2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. WENT TO BRAKE AT A STOP SIGN AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE; PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION SHOWED FAILURE OF BRAKE LINE(S). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH LIMITED BRAKE RESPONSE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINE UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND MY TRUCK WAS MAJORLY UNRESPONSIVE TO STOPPING. IT TOOK AT LEAST DOUBLE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF TIME TO STOP AND I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THANKFULLY, I WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED AND HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP OR ELSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. THE CULPRIT OF THIS INCIDENT WAS CORRODED BRAKE LINES ON MY GMC SIERRA, ONE OF WHICH RUPTURED SUDDENLY DURING THIS INCIDENT. *TR

21 YEAR OLD STEP-DAUGHTER DROVE MY TRUCK TO WORK THIS AFTERNOON, WHEN SHE WENT TO LEAVE AT THE END OF HER SHIFT, SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THANKFULLY SHE WAS STILL IN HER PARKING SPACE, AND NOT OUT IN TRAFFIC ON A VERY BUSY 6 LANE ROAD. I FOUND AT LEAST ONE OF THE 2 BRAKE LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH WHERE THEY ARE CLIPPED INTO THE PLASTIC GUIDE ON TOP OF THE FRAME. *TR

ON MY WAY TO THE STORE I NOTICED REDUCED BRAKE PEDAL AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON AT THIS TIME. ON MY WAY HOME THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD EVEN LESS PEDAL AND NEEDED EXTREME STOPPING DISTANCE. I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE REPAIR STATION AND THE MECHANIC FOUND HEAVILY RUSTED LINES ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF THE ABS MODULE. ONE OF THE LINES WAS RUSTED THRU AND LEAKING IN THE AREA OF THE ABS MODULE CAUSING THE MALFUNCTION. I ALREADY HAVE HAD THE BRAKE LINES TO THE FRONT CALIPERS REPLACED IN JULY OF 2012 DUE TO EXTREME RUST. I AM HAVING ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL AT THE TIME OF THIS POSTING. THIS VEHICLE GETS VERY LIGHT DUTY PERSONNEL USE AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF RUST IN THE BODY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE FAILED AND WAS PROVIDING INCORRECT FUEL LEVEL READING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT THE RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

PULLING ON THE IN FRONT OF MY HOME , NO BRAKES USE THE PARKING BRAKE. LOOK UNDER THE SIERRA ON THE DRIVER SIDE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. CORROSION ON BRAKE LINE,71,295 MILES ON THE SIERRA. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING , I HAD NO NOTICE OF PULLING INTO SUPERMARKET OF COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE, FOUND OUT I HAVE MULTIPLE LEAKS AND PIN HOLES IN MY BRAKE LINES UNDERNEATH AND EXTENSIVE RUSTING ON MY VEHICLE, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO AVOID CRASHING INTO A PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME, INSPECTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES WAS REPLACED A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,791.