2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES FAILED INCREASING THE STOPPING DISTANCE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT, THE FRONT AND THE REAR BRAKE LINES WAS CORRODED AND RUSTED. IN ADDITION, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ACTUATOR WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

WITHOUT WARNING, LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY TO PICK OUR 2 YEAR OLD UP FROM THE BABYSITTER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A WARNING ALARM SIMULTANEOUSLY ALERTED ME OF THE BRAKE FAILURE. THANKFULLY, THIS HAPPENED IN OUR DRIVEWAY ON THE WAY TO PICK UP OUR CHILD! I CAN'T IMAGINE THE POTENTIAL TRAGEDY HAD IT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES, THEY WERE SERIOUSLY RUSTED AND PRACTICALLY CRUMBLED IN MY HUSBAND'S HANDS. *TR

ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2014 WHILE ON A FRIENDS PROPERTY IN PLACERVILLE, CA, MY SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BED OF MY TRUCK. I'D BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2003 AND DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING USED THE TIRE SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. I WAS ABLE TO FIND A COUPLE OF THE PARTS THAT SECURED THE SPARE UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK. IN ONE SENSE, I WAS GLAD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE ON A FREEWAY DOING 65 MPH. WHAT A CATASTROPHE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR OTHER DRIVERS BEHIND ME. THE VEHICLE IS NOT USED FOR OFF-ROAD PURPOSES. *TR

WHILE APPROACHING A LEFT TURN AND APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW FROM 45 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE FORCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRAKING PROCESS. THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFTING INTO PARK. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE IN THE REAR DRIVERS BRAKE LINE APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES AHEAD OF THE UNION JOINT JOINING THE FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE T TO THE STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM THE ABS UNIT. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE LINE AS WELL AS THE REMAINING BRAKE LINES APPEARED TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. *JS

DRIVING TRUCK OUT OF PARKING AREA AT HOUSE ENTERING STREET AND BOTH BRAKE LINES SUPPLY TO ABS BROKE. THIS LEFT ME WITH NO BRAKES TO FRONT OR BACK. JUST ENOUGH BRAKE FLUID TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN BACK INTO PARKING AREA BEHIND MY HOUSE. HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE TO FULLY STOP TRUCK. CALLED FOR A FLAT BED TRUCK TO HAUL MY TRUCK TO LOCAL AUTO SHOP TO HAVE BRAKES REPAIRED. THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED ,CORROSION PROBLEM !. $1000 BRAKE LINE REPAIR. COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS TIME IF I WAS ON THE BUSY STREET ONE MORE BLOCK FARTHER IN MY TRAVEL.SECOND TIME BRAKE LINE BROKE ON THIS TRUCK. ^ MONTHS AGO REPLACED ONE LINE ON BACK BRAKE, SAME PROBLEM.NOW LINES UNDER DRIVERS CAB BOTH BROKE UNDER PEDAL STRESS. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN ON BOTH LINES. HAD MANY OTHER TRUCKS AND CARS AND NEVER SAW SUCH POOR QUALITY BRAKE LINES. IF THIS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL ABOUT IT.WIFE WAS IN TRUCK ALSO AND PULLING A 14FT BOAT.ANY DAMAGES OR BODILY INJURY WOULD BE PUT ON GM AND THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT SELECTION OF BRAKE LINES. SHOULD BE A RECALL YEARS AGO. THOUSANDS OF GM TRUCK OWNERS HAVE PROBLEMS. MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE HAD SAME BRAKE LINE PROBLEMS. ONLY 70,000 MILES ON TRUCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT FOUR OF THE EXHAUST HEADER MANIFOLD BOLT HEADS WERE MISSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSE THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND BOLTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH ON A SMOOTH PAVED COUNTY ROAD WITH MY A/C ON. IT WAS ABOUT 78 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I HAD THE A/C RUNNING ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE AIR JUST TURNED WARM. I TRIED 3 TIMES TURNING OFF THE A/C AND BACK ON, AND THE AIR FAILED TO COOL. I STOPPED THE TRUCK, TURNED THE A/C ON, GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE A/C COMPRESSOR. THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS NOT ENGAGING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNDETERMINED. 2 OTHER MECHANICS FAILED TO FIND THE PROBLEM AS WELL. THE SYSTEM WAS CHARGED CORRECTLY, NOT LEAKING, AND EVEN REPLACED THE HVAC CONTROL MODULE AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. THERE ARE MANY OTHER CASES JUST LIKE MINE AND I WOULD LIKE GM TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM. I AM PROUD TO BE A GM CUSTOMER AND HAVE ALWAYS LIKED MY GM PICKUPS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. ..UPDATED 08-28-14 *BF UPDATED 09/16/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK INTO THE FLOORBOARD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BACKING PLATE FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. AS A RESULT, THE BACKING PLATE, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND FRACTURED CAUSING AN EXTENSIVE LEAK. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V045000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V161000 (PARKING BRAKE). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.