2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. ..UPDATED 09/07/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A TOTAL BRAKE LINE FAILURE. ALL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF THIS FAILURE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2005 PICK UPS. UPDATED 09/17/2012 *JS

BOUGHT MY TRUCK NEW IN 2004 AS MY RETIREMENT VEHICLE. I HAVE ONLY 42,000 MILES. I HAD MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO UNDER A DEALER WARRANTY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. WITHIN THE PAST WEEK MY TRANSMISSION HAS RANDOMLY SLIPPED FROM A DEAD STOP AS WELL AS DOUBLE CLUNKED FROM A DEAD STOP. MOST RECENTLY, THE AC IS RANDOMLY BLOWING OUT HOT AIR. I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A GOLF CART INSTEAD. SINCE THE TRUCK IS NOW 7+ YEARS OLD IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I'M HOPING THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND LEAVE ME STRANDED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY ON A HOT SUMMER DAY. NOTE: I WAS A VICTIM OF THE US FIDELIS EXTENDED WARRANTY SCAM. *TR

MY VEHICLE READ 0 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THERE ARE TIMES IT WILL SHOOT TO 120 MPH AND OTHERS IT WILL BE IN BETWEEN REGARDLESS OF MY ACTUALLY SPEED. ADDITIONALLY, THE GAS GAUGE GOES PAST FULL WHEN I AM NEAR EMPTY AND VICE VERSA. SOMETIMES THE GAS GAUSE STICKS IN THE MIDDLE SO I NEVER KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN MY GAUGE TOLD ME I WAS DOING THE SPEED LIMIT. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY BECAUSE MY GAUGE TOLD ME I WAS 3/4 FULL WHEN I WAS ON EMPTY. I KNOW AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND VEHICLES WHO WERE LESS THAN 80K MILES OR GOT FIXED PRIOR TO JULY 2011 THEN THEY WERE COVERED. HOWEVER, NOTHING WAS DONE FOR THE VEHICLES AFTER THAT DATE. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS GM OWNERS WITH TRUCKS RANGING FROM 2003-2007 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND WE ARE BEING FORCED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED OUT OF POCKET FOR OVER $500. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND ALL OF THE VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE ON MY CAR AND WAS TOLD BY GM THAT THE DEALER DIDNT SUBMIT THE NEW OWNER INFORMATION DESPITE ME BUYING FROM A GM DEALER. I AM ASKING THE NHTSA TO ENFORCE THIS SAFTEY ISSUE AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES TO BE COVERED BY GM NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE IS. HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F11F710 HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2004/CHEVROLET/SUBURBAN_1500/?Q=&PAGE=3 HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T7IEVBBFPJQIQHNVG HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/SUBURBAN/2004/ELECTRICAL/SPEEDOMETER_STOPS_WORKING.SHTML HTTP://WWW.JUSTANSWER.COM/CHEVY/14I3B-2004-SUBURBAN-SPEEDOMETER-DOESN-T-WORK-STICKS.HTML *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE ROTORS AND BACKING PLATES WERE ALSO CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED THAT PIECES OF THE BACKING PLATES FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. UPDATED 06/06/12 *JS

OWNER WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM THE SHOULDER. DURING THE EMERGENCY STOP THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FAIL, AND COMPLETELY FAILED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STOP, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO RESULTING ACCIDENT, THE POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAS VERY PREVALENT. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS FOUND DRIPPING FROM THE FRAME RAIL JUST BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BLOCK AREA. THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE WHERE THE LINES WAS MOUNTED TO THE FRAME AND HELD IN PLACE BY PLASTIC RETAINING CLIPS..ON ADDITIONAL INSPECTION, THE OTHER BRAKE HARDLINES WERE FOUND TO BE RUSTED AS WELL. THE ONLY VIABLE FIX WOULD SEEM TO BE A TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING LINES, TO PREVENT CONCATENATED FAILURES. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND RUPTURED AT A BEND GOING TO LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THIS TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW BY ME IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND NEVER DRIVEN ON THE BEACH OR IN SALTY CONDITIONS. WHY ARE YOU ONLY LOOKING AT 1999 THROUGH 2003 WHEN THEY CLEARLY DID NOT IMPROVE THE BRAKE LINES FOR 2004? THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK HAS BAD CORROSION. *JS

ON SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2012, MY SON WAS BACKING THE TRUCK OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS SQUIRTING FROM A BROKEN BRAKE LINE UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND ABOUT 6 - 8 INCHES REARWARD FROM THE BACK OF THE CAB. SUBSEQUENTLY, I FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES ARE DEFECTIVE AND THERE WILL BE A COST IN THE AREA OF $1600 TO REPAIR THESE ITEMS. *TR

LEAVING MY PROPERTY I STOPPED TO CLOSE GATE. I SMELLED GAS, LOOKED UNDER AT FUEL TANK AND FUEL LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ONTO MUFFLER. I REMOVED TRUCK BED AND FOUND ANIMAL (SQUIRREL) HAD CHEWED HOLE IN PLASTIC PRESSURE FUEL LINE AT TANK CONNECTION. PLASTIC NOT APPROPRIATE FOR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE. I HAVE PICTURES OF DAMAGED LINE. *TR