2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKE LINES BROKE WHILE DRIVING. FIRST TIME HAD TO STOP SUDDEN ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME,REPLACED ONE LINE, NO REPLACEMENT LINES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME . SECOND TIME WAS THIS MORNING 12/6/11 PUT BRAKES ON TO AVOID ANIMAL DIFFERENT LINE RUPTURED . GETTING TIRED OF IT . THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AT LEAST A PLACE I COULD GET REPLACEMENT LINES. FURTHERMORE THE VEHICLE IS GARAGED OVERNIGHT IN THE WINTER ,VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN NEAR SALT WATER. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED TO AVOID ROAD WAY DEBRIS. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. PUMPING DIDN'T HELP ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK DID SLOW DOWN BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. MY TRUCK SUSTAINED MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE FRONT END. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE BRAKE LINE BURST AND ALL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND NEED REPLACING. THERE WERE NO PRIOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

I'M CURRENTLY REPLACING MORE BRAKE LINES AS THEY HAVE FAILED AND STARTED TO LEAK. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPEN WAS IN 2009 WHERE MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER MAKING A SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. IT BLEW OUT A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. I'VE REPLACED THE ROTORS IN 2009 CAUSE THEY WERE ALL ROTTED OUT FROM THE INSIDE AREA, AND NOW THE BRAKE LINES NEAR ABS MODULE NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE LEAKING AND PEDAL AND ABS KEEPS PUSHING IN TOO FAR AND ABS GOES OFF PREMATURELY. MY FRAME HAS BAD RUST ALL OVER IT AND I AM VERY METICULOUS ABOUT CLEANING MY TRUCK OFF WHEN ROAD SALT IS ON IT. THE UNDER CHASSIS HAS CORROSION ON THE CROSS MEMBERS, FRAME, AND TORSION BARS, IT ALL LOOKS BAD. THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH A THIRD PARTY AND HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PARTS REPLACED THROUGH THEM DUE TO FAILURE, THEY DO NOT COVER COST OF BRAKE LINES DUE TO ROT. *KB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ON THE FLOOR. I WAS TRAVELING SLOW ENOUGH THAT I WAS ABLE TO AVOID ANY COLLISIONS. UPON INSPECTION UNDER THE HOOD MY HUSBAND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID AND IT MUST HAVE BLOWN A LINE. WE ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND GOT IT HOME. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION MY HUSBAND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE AND FUEL LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED. HE IS A CORROSION CONTROL SPECIALIST AND KNOWS DEFECTIVE MATERIALS WHEN HE SEES THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH INTO A PARKING LOT BUT WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND ONCE HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

MY 2003 SILVERADO 2500 HD WITH ONLY 55K MILES ON IT DID NOT PASS A RECENT SAFETY INSPECTION DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THE TRUCK GETS VERY LITTLE USE AND I FIND THIS TO BE VERY DISTURBING THAT BRAKE LINES ARE FAILING WITHOUT WARNING. HAD I NOT GOTTEN AN INSPECTION I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS EMMINENT AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TT