2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH, DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING SOUNDS OR LIGHTS. MADE IT HOME WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. THE NEXT MORNING A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID WAS DISCOVERED ON THE DRIVEWAY. (DRIVER SIDE REAR) AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, A LARGE LEAK CAUSE BY CORROSION ON A BRAKE LINE CONNECTION WAS DISCOVERED. ALL BRAKES LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND CAUSED LOSS OF LIFE OR SERIOUS INJURY. SUSPECT MATERIAL DEFECT. REQUEST A GM RECALL TO REPLACE DEFECTED PARTS/MATERIALS. *TR

LOST POWER TO ENGINE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FAULT ON DASH SHOWED (REDUCED ENGINE POWER). PULLED TO SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE TO NO AVAIL. AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES ENGINE STARTED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR A FEW DAYS. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND HAVE STILL BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. IT WILL SOMETIMES DRIVE FOR A FEW DAYS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM, BUT SOME DAYS IT WILL OCCUR 10 OR MORE TIMES IN A DAY. I HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL WEBSITES ONLY TO SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM EVEN ON DIFFERENT MODELS AND YEAR VEHICLE'S. THIS COULD AND MAY WELL HAVE CAUSED DEATHLY AUTO ACCIDENTS. I HAVE LOOKED FOR A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND ONE. MY QUESTION IS, "ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO RECALL EFFECTED VEHICLES FOR THE ISSUE OF "REDUCED ENGINE POWER?" PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS ASAP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN.

GOT IN TRUCK TO RETURN HOME, PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL,PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES AT ALL. LUCKILY WASN'T GOING BUT 5 MPH. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER NEXT DAY. WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, COST OF REPLACEMENT TO BE 900.00. TRUCK HAS ONLY 53000 MILES. HAVE HAD 15 TO 20 CARS IN MY LIFE AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH BRAKE LINES ON ANY OTHER CARS OR TRUCKS. GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO PUT OUT THIS KIND OF PRODUCT. VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED.

ON 09/10/13, 1:45 PM, I WAS DRIVING EAST ON S.R. 73 NEAR I-75 INTERSECTION. AS I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE LIGHT CHANGED TO YELLOW. I BRAKED SOMEWHAT HARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THERE WAS NO BRAKING CONTROL AT ALL AND I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE RED SIGNAL. APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AFTER GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION I MANAGED TO STOP IN THE MEDIAN. FORTUNATELY, ALTHOUGH TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY, NO CONTACT OCCURRED. IMMEDIATE INSPECTION REVEALED A BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. I TRAILERED THE TRUCK TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO FOUND NOT ONLY "ALL" THE BRAKE LINES WERE DANGEROUSLY RUSTED, BUT THE GAS LINES ALSO WERE DANGEROUSLY RUSTED. THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH CHEVROLET SILVERADO. REPLACEMENT OF THESE ITEMS REQUIRED REMOVING THE TRUCK BED WHICH REVEALED THE BRAKE ROTOR BACKING PLATES RUSTED "AWAY." SEVERE FRAME AND COMPONENT RUST WAS ALSO FOUND. ONLY REPAIRED BRAKE AND GAS LINES. COST, $1,765.11 OH, BY THE WAY, THE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AFTER BRAKE FAILURE.

TRAVELING DOWN BUSY FOUR LANE BOULEVARD AT 55 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC SLOWED IN FRONT OF ME, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, PUMPING BRAKES FAILED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. HAD TO CROSS FOUR LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID REAR END COLLISION. WAS ABLE TO SLOW VEHICLE BY PUTTING IN A LOWER GEAR AND THEN ROLLED TO A STOP IN ABOUT 200 YARDS DOWN A SERVICE ROAD. MOBILE MECHANIC STATED ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED AND ONE OF THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT. LUCKY TO HAVE AVOIDED DEATH OR INJURY. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES, FAILED TWICE ON THE VEHICLE. THE LAST BILL WAS $1200 FOR THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES AND $600 FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF CORRODED AND RUSTED BRAKE LINES ON A TEN YEAR OLD SILVERADO THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND TAKEN THROUGH CAR WASHES INCLUDING UNDERCARRIAGE WASHES AT LEAST SIX TIMES A YEAR HERE IN NEW JERSEY. AS I SLOWED FOR A LIGHT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED FURTHER THAN NORMAL AND AS I THE PRESSED THE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. ONLY QUICK REFLEXES AND JUMPING A CURB INTO A EMPTY PARKING LOT PREVENTED AN ACCIDENT, THE CHECK BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT WAS NOW ON. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND NOT A DROP REMAINED. I BROKE DOWN NEAR A BRAKE REPAIR BUSINESS AND GOT THE TRUCK TO THEM THE NEXT DAY. ONE WEEK LATER 36 FEET OF NEW STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE WAS ADDED AT A COST OF $1113.87. I RETAINED THE OLD RUSTED OUT LINES IN CASE NEEDED DOWN THE ROAD. APPARENTLY NO SENSOR TO INDICATE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. RESEARCH AFTER INCIDENT REVEALS THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL YEAR. AT THE VERY LEAST WARNINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON THESE DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINES. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED ON MARCH 1 2013 DIDN'T NOTICED ANY PROBLEMS EXCEPT A SLIGHT ENGINE NOISE. I THOUGHT THE ENGINE NOISE WAS TAPPING VALVES, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THE TRUCK WAS NOT ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT A YEAR. WHEN I CHANGED THE OIL FOR THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THAT THE REAR MANIFOLD BOLT WAS MISSING, LOOKED AT THE OTHER SIDE, THAT WAS MISSING ALSO. I HEARD I COULD E-MAIL YOU TO REPORT A PROBLEM SO I DID.

WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE LEFT TURN, I HAD TO STOP TO LET TRAFFIC CLEAR. STEPPED ON THE BRAKES THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. DROVE IN LOW GEAR WITH BOAT IN TOW TO NEAREST PARKING LOT. CHECKED TOSEE WHAT WAS WRONG. FOUND A HOLE BRAKE LINE, LINE ALL RUSTED.

NOTICED THAT BRAKES WERE "SPONGY" THE NIGHT BEFORE. IN THE MORNING I STARTED THE CAR, AND STARTED TO DRIVE OUT THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES , THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DASH BOARD INFORMATION CENTER INDICATED "SERVICE BRAKES". I GOT OUT AND LIFTED THE HOOD TO DETECT THE ISSUE. I SAW FLUID LEAKING FROM A RUSTED BRAKE LINE. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION I NOTED THAT IT RUPTURED. THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE IN TRAFFIC OR WHEN EXITING MY DRIVEWAY WHICH IS 100 FEET ELEVATION FROM THE ROAD. EITHER WAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER THIS HAPPENED I RESEARCHED SIMILAR INCIDENCES WITH THE SILVERADO. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN DEFAULT THAT SHOULD HAVE A SAFETY RECALL. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES, SOME YEARS OLDER THAN THIS 2003 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. *JB