Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10458722May 16, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ON FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I NEEDED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND RETURN TO MY RESIDENCE (FORTUNATELY ONLY APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE AWAY). I WAS ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE TRUCK EXAMINED AT CLASSIC CHEVROLET (APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AWAY IN BELLEVUE, PA) ON MAY 15, 2012. I WAS THEN INFORMED ALL THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION ALONG WITH THE TWO FRONT CALIPERS. TOTAL COST TO ME WAS $1,228.00!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458443May 14, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I STARTED THE VEHICLE, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL(NORMAL) TO SHIFT INTO A FORWARD GEAR, SUBSEQUENTLY APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THIS TIME THE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE EFFICIENCY WAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED, BUT DID STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL FEET, ALBEIT FROM A VERY SLOW SPEED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES LEADING INTO THE ABS MODULE, LOCATED ON THE LEFT UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE JUST AFT OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR, WERE SEVERALLY CORRODED; ONE OF THE LINES LEADING TO THE MODULE WAS RUPTURED. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BRAKE FLUID STREAMED FROM THE RUPTURED LINE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10457457May 4, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITHOUT A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE AND IT WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GRASSY FIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE FILED A REPAIR AND PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM AGAINST THE CONSUMER. UPDATED 08/30/12
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10456517April 25, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON 3/21/12 I EXITED MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP AND STOPPED AT MY MAIL BOX TO GET THE MORNING PAPER. WHILE STOPPED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. SEVERAL PUMP ATTEMPTS FAILED TO ACHIEVE A FIRM PEDAL. UPON INSPECTION I NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER THE DRIVER??S SIDE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL. LATER THAT EVENING I HAD MY WIFE PUMP THE BRAKES AND WITNESSED A SIGNIFICANT STREAM OF BRAKE FLUID SPEWING FROM A BUNDLE OF METAL BRAKE LINES LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL, OPPOSITE THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I NOTICED ALL OF THE METAL BRAKE LINES WERE VISIBLY, AND SIGNIFICANTLY, CORRODED/RUSTED. THE LOCATION OF THE LINE RUPTURE WAS NOWHERE NEAR A JOINT, FITTING, OR LINE BEND. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK USED IN OCTOBER OF 2008 FROM A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN DANVILLE, INDIANA WITH APPROXIMATELY 89,979 MILES ON IT. THE BODY, WHEELS, AND INTERIOR ARE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND WOULD LEND YOU TO BELIEVE THAT THE TRUCK WAS GENERALLY WELL MAINTAINED AND REGULARLY GARAGED. THIS TRUCK HAD 101,107 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE BRAKE LINE INCIDENT. I'VE DRIVEN THE TRUCK 11,128 MILES SINCE PURCHASE, IT'S ALWAYS STORED IN A GARAGE. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE LEAKS OR INDICATORS PRIOR TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE. HAD I BEEN ACTUALLY DRIVING ON THE ROAD, OR WORSE YET TOWING A TRAILER OR HEAVY LOAD, THIS STORY COULD HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OMINOUS OUTCOME. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF SIMILAR STORIES TO MINE. IT APPEARS THESE TYPES?? INCIDENTS ARE MORE COMMON THAN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME GM PRODUCT DEFICIENCIES AND I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL WITH RESTITUTION BEING MADE BY GM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION. PLEASE ACT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED WHEN THEIR RUSTY BRAKE LINES FAIL AT THE WRONG TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10455661April 18, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT AREAS ON THE TRUCK WHERE RUSTING OUT. BUT WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO THE LINES BEING RUSTED THROUGH I WAS VERY UPSET. I DO REALIZE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS FROM NORMAL WEAR BUT THE RUSTING IS EXTENSIVE.I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AS I DO HOPE THAT THIS WILL NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454495April 9, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CRACKED AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 205,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454589April 9, 2012
SEATS
THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1999. IT NOW HAS ONLY 45,000 ORIGINAL MILES. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE PASSENGER'S SEAT MOVED FORWARD SLIGHTLY WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS NOW DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. APPARENTLY THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ASSIST? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454311April 5, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING TO BAY CITY MICHIGAN TO GO SHOPPING. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE AS THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF HERS, MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. AFTER A SECOND OR TWO OF FAIRLY HARD BRAKING, THE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE HITTING THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF HERS. THANKFULLY THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE SHOULDER THAT SHE COULD PULL OFF AND SLOWLY COME TO A STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453784April 2, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING INTO A LOW GEAR AND DRIVING ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AND THERE WAS CORROSION ON ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE . THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453888April 2, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE ON VACATION IN THE OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA THE BRAKES WENT OUT ON MY TRUCK. THERE WAS A LOT OF FLUID LEFT UNDER THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE BED. I WAS ABLE TO SEE BRAKE FLUID SQUIRT OUT FROM THE BRAKE LINE WHEN MY WIFE WOULD PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO OUTER BANKS CHEVY FOR REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD THEM MAKE THE REPAIR FOR AROUND $1500. ON THE TRIP BACK TO MY HOME STATE THE BRAKES BECAME VERY SOFT AND CAUSED THE RETURN TRIP TO TAKE VERY LONG. I NEEDED TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER FOR MORE REPAIR. THE LOCAL DEALER STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED AGAIN. I THOUGHT GM WOULD COVER THE COST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THE ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT A CHEVY DEALER. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. I CONTACTED THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD AFTER MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT THE SECOND REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE NOT GM PARTS. THE REPAIR OF THE BRAKE LINES IS CUSTOM BECAUSE GM DOES NOT MAKE REPLACEMENT BRAKE LINES AND A SERVICE TECH IS REQUIRED TO MANUALLY BEND AFTERMARKET LINES. I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY ADDITIONAL MONEY TO HAVE THE REPAIR COMPLETED AGAIN AND I AM NOW OUT OVER $2000. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN OK SINCE THE SECOND REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453745April 1, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR MAIN BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXTREME RUSTING CONDITION. THIS LINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER CHASSIS RAIL. FURTHER INSPECTION OF ALL BRAKE LINES RESULTED IN A VERY RUSTED CONDITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453329March 28, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO Z71 HAD A CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE LAST NIGHT. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN FOR MY UPCOMING EXIT RAMP. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR...MAYBE HAD 10% BRAKE PERFORMANCE. LUCKILY, THIS WAS LATER AT NIGHT, AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WAS GREEN. IF IT HAD BEEN RED, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED IN TO A PARKING LOT AFTER USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR. I INSPECTED, AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED, WITH ONE OF THEM HAVING A HOLE. THE FLUID WAS POURING OUT. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE TRUCK IS OPERATIONAL AND SAFE. I EXPECT GM TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION, WHERE INFERIOR MATERIALS WERE USED. LIVES ARE IN DANGER AS A RESULT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10452425March 20, 2012
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, SUSPENSION
1999 SILVERADO EXCESSIVE ROT ON FRAME JUST ASIDE OF FUEL TANK, LOWER CHANNEL OF FRAME GONE STARTING TO CRACK GOING VERTICAL. ALSO REAR SPRING PERCHES ROTTED TO POINT OF NO REPAIR.. TRUCK IS STREET DRIVEN NEVER OFF ROAD AM SECOND OWNER OF TRUCK. HAVE HAD OLDER CHEVYS WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS AS THIS. GOOGLE FRAME ROT 99 SILVERADO ITS NOT JUST MINE CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE..."WE HAVEN HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THAT ON THAT VEHICLE" SHOULDN'T FRAMES LAST LONGER? *TR *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451957March 16, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON MARCH 12 2012 I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A ROAD GOING TO WORK WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. DRIVER DID NOT SEE ME THEREFORE KEPT ON GOING SO I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES AND SWERVED TO THE LEFT AVOIDING A CRASH.. AT THAT TIME WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS WAS ACTIVATED BUT IT TOOK CONSIDERABLY LONGER TO STOP THE TRUCK SINCE I HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING EFFORT... I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE 4 LINES THAT WERE CLUSTERED TOGETHER ON THE FRAME BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS CONTROLLER HAD BURST. ALL 4 OF THE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY. IN ADDITION, TODAY MARCH 16 2012 I WENT BY THE SHOP TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD DONE ON THE REPAIR.. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD REPAIRED THE LINE AND WHEN HE WAS BLEEDING THE BRAKES, ANOTHER ONE OF THE LINES HAD BURST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451156March 12, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED AND WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION OPEN UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA11001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10449994March 1, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, IN A SNOWSTORM, I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR, THAT HAD LOST CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO NARROWLY MISS HIM, BUT WHEN I WENT TO STOP, MY BRAKES HIT THE FLOOR. I WAS REALLY LUCKY NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND, BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10448385February 17, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY 1999 FOR THE BRAKE LINES. THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS RECALL WOULD HAVE FELL UNDER 00V345000. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE RECALL IS STILL IN EFFECT SO THAT I CAN GET THESE LINES REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10447850February 13, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP HILL ON DRY PAVEMENT AND MY VEHICLE WAS PICKING UP SPEED SO I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I STARTED FRANTICALLY PUMPING THE BRAKES AS I NOTICED THE CROSSING GUARD GOING DOWN ON THE TRAIN TRACKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND STILL NO BRAKES AT ALL...AFTER REALIZING I WAS COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY BRAKE PEDAL I IMMEDIATELY DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR WHICH SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN AND I REMEMBERED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND I THEN JAMMED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WHICH STOPPED ME 20 FT FROM HITTING THE SIDE OF A CARGO TRAIN...AS A GUY WHO REPAIRS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR A LIVING I WAS TOTALLY FLOORED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM COULD FAIL TOTALLY,.... I THEN TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID THE BRAKE LINES WERE TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND THAT BOTH FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD BLOWN LARGE HOLES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS MODULE AND HE TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING VERY LONG BEFORE BLOWING THE LINE AS IT COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE AS THE BRAKE FLUID WAS SPRAYING DIRECTLY ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD...HE RECOMMENDED CHANGING EVERY BRAKE LINE ON MY TRUCK AS ALL WERE SEVERELY RUSTED OUT AND THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN...HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD CHECK IF THERE WAS A BRAKE RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AS HE SAID THIS EXCESS CORROSION WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON MY MODEL AND YEAR TRUCK AND HE READ LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE INVESTIGATING IT AS SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD OF MULTIPLE BRAKE LINES FAILING AT ONCE...MY COMMENT ON THIS AFTER READING MANY ONLINE COMPLAINTS IS THAT SOMEONE IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO WARN PEOPLE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10447520February 11, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH ROTTED ROTORS, PADS THAT DON'T WEAR RIGHT, BRAKE LINES THAT ROTTED AND RUSTED AWAY THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ALL REPLACED IN JULY OF 2006. A SIX YEAR OLD MOTOR VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE LINES REPLACED. THE BILL WAS $1,200. NEXT A ABS FRONT WHEEL SENSOR RECALL WAS DONE AT BEST CHEVY, HINGHAM, MASS. THE ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF AT THEIR OWN PACE. I HAD NEW FRONT BEARINGS INSTALLED, HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK FOR CODES. NOTHING. THE BRAKES JUST NEVER FELT RIGHT SOMETIMES. I WORKED AS A AUTO MECHANIC FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. BY THE WAY I TOOK GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE, GM MUST OF USED SUB STANDARD BRAKE TUBING, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO DECAYED AFTER 6 YEARS. ON APRIL 29, 2011 I WAS DRIVING HOME AND HAD STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM MY HOME. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I ACCELERATED UP TO ABOUT 30 MPH AND WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. HERE WE GO AGAIN. AS I NEARED THE ENTRANCE TO MY STREET SOME 300 FEET AWAY , I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE GAS AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW. AT ABOUT 200 FEET I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT SEEMED OK BUT AS I GOT NEARER TO THE STREET I FOUND MYSELF NEEDING TO PUSH DOWN MORE AND MORE. I WAS AT 15 MPH AND READY TO BEGIN MY TURN AND FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MY LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BEGUN TO LIGHTLY SKID. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WAS DOWN AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND BEFORE I COULD GET MY LEFT FOOT ONTO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND APPLY IT, THE LEFT SIDE FRONT OF TRUCK STRUCK A TREE. THE ROAD IS A PRIVATE WAY AND VERY NARROW THERE. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, DIDN'T DAMAGE THE TRUCK TOO MUCH BUT IT HIT RIGHT ON THE TOW HOOK AND KINKED THE FRAME. I HAD MY MECHANIC BRING HIS ANALYZER TO MY HOME AND IT INFORMED HIM THAT THE CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. I'VE SPENT GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD ON THOSE BRAKES AND I DEMAND THE NHTSA DO SOMETHING. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10447541February 11, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TRUCK BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, LINES HIDDEN BY GAS TANK RUPTURED, THIS TRUCK WAS SHOWROOM CONDITION AND SPENT MOST OF IT'S TIME CLEAN AND IN THE GARAGE, NO RUST APPARENT ANYWHERE ELSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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