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While approaching a red light, applied brakes & pedal went to floor.truck went thru red light & intersection.coasted truck to stop while trying to pump brakes.limped truck to nearest parking lot. Popped hood & got out of truck.checked brake fluid reservoir ( full to line). Pumped brakes & looked for leak. Found fluid leaking under drivers side compartment from rusted brake lines running on top of frame.called aaa & had truck towed to repair shop.
I noticed a puddle under truck on 4-5-2020. I took the truck to richardson Chevrolet in standish on 4-6-2020 for an oil change. They changed the oil and I was told my brake lines were leaking and all needed replacing with an estimate of $1,400. I am the original owner of the truck. It was out of winter conditions for 5 years as we lived out of state.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated that while idling, the accelerator pedal was applied however the vehicle failed to drive. The check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (woodhouse cbp Inc 1951 highway 30 Missouri valley, ia 51555 712-642-4131) where it was diagnosed that the clutch plate solenoid fractured. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage 39,000.
"I was driving South on rt-13 in bristol township, pa. I had my wife with me coming back from walmart, traffic light turned red and brakes went to the floor and put on the emergency brake and luckily stopped before hitting anyone! brake fluid was leaking driver side near gas tank, there was no warning lights on dash or no reason to believe my brakes would fail.
A year ago, I had to replace all of the major undercarriage lines after the transmission lines blew out. While having the transmission lines and brake lines replaced, I was told the fuel lines were split at the fire wall over the transmission and had to be replaced as well. It was @2K of an unexpected expense/upgrade.
- Rochester, NH, USA
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On my 2007 Silverado I am constantly having to take it in to get serviced for traction control and service stabilitrak. My active fuel management lifters are also not functioning properly. This happens when I am making turns. The vehicle will lose control and it feels very dangerous.my brakes are constantly being replaced and I feel like there is some major issues when the vehicle was built.
When stopping quickly to avoid a deer, the brake line leading to the rear wheels failed. Luckily I did not hit the deer but if it was pedestrian or another vehicle later in the trip there would have been fatality. There are numerous reports of these rusty brake lines failing. My truck 8 years old with <72,000 miles. I live in the very bottom of the "snow belt". my mechanic says he sees multiples of these every month. He has a note attached to the lift for directions on connections because he does it so often. I lost all brake fluid to the ground and had no brakes! I had a 12,000 # trailer behind me. Thankfully this trailer has great brakes of its own or I would have never stopped (was on a downhill)
I drove my truck to my sons house for him to use parked it. When my son got into it to do a chore it had no brakes. The front brake line that goes over to the right wheel had burst without any warring. Just lucky he was still in his driveway.
I was approaching intersection with red light.press down on brakes and had no braking effect there was no approaching traffic, went thur red light and across to entrance to parking lot had to use emergency brake to stop truck.
Had the 2 main brake lines that go from resovoir to ABS control under carriage on frame fail and severely leak out brake fluid so I had no brakes at all in a very short amount of time. Luckily I was on a side street and not on highway.
Last fall 10/14 replaced all brake lines due to corrosion (97000 miles). Which has been mentioned numerous times already. After that ABS light came on intermittently lost brakes last week to it to the shop they had it for the day everything worked fine. Continued driving light started coming back on & brakes were erratic. Yesterday was pulling out of parking lot had no brakes. If these are known problems why isn't anyone taking care of it. Why you would put untreated brake lines on a vehicle in the salt districts is beyond me. I had an 1989 Oldsmobile with the original line on it til 198,000 miles. I also replaced the transmission at 77,000 miles due to corrosion of the lines.($2700)
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving at approximately 5 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to stop the vehicle. The contact drove the vehicle to an independent mechanic using the parking brake to stop. It was diagnosed that the brake lines were rusted and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 92,150. Updated 5/15/15
The brakes failed due to rusted lines. There was no pressure on the brake pedal and the vehicle needed to be stopped using parking brake. Mechanic said that this is not the first one he has seen. Extremely unsafe condition.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated that while driving at 20 mph, the brakes failed to respond. The contact mentioned that the cruise control was activated and the vehicle was able to come to a stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the brake lines rusted and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.
Noticed that cruise control did not work while driving. Took vehicle to auto shop to have problem fixed, was told brake lights remained on even when brakes were not being applied (did not remain on when ignition was off), had the brake light switch replaced and problem was fixed. A few months later, a fellow drive told me that my brake lights were staying on while driving and then I noticed that the cruise control was not working again. Took back to auto shop, was told that the brake light switch was ok. Took vehicle to GM dealership and was told that the body control module needs to be replaced. I did some research and noticed that GM had a recall in May 2014 for passenger cars with similar problems.
While driving to the doctors office the service brake light came on and I had no brakes on the rear wheels. Upon inspection of the fluid reservoir, I found it to be empty. After carefully getting it home I found the brake line to the rear brakes to be rusted through. On further inspection, all of the lines under the truck are very badly rusted.
TL - the contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact received rear brake recall number 14459 from the manufacturer. The vehicle was repaired by the dealer; however, they failed to properly install the cable onto the rear brakes and when the brake pedal was engaged the vehicle failed to stop while driving approximately 65 mph. The contact was only able to stop the vehicle by applying excessive and continuous force to the brake pedal. The dealer was notified about the cable; however, they have not responded to the contacts request. After the recall repair was performed the front brake warning clip made a grinding and squealing sound. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 137,184.
I began hearing a grinding sound in the front end. Upon removing the tires and rear brake drums I noticed the left front brake pads and the right rear brake shoes showed excessive wear. I know that combination disk/drum brakes use a proportioning valve to adjust hydraulic pressure. I also know that newer systems are dual circuit with one front and one rear wheel on each circuit. I feel my proportioning valve is either misadjusted or malfunctioning applying greater pressure to one circuit over the other. This could cause swerving or a spin out under heavy braking situations.
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- Bensalem, PA, USA