2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AS I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY (I WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL) ON 1/3/2013. I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF BRAKES WITHOUT WARNING (NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT). I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I HAD THE LINE REPLACED AT THIS TIME. ON 8/15/2013 I AGAIN EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES WHEN A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. AGAIN, I WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL ON A DRIVEWAY/FARM LANE AND WAS ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO WARNING FROM DASHBOARD LIGHTS. I HAVE HAD THAT LINE REPLACED ALSO. I AM NOW PLANNING TO REPLACE ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES. I HAVE NOT HAD TO DO THIS ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED. *JB

AT APPROX. 6:00 AM I LEFT FOR WORK WHICH IS A 15-20 MINUTE DRIVE. AT THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT I NOTICED THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE LOW. I CONTINUED MY TRAVELS AND AT THE NEXT LIGHT I VERY NEARLY WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP. WHEN I REACHED MY BUSINESS AND APPLIED THE BRAKES IN THE PARKING LOT, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD TO COAST TO A STOP IN AN EMPTY LOT. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PARK MY TRUCK, I GOT OUT OF THE CAB AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE BLEEDING BRAKE FLUID FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. I HAD TO HAVE TO BROUGHT TO MY MECHANIC. UPON INSPECTION HE FOUND ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. EARLY THIS YEAR IN JANUARY I HAD TO HAVE ALL THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES REPLACED IN THE SAME TRUCK BECAUSE THEY ALSO RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY. BETWEEN THE TWO REPAIRS IT HAS COST ME OVER $ 1300.00 FOR A TRUCK WITH ONLY 30500 MILES. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SPEED AND MY BRAKES FAILED IN THIS MANNER, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. GENERAL MOTORS/CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT NOTIFIED THE OWNERS OF THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. VEHICLE TOWED TO GM SERVICE GARAGE WHERE INSPECTION FOUND BRAKE LINE LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF FRAME HAD RUSTED AND ROTTEN AWAY. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE REST OF THE LINES WERE POOR CONDITION AS WELL. DUE TO SEVERE RUST ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK FRAME, INCLUDING THE BRAKE CALIPERS, ALL FOUR CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO THE BRAKE SYSTEM COULD BE BLED. A CURSORY CHECK ON THE INTERNET AND THIS WEB SITE SEEMS TO INDICATE A MAJOR RUSTING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED AND WAS TRAVELING DOWN A BACK ROAD WITH A CAR DOLLY ON BACK WHEN I CAME UP OVER THE HILL THERE WERE CARS STOPPED AND THE OTHER LANE WAS COMING TOWARDS TRAFFIC I TRIED AT THE TOP OF A VERY STEEP HILL TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND THEY FAILED CAUSING ME TO HIT 6 CARS AND ONE MOTORCYCLE AND LUCKY NO ONE GOT KILLED SO NOW I HAVE A DAMAGED TRUCK BECAUSE OF ENGINEERS POOR DESIGN. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON ORRS BRIDGE ROAD (ENOLA, PA) I WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP MY VEHICLE AT THE RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION WITH WERTZVILLE RD. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKES. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES STOPPED OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT THE TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE I OBSERVED THAT BOTH A FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED DO TO SIGNIFICANT RUSTING. I ALSO OBSERVED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES MOUNTED IN THE LOCATIONS OF THE FAILED LINES WERE ALSO RUSTED AND WHERE CLOSE TO FAILURE. HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AN ACCIDENT WOULD MORE THEN LIKELY OCCURRED. *TR