My 2002 Chevrolet pickup, 1500 series' brakes are nearly worthless at 19.000 miles of light duty use. They were failing at 12, 000 miles but the dealer would not admit it. I have a repair estimate of $571.00 from the dealer now to fix the problem caused by rusted rotors, a very common problem with light duty trucks from 2001 to 2004. In 2005 GM switched from disc rear brakes back to drums because of this problem. The National Highway Traffic & Safety Administrations' web site has thousands of complaints about this problem... read full review »