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2003 Gmc SIERRA 1500 Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1226612
Internal NHTSA #	10779996
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	GMC
Model	SIERRA 1500
Model Year	2003
File date	27/09/15
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Pulling to a stop in my driveway my brakes slowed the truck and then completely gave way with the pedal hitting the floor. I stomped on the emergency brake pedal to keep from hitting the porch. I am so lucky to have that happen at low speed off the road. That could have been a tragedy on the highway. Turns out that my brake lines are severely rusted and one of the 2 lines coming off the master cylinder now has a pinhole leak immediately above the frame where it bends 90 degrees to go back to the abs manifold. Applying the brakes just squirts fluid out of the line. I thought a single failure was supposed to result in reduced braking power, not complete loss of brakes. Note that my truck is in otherwise great shape and i simply had no idea. It is clear that the nhtsa has been bamboozled by gm. Brake lines are a critical life safety system, installed on and in some places in the chassis before the vehicle body and bed are attached. It is not routine maintenance to rinse the brake lines let alone replace them. Gm pushing this back on the customer is complete bs. You can buy nylon coated or stainless steel brake lines for less than 100 $. The incremental cost to go from steel to something that would last the operational life of the vehicle is less than 50 $. I'm waiting on an estimate from my non-dealer shop, but a dealer charging 3600 $ is not surprising considering the amount of labor that must be involved. The nhtsa decision on the issue is unconscionable. Guess it might have been different if they had run over a child at a crosswalk or if their child was mowed down by corporate greed. Hopefully that never happens, but with so many rotting gm trucks on the road, we will have to keep our fingers crossed.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	150000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ELLICOTT CITY, MD
VIN pattern	2GTEK19T431XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	30/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	10
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2003 Gmc SIERRA 1500 Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2003 Gmc SIERRA 1500 Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

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