Brake Light On problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Monday morning I took my son to school. Monday afternoon I got in the truck went to push the brake and the pedal pushed all the way down to the floor. After that the parking brake light came on ( I didn't engage the parking brake). I checked the brake fluid I didn't have any. After inspection my husband found a leak in the brake line. It was rusted and worn. I understand the truck has a lot of miles. However I did not get any warning light or abs light, nothing. I was very lucky I was driving with my son. After my husband replaced the line, he checked for leaks the following day. There were none. We started bleeding the brakes and another line starting leaking.

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the brake pedal abnormally traveled to the floor board as the service brake light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis. The technician stated the brake lines would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 40,100.

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that when the ignition was turned to the on position, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floor board as the brake warning light illuminated. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Occasionally, the brake were would become spongy and depress lower. There was never any warning lights. On the 15th of September 2013, I went to pick up my boat for a day at a lake. The speed limit is 70mph along the stretch of interstate to the lake. I stopped by the storage office then proceeded to back up to go to the storage yards entrance gate. The brakes did their usual random lower than usual depression. Just as I rolled up to the security keypad the brakes failed. At this point all the brake and the service brake system lights came on. Unbelievable!!! I do thank above I became ill that weekend and skipped the boat fishing tournament to lake huron hours away. It would have been a disastrous and taken my life!!! I put fluid in it but it did not help. I made it 1/2 mile down the road to the auto store for more fluid. It did not help. I made it another 1/2 mile home by using the poorly adjusted emergency brake (previous owners neglect probably) and the 1 inch of brake pressure left in the regular brakes. I was in utter shock to see the amount of rust. Not only the brake line but the other lines, also. That is completely unacceptable even for a 2004 truck. I have older vehicles than this with very little or no rust on component lines. This was intentional by gm? maybe to make sure to make service money on such a dependable vehicle? I can not make up excuses or think of one good reason to jeopardize consumers lives this way. An inch of brake use is not going to stop the truck at regular speeds let alone a truck with a payload or a trailer. I usually think people who sue others are out for money. Now I am thinking of suing gm for endangering my life. That should wake them up to this situation. There are some really good class action lawyers out of tennessee that successfully filed against a major drug store chain. I am calling them.

I had parked my truck at a christmas tree farm. Upon returning to my truck, I restarted it, shifted into reverse to back up in the field when it appeared to have slid in the mud while applying the brakes. I continued up the hill and had rounded the top of the farm continuing back down a moderate slope when the brakes were applied but provided very little stopping power. The brake light in the dash illuminated and a note in the dash indicated to have the brake system serviced. The truck was taken to a GMC dealer for repairs. I was told by the dealer that all of my brake lines were rusted out and repairs would cost between $1200. 00 and $1300. 00. I will contact the dealer tomorrow to save all of the old brake lines for inspection.