Brake Light On problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

While towing a heavy trailer at 30 mph, I attempted to stop at a red light. With no brake warning light, the brake pedal went to the floor and I had no braking whatever. I stomped on the emergency brake and nothing happened. I was able to take a hard right turn to avoid a collision and coasted to a stop. Looking down, there was a trail of brake fluid leading to a large puddle under the driver's door. Looking under the truck revealed that incredibly rusted brakes lines had burst, draining the entire contents of the fluid reservoir. Closer inspection showed that every foot of brake line under the truck was in similar condition! after towing it home, I discover why the e-brake failed; the cable was rusted solid. I had to order a complete brake line kit and spent the entire weekend replacing them. It was then that I found out that thousands of owners have been fighting gm to make good on this defect. We narrowly escaped a serious accident and spent a considerable amount of time and money, besides having to borrow a vehicle to get to work for a week.

I was driving on my way home from work going 45mph when I saw a car a short distance ahead pull out onto the road. I tried to apply my brakes as the car ahead did not reach the speed limit fast enough. My brake pedal went straight down to the floor and all braking ability was lost. I lifted my foot to try to apply the pedal again and again the pedal went straight to the floor. I nearly crashed into the car ahead of me and had to swerve off of the road to avoid causing an accident. It was only after a long distance of riding on the shoulder and downshifting that I was able to come to a stop. Only just as I was stopping did the brake light and abs light illuminate on the dash. I had no warning that this was going to happen or that I had lost my brakes, other than the pedal going to the floor. Before this, the brakes worked perfectly. Had I not had the room to swerve out of the way, I would have been in a potentially lethal accident and one or more lives could have been lost.

On the evening of may 31st I was driving out a 2 lane road at approx 40 mph following another vehicle. The other vehicle did a "panic brake" and swerved to miss a deer in the road. I "panic braked" when he did and my pedal went all the way to the floor with no warning and I slowed down but didn't stop. When I found a safe place to stop I got out and checked my fluid which was down but not empty at this point. I had a wet spot behind the left rear tire on the frame rail. When the garage looked at it the brake line was very rusted and corroded and had ruptured. I had no warning light on either indicating a brake problem. In researching this issue on the internet it seems to be a common problem in these trucks. I had a new line run at the cost of $120. 00. This is a very bad situation, there was no warning of a problem before or after the rupture, I could slow down but not stop, I had to shift to low gear to try to stop, the brake warning light or alarm never sounded. Please do something and have gm help fix this before some innocent person(s) are hurt or killed.

Both abs and brake lights on dash of 1999 chevy Silverado 1500. Low speed abs activation at random not included in recall because of where I live????.

Anti-lock brake light and the brake light on the dash cluster comes on and stays on while driving.