Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKES | |||
| 06/16/2012 | 137520 | 1 | |
| I was going to go to the store with my truck and stepped on the brake pedal and it went to the floor. i looked under the door and the brake fluid was running onto the driveway and the brake line was all rusty and failed. i was going to be driving on the highway at 65 mph and con only imagine what would have happened. *tr | |||
| 06/16/2012 | 137520 | ||
| I was going to go to the store with my truck and stepped on the brake pedal and it went to the floor. i looked under the door and the brake fluid was running onto the driveway and the brake line was all rusty and failed. i was going to be driving on the highway at 65 mph and con only imagine what would have happened. | |||
| 06/16/2012 | 150000 | ||
| I got into my gmc applied the breaks before starting the truck and all of a suddenly the breaks went to the floor. i got out and discovered fluid dripping from under the truck, on the drivers side, about in line with the back of the drivers seat. | |||
| 06/14/2012 | 174000 | ||
| I own a 2000 gmc sierra2500 4wd. i bought this truck new in june of 2000. in the past year, the corrosion issues are becoming overwhelming. yesterday, a brake line blew out while driving. the brake pedal went to the floor as i approached a stop sign at an intersection with a state highway. luckily, i got stopped as i was only going 25 mph. i babied it to a local garage 1/4 mile away, and found brake fluid dripping out below the fuel tank area. after looking underneath, the mechanic noticed that most of the brake lines will need replaced because of rust. goes along with the corrosion issue under the whole truck. i've already replaced the rear spring shackles on both sides, as one had rusted and broke in half while driving. this caused the leaf spring to slam up against underside of the bed, which dented and cracked the paint in the bed. i restore vehicles for a living, and i've seen cars from the 1940's that don't have this much rust on the underside. come on gm!! it's great that the body looks like new and the engine runs great, but it doesn't do any good when the frame rots out from underneath!! and now the brake lines---glad i wasn't going 60mph with a loaded trailer when it blew!! | |||
| 06/16/2012 | 150000 | ||
| I got into my gmc applied the breaks before starting the truck and all of a suddenly the breaks went to the floor. i got out and discovered fluid dripping from under the truck, on the drivers side, about in line with the back of the drivers seat. | |||
| 06/14/2012 | 174000 | ||
| I own a 2000 gmc sierra2500 4wd. i bought this truck new in june of 2000. in the past year, the corrosion issues are becoming overwhelming. yesterday, a brake line blew out while driving. the brake pedal went to the floor as i approached a stop sign at an intersection with a state highway. luckily, i got stopped as i was only going 25 mph. i babied it to a local garage 1/4 mile away, and found brake fluid dripping out below the fuel tank area. after looking underneath, the mechanic noticed that most of the brake lines will need replaced because of rust. goes along with the corrosion issue under the whole truck. i've already replaced the rear spring shackles on both sides, as one had rusted and broke in half while driving. this caused the leaf spring to slam up against underside of the bed, which dented and cracked the paint in the bed. i restore vehicles for a living, and i've seen cars from the 1940's that don't have this much rust on the underside. come on gm!! it's great that the body looks like new and the engine runs great, but it doesn't do any good when the frame rots out from underneath!! and now the brake lines---glad i wasn't going 60mph with a loaded trailer when it blew!! | |||
| 06/16/2012 | 150000 | ||
| I got into my gmc applied the breaks before starting the truck and all of a suddenly the breaks went to the floor. i got out and discovered fluid dripping from under the truck, on the drivers side, about in line with the back of the drivers seat. | |||
| 06/14/2012 | 174000 | ||
| I own a 2000 gmc sierra2500 4wd. i bought this truck new in june of 2000. in the past year, the corrosion issues are becoming overwhelming. yesterday, a brake line blew out while driving. the brake pedal went to the floor as i approached a stop sign at an intersection with a state highway. luckily, i got stopped as i was only going 25 mph. i babied it to a local garage 1/4 mile away, and found brake fluid dripping out below the fuel tank area. after looking underneath, the mechanic noticed that most of the brake lines will need replaced because of rust. goes along with the corrosion issue under the whole truck. i've already replaced the rear spring shackles on both sides, as one had rusted and broke in half while driving. this caused the leaf spring to slam up against underside of the bed, which dented and cracked the paint in the bed. i restore vehicles for a living, and i've seen cars from the 1940's that don't have this much rust on the underside. come on gm!! it's great that the body looks like new and the engine runs great, but it doesn't do any good when the frame rots out from underneath!! and now the brake lines---glad i wasn't going 60mph with a loaded trailer when it blew!! | |||
| 06/16/2012 | 150000 | ||
| I got into my gmc applied the breaks before starting the truck and all of a suddenly the breaks went to the floor. i got out and discovered fluid dripping from under the truck, on the drivers side, about in line with the back of the drivers seat. | |||
| 06/14/2012 | 174000 | ||
| I own a 2000 gmc sierra2500 4wd. i bought this truck new in june of 2000. in the past year, the corrosion issues are becoming overwhelming. yesterday, a brake line blew out while driving. the brake pedal went to the floor as i approached a stop sign at an intersection with a state highway. luckily, i got stopped as i was only going 25 mph. i babied it to a local garage 1/4 mile away, and found brake fluid dripping out below the fuel tank area. after looking underneath, the mechanic noticed that most of the brake lines will need replaced because of rust. goes along with the corrosion issue under the whole truck. i've already replaced the rear spring shackles on both sides, as one had rusted and broke in half while driving. this caused the leaf spring to slam up against underside of the bed, which dented and cracked the paint in the bed. i restore vehicles for a living, and i've seen cars from the 1940's that don't have this much rust on the underside. come on gm!! it's great that the body looks like new and the engine runs great, but it doesn't do any good when the frame rots out from underneath!! and now the brake lines---glad i wasn't going 60mph with a loaded trailer when it blew!! | |||
| 06/10/2012 | 102000 | ||
| While pulling a small enclosed trailer and going down a hill i expierenced a complete brake failure. i had absolutely nothing for brakes. i ended up going through a redlight and missed any vehicles in the intersection, started to downshift to slow my speed. crossed over an intersection for a bike trail with noone in the way. then had to make a hard right turn to go under a train tressel narrowly missing an on comming car. when i finally got the vehicle stopped i had dropped vertically 80 + feet in the matter of less than a half mile. on the ground was a puddle of brake fluid fromthe corroded brake lines that had burst rendereing my truck in to an unstoppable downhill bobsled. the weather conditions we sunny and 80 degrees. luckily noone was in my way and i was able to miss any obects and steer the truck to a safe spot. i am also thankful that neither of my kids were in the truck with me at the time of this incident. i feel that there shoudl be som accountability in to what a manufacture uses for vital safety items in a vehicle. brakes lines should be a part that should outlast the usefullness of the vehicle . not something that should be a possible failure point any any given time. this is a matter of public safety how many more poeople have to die or get injured due to a cost savings of using regular steel lines on the one part that makes you vehicle stop? i have heard of plenty of people with multiple vehicle types who have had their brake lines fail. this is just unacceptable thank you for anythign that you may try to do on this issue | |||