2002 GMC SIERRA 2500 Complaints

DRIVING DOWN RURAL ROAD AT 55MPH, A DEER JUMPS INTO MY PATH. I QUICKLY BRAKE, ABS ACTIVATES AND PEDAL DROPS TO NEAR FLOOR. TRUCK DOES STOP, BUT BRAKING MUCH MORE DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL. DEER MOVES ON AND I START MOVING AGAIN. NEXT STOP SIGN I NOTICE THAT BRAKE PEDAL DROPS TO FLOOR, STILL BRAKING, BUT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO BRAKE. I MADE IT HOME AND NOTICED MY BRAKE LINE DIRECTLY UNDER THE DRIVER POSITION WAS SPRAYING FLUID NOW. *TR

PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE STREET. APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN REACHING THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY AND BRAKE PEDAL WHEN COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. WAS ABLE TO STOP, BEING THAT I WAS ONLY GOING AROUND 2 MPH AT THE TIME. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, I SAW A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY FROM A BURST BRAKE LINE. *TR

AIR BAG SENSOR WENT OUT. 4TH ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED ON 6 JAN 14; THREE OTHERS WERE REPLACED BETWEEN 9 MAR2012 AND 6 JAN 14. RESISTOR FOR AIR CONDITIONING REPLACED ON 9 JUL 13. FRONT HUBS FAILED TWICE REQUIRING THEIR REPLACEMENT WITHIN SIX MONTHS. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE IN 16 MONTHS AND 10,718 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS STAYED ON CONTINUOUSLY DURING THIS TIME, EVEN AFTER RESET ON FOUR OCCASIONS. *TR

BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. IS THEIR A GALVANIC REACTION BETWEEN LINES AND TRUCK THAT IS CAUSING THIS? HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES RUST AS BADLY ON OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE OLDER THAN THIS ONE. *TR

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 15-20 MILES BOTH ON AND OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED FINE. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND WAS COMING UP ON HIGHWAY TRAFFIC THAT WAS AT A STANDSTILL . I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE AND IT WENT STRAIT TO THE FLOOR, ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES AT ALL AND NO EVEN A HINT THIS WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY, NARROWLY MISSING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, AND USED THE TRANSMISSION AND E BRAKE TO GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON A GRASSY SHOULDER. HAD A VEHICLE BEEN NEXT TO ME OR A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER BEEN BEHIND THE WHEEL, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A MUCH WORSE OUTCOME . I KNOW AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WHO OWN SIMILAR VEHICLES AND EVERYONE HAS HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE AT SOME POINT. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND COVER THIS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE GET HURT OR KILLED! *TR

2002 GMC SIERRA 2500HD 4X4 4DR COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHEN MOVING VEHICLE AT HUNT CAMP.BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR.RUSTED BRAKE LINES BLEW UNDER DRIVERS DOOR LOCATION.LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED LINES FROM MASTER CYL. TO ABS DEVICE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE,WITH TRUCK LOADED WITH SUPPLIES ,EQPT.,AND TOWING AN ATV ON A TRAILER,NO WAY COULD I HAVE STOPPED THAT VEHICLE! I STILL NEED TO REPLACE ALL REMAINING RUSTED LINES GOING TO WHEELS. *TR

BACKING MY TRUCK DOWN A BOAT LAUNCH TO PUT A PWC IN. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, LOSING ALL BRAKES. SINCE I WAS CLOSE TO THE WATER, BY THE TIME I GOT IT INTO FORWARD, IT WAS ALREADY OVER THE EDGE OF THE RAMP INTO THE WATER. SUBMERGED UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOF. A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WITH NO WARNING UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR PANEL. IT WAS THE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ACTUATOR. READ DOZENS OF ONLINE POSTINGS ABOUT THIS BEING A HUGE PROBLEM AND WAS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT IT. SAFELY STOPPING THE TRUCK (EMPTY) WAS VERY HARD AND I COULDN'T IMAGING WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN PULLING A TRAILER, WHICH IS VERY COMMON ON THIS TRUCK. *TR

APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT OF A 55 MPH ROAD AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK FAILED TO STOP. I WENT THROUGH THE RED LIGHT BUT DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER CARS. *JS

BRAKES WENT OUT NO WARNING, AFTER LOOKING ON DRIVERS SIDE SEAT UNDER TRUCK WHERE FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT SAW WHERE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND IT BUSTED. SO I TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES AND CALLED GMC, THEY IN TURN TOWED MY TRUCK TO AUFFENBERG OF CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS AT NO CHARGE. AT THIS TIME I STARTED RESEARCHING THE RUSTED BRAKE PROBLEM AND FOUND WHERE ALAN ADLER (MANAGER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS) FOR GM SAID ON (ABC NEWS RUSTED BRAKE LINES) WHERE THEY WERE OFFERING A (KIT) TO HAVE THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES REPAIRED FOR A COST TO US OF $500.00. SO NOW TODAY 06/05/2014 MY TRUCK IS DONE AT A COST OF $1188.05 TO ME FOR THE DEALER KNOWS NOTHING OF THIS. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT ALAN ADLER THROUGH GM AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO HE IS, I HAVE SENT MANY COMPLAINTS AND TALKED WITH MANY PEOPLE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. MY REF.# [XXX] WITH THE COMPLAINT DEPT. SO IF THIS MAN CAN SAY ON THE NEWS THAT THEY HAVE THIS KIT AND THAT ALL THE DEALERS WERE TOLD ABOUT IT HOW CAN THEY LIE AND CHARGE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR