2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR IN PARKING LOT AND "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM " WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO STOP USING PARKING BRAKE. FOUND ALL BRAKE LINES SEVERELY RUSTED AND BRAKE FLUID LEAK UNDER DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. *TR

ALL SIX BRAKE LINES ROTTED AWAY, LOST 2 LINES WHILE DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT, NO WARNING, THANK GOD I WAS CLOSE TO HOME, 2 FRONT CALIPERS ROTTED SO BAD, I COULD NOT BLEED THE LINES... ALL THIS AFTER THE HEADS LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE OIL AT 40,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD CHEVY NEW ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE HEADS, BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BULBS BLEW, GAS GAUGE CLUSTER FAILED, PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK WHEN SHIFTED BACK INTO PARK. SERIOUS FRAME RUST SHOWING.....AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING!!!!!! *TR

I WAS LEAVING MY PARENTS HOUSE SUNDAY NIGHT AUGUST 24, 2014 AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES FOR THE STOP SIGN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAN TO THE FLOOR BEFORE I FELT ANY BRAKING ACTION. MY BRAKE LIGHT/ALARM WENT OFF INSIDE THE CAB OF MY TRUCK AT THIS TIME SAYING I NEED TO SERVICE MY BRAKES. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND THEY WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC. AFTER INSPECTING THE BRAKE LINES, THE REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST ON THE DRIVE SIDE AND SPEWED ALL OF MY REAR BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE PAVEMENT. *TR

JUST LEFT HOME AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HOME. CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WENT TO BRAKE FOR A RED LIGHT. THE TRUCK STARTED TO BRAKE AND THEN MY FOOT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE. MY PICKUP DID NOT STOP AND HAD TO GO THROUGH THE RED LIGHT. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO HONK AND WARN THE OTHER CARS GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THAT I COULDN'T STOP. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP AND PULL OVER. I FOUND THAT THE BRAKES RUPTURED IN TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS. BOTH FRONT AND BACK BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

OK THE PROBLEM I'M ABOUT TO STATE IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 1500 HDS SINCE THEY WHERE NEW AND CHEVY HAS HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OVER THE YEARS WITH A REFUSAL TO REPAIR. THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL IS WHAT THE PEDAL SENSOR TELLS TO MOVE THE THROTTLE BODY. EVERY SO OFTEN (SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY) THIS MODULE WEIRDS OUT AND PUTS THE TRUCK IN TO REDUCED ENGINE POWER (LIMP MODE) AND WON'T DO OVER 25 MPH WHICH IS VERY HAZARDOUS WHEN TRAVELING FREEWAYS AND TURN PIKES WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS HIGH.I MYSELF HAVE BEEN ALMOST RAN OVER BY BIG RIGS BECAUSE MY TRUCK DECIDED TO GO INTO THIS REDUCED ENGINE POWER MODE IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE MULTIPLE TIMES WITH CHEVROLET CORPORATE WITH THEM TELLING ME THAT I'M SCREWED AND TO GET OVER IT. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE MY TRUCK BUT I JUST WISH CHEVY WOULD STAND BY THEIR VEHICLES INSTEAD OF BLOWING US OFF. *TR

REDUCED ENGINE POWER. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS, HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND REPLACED EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS EVEN AFTER REPLACING: ACCELERATOR AND RECEIVER ON THROTTLE BODY AS WELL AS CHECKING WIRING HARNESS FOR ISSUES. ESSENTIALLY, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE THE FUNCTION OF THE ACCELERATOR WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE USE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHY IT STILL IS HAVING THIS ISSUE...THE OTHER DAY THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER MODE SET IN AND AT THE SAME TIME THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THOUGHT THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT AT THE SAME TIME WAS A ONE TIME DEAL BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN THE VERY NEXT DAY. THE VEHICLE HAD THIS ISSUE ON THE HIGHWAY THE OTHER DAY AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IT IS SHOCKING THAT THERE ARE NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, IF YOU LOOK UP FORUMS ON THIS TOPIC THERE ARE OVER 200,000 THREADS ON THIS VERY ISSUES. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FORUM COMPLAINTS ABOUT REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND HOW PEOPLE HAVE SPENT $1000 PLUS AT THE DEALER AND THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTS. THE DRIVE BY WIRE FUNCTIONALITY INSTEAD OF USING A THROTTLE CABLE SEEMS TO BE HAVING ISSUES THAT EVEN GM DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY LOOKING INTO ON THIS SUBJECT. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO MY CIRCLE COMING DOWN THE HILL AND MY BRAKES STARTED TO FEEL VERY SOFT. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL JUST BELOW THE CURB. I WAS JUST GRATEFUL THAT THERE WERE NO CARS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL THIS TIME. WHEN I GOT OUT I SAW A TRAIL OF FLUID ON THE STREET COMING DOWN THE HILL UNDER MY TRUCK. I GOT DOWN AND LOOKED UNDER AND THERE WAS A HUGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID. I TOWED IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID ALL MY BRAKE LINES LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE FROM A 40 YR. OLD CAR, ALL RUSTED OUT. COST ME A BOAT LOAD TO REPLACE, THAT IS AFTER THEY TRACKED DOWN REPLACEMENT LINES (TOOK THEM OVER A WEEK). THANKS CHEVY, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FLAW IN THE LINES ON THIS TRUCK. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY LIFE INTO CONSIDERATION AND RECALLING THESE BRAKE LINES. O WAIT, YOU DIDN'T? THAT'S RIGHT. *TR

GOING OUT OF DRIVE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LATER TURNED OUT TO BE A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED FROM BEING CORRODED. TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK A TREE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. NOT REPORTED TO INSURANCE BECAUSE DEDUCTIBLE HIGHER THAN DAMAGE. THIS FAILURE OF THE BREAK LINE HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE IN 10/2009. LUCKILY NO INJURIES BUT THE NUMBER OF THESE INCIDENTS POINT TO A HAZARDOUS FLAW THAT GM SHOULD ADDRESS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I QUICKLY PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY AND SLAMMED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BECAUSE I HAD ZERO BRAKING FROM THE PEDAL. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND SAW A RUSTED BRAKE LINE DRIPPING FLUID. IF I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY I WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY HURT SOMEONE BECAUSE I LOST ALL BRAKING FUNCTION. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED SEVERELY. NO FLUID LEAKS OR FAILURES YET, BUT I WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT NEW BRAKE LINES FROM GM DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE BEFORE THE LINES FAIL. SEVERE RUST, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE THICKNESS OF THE LINES IS GONE DUE TO RUST. *TR