Brake Light On problems of the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

The abs light came on and the brake light. The power steering is bad and the steering wheel shakes when I brake, I got the brakes and rotors changed and the problem persisted.

Tl- the contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 hd. The contact stated that the anti-lock brake system light illuminated for an extended period of time. The contact had to restart the vehicle to reset the computer and the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop who diagnosed that the wheel speed sensor needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 05v379000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000. Dyd.

On restarting the vehicle moments after having driven it without issue, the brake pedal felt spongy, and with more pressure, sunk to the floor. Fluid was found to be running off of the truck frame under the drivers door. No warning light came on at the time. Later, apparently when the fluid had drained down enough, the brake warning light came on. On inspection, all of the brake lines were found to be very badly decayed just forward of the abs unit, with one having failed. This is not an off-road truck. It has had conservative road use. Fortunately, I was not towing my 8000 pound trailer at the time. I recently sold a 1972 Chevrolet which had never required any brake line replacements. Why are these relatively new trucks brakes all failing?.

Brakes failed suddenly. We were lucky that we were only going about 20 mph. Brake light did not come on and still does not show a problem. Rusted brake line ruptured and brake fluid comes out when the brakes are applied. I just sold a Toyota 1995 4wd that has been exposed to the same environment and there is very little rust compared to the Chevrolet. It looks like to me that all the lines should be replaced. I have not yet had it repaired. This could have cause a very bad accident. We are not driving until it is repaired.

Vehicle was towing trailer in hayfield and brakes went out. The vehicle was in 4 wheel drive low and in 1st gear. My husband got it back to the barn which was about 1/4 mile away and then it had total brake failure. The brake light never came on and our brakes were not old. We found a leak in our main brake line and my husband pinched the line off so we would have some front brake so we could get the truck home so we could work on it. He removed the line and it was so badly rusted, that it had gotten 3 major holes in the line and we did have major brake failure. The line is was very rusty in several places, but the worst is where the cab and bed come together. Upon researching we have found that this model has a problem with the line rusting and causing brake failure. We regularly haul horses to horse shows and haul other heavy loads on the road. I can only imagine what might have happened had we been on a major highway and this happened. We bought our truck new and maitain it well. We have never had lines rust on anything like this and never had complete brake failure. We feel that this is a safety issue that needs to be addressed. It is very expensive repair, but it is serious. We make sure we have seat belts, air bags, emissions are low and I feel that brake lines should be made out of a material that will not rust out and cause a major failure. This happened so fast - we had brake and then we didn't have brake. I thank god that we were in the hayfield. We have talked to several people that have had this happen and we also talked to a repair shop that said he had a lot of these come into his shop also. We just want this made known and it should be a recall, but also a wake up call to use better materials.

Excessive brake line rust and failure with loss of service brakes on gm light trucks. I recently had an experience where the metal brake lines broke unexpectedly on my 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500hd light truck. The brake pedal went to the floor while attempting to stop at a neighborhood stop sign. The vehicle had to be stopped from approximately 10mph using the parking brake and downshifting. No accident occurred. A local service station found that most all of the vehicle's brake lines were excessively rusted. All brake lines were replaced at a cost of $650.