Brake Fluid Leak problems of the 2003 Chevrolet 1500

Slowing down for a yellow light turning red soon, my brake pedal went to the floor and I had no braking at all. I pulled back the e-brake lever and pushed the e brake. Able to pull into an empty parking lot of a bank (8:15am) and get it stopped. Fluid leaking fr l/rr pipe at l/rr tire area and from l/f tire area. Half hour later I could of hurt a lot of people. Feathered it home and fluid leaking from hole in l/rr pipe and l/f from somewhere I can't tell yet. Never heard of this brake problem happening before then had 3 people tell me at work that it happened to them in chevy trucks. C'mon man, is there a recall? someone gonna get into something real serious here.

Driving aprox. 45 mph ,came to a red light and brake pedal went to floor. Did have enough brakes to drive to a safe spot ,on a side road. Looked under truck and brake fluid was dripping on the ground . Crawled under the truck to find brake line had rusted thru. Took vehicle to my mechanic for repairs. This is a very dangerous situation .

As luck would have it, I had just left a very busy highway and pulled into a parking lot when my brakes failed completely. The brake petal went down to the floor and rather than risking a collision with any cars or people, I drove into a snow bank. When I got out of the truck to look for the problem, the metal brake line had split and was leaking fluid. When the brakes fail on your car, it always happens when you need them leaving you to make split second decisions, and in my case that consisted entirely of navigation as there was no time to think about using the emergency brake. I can only imagine the possible outcomes if this had happened an hour before or after while driving on the highway or freeway. My truck is well maintained, and is frequently serviced by a Chevrolet dealer where I always have anything repaired that they suggest fixing. As this truck carries both family and employees, safety is of the utmost importance and this is a frightening problem that should result in a recall. I am having all of the brake lines replaced today. . . It is going to cost me almost $2000 and that is because my Chevrolet dealer is not charging me for the tow, or labor.

I was driving my 2003 silverado 1500 down a 3 lane wide road in congested traffic up to a stoplight at speeds ranging from 15-45 mph. I noticed that my breaks felt different than they normally did, requiring me to depress the brake pedal all the way to the floor to get "modest" breaking, not nearly the normal emergency/quick breaking action I'm used to. After slowly coming to a stop, I noticed that if I held the brake pedal at the same place/same pressure, the truck started rolling again! I eventually had to put the truck in neutral to avoid a collision with the vehicle in front of me. After 2 stoplights with these similar slow braking conditions, the red "brake" light on the dash light lit up and a message of "service brake system" popped up on the dash panel. With several close calls of nearing running into the vehicle in front of me, I pulled off the main highway to a local midas location, and their technicians examined the truck in the parking lot. The hood started smoking from underneath and my front drivers side wheel. My frame near the front drivers side was completely soaked in break fluid, and when we pressed down on the breaks, we could visually see the leak coming from the rusted through break lines. The smoke was from the leaking brake fluid, and could have started a fire. I have never seen rust do so much damage and create such a safety habit in my 13 years of driving and maintaining my vehicles. The steel brake lines were completely caked in rust, and had clearly burst while driving the vehicle. The manager told he would not recommend me to continue to drive the vehicle, with fear to my safety. If I was traveling at a higher speed, towing a greater weight, or had to make a quicker stop. . . I have no doubt in my mind I would have caused an accident, injury or death due to this serious safety defect. I have never felt this afraid to drive a motor vehicle.

While driving through subdivision approx. 20 mph I applied brakes. Pedal dropped to floor, sudden loss of brakes with no warning. Brake fluid is leaking from driver side lines rear of module. This is a known problem due to galvanic corrosion. Why has there not been a recall ??.

Approaching a traffic light when it turned yellow, pressed on the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. Truck slowed a little, and I ended up coasting through the red light. Luckily the cross traffic had not moved yet when I went through. Got the truck stopped on the side of the road and walked around to inspect, found brake fluid on left rear tire and inside wheel well. Fluid was dripping from frame and I could feel the hole in brake line. Made it home by using the emergency brake to slow and stop.

While driving into work this morning the vehicle in front of me hit there brakes suddenly and I hit my brakes and the truck brakes acted like there was an abs event and then the brake pedal went to the floor. Luckily I had enough space between us and swerved to the right to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me and barely got stopped. Tried the brakes again and pedal went to the floor and brake warning light came on then a pop-up in the instrument cluster read "service brake system". Completely pulled off the road and began looking under the truck and you can see brake fluid is dripping under the drivers floor panel.

On 09/18/2014 while driving in my driveway I applied the brakes and the peddle went nearly to the floor. I was only going 5-10 mph and was able to stop without hitting anything. I looked under the vehicle and observed a trail of fluid and a puddle of fluid under the vehicle at the leading edge of the drives door. Inspection revealed the brake lines were rusted through.

The abs breaks on my 4wd 1500 failed, without any warning, the break pedal went to the floor. Fortunately, I was on a 4 lane undivided road with light traffic and was able to get to the shoulder, play contortionist and apply the emergency break to stop. Upon inspection I found brake fluid leaking below the driver door. The recovery vehicle operator told me I was his 3rd truck towed this year for the same problem. I wonder how many brakes lines have failed and have not been reported. With all the news about gm recalls this year, I wounder if this an item I I should bring to media attention? having no brakes is definitely not safe.

Brake pedal went to floor in parking lot and "check brake system " warning light came on. Was able to stop using parking brake. Found all brake lines severely rusted and brake fluid leak under drivers side door.

I was traveling east on a roadway in the township where I live, at approximately 45 mph. When I went to apply my brakes on my 2003 Chevrolet silverado 1500 pick-up truck and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor and " I had no brakes!" I nearly crashed into another vehicle that was traveling thru the intersection. I was near my home and was able to travel slowly home and discovered that the driver's side brake line, near the rear (bed area) of the truck had exploded due to a high volume of rust in which I discovered that entire brake line was completely rusted. Brake fluid had spewed everywhere. I feel that this definitely is a major safety issue and that people could be injured or killed due to the issue. I have been doing some research and have learned that this is becoming a huge issue with gm trucks and light duty trucks. This should not be a "normal wear issue" for a 2003 model.

Traveling at about 20 mph into a congested intersection applied the brakes and the pedal gave normal resistance, the about a second later went right to the floor. I was able to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. Thinking my brake fluid was low, I added 12 oz of dot 3 fluid, pumped the brakes several times and discovered that all the fluid was pouring out of the rear brake lines. Had to have the vehicle towed to get it home. Upon daylight inspection found that all of the rear lines on the truck were in a rusted condition.

Traveling north on 95 just outside of wilmington delaware in middle travel lanes when stopping for traffic and brake pedal went completely to floor. Had to veer to the left and travel onto medium to avoid accident. I checked under truck and observed brake line leaking fluid under drivers side.

I experienced loss of braking and parked vehicle and noticed fluid under left rear axle area. Brake line was leaking. I do not think a ten year old truck should have this problem.

Went to back up and brake pedal went to the floor. Brake was corroded through and all the fluid leaked out.

While parked, I put the vehicle into gear and pressed the brake. There was very little brake pressure and my service brake system message activated as well as the brake light. Brake fluid is squirting out of a metal brake line in the rear of the truck, just above the driver rear tire.

Pulling into my driveway the brakes went to the floor and almost hit my other car. Steered around it and went into the yard. After checking my truck I found a metal brake line under the driver door rusted and leaking fluid. Very lucky it happened at home I guess.

While driving 35-40 mph, depressed brake pedal to slow at a traffic light. Brake pedal went to the floor with no warning sounds or lights. Made it home with no further issues. The next morning a puddle of brake fluid was discovered on the driveway. (driver side rear) after further investigation, a large leak cause by corrosion on a brake line connection was discovered. All brakes lines are severely corroded. This could have been a serious accident and caused loss of life or serious injury. Suspect material defect. Request a gm recall to replace defected parts/materials.

Stepped on brake pedal and it went down to the floor. Mechanic looked at vehicle and advised that all brake lines were rotted out and leaked brake fluid. All lines needed to be replaced.

2003 Chevrolet silverado 4x4 pickup. Service brake system warning appeared on dash display. Brakes almost went to the floor. Checked the undercarriage and found a major brake fluid leak from the rear driver side brake line. Also discovered that all of the brake lines were rusted and corroded. An online web search revealed too many incidents regarding the same topic. Any malfunction of a vehicles braking system is a major defect and there should be a recall.

I stopped at a fast food establishment and when I came out, I saw brake fluid puddled by the front of my vehicle. I looked under the truck and saw the fluid leaking out of very corroded lines. I called a tow truck as I was far from home. I had to have all the brake lines replaced due to corrosion. I recently found out this is a very common occurrence.

Brake performance was poor, but brakes did work before servicing the system. Replaced rotors, pads, calipers on all four wheels. Brakes bled successfully. Was beginning a test drive of the vehicle and when putting in reverse brake pedal went to the floor with dash warning of brake system failure. Brake fluid was leaking from under the vehicle. Inspected and found abs unit to rear brake line failed due to corrosion and line from abs unit to right front failed due to corrosion. Inspected lines more carefully and found multiple areas of corrosion on all lines that appeared to be in imminent danger of failing. Corrosion seemed to be primarily where lines were placed in plastic clips to hold them in place. The complete system failure was not preceded by any warning and resulted in total loss of front and rear brakes simultaneously. Fortunately vehicle was in the repair bay and not moving at the time of failure.

Upon starting the vehicle and depressing the brakes, the brakes went to the floor. Upon inspection from a mechanic, it was noted that both brake lines were rotted (one was rotted all the way through causing the fluid to leak from the line). We were also told that the gas line and caliper had severe rotting. Upon my research, this seems to be a very common problem with Chevrolet trucks. I hope this will be resolved so additional Chevrolet owners do not have severe accidents due to these issues. My husband and 4 year old son had to walk quite a few miles in 95 degree weather! this is a safety issue and I hope my complaint will help further the investigation.

I was coming to a very slow stop when the brake pedal went almost to the floor. I tested the brake several times while moving very slowly, and the pedal continued to go to the floor with a swooshing sound. I had someone check underneath the vehicle while I depressed the brake pedal, and he confirmed that brake fluid was shooting all over. My truck is 9 years old but it has only 50,000 miles, the original tires and has had only 2 brakes replaced just recently I believe that it is premature for the brake lines to have suffered a complete blowout. My former chevy truck which I had for 13 years had no problem with brake lines.

Driving along coming to a curve, I applied brakes and pedal went to the floor and abs light came on. I slowed down by downshifting and stopped on side of road using parking brake. I looked under vehicle and saw fluid dripping down the frame by drivers door. I had to pay to have truck towed home. Front brake line was compromised from the master cylinder to abs pump. I replaced both lines from master cylinder to abs pump. The rest of brake lines had some rust but looked like surface only. Second incident: on 18 November 2013, I was carrying around 800 pounds of stone for my living room wall when the brake pedal went to the floor at around 45 mph, as I was stopping for a red light. I ran the light and turned right and got the truck stopped. Looked underneath and saw fluid dripping off frame by the fuel tank. Nursed the truck home the last mile with a friend driving his truck in front of me. The rear brake line from the abs pump to the rear end rusted through behind the fuel tank. No way of seeing this failure coming. Mileage on truck around 91,500.