44 problems related to brake hoses, lines/piping, and fittings have been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Brakes failed completely. After I felt the brake pedel was not right I backed the truck into the front yard, and when I tried to stop there was no pedel and the truck kept going and hit a tree, lawn bench,misc. Objects, and stopped after hitting s retaining wall. I estimate several thousand damage done. I was told the brake lines were rusted.
The first time I lost all brakes was when I was backing up to a traler on 7/13/15. The second time I was hauling a dump trailer with rock and lost all brakes and was able to get it to coast to a stop. The first incident was taken to a chevy dealership and had the rear brake line replaced, only to lose my brakes again 40 days later! this time it was my front brake line. Why is there no recall on this? I don't feel safe driving this vehicle anymore. I have 3 young children and I can't trust your vehicle with their lives or mine!.
I lost the brakes. The peddle went to the floor. It turned out to be a rusted out brake line. I was able to avoid an accident by pulling off the road. After research, I found this is a recurring problem for chevy suburbans.
Without any warning and fortunately at low speed the driver's side rear brake line developed a major leak. Despite gm's claim that an incident such as this does not result in inadequate braking, it was difficult to stop the truck. Further inspection of the brake lines yielded considerable corrosion in other areas. Contacting the dealer where I purchased the truck revealed the high cost to repair this issue, despite the fact that it is a major safety issue with the truck. The dealer also made note that I should consider replacing the fuel lines. Contacting general motors yielded the response that this is a maintenance issue and that they could do nothing to assist me. I do consider other components in the braking system to be maintenance items, not the brake lines. Brake line failure can result in immediate catastrophic results with absolutely no warning. My exhaust system is the same age as my brake lines and is in excellent condition despite the same environmental exposure as my brake lines. General motors needs to address this serious safety issue.
Brake line under driver side frame are completely corroded and one ruptured and my brakes to fail about 90 % could barely come to a stop.
Went to stop for a red light. Brake pedal went right to the floor. Had to swerve not to hit the car in front of me and swerve again not to kill the guy walking on the shoulder of the road. This is unacceptable I have driven lots of car into the ground never has this even been a thought. All brake lines needed to be replaced 1100 dollars later!.
While driving downhill at o'hare airport terminal 5 I went to stop for the light and there was a brief second where the brakes acted normally and then the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. I had maybe 10% braking power. I had to drive on the side of the road and through the red light to avoid hitting another vehicle. I broght the car to my mechanic who said the brake line above the gas tank rusted right through.
Brakes started to slip when applied, taken to shop reported that all brake lines need to be replaced due to rust.
I took the vehicle to the shop for a safety inspection. They found that the metal brake lines had rusted through and were leaking. Fortunately this problem was discovered in the shop, avoiding a possibly catastrophic brake failure while driving. I had the front lines replaced by the shop at a cost of $581. 50, and I am replacing the rear lines myself. I am filing this complaint to document the problem as it relates to previous requests to gm by the NHTSA to issue a recall on these vehicles for this problem.
Driver swerved in front of two cars in front of me causing them to brake hard. When I braked the brake pedal went to the floor at 70 mph. I swerved in to the emergency lane to avoid hitting the vehicles in front of me. I kept the pedal pressed and engaged the parking brake while down shifting the truck from drive to 3, 2 then 1st. I then placed the truck in neutral and got the vehicle stopped. Upon inspection on the side of the road I found one of the rear steel brake lines had burst.
Brakes failed due to rusting brake lines.
Pedel went to the floor, rusted brake line, got to replace 3 of the lines. . .
Rusted brake lines caused a near accident when the line broke, resulting in loss of braking abilities.
My brake lines failed, nearly resulting in killing a child that rode his bike onto the road from a driveway and forcing a vehicle headon into my lane of travel. Luckly everyone was able to squeeze into appropriate places and was paying attention as I was unable to slowdown. Dust covers on the rear have been rusted and gone for the last two years, and I have replaced the regulators in both passenger/driverside doors three time each due to the cables rusting and snapping. When I took my vehicle into Chevrolet dealer ship for maintenance, it had less than 36k at the time, they removed one plastic panel (falling down from behind the door interior trim panels) from each door that was hanging down and scratching my rocker panel, and said "we dont know what these are for, so we just removed them", hmmm, maybe it was to help with moiture related issues within the door panel. Not sure just guessing, but cant bellive that they couldn't figure it out. Over all not impressed with Chevrolet even though it is pretty much all I have owned, if they keep producing this crap they should lower the price.
Coming to a stop light and lost all brakes. Further inspection revealed that rear brake lines are rusted through. All other lines are severely rusted. Including fuel lines.
Without warning total brake failure. Luckily more road to go down. Brake line rusted through.
Stepped on brakes to stop when blowing snow reduced my visibility, and the brake pedal went to the floor. The brake lines were severely corroded and one of them suddenly failed. Turns out that it's an epidemic with these gm trucks.
Brakes totally failed when trying to stop. Took the vehicle to mechanic. Told that the brake lines are totally rusted out. All eight lines will have to be totally replaced in order to function. They had never seen a vehicle with such problems. Seems this is a common problem with this type of vehicle.
Was driving and brake line "burst" causing brake failure and wreck into tree.
Coming home with a small load of lumber for a woodworking project, the "change oil lite" came on. Upon returning home and unloaded the lumber, backed the truck into the garage to change the oil-- the pickup didn't stop. He crawled under the pick up to find fluid on the garage floor and the brake lines rusted, corroded and one brake line split and leaking. Fortunately we were not traveling when the brakes malfunctioned.
Left rear steel brake line blew out. Upon inspection, brake line was found rusted with a 1/16 inch hole on the 3/16 inch tubing.
Brakes failed as I was coming to a stop sign. No cross traffic at time so no collision occured. Had vehicle towed to repair facility. All brake lines had to be replaced. Total bill $750.
I was driving home and pulled up to a traffic light and was preparing to stop, as I applied the brake pedal it went to the floor as I was pushing the pedal down and even tried pumping the brakes up a bit nothing worked and it would not stop and I almost hit a police car but luckily the light turned green and I applied the emergency brake that stopped me enough to give me time for the cars in the front of me to move on. This is the 2nd time this happened the first time was a similar situation and I got that part fixed and I was informed that other lines were fine but after last winter and the truck being parked outside for the first time it happened again. This truck does not have a lot of miles on it and even though I live in a state that uses salt in the winter this truck was never driven in the winter and parked in a garage and only driven in the summer months which is why the miles are so low and why I purchased it from a private owner. Upon further inspection the brake lines are extremely rusted now and leaking and I cannot even afford the cost at this time to get this fixed due to having my hours at work lowered to 5 a day.
My wife complained to me the brakes on our 2002 chevy silverado pick-up, felt funny. I backed our pick-up truck out of the driveway and went to the end of the street, the brakes felt mushy. As I got to the end of our street is a stop sign. I was going approximately 15 to 20mph. I went to stop the truck and the brake pedal went right to the floor. I was unable to stop. I pumped the brakes and then held firmly on the pedal. I quickly observed cross traffic in the road before me and I turned sharply onto the shoulder of the highway west just being narrowly missed by west bound traffic. I had my wife follow me to the dealership and I coasted into the dealership without any brakes at all. The following day I was told by the dealership I needed all new brake lines and brake calibers. They asked me to come down and view the under portions of our pick-up and I did so. The truck was up on the hoist and mechanic and service rep showed me he was unable to take the broken line out of the brake caliber without snapping off the nut holding the brake line. They showed me the remaining brake lines all in stages of rusting out including the one line that blew open causing the sudden leak and "no brakes" problem. The repair service cost me approximately $2800,00. I complained to the service manager doug, I told him I have driven gm cars for decades on michigan roads and never had any brake line rust out and fail. I was told the brake line failure was due to the salty conditions driving in michigan winters. His explanation still did not make much sense to me. I know car manufactures are very aware of these type road conditions in the midwest and north east. The dealership that I took my truck to is the only repair facility I have taken it to for maintenance and repairs. That was a very expensive repair bill. We were lucky not having an accident on that day.
Went to stop for a red light and the drive side rear brake line blew,I went through the intersection with no brakes. That was a thrill.
My brake lines rusted through and bursted when I used my brakes. Could not keep my truck from moving when stopped at an intersection.
Brake lines blew out from corrosion. This has happened 3 times since April 2013. I was unable to stop on two separate red light occasions. Also having abs problems. The abs system breaks loose just about when the vehicle comes to a complete stop forcing me to let go and reapply brake quickly. My truck is undercoated also making this deadly problem more concerning. Nhtsa should do its job and stop these death traps.
Brake line busted while bleeding air out of system. Found all lines going to abs block in center of truck were rusted completely through. This was not the first time this happened. Had same problem about year before on front brake line. I almost hit another vehicle in rear. I had to have truck towed to local repair shop were they fixed broke line.
Truck failed annual maine safety inspection because of major corrosion on all brake lines run along frame underneath. (the lines are not yet leaking, but failure is imminent and vehicle is not safe to drive. ) cost of repairs is estimated to be approximately $1400. 00 by sullivan tire of scarborough maine.
Brake lines under hood at drivers side rusted hole in line caused brake failure.
Brakes failed due to burst line to rear axle; little or no stopping power from front brakes; emergency brake worked for a few minutes but no longer after couple of miles to my driveway. Disassembly revealed e-break pads had crumbled away inside rear rotors; and all 5 break lines coming out of abs unit will need to be replaced, not just rear. Fyi I have owned in excess of 20 g. M. Trucks, but none ever as bad as this on brake lines. Daughter in truck with me- this could have turned out very badly. Truck unusable untill all lines are fixed- very difficult due to positioning of lines ( I have done many brake lines- on much older trucks). Thanks. . .
The brake lines on the truck, which is approximately 10 years old are completely corroded. I happened to be pulling into a service station when the driver side front line completely blew out, spraying brake fluid everywhere. I was lucky. The brakes are completely nonfunctional. I could have been killed or killed someone else if I had been anywhere else when this happened.
Steel brake line rusted through at rear of truck near driver side wheel well. All other steel brake and fuel lines in truck heavily rusted and also near blow out point. When rear line failed, brake pedal went to the floor and stopping distance doubled. I was pulling a 3,000lbs boat at the time. The brake warning lamp did not illuminate. Brake warning lamp came on only after approx 10 miles of no rear brake availability. I am currently taking preventive measures and replacing all steel lines in truck. Old lines available for inspection if you act quickly.
I was on my way to the autoparts store for an oil filter for my other vehicle when I came upon a light at a busy intersection. As the light changed to yellow I hit my brakes and the pedal went right to the floor. I was doing no more than 30 at this time. There was no way that I could stop, I drifted through the intersection and was able to drift to safety. I was lucky - another car was also about to turn left in front of me as I was drifting through the intersection, he stopped so an accident was avoided. Had the vehicle towed and had to have all brake lines replaced. All were rusted and pitted. Paid nearly $900. 00 to have stainless steel brake lines installed. These (stainless steel brake lines) should have been installed by gm at the factory. Manufacturers all use stainless steel for exhaust, why not for brake lines - seems a bit more important to use stainless brake lines. What is the cost differential between cheap steel and stainless - a few extra dollars spent in manufacturing could save someones life.
Driving 45 mph. Needed to apply brakes. No brake at all. I was able to down shift and thank god I was goin up a slight grade and no one was infront or close behind. I was able to veer off road and get it slowed in time to turn into the parking lot of the dealer whewre I had purchased my truck 10+ years ago. They said all brakes lines must be replaced. Excessive rust on all. I looked at the line to the left rear wheel after they removed it. It fell apart in the mechanics hand. How it had stopped me is unknown. Brake lines do not do this. I've worked on vehicles for 40 years. Hard brakes lines do not rust like this. The entire brake line is corroded. Not just the top say, from salt. The entire line. I was not able to stop the truck with any remaining brake. Physics stopped my truck. Feet before plowing into a major intersection. I'd love to buy another gm product. Not sure I have the faith that gm wants me to. Thanks gm. How can you bailout of this mess? recall it. I spent good money on a chevy because a chevy will last as long as your willing to care for it properly. Now I'm spending in excess of $800 to fix your "low bidder" vendors mistake. Whomever made the brake lines should be bailing me out. Make it right gm. Just make it right.