Brake Fluid Leak problems of the 2002 Dodge Dakota

I was parked in a space. I started the vehicle and pushed the break pedal to take the vehicle out if park. I felt the pedal go to the floor and heard a noise under the vehicle. I put the vehicle back in park an got out to see what the noise was and saw fluid dripping from my gas tank. After further inspection I realized the break line next to the fuel tank had burst due to rust and corrosion. The entire break line from the front of the vehicle to the rear needed to be replaced. The worst damage was the section tucked behind the fuel tank where it was more difficult to get cleaned during normal washing.

While stopped parking and taking vehicle out of gear, brakes failed and pedal went to the floor. This is a special order vehicle that included 4 wheel abs. After brakes failed and fluid leaked out of rear brake lines neither the abs or "brake" warning lights were indicated on the dash control panel. I am concerned that a brake line failed and no indication of failure showed on the control panel. With the failure not under any stopping function (vehicle was already stopped) and there was no report of failure with the control panel this is a very important safety issue if brakes fail while driving and first notice is complete loss of pedal will cause accident or at least loss of confidence and or control of vehicle. I am the original owner of this vehicle and have all records of repair over the history of the truck. I am very concerned that a brake line failure took place at all. I have owned dozens of vehicles over my driving life and have had vehicles with well over 200,000 miles with no brake line failures. If this is not a defect in design or workmanship, then the defect has to be in inferior material quality that should not be allowed in this important function required for operating a vehicle.

Steel brake line to rear wheel rusted and leaked brake fluid out of master cyl.