general problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

I have a 1999 chevy silverado. I have had to replace the brake lines due to a rupture as I was coming upon a 4 way intersection. Thank god nothing was coming as I rolled through it. I made it home and to the shop the next day and had to replace all the brake lines. I have had to replace the parking brake pads on the rear which is a recalled item on a truck that has a manual shift transmission. What does the transmission have to do with brakes? shouldn't matter, just because there hasn't been an incident of a roll away with an automatic transmission. So why do they inspect the parking brake if you have an automatic transmission? because it is an emergency brake! with this truck you need it. You can find many complaints of the brake lines rusting out in the same year and make as my truck. There is an apparent problem with quality at gm and they should be held accountable.

: the contact stated while rotating the tires, there was extreme corrosion on the rotors, and upon further inspection the parking brake was extremely worn as well. The vehicle was exposed to harsh winter weather, but road salts were not used. There is a NHTSA recall, #05v161000, regarding the parking brake. The vehicle VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was alerted.

Complaint about rear parking brake at service repair several times to dealership. I was told that is just the way it is. . . Now at 84,438 miles after the extended warranty is over by less than one year and 9,000 miles, being told the rear parking brake pads are worn out and need to be replaced. Cost was nearly $300. I was told they wear out as you drive around??.

Have had a issue with the emergency brake of my 1999 Chevrolet silverado auto transmission since it was new. Took vehicle in under warranty to dealer for repair they only adjusted cable instead of changing pads. Still did not solve problem,was told by dealer that lever going all the way to floor was normal as this brake was for parking not for emergencies and was not meant to stop vehicle only to gradually slow it down or hold on a incline. Have since discovered that gm did a recall but only on models with manual transmissions the difference I still need a emergency brake too, should there be a recall for all models with that parking brake system. From what I have read and been told the pads were deployed and rubbed even without depressing emergency brake pedal and the pads wore out in no time as was my case.