WAS VERY CLOSE TO HOME, I KEPT GOING ON MY WAY VERY SLOWLY. I DOWNSHIFTED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIRST GEAR THE NEXT TIME I NEEDED TO BRAKE (AT MY HOUSE), THIS TIME THE BRAKE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FINALLY STOPPED WHEN I WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR, I DISCOVERED THE RUSTY BRAKE LINE THAT HAD RUPTURED, AND SEVERAL OTHER BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES THAT WERE VERY RUSTY AS WELL. TRUCK REMAINS PARKED FOR NOW, TO REPLACE THE BROKEN LINE, (THE ONE THAT RUNS FROM THE ABS/PROPORTIONER TO THE REAR BRAKES) AND THE OTHER RUSTY BRAKE LINES AS WELL AS THE RUSTY FUEL LINES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK WHEN THE DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 141,600 UPDATED 08/16/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON BFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE BRAKE LIGHTS. UPDATED 08/21/12

BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATES AND BUZZES. BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED AND REPAIRED FOR THIS BEFORE, AND NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN, SEVERAL YEARS LATER. *TR

MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AFTER A STOP LITE PUT MY FOOT ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME, STOPPED AND SAW MY REAR DRIVER SIDE LINE LEAKING. *TR

ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE STEERING GOT HARD STEERING THE INSTRUMENTAL LITES CAME ON WHEN I WAS DRIVING, THEN WENT OFF THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, THEN I WAS BACKING UP AND TURNING FAIRLY SHARP TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE MOTOR DIED. I STARTED THE ENGINE BACK UP AND MY STEERING WAS HARD TO STEER. ALSO EVERY TIME I TURNED TO THE RIGHT THE TIRE SOUND LIKE THE TIRE RUB ON SOMETHING BUT I NEVER SEEN ANY RUB MARKS ANY WHERE. I DO THINK THAT IF I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. I HAVE CHECKED AND SEEN WHERE ALOT OF 2001 CHEVY SUBURBANS HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHEVY SHOULD DEFINETLY RECALL AND CHECK NO MATTER HOW MANY MILES. *TT

I WAS PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE AND THERE WAS NO BRAKES ALSO HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT OF STORE .I TOOK TO GM DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH HUB BEARINGS WERE LOOSE AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED ME TO LOSE ALL MY BRAKES. I HIT A CONCRETE HANDICAP SIGN WAS LUCKY NOT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHY WOULD GM MAKE A TRUCK THAT WOULD LOSE ITS BRAKES IF A BEARING WAS LOOSE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE TRUCK THAT THE SAME THING MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN AND MAYBE THE NEXT TIME I WON'T BE SO LUCKY. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 4 DAYS EARLIER MY ABS LIGHT FLICKERED ON THEN OFF 1 TIME. REMAINED OFF AFTER THAT. *TR

STARTED TRUCK, WENT TO PUT IN GEAR AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO FLOOR. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND HAD A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID APPROXIMATELY UNDER THE FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR. UPON INSPECTION, THE LINE THAT WENT FROM THE ABS MODULE UP TO THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HAD RUPTURED (SMALL PIN HOLE). ALL THE BRAKE LINES ON THE TRUCK ARE ABOUT RUSTED THROUGH. THIS RUPTURE LEFT ME WITH NO BRAKES ON THE TRUCK. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT WHILE PUTTING IN GEAR INSTEAD OF WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE ON THE ROADS. *TR