2004 GMC Yukon

I WAS HEADING TO OCEAN CITY MARYLAND. AS I WAS APPROACHING THE TOLL PLAZA TO GO OVER THE BAY BRIDGE I SLOWED DOWN AND SEEM TO HAD STOPPED WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE CLEAR TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT THE BOX TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME THAT WAS STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND IT WAS ALL LIT UP AND BLINKING. THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME I HAD LOST MY BREAKS AND THAT WHEN HE WOULD MOVE I WOULD BEGIN TO MOVE AS WELL. I WAS NOT FAR FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE BRIDGE BUT I WAS SIX OR SEVEN LANES TO THE LEFT IN THE EASYPASS LANE. I CALLED MY BROTHER ASKING HIM WHAT TO DO AND HE TALKED ME THROUGH AS I WAS PANICKING. I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS AND LOTS OF TRACTOR TRAILERS GOING THROUGH THE PLAZA. I WAS FOR SURE I WAS GOING TO BE HIT OR HIT SOMEONE ELSE. I ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOWS PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND BEGAN TO BLOW MY HORN AND YELLING OUT THE WINDOW I HAVE NO BRAKES SO THAT I COULD GET OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT BEFORE THE BRIDGE. AS I DID PEOPLE DID STOP AND LET ME GET OVER AND I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT THEY WERE NOT STOPPING THE TRUCK. AS I WAS DRIFTING OVER A TOLL FACILITY TOW TRUCK WAS ON THE SIDE AND HE YELLED TO ME WHAT WAS WRONG. I TOLD HIM NO BRAKES AND HE TOLD ME TO JUMP OUT AND HE JUMPED IN AND HIT THE TRUCK UP OVER A SMALL EMBANKMENT TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF ALL THE TRAFFIC. HE GOT IT TO STOP AND GOT OUT AND LOOKED UP UNDER THE TRUCK AND COULD SEE THAT TWO OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE SNAPPED. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED WITH OVER THE BAY BRIDGE AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TWO BRAKE LINES THAT SNAPPED AND THEY COULD NOT BLEED THE LINES FULLY SINCE THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THE OTHER TWO LINES COULD SNAP AT ANY TIME. I GOT HOME AND HAD TO HAVE THE OTHER TWO LINES DONE AS WELL. I HAVE TO SAY I WAS NEVER SO SCARED IN MY LIFE I COULD HAVE DIED FOR SURE IF I WAS GOING ANY FASTER UP AN OVER THE BRIDGE AND DOWN THE HILL GETTING OFF. WORST DAY OF MY LIFE. *TR

UPON APPLYING BRAKES, WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL, THE RIGHT REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. FORTUNATELY,Y I HAD SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE NEXT CAR THAT I COULD AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE STILL HAD SOME BRAKING POWER TO ALLOW ME TO DRIVE IT TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT WHERE IT CONTINUED TO LOSE BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED ALL THE STEEL LINES WITH COPPER/NICKEL LINES AT A COST OF $1,606.00. I WAS TOLD THAT THE STEEL LINES ARE RUSTING OUT AS A RESULT OF THE DE-ICING CHEMICALS BEING USED ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER. I HAVE HAD VEHICLES UP TO 15 YEARS OLD IN THE PAST AND NEVER HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE AS THIS. I QUESTION THE QUALITY OF THE STEEL LINES. IF GM IS OF THE OPINION THAT THEIR STEEL LINES CAN'T WITHSTAND THE DE-ICING CHEMICALS THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE INSTALLED COPPER/NICKEL LINES AT THE FACTORY. THANK YOU. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2004 GMC YUCON- THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, WHEN HE TRIED TO COME TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE STOPPED BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A NEARBY DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,271. *TR

I APPLIED THE BRAKES FIRMLY TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. ON MY NEXT BRAKE APPLICATION MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM MESSAGE CAME ON. WHEN I GOT HOME I FOUND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE UNDERRATE DRIVERS DOOR. ALL LINES ARE RUSTED SEVERELY AS WELL AS MOST OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE WITH GM VEHICLES SIMILAR TO MINE. *TR

SINCE GETTING THIS CAR IN 2005, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED REDUCED ENGINE POWER. WHETHER GOING 40MPH ON A 2 LANE ROAD OR 70 ON THE INTERSTATE, THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE "FIXED" TWICE, SPENT ABOUT $1000 ON 2 SEPARATE "REPAIRS," YET THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW SCARY IT IS TO BE GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND THEN HAVE YOUR ENGINE POWER REDUCED. TO BE GOING 70 AND THEN FORCED BELOW 70 IS DANGEROUS. WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT AND KILLED TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND PASS SOMEONE. THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I KNOW NUMEROUS GM OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ACROSS NUMEROUS VEHICLES. WHY HAVEN'T YOU FORCED THEM TO FIX IT? IS IT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT BAILED THEM OUT, AND IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY? SAFETY AND RELIABILITY ON ROADWAYS SHOULD BE IMPORTANT, TOO. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED AND BEGAN STEADILY DECREASING UNTIL IT REACHED 0. LUCKILY I HAD MY GPS TO GO BY FOR MY VEHICLE SPEED, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE HAD KNOW CLUE OF HOW FAST OR SLOW I WAS GOING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE, OR DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST!! *TR

MY CAR BEGAN TO HAVE A BUILD UP OF SLUGS AND BEGAN LOOSING OIL PRESSURE AND COOLANT AND NEEDED OIL ADDED AND COOLANT FREQUENTLY. OIL PRESSURE FLAT-LINED IN JANUARY OF 2012 AND IT WAS TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC. THE SLUGS WERE CLEANED AND A NEW OIL PUMP WAS PLACED BECAUSE OF THE BUILD UP OF SLUGS. I WAS ADVISED TO CHANGE THE OIL FREQUENTLY TO CLEAN THE SLUG OUT BUT IT CONTINUED TO BUILD UP AND THE MYSTERY OF LOOSING COOLANT OIL PRESSURE HAS BOTTOMED OUT TWO MORE TIMES AND I FOUND A ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET THAT A NUMBER OF GMC VEHICLES INCLUDING MINE WERE BUILT WITH DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEADS DUE TO CRACKS OVER TIME WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT TO LEAK INTO ENGINE AND MIX WITH THE OIL WHICH BUILDS UP SLUG. I WANT TO KNOW WHY A RECALL DOES NOT EXIST. THIS HAS COST ME SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS....I NEED GMC TO MAN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT.*JB