Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings problems of the 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

The rear brakes failed with little or no warning. The brakes went from good to mushy without warning light. I added brake fluid to test in drive way. Pumped the brakes and the warning light came on. The rear line failed. I had the truck inspected at a general motors dealer in January of 2018 and also at the end of February. The said my vehicle is maintained in excellent condition. If this could happen to me. . . . All gm vehicles with these brake lines are at risk. I read their was a safety bulletin 13-05-22-001. Today is 4/12/2018. . . Because I tow a boat to florida I had the truck checked 2 times in the last 12 weeks. . . . If the dealers can't detect faulty lines. . . . A recall is needed.

The right front brake line on my truck rusted through. I lost braking when loading my 10 ft camper in the driveway. I took the truck to dealership and it was found that all the brake lines are rusted and in danger of failure at any time. All of the brake lines on the truck are bare metal and prone to rust. New brake lines are painted to prevent this from happening. Had to buy complete brake line kit to get right front line for replacement by dealership for $452. 85 . They recommend that I replace all of the lines. I called Chevrolet customer service, complaint # 8-3176545196. I have gotten no cooperation, they have told me there is nothing that they can do. Because of this potentially causing a catastrophic fatal accident due to complete or partial loss of braking power - it gives no warning until failure occurs. I told them they needed to put out an alert to other drivers and they declined stating that they did not have enough complaints. This truck only has 99546 miles on it and in all of my years working with automobiles I have never seen a break line rust through.

Sudden failure of brakes during low speed stop, brake line failed near frame underside in driver seat area. Was able to quickly stop vehicle with emergency brake just short of going into heavy traffic. This truck is meticulously maintained including underside washes, no body rust anywhere and was undercoat protected from new. Shocked a level of rust on what are apparently high carbon steel lines, these should be stainless steel.

Lost brakes while driving in residential neighborhood due to rusted brake line. Had it towed to my mechanic who did an inspection and said all the brake lines were rusted at the brackets holding the lines. My mechanic is in the process of replacing the brake lines. I talked to several other people with the same year truck and both had also experienced brake line failure from rust. Truck has only 20k miles and has only been in the salt twice as I had an older vehicle I used when it snowed. Gm needs to correct this safety defect.

Brake line failure due to excessive corrosion as the lines lay on the frame. Luckily, the break was at home and I was able to get it into the shop for repair. Less than a month later, another line broke as I was pulling into my drive.

One brake line burst from being rusted out and the remaining 4 front brake lines are in bad shape and need to be replaced. The brake line burst while I was pulling my boat trailer and I narrowly avoided an accident. I was in a residential area and was only going about 15mph. And was able to apply the emergency brake to stop the truck.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. While pulling into the driveway at approximately 7 mph, the brake pedal was depressed to the floor but the vehicle did not stop. The vehicle crashed into the contact's porch. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries reported. The contact observed brake fluid under the front of the vehicle and the brake lines were completely rusted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

I was positioning my chevy Silverado 2500 year 2006 to hook up my travel trailer RV. As I was backing up to line up the hitch to the RV ball the brake pedal went to the floor and I lost all braking. I had to put the gear shift in park to stop the slight roll. I looked under the truck and there was brake fluid all over my driveway where it had come out of a corroded brake line under the drivers seat. This truck only has 97,797 mile on it. I am very fortunate that the corroded brake line failed before I was able to hook up the RV and start driving, I could have had a serious accident that might have killed someone.

While I was driving down the street my brakes when out. I was able to make it to my driveway to discover my brake line rutsted and there was a 1 cm hole in the brake line.

I had a brake line brake driving my baby to the doc, towed if to the shop & found out all the brake lines & hardware were rusted beyond repair & everything needed replaced, we found that gm had used bad products on their chevy trucks from 99-07 but only recalled 99-03, apparently there's not enough deaths in model years 04-07 to recall, well if we were going faster it prob wouldn't have ended well for us, the cost of the repairs were around $700.

Brake lines blew front and rear when a motorcycle in front of me slammed his brakes in an emergency stop. Luckily he was towards the side of the road, I slammed my brakes and my pedal went to the floor, I quickly swerved and downshifted and ebraked and miraculously was able to come to a swerving stop avoiding collision but it could have been much worse if I hadn't been able to react so quickly. My truck is very low mileage and meticulously maintained, I have owned it since 2009. There aren't any other cars out there that would have a brake line failure within 8 years and only 64k miles, I'm very upset over what happened.

Rusted brake lines 1 has ruptured.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the brakes failed and the emergency brake had to be used to stop the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic, who advised that the brake lines were rusted. The mechanic replaced one of the fuel lines. The contact did not call the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated while driving 20 mph, he depressed the brake pedal but the vehicle did not stop immediately. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the brake lines were corroded and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 52,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Brake line failure. Rusty brake lines. Leaving fluid on ground almost hitting building.

Towing trailer, while parking trailer, brake pedal got spongy, then went to floor, total brake loss. Rusted brake line ruptured under drivers seat by abs module, all brake lines will need replacement.

Brake lines failed, causing me to run off the road when trying to avoid hitting a deer. Had to replace all the lines due to corrosion on many of them.

Brake pedal went almost to floor. After inspection metal brake line was rusted and has hole in line resulting in loss of fluid.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 hd. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken for routine maintenance when he was advised that the brake lines were rusted. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was notified and stated that the failure was a common problem in the particular model however, a recall had not been issued. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 71,000.

Rear brake line failed due to heavy corrosion causing loss of brake fluid and extremely reduced brake performance.

First time brake line broke at dealers parking lot. Line repaired two weeks later while stopping for red light another brake line ruptured month later while attempting to stop for vehicle stopped in front another brake line burst minor collision no damage. Dealer at this time replaced all brake lines in vehicle as I refused to operate the vehicle without every line replaced period.

I was leaving the downtown area of cleveland, ohio, and I was in the lane to get onto 77 south. The light turned green, the 4-5 vehicles in front of me started going through the intersection, the first accelerated into the adjacent lane to reveal construction cones in our lane. The remaining vehicles in front of me slammed on their brakes and I slammed on mine. At that instant, my brake pedal sunk to the floor. I reacted quickly (thank god) and swerved left to avoid the collision. My truck came to rest about 10 feet past the small sedan in front of me. I would have wrecked the back of that car and caused a chain reaction in front and back of me had I not been able to react as quickly as I had. The replacement of all the brake lines (the one leaking is as corroded as the others) plus front brake work is going to cost me around $3800. Not something I was expecting from a 6 year old truck, nor anything I can afford right now. It is my work truck, I don't have a choice, and it's more of a repair than I feel comfortable tackling on my own. Chevy needs to step up and shoulder some responsibility. I have had two other trucks in this climate and never saw the lines corrode like this.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet silverado k2500 hd. While driving approximately 50 mph, the brakes failed when the contact depressed the brake pedal. He was able to bring the vehicle to a stop by applying the emergency brake. The dealer stated that the brake line failed due to defective welding of the rear driver's side brake shock absorber. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and they partially repaired the brakes. The contact took the vehicle to a second dealer and they stated that the brake line was partially welded and the failure could recur at any moment. They further stated that there was no evidence that the vehicle was driven on rough terrain; however, it was a factory defect. The manufacturer took a report, but will not authorize the dealer to complete the welding repair. The failure mileage was 29,000 and current mileage was 34,639.