NHTSA Complaint #10748949 — 2001 GMC SIERRA 1500 HD

I RESIDE IN MICHIGAN AND THE WINTERS HERE ARE SOMEWHAT BAD ON VEHICLES BUT THIS IS IN NO WAY ACCEPTABLE FOR GM TO GET AWAY WITH. I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON THE 15TH OF AUG ABOUT 80 MILES FROM HOME AND PREPARING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO ENTER ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AND THE DRIVER/CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED SUDDENLY AND THANKFULLY PROCEEDED TO TURN HENCE GETTING OUT OF MY WAY BECAUSE WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES THEIR WAS NOTHING RIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, I HAD KNOWN WHAT JUST HAPPENED, RUPTURED A BRAKE LINE. I PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE TURN AND SOMEHOW GET THE TRUCK TO STOP WHILE GOING DOWN THE ON RAMP OF THE HIGHWAY. HERE IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH GM`S BRAKE SYSTEM. WHY WHEN 1 LINE RUPTURES ALL OF THE REST OF THE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK TO AT LEAST GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP? ONCE I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE I NOTICED ALL BRAKE LINES APPEAR TO BE STEEL AND IN TERRIBLE CONDITION, SO NEXT QUESTION, WHY ARE AUTO COMPANY`S ALLOWED TO USE STEEL BRAKE LINES AND NOT A CORROSION PROOF STAINLESS?? OH, WAIT TO SAVE MONEY FOR BIGGER PROFITS AND CEO BONUS`S. I JUST CAN`T BELIEVE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH TECHNOLOGY WE CAN`T HAVE AN ABS SYSTEM WORK TO WHERE 1 LINE GOES YOU STILL HAVE SOME BRAKES FOR THE NAME OF SAFETY LIKE ON THE OLD CLASSICS WHERE EACH LINE IS INDEPENDENT TO EACH WHEEL. I`M JUST VERY LUCKY NOBODY WAS INJURED, COULD YOU IMAGINE IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED AT A HIGHER SPEED??? UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!