general problems of the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - part 2

2003 Chevrolet silverado, 1500 lt with zr1 off road suspension, 4 wheel disc brakes, 5. 3 engine. Brake pedal travels to the floor. No stopping power. Dealer says its normal, no vehicle ever should have pedal travel to the floor, except the clutch.

I'm having trouble with my anti-lock brakes activating when coming to a stop at a low speed of 5 to 10 miles an hour. It increases your stopping distance. I've noticed they have recalls for this problem on silverado trucks up to 2002, but I own a 2003.

I bought a 2003 silverado pickup from alden chevy in fairhaven mass. It had 37,000 miles on it and it has 45000 on it now and I,m having trouble with the abs system because of corrosion gets into the drum and the brakes go down to the floor at low speeds causing scraping sounds coming from the brakes, GMC has 2 recalls on this but refuses to take care of this problem, any help you can give me will be very grateful, thank you so much, arlene dickens.

Experience low speed unwanted anti-lock brake system (abs) activation, multiple times, daily. Chevy Silverado 1500 4x4, yr 2003.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet silverado k1500. The contact was traveling between 5 and 10 mph when the brakes were depressed but the vehicle failed to stop properly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer six times. The dealer stated that the antilock brake system needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the VIN was not included in the recall under NHTSA campaign id number 05v379000 (service brakes, hydraulic:antilock). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 101,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. Whenever the vehicle comes to a stop, the contact can feel the brakes pulsating. While driving 15 mph, the brake pedal extended to the floor when it was depressed. He took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that it was due to rust and normal wear and tear. The brakes were not repaired because the contact believes that the brakes should not be in those conditions after only four years. The failure mileage was 42,000 and current mileage was 43,950.

I bought this truck brand new. I am 77 and a retired former mechanic. The truck has 4 wheel disk brakes and a separate inner drum on the rear brakes for the emergency brake. It is useless! the shoes are very expensive a pain to replace and don't work very well or last very long. A poor engineering design. I am widowed a don't have anyone in my passenger seat very often. The front passenger seat belt tightens on the passenger as I am driving doing normal stop and go traffic. It will not release until the belt is unlatched and rolled all the way back in and then we start over again. When the truck was under warranty I took it to a dealer but they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it. I have tried to find a clip I could use to hold slack in it but have not been successful.

Since day 1 with this vehicle the brakes have been noticeably weak. In emergency stop situations or near emergency stop situations requiring a quick stop when I am standing with full pressure on the brake pedal, this vehicle fails to respond as expected. It's as if only half the brakes are working as the vehicle eases to a stop only slightly better than normal braking.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph he depressed the brake pedal and noticed it dropped to the floor board. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The technician stated the front and rear brakes would have replaced. After the repairs were performed the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000. Da.

Rear wheel brakes, excessive wear.