2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES. MADE A COMPLETE STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE WARNING DISPLAY STATED SERVICE BRAKES. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK, ALL MY BRAKE LINES WERE SERIOUSLY BUBBLING WITH RUST AND ONE OF THE LINES RUPTURED. I PLAN ON REPLACING THEM WITH AFTERMARKET STAINLESS LINES. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND MAY COST LIVES IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE MAKE GM RECALL AND REPAIR THESE BRAKE LINES! *JS

WHEN CHANGING OIL FOUND VERY CORRODED BRAKE LINES, STARTED DOUSING WITH USED, OIL HASN'T HELPED. UNDER TRUCK TODAY 2013 EVERYTHING IS CORODED 70,000 MILES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD UPON ENGAGEMENT. THERE WAS ALSO A DELAYED RESPONSE IN THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

BRAKES FAILED COMING HOME FROM A ROUTINE ERRAND. APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. LOST BRAKE FLUID AND USE OF FRONT BRAKES. ADVISED BY AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK IS WELL MAINTAINED AND SERVICED QUARTERLY FOR OIL AND/OR FLUID CHANGES. TRUCK ALSO SERVICED ANNUALLY FOR A CHECK UP. NO ISSUES REPORTED BY DEALER (07/2012). FROM DOING MY OWN RESEARCH THERE HAVE BEEN AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FAILURE OF THESE BRAKE LINES IN GM TRUCKS BUILT FROM 2000-2003. *TR

MY DOG AND I HOPPED INTO MY 2003 SILVERADO SS TO VISIT MY MOTHER WHO LIVES ONLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY. AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT "A BUSY ROUTE" THAT WAS TURNING YELLOW AND I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR! LUCKILY WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE IT THROUGH. MY MOTHERS HOUSE IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE AND I USED THE E BRAKE TO MAKE IT INTO HER DRIVEWAY! I GOT OUT CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE THE MAIN HARD BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND FOUND IT LEAKING. I THOUGHT TO MY SELF [XXX] WHAT IF I 20 SECONDS LATER? WHAT IF THE LIGHT WAS ALREADY RED? MY DOG MYSELF AND MY BELOVED TRUCK COULD HAVE ALL BEEN IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AND COULD OF ALSO INJURED ANOTHER INNOCENT DRIVER! SO I DECIDED TO GOOGLE IT TO FIND THAT THERE IS [XXX] TON OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL WHAT A LOAD OF BS!!! AND THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO HERE. A TRUCK DOWN AND A VERY UNHAPPY CAMPER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, MY BRAKE PEDAL WHEAT TO THE FLOOR AND STOPPED SLOWER THAN USUAL. I OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. ALL THE OTHER BAKE LINES ARE IN TERRIBLE RUSTY CONDITION. *TR

I STOPPED AT A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT AND WHEN I CAME OUT, I SAW BRAKE FLUID PUDDLED BY THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THE FLUID LEAKING OUT OF VERY CORRODED LINES. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AS I WAS FAR FROM HOME. I HAD TO HAVE ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

MY WIFE AND NEWBORN CHILD WERE IN THE TRUCK, WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. FURTHER INSPECTION INDICATES THAT THE METAL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND BURST. LUCKILY THEY WERE TURNING AND GOING AROUND 10 MPH OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR

I WAS PULLING A TRAILER FULL OF FIREWOOD OUT OF A PASTURE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER GOING ABOUT ANOTHER 10 FEET AND I GOT OUT AND FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE DRIVER'S DOOR. LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND A PIN HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE AND BRAKE FLUID WOULD SPRAY OUT WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND I WAS ABLE TO SNAP THE BRAKE LINE IN HALF WITH LITTLE PRESSURE WHEN I REPAIRED IT THERE IN THE FIELD TO GET HOME. *TR

I HAD JUST GOT WORK AND STARTED TO DRIVE HOME, WHEN I APPROACHED THE FIRST STOP LIGHT MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK IN TIME BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I PULL OFF THE ROAD INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT AND GOT OUT TO SEE IF THERE WAS FLUID ANYWHERE AROUND THE TRUCK. IT WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK NEAR THE DRIVER DOOR. I GOT DOWN TO LOOK UNDER IT AND NOTICED 4 LONG BRAKE LINES NEXT TO THE FRAME THAT WERE RUSTED VERY BADLY. I DIDN'T TAKE NOTICE TO WITCH WAS LEAKING DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON THEM. I THEN BEGAN TO LOOK AT ALL THE LINES AND THEY ALL APPEARED TO BE RUSTED VERY BADLY. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED AND HAVE NOT YET HAD IT FIXED. IM PRICING OUT COMPLETE KITS AND DO HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT YET. I HOPE THAT GM CAN COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION SO THAT OTHER OWNERS DO NOT HAVE ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES DO TO THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR