TL* THE CONTACT 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE COASTED UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76000.
2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE IN MY 2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER READ 90MPH VS. 40/45MPH. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN "PARK" AND THE SPEEDOMETER READ 50MPH WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. GM STATES THAT MY VEHICLES VIN DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE RANGE OF THEIR "BULLETIN FOR RECALLS. *TR