Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 12/01/2012 | 75862 | ||
| As i approached a stop sign, i applied the brakes and the brake pedal went soft and then to the floor. immediately followed by a brake system warning and a brake light on the instrument panel. i got the vehicle stopped on the side of the road and checked the brake fluid reservoir. it was empty. it had been snowing that day and i noticed a puddle of fluid had formed in the fresh snow under the driver's side of the vehicle, just inboard and aft of the front left wheel. when i crawled underneath and looked i found what appears to be severly rotted brake lines. i have never had a solid brake line fail on me before and was quite shocked at how progressed the corrosion was. i take care of my truck and it gets washed and serviced regularly. with that it gets used as a truck as well. i feel that the corrosion was excessive and perhaps is the result of a material flaw/cheap materials used. i shudder to think what the outcome would have been had i been towing my horse trailer or my camper that day. | |||