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Service Brakes
11/17/2012
STEEL BRAKE LINE ALONG RIGHT REAR FRAME MEMBER CORRODED AND FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKING ACTION. INSPECTION OF OTHER STEEL BRAKE LINES SHOW EXTENSIVE CORROSION, DRAWING REASONABLE CONCLUSION THAT OTHER LINES WILL FAIL. ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED TO MAKE VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
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Service Brakes
11/11/2012
WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TODAY THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED AND WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR CAUSING ME TO RUN THE LIGHT AND PASS INTO THE INTERSECTION. I THANK MY LUCKY STARS THAT NOBODY WAS INJURED. MY WIFE AND CHILD WERE TERRIFIED, AS WAS I, BUT WE MANAGED TO PASS THROUGH UNHARMED. *TR
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Service Brakes
08/22/2012
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A CITY STREET IN PHILADELPHIA TAKING MY YOUNG KIDS TO DAYCARE, WHEN I HAD TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP TO AVOID A VEHICLE MAKING AN ILLEGAL U-TURN. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THEN SLOWLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED INTO A REPAIR FACILITY AND WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC MY SUBURBAN WAS THE THIRD IN TWO DAY PERIOD TO COME IN WITH RUPTURED BRAKE LINES DUE TO CORROSION. THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. I JUST ARRIVED HOME A WEEK PRIOR FROM VACATIONING WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN ROUTINELY CHECKED AND SERVICED BY BRYNER CHEVY IN JENKIN TOWN PA. I WAS NEVER INFORMED MY BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. *TR
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Service Brakes
08/08/2012
WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION. WAS TRAVELING AROUND 15 MPH WHEN I STARTED TO BRAKE THEN THE PEDAL "POPPED" AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. IT DID COME TO A STOP ABOUT 20 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION, LUCKY FOR THE 7 PASSENGERS THAT WHERE WITH ME NO ONE WAS COMING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MY BREAK LINES ARE IN THIS CONDITION AT THIS AGE. I OWNED A 78 CHEVY FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS, THE BRAKE LINES LOOKED AS GOOD AS NEW THE DAY I SOLD IT. LOOKING FOR A GARAGE THAT CAN REPLACE ALL THE LINES WITH NON-GM PARTS. UNLIKE GM I VALUE THE LIFE OF MY FAMILY. GM JUST LOST ANOTHER CUSTOMER. *TR
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Fuel/propulsion System
07/26/2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 201,000.
