2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND HAD BURST. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,700. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/09/14*LJ UPDATED 3/26/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE NEAR THE DASHBOARD AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES HOWEVER, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY AND DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR , I HAD MY TRAILER WITH A TRACTOR ON I COULD HAVE WRECKED , I HAD TO GET MY TRUCK TOWED IN AND TO GET 3LINES REPLACED DO TO RUSTY BRAKE LINES LEAKING, I WAS OUT $100 FOR TOWING AND $375 TO REPLACE MY BRAKE LINES, I HAD TO GET MY LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES SO THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, AS GOOD HAS MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN CHEVY SHOULD HAVE WENT THE EXTRA STEP AND PUT BETTER LINES ON THEIR TRUCKS. PLUS THE REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT GET PRE FORMED LINES THEY HAD TO CUSTOM BEND THEM. *TR

MY FATHERS TRUCKS BRAKE LINES FAILED AND WE HAD NO BRAKES, HAD TO VEER OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THESE LINES SHOULD BE BETTER THEN THIS. MY OLDER 1993 CHEVY SILVERADO NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL PUT ON THESE LINES FOR ALL THE TRUCKS. GM WILL NOT PUT ONE ON TILL SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

LEFT REAR AND RIGHT REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS HAVE BROKEN OFF CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK. CAUSING POTENTIAL VEHICLE EMISSIONS PROBLEMS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FROM EXHAUST GASES GETTING INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *TR

I WAS BACKING MY BOAT INTO TO BOAT RAMP TO GO FISHING AND WHEN I PUSHED THE BRAKE TO STOP THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. I HAD TO HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL TO GET STOPPED. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEARCH FOR A PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE BY THE DRIVERS DOOR HAD RUPTURED CAUSING A MAJOR BRAKE FAILURE. HAD I BEEN ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT . *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM THE BOAT LAUNCH TO PARK MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I PUMPED THE BRAKES AS I SLOWLY APPROACHED MY PARKING SPOT, HOWEVER, I COULD NOT GET ANY PRESSURE TO BUILD UP IN THE SYSTEM. WITH NO ACTION ON THE BRAKE CALIPERS, I USED MY PARKING BRAKE TO STOP AS I ENTERED MY PARKING SPOT. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHT ALERTING ME TO ANY BRAKE PROBLEMS. AFTER PARKING I NOTICED A LEAKING BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE NEAR THE ABS BRAKE MODULE. I MADE A TEMPORARY REPAIR, ATTEMPTED TO BLEED AND PUMP UP THE BRAKES WHICH RESULTED IN THE REAR BRAKE LINE BLOWING OUT RIGHT AT THE HOSE CONNECTION. STILL NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON TO ALERT ME TO ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME AND AS WE WERE TAKING MY VEHICLE OFF THE TRUCK, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON AND THE ELECTRONIC DASH DISPLAYED THE MESSAGE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM". THE LACK OF FLUID IN THE BRAKE RESERVOIR MUST HAVE TRIGGERED THE SENSOR THERE. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINE FAILED INSIDE A PLASTIC BRAKE LINE RETAINING CLIP LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME JUST BEFORE IT WAS ROUTED OVER TO THE ABS MODULATOR VALVE UNDER THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME. I REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES WITH PRE-BENT STAINLESS STEEL LINES FROM CLASSICTUBE.COM. I AM ONLY GLAD THAT THIS HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT WHILE I WAS TOWING MY BOAT, I DO NOT BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH WITS ABOUT ME TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP MY TRUCK. I MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER WHO BLAMED IT ON THE TREATMENT OF ROADS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. GRANTED LIVING IN THE "SNOW BELT" ONE SHOULD EXPECT CORROSION BUT NEVER COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE, JUST SEARCH FOR SILVERADO BRAKE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENGINE STARTUP, WHITE SMOKE AND HEAVY FUMES EMITTED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 208,163.

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE, A PEDESTRIAN WAS ALMOST CLIPPED. *TR