2005 GMC Sierra 1500

WHEN PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. UPON INVESTIGATING I FOUND THE BRAKE LINES TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO BE DRIVING AT A FASTER RATE OF SPEED ON THE OPEN ROAD. THAT SAME WEEK THE STEERING HAD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN LIKE IT WAS LOW ON FLUID, WHICH IT WAS NOT. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE COMPUTER AT 400 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACTIVATING THE A/C, THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE YEARS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V043000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V417000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,510.

SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING DOWNHILL AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. PUMPING DID LITTLE SO USED PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE OUT OF TAIL PIPE AS ENGINE SHUTTERED AND VALVES CHATTERED. FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE FAILED FROM EXTERNAL CORROSION SHOOTING FLUID ON HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. WHEN PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR MASTER CYLINDER PASSED FLUID INTO BOOSTER AND THROUGH VACUUM LINE INTO INTAKE OF ENGINE CAUSING WHITE CLOUD OF BRAKE FLUID BURNING WITH GAS INTERNALLY ALMOST SHUTTING MOTOR DOWN AND LOSS OF ALL POWER. REPLACED CORRODED BRAKE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER. NEGLIGENT DESIGN AND MATERIALS QUALITY IN MY OPINION. NOW BOTH FRONT CALIPERS DRAG AND SHAKE STEERING WHEEL. WHERE IS SAFETY RECALL? BRAKE LINES ARE NOT A MAINTENANCE ITEM! TRY REPLACING ONE AS THEY WERE INSTALLED TO NEVER COME OFF. WOULD TOYOTA HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PASS ON THIS ISSUE FOR THIS MANY YEARS OF COMPLAINTS, THOUSANDS OF FAILURES, INJURIES AND DEATHS? *TR

APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TO TURN LEFT ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VIRTUALLY NO RESISTANCE AND NO BRAKING AT ALL. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND NO MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO OUR CAMPSITE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE NEAREST GM DEALER. THEY DECIDED IT WOULD BE MORE 'ECONOMICAL' TO SEND THE CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE LINES OUT TO A SHOP AS MODELS FOR MAKING UP NEW ONES RATHER THAN USE THE KIT IN TSB 13-05-22-001. UNFORTUNATELY IT TOOK THAT SHOP A WEEK TO DO THE WORK AND WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET AROUND WHILE THE DEALER WAITED FOR PARTS, ADDING SOME $250 TO THE $1113.32 REPAIR COST. SINCE WE WERE OVER A THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME AT THE TIME WE HAD LITTLE CHOICE. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO PICK MY KIDS UP AFTER SCHOOL AND AS I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. NO DASH ABS INDICATOR LIGHT OR WARNING LIGHT SHOWING ANY FAULT CODE CAME ON BEFORE OR SINCE. FORTUNATELY, I NEVER FOLLOW CLOSE IN TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO STOP MY VEHICLE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT AND NOBODY GETTING HURT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT I SAFELY RETURNED HOME BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. SINCE IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE WHEN I GOT HOME I LEFT ALL UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING TO TAKE A LOOK. THE FOLLOWING MORNING BEHIND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE ON THE GROUND WAS A PUDDLE THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL AND IT WAS BRAKE FLUID, I LOOKED UP AND TRACED IT TO A CORRODED/RUSTED/INFERIOR BRAKE LINE. I CALLED THE LOCAL GM DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE BY VIN FOR THIS ISSUE, SO I THEN CALLED GM CUSTOMER CARE AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD TOOK PLACE AND GM HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. CURRENTLY MY VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP IN SERVICE AND AS I AWAIT WORD ON GM'S POSITION ON WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO TO CORRECT THE ISSUE I CAME ACROSS THIS SITE AND A COUNTLESS LIST OF OTHER GM CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I SECURED A GM CASE NUMBER, TOOK PHOTOS OF THE CORRODED/RUSTED/INFERIOR LINES AND WILL AWAIT WHAT I HOPE WILL BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE FROM GM, WHICH IS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. I'LL UPDATE THIS VEHICLE SAFETY COMPLAINT WITH THE RESPONSE I RECEIVE! *TR