THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2004 AND HAS ONLY TRAVELED TO "SNOW BELT" STATES IN THE WINTER LESS THAN A DOZEN TIMES IN PAST 11 YEARS. ON 7/23/15, WHILE ON VACATION, THE VEHICLE SUFFERED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL BRAKING POWER. FORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED IN TIME BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF US BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND PULLING THE PARKING BRAKE. AFTER PULLING OFF OF THE ROAD AND OPENING THE HOOD, WE DISCOVERED THAT A SMALL FIRE HAD STARTED FROM THE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID HITTING THE HOT MANIFOLD. AGAIN, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET IT DOUSED IN TIME BEFORE ANY MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT THE FRONT LEFT METAL BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED, WE CAREFULLY MADE OUR WAY TO ADVANCE AUTO USING THE NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP US WHEN NEEDED. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PATCH THE CORRODED BRAKE LINE IN THE PARKING LOT OF AUTO AT 8 PM AT NIGHT ONLY TO DISCOVER THE OTHER FRONT LINE WAS CRACKED AS WELL. BY THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE TO FIX SO WE MADE A HARROWING TRIP BACK TO OUR HOTEL WITHOUT ANY REAL BRAKES. GOOD THING THEIR WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC AND WE WERE CLOSE TO OUR HOTEL. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE. THEY MENTIONED THEY HAD REPLACED ONE ON A CHEVY SUBURBAN ONLY A DAY EARLIER FROM INDIANA FOR THE SAME REASON. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR THIS ISSUE, I MUST STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH GM WHEN THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES IS SPLIT BETWE