2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 service brakes, hydraulic problems
14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 — 33% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“First failure was the dual braking system I was hooked up to a trailer and started down the driveway (about 0.4mile long) and stepped on the brake pedal which went to the floor boards. There was no stopping effort from the brakes. I used the manual control of the trailer brakes to stop the vehicle…”
filed Mar 21, 2014
“Wife was coming home from work at night went to stop and lost brakes. I got it back home and inspected it and found that it blew a rear and front brake line. The brake lines were rotted so bad we replaced them all. Upon replacing brake lines I noticed that fuel lines were also rotted severely and…”
filed Nov 8, 2011
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other Silverado 3500 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 Silverado 3500 | 1 | 3% |
| 2011 Silverado 3500 | 1 | 3% |
| 2008 Silverado 3500 | 1 | 3% |
| 2007 Silverado 3500 | 1 | 3% |
| 2006 Silverado 3500 | 6 | 12% |
| 2005 Silverado 3500 | 9 | 20% |
| 2004 Silverado 3500 | 11 | 27% |
| 2002 Silverado 3500 | 15 | 30% |
| 2001 Silverado 3500 | 20 | 28% |
| 2000 Silverado 3500 | 33 | 41% |
| 1999 Silverado 3500 | 21 | 45% |
| 1998 Silverado 3500 | 23 | 34% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.