Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKES | |||
| 05/25/2012 | 57500 | ||
| Brakes worked fine driving to lumber yard, after loading lumber, and backing up, the brakes pedal went to floorboard. was able to drive to olympia chevrolet dealer about 5 miles away. brake fluid was about halfway down in the brake fluid resovoir. left car for dealer service department to determine cause of brake pedal not having any pressure. pressing on brake would provide slight braking to slow vehicle. dealer service department called, and said that the brake lines had rusted through, preventing pressure to brakes. i had not noticed any fluid spots in my driveway nor any loss of braking in recent driving. the service department said that all the steel brake lines needed to be replaced and that gm did not have any stock replacement brake lines. this meant that they would have to order brake line tubing and form the brake tubing to fit the vehicle. the cost of this is estimated to be $1,800- $2,000. the vehicle is still at the dealer being repaired. i understand that the nhtsa is investating over 110 complaints of similar brake failures on other cheverolet and gm vehicles due to excessive corrosion. please add this complaint to that list. i purchased this suburban new in 2003 and it has been maintained by the dealer and has minimal mileage. i feel this failure should be handled as an recall and the costs paid by gm. walt rennick wlrrennick@msn.com | |||
| 05/18/2012 | 100568 | ||
| I was driving my suburban 2500 and pulling a trailer. i hit the brakes to stop at an intersection and the brake pedal went right to the floor. i went right through the stop sign and just missed another car before i could stop. i checked the brakes, a brake line under the truck had burst due to heavy rusting | |||