Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings problems of the 2000 Chevrolet 1500

I slow to make a left hand turn off hwy 20, once in the turning lane I see a semi crossing in front of me from left to right. I put on the brakes, the peddle goes to floor. Unable to stop I make a tire screeching turn in front of the semi barely missing him. Brake lines rusted through on drivers side just forward of the door.

All of the steel brake lines are leaking and my brakes aren't working. I was driving up my road and the brakes went out. I had to drive very slowly to get home. I've called several garages and they all tell me that all of the silverados have bad brake lines that rust through and they change them all of the time. Some of the garages tell me they should have been recalled and gm should pay for them. Will general motors pay for the replacement of these brake lines? I recently bought this truck and the brakes aren't working. I have a 2000 Ford ranger that I bought new and have never had any brake problems , it still has the original brake lines. They shouldn't be able to use steel brake lines on cars. They should be a rust free material. How many people have been killed because they can't stop because the brake lines blew out. That's crazy. Can't you make the car companies use corrosion resistant brake lines when they build these vehicles? can you help me with this? it's going to cost $500 to replace all of the lines.

Brake lines rotted out do to road salt.

As I was about to put my vehicle in reverse, and back out of my driveway, I pressed down on the brake pedal, and it went right to the floor. I tried pressing it again, and it went to the floor again. Upon inspection under the vehicle, I discovered that one of the brake lines had rusted through and burst. Thank god that I was not actually in motion when this happened, as I need to back into a very busy street (actually, it's a highway) and there is no telling what could have happened. This is not an isolated incident, as I have come across numerous complaints on the internet, and actually I've had to replace a different brake line that was rusted through several months ago. Apparently, Chevrolet does not think this is something that needs to be taken care of. They are wrong!.

Pulling boat, come down hill to stop sign, brake pedal bottomed out, hit the park brake truck stopped as two vehicles were at intersection. Brake line busted, heard of a recall on this problem, is it real or not. Good way to get killed.

While driving on a 4 lane highway a vehicle driving from the opposite direction make a sudden left trun causing me to quickly apply the brakes to avoid a collision. This caused the brake line to fail leaving me with very little brake for the drive home. This is the second time. Two years age three brake lines failed.

2000 silverado rusted brake line gave way as my family was towing our camper down I-94 in wisconsin. Luckily no one was hurt and that we were able to limp the truck into a Ford dealer for assistance and repair. Dealer replaced all the brake lines as they were all rusted and not safe for the road.

Vehicle came to stop in front of me. Depressing the brakes, the brake pedal went to the floor and had to swerve off the road and into the ditch of the highway to avoid an accident with the other vehicle. Learned that the brake lines had rusted out and caused a significant leak. Upon researching this, found out this has been a common problem with my vehicle, and that there is an investigation ea11001 that has been ongoing for close to 2 years. 800+ reports exist. Thousands more unreported in various internet forums. When will this be resolved with a vehicle safety recall, before someone gets killed? this is a bad design, due to steel brake lines, and designed to collect moisture and salt by means of spring material on exterior of lines, and lines grouped together directly behind the splash coming off the front tire. It is an obvious flaw. Furthermore, gm apparently does not have gm replacement (certified?) set of brake lines. Is it going to take a fatal crash to finally resolve this?.

Driving on a secondary rd stopped to turn. Brake line blew under drivers side.

Pedal went to the floor while driving suddenly. Brakes lines rusted through. Brought to dealer to fix 9/17/13/. Had to return vehicle to dealership and inform them to replace all brake lines as they are all rusted through, they were not aware of the gm issue (I found the issue online) . They had only repaired rear lines and didnt bring the line to the front, joined it to old line with union. Leaked again in my driveway on 10/1/13 . Brought in 10/4/13 insisted on total brake line replacement. Requested the gm offered kit $500. 00 for this purpose that gm as offered to owners and dealers about this problem . Requested dealership credit the prior bandaid work it did.

Backed up out of turnaround. Drove to end of driveway and stopped. Turned left out of driveway and accelerated up to speed. Drove about a mile and approached crossroad to turn right. Started to slow down and the brake pedal went to the floor so I pumped it and had nothing with no warning lights. Luckily there was nobody at the crossroad and I went past it and managed to come to a stop down the road. My mechanic found that a rusted brake line had burst near the proportioning valve located under the drivers door. All the brake lines were rusted and needed replaced. I found through research that this a very common event in these vehicles. The owners of this type of vehicle should at least be warned before serious injuries or worse since there are still many on the roads. This poor design and use of inferior materials should not happen on such an important part of vehicle safety.

Rusty brake lines cause safety issues. Poor design and product by gm. What a piece of crap. Brake line blew. My son and wife almost died. This truck is a rusty crap truck. The rocker panel are rusted thru. Oh, and gm does not make original equipment brake line replacements either in the parts department. Shame on you gm.

Had to replace all brake lines. Lines were severely rusted causing failure and loss of brake fluid and loss of brakes. Thankfully failure occured in my driveway. Three months earlier front rotors were badly pitted and had to be replaced. Some parts in rear brakes badly rusted. Bad rust on parts of under carriage.

During a scheduled maint. /repair visit at a major chevy dealership, they advised the shock absorbers couldn't be replaced; the upper mounts for both rear shocks were gone. The dealer suggested I take the truck to an auto body shop for the needed restoration work, then return. I later inspected the undercarriage of my truck and found extensive rot and rust on major frame structures. Both upper shock mounts appear to have rotted away. Both frame spreader tubes, to which the upper shock mounts and the rear fuel tank support strap are attached, have lost most of their structural integrity. I also noted most main fastener bolts appear to have lost their structural integrity,due to rot and rust. In December of 2009, I replaced the fuel straps. One brake line failed (rotted open), causing brake loss, as I was departing the service visit. All the brake lines had deteriorated to the point that replacement was necessary. In July of 2011, I had to replace the rear rotted out bumper. I am now seeing rot and rust breaking through the front bumper of my truck. In light of the major rust and structural failures I have experienced recently, I started researching NHTSA's data base to see if others were experiencing these issues with their silverado, or if this was an anomaly. I was quite startled to find numerous reports being cited for identical problems and failures for this vehicle. Two issues concern first, major rust & rot has been reported on this model and later ones for over a period of 10-13 years. Second, do, or should service shops have a responsibility to advise when signs of major deterioration occur, so we can make repair/investment choices? I've owned several trucks, keep them for 8-10 years, then replace them. I've seen surface rust over the years, but not this kind of frame/undercarriage deterioration over a relatively short truck life.

Brake pedal went to the floor with no warning and pumping the brakes did very little to assist. Went through a stop sign since this was at the bottom of a lower grade, and was able to nurse it to a large parking lot. Inspected the cause and seen the corroded brake lines and could not tell which of the 5 lines were the cause.

The fuel line supplying the engine fuel rail ruptured due to excessive corrosion because of the location it is in and fuel was spraying out underneath the truck,. Dangerously close to the hot catalytic converter. The defective fuel line is an extremely difficult repair, due to having to remove the bed/cab for replacement and access to it. The fuel and brake lines are improperly routed from the factory, causiong premature failure due to corrosion and salt damage. In my opinion, there should be a recall and this inherently dangerous problem rectified. The brake lines on this same truck failed from corrosion two years ago. Same scenario, improper routing causing excessive and premature failure from rust and corrosion due to the location they are in.

Was towing a trailer. (light load) going approx 35mph stop light turned yellow, with plenty of time for me to stop. I applied the brakes and they let loss. I then had no choice but to run the yellow/red light. Luckily it did not turn our worse. But I then had to make my way to a parking lot with no brakes. My truck is manual so that helped make thing a little easier. I then looked and found out the one of my brake lines had busted from corrosion. I have not yet replaced the lines. Plan to do so soon.

Multiple brake lines ruptured, causing brake failure. Crashed into metal gate.

Rusty brake lines leaking badly. To much money to have dealer repair. Truck just sitting.

While driving on main st. In newark, delaware my braking system completely failed. It was a good thing I was not on interstate and had to stop quickly or someone could have been killed. I had to have truck taken to nearest garage for complete brake line replacement at cost of 885. 00 dollars. I looked up this model for complaints and have found many trucks with brake system failure.

Hi I was hauling debris from my yard and taking to land fill. About 800 to 900lbs total. Stopped at convenience store for gas and food. Pulling out of parking lot, brakes gave out, brake pedal went to the floor. No warning lights. No warning at all. . . Barely any brakes at all. I was just about to get on expressway?? wow! there would have been no stopping this thing in an emergency?? I see gm already knows of this failure. I think a heads up would have been in order??? I've called all the people I know with similar vehicles. Only one person was aware of the issue and he has spent over a 1000. 00 in repairs. Replaced rusted brake lines. He told me he just replaced the transmission lines also. Has anyone been injured or killed?? I called the dealership, jerry's Chevrolet for information. I purchased it new. Waiting for service department to return my call.

Brake line leading to the rear brakes failed due to excessive rust. Failure occured without notice. No accident resulted from failure. Inspecting the remaining lines revealed all were rusted to the point of needing replaced.

While traveling north on rte 3 in nh I was in traffic and a construction area had slowed travel all the cars in front of me slowed down and as I tried to slow down the brake pedal went to the floor and I hit the vehicle in front of me and my truck was spewing brake fluid from under the drivers door. Upon examination I can see all brake lines are severely corroded. The man I hit had a back injury thank god I had my seatbelt on!.

My wife was driving to work when she went to apply the brakes on our 2000 chevy pickup when the brake line on the truck ruptured and she could not stop the vehicle. She then rearended the Jeep in front of her causing damage to both vehicles. We then had the truck towed to are residents were I looked under the truck to find the leak and how badly the truck had rusted lines and the under carriage of the truck. I feel this a live and death problem to any 1 driving these vehicles and if my wife had not taken evasive action there may have been a death involved. Chevy should be held accountable for this problem since I have seen many people on line have had the same troubles with these rusted lines rupturing.

Sitting at drive thru window waiting on food with my foot on the brake, went to the floor all of a sudden and found that the brake line burst. Fluid everywhere. This is a manufacturer defect. I bought this truck new.

My 2000 Chevrolet silverado brake line rusted out, also one of my gas tank straps rusted away, my spare tire holder rusted away. But the worst thing is my rear frame is totally rusted away!! a truck only 12 yrs old should not have the frame rust away, that is poor quality,and a safety issue. Some thing should be done about this ASAP. . .

Approaching a stop light as it turned yellow I applied the brake and felt the brake pedal go to the floor. There was not brakes, after pumping the brakes I did slow down, but I proceeded through the light (which was red now. ) with my yellow flashing light on. I then proceeded to the next safe zone to pull over and assess the brakes. Found a broken brake line under driver seat on top of fram rail.

Brake line rupture on 2000 chevy silverado. Badly rusted brake lines.

Pulling a trailer ,went to hit the brakes and the brake line busted underneath the drivers door.

The rear brake lines started to rust out on 2005 causing the brakes to fail, in 2009 all of the brake lines rusted out causing brake failure, no accident. I replaced at the brake lines myself. The rear frame rails are rusting and holes have developed in the frame.

While driving on the NJ turnpike my brakes failed. I had my 12 year old son with me, so you can imagine my fear. I was traveling about 35 miles per hour. Luckily I was approaching the rest area and was able to use the service road to slow myself down. I had to have the truck towed to my mechanic. He replaced the brake line( at my expense)and when he showed me the broken line I could not believe how rusted it was. This was in 2011. The following year (2012) the same thing happened. While traveling in town the brakes failed. I brought it to my mechanic and he pointed out how rusted all the brake lines were and how dangerous the vehicle was. I had to replace all the brake lines. This was an expense that was not anticipated when purchasing an american made chevy truck. Very disappointing. Upon investigating this situation I have come to realize that it is a defect with the chevy vehicles. Chevy should make this right. I was lucky enough not to have had a crash, the thought of what could have happened is very disturbing.

The first time I experienced catastrophic brake failure I was traveling at a slow rate of speed in my condominium parking lot. The brake pedal went to the floor and I had no brakes. The repair was done at my independent garage where I havea been dealing since 1983. I was told that the brake lines had "rotted out. " they replaced 10 feet of brake line. The second time I experience catastropich brake failure was yesterday, September 4 while approachin a traffic light about 6:30 pm. Fortunately the traffic was light on the early Sunday evening of the labor day holiday weekend. By downshifting the authomatic transmission to 2nd and then 1st gear I was able to make the right-hand turn at the intersection onto the berm of the road. Earlier that day I had come down the blue mountain at sterret's gap in pennsylvania. Had the failure occurred then I wouldn't be able to report it. Within the past two weeks I have towed my boat on lthe PA turnpike with the truck. God knows how many people would have died had the failure occurred then. Fortunately no pedestrian was crossing the street when the brake failure occurred - they would be dead! there are repeated reports on the internet of catastrophic brake failures on these trucks due to brake line corrosion/rot. It is time you folks act. My next steps are: contact my representative, senators, and an attorney.

1. 8/27/2008 brakes failed during sudden stop while towing trailer. Accident narrowly avoided. Fault: burst brake line. Had bad line replaced. 2. 3/5/2012 brakes failed. Fault: burst brake line. Had all lines replaced.

This truck has had issues since I first purchased it. Brakes would not stop the truck in a safe distance which ended up with me having an accident with it. The brake line rusted out after less than 100,000 miles and needed to replace them all. Now with 173,000 miles the gas lines are leaking and the frame is rusted so bad that it cannot be put up on a lift to fix the brake lines.

Left rear brake line is sitting just below the axle. If the brake line comes into contact with other objects, it could cause loss of braking ability. Consumer has contacted dealer.