2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN MY 2000 GMC SIERRA TRUCK WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COULDN'T STOP AT THE RED LIGHT, SO I HAD TO MAKE A QUICK LEFT TURN, ACROSS ON ONCOMING TRAFFIC INTO A PARKING LOT BEFORE I COULD GET THE CAR STOPPED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY BRAKES FAILED AND IN BOTH CASES IT WAS BECAUSE THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT. I'VE OWNED MANY GM VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE STEEL BRAKE LINES, NOT EVEN ON MY 1969 OLDS CUTLASS THAT I STILL OWN. I READ ABOUT OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND SUPPOSEDLY GM DID NOT RECALL. BUT WAS GOING TO REPLACE PARTS AND LABOR FOR $500. I CALLED GMC AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS AND I CALLED 2 DEALERS AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS KIT EITHER. SO, I GUESS I HAVE A BIG BILL ON MY HANDS. CHEAP BRAKE LINES WERE USED BUILDING THIS TRUCK, AND BRAKES ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT TO STOP. I'M LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION WITHOUT WRECKING. *TR

HAD A RECALL ON THE BRAKES, RECALL # 05068. CLASSIC CHEVEROLET (NOW OUT OF BUSINESS DID THE WORK) THEY ONLY CLEANED THE PARTS, ABS LIGHT CAME BACK ON A FEW MONTHS LATER SO THEY JUST KEPT CLEANING THEM UNTIL MY WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEN WHEN I BROUGHT IT BACK IT ALL OF A SUDDEN NEED OVER $2000 DOLLARS OF REPAIRS. MY WIFE GOT THEM TO KICK IN A $1000. BUT I BELIEVE THE PARTS SHOULD OF BEEN RE MANUFACTURED OUT OF STAINLESS STEEL SO THEY DIDN'T RUST & I WOULDN'T STILL BE HAVING HIS PROBLEM. NOW I'M PROBABLY LOOKING AT ANOTHER $2000 TO CONTINUALLY FIX THE SAME ISSUE. THEY BASICALLY DID THE SAME THING WITH THE TAIL GATE RECALL, JUST REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS OF THE SAME MAT'L AS THE ONES THAT WERE RUSTING AND FAILING IN THE 1ST PLACE. SO I REPLACED THEM SINCE THEN AGAIN ALSO. WHICH IF THEY WOULD OF MADE THEM OUT OF GALVANIZED OR STAINLESS THEY WOULD OF HELD UP BETTER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH ON A CONGESTED ROAD, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AT AN UPCOMING LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED INTO THE ADJACENT LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY THERE WAS AN OPENING IN THE ADJACENT LANE AND THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS OBSERVANT. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND OPENED THE HOOD TO CONFIRM THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL. IT WAS VERY LOW. I CLIMBED UNDER THE TRUCK TO OBSERVE BRAKE FLUID EVERYWHERE AND ASSUMED A BRAKE LINE FAILED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A COST OF $275. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND GM IS HOLDING OUT DOING A RECALL. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED ME TO NARROWLY MISS AN ACCIDENT AND IT MADE FOR A TENSE AND ANXIOUS TIME. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE AND DO SOMETHING QUICKLY BEFORE MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. UPON INSPECTION BRAKE LINE SHOWED MAJOR CORROSION, AND REMAINING LINES APPEAR TO HAVE MAJOR CORROSION AS WELL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 60 AND 65 AND THE TRUCK WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN EVEN I TRIED TO BRAKE THE RPM GAUGE WAS AT 5000 RPM AND THE TRUCK WAS FORCING ME FORWARD I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STILL WAS ACCELERATING LIKE THE ENGINE WAS BEING REVVED UP. I MANAGED TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC AND KILLED THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULDN'T SHUT OFF I TOOK THE KEYS OUT AND AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS IT FINALLY WENTOFF. I TRIED RESTARTING IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT STILL KEPT ACCELERATING TO THE MAX EVERYONE TIME. I CHECKED THE ACCELERATIONS CABLE AND IT WAS NOT STUCK. *TR

THE STEEL BRAKE LINES GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES RUSTED AND BLEW. AFTER A INSPECTION ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

CORDED BRAKE LINES CAUSED THE FLUID TO BE LOSS UPON STOPPING CAUSING THE BRAKES TO GO OUT, THIS HAPPENED IN 2012 WITH ALL THE MAIN BRAKE LINES TO ALL 4 WHEELS HAVING TO BE REPLACED, THEN AGAIN IN 2013 THE BRAKE LINES ATTACHED TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, CORRODED CAUSING A RAPID LOSS IN BRAKE FLUID AND, AND LOSS OF BRAKES. *JS

HIT BRAKES HARD TO AVOID DEER, RAN UP ON CURB VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, DROVE OFF A SHORT DISTANCE WHEN KNOWN THERE WAS NO BRAKE PRESSURE. SLOWLY WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE TO FRIEND HOUSE, STILL BROKE WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT THERE WAS NOT PRESSURE. THE WHOLE BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED AND CORROSION. UPDATED 1/28/2015 *JS

WENT TO STOP AND ABS CAME ON AND PAVEMENT WAS DRY AND NOW IT COMES ON EVERY TIME YOU PUT ON BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO 5 OR 6 MPH ... *TR

I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO START THE TRUCK AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY THE TRUCK WAS PARKED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE GM DEALER AND HAD THE LINES FIXED FOR $890.00. *TR