2003 GMC SIERRA 2500 Complaints

FORTUNATELY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD IT TOWED AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED A LINE. HE WENT FOR A ROAD TEST AND ANOTHER LINE BLEW OUT. THIS WAS FIXED AND I WAS TOLD THAT ALL OF THE LINES LOOK BAD AND IT WOULD BE $700 TO REPLACE ALL AND THIS SEEMED TO BE COMMON ON THE CHEVY AND GMC TRUCKS. THIS TRUCK IS GARAGE KEPT - WHY WOULD ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES BE BAD? THIS IS A GMC SIERRA 2500HD EXTENDED CAB 4WD TRUCK. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL COASTING INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED AND HE DID NOT CONSIDER THE INCIDENT TO BE A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC TEST INDICATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE SUFFICIENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,692 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,750. UPDATED 09/21/11*LJ THE DEALER REPALCED THE LEFT AND FRONT SPEED SENSOR. UPDATED 11/04/11

2003 GMC SIERRA 2500HD CREW CAB CLOTH SPLIT BENCH: THE SHOULDER HARNESS SEATBELTS ON ALL THREE PASSENGER SEATS WILL LOCK UP DURING NORMAL CRUISE (NO SUDDEN STOPS OR YANKS ON THE BELTS), AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET TIGHTER AND TIGHTER UNTIL THE OCCUPANT MUST UNBUCKLE THE SEATBELT AND LET IT COMPLETELY RETRACT BEFORE IT CAN BE RE-BUCKLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC SIERRA 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE DEALER WAS NOT INFORMED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

HYDRAULIC BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD PULLING THE TRAILER WITH A 500 LB MOWER IN THE TRAILER. BRAKE FLUID POURED FROM THE BEHIND THE DRIVER DOOR UNDER FROM THE FRAME NEAR THE FUEL FILTER AND BRAKE LINE DISTRIBUTION BLOCK. FRONT BRAKE LINES REPLACED ONE YEAR AGO AFTER AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED AND FRONT BRAKE LINES REPLACED. 2003 GMC SIERRA 2500 4WD WITH ABOUT 40K MILEAGE. BRAKE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE WITH THIS VEHICLE...I HAVE ANOTHER CAR, DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH 97K AND NO BRAKE LINE PROBLEMS. STAYS IN THE SAME DRIVEWAY AND DRIVES THE SAME ROADS. *TR

RUPTURE BRAKE LINE ABOVE GAS TANK JUST APPLYING DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING ONE BRAKE LINE TO RUPTURE FROM RUST. *TR

4 BROKEN EXHAUST BOLTS ON MY 2003 SERRA 2500HD (PICKUP) V8 ENGINE. PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE. WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=0YG6WLBNZGI. *TR

BOTH FRONT ABS SENSORS FAILED DUE TO CORROSION, CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. *TR

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES IN TRAFFIC BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. BRAKE LINE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE WAS CORRODED AND BURST, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID LEAK. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUPTURE, 2003 GMC SIERRA 2500HD PICKUP. TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE STOPPING FOR TRAFFIC AT 60 MPH. ALL LINES WERE ROTTED AND HAD TO REPLACED. CRASH WAS AVOIDED BECAUSE OTHER CARS REALIZED I HAD LOST BRAKING AND MOVED OUT THE WAY. DID NOT REPORT UNTIL NOW(DEC 2010) BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. NOW FINDING OUT THAT IT IS PREVALENT, SO MUCH, THAT I HAVE WARNED FRIENDS ABOUT IT AND AM FINDING IT TO BE QUITE COMMON. *TR