Brake Fluid Leak problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Had to have all the brake lines replaced. The lines burst due to them all being rusted out and corroded. I have a 1994 Toyota pick up truck with more miles than my 1999 chevy silverado and the brake lines are not rusted or corroded go figure! I was approaching a traffic light and when I applied the brakes, the brake peddle went all the way down to the floor. I pulled over and looked under the truck and saw a puddle of brake fluid on the ground underneath the drivers door and gas tank. I had the vehicle towed to the local Chevrolet dealer and all the brake lines were replaced for $1066. 33. I was charge for 8 hours of labor. I am pissed off and will never buy another Chevrolet vehicle, because of their use of substandard material on the most important part (brakes) of their vehicles and their failing to acknowledge & correct this serious problem with these model year trucks when it was brought to their attention, instead they made bogus excuses as to why these brake lines were failing! I have purchase nine Chevrolet vehicles in my life and like I stated earlier I will never buy another Chevrolet again and will discourage everyone I know that is in the market to purchase a vehicle to not buy a Chevrolet because, the way Chevrolet failed to resolve the brake line problem with these trucks is unacceptable!.

I was driving down a 2 lane road road and a car slowed in front of me. As I applied the brakes the pedal went to the floor. I was able to avoid the car by going to the shoulder and then turing on to a side street. Once stoped I exited the truck and saw brake fluid leaking from below the drivers door. This exact problem happened to my grandfathers 2001 silverado not more that 3 months ago.

Brake pedal went to the floor with no braking action backing out of the drive (thankfully not driving down the highway). Brake lines beneath the driver's side door were rusted and leaking fluid. Gm parts person said it was a known issue and that they sell a brake line replacement set but had not issued a recall and did not cover the cost of parts or labor (why?).

While driving on the highway, the brake light on the dash came on. I drove 20 miles to my house and had soft brakes upon arrival. The brake fluid reservoir was empty and brake fluid was leaking from under the drivers position beneath the cab. The leak was coming from a bundle of brake lines next to the frame.

While approaching a stop light to get on interstate 81 south in wv, I was applying the brakes and felt a "pop" and then I had no brakes. I coasted down the hill and entered a "park & ride" lot to evaluate what happened. A significant amount of brake fluid was pouring out from under the vehicle behind the drivers side about where the cab meets the bed. Brake pedal goes all the way to the floor and I have no brakes. I had to leave the vehicle in wv and get a ride home. Will need to have it towed in a day or two. Unable to enter VIN because the vehicle is still 30+ miles away from my house.

My daughter was driving and pulled into our drive. She stepped on the brake and pedal went to the floor. Found brake line failure under cab leaking brake fluid.

Monday July 7th, 2014, I was driving 55 mph, traveling west on hwy 290 w. , austin, TX just passed circle dr. (intersection has been called death trap). Deadly crashes on this stretch of highway occur frequently. Started to slow for next intersection when brakes failed - pedal was pushed to the floor. The hill helped me slow a bit, but switched to middle turning lane to avoid rear ending the vehicle in front of me. Thank god the light was green. One small car passed in front of me while I was turning in front of two lanes of eastbound traffic. Proceeded into lone star bank's parking lot missing a moving car. Turned right to avoid row of parked cars, drive up bays and curb that led to a possible ravene. Turned into parking space, went up over curb & stopped in front of landscaping rocks and a tree. It all happened so fast - had no brakes whatsoever. As went up over curb, I depressed emergency brake. With only the emergency brake, slowly allowed truck to roll back down over curb. Called for aaa service. Looked underneath truck & identified two brake fluid leaks on concrete. Had truck towed to davis auto and was told today that all brake lines were corroded, with no way to splice, and all would need to be replaced. They weren't sure of what else would need replacing, such as abs pump, but master cylinder was okay. I called ben white automotive & was told about another man with a similar situation, and that something needs to be done at gm. I saw on internet, an article dated July 7, 2014 (how ironic) where gm is resisting recall of brake lines on 1999-2003 chevy silverado pickups. Seriously, almost rear ending a small car with cars all around, swerving in between two lanes of oncoming eastbound traffic traveling 65 mph, how many people could've been injured or killed. The brake lines on these trucks have got to be recalled by gm!.

Apparent brake line failure. Appears to have corroded and is leaking fluid.

Put brakes on and pedal went to floor, finally got truck stopped and brake fluid was pouring from under cab. The brake lines are badly rusted.

Both front and rear brake lines blew out due to rot. I was traveling ~50 mph in the fast lane of a highway when I applied brakes and they didn't even try to stop the vehicle. Right to the floor. I was forced to put the truck into the concrete divider and use the parking brake. I sideswiped one car. As the police took my report all brake fluid leak out from multiple ruptures.

I had just finished replacing the rear brake calipers, rotors and pads. (I can't count how many brake jobs I have done in my career). I went out for a test drive. Everything felt fine until I made a hard stop. All of a sudden the brake pedal went to the floor and I had virtually no brakes at all. I am a brake systems engineer with over 25 years experience, so I knew I had a serious problem. I put the truck back up on my lift and discovered that the solid brake line from the abs unit to the rear axle had ruptured and was leaking fluid. I investigated and found that it was severely corroded. All the other brake lines are also severely rusted and appear as if they could rupture at any moment. I dropped the fuel tank and replaced the ruptured line with a new one I fabricated. I do this type of work on nearly a daily basis so I am qualified to do so. It was very fortunate that this happened in a lightly traveled office park and not when I really needed the brakes or in traffic. It is my professional opinion, as an automotive chassis systems engineer with nearly 30 years experience in the brake industry, that these vehicles are unsafe to drive if they have spent any significant time in an environment of excessive moisture or where salt is used on the roads. These vehicles should be recalled immediately before someone gets severely injured or worse. I will no longer transport my family in this vehicle. If this had happened at a busy intersection the result would almost definitely had been a crash.

Tl - the contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving 10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed into the floorboard and brake fluid spewed out from the vehicle. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that all of the brake lines were corroded. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 200,000. Kmj.

I was braking and the brake pedal went to the floor and I had about 10% of normal breaking power. I looked under the hood and my master cylinder was almost out of brake fluid. I looked under the truck and saw fluid leaking from a group of four brake lines running under the drive's side door along the side of a frame beam. It appeared as each of the four individual lines were running through a coiled wire. Upon further investigation, I found one of the lines without a coil wire surrounding it and it was the leaking line.

We were in my driveway with a trailer and boat attached and proceeding down a hill when the brake pedal went to the floor. Fortunately, we were going at a slow speed and able to stop, then back up. If we had been on the highway going 50 mph and needed to stop quickly, it could have been a much different story. Upon looking under the hood, it was found that one of the metal break lines had ruptured and was leaking brake fluid where it was rusted through causing the brake pedal to go to the floor. It appears that all the brake lines have significant corrosion that could cause them to rupture during brake application. This is a safety issue as the brake pedal goes to the floor and you have little braking power.

The original equipment manufacturer brake lines rusted through and created a condition of substantial fluid loss and hence nearly complete brake failure on 1mar2011. There was no warning of the impending failure. As the principle driver was leaving the driveway the truck nearly didn't stop in time for an approaching highway-speed vehicle. Upon parking the vehicle after the failure, brake fluid was discovered running out the hard steel brake lines on the drivers side of the truck. The location of the line failure was very close to where lines run along upper outside of frame nearing the abs unit. The truck owner, researched the causes, failures and remedies. The truck owner purchased all new steel brake lines for all lines, in addition all flexible brake lines and fittings in order to repair the failure.

The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that after starting his vehicle and depressing the brakes, the pedal extended to the floorboard. He noticed that all of the brake fluid leaked out of the vehicle due to the brake line being corroded. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and who replaced the entire brake line. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000. The VIN was unavailable.

1999 chevy silverado 4x4. Came to a stop at stop sign and suddenly lost all brakes. I got out of the truck and fluid was leaking from the gas tank area. Upon further inspection I found the brake line was corroded and had burst.

We have a 1999 Chevrolet z71 pickup truck which we bought new on June 18, 1999. The truck never had a new car vehicle sticker on the window so we should have known there was something wrong right off the bat. So far we have replaced the brake components (rotors, calipers, etc. ) four times. The front brake hose also rotted off o it. Two weeks ago we had to replace one of the rear steel brake lines because it had corroded through and was leaking brake fluid - would not stop at all. My wife had to drive it that way for over 40 miles on the interstate, intermittently putting on the emergency flashers. The entire undercarriage has been rusted and corroded from the day we bought it. The truck only has 41,000 miles on it. Now when stopping at a slow speed like on an exit ramp stop sign, the truck starts to pulsate and the brakes feel like they won't stop. It is at the repair shop now. He cannot find anything wrong with the brakes or wheel sensors according to his computer. What can be done about this? is there someone we can go to or talk to? someone at Chevrolet? another thing - the truck is garaged every other month and rarely sees bad weather. If it does - my husband takes it through the car wash for underbody cleaning.

Was getting the truck inspected and the brakes failed. The guy said that the brakes were loose and he had to push the pedal all the way to the floor to get the truck to step. He also notices corrosion and brake fluid leaking.

Vehicle: 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup truck. I received a telephone call from my daughter. While driving the truck, she said that when she applied the brakes, the brake pedal went almost to the floor before the truck slowed, and a warning light lit on the dash board. I went to where the truck was parked. I checked the brake fluid reservoir. It was low, so I added brake fluid. I than tried the brakes, by pumping the pedal a couple of times. I got out and looked under the truck, and found a puddle of brake fluid. Looking carefully, I could see that it wasn't leaking from any fitting, so it had to be a broken brake line. There was a monro shop near by, so I brought the truck there. After looking the brake lines over, they found that one ruptured due to corrosion, and the remaining lines were badly corroded. I had all of the brake lines replaced at a cost of just over $1,000. I have owned vehicles in connecticut since 1975. This is the first one that ever had it's metal brake lines corrode so badly that one ruptured and all had to be replaced. I also wish to point out that the parking brake doesn't operate correctly. It's a sad statement that there was a recall for this problem that was limited to manual transmission vehicles. I guess that it's assumed by NHTSA that automatic transmission vehicles don't need parking brakes?.

1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4wd standard cab 4. 3 v-6 -failure in brake line , I was stopped in line at drive thru and felt brake pedal go down and heard break fluid squirt from line, investigated problem and found a hole in line due to rust , location of problem was below drivers door where line runs along frame, will have to replace line, will keep old line for inspection if needed.

Brake line failure!! wife came to pick me up at work seen fluid dripping from underneath truck -brake fluid got home and found the line was rotted by the back drivers side wheel replaced damaged section blown out the 2nd time by abs motor replaced bad section again blown out 3rd time inspected entire brake line found corrosion everywhere I looked. Contacted my dealer and was told quite rudely that there was nothing in Chevrolets recalls about brake lines. Have also replaced the back rotors (twice). My abs motor also started acting up pulled fuse. How many reports do you NHTSA have to get before you make this company fix their bad design? I'm sure if someone in your family was hurt in one of these vehicles or hit by one that a mandatory recall would happen in a snap. Or does Chevrolet have you in their backpocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .