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Having issues with braking at slow speeds, specifically during backing up. When I took my truck into the dealer for routine oil change I had them look at the braking problem and was told my brake vacuum pump is going bad. I saw an article about this same issue being under investigation for possible recall and wanted to make sure my voice was heard.
Brake pedal becomes unresponsive and soft at times, and other times feels like the brakes are not releasing all the way making it pull left/right randomly and very hard to control. Occasionally the ABS activates while not moving/parked just by by holding brake pedal. Also found oil of some kind in brake fluid during routine flush. Vacuum pump makes quite a bit of noise.
I was coming off a hill and trying to brake before making a turn onto another road. The brake pedal would not depress, felt very hard and I was unable to stop the vehicle. I took the truck to a garage and was told it was a fault in the brake vacuum booster and master cylinder. I will attach the invoice for the parts. The truck is still getting fixed and do not have an invoice for labor yet.
While backing up from drive way tried braking to stop and truck continued to travel almost hitting a vehicle that was parked on the street. The next day before taking the truck to the dealer to have it inspected made a stop at the gas station and again the truck would not stop. Dealer diagnose bad vacuum pump and oil in brake booster and lines, all needed to be replaced costing over $1,300 dollars.
During stop and go traffic or repeated braking applications my truck loses braking power. Seems to be a vacuum issue. Almost had a collision in a parking deck.
- Jefferson, GA, USA
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I've noticed a big decrees in breaking performance in the past month doubling the distance it takes to completely stop and it's almost caused me to rear end a few people.
I was driving in rush hour traffic and I went to hit my brakes and the pedal was hard and the truck would not stop. I put my flashers on and went very slow to the next exit. I went to park the truck at the hotel I was staying at shortly after exiting highway and as I was in reverse backing into a parking spot again the truck had a hard brake pedal and would not stop. I didnt hit anything thank got but it scared me pretty good. I carpooled with a coworker for the rest of that week while we were out of town for work. I ended up driving the vehicle home about 3 hrs away Friday evening and had no problems with the brakes. I have not driven the truck much since this has happened and since I had seen many others have had the same problem. The truck goes into the dealer 11/27/18 and hopefully they will replace what needs replacing. I bought this truck 9/26/18 with 21,000 miles roughly and the truck now 25,773. The truck is a certified pre own vehicle if that matters.
Noticed failure of vehicle to stop. Lack of power assist braking at slow speeds. Brake pedal is rock hard with little to zero travel (1/4' at most). Vehicle will continue to move (regardless of pressure applied to brake pedal) for several feet. While this has occurred in both forward and reverse gears; the issue is consistently observed in reverse.
Just experienced brake failure while backing into parking space at low speed truck has just turned 40,000 miles. Brake pedal was hard to depress as if the ignition was turned off. Not the case engine was running and brakes were applied with extreme pressure and finally was able to stop vehicle before I bounced off of curb. I understand Chevrolet is aware of this and there is some class action law suits out there. A tsb has been issued but, from all the forums I have read this does not correct the problem. I will take into dealership as soon as possible if it don't kill me first. Help
I brought my 2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 to a local repair shop as my brakes were not functioning properly. Stopping required very forcefully depressing the brake pedal to stop. On November 7, 2018 the repair shop contacted the local Chevy service manager to determine if there was a recall on the vehicle given that the vehicle is a recent model with limited mileage. It was determined that master cylinder and brake booster were defective and needed to be replaced. After taking a lengthy drive the vehicle had same brake problems making it extremely difficult to brake going down a hill. The vehicle was taken back to the local auto repair on November 15th. Repair shop called local Chevy dealer and spoke with parts manager to see if there was a recall on recent model Chevy Silverado as they had a 2016 Silverado in there shop same day for same problem. Chevy dealer parts manager indicated there was not a current recall but they did notice an issue as they had sold 10 ABS pumps in just one week! the local repair shop replaced the ABS pump. The defective brake equipment placed my family at risk and cost me more than $900. Most importantly this defective brake equipment in the recent model Chevy Silverado is a significant safety issue. Had there been a need to stop quickly I feel confident I would not have been able to avoid a collision.
When pumping brakes to stop, on the second to third pump the pedal gets rock hard and vehicle very difficult to stop. Loss of vacuum pressure seems to be the issue. In the GM dealer now, telling me the vacuum booster defective
Sudden loss of brakes while slow speed maneuvers such as turning and parking. Brakes either become very hard to depress or depress to floor. Very dangerous! Chevrolet has a tsb out because it is a known issue but has yet to be recalled. Most likely due to the expense related to the repair.$1500. Please address. Please reference Chevrolet's technical service bulletin (pit5361B) for more information.
When traveling at low speeds after truck had been in use for 2.5 hours, brake pedal would suddenly become very hard to depress and brakes would not stop vehicle for approximately 5 feet. Condition present in both drive and reverse. Happened on 4 occasions, all after 2.5 hour trips. Mechanic has found defective brake vacuum pump and brake booster after researching the issue and finding out that this is a common problem.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 7 mph, the brakes pedal was depressed and failed to respond as the ABS warning light illuminated. As a result, the contact was still going 7 mph and allowed the vehicle to stop on its own. The contact turned the vehicle off and restated the vehicle to resume normal operation. The vehicle was taken to the dealer allen turner Chevrolet (4150 S ferdon blvd, crestview, fl 32536, (850) 398-4105) where it was diagnosed that the brake vacuum pump failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,000.
When trying to park the brake pedal seems to become very stiff and the vehicle doesn't want to stop. I have to use all my weight on the pedal to get my vehicle to stop. It seems to always happen a slow speeds. I have been able to duplicate the problem when parking in my drive way, a parking lot, and it happened during a 3 point turn.
My truck has been modififed by either a powerful entity or by the dealership itself at the direction of a powerful entity. Truck has so many problems. I bought from same dealership out of show room and trusted them. After accident, air bags did not deploy and I couldnt figure out why. See burn marks around edges of airbags along with conductive string sew into them. Also noticed extra conductors added along with extra insulator layer. Cigarette outlets all manipulated after replaced with higher output plugs. Also found air bag sensors which are discontinuted as they belong to trucks from 2007-2009. Frame is for a 1ton truck which has beengreased front to back. Axels are clearly older and are labeled for a CK2500 (1 tom) model drive shaft and many other components have markings throughout to establish path of least resistance to guide short of electricity to driver to shock me. Modles modfified to gain access to truck. I am lucky to be alive. You guys have to see this truck in person. Way too uch to list. Dealership had it long time to do repairs. When taken back to them to figure out hwy the loud shakes, the dealershp certified shop tech stated everything is perfectl normal. That wa S a lie.eewwdduuuuuuuuuuuuuefu
My truck is 3 years old I have 39,500 miles. The vacuum pump has went out and I lose the ability to brake at times luckily my hill assist prevented me from rolling down a hill. Second time happened was in heavy traffic was able to pull off side of road before I rear ended another vehicle. There are numerous reports online with this affecting 2014-2018 models. Took to dealership this is a $700 replacement charge.
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- Calhoun, GA, USA