2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

MY 16 YR OLD SON DROVE THRU AN INTERSECTION WITH NO BRAKES. JUST AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. I KNOW 4 OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THE SAME KIND OF VEHICAL WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I WILL BE CONTACTING THEM SO THEY CAN ALSO FILL THIS COMPLAINT OUT. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE TO GET THIS MESS FIXED UP ?????????? *TR

BRAKES WERE STAYING APPLIED AFTER BRAKING. SMELL OF BURNING BRAKES. BRAKES AND ROTORS WORN DOWN AND BRAKING DISTANCE WAS AFFECTED. BRAKE HOSES WERE FAILING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS WORN DOWN ALSO. REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS HAD BEEN REPLACED 7 MONTHS EARLIER. *TR

THE 1ST INCIDENT THIS YEAR HAPPENED IN MARCH 2012. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A HILL AT 25 MPH I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP ON THE LEVEL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THANK GOD THERE WAS NOT ANY ONE CROSSING THE STREET OR ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE MECHANIC SAID THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED FROM THE METAL LINE BEING CORRODED. COST $300.00 + TOWING. COST TO REPLACE ALL LINES IS OVER A $1,000.00. CANNOT AFFORD NEW TRUCK OR THAT TYPE OF EXPENDITURE AT THIS TIME. THE 2ND INCIDENT HAPPENED TODAY, MAY 2012. WHILE TRAVELING ON A LEVEL HIGHWAY AT 35 MPH A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME FROM A GAS STATION AND I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD. I FELT A PULSE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR I WENT UP OVER A VERY HIGH CURB, OVER A WALKWAY AND THROUGH A PARKING LOT. I JAMMED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BRING IT TO A STOP. LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THE FRAME IS COVERED WITH BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. ANOTHER GUY STOPPED TO SEE IF I WAS O.K.. I HAD HIM PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK. YOU COULD SEE THE FLUID SQUIRTING OUT OF 2 CORRODED, RUPTURED BRAKE LINES. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH METAL CORROSION ON THIS TRUCK SINCE DAY ONE. THE REAR BUMPER HAD EXTENSIVE RUST IN 3 YEARS. WENT TO DEALER, GOT THE RUN AROUND. I REPLACED ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS WITH LESS THAN 35,000 AND THE PADS WERE MAINTAINED DURING THIS TIME. WENT TO DEALER, DEALER SAID THAT WAS NORMAL WEAR FOR A ROTOR. GIVE ME A BRK. IT SOUNDS LIKE BAD METAL WAS USED THROUGHOUT THIS TRUCK. *TR

THE BRAKES WENT OUT - NOT TOTALLY OUT I BUT HAD TO PUSH THE BREAKS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE CAR TO SLOWLY STOP. I HAD VERY LITTLE STOPPING POWER. SHORTLY THEREAFTER (3- 4 MINUTES LATER ) THE INSTRUMENT BREAK WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. HAD I BEEN GOING ANY FASTER I WOULD HAVE SURELY BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER. THEY DISCOVERED A LEAKING BREAK LINE. THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF EXCESSSIVE RUST IN THE BREAK LINE. THE WARNING LIGHT SHOULD HAVE COME ON MUCH SOONER AND THE BREAK LINE SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. $3,000 LATER, IT WAS FIXED. *JS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND MY BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY OUT. NO WARNING LIGHT THAT IS A LIE AND SO IS THE STATEMENT ABOUT IT SLOWLY COMING TO A STOP. LUCKILY I WAS GOING UP A HILL SO IT CAME TO A STOP THEN STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC AND I HAD TO GO OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A POLE AND BROKE MY TAILGATE OFF CAUSE THE TAILGATE PINS WERE RUSTED TO AND I LIVE IN ALABAMA. NO SALT ANYWHERE. THANKS CHEVY, NOW I CAN'T EVEN FIX THE TRUCK BECAUSE ITS GOING TO COST ME 1,000 DOLLARS. *TR

MY WIFE WAS ON AN ERRAND AND WHEN SHE GOT INTO THE TRUCK TO COME HOME THE BRAKE PEDDLE WAS SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP. SHE WAS SCARED AND TESTED THE BRAKES AND FOUND THERE WAS SOME SO CAME HOME SLOWLY WITH A PLAN IN HER MIND TO HIT SOMETHING OTHER THAN ANOTHER CAR IN THE CASE THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED BUT WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE. THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED REPEATEDLY AND THEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK); HOWEVER THE REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

THIS TRUCK HAS SEVERAL EXHAUST HEADER BOLTS THAT ARE BREAKING OFF. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT AND SHOULD BE A RECALL TO REPLACE THE EXHAUST HEADER BOLTS THEY SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING OFF AND THEY ARE CAUSING EMISSION ERRORS AND NEEDING MAJOR REPAIRS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 81,220.

I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE HAS SUFFERED SAME EXACT PROBLEMS OUTLINED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE05020 AND RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000. WHEN TRYING TO STOP IN PARKING LOT OR PARKING GARAGE THE ABS WOULD ACTIVATE AT VERY LOW SPEEDS AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. I WOULD RUN INTO CEMENT WHILE CHOCKS OR BLOCKS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO STOP A CAR IN PARKING LOTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5-10 TIMES IN MY VEHICLE. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS BECAUSE THE ABS HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED BY VEHICLE. LAST MONTH I HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP AND MY TRUCK SKIDDED OUT OF CONTROL, HAD TO RELEASE BRAKES TO REGAIN CONTROL. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENTS YET. *TR