Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings problems of the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - part 1

Rusted out and leaking brake lines and fuel lines under the driverside door where they are attached to the frame.

1) brake line rusted and had to be replaced. 2) a new battery was installed only to be totally dead within 1 week 3) alternator replaced as that was thought to be the problem 4) finally found the problem and it is the abs system as the modulator / pump for this system would continually run even when the vehicle was turned off.

As I got to a bottom of a hill and applied brake, brake pedal went to floor, was able to get stopped without hitting anything using parking brake and reverse. Found brake line had ruptured below drivers side. Lucky not going down highway and having to make an emergency or quick stop, could have been serious injuries if not deaths.

Brake line ruptured when coming to stop at bottom of hill. Was able to stop without hitting anything, using parking brake and reverse. Could of been serious accident if had to make a quick or emergency stop on busy highway.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. While attempting to make a sudden stop, the driver depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle would not stop. After depressing the pedal a second time, the brakes malfunctioned again and the pedal extended to the floorboard. A crash almost occurred due to the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the brake lines located under the driver side rail had ruptured due to rust and corrosion. The brake lines were replaced and the failure was remedied. The local dealer was not notified. The manufacturer was notified, but no assistance was offered. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 210,000.

Just had work done on the truck and in the parking lot of the autoshop my brake line burst causing me to have no brakes. Limped the truck down the street to my work until I could tow it home. There is no reason even with living in a snow state that my brake lines should have failed.

My brake line rusted out causing brake failure and my fuel line rusted out causeing fuel leak. The brakes went out in motion fuel line also.

On 2/20/2017 my 2003 silverado had a total brake failure. Both front and rear brake systems failed at the same time, due to premature brake line failure, caused by brake lines that were not designed to withstand road salt used in michigan, where the vehicle was sold and driven.

Oct 29, 2016, 120,000miles. Total brake failure from rusted brake lines while driving on rural highway slowing down from driving 55mph. I was able to avoid crashing. There are hundreds of similar complaints here. These vehicles are not safe to drive, if you know of anyone with similar vehicles, warn them.

Brakes failed due to corrosive failure of brake line. $1500 repair bill.

Brake line failure.

The brake lines have rusted through and caused a failure while driving.

Brake lines rusted through and ruptured resulting in total brake loss and a crash. The lines failed at a point directly under the driver seat. It was in motion on a city street and struck another vehicle also damaging that.

My wife and I were driving home a few nights ago. When approaching and intersection the light turned red. I pressed on the brakes to stop and the brake went to the floor. We were out in the middle of the intersection before I could get stopped. Thank god it was late at night and there was not much traffic. If it was in the middle of the day we could have been seriously injured or even killed. I am glad it happened at a slow speed an not on the interstate and no one was in front of us. I pulled over as soon as I could and I could see brake fluid running out from under the drivers side door. I have now going to have pay for a very expensive repair to have all of the brake lines replaced. I beg you for god's sake issue a recall on the trucks before someone is killed.

Luckily, I was on my street near my house when my brakes completely failed. The brake peddle went right to the floor. . . I had to use the emergency brake to stop the truck. I found the problem to be rusted out brake lines and when I used the internet I see that this is a common problem with this truck.

I was putting truck in reverse when brake pedal went to floor, had to put on parking brake to stop. The check brake system came on. Brake line busted. Has lines looked at and they found all the lines were rusted. Had repairs done for 410. 68. The truck was on steep driveway.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. While driving 20 mph, the vehicle hesitated to stop when the brake pedal was depressed. The brake pedal traveled to the floorboard before the vehicle stopped. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the brake lines were corroded and caused the brakes to fail. The brake lines needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was not available.

I just bought my truck about a month ago. I was under it changing the oil and I noticed an alarming amount of rust on the frame members and the brake lines. Some of it looks so bad that I am concerned of having either frame breakage or a brake line failing. I have read many other stories of the same thing happening to other trucks. I have not had a failure yet but I believe it is just a matter of time. After reading all of the horror stories from other owners on various web sites, I am terrified every time I drive it that the brakes are going to fail. I cannot afford to spend $3000 to $4000 to have the truck fixed. Especially when I consider it a manufacturer defect of a safety item. Please issue a recall for these problems before people are injured or killed because the frame has broken or the brakes have failed.

My brake lines ruptured. Vehicle has 133000 miles on it. Their is also excessive rusting underbody.

Was traveling east on hwy 158 and pushed on brake pedal at the intersection of zoo road at a red light with cars coming and the pedal when to the floor and the truck brakes grab a couple of short times but did not stop the truck , went thru the intersection just missing a car , smoke was coming from the drivers side of the truck had to push on emergency brake to get the truck stop. Got out and look and a rusted brake line had busted , was traveling about 45 miles an hour when this occurred. .

Brake lines rusted and blew out just as I pulled in to driveway,(thank goodness ) as we were just driving down a major downhill grade in a very busy shopping district where we would not have been able to avoid an accident.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. While driving at various speeds, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The contact had to apply the emergency brake to bring the vehicle to a stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the rear brake line was corroded and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 41,000.

Brake lines completely rusted thru, had to replace all lines, fuel lines recently leaked and upon inspection are found to be completely rust as well, bad material used in these lines, big safety issue with leaking fuel and inability to stop when brakes go out.

A friend and I were driving on a very busy street in fort myers, florida at the 45 mph limit. When traffic slowed for a red light I applied the brakes only to have the pedal go all the way to the floor. Fortunately the street has a wide berm and I was able to steer around traffic and roll to a stop after about 75 yards, crossing 2 business driveways and taking out 1 reflector. The cause was a brake line rupture due to rust. An on-line search for parts revealed this to be a rather common problem that your office is well aware of. I understand such rust happening in the northern states but my truck is a florida vehicle that has made only one winter trip north and I don't recall any snow even then. Though the owner's manual does instruct the owner to inspect (or have inspected) the brake system, no mention is made of rust or that the left front inner fender may need to be removed to see the critical area (for rust). Worse in my opinion, is the dual system which did little to slow my truck when the line failed. While it does stop the truck in normal slow driving, the pedal has to be held all the way to the floor and in no way does it seem like a safe "backup". I understand that recalls or even notices to owners can be expensive and that there may have been no injuries due to the rust problem. But had the street I was driving on not had a berm to escape to or had there been a pedestrian on that berm, or another vehicle in one of the business entrances, my incident could have been very tragic. As is I am still facing a costly and very difficult replacement of all the brake lines. And I'll be looking at every chevy in the affected group as a "time bomb".

We are replacing all metal brake lines after a second brake line failure on the truck. These vehicles need to be recalled and gm forced to replace the metal tubing. While going 10 miles per hour on a road the brake pedal went completely to the ground and failed one month after a brake repair- this year when in for safety inspections and second line is leaking and we will be getting another failure soon! recall before more families die. We are thankful this didn't happen on a highway while towing! first failure 5/20/2015.

While driving at a speed of approximately 20 miles and hour I had a complete failure of the brake system, whit the brake pedal going completely to the floor. This caused me to have an accident and I rear ended another pickup truck and was only able to stop the car by applying thew emergency rakeake. Inspection by the insurance adjuster and the body shop showed the brake lines completely rusted out. The truck passed state inspection the day before. An internet search show that this was a safety problem (rusting) which gm convinced the nhsta was not a defect and did not need a recall. The least that should have been done was that owners sdhould have been informed. Also contrary toi what gm says it resulted in complete brake loss. . . Not partial.

Cleaning & maintenance, including underbody cleaning, has been performed religiously on my truck regardless of mileage. Took it in for an oil change & when it was put up on the rack, the mechanic saw that the brake lines were rusted out. I was shocked since it has been well maintained and was even more so when told it would be anywhere from $900-$1,700 to replace the lines. He said the lines could fail without any prior warning while driving. Researching, I found this is an issue gm has been aware of, however instead of their addressing the manufacturing problem, they put the responsibility onto the owners. Like myself, I'm sure others are driving totally unaware of the brake line failure issue since there has been no recall.

When driving on a city street, brake pedal went to floor - had no brakes, had to rely on parking brake. One brake line, from proportioning valve to abs unit had blown. All brakes failed. Upon looking, the brake lines running on top of the frame rail near the driver's side front tire were deteriorating from rust.

Within the last year 3 brake lines have broke. The first time 2 broke, and due to its age I did not think anymore about it, then the third just broke, the mechanic said he has never seen so many broken brake lines, another customer was having the same problem. Today I was talking to my neighbor and he just broke a brake line on his 2002 Ford truck. Its like both gm and Ford bought the same low grade brake lines in the early 2000`s and now they are failing.

I have already replaced my brake lines once on the truck. At a stoplight I had my brakes give out again. Local mechanic states my rear brake line has rusted through again. This is a known serious safety issues and gm continues to deny that it's a safety issue. Brakes are too important to have constant rusting issues.

2003 Chevrolet silverado. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle brake failure. The consumer stated the brake failure happened with no warning. There were no signs of leak and no other visible or physical evidence of a brake system problem. The vehicle was take to a repair facility. The consumer was informed the brake line system needed to be replaced due to corrosion.

Brake line broke under driver side door.

Hopped into my vehicle Friday morning and the brake pedal went to the floor. Rear brake line rusted away. Fortunately it happened in my driveway. The day before I was pulling my boat on the interstate at 70 mph. There's a scary thought. Btw, vehicle has not been operated during the winter months the past three years.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet silverado while his wife was driving 45 mph the brake pedal was applied but failed to respond and depressed to the floor . There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to lindsay Chevrolet 5605 jefferson davis hwy, woodbridge, va 22191 (571) 200-4754 where diagnosed that there was a broken brake line and brake lines were rusted and corroded the vehicle was repaired however the failure recurred. The contact repaired the a portion of the brake line. The manufacturer was contacted but did not assist. The failure mileage was 102,799,. Ap.

I was towing my boat down a 4 lane highway, approximately 100 miles from home. As I approached a traffic light, it turned yellow and I pressed on the brake pedal. The brake pedal suddenly went all the way to the floor with no braking power and I rolled through a red light. As I coasted I tried the parking brake, which also had no braking power. As this occurred, I had to roll through another red light, thankfully I was able to avoid collisions. Shortly after I was able to ease the truck and boat up a hill and onto the shoulder. After being towed to a dealer, it was determined I had a complete brake line failure due to excessive corrosion on all the brake lines.