Nine problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2001 Chevrolet 2500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Going down the highway at approx 60 miles per hour. Truck turned off. This has happened several times. All electrical appears to be working. Other trucks with same model year had a recall under gm recall no. 06083. I have the same engine but they say mine is not subject to the recall.
On show covered road my brakes lines ruptured causing me to slam into a tree. The pedal went right to the floor. After inspecting the truck we found all the steel brakes have rusted out and needing replacement. Dealer quote was $1. 700. 00.
Blew a break line at 35 mph due to rust and having to do a panic stop because someone pulled out in front of me. Lines are completely rusted out! I have heard of this being a major gm problem!! thank god I did not have my boat or back hoe behind me!!!.
Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the brake and abs warning indicators illuminated intermittently. The failure occurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 59,000. The VIN was unavailable. Js.
Head on collision hit the brakes and truck jumped. When vehicles hit seatbelt didn't lock right away which threw me forward and into the drivers side door. It was a head on accident and airbags never went off which make the emt's and police concerned do to the damage to the truck. .
Traveling at 65 mph brakes all of a sudden the brakes were applied w/o applying them loss of steering control etc. Evaluating this problem ii saw that the brake pedal was going down to the floor, so I pulled up on it with my foot and the brakes released but steering control did not resume. I got off at the next exit and very slowly made my way on home. Any application of the brake pedal resulted in brakes locking up and they were applied so tightly that any acceleration could not speed up unless I pulled up on the brake pedal. Upon arriving home looked things over no power steering unless motor was at high rpm,power steering pump looked as if it expelled fluid out the breather cap and the brakes smelled as if very hot. Now that this happened I recognized this had happened before but somehow repaired itself,but not to this extreme. I suffered bruises from shoulder harness and seatbelt and some knots on my head from being thrown around I came so close to out of control and a rollover simply couldn't control my truck.
Loss of steering and braking! cause power steering pump failure. The power steering shaft broke internally.
Vehicle pulls to right when applying brakes at slow speed.
Two failures of hydraulic pump for brakes and steering. Pump has been replaced twice at no charge. Total loss of steering and braking.