2006 Chevrolet Silverado

WHILE DRIVING 2006 CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP TRUCK, MY WIFE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AND TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN SHE PRESSED ON BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE, PEDAL FELL TO FLOOR AND BRAKES WERE UNRESPONSIVE. MY WIFE BARELY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT AND PULLED INTO SHOPPING CENTER. AFTER ARRIVING AT SCENE TO RETRIEVE MY WIFE, I CHECKED BRAKE FLUID LEVEL, WHICH WAS BELOW "MINIMUM". I ADDED A FULL CAN OF BRAKE FLUID, AND HAD HER PRESS BRAKES WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I COULD HEAR HISSING, AND SAW LIQUID SPRAY ESCAPE UNDER PRESSURE FROM UNDER HOOD. MECHANIC LATER INFORMED ME THAT BRAKE LINE FOR FRONT BRAKES WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND BRAKES FAILED WHEN SYSTEM PRESSURE FROM APPLYING BRAKES BURST THE RUSTED LINE. HE SAID MY WIFE WAS LUCKY SHE DIDN'T CRASH OR WORSE. HE ADVISED ME THAT ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS VERY RUSTED AND OTHER PARTS WERE SO RUSTED THAT IN ORDER TO BLEED AIR FROM BRAKE SYSTEM, THEY HAD TO REPLACE RUSTED CALIPERS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE AND BASED ON MY REVIEW OF OTHER DRIVERS' COMPLAINTS AND INTERNET FORUMS, IT APPEARS CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE IS A WIDESPREAD AND PERVASIVE PROBLEM FOR GM SILVERADO VEHICLES. SEE HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/GMBADBRAKES/ PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. *TR

THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE FAIL AT LOW SPEEDS (APPROX. 5 MPH). THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. CHEVY HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM (LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION, BULLETIN #03-05-25-007C). I HAD THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED IN OCTOBER 2010. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN, ROUGHLY 10,000 MILES LATER. INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IS READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE. MANY SILVERADO OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY RECALL ACTION ON THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A RECALL ON PRIOR MODELS, BUT NOT 2006 AND BEYOND MODELS, ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEARLY STILL A PROBLEM. *TR

LEFT MY DRIVEWAY AT 5AM TO GO TO WORK. AT THE END OF THE BLOCK IS A STOP SIGN. APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. COULD NOT STOP AND WENT THRU THE STOP SIGN. THERE WAS NOT LIGHTS OR WARNING CONCERNING THE BRAKES. AT FURTHER INSPECTION I SAW THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THRU. NOTICED THAT ALL THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE ON THE VERGE OF RUSTING THRU AS WELL. A VERY SCARY SIGHT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AT SLOW SPEED TO A STOP SIGN WHEN THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME GOT OUT AND SAW BRAKE FLUID FLOWING TO THE GROUND . THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT WHERE IT SPLITS TO THE REAR AXLE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN THIS TRUCK HAS LOW MILES UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION ALL THE METAL BRAKE LINES HAVE SOME SORT OFF CORROSION . AND NEED TO BE REPLACE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THESE PARTS WERE MADE WITH INFERIOR METAL . DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM SOUNDED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ALARM WAS TRIGGERED BY THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYING INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED THE RADIO AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS TO ALSO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER OPERABLE AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND UPON EXITING, NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.