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Corroded brake lines. This has been reported previously. I was driving down rural road getting ready to turn in my driveway when my brakes gave out. I was lucky enough to be able to get it into the gravel driveway without killing someone. When I looked underneath to find the brake lines were corroded and one had burst. I had part of the line fixed with copper tubing. I have since had 2 more lines burst. As well as a fuel line leak. This has become frustrating.
I purchased this vehicle brand new in 2004 and have taken very good care and almost 100,00 miles in almost 14 years however I applied the brake and all the brak fluid came out I had to drive over a person lawn to avoid hitting a person and a moving vehicle on 7/1/2017 due to rusty brake line and checking all lines were rusted. I am almost 75 years old and very concerned I was aware the lines were all rusted due to imported brake lines with inferior metals, never heard about and notice or recall.I almost injured a person and hit a car if I did not drive on someones lawn the vehivle was moving about 35 mph.
Power train PCM defective with transfer case with bad designing with shoe pump, and brake line corroded and leak. Brake system will not prevent vehicle to stop when brake lines are leak. For my 2004 I was lucky driving on slow speed on city road, and I was able to use emergency brake to stop my truck.
On January 24, 2017 traveling on pa turnpike at posted speed limit of 70mph, when I applied brakes to slow when approaching slower vehicles. Brake pedal went to the floor and vehicle almost ran into the rear of slower vehicles. Metal brake line ruptured above left front wheel. When inspected, all brake lines exhibited extreme rust/corrosion to the point of flaking and thinning. This is an extreme safety issue which could have resulted in a major collision and would have injured or killed occupants. This problem is a major known safety defect and needs to be remedied by GM.
- Lehighton, PA, USA
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The contact owns a 2004 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that the brake line had rusted completely. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer but the details of the repairs were unknown. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure milage was not available.
The brakes on my truck failed due to the brake line corrosion. I pushed on my brakes while backing out of my driveway lost all braking power and had my brake. Luckily I was in my driveway when this happened. All of the brake fluid leaked onto the ground, I had my vehicle towed to the dealership and had the brake lines replaced. Upon speaking with the service advisor he said that this was common and that the new brake lines were coated and will not rust. None the less the repair cost and towing cost was quite expensive.
The contact owns a 2004 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 15 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond without warning. The contact was able to avoid an accident. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake line was rusted and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 89,900....updated 02/04/16; 05/02/18
As I approached a major intersection the traffic light turned yellow and I applied the brakes preparing to stop. The brakes failed and the petal went to the floor. The truck rolled halfway into the intersection before I was able to step on the emergency brake and fully stop the truck. The dashboard flashed on indicating "repair brakes"...a little too late to help. If I had a vehicle in front of me, I would have hit it and possible injuries would have resulted. I had my daughter in the front passenger seat and was glad for seat belts.
The contact owns a 2004 GMC Sierra 1500. While driving at 45 mph, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to stop. In addition, the contact stated that the check brake system was displayed across the message board. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that the brake lines were corroded and fractured. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000.
I was driving on my way home from a restaurant, just about 4 blocks from my home I applied my brakes and anti lock brakes was acting up and I pressed a little hard to stop before a stop light and the pedal went right to the floor. I had to drive very slow to get my truck to my home as I have no brakes. By the time I parked my parking spot I got out and opened my hood to look at the brake drum didn't see anything and proceeded to look underneath my truck and found a puddle of brake fluid just under drivers side bottom. I was amazed to see that and it looked so rusted, couldn't pinpoint where the leak is coming from on the lines it was all soaked with the fluid. Right now I feel that the GM corporation should replace all the lines at a no cost to me. They should not have put an inferior product on the truck and it is dangerous they can have someone killed if the brakes fail on a higher speed !!! they tricked the customer into buying a quality made trucks and its not! it is made of cheap cheap cheap quality parts that I spend on with my money when I brought the Sierra 1500 new from a GM dealer in July 2004 mileage at the time happened around 118385.
Brake failure! brake line rusted through allowing fluid to leak out. I do not understand why they have safety belts, air bags, safety glass, and many other safety features on cars and trucks but do not make it mandatory that all brake components (lines) are not made of stainless steel tubing! being unable to stop in an emergency because of brake failure can result in many catastrophic accidents and unnecessary deaths or injuries!
The contact owns a 2004 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that the fuel tank strap fractured due to corrosion. Also, the brake lines were rusted and the instrument panel gauges were inoperable. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who replaced the brake lines. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 104,000.
Driving into the village, had to stop for someone making a left turn, and the brake pedal went to the floor. Complete braking failure. No accident, I was able to pull off to the right, but real scary, my son was with me. Got the truck home and now all the brake fluid ran down the drive way. Looks like GM went cheap again, the brake lines are horribly rusted and the fluid is leaking from an area just under the drivers seat.
While driving in the city my brake pedal went all the way to the floor and I had minimal braking power. I was able to stop the vehicle safely but the brakes lines are completely gone. They are all rusted and have several holes in them and must be replaced.
Driving vehicle, and lost brakes. Discovered the brake line had rusted thru causing loss of fluids. After researching this I found out this is a very common problem with certain year model GM vehicles. This is a extremely dangerous situation, and I cant believe there has not been a recall on this. Does it really take deaths for GM to act on defects they are aware of? I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and the brake lines look a lot better than those on my truck. The sad thing is you cant even buy the break lines from the dealer because they don't sell them, would someone please look deeper into this before someone else gets killed or injured.
Coming up driveway in 2004 GMC Sierra pickup truck and went to apply the brakes and the pedal went straight to the floor - no brakes. Had to push emergency brake to stop truck. After getting out of the truck, saw fluid leaking out beneath truck under driver's side door. Looked under vehicle and found brake lines had rusted completely through and brake fluid was draining out.
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- Lexington, KY, USA