1999 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Hd Problems

DEC.18,2012 HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FUEL LINES FROM TANK TO ENGINE. WHEN I PURCHASED NEW I HAD TRUCK RUST PROOFED. THE FRAME IS SO BADLY RUSTED I HOPE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP HILL ON DRY PAVEMENT AND MY VEHICLE WAS PICKING UP SPEED SO I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I STARTED FRANTICALLY PUMPING THE BRAKES AS I NOTICED THE CROSSING GUARD GOING DOWN ON THE TRAIN TRACKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND STILL NO BRAKES AT ALL...AFTER REALIZING I WAS COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY BRAKE PEDAL I IMMEDIATELY DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR WHICH SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN AND I REMEMBERED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND I THEN JAMMED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WHICH STOPPED ME 20 FT FROM HITTING THE SIDE OF A CARGO TRAIN...AS A GUY WHO REPAIRS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR A LIVING I WAS TOTALLY FLOORED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM COULD FAIL TOTALLY,.... I THEN TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID THE BRAKE LINES WERE TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND THAT BOTH FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD BLOWN LARGE HOLES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS MODULE AND HE TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING VERY LONG BEFORE BLOWING THE LINE AS IT COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE AS THE BRAKE FLUID WAS SPRAYING DIRECTLY ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD...HE RECOMMENDED CHANGING EVERY BRAKE LINE ON MY TRUCK AS ALL WERE SEVERELY RUSTED OUT AND THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN...HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD CHECK IF THERE WAS A BRAKE RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AS HE SAID THIS EXCESS CORROSION WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON MY MODEL AND YEAR TRUCK AND HE READ LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE INVESTIGATING IT AS SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD OF MULTIPLE BRAKE LINES FAILING AT ONCE...MY COMMENT ON THIS AFTER READING MANY ONLINE COMPLAINTS IS THAT SOMEONE IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO WARN PEOPLE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES... *TR

DEC.18,2012 HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FUEL LINES FROM TANK TO ENGINE. WHEN I PURCHASED NEW I HAD TRUCK RUST PROOFED. THE FRAME IS SO BADLY RUSTED I HOPE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE GEAR SELECTOR AND ODOMETER INDICATORS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT TO ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,400.

Got my registration form to update my tags and I saw the comments at the bottom say this vehicle has a recall.. so I decided to call the dealer to set up a appointment to get it fixed when I called the dealer, they said that they didn’t have the part so they will contact me as soon as possible so I waited almost a week no response at all so I decided to call them back to find out what was going on with the update. they claim that the part is not available anymore because it is a older vehicle so they need to talk to his manager or someone higher at the dealers to find out how they can do this to get my recall fixed so they told me they will call me again as soon as possible Other week pass so I need to call the dealer again because they never did.. once I call them, they say oh yeah, I see that you already call. Let me check and find out what going on with the recall of the seatbelts!! He said you know what let me call you like an hour to found out all the information of it.. I want to say a lesson an hour they said that they couldn’t help me because my vehicle is old and the manufacture. They don’t make those seatbelts no more so they cannot help me at all. So I told him what’s the other step now if I have a recall they said yeah I’m not sure. I mean the only thing I can tell you if you look for a aftermarket seatbelt or something that’s pretty much that’s it they told me. So here I am wondering, what should I do now? Not sure if it’s safe driving my vehicle like that because supposedly they don’t make a no more because my vehicle is old but you will look at my vehicle looks like brand new because I hardly drive my vehicle. It has 125000 miles on it for a 99 Chevy Silverado original paint looks like brand new vehicle..