I purchased this truck used approx. on 10/2016. shortly afterwards i began to smell gas. i found the fuel lines rusted through and had to replace the fuel lines from the tank to the engine. last week a brake line failed due to rust pulling up to a stop light. the pedal went right to the floor. a line had to be replaced from the abs pump to the rear axel. i was told at that time the rest of the brake lines were in very poor condition. the cost to repair will exceed the value of the truck.
Evaporated system.
My husband and i were in an accident and the bags never deployed. my husband was taking to er and had several staples placed in his head.
Coming up on a red light, i applied the brakes to slow down to a stop, when the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. only then did the brake light come on. i put the truck in neutral, and finally coasted to a stop. upon finding a pin hole in one line, the complete brake system failed. once replacing the brake lines, the fuel lines was also so rusted, and they were about to fail. *tr
While driving on a residential street i attempted to apply the brakes and the brake pedal went to the floor. after about 20 feet the truck did stop with the brake pedal almost on the floor. the truck had to be towed and the front brake lines where rusted and leaking and replaced. the rear lines are also rusted and need to be replaced.the total cost is about $500.00. i have had to replace the fule line as it also rusted and leaked, that cost was $900.00. apparently gm has had numerous problems with this. in over 40 years i have never seen lines rust through like this.it is a seroius problem and could have resulted in a major accident if the area had been more congested and speed greater.gm should be putting quality material on such a vital system. also the rear brakes where almost non-existent due to the gm abs design. this gives no braking ability and should not be that way.as far as safety goes this should be a number one issue as brake failure can be letal, gas leaking isnt very safe either.
I have tried to stay with a gm product but the truck i recently purchased had the following problems,while trying also to avoid the most common problem of the gm bad frame,by the way toyota warranties there frames. the 1st month of ownership the rear spring shackles broke there are 30 year old trucks that still don't have this problem,i own one. next about another 30 days go by the electric fuel pump decided to die. that so far brings repairs up to close to 650.00 after 60 days. last wk. my brake line failed @ about 50 mph,no warning light right to the floor.this truck had been taken care of . should i continue about the hole in my windshield frame every time it rains my ash tray is filled with water. by the way i was quoted about 1400.00 for all the brake line repairs. wtf gm who has that kind of money for repairs,i dont. the public should be compensated for substandard material use. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 1500. the contact stated that while traveling at an unknown speed, the fuel gauge showed an erroneous reading of empty. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was determined that the fuel sensing unit had failed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted. the failure mileage was not available and the current mileage was 200,000. updated 06/27/14*lj updated 8/23/2017*cn
Fuel gauge goes to full,back to empty. low fuel light comes on. this goes on all the time you driving the vehicle. *tr
First incident of the fuel sensor failing (low fuel light and fuel gauge indicator false) was at 68,400 miles. 2nd time failed on 04/16/2011 at 98,500 miles which costs me another 800.00 bucks. this is the 3rd time its starting to act up again at 118,300 miles, and will probably cost me again!! i can see it happening once, but not understand how it can happen 3 times that is ridiculous, not to mention the expense! chevrolet should have had some type of recall on this or least figure out what is causing the problem. there is no doubt in my mind this is a defect with the part and very expensive to repair. i have researched this problem and it seems a lot of people have experienced this issue. this issue could be dangerous and people have little choice for safety reasons but to correct this problem at great expense. this needs a recall ..not everyone has $800.00 laying around and gm should fix this for free especially when it happens a 2nd, 3rd time! come on gm your rep is on the line.. *tr
Fuel gauge is not operating on full tank of gas it states empty and varies from empty to full and back. *tr ## vin passed ##
Purchase new in 2001, around 35,000 miles the fuel light would come on for no reason, even when tank was full. while driving the system light would show low fuel and the fuel gage would show empty. took to dealer several times and told they couldn't find anything wrong. i was told by a mechanic student at school that the sending unit and wiring was bad. i received a gm notice about the fix but dealer said that wasn't the problem i have 72,000 miles on truck and it stills jumps to empty for no reason.