2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

HAVING NEW TIRES AND WHEELS INSTALLED AT TIRES DIRECT IN WAUKESHA, WI LOCATION. PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LINE BURST MIDWAY IN FRAME. USING EBRAKES WENT TO LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY REPLACED LINE. $325. *TR

PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. BRAKE LINE JUST ABOVE GAS TANK FROM JUNCTION BLOCK TO REAR AXLE RUSTED OUT AT CLIP ATTACHMENT POINT WITH FRAME. TRUCK WAS ALWAYS GARAGE KEPT AND WHEN WASHED AT AUTOMATIC CAR WASH MOST TIMES WITH A UNDER BODY RINSE. *TR

I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES BECAUSE OF A SUDDEN STOP. WHEN I DID MY ABS BRAKES WORKED FOR A SECOND WHEN NO MORE BRAKES. HAD TO SWERVE ,TO NOT HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I STOPPED I WAS TWO FEET PAST THAT CARS RIGHT REAR FENDER. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM BRAKE LINE ABOVE FRAME AT DRIVERS DOOR. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE. I HEARD THIS IS NO THE ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. *TR

WAS ENTERING DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT, GAVE ORDER, PROCEEDED TO WINDOW TO RECEIVE ORDER/PAY. NOTICED THAT UPON STOPPING AT WINDOW, BRAKE PEDAL STARTED TO DEPRESS NORMALLY, AND THEN WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS SMOKE STARTED COMING INTO DRIVER COMPARTMENT THRU AIR VENTS, SMOKE COULD BE SEEN COMING OUT OF ENGINE FROM UNDER HOOD. QUICKLY PROCEEDED TO MOVE VEHICLE TO EMPTY PARKING SPOT/AREA.TURNED VEHICLE OFF, EXTINGUISHED FIRE BURNING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. BRAKE LINE BURST SENDING BRAKE FLUID ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLDS IGNITING ENGINE COMPARTMENT INSULATION. COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT/FATALITY OF MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND MYSELF AND/OR OTHERS IF TRAVELING AT SPEED AND/OR NOT ABLE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE QUICKLY. THIS IS AN ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH A HIGH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FATALITIES/INJURY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT SLIGHTLY TAPPED THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO SEVERAL BUSHES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. UPDATED 11/24/14*LJ UPDATED 02/03/15*JB

WHILE PULLING A 30 BOAT THIS WEEKEND MY BRAKES FAILED. PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR . PULLED MY 2004 2500HD TRUCK INTO THE SHOP AFTER USING THE E-BRAKE AND WHAT REMAINED OF MY BRAKES TO GET 4 MILES HOME. ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND WHEN I PRESSED THE PEDDLE A SHOWER OF FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER THE GROUND. MY UNDERCARRIAGE IS CLEAN. REMOVED THE FUEL TANK TO FIND THE BRAKE LINE COMPLETE DETERIORATED. I LIVE IN TN AND SALT IS NOT A MAJOR USES HERE. *TR

PULLING MY BOAT ON SECONDARY ROAD TOWARD HIGHWAY, PUSHED BRAKES TO STOP FOR STOP SIGN, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING OR TROUBLE LIGHT. HAD ENOUGH BRAKING FORCE TO STOP AFTER ROLLING APPROX 100 FT. CAUTIOUSLY DROVE TO GAS STATION/PARKED VEHICLE AND CALLED A WRECKER TO TAKE TRUCK 65 MILES TO MY HOME. ON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED CORRODED BRAKE LINE(STEEL) HAD RUPTURED ALONG ROUTING TO BACK BRAKE. LOTS OF CORROSION VISIBLE ON MULTIPLE STEEL LINES. I WAS INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO NOT BE TRAVELING FASTER AND IN AN EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATION. *TR

I HAD JUST RETURNED HOME WITH A FULL LOAD (2 YARDS) OF MULCH AND PARKED THE TRUCK TO UNLOAD. THE TRUCK WAS PERFECTLY FINE. WHEN I FINISHED UNLOADING I WENT TO MOVE THE TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER INDICATED "LOW COOLANT LEVEL". WHEN I CHECKED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, I FOUND TWO BRAKE LINES SEVERELY RUSTED WITH ONE LEAKING LOCATED UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT AREA WHERE THE LINES CROSS OVER TOP OF THE FRAME. THAT IS THE ONLY AREA THAT RUSTED THAT I SAW SO FAR. THERE IS NO OTHER RUST UNDERNEATH ON THE REST OF THE LINES. MY TRUCK DOES NOT GET HEAVY USE, IS FREQUENTLY HOUSED IN A GARAGE AND RARELY DRIVEN IN SNOW/ICE CONDITIONS (I'M RETIRED). IN ADDITION THE TRUCK IS WELL MAINTAINED AND KEPT CLEAN. IN ADDITION, THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL I BELIEVE IS A COMPUTER GLITCH AS THE LEVEL IS FINE AND UNCHANGED BEFORE AND AFTER THE INCIDENT. IN MY OPINION THE TRUCK'S COMPUTER IS SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE FOR A DEFECT IN THE PRIMARY BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

AS I WAS BACKING UP THE TRUCK TO HOOK UP OUR HORSE TRAILER I EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE BREAK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK BEFORE IT HIT THE TRAILER OR MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS DIRECTING ME. I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE TRUCK JUST BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT AND TRACED IT TO A CRACK IN A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN IT DID. HAD THE BRAKE FAILURE HAPPENED 10 MINUTES LATER, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING ON I95 IN VERY CROWDED CONDITIONS WITH A HORSE IN TOW. THERE HAD BEEN NO INDICATION THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS AT RISK OF FAILURE. WE HAD USED THE TRUCK THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND TO TRAILER OUR HORSE TO A SHOW AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. *TR