Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings Problems of Chevrolet Tracker

I purchased the Tracker 6 days ago and the brake lines broke 5 days after purchase. I was driving home from work at 5pm on Thursday 8/17/17 and left one stop light to drive up a hill to another stop light. The brake lines broke while driving in third gear at 25mph as I was decreasing my speed to stop at the second light. My car should not have passed inspection but it did and my safety was in jeopardy every moment I drove thinking the car was safe to drive. The brake pads were worn down completely, so its metal on metal. The rotors are shot and rusted. The fuel lines and brakes lines are rusted, the transmission is leaking and the differential is also leaking. The car needs $1300 in repairs just to fix the break lines and replace the brake pads/rotors. I would not have purchased the car had I known that. Especially when I brought it to be inspected by an objective third party mechanic to inform me of any major issues and they told me nothing was wrong and that the car was safe to drive.

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The entire undercarriage has rotted, including the brake lines, oil lines and antifreeze coolant lines. I do not believe this is normal for any car, even though the car is 12 years old. It was happening to the previous owner but he was reluctant to report it. . . I am not. I have owned the car only for about 4 months now. I have had to replace some of the coolant lines and some of the brake lines. Now the oil lines are leaking heavily and I am going to have to have them replaced as well. Also, the previous owner said that when a passenger tried to use the seat belt it completely locked up on the front passenger side. I have not been able to have a passenger int he front seat because it is illegal to have a passenger ride without a seat belt. I feel that the car should b e repaired by general motors since I feel the steel used in building this car was not properly coated, thereby causing this severe deterioration of the undercarriage. I had to be towed when the brakes failed going down rt. 739 in pennsylvania, just before a huge hill/downgrade in the roadway. Now the coolant lines are leaking due to rust and so are the oil lines.

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Lost brakes without warning going down a steep hill. Had to gear down and use emergency brake to slowly get to a mechanic. He said the brake lines had rusted thru causing me to suddenly lose brake fluid. He also made the comment that gm should have used stainless brakes lines and since they did not it kept his shop in business.

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Brake line failure do to corrosion.