2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREET AT STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL HAD MORE TRAVEL THAN NORMAL. DROVE TRUCK HOME AND BRAKES WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY LESS EFFECTIVE. UPON INSPECTION AT HOME, FOUND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO SHOP. SHOP FOUND THAT BRAKE LINES TO REAR OF TRUCK HAD CORRODED THROUGH AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. SHOP SAID THEY HAD FIXED AT LEAST 15 SIMILAR TRUCKS THIS YEAR WITH SAME PROBLEM.

BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN OCTOBER OF 2009, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP ON 12/17/2009 WITH COMPLAINTS MILEAGE OF 96,764 OF LOW ENGINE POWER, HARD TO START TRUCK,,,,GLOW PLUGS WERE BAD CORRODED PARK NEUTRAL SWITCH, CORROSION ON BRAKE LINES..PAID $ 3,600 IN REPAIRS THEN AROUND LATE SEPTEMBER 9-28-2010TRUCK DIED A FOURWAY INTERSECTION...WAS ALMOST HIT BY A CAR...TOWED TO NEAREST SERVICE FLEET SOURCE...FOUND OUT INJECTORS WERE BAD...WORK WAS STARTED FOR REPAIRS...THEN I FOUND OUT THE GLOW PLUGS...WHICH I PAID FOR ALREADY...AND THE INJECTORS WERE SERVICE BULLETINS...CALLED FLEET TOLD THEM TO STOP REPAIRS...CALLED THE DEALERSHIP...THAT HAD THE TRUCK IN DECEMBER...ASK WHY THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE GLOW PLUGS AND WHY THE DID NOT FIX THE INJECTORS...WHEN IT WAS IN THERE.....DEALERSHIP HUNG UP ON ME...CALLED 1-800-790-5700..SPOKE WITH GM TOLD THEM ABOUT MY CHEVY PROBLEMS...THEY CLAIM THAT MY INJECTORS WOULD NOT BE COVERED...AS IT WAS NOT A DEALERSHIP....FUNNY THING IS THAT FLEET SOURCE IS A CERTIFIED REBUILDER FOR BOSCH, AND SATADYNE BY THE MANUFACTURE FOR THESE PARTS THAT ARE USED IN ALL GM VEHICLES....SO IF YOU TAKE YOUR TRUCK TO A DEALER...THEY GET THEIR PARTS FROM THESE PEOPLE.....GM HAS A HISTORY OF PUTTING ON BULLETINS FOR ITEMS...AND CLAIMING WHEN YOU BRING IN YOUR TRUCK THAT THE PART DOES NOT MEET THE PERIMETER FOR REPLACEMENT....I ABOUT ANOTHER $ 3,200.00 THAT MAKES ABOUT $ 5,0000.00 DOLLARS OF ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED OUT...HAD RECALLS..SERVICE BULLETINS....NEVER WILL BY ANYTHING THAT GM MAKE AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES AFTER THE REPAIR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. HE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED SINCE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,222 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000. UPDATED 12/29/10 *BF ALSO, THE HYDRO BRAKE BOOSTER WAS LEAKING. UPDATED 04/06/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 5-10 MPH COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED AN UNINTENDED ACTIVATION OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM OCCURRED WHICH REQUIRED AN INCREASE IN THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENT AT LOW SPEEDS WHICH HAD PROGRESSED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETECTED CORROSION ON THE FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THERE WAS A SAFETY RELATED RECALL ON THE MODEL YEARS 1999-2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WAS ENGAGED, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER AND THE ROTORS WERE TURNED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER USED SAND PAPER ON THE ROTORS. THE FAILURE HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,365.