# 2003 GMC SIERRA — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1015420` · 2013-10-14 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** SIERRA
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 129,808
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
WHEN EXITING THE TOLL ROAD, I APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN.  IT APPEARED WE WERE GOING TO ROLL THRU THE GATE, I LET OFF THE BRAKE, AND THEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME RE-APPLIED HER BRAKE.  AND WHEN I RE-APPLIED MY BRAKES, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR.  NO WARNING, NO WARNING LIGHTS - THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP.  I  HIT THE CAR INFRONT OF ME.  LUCKILY I WASN'T TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AS NOBODY WAS HURT. AFTER THE INCIDENT, I NOTICED ALL THE BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT, AND THEN MY SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON.  HAD TO BE TOWED HOME AND THERE I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRAKE LINES HAD DISINTEGRATED - TOTALLY RUSTED OUT.  I'M AT THE CONCLUSION THAT THE BRAKE LINE WALL WAS SO THIN, THAT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LAST TIME, THE PRESSURE BLEW OUT THE LINE.  NO SECONDARY LINE FUNCTION.  YES, ALL LINES APPEAR TO BE TOTALLY RUSTED OUT.  TRUCK IS ORIGINALLY FROM OHIO, I LIVE IN TEXAS.  I SEE THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN CHEVY/GMC TRUCKS.  AND I AM FACING AN OUTRAGEOUS REPAIR BILL.  AS A SINGLE PARENT OF 3, 2 OF WHICH ARE TEENAGE DRIVERS, I'M NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS TO REPAIR.  I'M SO GLAD MY KIDS WEREN'T DRIVING IT AT THE TIME.  I AM TRYING TO GET GM TO HONOR THE BRAKE LINE REPAIR FOR $500 THAT I HAVE SEEN ON A COUPLE OF TV STATION ACTION REPORTS.  NO LUCK SO FAR.  THANK GOD MY KIDS WEREN'T DRIVING, AND THANK GOD I WASN'T TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS - WHERE SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.   *TR
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