This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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Driving my car today and had a huge issue with my brakes. When backing out of parking space and noticed someone walking behind me and hit the brakes, it was like they were stuck. After a couple of seconds they finally gave and stopped, so I just thought maybe it was a fluke. This happened while I was 2 hours away from home. Then on drive back home, I got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic because of an accident on the interstate. Traffic came to a complete stop, so I hit my brakes and same thing, they were stuck (would not move). After about 3 seconds of pushing them as hard as I could, they finally gave and just barely missed hitting the car in front of me. I finally searched the internet to see if anyone else had experienced this problem. I was very shocked to see this is a known problem! this is a huge security risk! I was almost in 2 separate accidents today because of a known problem! shouldn't someone be notifying Tahoe owners of this issue to keep the public safe?
I was driving straight in the parking lot at a slow speed (leas rhan 5 miles) preparing to stop for people crossing. The brake did not work and the car kept rolling almost hitting a person. I pulled into a spot towards the end of the parking lot and the brakes continued to not work even when pressing with 2 feet. Per Chevy dealarship I have to pay to have the brake vacuum pump fixed. Minimal explanation needed when I brought my car in, service guy knew exactly what I was talking about without asking any questions.
Brake pump failed and needed to be replaced. GM knows of this problem and should do something about it before lives are lost, people are injured or property is damaged (from this point forward).
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. While driving 25 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the precaution hydraulic system warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact was able to park the vehicle in a parking lot. The vehicle was taken to autonation Chevrolet doral (located at 1201 nw 89th ct, suite a, miami, fl 33172, (786) 221-5786) where the failure was associated with NHTSA campaign number: 18V578000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 36,696.
- Miami, FL, USA
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Vacuum pump failed on freeway at low speed. Chevrolet has acknowledged there is a problem but only offers replacement for under 70,000 miles. I am at 80,000 miles and had to pay $800 on my vacation trip.
While backing up the vehicle into a parking lot noticed the breaks where not properly functioning and took a lot of effort and pumping to stop, continued to notice a great effort and distance to stop and breaks not properly functioning due to a faulty break pump provided by manufacturer's error that could potentially cause complete lost of breaks. Took the vehicle for a diagnosis and had to replace the break pump for $526.
During slow movement, such as approaching a stop sign in traffic, the brake pedal will get hard and there will be no brakes. This has only occured during slow movement so far, but I'm now concerned that it could happen at highway speed. The dealer offered a repair for $691 but this is a manufactureres defect that should be under recall.
I want start by saying I am a us veteran and 911 first responder, I have a Chevy Tahoe ltz 2015 I was going down a hill in yonkers, New York went my brakes gave out I pumped for three times until used my emergency brake pedal which I am not supposed to use at all its fairly new Tahoe ltz 2015, the GM sent me a letter no recall I think its serious enough for a recall please recall this Tahoe ltz for vaccum brakes this a very serious matter with this Tahoe ltz 2015 the GM knows about the problem its serious ok. I sent my Tahoe ltz 2015 on Friday back to dealership in new rochelle Chevrolet in a flatbed tow truck I would not drive it with a vacuum system problem brakes. They are saying if my mileage is above 80,000 that I have too pay to get it repaired I said no way its manufacture problem they need too fix it. Please get in touch with (xxxx) or GM at 1-800-222-1020 they don't want fix unless I pay ok I will get the media involved if they don't fix this problem with these vacuum system /brakes. Thank you for your help. Us veteran, 911 first responder parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that the brakes failed while pulling into a parking lot. The vehicle would not stop and the brake pedal nearly went to the floorboard before the vehicle finally stopped. The brake warning indicator was illuminated. The contact called neilson Chevrolet (1 us-46, dover, NJ 07801, (973) 366-1243) and was informed that diagnostic testing was needed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired; however, the dealer stated that a brake vacuum was needed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 81,000.
Brakes failed because of faulty vacuum pump. Pulling a trailer at the time, lucky to be alive. Please do something about this before more are injured or killed.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. While driving 10 mph and pulling a camper, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle when the brake pedal was depressed. The contact had to place both feet on the brake pedal and also applied the camper brake. The vehicle finally stopped after applying extreme pressure to the vehicle and camper brakes. In addition, the service brake assist warning indicator illuminated. The contact visited Colorado springs Chevrolet (670 automotive dr, Colorado springs, co 80905, (719) 387-1072) where it was diagnosed that a new vacuum pump was needed. The contact bought the pump and installed it themselves. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000. The VIN was unknown.
While going at slow speeds, the brake pedal becomes stiff and locks up resulting in the brakes not working at all. This has caused me to almost hit multiple people in heavy traffic, parking lots, and drive through restaurant lines as well as almost causing me to roll through red lights into oncoming traffic. This has happened randomly over the past year (2018) and has recently became more common.
I initially noticed difficulty with braking while backing out of a parking space at a very low rate of speed. The brake pedal became hard and the vehicle continued to roll backward, with full weight on the brake pedal. Approximately one month later I was in bumper-to-bumper, stop-and-go traffic and the brake pedal again hard and the vehicle continued to roll forward. This issue did not occur during normal driving conditions, only at low rates of speed and with frequent, repetive stopping. I took the vehicle to a local Chevrolet service department and they were unable to replicate the issue or identify the problem with diagnostic equipment. I was told by the service manager the problem was likely due to 'over use' of the brakes and the brake is designed to be 'pumped' rather than compressed for more than a few seconds. I took the vehehicle to a second Chevrolet dealership. The service department replaced the brake booster vacuum pump and this seems have resolved the issue. I was unable to drive my vehicle for approximately 2 months due to fear the brakes would fail. The vehicle has 54,000 miles and was purchased new from a dealership.
Having issues with braking. Occasionally at high speeds, but more often during lower speeds. The brake pedal becomes very hard to depress and meanwhile the vehicle is still moving, not allowing you to stop. Happens also going in reverse. Had a collision, hit the rear end of another vehicle yesterday morning during rush hour, 3/18/2019. I was slowing down to 15 mph, due to a red light, but brake pedal would not brake, becoming very stiff, making it impossible to brake, and stopped due to the collision. Luckily no one was hurt. Front body severe damage to my Tahoe. Police report has been filed. We bought this Tahoe in fall of 2017, and February 2017, took into the dealership due to the braking issues, nothing was found or done to the brake system. Tahoe is back at dealership as of today, and nothing has been found, according to Chevy techs
Brakes failed while backing out of driveway. Brakes were hard and would not stop vehicle. Chevrolet's service bulletin indicated the vacuum pump failure will cause the master cylinder and another line to be considered "contaminated" causing them to need to be replaced. Clearly upon further investigation this is a wide spread problem.
The 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe has hard brake pedals when moving in low speeds. The need for increased effort to depress the brake pedal has high occurrences in stop-and-go traffic and high occurrences of failures at lower speeds. Numerous attempts at the GMC service department in dallas, ga failed to report issues with the breaks. After researching this issue on the internet, there are numerous lawsuits regarding this issue and GM issued a series of service bulletins regarding the break problems. According to the service bulletins, fluid may be found in the brake booster and/or the booster vacuum line during a normal diagnostic.
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- Franklin, TN, USA