2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

MY 2003 SILVERADO 2500 HD WITH ONLY 55K MILES ON IT DID NOT PASS A RECENT SAFETY INSPECTION DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THE TRUCK GETS VERY LITTLE USE AND I FIND THIS TO BE VERY DISTURBING THAT BRAKE LINES ARE FAILING WITHOUT WARNING. HAD I NOT GOTTEN AN INSPECTION I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS EMMINENT AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL HUMMING AND RUBBING FROM THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. AFTER INSPECTING THE BRAKE LINES AND HOSES, HE CONTACT FOUND CORROSION AND RUST. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE COULD REPLACE THE LINES AND HOSES BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED A CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION OF THE DEFECT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION COMPONENTS: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE ABNORMALLY. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE DEFECT NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUOUSLY RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 196,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE CORRODED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,871. UPDATED 11/16/11*LJ UPDATED 02/01/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND BEGAN EXTENDING ABRUPTLY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO FAULTY BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BRAKE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

I HAVE HAD A EXHAUST LEAK THAT I FINALLY PINPOINTED TO BE BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS. THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW BY ME AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY EXHAUST WORK DONE. NOW I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR DONE. APPARENTLY THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EXTENSIVE PROBLEM, WITH THESE BOLTS. THIS I UNDERSTAND TO BE AN EXTENSIVE REPAIR. GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BOLTS, WHY WONT THEY MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

THE BRAKE LINE HAS RUSTED THROUGH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE. WHO HAS TO DIE BEFORE THIS IS RECALLED. *TT

CHEVY TRUCK HAD TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AT ALL. GOT THE TRUCK HOME AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK. BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FOOT AREA. BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. GOT TRUCK TO MECHANIC AND FOUND REAR BRAKE LINES HAD PREVIOUSLY RUSTED THRU. NOW FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THRU. HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES.I DID SO WITH AFTERMARKET SS LINES. FRONT LEFT CALIPER WAS FROZEN. MECHANIC SAYS REAR BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPER NEED REPLACING ALSO. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SET OF ROTORS AND CALIPERS ON THIS TRUCK. MECHANIC ALSO NOTED THAT THE TRUCK FRAME NEEDS TO BE CLEANED AND COATED DUE TO RUST. THIS IS LAST GM PRODUCT I'LL EVER PURCHASE. *TR

LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY. FOUND SEVERLY ROTTED BRAKE LINE . THIS HAS ALSO OCCURRED 2 ADDITIONAL TIMES ATER FIRST ISSUE. *TR

VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE WAITING FOR FUEL PUMP. PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DURING FILL-UP, INSPECTED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW FLUID DRIPPING FROM FRONT END. IDENTIFIED LIQUID AS BRAKE FLUID. REAR BRAKES STILL FUNCTIONED MINIMALLY. TOOK INTO MECHANIC. FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED. NEARLY ENTIRE BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. AT MECHANIC'S SUGGESTION BASED ON SAFETY, REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES -- $2100 (APPROX $300 PARTS, $1700 LABOR). MECHANIC APPLIED UNDERCOAT SPRAY TO BRAKE LINE AS RUST PROTECTION. I KEPT A SECTION OF BRAKE LINE. NOTE: PREVIOUSLY OWNED 1991 CHEVROLET C1500 HAD SIMILAR FAILURE ON THE BRAKE LINES AROUND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. *KB