Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings Problems of Chevrolet 1500 - part 1

I was lucky to see a spot of fluid on my driveway. Figured it was brake fluid so I had my wife pump the brakes while I looked for the leak. When she pushed down hard the line busted and I lost about all my brake fluid. I've inspected my lines and they are all rusted. I have the truck in the shop now to replace all brake lines. Only 127000 miles on the truck.

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Driving down the road, applied brakes to stop at red light, brake paddle went to the floor. Had to use the emergency brake to stop truck. No warning, no lights. Brake line had rusted and broke. Had my wife and grand children in truck.

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All brake lines are rusted and will need to be replaced. We just purchased then truck used. My mechanic inspected the truck. For a noise in the steering, thats when he discovered the rusted brake lines he informed me that it could blow a line and anytime due to the rusted lines. He recommended replacing all of the lines.

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Brake lines rust out completely.

Brake lines rusted and ruptured. Brakes failed resulting in near accident.

Rear brake line blew (along frame) pedal went to floor no brakes, I was lucky I was off road at the time of brake failure. Truck has 21685 miles. Brake lines should last the life of the truck. I should of only lost the back brakes, I think they may have a problem in the abs unit (echu)? they know they have a problem with these brake lines, why no recall? this will cost around $1500+ if I let them do the work.

I slow to make a left hand turn off hwy 20, once in the turning lane I see a semi crossing in front of me from left to right. I put on the brakes, the peddle goes to floor. Unable to stop I make a tire screeching turn in front of the semi barely missing him. Brake lines rusted through on drivers side just forward of the door.

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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.

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While driving my truck on highway 70, the traffic slowed, I attempted to slow down, but my brake pedal went to the floor (rusted brake lines ruptured causing total brake failure) and I was unable to stop. I whipped the steering wheel to the left to avoid rear ending up coming cars. I managed to slow the truck down by pulling down to 1st and was able to get to an off ramp, but was unable to stop, before hitting another car and a sign pole. I have owned many cars that had far more miles than my truck and were not taken care of like this truck. Never have I had a total brake failure on any other car. This should not ever happen, no matter where you live, snow removal methods, etc. I was lucky, I could have killed or seriously injured someone. I would bet there has already been many fatal accidents due to these poor brake line being installed on trucks.

All of the steel brake lines are leaking and my brakes aren't working. I was driving up my road and the brakes went out. I had to drive very slowly to get home. I've called several garages and they all tell me that all of the silverados have bad brake lines that rust through and they change them all of the time. Some of the garages tell me they should have been recalled and gm should pay for them. Will general motors pay for the replacement of these brake lines? I recently bought this truck and the brakes aren't working. I have a 2000 Ford ranger that I bought new and have never had any brake problems , it still has the original brake lines. They shouldn't be able to use steel brake lines on cars. They should be a rust free material. How many people have been killed because they can't stop because the brake lines blew out. That's crazy. Can't you make the car companies use corrosion resistant brake lines when they build these vehicles? can you help me with this? it's going to cost $500 to replace all of the lines.

Leak under drivers door just had oil changed so thought it was oil filter not tightened , took it back to oil change place and they said it was the brake line and that he was surprised it hasn't busted already. Husband drove it home and and got half mile from home and they burst and he had to down shift to get the truck to slow down to turn and park it. This should of been recalled long time ago . Might of killed my husband or someone else. Who thinks to have the brake lines looked at .

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!.

Brake line rusted and blew out while stopping. Known problem. Government motors.

Went out to leave in my truck and as I was backing out of the driveway the brake line broke. Thankfully no one was coming down the road.

Trying to stop rusted brake line blew avoided accident by using parking brake.

Brake lines corrosion and leaking.

The truck was bought new in south carolina in 2004 and has only traveled to "snow belt" states in the winter less than a dozen times in past 11 years. On 7/23/15, while on vacation, the vehicle suffered a sudden loss of all braking power. Fortunately, my husband was able to get the truck stopped in time before hitting the car in front of us by shifting into neutral and pulling the parking brake. After pulling off of the road and opening the hood, we discovered that a small fire had started from the spraying brake fluid hitting the hot manifold. Again, we were fortunate to get it doused in time before any major damage occurred. Once we found out that the front left metal brake line had cracked, we carefully made our way to advance auto using the neutral and the parking brake to stop us when needed. My husband was able to patch the corroded brake line in the parking lot of auto at 8 pm at night only to discover the other front line was cracked as well. By this time it was too late to fix so we made a harrowing trip back to our hotel without any real brakes. Good thing their wasn't much traffic and we were close to our hotel. The next day we were able to find a local repair shop to replace the right front brake line. They mentioned they had replaced one on a chevy suburban only a day earlier from indiana for the same reason. After searching the internet for this issue, I must strongly disagree with gm when they stated that the brake system on the affected vehicles is split between the front and the rear and that "should a brake pipe suddenly fail for any reason, the affected vehicle would be capable of stopping with the pressure supplied by the remaining circuit. " we had no brake pressure at all and had no way of stopping. It was only my husband's quick thinking that saved our family and another family from an accident. I hope this matter will be investigated further.

On 7/3/15, my husband applied the brakes to stop in order to exit a restaurant parking lot. The brake pedal went to the floor we (my husband, child, and I) drove across the marked parking ways and crashed into a parking lot sign to make the vehicle come to a stop. Upon exiting the truck, my husband noticed the brake line leaking. We were blessed that we had not pulled on the main street into oncoming traffic. We had to get the vehicle towed to a shop for repair. I also called don moore automotive service department and had no response.

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.

Thank god I was not traveling I got up in the morning to go to work and placed my foot on the brake in which it went to the floor which was odd I pumped the brake a time or two and heard the sound of dripping fluid under my truck I shut it off and looked under my truck to see a stream of brake fluid down to the ground. I could have only imagined what would have happened if I was on my way to work and this had happen or if I had my family with me on the way to the beach. This could have bee catastrophic not only to me but to my family and everyone on the road. I am an aircraft mechanic and after reading some of these known issues and Chevrolets response to them my question is how can you continue to admit there is not a problem. I mean there are some things I can see needing regular maintenance on a vehicle and brake lines that are made out of steel is not one of them. The airlines use stainless steel in the aircraft to help resist corrosion for this very reason. Why put peoples lives in danger when you can fix it with better quality parts.

Driving 45 miles per hour along a rural road following another vehicle. The vehicle I was following applied his brakes to turn left onto a side road. When I applied my brakes I felt the abs system kick in, then the brake pedal went immediately to the floor with only minimal stopping power. I had to drive up onto a lawn to avoid crashing into the rear of the vehicle in front of me. Because my truck is a standard transmission, I was able to nurse it home. This is the second blown brake line I've had on this truck. In August of 2014 while towing a trailer I had a brake line fail. Luckily there was no other vehicles around. I replaced the rusted line and bled the brakes, after which they operated normally. I've owned this truck since new, purchased in December of 2003, and noticed within a couple years that the brake lines were rusting unusually quickly. I'm an aircraft mechanic and am used to inspecting my vehicles for any mechanical defects or unusual conditions.

Brake line was rusty and ruptured when I applied brakes. Brake pedal went all the way to floor.

Brake lines rotted out do to road salt.

After reading about so many multiple brake failures I decided to check my vehicle and was horrified to see my brake lines were so badly pitted and rusted. It looks like I'll have to replace all the brake lines in the truck. The truck is only 10 years old with about 54,000 miles. I don't understand why such an important system in a vehicle wound fail after such a short period of time.

Went to drive vehicle when I noticed pedal when to floor. Upon inspection noticed that the brake lines near the rear of vehicle inside frame near the fuel tank was rusted completely. This vehicle is well maintained and looks perfect besides rusted brake lines.

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While servicing my brakes I inspected my brake lines since gm continues to ignore the issue of rusty and failing brake lines. Found mind rusting in the same critical area (brake line distribution box) that my daughters 2004 1 ton brakes were rusty and failed in ohio with a 4 horse goose neck trailer attached. She was lucky it happened in the driveway of her barn and not on the road to a horse show with a load of horses. How many accidents, brake failures and possibly people killed before NHTSA forces gm to recall all the trucks with problems including the 2004 year series. Gm uses stainless steel in the exhaust system but not brakes. Stupid. I didn't get killed in vn don't want to get killed or kill someone here because gm is too cheap to put proper material in critical areas.

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.

I was getting ready to leave work and as I rolled towards the stop sign I attempted to brake but the pedal went straight to the floor. I rolled through the stop sign and into the next lane, fortunately there were no other vehicles at the time. When I exited the vehicle I immediately saw the trail of brake fluid and under closer inspection I could see where not one but two lines had ruptured at once. I was leaving to pick up my son from daycare and it is terrible to think that he could have been there and it may have been a busier intersection. Gm claims brake lines fall under routine maintenance but I don't understand which routine they mean. No gm tech or inspector has ever mentioned rusty brake lines. If they want to make the consumer responsible maybe they should train responsible technicians.

I was backing out of my driveway and noticed a fluid puddle in the spot where it was parked. Upon investigating,it has been determined that one of the front brake lines has ruptured. After further inspection,all brake lines are severely corroded and soon to accompany the ruptured line. I'm displeased that such a valuable safety aspect of my vehicle has been compromised by general motors. I feel that general motors should be responsible for such a dangerous situation. I have owned many vehicles in my 18 years of driving that were older and had more miles that had shown no signs of such failure. This is not normal.

I was starting up my 2003 chevy silverado this morning to go to work when the brake pedal quickly went to the floor board. After rolling backwards for a little I was able to stop the truck. After this happened I received the "service brake system" message on the control cluster. Looking outside the vehicle, I could tell a brake line had broken or had a significant leak as there was a puddle by the front passenger axle. I am waiting for a tow truck and have missed at least a half day of work. Reading through the website reports, I am expecting a large bill from the rusted brake line repairs that seem to be common in this chevy vehicle. Being in the military my truck has been driven in a number of states, but not in any northern states or on salted roads. I understand that no recall has been issued to date by chevy.

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.

Attempted to stop for yellow light, brake pedal went to the floor causing vehicle to continue through intersection. Had to downshift transmission manualy to get the vehicle to come to a complete stop. All brake lines had to be replaced. @$400. 00. People need to be made aware that total brake failure occurs in this situation. Thank you.

While braking hard for an animal in the roadway, the brake system failed. The brake pedal, when applied suddenly and hard, went to the floor. The brakes were ineffective at stopping the vehicle. The animal was struck. An inspection revealed that the front to rear brake line had rusted and burst. Further inspection revealed very rusty brake lines which appear ready to fail in many locations.

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