2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK TO COLLEGE AND PULLED INTO THE PARKING GARAGE AND WHEN LOOKING FOR A SPACE TO PARK THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP GOING LONG ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING SPOT BUT THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY OUT. G.M. STATES THAT THE SALT THAT THEY TREAT THE ROADS WITH ALONG WITH THE WEATHER CAUSED THE LINES TO RUST OUT. IF THAT WAS THE CASE THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING TO ALOT MORE VEHICLES. I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINES THAT WERE INSTALLED ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

I WAS TOWING A NEW RANGER BASS BOAT HOME FROM FISHING. I WAS COMING DOWN HILL TOWARD A STOP SIGN AT A INTERSECTION AND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES. THE CHECK BRAKES CAME UP ON INFO CENTER. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO JAM IT DOWN IN TO FIRST GEAR AND USE PARKING BREAK TO GET IT SLOWED ENOUGH TO TURN. IT WAS ALSO A 55MPH SPEED LIMIT ROAD. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS COMING. I GOT PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CHECKED WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE HARD BREAK LINE GOING TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WAS BLOWN APART. IT HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY IN HALF. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE LINES THEY ARE ALL IN EXTREMELY BAD SHAPE. THEY ARE ALL RUSTED AND NOW STARTING TO LEAK IN PLACES. ALONG WITH THAT MY GAS LINE IS NOW RUSTED IN HALF AND NOW LEAKING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

HAD HOOKED TRUCK TO A CAR TRAILER AND STEPPED ON BRAKES TO PUT TRUCK IN DRIVE AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, THERE WAS NO BRAKES AT ALL. UPON EXAMINING I FOUND THAT THREE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES AND ALSO THE FUEL LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

BRAKE LINE FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS UNIT BLEWOUT CAUSING SPONGEY BRAKE AND BRAKE FLUID LEAK. LINE RUSTED OUT. REST ARE VERY RUSTY. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 PICKUP. SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING APPEARED ON DASH DISPLAY. BRAKES ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR. CHECKED THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FOUND A MAJOR BRAKE FLUID LEAK FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE. ALSO DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. AN ONLINE WEB SEARCH REVEALED TOO MANY INCIDENTS REGARDING THE SAME TOPIC. ANY MALFUNCTION OF A VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM IS A MAJOR DEFECT AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

THIS IS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, REGULAR CAB, 5.3L V-8. IT HAS ABOUT 164500 HIGHWAY MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR. THE BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT, AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT OTHER VEHICLES...WITHOUT WARNING. GM WILL NOT OFFER ANY HELP, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM BASED ON RESEARCH AND JUST HEARING OTHERS TELL OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM; AND REIMBURSE THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP REPAIRING AN OBVIOUS FLAW THAT IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

BRAKE LINE FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS UNIT BLEWOUT ALMOST CAUSING ME TO REAR END VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES MY SPEEDOMETER SLOWLY DECREASED TO 0 MILES PER HOUR. NOW AFTER ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR MY SPEEDOMETER QUITS. IF THERE IS ONE THING WITH A GUARANTEED LIFETIME WARRANTY IT SHOULD BE THE THING THAT TELLS ME HOW FAST IM GOING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO ON A RURAL BUT RESIDENTIAL ROAD WITH A STEEP DECLINE AT ABOUT 35 MPH. I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BUT WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE SERVICE BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON. IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES SO I ATTEMPTED PUMPING THE BRAKES HOPING TO PREVENT ANY MORE ACCELERATION DOWN THE HILL AND THAT IS ABOUT ALL I GOT. I COULD NOT STOP AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RIDE IT OUT UNTIL I CROSSED THE BRIDGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND STARTED UP THE OTHER SIDE.WHEN MY TRUCK FINALY CAME TO A STOP I QUIKLY PUT IT IN PARK TO PREVENT IT FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL. I POPPED THE HOOD AND GOT OUT. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND IT WAS ALMOST FULL SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW AIR COULD GET IN THE BRAKE LINES.UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS SNOWING OUT SO I COULDN'T TELL IF I HAD A LEAK. I WAS ONLY A MILE FROM MY HOUSE SO I DECIDED I WOULD DRIVE IT HOME ON A DIFFERENT "FLAT" ROAD AT VERY LOW SPEED, ABOUT 10MPH. ONCE HOME I WAS ABLE TO HAVE MY WIFE PRESS ON THE BRAKES WHILE LYING UNDER THE TRUCK AND I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE SUPPLYING THE REAR BRAKES WAS RUSTED OUT AND HAD A SEVERE LEAK. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES LATER I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A STATE HIGHWAY DOING 45 TO 50 MPH WITH OTHER VEHICLES. WHY ISN'T CHEVY/GM BEING MADE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS ? *TR

APPLICATION OF BRAKES UPON SLOW DOWN OF GETTING OFF OF EXIT RAMP WAS SOFT AND FARTHER THEN NORMAL. 3 OR 4 APPLICATIONS FOR TURNS SEEMED OK. FINAL APPLICATION TO TURN INTO PROPERTY HAD BRAKE FAIL APPEAR AND BRAKE GO TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE NOT SLOW QUICKLY ENOUGH AND TRUCK RUNNING INTO MY FENCE SCRAPPING THE SIDE OF MY TRUCK DOWN FENCE. UPON INSPECTION FOUND RESERVOIR EMPTY AND FLUID LEAKING FROM RUPTURED RUSTED LINE ON LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE AT DRIVERS DOOR. INSPECTION FOUND MANY AREAS OF THE LINES BADLY RUSTED. *TR