2004 Chevrolet Silverado

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME ABNORMALLY STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE BRAKE LINES, WHICH WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000. UPDATED 10/17/12*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR UPON ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE GEAR WAS IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED IN ORDER TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITH THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FOR STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,800. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

UPON LEAVING A PARKING AREA WITH A FULL LOAD OF WOODCHIPS ON MY TRUCK MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY DASHBOARD WARNING, WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. COASTING TO A STOP AND APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE I STOPPED THE TRUCK WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I FOUND THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. I HAD THE TRUCK TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM HAD CORRODED AND WAS FALLING APART. I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO REPAIR DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE LENGTH OF TIME TO NEEDED TO MAKE THE REPAIR. THE ENTIRE BRAKELINE SYSTEM, ABS PUMP MOTOR AND VALVE WAS EXCESSIVELY RUSTED, CORRODED THROUGH AND NON REPAIRABLE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR COST $2,026.47. I AM APPALLED THAT GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED NOR WAS A RECALL ISSUED TO HAVE THIS TRUCKS BRAKE LINES REPLACED BEFORE THEY BURST AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL COMPLETELY, WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

I WENT OUT TO LEAVE FOR A MEETING AND STARTED MY TRUCK. I HEARD A TICKING NOISE THAT I HAD NOT HEARD PRIOR TO THIS MORNING. I OPENED THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE TICKING AND DISCOVERED ON THE LEFT BANK ONE OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS WAS MISSING THE HEAD. I THEN WENT AROUND TO THE RIGHT BANK AND NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY ABOUT MID WAY OF THE MANIFOLD. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NEW OFF THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE ISSUE WITH IT UNTIL THIS ISSUE POPPED UP. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AFFECTING CHEVROLET AND GM VEHICLES WITH 8 CYLINDER ENGINES. THIS VEHICLE IS USED AS A DAILY DRIVER AND IS NOT USED FOR COMMERCIAL TOWING, NOR IS IT USED FOR TOWING ON A REGULAR BASIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOCKING COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE WOULD BECOME LOUDER WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SECTOR SHAFT WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,000. UPDATED 8/31/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. UPDATED 09/11/2012 *JS

APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AS THERE WAS SOME BRAKE PRESSURE LEFT ONCE I GOT THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I CAREFULLY DROVE THE TRUCK HOME AND NOTICE A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. IN FACT, ALL OF THE BRAKES IN THAT AREA WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. I REPLACED ALL BRAKES ON THE TRUCK WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES TO INSURE THIS PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I TOW A LARGE FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER WITH THIS TRUCK. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT OCCUR WHILE I WAS TOWING IT. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE ROAD AFTER LEAVING MY HOME AND AS I APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF A MAIN ROAD I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I ACTUALLY WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING ON THE MAIN ROAD. ON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES THAT TRAVEL FROM UNDER THE HOOD ALONG THE FRAME TO THE ANTI-LOCK MODULE ARE ALL SEVERELY RUSTED AND ONE HAD A HOLE IN IT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND GM NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE LITTLE KIDS IN THE CAR I ALMOST HIT AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FUEL LINES IN THE SAME AREA ARE ALSO VERY ROTTED. THIS DOESN'T USUALLY HAPPEN UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS MUCH OLDER. *TR

I WAS MOVING MY TRUCK FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AT MY HOUSE TO MOVE AROUND SOME OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL THE SECOND TIME TO STOP THE TRUCK, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND MOVED THE OTHER VEHICLES I NEED TO AND WENT TO MOVE MY TRUCK BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LOCATION. WHEN MOVING MY TRUCK I HAD HARDLY ANY STOPPING POWER, AND THERE WAS A TRAIL OF FLUID RUNNING FROM WHERE MY TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED TO WHERE I MOVED IT TO. MY TRUCK IS NOT USED OFF ROAD, AND HAD BEEN MAINTAINED. I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH 245K MILES ON IT AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. I LOVE MY TRUCK AND NOW IT HAS TO SIT, CAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX IT, AND CANNOT DRIVE IT WITH NO BRAKES. VERY DISAPPOINTED! *TR