2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

FRONT BRAKE LINES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT. RAN OFF ROAD TO AVOID COLLISION. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS LATER, REAR BRAKE LINES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. BACKING PLATES ON REAR DISKS HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. ALL CALIPERS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND ALL PARKING BRAKE CABLES HAVE BROKEN DUE TO CORROSION. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 57,000 MILES! *TR

I APPLIED BRAKES GOING DOWN HILL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BE VERY UNRESPONSIVE TO BRAKING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK AFTER A LENGTHY TIME. I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP UP ANY CONDITIONS IF NEEDED TO DO SO IF THERE WASN'T A LONG AREA OF ROAD TO GRADUALLY STOP LIKE I HAD. I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS TRUCK WAS GARAGED MOST OF ITS LIFE AND IS VERY LOW MILEAGE(45K). IT HAS NO RUST ON BODY, ONLY ON THE BRAKE LINES AND I BELIEVE THE FUEL LINES. *TR

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AS VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. VEHICLE ENDS UP 2-5 FEET FURTHER THAN DESIRED STOPPING LOCATION. HUBS, HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES WITH ONLY 61K MILES ON VEHICLE THAT IS GARAGE KEPT. NOTHING HAS FIXED PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

DRIVING ON RT 280 IN NJ. TRAFFIC WAS MERGING TO ONE LANE, GOT CUT OFF BY MERGING CAR, HIT BRAKES HARD, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, WAS ABLE TO STOP BY FLOORING PEDAL, DOWNSHIFTING AND USING RUMBLE STRIP. BRAKE LINES UNDER TRUCK ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED, IT APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED IN MORE THAN ONE SPOT. *TT

I LOST MY BRAKES COMPLETELY, LUCKILY I SUSPECTED A BRAKE LINE LEAKAGE DUE TO THE BRAKE FLUID NEEDING TO BE REFILLED PRIOR TO MY TRIP. THERE WAS CONFUSION AMONGST DRIVERS AHEAD OF ME MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, EVERYONE GOT HARD ON THEIR BRAKES INCLUDING ME. MY ABS KICKED ON AND IMMEDIATELY THE LINE RUPTURED, I SAW A MIST OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR AND MY BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR RENDERING MY BRAKES USELESS. I MISSED REAR ENDING THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME BY INCHES. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP GETTING ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ALL RUSTED FROM FRONT TO BACK AND DEEMED UNSAFE. *KB

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON HIGHWAY,FUEL GAUGE ALL OF A SUDDEN DROP TO EMPTY TRUCK STALLED OUT,JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED TRUCK.PREVIOUS CAR 2000 BUICK LESABRE HAD SAME ISSUE COST ABOUT $500.00 TO REPAIR,ALSO HAVE A 1996 CHEVY VAN THAT DOES THE SAME THING GM CAN NOT TELL ME THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUE,THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF FUEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

WAS PULLING INTO GARAGE APPLIED BRAKES WAS RUNNING 4 MPH ANTI LOCK ACTIVATED PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR HIT WORK BENCH KNOCKED WALL OUT OF BACK OF GARAGE & DAMAGE TRUCK $5000 TOTAL DAMAGE. FOUND OUT WHEEL SENSOR WAS BAD REPLACED NO MORE PROBLEMS. SEAMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S IS SUPPOSE TO HELP YOU STOP SHOULD NOT KEEP YOU FROM STOPPING IF IT GOES BAD CRAPPY FAIL SAFE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN SHE WENT TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VIRTUALLY NO STOPPING ABILITY. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO A PARKING LOT SAFELY. WHEN I ARRIVED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A HUGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK AT THE AREA UNDER THE DRIVERS FEET. UPON INSPECTING THE FAILURE I NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES AT THE POINT WHERE THE CROSS THE FRAME TO THE ABS CONTROL MODULE WERE MASSIVELY RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE THE FLUID WAS PURGING OUT OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE LINES. UPON TESTING THE BRAKES MYSELF THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO STOPPING ABILITY DUE TO COMPLETE LOSS OF ALL BRAKE FLUID AND AIR THAT HAD NOW ENTERED THE SYSTEM. AFTER REVIEWING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET I REALIZED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY GM OWNER HAVING THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. LUCKILY, IT DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH AND INJURIES OR DEATH. HAD THIS HAPPENED 2 WEEKS EARLIER WHILE IS WAS TOWING MY 30 FOOT JAYCO CAMPER, THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT OUTCOME. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT IT IS GOING TO COST TO HAVE THIS FIXED. IN THIRTY YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE OWNED ONLY CHEVROLET'S. THIS WILL PROBABLY CHANGE IN A YEAR OR TWO WHEN I REPLACE THIS VEHICLE AND PROBABLY GO TO A FOREIGN MANUFACTURER, MAY LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! TO REITERATE, THE BRAKES LINES ARE RUSTING ALONG THE FRAME RAIL UNDER THE AREA OF THE DRIVER'S FEET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY FAIL AND ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID IS PURGED. THERE HAD BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION (IE: SEEPING, LEAKING, OR DRIPPING) PRIOR TO THE COMPLETE AND RATHER INSTANT FAILURE. I HAVE TAKEN DIGITAL PICTURES FOR FUTURE PROOF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

PARKING BRAKE IS NOT HOLDING AND WE HAVE USED IT MAYBE 2 OR 3 TIMES. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE ITERNET. CAN YOU NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE COMPLAINTS. *TT