Dash on vehicle is cracked, as it gets colder it continues to get worse causing crack to the point of the dash falling apart as driving.
I have a 2008 k2500 diesel. The vehicle is used strictly for camping and has only 24,000 miles. Over thanksgiving,I parked vehicle in an off road park. After 2 days parked, I started the truck and had no steering or brakes at all. This had happened several times before but not as bad. After a few minutes idling, steering and brakes came back to normal. I researched the web and found this to be a common problem. Gm has issued several tsbs on the subject and the claim it is "normal" on 2500 series trucks. Nhtsa has also chimed in with NHTSA id number: 10335581. I took the truck into william l. Morris Chevrolet in simi valley, CA. The service writer ignored any of my research, the tsbs and the NHTSA info. Instead, they want me to pay $780 to replace the power steering pump, when gm says it is a normal condition. I believe one of 2 things - we have a serious problem that will eventually hurt someone or they are duping people into an unnecessary expense in replacing the pump. I am an mech engineer. I asked them to show me the results of the pressure test and they could/would not. I asked how they arrived at their conclusion and was told "years of experience". I have 14+ years of experience with hydraulic pumps and am quite sure the pump ias just fine - maybe underdriven but otherwise fine.
On 31 Dec 21, I drove the vehicle to the car wash, after the wash was completed, I drove the vehicle approx. 1/2 mile down the road. I pulled in to a fast food lane to order a meal. While I was stopped that speaker ordering the air bags deployed. I was not moving or struck my another vehicle. If had happen when I was driving on the hi-way it may have caused injury to myself or damage to other vehicles. The vehicle is currently available for inspection. I will be taking the vehicle to the dealer for inspection on 3 Jan 22. There was no warning prior to the deployment of the airbags.
I was driving down aa alley came to the street and had to hit the brakes hard, the line leading from the abs block to the front left wheel ruptured. Complete loss of braking, ended up stopping the vehicle using the e-brake.
Intermittent violent brake shimmy. Dealer replaced brake rotors and shimmy still continues. Dealer was unable to rectify problem. Similar complaints from other truck owners. Dealer stated that there was no known fix.
The brake line above the fuel tank blew out. It was not gradual either. The previous stop gave absolutely no warning. The next stop brake instantly went to the floor.
As previously stated I own a 2005 3500 hd series chevy diesel truck. The truck has less than 80,000 miles on it and has always been in releigh, nc. The truck has not been in a heavily northern road salted areas. Last week when I went to run an errand the brake pedal went all the way to the floor board. When I inspected the brake lines the rear brake line had ruptured. I fixed that line and while test driving the truck the other four lines to the abs and front brakes also ruptured. I have vehicles that are up to thirty years old that I drive on a regular basis and they still have their original brake lines that are in good working order. The brake lines on this truck have a latent defect. The defect is the result of either poor design or material selection or both. The brake lines are probably not manufactured in the USA to our strict standards , but manufactured in either china, mexico or india to less strict manufacturing and oso standards. If the brakes had failed on the road and not in the driveway it could have resulted in terrific and unnecessary accident. Keep in mind the truck weighs almost 8000 lbs. And traveling at 65 mph there is not much that can stop it except a concrete wall. The above describe accident which could only be caused by general motors basic lack of interest in public safety and welfare. Gm should be declared responsible for my the brake failure and therefore found responsible for the repairs to my truck and the countless other trucks out that have yet to fail. The brakes failed not from a lack of inspection and maintenance, but rather from gm's intentional latent defect.
I was driving down the road and was slowing due to vehicles in front of me that were turning. As I started to depress the brake pedal there was a complete loss of pressure in the pedal. In order to get stopped I had to depress the pedal all the way to the floor. Upon stopping in a safe location to inspect what had happened to the brakes, it was found that one of the brake lines had burst due to corrosion.
While driving and towing a 9000# trailer noticed brake pedal was getting a little spongy. Stopped at rest area and checked the fluid and noticed it was quite low. Looked under the truck and could see fluid dripping from a brake line. Mechanic put the truck on the rack and showed where all the brake lines were rusted and the one had rusted through. Mechanic said this is a known problem with this model truck. Replace all metal brake lines with stainless steel lines, also replace all the rubber lines as a precaution.
The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 3500. While the vehicle was parked, the contact observed that the power steering fluid was leaking from an unknown area. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the brake hydro-boost unit was leaking and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 05v043000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,188.