Brake Sensor Problems of Chevrolet 2500

Defective metal in the brake rotors of a 2006 chevy 1500 hd caused rapid wear through of brake pads and a loss of braking capability (all four rotors). No other rust on the vehicle. No heavy towing and very limited exposure to salt. The metal is substandard and rusts from the inside out. It reached a point that a rough braking surface caused "sanding" of the pads so that the time between warning of brakes pads needing replacing from the "chirp" sensor and failure was < 1 day. Failure greatly reduced braking and was a major safety hazzard. Took rotors defective rotors to dealer who denied the issue. Vehicle has 36k and is 4 years old. My mechanic tells me this issue is common. I am a mechanical engineer with a back ground in metals and can verify the porous nature of the metal and pitting corrosion. This problem will eventually kill someone.

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The vehicle stalled while driving down a ramp to highway 41. Power brakes and steering did not work as the engine was dead. The vehicle had to be cranked repeatedly to get it to restart. This was the first incident that I remember, but it happened again many times over the years without warning. Finally this year after some research I found that the problem was caused by a faulty crank position sensor. I learned there was a recall (NHTSA - ea06016) for this but gm said my vehicle was not covered by it even though it was the same problem identified in the recall. I have read reports of others that had the same failure but gm has refused to fix saying the vehicle was not included in the recall. I believe the recall should be expanded as this is a serious problem that could cause an accident. The crankshaft position sensor was replaced and the problem has been solved. I have the old sensor if needed for testing.

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Brake, fuel, transmission cooler, and power steering cooler lines became very rusty and eventually leaked. Most lines have been replaced at this point, and a few still need to be. I bought the truck used in September 2005 with 72,010 miles on it and problem had already started. Fuel level sensor has failed twice, and requires replacement again. Power window motors on both sides have each failed twice. Truck now has over 150,000 miles, and I'm only reporting because many of these same troubles appear to be common on later model chevy/GMC trucks.

I was driving about 25 mph approaching a red light. I hit brakes to slow down as I approached the rear of the vehicle ahead of me (already stopped). The brakes were functioning properly, then when I slowed to about 5 mph the brake pedal suddenly went to the floor and the brakes stopped working and I hit the vehicle ahead of me at about 5 mph. The air bags did not go off. After the accident my brakes worked and I drove home. My mechanic and my insurance adjuster were both familiar with the problem. They said my wheel bearing had corrosion and it caused the abs sensor in the wheel bearing to not work properly and to disable my abs braking system.

Anti lock brakes are activating under low stopping speed causing an increase in stopping distance. Brought vehicle to ron currier Chevrolet in somerworth nh. Was told the anti lock brake sensor is out of calibration. Tried to resolve the problem with cheverolet as vehicle had only 25,400 miles when incident first occurred. Was told of other vehicles covered under a recall, but my vehicle was not included. Currently the vehicle has not been repaired.

I purchased a new 2001 chevy hd on August 10,2001. The truck is serviced every 3,000 miles and it has approximately 57,000 miles on the truck. It still looks new both inside and out. At approximately 22,000 miles the back rotors and brakes were replaced then at about 32,000 miles the front rotors and brakes had to be replaced, and then last summer the back brakes had to be replaced and the rotors were turned. Also sometime within 30,000 - 45,000 miles all the brake lines had to be replaced as well as two different alternators and a window motor. Today (April 20,2012) my wife and I were going to town to get something to eat, when an emergency vehicle pulled onto a street that we were on but was going in the opposite direction. I applied the brakes to slow down and pull over and when I did the brakes went to the floor. Luckily I had room to move the truck to get out of the way and after some distance we got stopped. We nursed the truck home and its sitting in my driveway again with some type of a brake problem. I think that I have reported this before but a truck that is babied and treated like mine with only 57,000 miles on it that has to have three sets of brakes (not counting the original), all the brake lines completely replaced because they were completely rusted away. Rotors replaced front and rear and rotors replaced and turned a second time, and now something brake related broken again should get someone's attention. These trucks aren't safe, and no one buys into the environment or lack of driving excuses. I also have a 1997 chevy truck with approximately 126,000 miles with no problems at all, a truck with 57,000 miles that requires two alternators (not counting the original), wheel sensors,brake lines / rotors / brakes that you had better not trust and a whole lot of money to keep the thing on the road is not a quality product.