2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED TO AVOID ROAD WAY DEBRIS. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. PUMPING DIDN'T HELP ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK DID SLOW DOWN BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. MY TRUCK SUSTAINED MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE FRONT END. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE BRAKE LINE BURST AND ALL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND NEED REPLACING. THERE WERE NO PRIOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

I'M CURRENTLY REPLACING MORE BRAKE LINES AS THEY HAVE FAILED AND STARTED TO LEAK. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPEN WAS IN 2009 WHERE MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER MAKING A SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. IT BLEW OUT A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. I'VE REPLACED THE ROTORS IN 2009 CAUSE THEY WERE ALL ROTTED OUT FROM THE INSIDE AREA, AND NOW THE BRAKE LINES NEAR ABS MODULE NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE LEAKING AND PEDAL AND ABS KEEPS PUSHING IN TOO FAR AND ABS GOES OFF PREMATURELY. MY FRAME HAS BAD RUST ALL OVER IT AND I AM VERY METICULOUS ABOUT CLEANING MY TRUCK OFF WHEN ROAD SALT IS ON IT. THE UNDER CHASSIS HAS CORROSION ON THE CROSS MEMBERS, FRAME, AND TORSION BARS, IT ALL LOOKS BAD. THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH A THIRD PARTY AND HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PARTS REPLACED THROUGH THEM DUE TO FAILURE, THEY DO NOT COVER COST OF BRAKE LINES DUE TO ROT. *KB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ON THE FLOOR. I WAS TRAVELING SLOW ENOUGH THAT I WAS ABLE TO AVOID ANY COLLISIONS. UPON INSPECTION UNDER THE HOOD MY HUSBAND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID AND IT MUST HAVE BLOWN A LINE. WE ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND GOT IT HOME. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION MY HUSBAND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE AND FUEL LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED. HE IS A CORROSION CONTROL SPECIALIST AND KNOWS DEFECTIVE MATERIALS WHEN HE SEES THEM. *TR

I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN NOVEMBER IN 2007, I HAD THE TRUCK APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED BOUNCING AROUND AND IN ABOUT A WEEK LATER IT STUCK AT 117 MPH AND HAS NOT MOVED SINCE. THEN AT ABOUT 110,000 MILES THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD GO OUT, ALL THE GAUGES AND THE ODOMETER, THE SIGNAL LIGHTS AND THE BACK LIGHTING STILL WORKS, BUT NOTHING ELSE THE FUEL GAUGE, OIL GAUGE, TRANSMISSION TEMP GAUGE, TACHOMETER NONE OF THESE WILL WORK NOW. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT IS THAT THIS IS A HUGE OVER ALL PROBLEM OF THE VEHICLES IN THE CERTAIN YEAR, AND MODEL. BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE LESS THAN 70,000 MILES THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT STAND UP TO THE MISTAKE AND FIX IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT I BOUGHT IT USED BUT ITS AND ON GOING PROBLEM IN THE CLUSTER FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES, I THINK IT SHOULD BE HANDLED BY GMC. I HAVE OWNED 8 GMC VEHICLES AND USE TO THINK I WOULD NOT BY ANYTHING ELSE, BUT MY MIND IS ABOUT TO CHANGE OVER THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE OF THE ATTITUDE I HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE DEALERSHIPS AND EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT ALSO FAILED TO RETAIN ITS PASSENGER. BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED SUFFERED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,000.

AT SPEEDS AT OR BELOW 10 MPH THE ABS COMES ON IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER CAUSING LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO GO INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR HITTING THE CAR AHEAD. THE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. *TR

BRAKE LINES IN MY CHEVROLET 2500HD 2003 BURST. THE AMOUNT OF RUST IS VERY EXCESSIVE. THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE IS ASTOUNDING. *TR

WHILE BACKING TO ATTACH A SINGLE AXLE TRAILER, TRYING TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND NO BRAKES. FINDING A RUSTED BRAKE LINE HAD BROKEN. *TR

A STEEL BRAKE LINE LOCATED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE TIRE ON THE RADIATOR SUPPORT CROSS MEMBER BURST DUE TO RUST. MORE TO FOLLOW AFTER A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH INTO A PARKING LOT BUT WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND ONCE HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.