Two problems related to brake fluid leak have been reported for the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The 2005 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 was traveling on a city street and the brakes became soft instantly, a collision was avoided by steering away from the cars at the intersection and the emergency brake was used. There was no warning on the sudden failure, other than a indicator on the dash. A short drive to the home driveway, the remaining brake fluid has all leaked out under the drivers door location.
As I was about to exit a parking lot onto a four lane roadway, the brakes on my 2005 Chevrolet Suburban failed. I lived approximately 1/2 mile from this location and proceeded to drive home. It was a little scarey without any stopping power, even the emergency bake would not hold. When I got home, I used a flashlight to try to find the source of the problem. Found a pattern of brake fluid leaking. Removed the spare tire to get a better look and found a brake line between the abs and rear of the vehicle had rusted out. From the looks of the line condition, they need to be all replaced. Never in my 70 years have I seen brake lines on a ten year old vehicle look like they did, really in bad shape. Looked at other lines, fuel, transmission, they all looked like they should be replaced.