2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

ON 11/23/2011 AT 6:45 AM EST, I WAS HEADED DOWN A SNOW COVERED ROAD WHEN I NOTICED A PLOW TRUCK COMING TOWARDS ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I THEN HIT THE BRAKES AT NORMAL PRESSURE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NEXT TO NO RESISTANCE, HAVING NO BRAKES I DOWNSHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLOWING ME BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH, I COLLIDED WITH A FIRE HYDRANT AT THE TOP OF A STEEP EMBANKMENT ON THE SIDE OF THE AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND KNOCKED THE FIRE HYDRANT OUT OF THE GROUND. HAD THE FIRE HYDRANT NOT BEEN THERE, I COULD'VE FELL MORE THAN 50 FEET DOWN TO MY DEMISE. LUCKILY, THE HYDRANT WAS SHUT OFF AND THE ONLY DAMAGE (BECAUSE THE PLOW FRAME ABSORBED MOST OF THE IMPACT) WAS THE FRONT BUMPER. I HAVE HAD TO PAY $75 JUST TO HAVE THE LINE PATCHED GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE TRUCK TO BE DRIVABLE, WITH IMMINENT FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES ACROSS THE REAR AXLE AND THE FRONT BRAKE LINES TO THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH BOTH MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 (MODEL YEAR 2000) AND MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 (MODEL YEAR 1999). *TR

HARD BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. SOFT PEDAL AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. EXORBITANT CORROSION OF LINES. ALL METAL LINES NEED REPLACEMENT ON INSPECTION. ALSO EXCESSIVE RUSTING OF ENTIRE UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED AND LEAKED FLUID OUT AND IT CAUSED COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS GIVING WARNING TO THIS FAILURE. *TR

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID THROUGH BROKEN RUSTED THROUGH STEEL BRAKE LINES. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES ARE IN SIMILAR CONDITION. *TR

THE MAIN BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ANTILOCK UNIT RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKED CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL ODOR ENTERED INTO THE VEHICLE CABIN ACCOMPANIED BY AN UNUSUAL NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE MANIFOLD BOLTS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 2/21/12 *CN

ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES IN MY 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES STOP WORKING AFTER A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WITH NO WARNING ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 PICKUP AND PULLING AN EMPTY 16\' CARGO TRAILER, AND STARTED TO DECEND A 8% GRADE HILL. I HAD THE TRANS IN TOW MODE AND STARTED APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW FROM APPROX 50 MPH, AS I WAS GOING TO TURN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE BRAKES FIRST HELD AND THEN AS I HELD BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE CONSTANT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I QUICKLY REALIZED I WAS IN TROUBLE AND PULLED THE TRANS TO 3 AND THEN 2. THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME MAKING THE SAME LEFT TURN AS I, AS THERE WAS A STEEP TREE LINED HILL TO MY RIGHT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC AT THAT POINT. I STEPPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND GOT THE TRUCK STOPPED BUT MISSED MY TURN BY APPROX. 100 FEET. I RECOVERED MY COMPOSURE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES STOPPED SHAKING ENOUGH TO LIMP MY TRUCK HOME USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND 2ND GEAR. I WAS APPROX. 2 MILES FROM MY HOME ON A COUNTRY BLACKTOP ROAD. WHEN CHECKING OUT THE TRUCK BRAKE LINES FOUND THEM TO BE EXTREMELY RUSTY AND IN ONE PLACE SPLIT. I REPLACED THAT LINE ONLY TO FAIL A 2ND LINE WHILE BLEEDING THE BRAKES IN MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER REPLACING THE 2 LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE AND THE 2 LINES FROM THE MODULE TO THE FRONT WHEEL CYLINDERS, I AGAIN VENTURED OUT ONLY TO AGAIN LOSE MY BRAKES ON THE DOWNGRADE OF MY DRIVEWAY AGAIN, WHICH WAS THE LAST STRAW, AND I REPLACE ALL THE REMAINING LINES. PEDAL IS STILL MUSHY BUT THE BRAKES ARE HOLDING AND NOT LEAKING FLUID. I AM THE 2ND OWNER OF THE TRUCK AND PUT MAYBE 3,000 MILES A YEAR ON THE TRUCK. I ALSO OWN A 1997 AUTOMOBILE WHICH HAS OVER 300,000 MILES AND NEVER HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM AND THE BRAKE LINES SHOW VERY LITTLE RUST, AND I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ALL WINTER WHILE I MIGHT USE THE TRUCK A HALF DOZEN TIMES DURING ADVERSE CONDITIONS. I BELIEVE GM IS AT FAULT HERE BY PUTTING CHEAP STEEL BRAKE LINES ON THEIR TRUCKS, PROBABLY AS A COST REDUCTION SINCE THEY

WHILE DRIVING MY SILVERADO APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, A CAR IN FRONT OF ME ALREADY STOPPED THERE! I HAD SWERVE AROUND BY GOING ON THE SIDEWALK AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP, THANK GOD I DIDN'T HIT THAT CAR OR ANY PEDESTRIANS. I NOTICED BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM FRAME ABOVE LEFT REAR WHEEL & REAR AXEL. I HAD THE SILVERADO TOWED TO THE GM SERVICE CENTER TO INSPECT THE BRAKE LINES; $99.00 PLUS TAX GM SERVICE CENTER SAID BRAKE LINES WHERE RUSTED THROUGH AND WOULD BE $1,012.98 PLUS TAX! TO REPAIR LEAKING LINES. I BELIEVE THIS IFAILURE IS DUE TO GM NOT UTILIZING STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES. *TR