Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10541764September 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
FRONT BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER CAN PRODUCE A VEHICLE WITH STAINLESS EXHAUST THAT LASTS AS LONG AS THE TRUCK BUT STILL ASSEMBLE VEHICLE WITH STEEL BRAKE LINES THAT RUST THROUGH CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. THERE ARE BETTER MATERIALS TO MAKE BRAKE LINES FROM AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE FORCED TO USE THEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538490September 3, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WE WERE TRAVELING EAST ON I-90 IN MASS. TRAFFIC CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INVESTIGATION AFTER THE CRASH WE FOUND AT LEAST TWO BADLY CORRODED BRAKE LINES THAT HAD BURST.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538299September 1, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN CHANGING OIL FOUND VERY CORRODED BRAKE LINES, STARTED DOUSING WITH USED, OIL HASN'T HELPED. UNDER TRUCK TODAY 2013 EVERYTHING IS CORODED 70,000 MILES. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538315September 1, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES. MADE A COMPLETE STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE WARNING DISPLAY STATED SERVICE BRAKES. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK, ALL MY BRAKE LINES WERE SERIOUSLY BUBBLING WITH RUST AND ONE OF THE LINES RUPTURED. I PLAN ON REPLACING THEM WITH AFTERMARKET STAINLESS LINES. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND MAY COST LIVES IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE MAKE GM RECALL AND REPAIR THESE BRAKE LINES! *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10537688August 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD UPON ENGAGEMENT. THERE WAS ALSO A DELAYED RESPONSE IN THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10537489August 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKELINE RUSTED OUT AND COMPLETE BRAKE LINE AND HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED. FAILURE WOULD HAPPEN IF NOT REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536675August 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING MY SON HOME FROM FOOTBALL PRACTICE AND HAD TO BRAKE HARD FOR A CAR THAT STOPPED SUDDENLY IN FRONT OF ME. MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I BARELY STOPPED IN TIME. THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND AND ONE OF THE STEEL LINES RUNNING UNDER THE VEHICLE (NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AREA) HAD BURST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536677August 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST IN A PARKING LOT AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE MAIN LINE THAT RUNS FROM THE ABS MODULE TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS SO RUSTED IT BURST UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536751August 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES FAILED COMING HOME FROM A ROUTINE ERRAND. APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. LOST BRAKE FLUID AND USE OF FRONT BRAKES. ADVISED BY AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK IS WELL MAINTAINED AND SERVICED QUARTERLY FOR OIL AND/OR FLUID CHANGES. TRUCK ALSO SERVICED ANNUALLY FOR A CHECK UP. NO ISSUES REPORTED BY DEALER (07/2012). FROM DOING MY OWN RESEARCH THERE HAVE BEEN AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FAILURE OF THESE BRAKE LINES IN GM TRUCKS BUILT FROM 2000-2003. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536232August 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MAIN HARD LINE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING A LEAK IN SYSTEM RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. THANKFULLY EMERGENCY BRAKE WORKED TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP BEFORE ACCIDENT OR INJURY OCCURRED. THOUGHT CHEVY WAS BUILT " SOLID AS A ROCK" THEY SHOULD HAVE WENT WITH STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES INSTEAD OF THE CHEAP STEEL BRAKE LINES THEY USED. CUT COST SOMEWHERE ELSE, DON'T PLAY WITH THE LIVES OF GOOD PAYING CONSUMERS. I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF THIS 2003 SILVERADO, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTING TO ACT UP WITH ONLY 67000 MILES ON TRUCK THINKING ABOUT TRADING FOR FORD OR TOYOTA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536391August 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 70MPH WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES AND IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE NOT THERE OR JUST VERY WEAK SO I LIMPED THE TRUCK HOME WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SEEN THAT THE BRAKE LINE WERE RUSTED OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535431August 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY DOG AND I HOPPED INTO MY 2003 SILVERADO SS TO VISIT MY MOTHER WHO LIVES ONLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY. AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT "A BUSY ROUTE" THAT WAS TURNING YELLOW AND I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR! LUCKILY WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE IT THROUGH. MY MOTHERS HOUSE IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE AND I USED THE E BRAKE TO MAKE IT INTO HER DRIVEWAY! I GOT OUT CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE THE MAIN HARD BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND FOUND IT LEAKING. I THOUGHT TO MY SELF [XXX] WHAT IF I 20 SECONDS LATER? WHAT IF THE LIGHT WAS ALREADY RED? MY DOG MYSELF AND MY BELOVED TRUCK COULD HAVE ALL BEEN IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AND COULD OF ALSO INJURED ANOTHER INNOCENT DRIVER! SO I DECIDED TO GOOGLE IT TO FIND THAT THERE IS [XXX] TON OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL WHAT A LOAD OF BS!!! AND THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO HERE. A TRUCK DOWN AND A VERY UNHAPPY CAMPER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535219August 13, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS IN A PARKED POSITION. I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN TO PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A ALARM BELL CAME ON. MESSAGE ON DASH SAID HAVE BRAKE SYSTEM LOOKED AT. I PUT THE PARKING BRAKE ON AND GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW BRAKE FLUID RUNNING ON THE GROUND. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED OUT AND ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE REPLACED. I KNOW SIX OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR GM. TRUCKS FOR 2003 YEAR. I THINK THEIR NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THOSE YEARS TRUCKS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534809August 12, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, MY BRAKE PEDAL WHEAT TO THE FLOOR AND STOPPED SLOWER THAN USUAL. I OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. ALL THE OTHER BAKE LINES ARE IN TERRIBLE RUSTY CONDITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534649August 10, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY WIFE AND NEWBORN CHILD WERE IN THE TRUCK, WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. FURTHER INSPECTION INDICATES THAT THE METAL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND BURST. LUCKILY THEY WERE TURNING AND GOING AROUND 10 MPH OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534683August 10, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I STOPPED AT A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT AND WHEN I CAME OUT, I SAW BRAKE FLUID PUDDLED BY THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THE FLUID LEAKING OUT OF VERY CORRODED LINES. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AS I WAS FAR FROM HOME. I HAD TO HAVE ALL THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534046August 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS PULLING A TRAILER FULL OF FIREWOOD OUT OF A PASTURE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER GOING ABOUT ANOTHER 10 FEET AND I GOT OUT AND FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER THE DRIVER'S DOOR. LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND A PIN HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE AND BRAKE FLUID WOULD SPRAY OUT WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND I WAS ABLE TO SNAP THE BRAKE LINE IN HALF WITH LITTLE PRESSURE WHEN I REPAIRED IT THERE IN THE FIELD TO GET HOME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534133August 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT 3500 4WD CREW CAB WE WERE ON THE WAY TO GO ON A ROAD TRIP AND HAD MY TRAILER HOOKED UP TO THE TRUCK. WHEN I GOT OUT ON MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND IT WAS NO BRAKES LEFT. IT WAS NO WARNING BEFORE AND IT WAS NO BRAKES AT ALL ON THE TRUCK. ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTY AND LEFT FRONT WAS BROKEN. WE REPLACED ALL THE LINES ON THE TRUCK BEFORE WE COULD DRIVE IT AGAIN.TOTAL COST $ 665 IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY I PROBABLY HAD CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.THIS TIME WE WERE LUCKY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533516August 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAD JUST GOT WORK AND STARTED TO DRIVE HOME, WHEN I APPROACHED THE FIRST STOP LIGHT MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK IN TIME BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I PULL OFF THE ROAD INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT AND GOT OUT TO SEE IF THERE WAS FLUID ANYWHERE AROUND THE TRUCK. IT WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK NEAR THE DRIVER DOOR. I GOT DOWN TO LOOK UNDER IT AND NOTICED 4 LONG BRAKE LINES NEXT TO THE FRAME THAT WERE RUSTED VERY BADLY. I DIDN'T TAKE NOTICE TO WITCH WAS LEAKING DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON THEM. I THEN BEGAN TO LOOK AT ALL THE LINES AND THEY ALL APPEARED TO BE RUSTED VERY BADLY. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED AND HAVE NOT YET HAD IT FIXED. IM PRICING OUT COMPLETE KITS AND DO HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT YET. I HOPE THAT GM CAN COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION SO THAT OTHER OWNERS DO NOT HAVE ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES DO TO THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533443August 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT(FIRST TIME IN 2011 ON THE REAR BRAKE LINE),APPLIED BRAKE TO SHIFT FROM PARK AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR! THIS TIME IT WAS THE FRONT BRAKE LINES ABOUT A FOOT FROM ABS UNIT ABOVE THE FRAME! THANK GOD I WAS NOT MOVING ON THE ROAD CAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS!! VERY POOR DESIGN,SHOULD BE A RECALL!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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