2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

HYDROBOOST LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AFFECTING STEERING AND BRAKING PERFORMANCE. DIPSTICK FOR MEASURING P/S FLUID LEVEL WAS DRY, AND FLUID STAINS ALL OVER THE FIREWALL AND MASTER CYLINDER RESULTING FROM THE P/S FLUID LEAKING. *TR

DRIVING AT 65 MPH, NEEDED SLOW DOWN FOR SUDDEN TRAFFIC JAM. APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL SUNK TO FLOOR. AFTER BRAKE PEDAL HITTING THE FLOOR, FINALLY HAD SOME BRAKING POWER BUT NEARLY PILED INTO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. BRAKE FLUID RUNNING OUT OF VEHICLE. REPAIR FACILITY IDENTIFIED ABS BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, WHICH I VISUALLY VERIFIED. AT NO TIME PRIOR TO, DURING OR AFTER THE LINE FAILURE, DID I RECEIVE ANY ABS WARNING LIGHT THAT THE ABS SYSTEM HAD FAILED. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN LINES TO THE ABS ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. LOSS OF BRAKING EXPERIENCED. *TR

RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES CAUSED LOSS OF FLUID WHILE DRIVING. RUSTED OUT FUEL LINE CAUSED FUEL LEAK WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET K2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHILE BRAKING GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,000# OF CARGO. THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH INCIDENT OF A RUPTURED/LEAKING LINE ON THIS TRUCK. ALL LINES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BEFORE FAILURE. BRAKE PADS/DISCS WERE REPLACED AND ROTORS MACHINED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND BRAKE LINE FAILURE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS USED TO SUCCESSFULLY STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

WAS DRIVING UP A BOAT LAUNCH WHEN BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR LUCKY WE WEREN'T ON THE HIGWAY. *TR

THE HYDRAULIC PUMP SHAFT BROKE THE EVENING BEFORE VERY COMMON ON THESE TRUCKS AND CHEVROLET DID A LIMITED RECALL. AFTER REPLACING THE PUMP THE REAR MAIN BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND COULD NOT HANDLE THE PRESSURE OF THE NEW PUMP. *JS

MY BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING IN A PARKING LOT. CAREFULLY, I MADE IT HOME WITH NO BRAKES AND FOUND THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL CORRODED AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. BRAKE LINES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE FROM NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL. FIXING BRAKES ON THIS MODEL PICKUP IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. ONE BRAKE LINE IS LOCATED UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK. *TR WHEN THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE, HE WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE EXTENT OF CORROSION ON THE MEAL BRAKE LINE. HE WAS ALSO SHOCKED TO FIND THAT FOR ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES, HE HAD TO REMOVE THE TRUCK BED, IN ORDER TO SEE IT. THE FIRST RUPTURE OCCURRED ON THE LINE RUNNING FROM THE METERING OR PROPORTIONAL VALVE TO THE REAR BRAKES. THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD SEE THAT AREA. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED DURING BLEEDING AND TESTING OF THE FIRST REPAIR. THE THIRD LEAK APPEARED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE DURING THE SECOND REPAIR. ALL WERE DUE TO CORROSION IN WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL. THE CONSUMER STATED THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE LINES AND THE MATERIALS USED WERE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND HE IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR PARTS AND LABOR. UPDATED 06/29/12. *JB

JUST BACKED INTO THE ST. CLAIR RIVER TO RETRIEVE SMALL BOAT. LOADED BOAT. AS I PUT MY FOOT DOWN ON BRAKE PEDAL TO MOVE TRANSMISSION TO DRIVE, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, GOT THE TRANS TO NEUTRAL, BUT NOT TO DRIVE. THE TRUCK AND BOAT STARTED TO ROLL INTO RIVER. PANIC SITUATION... JAMBED TRANS INTO DRIVE, AND WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK OUT OF RIVER, WITH WATER LINE HALF WAY UP DRIVERS DOOR. ONCE HOME DISCOVERED BADLY RUSTED BRAKE LINE ABOVE FUEL TANK RUPTURED. REPAIRED... TWO MONTHS LATER, WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING TRUCK TO WORK, BRAKE LINE BETWEEN MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS MODUAL FAILED. HAD ENOUGH! REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES ON TRUCK EXCEPT THE ONE OVER REAR AXEL. I STILL WILLD O THAT ONE ALSO. ABS/BRAKE LIGHTS ON DASH ARE STILL ILLUMINATED. STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT ISSUE.. MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER SILVERADO OWNERS, AND AUTOPARTS EMPLOYEES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE, WITH VERY DANGAROUS POTENTIAL FOR INJURYS.. *TR