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Service Brakes
01/15/2015
ONE MORNING OUT OF THE BLUE WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE MY TRUCK, PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT IT IN GEAR MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE GIVE. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I NOTICE A METAL BRAKE LINE HAS A HOLE. THE WORST PART, ALL THE MEDAL BRAKE LINES ARE SO RUSTED IT LOOKS AS IF THEY COULD ALL FAIL AT ANY TIME. *TR
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Service Brakes
11/12/2014
PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP DUE TO A BLOWN BRAKE LINE. THIS WAS MY FIRST INCIDENT, BUT THE SECOND FOR THE TRUCK. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED WHEN MY FATHER OWNED THE TRUCK AND HE HAD GM REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. I HAD GM REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES FOR A SECOND TIME. IT'S VERY SCARY NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP A VEHICLE, BUT LUCKILY I WAS ON A HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OVER TO THE SHOULDER. *TR
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Service Brakes
11/25/2014
DRIVING ON TWO WAY STREET ATTEMPTED A RIGHT HAND TURN APPLIED BRAKES, PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR, ATTEMPTED TO PUMP, TRUCK SLOWED TO STOP. NOTED LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUIDS ON ROAD. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC, FOUND BRAKE-LINE HAD BURST ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL. AFTER INSPECTION NOTED THAT ALL BRAKE-LINES LOOKED LIKE KFC CHICKEN WERE ALL CORRODED AND BRITTLE. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. RECOMMENDED THAT I CONTACT DEALERSHIP AND REPORT INCIDENT. ALSO, FILL OUR AND FILE A VEHICLE SAFETY COMPLAINT. I WAS NOT INFORMED BY GM THAT THERE MAYBE A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN ON GOING AND AFTER LOOKING INTO IT HAVE FOUND BOTH GM'S CAVALIER ATTITUDE, AND THE GOVERNMENTS NOT REQUIRING AT THE VERY LEAST A NOTIFICATION NEVER MIND A TOTAL FIX TO BE REQUIRED OF GM A SERIOUS BREACH OF CONFIDENCE IN MY GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF ITS CITIZENS. *TR
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic
11/14/2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO QUICKLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT DETERMINED THAT THE ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00X001000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.
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Suspension, structure, service Brakes
10/11/2011
I OWN A 1999 SILVERADO EXT CAB 4X4 AND THE FRAME IS ROT IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER MID SECTIONS ARE HALF GONE AND NOW THE REAR SECTIONS UNDER THE BED ARE ROTTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE THE IS NO GOOD METAL LEFT THE BED BUCKLED AND IS HITTING THE CAB THE REST OF THIS VEHICLE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT THE FRAME IS GONE. *TR
