general problems of the 2003 Chevrolet 1500

I experienced complete loss of brakes without notice. Fortunately I was driving in a neighborhood with speed limits <20 mph. Brakes started feeling strange when I attempted to brake. After several attempts the brake pedal went to the floor, I tried the emergency brake and it went to the floor with no slowing of the vehicle. I was going slow enough that I could rub up against the curb to slow the vehicle to a stop. Vehicle towed to garage. Mechanic stated that complete braking system failed due to corrosion. This is the second time a mechanic has commented about extensive corrosion in the under carriage. Last time was when the complete fuel lines needed to be replaced due to corrosion.

This is the 2nd time I have lost my brakes. Thank god both times were at low speeds. This 2nd time occurred in a drive thru restaurant. As I applied my brakes the car in front of me had just left with there order otherwise I would have rear ended them. I then drove very short distance using my emergency brake. Please recall an fix this problem. . . Its the right thing for gm to do.

Stepped hard on brakes to avoid deer and then lost all brakes accept emergency found out chevy silverados have line problems.

Driving down 2 lane road at approximately 40 in a 45 mph zone. Traffice light turned yellow at the worst possible moment. Decided to panic stop, pressed the pedal hard, immediately the pedal went to the floor and the brake warning came on. Truck did not have sufficient braking to stop and I had to plow through the intersection, thank god I made it through safely. From this point until I reached home, very little braking was possible, very unsafe. Upon inspection, the rear line had burst, requiring $200 in repairs. A few months earlier the gas line rusted through also, costing another $200.

I parked my truck at a restaurant parking lot no problem. We finished eating, started truck, pushed on brake to put in reverse and pedal went to the floor, no brakes or resistance. Inspection revealed no signs of leaks. Lines were extremely rusted and eventually a small leak was found in the front driver wheel well area. Upon research this is an extremely known issue. As a chevy owner I was never contacted about this issue. Luckily no accident occurred but it easily could have as we were on our way home about 30 miles on a 65 mph highway. Please advise as to what remedies are being offered. This could be a deadly problem. Thanks.

When coming to a stop at slow speeds abs comes on and feels like truck will not stop . It happens quite often. Abs lite does not come on.

I was towing a new ranger bass boat home from fishing. I was coming down hill toward a stop sign at a intersection and when I hit the brakes. The check brakes came up on info center. The pedal went to the floor. I had to jam it down in to first gear and use parking break to get it slowed enough to turn. It was also a 55mph speed limit road. Thank god no one was coming. I got pulled off the road and checked what was going on. The hard break line going to the driver side rear was blown apart. It had rusted completely in half. After further investigation of the lines they are all in extremely bad shape. They are all rusted and now starting to leak in places. Along with that my gas line is now rusted in half and now leaking. Something needs to be done before someone is killed.

I was pulling into a restaurant today 01/15/12 and hit the brakes and the abs system engaged and wouldn't stop the vehicle. I had to use the emergency brake to avoid a collision. I had hit a bump previously and heard the door chime then less than 10mins later this failure. Previously I have had no problems with brakes until then.

While riding on merrick road,I stepped on the breaks to stop for a red light. The break pad went to the floor and I went thru the red light with no breaks. No cars were in front of me and the cars on the side streets saw me coming and did not go. I was able to put the car in neutral and coast to a stop further down the road. I had the car towed and the mechanic informed me that 2to3 feet of my breakline was corroded and blew open wend I hit the breaks,the rest of my break lines were good.