Frame Rust problems of the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

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.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was discovered that there was severe rust on the frame and rear shackles. The independent mechanic stated that both the frame and the rear shackles needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.

Excessive corrosion all brake lines rotted out and replaced, rocker panels totally rotted, and excessive rust on frame very common with this year g m frame ,g m says they only cover for one year. So I am filing a complaint to see if this can rectified before some one is injured due to brake failure. Please help.

Well about mid 2012 the brake lines just rust out in the middle of the truck and the rear. My girl friend was driving it to work and lost all the pedal pressure. Thank god she was going up in the parking garage. Right now I'm trying to replace line fuel lines. It just started pouring gas out after I just got to work. I nursed it home and made it. The return line is just all rusted out. Then I noticed all three lines where all rusted out. It's to bad nothing has been done yet I can't afford this! it is well known and understood by many that this is a big problem. Also to top that the frame looks more rusted than the 1989 Dodge I just got ride of. I wash under the truck through out winter and don't understand why it's so bad already.

My wife and I own a 2003 Chevrolet silverado z-71. The car is 8 years old with only 17,714 miles on the odometer. It has been parked outside on my asphalt drive way. The vehicle looks to be in perfect condition. I took the vehicle to a non-general motors repair shop to have the brakes looked at. After the vehicle had been hoisted up and inspected, I was asked to look at the amount of rust on the frame, differential housing, brakes, calipers, etc. The rust was so bad that it was literally flaking off the frame and differential housing. The mechanic was concerned about the safety of driving the vehicle. On July 22, 2011, I took the vehicle to the dealership (sullivans o'neill's Chevrolet and Buick, inc. In avon, CT) that I had purchased the truck from. I was advised not to drive the truck a lot as it was, in the service manager's opinion, unsafe. The service manager gave me a customer service phone number for gm. I called the number, set up a case file number and waited to hear a response to my complaint. None of the 3 people who were put on the case would even give me their last names. After about a week and a half, on August 2, I received a call from "maria" who informed me that there was nothing that gm would do for me. It was beyond the warranty, etc. I asked for a written response of their position and was refused. We are now left with an otherwise perfectly good truck that is unsafe to drive. There was enough prior work performed on the truck by the dealer that the severe rusting should have been brought to my attention.