2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH OR HIGHER, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE HIGHER THE SPEED, THE MORE IT VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOCH CHEVROLET (381 PROVIDENCE HWY, NORWOOD, MA 02062, (781) 332-4226) SEVERAL TIMES. THE WHEELS WERE RE-BALANCED, BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANAGER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO HAD A SENIOR MANAGER LOOK AT THE CASE. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED HIM TO ANOTHER UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,582.

BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES HARD WITH LITTLE TO NO BRAKES A LOW OR IDLE SPEEDS.

MY 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO BRAKES BECOME VERY STIFF WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 SEPERATE OCCATIONS. I HAVE TO PHYSICALLY USE EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH I HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKES TO STOP THE TRUCK. ON TWO OCCATIONS I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR BUT STOPPED JUST INCHES AWAY. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN TAKEN TO PEP BOYS AND BRAKES PLUS IN DENVER, CO. BOTH COMPANIES CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. I'VE READ THAT THERE IS A LAWSUIT AGAINST GM FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON.

BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES ROCK HARD AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR ON AN INCLINE

AT LOW SPEED MY BRAKES SEEM TO HAVE FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD AND I ALMOST DROVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

LOSE BRAKE ASSIST(?) UPON SITTING WITH FOOT ON BRAKE @ STOP LIGHT/PARKING LOT. PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND WILL NOT STOP. HAS NOT HAPPENED @ SPEED. HAD REPAIRED, SAID WAS VACUUM PUMP MALFUNCTION-$600. HAVE READ OF OTHER REPORTED MALFUNCTIONS OF SAME STYLE.

I WAS DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY AT LOW SPEEDS. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WAS VERY STIFF AND I HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CHEVROLET DEALER DIAGNOSED A BAD VACUUM PUMP AND REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS MALFUNCTION IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

BRAKE PEDAL VERY STIFF WITH LITTLE TO NO BRAKING POWER. HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED BOTH IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. ALREADY HAD VACUUM PUMP REPLACED ON 01/25/2019. SAME ISSUE AGAIN ON 01/29/19. TAKING BACK TO MECHANIC.

SAME PROBLEMS OTHERS ARE HAVING WITH BREAKING, BREAKS GET HARD AND GO TO FLOOR, WHEN TRYING TO PARK OR BACKING UP TO A PARKING SPACE. NOT SURE WHY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE IT'S A BIG SAFETY CONCERN.

BRAKES BECAME INCREDIBLY HARD AND ALMOST DID NOT STOP MY TRUCK THREE TIMES NOW. FINALLY, THIS LAST TIME THE SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST LIGHT CAME ON. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I AM HOPING THEY WILL NOW THAT THE WARNING CAME ON. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING OTHER CARS BECAUSE OF THIS AND HOPE IT CAN BE FIXED. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME AS I WAS PARKING MY TRUCK AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS (THANKFULLY).

AT LOW SPEEDS THE BTAKING SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY HARD TO ENGAGE AND CREATES A NEED FOR AN UMEXPECTED LONGER STOP DISTANCE/TIME. THIS IS AN EXTREME HAZARD AND CAN EASILY CAUSE AN IN INCIDENT AND POSSIBLE INJIURY/FATALITY. IT GIVES A 'BRAKE ASSIST ERROR'WHEN THIS OCCURS.

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I TRIED STOPPING TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE I PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL AND TRUCK KEPT GOING ALMOST HITTING A PARKED CAR I FELT A VIBRATION IN BRAKE PEDAL AND IT FELT HARD TO PRESS TRUCK HAS ABOUT 29K MILES

DURING SLOW TRAFFIC SITUATION BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD AND DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS WITH LOSS OF BRAKING TO THE POINT OF ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

THE BRAKES BECOME HARD AND RESIST DEPRESSION, OR REQUIRE AN INCREASED EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT WITH NO STOPPING ABILITY, IF YOU TAP OR PRESS THE BREAK. EXAMPLE IN TRAFFIC OR REVERSING OUT THE DRIVEWAY.THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT 20 MPH OR LESS. I DID HAVE AN ISSUE THE OTHER DAY WHEN I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, PRESSING THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY WHICH HARD TO DO AND MADE ALL KINDS OF NOISES. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2017.

THE BRAKES BECAME REALLY HARD TO PRESS AND I ALMOST CRASHED INTO MY GARAGE. THIS SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN AT SLOW SPEEDS BUT IS GETTING WORSE. THE "SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST" LIGHT CAME ON. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE A FAILURE IN THE VACUUM PUMP.

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS PARKING OR BACKING UP, I FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE A VERY FIRM OR HARD BRAKE PEDAL. THIS RESULTS IN VERY LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY. THE PROBLEM IS BEGINNING TO BECOME NOTICEABLE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE PROBLEM MAY BE GETTING WORSE. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO A MAINTENANCE SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A VACUUM PUMP FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR ARE ON BACKORDER AND IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW LONG THIS MAY TAKE. DUE TO THE PROBLEM BECOMING MORE FREQUENT I AM CURRENTLY NOT DRIVING MY VEHICLE UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE MADE.

LOSE POWER BRAKING ABILITY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND AT SLOW SPEEDS. TWO PEDAL DEPRESSIONS AND BRAKES BECOME VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE. SUSPECT FAULTY BRAKE VACUUM.

VACUUM PUMP IS LEAKING. WHEN I PUSH BRAKES IT GETS HARD AND TRUCK DOESN'T WANT TO STOP WHEN I PUSH BRAKES. I'VE ALREADY HAD BRAKES REPLACED AND IT STILL OCCURS AND I ALSO TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS VACUUM PUMP. MOTION, STREET, HIGHWAY, BRAKING

WHEN DRIVING 2016 SILVERADO 1500, I PUT ON BRAKE AND LOST POWER TO STEERING. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. OTHER TIME WHEN TOUCHING THE BRAKE, LIGHTS GOT BRIGHTER ON TOUCH PAD FOR RADIO AND FOR OVER 200 MILES WHILE SOMEONE WAS IN PASSENGER SEAT, IT SAID PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS OFF. WHILE TURNING AND APPLYING BRAKE, LOOSE ALL STEERING. IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. NOT SITTING STILL. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, 8 2AS TURNING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES 2 TIMES TO AVOID GOING INTO THE DITCH

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD AND RANDOMLY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT. IT WAS WINTER AND THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS ON AT THE TIME. I SMELLED BURNING WIRES AND SHUT EVERYTHING OFF BUT MY HEADLIGHTS AND HEARD A LOUD POP WHEN THE WINDOW BLEW OUT. THIS HAPPENED AT 4AM WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.

WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN THEY NEED TO IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP CORRECTLY. THIS HAPPENS MOST TIMES WHEN VEHICLE HAS JUST LET OFF THE BRAKE TO THEN ONCE AGAIN BRAKE QUICKLY, AND THE DRIVER WILL NEED TO PUSH THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO ENGAGE PROPER BRAKING. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN IT DOES, IT IS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, OR WHILE THE DRIVER IS IN A DRIVE THRU, FOR EXAMPLE AT THE BANK. THE TYPE OF ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE NO AFFECT TO THIS, IT HAS HAPPENED ON SUNNY DAYS WHERE THE PAVEMENT IS DRY AND RAINY DAYS. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COMING TO A STOP WHILE IN A DOWN HILL POSITION WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC.

LEAVING A CHIEFS GAME IN KANSAS CITY I WAS WAITING IN TRAFFIC. WE SLOWLY MOVED FORWARD AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE I RAN INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME . THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO HIS BUMPER BUT I GOT A DENT THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. LATER ON THE WAY HOME I RELISED THAT IT WAS STILL DOING IN AT LOW RPMS SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AMD THEY SAID MY VACUME PUMP WAS GOING OUT!! AT 45000 MILES???? THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM.

RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2016 CHEVY SILVERADO IN MAY 2018, AND HAD 17,000 MILES ON IT, IN JULY 2018 NOTICED THE BRAKES WERE HARD TO MASH AND PULSATING WHILE DRIVING; IT'S NOT DOING IT ALL THE TIME, OFF AND ON. NEED TO KNOW IF THIS A RECALL ISSUE AND WHAT TO DO?

THE BRAKES BUILD UP PRESSURE WHEN PUSHED MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSING THE BRAKES TO NOT ENGAGE AND PROPERLY STOP THE VEHICLE. THEY GET SO TIGHT YOU HAVE TO PUT ALL WEIGHT AND FORCE POSSIBLE IN THEM TO STOP. I'VE CALLED MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS AND EVEN CALLED GM DIRECTLY AND AFTER INVESTIGATION THEY SAY THEY COULD NOT SIMULATE THE ISSUE AND ITS NOT A KNOWN ISSUE. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THIS AND IT WAS VERY EASY TO FIND AS A KNOWN ISSUE AMONGST GM OWNERS.

VEHICLE IS 2 YEARS OLD 26K MILES & BLACK PAINT IS FLAKING. LOOKS LIKE WHITE OVERSPRAY WHERE PAINT HAS FLAKED. WHITE SPOTS EVERYWHERE. METAL IS EXPOSED. NEVER HAD A VEHICLE FLAKE PAINT LIKE THIS. I DO NOT DRIVE ON GRAVEL ROADS. UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE & PRICE. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL GETS EXTREMELY HARD AND FEELS LIKE MAYBE ABS TRIES TO ACTIVATE AT TIMES. USUALLY AFTER PUSHING BRAKE PEDAL A COUPLE TIMES IN TRAFFIC OR PARKING LOTS. I'VE ALMOST DRIVEN INTO OTHER VEHICLES AND A BUILDING WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT NOW SEVERAL TIMES. TODAY WHILE COASTING DOWNHILL TOWARD A STOP LIGHT I ALMOST COULDN'T STOP AT THE LIGHT! THE TRUCK, A 2016 SILVERADO ONLY HAS 57K MILES ON IT. HOPEFULLY THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WILL COVER WHATEVER IS GOING ON. I'M CALLING THE DEALERSHIP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING

VEHICLE LOSES MOST TO ALL OF THE PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AT SLOWER SPEEDS OR IF COASTING (FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR) FOR SHORT PERIODS. BRAKING BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND STOPPING DISTANCE DRASTICALLY INCREASES. SERVICE BRAKES MESSAGE COMES ON WHILE IN TRAFFIC AS WELL, BUT ONLY AS A SERVICE NOTICE, NOT A WARNING. THIS AS BEEN ON GOING SINCE JANUARY 2017, BUT HAS GOTTEN DRAMATICALLY WORSE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH CITY'S IN TRAFFIC AND PARKING LOTS AT SLOW SPEED. NO ACCIDENT TO REPORT, BUT TOO MANY NEAR MISSES TO COUNT. YESTERDAY WAS THE LATEST EVENT. ON THE INTERSTATE, IN TRAFFIC TRAVELING 0-15 MPH, IT TOOK A SOLID 5 FEET OR MORE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM 10 MPH TO ZERO WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET. I WAS NOT TOWING ANYTHING AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY LOADED WITH 5 PASSENGERS AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF LUGGAGE. ROADS WERE DRY AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS ROUGHLY 60 DEGREES F. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION OR OTHER EVENTS.

WHEN APPLYING BREAK PRESSURE AT SLOW SPEEDS LET'S SAY UNDER 10MPH. IF BREAKS ARE PRESSED REPEATEDLY ALL BREAK FORCE IS LOST AND BREAK PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD. BREAKS DO NOT BECOME USEABLE UNTIL YOU BEGIN TO ACCELERATE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND WHILE IN PARKING IS LOTS.

2016 CHEVY SILVERADO BRAKES ARE INACTIVE AT LOW SPEEDS. BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY STIFF IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP NOW GETTING REPAIRED. I WILL SEND MY VIN NUMBER WHEN I GET MY TRUCK BACK .

THE BRAKE GETS HARD WHEN YOU PUSH IT DOWN, AND IT WONT STOP. WE WERE AT A POND LOOKING AT THE WILDLIFE JUST BARELY MOVING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A MOMENT, HOWEVER THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. THE BRAKE FELT LIKE IT WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND WAS VERY HARD BUT YET, THE TRUCK KEPT ROLLING. I WAS IN A VERY BUSY CITY AND WAS SCARED THAT IT MIGHT NOT STOP IN TRAFFIC. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES AND THAT MADE IT WORSE. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND IT WAS WELL WITHIN THE NORMAL LEVEL. THE TRUCK SEEMED TO DO OK ON THE HIGHWAY AS WE WERE COMING HOME, AS LONG AS YOU DIDNT PUSH IT DOWN TWICE...IE, YOU HAD TO PUSH ONCE AND HOLD IT CAUSE IT WOULD GET HARD IF YOU LIFTED YOUR FOOT AND BRAKED SGAIN. THE PROBLEM WAS MOSTLY IN TOWN WHERE THERE WERE NUMEROUS TIMES YOU HAVE TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC, RED LIGHTS, TURNING, ETC... THE VEHICLE JUST WOULDN'T STOP. I HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS BEFORE I COULD GET IT HOME. THE CHEVROLET DEALER SAID IT WAS THE BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER? (MIGHT NOT HAVE SAID THAT AS HE DID) AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS SEEMS LIKE FAULTY MANUFACTURING OR JUST A BAD PRODUCT THAT GM SHOULD HAVE RECALLED SO CONSUMERS COULD GET IT FIXED BEFORE ANY ACCIDENTS OCCURRED. I'M THANKFUL WE WEREN'T INJURED OR ANYONE ELSE, BUT THIS MAY NOT BE THE CASE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY BY GM AND THEY NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WILL BE GOING TO THE DEALER TO GET MY VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT IT'S UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT

WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE BRAKE PEDAL RESPONSE BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE . BOTH FEET REQUIRED TO KEEP IT FROM MOVING. COULD HAVE MADE A SLOW SPEED REAR END COLLISION. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP REPAIRS ARE A NEW VACUUM PUMP. THE TRUCK HAS 60,000 MILES.

STEERING IS BAD AND IT SHACK ALOT THE BKAKES ARE NOT THAT GOOD I SLIP ON THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME

THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. RANDOMLY THE PEDAL STIFFENS A D WONT LET ME BRAKE PROPERLY. IT HAPPENS IN REVERSE AND IN DRIVE. WHEN PRESSING ON THE PEDAL IT WILL SORT OF LOCK UP AND KEEP GOING A FEW FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP L. THIS IS RIDICULOUS, I'M IN THE MILITARY I HAVE A NEWBORN CHILD I DO NOT NEED TO BE HURT AT HOME WHILE DRIVING AROUND. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL TO GE THIS FIXED.

1) COLD STARTS, PUT TRUCK IN GEAR (FORWARD/REVERSE) TRUCK DOES NOT MOVE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TRUCK LURCHES INTO DIRECTION SELECTED. VELOCITY OF TRUCK ACCELERATION IS ENOUGH TO SPIN TIRES ON GRAVEL, GRASS AND PAVEMENT. 2) AFTER EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVING AND CI.ING TO A STOP (EXIT RAMP) AND TRANS SLIPS UPON INITIAL START AND SHIFTING. 3) STOP AND GO DRIVING ON EXPRESS (45 MINS.) WHEN TRAFFIC STARTED TO MOVE AND REMOVING FOOT FROM BRAKE, TRUCK ROLLS AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO NEXT GEAR, TRANS ABRUPTLY SHIFTS AND SQUAWK TIRES. HAD TO ALLOW TRUCK TO START ROLLING WHILE KEEPING FOOT ON BRAKE AND KEEPING TRUCK FROM LURCHING FORWARD AND SQUEALING TIRES AND HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. 4) WHEN PASSING OR ACCELERATING ONTO EXPRESSWAY, CAN FEEL THE PROPULSION FLUTTERING. * PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND EXPERIENCED SINCE NEW. NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP AND RECALIBRATED SHIFTING AND PROBLEM CONTINUES. I HAVE PICS OF TIRE SPIN UPON INITIAL ENGAGEMENT OF TRANS AND ABRUBTLY ACCELERATING VEHICLE .

WHEN I WAS PARKING MY TRUCK THE BRAKE WAS HARD TO PUSH. PULLING FORWARD HITTING THE BRAKE TOOK ALLOT OF EFFORT. BACKING INTO TO PARKING SPOT AND HITTING BRAKE TOOK ALLOT OF EFFORT. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I ALMOST RAN INTO A POLE IN THE PARKING LOT AS I PULLED FORWARD. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED AT A LOW SPEED IN THE SITUATION OF ME PARKING.

FROM THE DAY OF PURCHASE THE BRAKES NEVER SEEMED TO BE ADEQUATE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARDER ON THE BRAKES THAN NORMAL TO MAKE THE TRUCK STOP. DURING ROUTINE SERVICE THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THE BRAKES, DRIVERS SIDE REAR WERE ALMOST METAL TO METAL AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WAS SLIGHTLY BETTER. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE 2/3 WORN AND ALL OF THE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS TRUCK IS LEASED AND HAS ONLY 32000 MILES ON IT THEREFORE SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE REPLACING BRAKES AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. PER THE DEALERSHIP IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AS BRAKES FALL UNDER THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF A VEHICLE. AGAIN, WE FEEL THAT WITH ONLY 32000 MILES BRAKES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GM TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS THE 4TH NEW GM TRUCK THAT I'VE OWNED OR LEASED AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES BEFORE WITH BRAKES.

SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

POWER BRAKE FAILURE. LOST BRAKES PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE. PARKING SPACE BARRIER STOPPED THE TRUCK. BRAKES BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN AFTER LETTING TRUCK SIT AND RESTART ENGINE. VERY DANGEROUS! TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY FOUND THE VACUUM PUMP FAILED INTERNALLY. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS FOR FAULTY VACUUM PUMP DESPITE SAFETY ISSUE. TOTAL COST WAS $724+TAX. ONLY 43,000 MILES ON TRUCK. GM KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT ADDRESS. SERVICE BULLETIN PIT5361B.

MY BRAKES DO NOT PROPERLY FUNCTION IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE BRAKE PETAL BECOMES EXTREMELY STIFF, AS IF THERE IS AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES. THIS ALSO RESULTS IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. WHILE JAMMING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I CAN, THE PADS NEVER MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH THE ROTOR. I HAVE ALREADY DAMAGED MY BUMPER BECAUSE OF THIS. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK DURING HEAVY RAINS. WHILE PRESSING MY BREAK PETAL, I NOTICED THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. I COULD NOT STOP IN TIME, COLLIDING WITH THE PARKING BARRIER POLE. THE LOSS OF STOPPING POWER HAPPENS ROUTINELY DURING RAIN.

ON THREE OCCASIONS MY 2016 CHEVY SILVERADO LTZ Z71 BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. THE FIRST TIME I ROLLED HALF WAY INTO A INTERSECTION BEFORE I CAME TO A STOP. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT AN SINGNAL CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. AFTER BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS THE BRAKES STARTED WORKING PERFECT AND I WAS NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR NOT. THE OTHER DAY THIS HAPPENED AGSIN BUT THIS TIME I WAS IN A PARKING LOT. I WAS ABLE TO TEST THE BRAKES AND AS I WENT BACK AND FORTH I HAD TROUBLE COMING TO A STOP AS I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO CHEVY SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS FAILING. THEY STATED I WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD I DO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A PART THAT THEY SAID IS NOT SUPPOSED TO FAIL. THIS IS ALSO CONCERNING IF THERE ARE OTHER CHEVY TRUCK OUT ON THE ROAD THAT RANDOMLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP.

THE FIRST SET OF BRAKE PADS WERE GM REPLACEMENT, THEY DID NOT STOP THE TRUCK AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL. SO I REPLACED THE PADS WITH RAYBESTOS BRAKE PADS, STILL NOT SATISFIED WITH THE STOPPING DISTANCE. AGAIN I WENT WITH NAPA CERAMIC PADS THEY CAUSED THE BREAKS TO SQUEAL WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. NOW MY MECHANIC HAS REPLACED THEM WITH O RELLY NAME PADS AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS STILL INCREASING. THE OTHER PROBLEM WAS AROUND 58,000 MILES MY TRUCK BEGAN SHIFTING HARD AND JERKING. WHEN I TOOK IT TO DEACON JONES CHEVROLET IN SMITHFIELD NC, THEY REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER AT NO CHARGE. NOW AT 63,000 MILES ITS DOING THE SAME THING. GM STATES EVEN IF THEY REPLACED THE PART THE WARRANTY ONLY COVERS TO 60,000. MILES. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE PART WARRANTY SAME RESPONSE 60,000 MILES. CHECKING WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS IN THE AREA AND ON LINE BOTH INCIDENCES SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE WHO OWN TRUCKS OF THIS PERIOD. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS.

THE BRAKES BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO PRESS WHILE TRYING TO STOP FROM A SLOW SPEED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE EITHER IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH. I HAD TO PRESS EXTREMELY HARD ON THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS ISSUE DID NOT SEEM TO OCCUR AT HIGHER SPEEDS.

DEC 1ST 2018, I'M IN A PARKING LOT PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE HEAD FIRST, WHEN I NEEDED TO STRAIGHTEN MY TRUCK OUT, I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO PULLOUT AND STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, WHEN I HIT MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY THE PEDAL HAS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO COME TO A STOP. THEN PULL FORWARD AGAIN TO PARK AND YET THE PEDAL BECOMES ROCK HARD MAKING EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO STOP THE TRUCK MOVING FORWARD, A COUPLE FEET. THEN FINALLY STOPPING BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I NOW CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO TAKE IT IN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE NOW THIS PUTS MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND EVERYONE AROUND ME IN DANGER IF I'M NOT ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK.

I BELIEVE CHEVROLET 1500 SERIES TRUCKS ARE NOT MANUFACTURED WITH BRAKES THAT STOP THE VEHICLE SOON ENOUGH. I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I HAVE DRIVEN MY TRUCK FOR A WHILE, LONG ENOUGH THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM GETS PRETTY WARM, OR DOWN HILLS,,( NOT STEEP HILLS). THE BRAKES DO NOT NOT BRAKE VERY WELL, ALONG WITH MAKING A GRINDING - RUMBLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IT ALSO FEELS LIKE LIKE THE BRAKES ARE METAL ON METAL. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK INTO IT, AND THE SAY, NOTHING WRONG, BRAKES HAVE LOTS OF BRAKE PAD LEFT. WHEN I ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE HEARD OF ANY ISSUES REGARDING BRAKE FADE, AND NOISE, THEY SAY NO. LAST YEAR GM CAME UP WITH A FRONT BRAKE UPGRADE KIT IN THEIR PARTS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A 6 PISTON CALLIPER AND UPGRADED PADS FOR THE TRUCK, BUT IT COSTS $4000. ON THE 2019, THEY HAVE ADDED THIS UPGRADE KIT AS AN OPTION WHEN YOU BUILD AND PRICE A NEW TRUCK. THAT TELLS ME THAT THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR TRUCKS, BUT THEY WON'T ADMIT IT.

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED (15 MPH AND LESS) IN SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT STOP AND GO SITUATION THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. BRAKES SEEMED TO BE GRABBING AND PETAL BECAME EXCESSIVELY HARD. DEALERSHIP REPLACED VACUUM PUMP & SENSOR, LABOR AND PARTS $605.41. MILEAGE 56827

IF YOU CONTINUE TO APPLY BRAKES THE PEDAL BECOMES ROCK HARD. VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD NO MATTER WHAT PRESSURE YOU APPLY TO PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE SEVERAL FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THIS OCCURRED TO ME WHILE AT A CITY CROSSWALK. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WITH VEHICLE NOT STOPPING.

THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER 2018 WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH AUSTIN, TX - IN HEAVY TRAFFIC; I NEARLY REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE - THE BRAKES GOT REAL HARD, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING. THE BRAKES ACTED LIKE THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. I TRIED THEM AGAIN AFTER RESUMED SPEED- AND I TESTED THEM - ON THE THIRD PUMP - THEY WERE ROCK-HARD AGAIN. A VEHICLE SHOP IN SAN ANTONIO WAS ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A BAD VACUUM-PUMP-ASSIST. IT COST ME $455.00, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT OIL FROM THE ENGINE COULD HAVE DAMAGED THE VACUUM BOOSTER AND/OR THE MASTER CYLINDER. HE TOLD ME CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT IT - #PIT5361B - BUT I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT - I ALMOST REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD 48,500 MILES WHEN IT OCCURRED.

VACUUM PUMP FAILED RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE

I HAVE A 2016 SILVERADO 1500 THAT HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY BREAKS AND POWERTRAIN. I TRY TO STOP THE OTHER DAY AND THE PEDAL GOT STIFF AND WASNT ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE ALMOST HITTING A PEDESTRIAN. ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE TOO. AND MY POWERTRAIN WHEN I IN THE STREET OR HIGHWAY GOING 60MPH IT TENDS TO SHOOT THE RPMS N GO DOWN AND LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WANT TO SHIFT DOWN ON ITS OWN.

WHILE BACKING UP AT LOW SPEEDS TO HOOK UP TO A TRAILER ON AN INCLINE OR EVEN BACKING UP WITH TO NO TRAILER. MULTIPLE TIMES YOU LOSE THE POWER BRAKES WHICH IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WHEN BACKING UP TO SOMETHING. MULTIPLE TIMES I'VE HAD TO STAND ON THE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM HITTING THE TRAILER. THE PEDAL HAS THE FEELING OF NO POWER BRAKES. THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED WHICH WOULD BE TYPICAL BACKING UP TO HOOK ONTO A LOAD.