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.
I had complete brake failure with no warning , brake line is rusted. And had to use emergency brake to stop. Was a nightmare.
I was driving 60mph when construction cones brought traffic to one lane. As I began to apply my brakes, I could feel my foot going to the floor and I was not slowing at all. I tried the emergncy brake, and also no braking occured. I managed to drive onto the medium, and luckily was able to avoid all the "construction junk" that littered that area. After a very long time, I was able to safely maneuver to a safe stop. When I spoke with the mechanic, he told me there were no brake lines.
Was approaching a red light at approx 30 miles per hour when the brake pedal simply "popped" and went all the way to floor. I was able to muscle it to a stop between the very little braking left, downshifting and the emergency brake. Mechanic determined all brake lines rusted and leaking.
During braking from 35mph to make a right turn my brake pedal went to the floor. The truck did not slow down enough to make the turn, I drove down a block to the next intersection and used my parking brake to complete my stop. I parked the truck and immediately noticed fluid from the brake line leaking out on ground in the area just below where the drivers feet are. The line is a rigid steel line in a group with 3 others that run from the abs control unit forward and all of these steel lines are severely corroded particularly in the area outside of the frame where the line has ruptured. My truck is a Chevrolet 1500 z71 with 126,000 miles and has been well maintained since I have owned it. I feel that this issue is extremely dangerous and have found that there are many others with rusted and ruptured brakes on their chevy trucks. Other people were not as fortunate as me because my son and I made it home and we were unharmed. I feel that it is imperative everyone who owns a chevy truck of similar model year be alerted and warned of this potentially deadly and dangerous brake problem.
On 11/09/11 I brought my truck in for state inspection. Two minutes after giving the keys to the mechanic, he came back and said that the truck had no brakes. The hydraulic brake line ruptured as he attempted to bring the truck into the garage to inspect. The hydraulic brake lines are all completely rusted to the point that they all need replaced. This is a serious safety issue. Not only should this be recalled and repaired at gm's expense,, more importantly the material that future hydraulic brake lines are made of, need to be regulated as to be a rust free material.
2002 silverado z71 stopped for fuel, started truck, put my foot on the brake to put in gear, pedal goes almost to the floor, slowly drove home. I had all the brake lines replaced with stainless steel lines from classic tube, I hope you mandate that gm pay for all repairs with submitted bills and $ 2000. 00 in compensation for the aggravation.
The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet 1500. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, he attempted to engage the brakes, but the pedal depressed all the way to the floor. The contact inspected the vehicle and realized that the brake lines underneath the drivers side door broke as a result of corrosion. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 62,000.
The vehicles brakes failed while approaching a stop sign (I was lucky there was no accident or injury). The vehicle was towed and the mechanic reported catastropic failure of the brake lines (rusted through causing complete loss of fluid).
Brake line ruptured. Mechanic said it had rusted through. This happen in 2009 and again today 2/23/2013.