Brake Fluid Leak problems of the 2002 GMC Sierra 1500

While on state highway and driving the legal limit, I was approaching a green traffic signal. An ambulance with emergency lights was approaching from the cross direction. I applied brakes and without warning brakes pressure completely failed. I had absolute minimal brakes and I went completely through the intersection. It appears to be rusted brake lines. When I apply the brakes, brake fluid squirts out of the front passenger side brake line where it crosses over from the driver's side. I have had all my work done at gm dealers and they never have mentioned this issue. I searched the internet and see multiple reports on this issue and that gm states this is a maintenance issue. I am over 60 and have never had a vehicle where the brake lines needed to be replaced. I was fortunate that my lane was clear or this would have resulted in an accident. It is beyond rational thought as to how gm can say this materials defect is not their problem. Nhtsa should reevaluate this issue and force gm to recall their product before lives are lost.

Slowed down and turned into a parking spot and the abs system kicked in. Did get the pickup stopped and noticed brake fluid leaking by the driver real wheel. Had almost no brakes getting the pickup home. Upon inspection found the rear brake line had ruptured due to corrosion. The abs system has been kicking for no reason before this. Talked to a mechanic and he said there have been a lot of corrosion problems with the 1999 to 2003 gm pickups.

On the morning of Friday August 21, 2015, my wife went to move my 2002 GMC sierra. She pulled out of our driveway and proceeded up-hill about 300-400 feet, and then turned around in a neighbor's driveway, when coming back down the hill she tried to brake to stop in front of our house, but the brakes totally failed without any warning. She then went up a slight hill on the other side of our house, but still couldn't stop, and didn't think to put the truck in park as she slowed. She rolled backwards down the hill and was able to steer into a neighbor's yard where the truck came to rest on a berm. At the time she said there were cars parked on both sides of the street and had a car been coming the opposite direction she would have crashed into it. Had there been pedestrians they could have been hit as well. When I came home that afternoon, I added brake fluid to the reservoir, and then pushed on the brake pedal. I saw a huge stream of fluid pour from below the driver's side door. I looked under the truck and found the brake lines surprisingly corroded. If sudden, immediate loss of brakes without any warning is not cause for a recall I do not know what is.

Traveling north on route 28 near chantilly, virginia, a line of cars in front of me came to an abrupt halt. I pressed my brake peddle hard and within three seconds the brake peddle was at the floor. I quickly maneuvered my truck to the right and was able utilize the emergency brake to slow the truck to a stop. Incredibly, my son and I were not injured, we did not hit the line if vehicles in front of us, and were all spared a potentially deadly outcome. After coming to a stop, my son and I inspected our truck and brake fluid was leaking from the left supply line to the rear break. The line had burst due to hard braking and corrosion of the fuel line. We were saved for some reason, however, if this had been on a weekday during commuting hours, the outcome would have been entirely different. The NHTSA should continue to hold gm accountable for this poor engineering (fuel lines) and eventual catastrophic situation that will, or probably already has, happened.

My 16 year old daughter was driving the truck at the time of the failure. She has her temporary license and was driving for the third time. After driving in town and on some rural roads, she started getting too close to other cars at stop lights and stop signs. I began telling her to stop sooner, she said she was trying. It only got worse so we went home. She almost ran into our house as tried to stop in the driveway. Because she is a new driver, she did not realize the brakes were going out. After we got out of the truck I noticed a puddle of fluid forming under the driver side. I determined that it was brake fluid. I raised the hood and had her press on the brake pedal. Brake fluid started spraying out of a brake line near the frame. The brake lines from the master cylinder to the abs module are very rusty along with every other brake line. This truck may be 12 years old and have 87,000 miles but I have always taken very good care of it and it still looks new inside and out. I do not believe a major safety component like the brakes should be failing at this time. Other critical components have warning systems to alert you to possible failures but when there is no way to tell if something critical will fail I believe those parts should be made to last. If the life expectancy of a part is limited, the manufacturer should recommend service at a reasonable interval. My daughter is now scared to death to drive any of our cars because she feels it could happen again. I am just glad I wasn't pulling my 20 foot boat and had to make a panic stop at highway speeds when the line failed. Someone could have got injured or killed I am currently getting quotes to have it repaired. So far I have received prices ranging from $600-1500. I feel gm should cover most to all of these expenses because they used sub-par parts to build a critical component of the brake system.

2002 GMC Sierra 1500-brakes went out suddenly as I was turning into a busy intersection. Pedal went right to the floor-no brakes. There was no separate system circuit that brought the truck to a halt, there were no dashboard warning lights engaged, and no brake fluid leak before that would alert me to a failure. Had to use emergency brake to pull over to a safe spot- vehicle needed to be towed to repair facility. Repair facility stated this is a common problem with these vehicles- but there was no recall or safety bulletins issued that they could locate.

The contact owns a 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 hd. The contact was driving 40 mph when the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the brakes were leaking fluid. Also, the brake lines were found to be corroded. The vehicle was not taken for diagnosis or repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000.

The brakes on this truck completely failed without any warning. Could not stop the vehicle except for the emergency brake. The brake pedal went all the way to the floor. No warning lights, or any other indications of brake failure until there were suddenly zero brakes. I was very lucky that this didn't happen somewhere else, with my one-year old daughter in the truck. I see that the brake fluid is squirting out of one of the four steel lines just under the master cylinder when the brake pedal is pressed. Upon inspection I also see that all the lines look to be corroded. I intend to replace all the brake lines on this vehicle now due to the corrosion seen, as I do not believe it would be safe to drive otherwise.

There was almost a crash! a car, from the right side, started to pull out in front of me at an intersection. I hit the brakes hard and felt what I thought was the abs activating. Fortunately the car stopped and I was able to swerve around the car and I avoided a collision. It was close! a 1/4 mile down the road I applied the brakes to turn left into my destination and the brakes were not effective and the pedal went to the floor. We inspected the truck and found brake fluid leaking in the vicinity of the rear axle. We looked underneath and found the main metal brake line that goes over the gas tank to the front of the vehicle has ruptured. We called the local GMC dealer and found no recalls or service campaigns for this problem. The truck is now at a local independent shop for repairs.

I have a 2002 GMC sierra sle 1500 extended cab pick up. I had the truck on ramps. When I backed off of the ramps, I had total brake failure. Service and parking brakes. I could not stop or even slow down. The truck proceeded down a hill backwards and into a ditch. The brake pedal went straight to the floor. I imediately pushed the parking brake to the floor. No brakes at all. After farther investigation, found the hydraulic brake line that runs along the frame rail to the back brakes completely corroded and all fluid leaking out. Brake line almost corroded into two pieces. The parking brake shoes have worn down to metal on the back of the shoe. This is the second set of parking brake shoes I have replaced in 70,000 miles. The vehicle has been well maintained and these two issues should not be happening. I have read that there is an ongoing investigation into the corroding brake lines and a recall on parking brakes, but only on standard transmission vehicles. Mine is an automatic transmission. How many more damaged vehicles and injuries or deaths does it take for the investigation to turn into a recall?.

I was approaching a stop sign at the end of my street and when I applied the brakes the peddle went to the floor. I rolled to a stop in a grassy area and saw brake fluid leaking from the base of the vehicle. I brought it in to my mechanic and he said the brake lines rusted out to the rear brakes. He replaced the lines from the abs pump to the rear axle and the brake lines from the rear axle to the rear calipers. The cost to replace the se lines was $433. 46. This is the second time this has happened to this vehicle see odi number 10402034.

Tl-the contact owns a 2002 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph with the vehicle in reverse and depressing the brakes, the brakes went straight to the floor board. The contact engaged the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the abs warning lights illuminated on the instrumental panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they advised him that the brake lines in the rear of the vehicle were rusted away and they needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired for the rear brake lines. Approximately 4 months later the contact stated that the failure recurred while driving slowly in a parking lot. The contact stated that the mechanic was on site and advised him that the brake fluid was pouring out rapidly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer again and they informed him that brake lines along the door were rusted. The vehicle was repaired for the brake lines. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 177,000 and the current mileage was approximately 178,000. Pmb.

The contact owns a 2002 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact was driving 15 mph when the brake pedal was depressed into the floorboard abnormally. The contact had to utilize the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. After the vehicle was parked, the contact discovered that brake fluids were leaking. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who inspected the brakes and brake lines and found that the brake line system was rusted. The mechanic stated that all four brake lines would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised that the brake failure was caused by normal wear and tear. The manufacturer then advised that a representative would return the contact's call at a later date. The failure mileage was 114,000.

Driving along at approximately 25 mph and tried tp stop for red light and brake peddle went to floor. Was able to stop against curb. Checked and found brake fluid leaking from under drivers side door. Vehicle found to have rusted out brake lines. Specifically leaking were the lines to and from the abs unit. All four forward facing lines were rusted in clip in frame. At least two were leaking. Replaced four lines out of nine may need others replaced in future. Took picture of leaking area and have section of old line with leak. Cost to replace the four lines was lines was $515. 83. This pick up only has 63k miles. Brake lines should last.