general problems of the 2004 Chevrolet 1500

While driving my 2004 chevy silverado 1500 4x4 around town I encountered my first ever brake failure. Fortunately, no accident occurred. I was in traffic, needing to apply braking. The brake pedal felt normal at first and then suddenly it, the pedal, began softly and mushingly headed toward the floorboard. I was able to slow the truck down eventually but the distance required for breaking had now tripled or quadrupled. Definitely a safety issue. Then, low and behold, and just a bit too late there came the idiot light telling me to check the brakes. Imperfect timing to say the least. Luckily I was able to pull over and into an auto shop. Thankfully, the shop had lots of chevy experience and was able to confirm that Chevrolet is aware of the rusted brake line problem as it is been in the investigation pipeline for a while.

All brake and transmission lines were severely rusted and leaking in my 2004 silverado. All lines had to be replaced due to the severe corrosion.

Door latch/opener does not return to position and as a result door will open unexpectedly. Also tailgate latch does not latch, takes numerous time before it catches when trying to close.