Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings problems of the 2003 Chevrolet K1500

2003 Chevrolet silverado pickup truck. Complete 100% brake failure, no brakes whatsoever. Due to brake line corrosion. Crash occurred. Luckily, no one was injured. Truck had recently been in for routine maintenance and inspection 3 months prior. Dealer service dept. Did not report presence of corroded brake lines however other things were reported and I authorized fixing. Since this is known incident I think that this should be a notification to owners. I am lucky no one was hurt and I can't imagine if I was on a freeway or other area where worse things would have occurred. After the collision damage I am having all brake lines replaced at my cost. Vehicle was traveling on a city street, traveling about 35mph, I stepped on the brakes for a routine stop and the brake pedal went to the floor. No brake pressure at all. I could not change lanes due to other traffic. Not enough time to react to get to emergency brake. I rear ended the car in front of me.

Came out of a store at a shopping mall and noticed a massive amount of brake fluid on the ground. A brake line between the fuel tank and truck bed has ruptured causing an almost complete loss of fluid.

Driving along and came to red light,applied brake pedal and it went to floor, I applied emergency brake pedal to stop truck, no warning of a brake system problem, my ase certified technician informed me that a metal brake line failure due to corrosion caused the line to rupture, he also stated that this has been an ongoing problem and also that gm and the NHTSA is aware of this problem but have not issued a recall or any type of notice to the consumer warning them of a potentially fatal brake system failure that can happen at any time.

Girlfriend was driving vehicle with a 700 lb load in the back on rt. 44. She was slowing down to make a left turn when the brake pedal went to the floor. She pumped the brake several times and was able to turn off rt. 44 onto a side street. While proceeding down street there were limited brakes. When she came upon our street she used the emergency brake to slow down to make a right turn. She again applied this method to to take a right turn into our driveway. Once in the driveway she told me there are no brakes in the truck. I got in the truck and applied the brakes and heard a spraying sound coming from the left front. I got out and saw brake fluid around the wheel well and dripping on the ground from the brake line.

I started drivin when my brake warning came on. I went to apply the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. I took my truck to a mechanic shop and he advised me the brake line rusted through and he couldn't order a replacement because there was other problems like mine.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet silverado K1500. While driving approximately 10 mph, the brakes were applied and the brake pedal depressed to the floorboard. The vehicle rolled to a stop and was towed to a local repair shop. The contact was informed the brake lines were severely corroded and fractured. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 148,000. Updated 03/23/11.