Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 37980 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated that the brake warning light was illuminated. the contact depressed the brake pedal and it abnormally traveled to the floorboard. the vehicle was later towed to the dealer for diagnosis who advised that the brake lines and the calipers failed. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 37,980. the current mileage was approximately 37,965. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 37980 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated that the brake warning light was illuminated. the contact depressed the brake pedal and it abnormally traveled to the floorboard. the vehicle was later towed to the dealer for diagnosis who advised that the brake lines and the calipers failed. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 37,980. the current mileage was approximately 37,965. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 37950 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated that when she was trying to hitch her trailer to her vehicle she noticed that the brake warning light had illuminated. the contact depressed the brake pedal and it went straight to the floor. the vehicle was later towed to the dealer for diagnosis. after diagnosis they advised her that the brake lines and the calipers failed. the vehicle was repaired for the all 4 brake lines and calipers. the manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 37,980. the current mileage was approximately 37,965. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 09/08/2011 | 27914 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated that the brake lines were corroded. the contact was driving attempting to stop when the brakes failed. the contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer and was told that the front passenger side brake line failed and the other brake lines were faulty and would also fail eventually. the failed brake line was replaced only. the failure and current mileage was 27,914. kmj | |||
| 11/18/2010 | 44000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated while he applied the brake pedal went to the floor. the vehicle was taken to the dealership diagnosed located the failure at the passenger rear brake line broke due to corrosion causing the brake fluid to leak. the manufacturer was contacted they advised there wasn't a recall for the failure; therefore they will not assist with the repair. the vehicle was repaired. the vin information wasn | |||
| 09/23/2010 | 65000 | ||
| Brake failure, rusted brake line leaking, 2005 chevy silverado, 65,000 miles | |||
| 06/02/2009 | 35000 | 1 | |
| Intermittent violent brake shimmy. dealer replaced brake rotors and shimmy still continues. dealer was unable to rectify problem. similar complaints from other truck owners. dealer stated that there was no known fix. *tr | |||
| 09/10/2009 | 31060 | 1 | |
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| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 03/23/2010 | 49000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado. the contact stated that last week while he was driving 45 mph he applied the brakes and the abs malfunctioned. the brakes locked and caused him to continue driving through an intersection. a local mechanic replaced the brakes which did not solve the problem. the vehicle was at the dealership when the complaint was filed. the technician stated that two speed sensors caused the failure to occur. the vehicle will be repaired at the owners expense. the failure mileage was approximately 49,000. the current mileage was approximately 49,500. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - CALIPER | |||
| 05/04/2007 | 34000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated that the rear calibers on the vehicle continued to freeze and was wearing down the router. the dealer replaced the caliber 3 years ago and the contact felt that the failure recurrence was too soon since the last repair. the vehicle was had not yet been repaired. the failure mileage was 34,000 and the current mileage was 59,000. | |||