Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 11/16/2011 | 143000 | ||
| I was pulling into street from ally and when i applied the brake, they went to the floor and left a puddle of fluid in the middle of the truck frame, luckly i was not in traffic or this could have been damaging. | |||
| 11/14/2011 | 101000 | ||
| Rusted break lines | |||
| 11/09/2011 | 60000 | ||
| The brake lines on my 2002 chevy 2500 hd completely blew out causing me to go through a red light ending up in the middle of the intersection. | |||
| 10/26/2011 | 88095 | ||
| I was driving south on md-235 in lexington park, md when the light at the intersection of md-235 & fdr blvd. turned yellow. i had little room to stop and applied the brakes forcefully, slowing to approximately 25 mph when the pedal went to the floor and i ran through the intersection as the light turned red. no cars were in front of me; an accident did not occur. i used the emergency brake to stop and opened the hood, thinking i had a brake master cylinder failure. i noted fluid dripping from underneath the chassis by the driver's door, & on further inspection, found a rupture in a corroded brake line. i drove home using the emergency brake (rural area; approximately 12 miles), lightly pressing the brake pedal when stopping with the emergency brake to turn the brake lights on. once home, i found virtually every steel brake line throughout the vehicle badly corroded. an internet search provided information that this is a prevailing problem with 1999-2004 chevrolet trucks of all models. a problem this prevalent with this high of a safety concern needs a manufacturer's recall issued for these vehicles. i am the second owner of this vehicle. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 96500 | ||
| While coming to a red light, i lost the ability to stop. upon inspection i observed severely corroded and rusty brake lines and fluid leaking leaking from one of the brake lines. | |||
| 10/26/2011 | 88095 | ||
| I was driving south on md-235 in lexington park, md when the light at the intersection of md-235 & fdr blvd. turned yellow. i had little room to stop and applied the brakes forcefully, slowing to approximately 25 mph when the pedal went to the floor and i ran through the intersection as the light turned red. no cars were in front of me; an accident did not occur. i used the emergency brake to stop and opened the hood, thinking i had a brake master cylinder failure. i noted fluid dripping from underneath the chassis by the driver's door, & on further inspection, found a rupture in a corroded brake line. i drove home using the emergency brake (rural area; approximately 12 miles), lightly pressing the brake pedal when stopping with the emergency brake to turn the brake lights on. once home, i found virtually every steel brake line throughout the vehicle badly corroded. an internet search provided information that this is a prevailing problem with 1999-2004 chevrolet trucks of all models. a problem this prevalent with this high of a safety concern needs a manufacturer's recall issued for these vehicles. i am the second owner of this vehicle. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 96500 | ||
| While coming to a red light, i lost the ability to stop. upon inspection i observed severely corroded and rusty brake lines and fluid leaking leaking from one of the brake lines. | |||
| 10/26/2011 | 88095 | ||
| I was driving south on md-235 in lexington park, md when the light at the intersection of md-235 & fdr blvd. turned yellow. i had little room to stop and applied the brakes forcefully, slowing to approximately 25 mph when the pedal went to the floor and i ran through the intersection as the light turned red. no cars were in front of me; an accident did not occur. i used the emergency brake to stop and opened the hood, thinking i had a brake master cylinder failure. i noted fluid dripping from underneath the chassis by the driver's door, & on further inspection, found a rupture in a corroded brake line. i drove home using the emergency brake (rural area; approximately 12 miles), lightly pressing the brake pedal when stopping with the emergency brake to turn the brake lights on. once home, i found virtually every steel brake line throughout the vehicle badly corroded. an internet search provided information that this is a prevailing problem with 1999-2004 chevrolet trucks of all models. a problem this prevalent with this high of a safety concern needs a manufacturer's recall issued for these vehicles. i am the second owner of this vehicle. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 96500 | ||
| While coming to a red light, i lost the ability to stop. upon inspection i observed severely corroded and rusty brake lines and fluid leaking leaking from one of the brake lines. | |||
| 10/26/2011 | 88095 | ||
| I was driving south on md-235 in lexington park, md when the light at the intersection of md-235 & fdr blvd. turned yellow. i had little room to stop and applied the brakes forcefully, slowing to approximately 25 mph when the pedal went to the floor and i ran through the intersection as the light turned red. no cars were in front of me; an accident did not occur. i used the emergency brake to stop and opened the hood, thinking i had a brake master cylinder failure. i noted fluid dripping from underneath the chassis by the driver's door, & on further inspection, found a rupture in a corroded brake line. i drove home using the emergency brake (rural area; approximately 12 miles), lightly pressing the brake pedal when stopping with the emergency brake to turn the brake lights on. once home, i found virtually every steel brake line throughout the vehicle badly corroded. an internet search provided information that this is a prevailing problem with 1999-2004 chevrolet trucks of all models. a problem this prevalent with this high of a safety concern needs a manufacturer's recall issued for these vehicles. i am the second owner of this vehicle. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 96500 | ||
| While coming to a red light, i lost the ability to stop. upon inspection i observed severely corroded and rusty brake lines and fluid leaking leaking from one of the brake lines. | |||
| 10/26/2011 | 88095 | ||
| I was driving south on md-235 in lexington park, md when the light at the intersection of md-235 & fdr blvd. turned yellow. i had little room to stop and applied the brakes forcefully, slowing to approximately 25 mph when the pedal went to the floor and i ran through the intersection as the light turned red. no cars were in front of me; an accident did not occur. i used the emergency brake to stop and opened the hood, thinking i had a brake master cylinder failure. i noted fluid dripping from underneath the chassis by the driver's door, & on further inspection, found a rupture in a corroded brake line. i drove home using the emergency brake (rural area; approximately 12 miles), lightly pressing the brake pedal when stopping with the emergency brake to turn the brake lights on. once home, i found virtually every steel brake line throughout the vehicle badly corroded. an internet search provided information that this is a prevailing problem with 1999-2004 chevrolet trucks of all models. a problem this prevalent with this high of a safety concern needs a manufacturer's recall issued for these vehicles. i am the second owner of this vehicle. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 96500 | ||
| While coming to a red light, i lost the ability to stop. upon inspection i observed severely corroded and rusty brake lines and fluid leaking leaking from one of the brake lines. | |||
| 10/26/2011 | 88095 | ||
| I was driving south on md-235 in lexington park, md when the light at the intersection of md-235 & fdr blvd. turned yellow. i had little room to stop and applied the brakes forcefully, slowing to approximately 25 mph when the pedal went to the floor and i ran through the intersection as the light turned red. no cars were in front of me; an accident did not occur. i used the emergency brake to stop and opened the hood, thinking i had a brake master cylinder failure. i noted fluid dripping from underneath the chassis by the driver's door, & on further inspection, found a rupture in a corroded brake line. i drove home using the emergency brake (rural area; approximately 12 miles), lightly pressing the brake pedal when stopping with the emergency brake to turn the brake lights on. once home, i found virtually every steel brake line throughout the vehicle badly corroded. an internet search provided information that this is a prevailing problem with 1999-2004 chevrolet trucks of all models. a problem this prevalent with this high of a safety concern needs a manufacturer's recall issued for these vehicles. i am the second owner of this vehicle. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 96500 | ||
| While coming to a red light, i lost the ability to stop. upon inspection i observed severely corroded and rusty brake lines and fluid leaking leaking from one of the brake lines. | |||
| 10/15/2011 | 63534 | ||
| A brake line rusted through in the front of the truck. after looking under the truck, i found that all the brake lines are severely rusted and look as if they will fail at any time. all brake lines will have to be replaced before this vehicle is safe to drive again. after checking on the web i have found thousands of other complaints and still there is no gm recall. | |||
| 08/26/2011 | 66000 | ||
| Truckonly has 66k and brake lines rusted through. seems to be a problem on this year and model with no recall as of yet. extremely costly to repair! would like to see a study done of others with this problem. | |||
| 07/30/2011 | 110469 | ||
| Late on july 30, i had a single vehicle accident. i was driving down the interstate / toll road on the way back from the airport. i had cruise control set to 75mph. with no warning, my rear wheels locked up. my truck skidded into a bridge. state farm recommended my vehicle be taken to purifoy chevrolet for repairs. when i was notified by purifoy and state farm that my vehicle was repaired, i asked the purifoy shop manager, my state farm agent, and my state farm claims representative if the vehicle had been inspected for the cause of the locked-axle condition which caused the crash and injured me. all stated the vehicle had been inspected, repaired, and certified safe to drive. i paid my deductible and drove home the vehicle and parked it in my garage. within days, i used the vehicle and the axle locked up again - badly worsening my physical injuries from the first crash and causing me to be put into several more weeks of physical therapy. i am still under a doctor's care. and, i am still in physical therapy recovering from the injuries. my physical therapist has noted into my medical records that the second occurrence greatly prolonged my healing by adding additional injury to that which previously occurred from the first crash. after this second occurrence, i took my vehicle to a local shop. the shop manger locally stated this was a well-known condition of chevrolet trucks: the rear axle vent tube was manufactured too small; the tube plugs; this forces axle grease into the emergency brake hub; the emergency brake becomes saturated and swells to close proximity to the hub; when the brake heats up, it automatically applies and cannot be released until the wheel rolls slightly backward. the local shop manager replaced both axle seals, cleaned and resized the vent, and installed new emergency brakes. this corrected the locked wheel/axle condition. | |||
| 09/06/2011 | |||
| All brake hydraulic lines are rusted, all fuel supply lines are rusted, excessive rust on frame and other undercarriage components, brake rotors, calipers all covered with excessive. rust. these defects have serious safety implications, which could result in injury or death to the vehicle occupants or others. gm should be required to issue a recall on these vehicles and replace all major corroded brake components with non corrosive metals, brake fluid lines, fuel lines, rusted frames and any other components.many accidents will be occuring because of braking failures and frame failure. this recall should be issued immediately before any other failures occur. these gm trucks also have defective steering boxes that feel loose when rounding corners. i have had a 1995, 2001, 2002 chevy and gmc with same problem they never stood behind this problem other than to put some grease in which was a temporary fix. | |||