NHTSA Complaint #10764674 — 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

I WAS DRIVING ON A PAVED SECONDARY ROAD AT ABOUT 40 MPH. AS I APPROACHED A RR CROSSING I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS WAS A NORMAL GENTLE APPLICATION, NOT A PANIC STOP SITUATION. I THEN PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND GOT JUST A LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM MY HOME, SO I TURNED AROUND IN A DRIVEWAY AND VERY SLOWLY RETURNED TO MY HOUSE. I PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER I WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE; I THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED AROUND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED & REPAIRED AND HAD THE VEHICLE TRANSPORTED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE SHOP SAID A BRAKE LINE WAS RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION, ALSO SAID ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. I DID HAVE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. IN LOOKING AT COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE, I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON GM PICKUPS; I AM SURPRISED THAT NHTSA HAS NOT FORCED GM TO STEP UP TO FIX THE PROBLEM VEHICLES. NOW THAT MY TRUCK IS FIXED, I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER GM PICKUP TRUCKS ON THE ROAD THAT HAVE SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THIS PROBLEM IS TOO SERIOUS FOR NHTSA TO IGNORE.