Brake Fluid Leak problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado

Tl-the contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact states while driving 20 mph attempting to engage the brakes, the accelerator pedal went to the floor and the brakes failed without any warning. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact discovered that the brake line was corroded. The vehicle was driven to the contact¿s residence where he then discovered large amounts of brake fluid leaking from various spots on the brake line. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 138,000. Pam.

I was moving the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in my driveway to make room to move another car. I backed the truck into my turn around, then put the truck into drive to move it forward a little. When I pushed on the brakes to stop the pedal went halfway to the floor stopped them went clear to the floor. I had no brakes, other than the emergency brake on the truck, which I used to stop the truck. After getting the truck stopped and to a spot I could inspect it. I discovered that two brake lines had burst and were leaking fluid onto the ground. The breaks were not in a bend in the line where they seems to typically happen. They were in a straight section just underneath the drivers side door where the lines run along the frame. Upon further inspection I noticed that all the brake lines were as heavily corroded as the section that had burst. Luckily this happened in the driveway as I was preparing to leave in the truck.

While approaching a red light at 28mph and pressing the brake, the pedal went completely to the floor and the vehicle did not slow down. I pumped the pedal repeatedly and only slight braking action could be achieved. I went through the intersection just narrowly missing two crossing cars and turned onto a nearby side street. After finally getting the vehicle to stop, I got out and saw a puddle of brake fluid forming a few feet behind the driver side front wheel. Further inspection found all break lines severely rusted and a brake line had ruptured just above the frame rail. I did not experience any warning light prior to the failure. I was under the impression that vehicles have two brake systems (fount and rear) and if one failed you still had the other to stop you? I contacted my car dealer and was informed that there was no recall related to ruptured brake lines due to rust or complete failure of a brake system. I was just lucky no one was killed. People driving these vehicles should be contacted and warned!!! after reading report after report of the same thing happening to others driving the 1999 Silverado, I can not understand why there has not been a warning sent out to owners and/or a recall!!!!.

On my driveway, I applied my brakes and the pedal went to the floor. Brake fluid poured from below the truck behind the driver's door. Inspection underneath revealed a brake line had burst. All brake lines mounted to the frame forward of the abs unit are severely corroded and will need to be replaced.

We were traveling through sheboygan WI towing a 24-foot long fifth wheel RV behind our 1999 Silverado. At about 2:00pm on July 9, 2013, we were traveling at about 30mph down a grade on wisconsin highway 23 toward the intersection with I-43 business route, both highways are 4 lanes with left turn lanes and there is traffic light control. When I went to apply the brakes to stop for the red left turn signal, there was almost no brake effect. I was able to rapidly pump the brake pedal enough to stop,but ended up about 5-10 feet into the cross-traffic lane. Fortunately, the traffic was light at the time and as a result, no accident occurred. After creeping our units into a parking lot, I checked under the hood, found nothing there, then checked under the vehicle and saw a puddle of brake fluid. By using the emergency brake and traveling slowly, we made it to the Chevrolet dealership. They examined the vehicle and reported that several of the brake lines had corroded badly where they exit the central control block of the brake system underneath the truck. They were leaking slowly and at least one of them had finally failed. We had purchased an extended warranty on the vehicle, but, unfortunately, it would not cover part failures due to corrosion. There was nothing in the owners manual addressing the problem of brake line corrosion and the service representatives at the sheboygan Chevrolet dealership offered no information. When I discussed the problem with the service department of ed bozarth Chevrolet in topeka, they offered no explanation. This cost us $935. 66 to repair and very nearly resulted in serious bodily harm to my wife and myself. General motors should have been warning chevy owners about this problem as well as reimbursing those affected.

Went out to get into my truck to go to work. We had just had a snow storm and when I backed out of my drive I got stuck trying to get to the street. I went to put the truck into drive from reverse. So I hit the brakes so that I could shift into drive and when I hit the brakes they went to the floor. I tried pumping them with no success. So I pulled the truck back into the drive and noticed a big puddle of brake fluid under the truck. I parked it and drove my tahoe to work. Came home from work that day and pulled the truck into the garage and looked underneath to see what had caused the issue. I found all the brake lines had just crumbled to pieces. Thankfully I was not on the highway or in heavy traffic when this failure occured. I have ordered a prebent stainless steel replacement set to replace all the brake lines with. This is clearly an issue gm must deal with.

Brake lines sprung a leak and drained fluid while driving at least I was only going 20 mph.

My 1999 chevy Silverado z71 had a catastrophic brake failure last night. As I was driving home, I applied the brakes to slow down for my upcoming exit ramp. The pedal went all the way to the floor. . . Maybe had 10% brake performance. Luckily, this was later at night, and there was very little traffic. I was able to go through a traffic light that was green. If it had been red, I would have had to go through the intersection, and could have caused an accident. I pulled in to a parking lot after using the emergency brake and shifting to lower gear. I inspected, and all of the brake lines are severely corroded, with one of them having a hole. The fluid was pouring out. All of the brake line will need to be replaced before the truck is operational and safe. I expect gm to make this right. This is an extremely dangerous condition, where inferior materials were used. Lives are in danger as a result.

On 3/21/12 I exited my driveway in my 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pickup and stopped at my mail box to get the morning paper. While stopped with my foot on the brake pedal, the pedal suddenly went to the floor. Several pump attempts failed to achieve a firm pedal. Upon inspection I noticed a large puddle of fluid under the driverâ??s side just behind the front wheel. Later that evening I had my wife pump the brakes and witnessed a significant stream of brake fluid spewing from a bundle of metal brake lines located on the outside of the frame rail, opposite the abs control module. Upon further investigation, I noticed all of the metal brake lines were visibly, and significantly, corroded/rusted. The location of the line rupture was nowhere near a joint, fitting, or line bend. I purchased this truck used in October of 2008 from a Chevrolet dealership in danville, indiana with approximately 89,979 miles on it. The body, wheels, and interior are in excellent shape and would lend you to believe that the truck was generally well maintained and regularly garaged. This truck had 101,107 miles at the time of the brake line incident. I've driven the truck 11,128 miles since purchase, it's always stored in a garage. There were no visible leaks or indicators prior to brake line rupture. Had I been actually driving on the road, or worse yet towing a trailer or heavy load, this story could have had a significantly more ominous outcome. The internet is full of similar stories to mine. It appears these typesâ?? incidents are more common than I would have thought. There appears to have been some gm product deficiencies and I believe there should be a mandatory safety recall with restitution being made by gm. Something needs to be done about this situation. Please act before someone gets killed when their rusty brake lines fail at the wrong time.

The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado. While parked, the contact noticed that the brake lines had ruptured and was leaking brake fluid. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the brake lines were corroded. The contact replaced the brake lines. There was an investigation open under NHTSA action number: ea11001 (service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings) that could possibly have been related to the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000.

The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the brakes were applied and the pedal extended to the floor board. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by shifting into a low gear and driving onto the emergency lane. The contact noticed that the vehicle was also leaking brake fluid and there was corrosion on all of the brake lines. The vehicle failure was not diagnosed nor was it repaired. The VIN was not available . The failure and the current mileage was 107,000.

While on vacation in the outer banks north carolina the brakes went out on my truck. There was a lot of fluid left under the truck on the drivers side around the beginning of the bed. I was able to see brake fluid squirt out from the brake line when my wife would press on the brake pedal. I was able to get the truck to outer banks chevy for repair. They told me that all of the brake lines were very rusted and needed to be replaced. I had them make the repair for around $1500. On the trip back to my home state the brakes became very soft and caused the return trip to take very long. I needed to take the truck to my local chevy dealer for more repair. The local dealer stated that the original repair was not done correctly and needed to be fixed again. I thought gm would cover the cost because of the fact the original repair was completed at a chevy dealer. That was not the case. I contacted the corporate office and was told after many conversations that the second repair was not covered because the replacement parts were not gm parts. The repair of the brake lines is custom because gm does not make replacement brake lines and a service tech is required to manually bend aftermarket lines. I was required to pay additional money to have the repair completed again and I am now out over $2000. The brakes have been ok since the second repair.

The brakes on my 1999 chevy Silverado failed. I realized the brakes were dragging/locking up and when I tried to stop got a terrible noise which was heard by everyone in the parking lot. When I was driving home, they finally gave out and I coasted into the intersection. I can stop if I pump the brakes but the right rear caliper, rear pads and rear rotors are shot. Brake fluid is leaking all over the place and it literally ate right through while driving home for 45 miles. What a disappointment. Total estimate to fix = $1250. 00 , recovery from gm = nothing.

When depressing brake pedal vehicle would go into extended stopping distance. Dealer has repaired vehicle 3 times . Tech stated normal operation for abs brakes. The brakes had failed six times and no solution had been found. The manufacturer indicated brake fluid as the possible cause, but there was not brake fluid leak.