10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
25 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 1
Average Mileage:
37,265 miles

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problem #166

Aug 152020

Silverado 1500

  • 80 miles
I was backing in to a lake to pull my boat out and almost went right in the lake. Emergency brake saved me. This is the most dangerous situation I have ever been in in my 56 years of living. I am filing a law suit.

- South Beloit, IL, USA

problem #165

Feb 122020

Silverado 1500

  • 50,000 miles
In a parking garage and trying to maneuver into a parking stall. The brake pedal became very hard. The ABS light flashed momentarily and went out. There were no power brakes and very little effect to standing on the brake pedal. Put vehicle in park and restarted it. Continued to have no or limited brakes. Went on to another parking stall where no one else around. Crept into spot. When arrived back from trip, brakes were fine. Called local Chevy dealership and they replaced vacuum pump free of charge. Has only happened 2 times since them. All in parking lots at very low speeds.

- Laurens, SC, USA

problem #164

Jul 172020

Silverado 1500

  • 55,000 miles
I was driving and lost all power I had no lights no steering no breaks and then everything came back on this is very very dangerous research it and there is a lot of people having the same problems something needs to be done

- Freeport, IL, USA

problem #163

Jun 282020

Silverado 1500 8-cyl

  • 36,050 miles
When switch from reverse to drive and move forward than step on breaks it's gets harder and don't stop the vehicle. Also it's happen to me on the freeway when I was slowing down in traffic and it's come to stop and slowly moving the vehicle my brakes was too hard to stop the vehicle, I almost going to hit the other vehicle.

- Sacramento, CA, USA

problem #162

Jul 112020

Silverado 1500 8-cyl

  • 74,850 miles
I drove almost 5 hrs away to take my family on a vacation and when I pulled into the hotel I almost couldnt stop and noticed my parking assist service was on on the dash. I tried backing up and I almost could not stop from backing into another car. And it keeps doing it every now and again. The brakes are hard to push and it feels like are palpatating and also feel like something is under my brake bc it barely pushes in.

- Venus, TX, USA

problem #161

Jan 012020

Silverado 1500 8-cyl

  • 50,000 miles
Took my truck in for the recall on brakes. Dealer performed the recall service. Brakes still exhibit problems. Brakes become mushy at low speed after applying brakes gently, then moving forward slightly at low speed brakes seem to collapse and exhibit a low grumbling noise. Pads and rotors are good, so not the issue. It leaves me wondering if recall was done or done correctly.

- Midland, TX, USA

problem #160

May 042019

Silverado 1500 8-cyl

  • 51,000 miles
Usually after more than one stop when moving less than 5 mph with foot of the gas (like when parking) break pedal requires extreme pressure to stop vehicle.this after brake software was re-programmed during a recall. When backing a 6000 lb trailer (without electric brakes trailer has hydraulic surge brakes) down a hill it becomes dangerous! to back a trailer down a hill you must put the truck in neutral, use your right foot to keep the engine RPM up and brake with your right foot. This allows the vacuum pump to supply enough vacuum for the power brakes to work combine this with watching and guiding the trailer and it causes extreme worry. If you don;T keep the engine RPM up to produce vacuum you cannot safely the trailer, it will travel much further before stopping and require a massive effort on the pedal to stop the truck and trailer. This happened every time I launch my boat in 2019. Truck now has about 51000 miles on it. Other than the brakes it has been problem free.

- Essex, MD, USA

problem #159

May 032020

Silverado 1500

  • 58,634 miles
When stopping vehicle the break pedal has been vibrating and going to the floor for a few days. This usually resolves after a few minutes. However today the break pedal vibrated and went to the floor and has not come back up. This is not allowing the truck to stop in reverse or forward motion. When put in reverse and then pressure applied to break the pedal appears to stay on the floor of truck. When placed in drive the pedal will have some pressure behind it but then will abruptly go to floor and not allow truck to stop. This occurred before the last break recall on this truck. Recall was completed and then a few months later the same issue has occurred. There is adequate break fluid in reservoir and does not appear to be leaking. Break pads are in good condition. This seems to be either an internal computer issue or and issue with the break pedal itself. This happened while pulling into a parking spot at a slow rate of speed.

- Niles, MI, USA

problem #158

May 022020

Silverado 1500

  • miles
Brake pedal turned rock solid. Very difficult to brake. This happened to me while I was driving with my family. Almost crashed into another car approaching the stop light. GM needs to recall the vacuum pump asap. It's dangerous!

- Rogers, AR, USA

problem #157

Apr 182020

Silverado 1500

  • 10,175 miles
My 2016 Silverado was already recalled for the brakes, I took it to the dealer weber Chevrolet, and they said they fixed the recall. This was several months ago. Yesterday I started up my truck and a brake service message appeared, when I put the truck into drive and went down the street the brakes were mush, they were almost unresponsive at the low speed I was going. I had to push the brake pedal to almost the floor at the stop and heard a loud growling sound from either undertake hood or the wheels. So what ever they work did for the recall notice did not fix the problem described in your recalls for this 2016 truck.

- St.Louis, MO, USA

problem #156

Mar 282020

Silverado 1500

  • 89,000 miles
Backed into a spot at work and when I put the brakes on to stop the truck was very hard to stop.. the break peddle didn't go down all the way... I was on a flat surface

- Olivehurst, CA, USA

problem #155

Apr 042020

Silverado 1500

  • 48,000 miles
Silverado 1500. While moving at slow speed, like in line at a drive thru, the brakes will sometimes get real hard to push petal to bring vehicle to stop. It happens in reverse moving slow and its extremely uncomfortable when I'm backing boat in boat ramp and the brakes fail to a point that I have to stand on the petal and engage parking brake so I don't lose my truck and trailer into the water. I happened once about 6 months ago but didn't do it again til a March 1 and has happened 4 times since. Thanks for your time and consideration.

- Oviedo, FL, USA

problem #154

Mar 162020

Silverado 1500

  • 32,300 miles
Got in my vehicle and started to go and when I pressed on the brakes to stop I noticed that the brakes were fluttering and not stopping properly. So I looked up and there's a recall on GM model but not the Chevy model. So I called my dealer where I bought it from and they told me the same that there are no recalls on mine but to bring it in anyway.

- Wilmington, NC, USA

problem #153

Feb 142018

Silverado 1500

  • miles
I owen Chevy 1500 2016. I received recall on the truck when saw it I was surprised do too I got to two car accident before I receive the recall. After contacting GM motor they said the is the software need update however it didn't end there still have problems with the brakes and GM denied any involvement of the two accident.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

problem #152

Mar 012020

Silverado 1500

  • 95,000 miles
I experienced a hard brake pedal at low speed with minimal stopping prior to the vehicle being recalled for the brake vacuum pump issue that was to reprogram the electronic brake control module. The recall has been performed in early December 2019 and since the recall I've experienced the hard brake pedal with increased stopping distance several times at low speed and in one particular instance a trailer was in tow as I was maneuvering into a parking spot. The recall in my opinion was not the actual solution to a potentially dangerous issue.

- Agwawm, MA, USA

problem #151

Mar 012020

Silverado 1500

  • 77,300 miles
2 brake specific problems. 1.) backing out my driveway (sloped downhill)at low speed, I hear the the vehicles anti-lock brake system engage. Causing slow stopping distance. It does not trigger any warning lights on the dash. 2.) while backing up into a parking space, vehicles brake pedal became rock hard and had to use great pressure with both feet to stop vehicle. I put it in drive just to see any difference- same rock hard pedal. Parked, shut vehicle off, and went into restaurant. After an hour inside, returned to vehicle to go home. Brake pedal was back to normal.

- Warren, OH, USA

problem #150

Feb 012018

Silverado 1500

  • miles
This for 2016 Chevrolet siverado ltz D/C 5.3L 4X4 T/A1500 model CK15543 purchase date: 05/26/16 as of the last past year I've experience steering control failure, stability control failure and brake system failure. The truck can not be driven safely. Visit dealer about 10 times and they don't have a clue of how to fix this safety problems. This vehicle is listed under recall by GM and dealer has not been able to fix.

- North Miami, FL, USA

problem #149

Feb 142020

Silverado 1500

  • 38,000 miles
There is a recall for my vehicles brakes, I have attempted to have this serviced as my brakes completely went out on me while driving my children this morning, I spent hours on the phone trying to get de luz to understand that I cannot safely drive my vehicle on the road as my brakes do not work correctly.. I was told that they only help I could get was if I drove my truck 80 miles to the nearest dealer where I would probably end up stranded as they also would not cover any rental vehicle. Not to mention, after calling this authorized dealer directly, they had informed me that they would not be able to schedule my service for at least 3-4 weeks from now. This is unacceptable. I have a valid and verified recall for a safety hazard and my only option is to "drive it and try not to crash (with my children- and then figure out my own ride 80 miles back to my home and then be car-less for who knows how long??)

- Kailua Kona, HI, USA

problem #148

Jan 292020

Silverado 1500

  • 41,000 miles
Approaching intersection stop light, tried to applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor no brakes after several attempts. Was forced to use the emergency brake to stop but still had collision with another vehicle. After the dealership reviewed the brakes it was determined that the right front brake caliper mounting bolt was missing which allowed the caliper to rotate off of the rotor and clear the piston from the rotor surface and then the piston was forced out of the cylinder and loss of brake fluid resulted.

- Loves Park, IL, USA

problem #147

Dec 302019

Silverado 1500

  • 59,344 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving 45 mph, the brake pedal was hard and depressed to the floor without warning. The vehicle was towed to East syracuse Chevrolet 1 Chevy dr, East syracuse, NY 13057 (315) 437-3311 where diagnosed that the vacuum pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however the failure recurred. The manufacture was contacted who referred contact to another local dealer. The failure mileage was 59,344.

- Liver Pool, NY, USA

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