This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Brakes failed completely. Fluid leaked from severely corroded brake lines. Luckily, I was on a 25mph rd near home. Barely stopped with full pressure on pedal. I was headed for highway and am very lucky it didn't happen there. GM brake line corrosion is a scandal. 30 years in car business and I never saw this on any other car.
Brake line burst due to corrosion, line from master cylinder to ABS modulator, during panic braking situation while driving in the rain. Vehicle came within inches from rear ending a small car full of people. As a previous owner of a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, of which I had a similar experience, and subsequently replaced all the brake lines with stainless steel, I have no faith in the NHTSA as a result of the "GM brake line investigation" which in my opinion caved to politics in order not to bankrupt GM. How many lives will be negatively impacted by injuries and death as a result of not having GM address the issue of using garbage materials for hydraulic lines? shame on everyone involved in the decision to chalk this up to salt corrosion. At the time of my 2000 Silverado complaint, GM assured me that this would not happen to my 2008 Cadillac Srx..... silly me for believing them. I beg you to reopen the investigation. This issue is not impacting just pickups.
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- Yukon, OK, USA