18 problems related to brake hoses, lines/piping, and fittings have been reported for the 1999 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Brake lines rusted through front passenger side causing minor accident Dec 2015 separate incident:: high-pressure fuel line rusted through causing fuel to spray around the front of gas tank area unnoticed for 2 trips. Thankfully no fire resulted.
I pulled into my driveway and the brakes didn`t work, pedal went to the floor. I opened the hood and saw brake fluid all over the left side of the engine. I then noticed several rusted brake lines one of which had a large hole in it. I had my wife step on the pedal and brake fluid came streaming out of the hole.
Tl-the contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated while driving approximately 63 mph, the brakes failed. In addition, the contact stated the brake calibers seized. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake line had to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000. Tw.
Brakes failed due to corroded brake lines. Appears that rear lines failed but neither front or rear brakes worked during incident. Brake lines are very rusty whereas there is almost no rust on other components.
Driving on interstate and was slowing down to exit onto off-ramp. Brakes went to floor. Was able to coast and use emergency brake to stop vehicle. After getting the vehicle home, found the right back metal brake line was leaking with a hole in it and was rusted. Never had a brake line rust and go bad in 60 years. I saw there is a investigation with the chevy brake lines corroding.
Upon applying brakes loss of braking occurred on the rear brakes. Upon inspection the rear brake lines were very rusty while the fuel vapor lines below them had no rust what soever .
1) driver side rear brake line failed due to corrosion, while backing out of my drive way. Replaced line. 2) passenger side front brake line failed while approaching a stoplight. Rear end accident was avoided within inches. Line failed due to corrosion. Upon further inspection of the brake line system, found extensive corrosion of the entire system. The vehicle is not drive able at this is time.
Purchased vehicle used for family vehicle, after having it for six months and 4,000 miles the brake lines have failed. Rusted to the point of total replacement, as well as the fuel line being rusted so bad that the repair shop would not touch the brake lines without replacing fuel lines, we have six children that could have been injured or killed because of this. . . Please do something, it is expensive and dangerous. I see all other complaints have felt useless, why is this not being taken care of? how many people will have to go through this same problem? and if it is a known fact, why has there been no kind of announcement made publicly? I hate to think that our government would take that risk, where is the safety that we as americans are guaranteed by our leaders and offices?.
The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact was driving 10 mph when the brake pedal was depressed into the floorboard abnormally as the engine started to smoke. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was not taken to the dealer for inspection or repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 146,774. Updated 06/29/12 the consumer stated the smoke was a result of brake fluid spraying from the brake line. Updated 07/09/12.
The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban k1500. The contact stated that the rear brake lines were corroded, causing him to lose fluid to the rear brakes. After inspection, he also noticed that the front brake lines were wearing prematurely. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact diagnosed the vehicle and performed the repairs. The current and the failure mileages were 121,000.
Brake line running from front of vehicle to rear on driver side completely rusted through. Fuel line fittings are just as bad. Fittings on rear a/c went up over three years ago, haven't had ac.
When putting my foot on the brake pedal after starting the car and before shifting into reverse, the pedal went to the floor suddenly. I pumped the brakes and no improvement was felt, I then checked under the hood and found that the steel brake line between the left front rubber brake line and the abs unit had rusted out and was squirting brake fluid when the pedal was depressed.
Chevrolet Suburban k1500- brake lines are failing.
1. Driving down a mountain road. 2. Brake failure. Barely any brakes. Smoke was coming from my front left wheelwell. 3. No action taken yet to repair. Need to replace corroded brake lines with stainless steel.
1999 Chevrolet Suburban total brake failure due to corroded brake line rupture. Send to dealer 10-19-2010 for repairs.
July 21, 2010 my 1999 Chevrolet Suburbans brakes failed under normal usage at a traffic light, resulting in extreme loss of brake effectiveness. It was safely parked without injury or accident. A brake line failed draining the brake fluid. The rest of the braking system has been maintained and was in working order. The burst failure of the hydraulic brake tubing was due to corrosion. The vehicle has 201,400 miles, mostly in the louisville area, which is not an aggressive corrosion environment. I had it towed to a Chevrolet dealer. After inspection, the service manager recommended all brake lines be replaced due to corrosion, not just the one that failed. The tow and repair cost $1105. I have documentation and failed parts. This unacceptable safety failure is design - manufacturing related and should be recalled; the repair costs should covered by Chevrolet. There is high potential for injury/accidents. I want to be reimbursed for my cost to repair the corrosion brake line failure.
Brake failure due to main brake line from front to rear was rusted through. The entire length of brake line was rusted.
Brake lines rupture in emergency situations. Third incident occurred on Nov 2, 2012 and almost resulted in a major accident. Front brake line which runs across front of vehicle ruptured upon braking and pedal went to floor. Delayed stopping because only rear brakes were used to stop vehicle. This is 3rd time brake lines failed all in different areas of undercarriage. Truck will not be driven until all brake lines are replaced and undercarriage is applied with an anti -corrosive, which this will cost approximately $4,000 because of the labor involved in this process. Gm has known about this problem and should be responsible for replacing and repairing the defective parts used in original manufacture. This problem should be addressed before someone gets killed due to these faulty brake lines.