2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Brakes

WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON A DOWNHILL GRADE FOR EXAMPLE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE BRAKES SOMETIMES FAIL BY REQUIRING EXTREME FOOT PRESSURE TO STOP AND REQUIRING EXTRA BRAKING DISTANCE. IT'S HAPPENED ABOUT 20 TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND IT IS SO SPORADIC AND UNEXPECTED THAT IT SCARES YOU TO DEATH WHEN IT DOES. IT ALSO HAPPENS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHEN THE TRUCK IS SLOWLY CREEPING DOWN A LIGHT GRADE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE REVERSING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER FOR IT TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHESROWN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (1701 COLUMBUS PIKE, DELAWARE, OH 43015, (740) 363-1175) WHERE IT WAS TEST DRIVEN. THE DEALER DUPLICATED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL PROCESS FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V761000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SERVICE BRAKES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000. *DL 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).

VEHICLE BRAKES FAIL WHEN IN REVERSE AND NEAR OTHER VEHICLES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT KURTIS CHEVROLET MOREHEAD CITY NC, INFORMED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE BUT THAT NOT ENOUGH PATRON HAVE COMPLAINED TO SUPPORT A RECALL. THIS SAFETY ISSUE OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE OR FORWARD IN TRAFFIC.

BRAKES STOPPED WORKING OR RATHER WERE VERY HARD TO APPLY. THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN SLOW TRAFFIC AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP. DEALER SAYS THE VACUUM ASSIST WENT BAD. I

THIS HAPPENS WHEN TRYING TO STOP.BRAKE VACUUM PUMP LEAKS AND FILLS BRAKE BOOSTER WITH ENGINE OIL REDUCING VACUUM RESIVORE MAKING BRAKE PEDEL VERY HARD.WIL NOT STOP! I HAVE ALL PARTS AND VACUUM BOOSTER STILL FULL OF ENGINE OIL.

BRAKE VACUUM PUMP HAS DETERIORATED CAUSING INCREASED BRAKING EFFORT AND LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES AT SLOWER SPEEDS. VACUUM PUMP WAS REPLACED ON JANUARY 18, 2019, BUT WAS NOT COVERED BY A RECALL DESPITE NUMEROUS CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT I STARTED TO PUSH MY BRAKE PEDAL AND I NOTICED IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP WITHOUT CRASHING I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF. I CHECKED TO SEE IF I HAVE FLUID IN MY BRAKES BOOSTER AND IT WAS FULL. I GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK AND STARTED IT UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. A FEW MINUTES LATER MY ABS LIGHT AND STABLE TRAC LIGHT CAME ON. WE GOT THE TRUCK TO MY BUDDY SHOP AND HE WHEN ONLINE TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT VACUUM PUMP AND SEEN ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE VACUUM PUMP. I CALLED CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ASK THEM WHAT WE COULD DO. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE TRUCK IN AND I COULD PAY FULL PRICE TO HAVE EVERYTHING FIXED AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME A RIDE TO PICK UP A RENTAL CAR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE.

FOR THE 3RD TIME IS LESS THAN 3 WEEKS, I'VE HAD POWER BRAKING COMPLETELY FAIL AT LOW SPEEDS WHICH HAS NEARLY LED TO RUNNING INTO AN OBJECT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE (USUALLY ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE, MY HOME, OR SOMETHING ELSE NEARBY WHEN PARKING). I JUST NOTICED ON SEVERAL FORUMS THAT THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED, AND NOW I'M HEADING TO THE DEALERSHIP TO PAY BETWEEN $600-1200 FOR REPAIRS ON MY 2014 VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 42K MILES.

POWER BRAKES FAIL AT LOW SPEED. PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP.

TAKATA RECALL WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN THE ENGINE SWITCHES TO V4 I LOOSE BRAKING POWER AND HAVE ALMOST REAR-ENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO SINCE I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS IT HAS ALSO CAUSED ME TO ALMOST DRIVE OFF THE ROAD DOWN A MOUNTAIN. WHILE BACKING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY WHICH IS ALSO A HILL I HAVE LOST BRAKING ABILITY WHICH HAS CAUSE ME TO ROLL DOWN BACKWARDS ALMOST HITTING MY HOUSE AND ALMOST GOING OFF OF A CLIFF. I HAVE CALLED AND HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS SPENDING $120.00 FOR AN INSPECTION WITH THEM TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH MY BRAKES. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND IT SHOULD BE HANDLED BY A FULL RECALL DUE TO IT BEING A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD THAT COULD COST ME AND OTHERS OUR LIVES. PLEASE PUSH GM TO MAKE THIS A NATIONAL RECALL AND MAKE THEM PUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLES LIVES AHEAD OF MAKING PROFIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY TRUCK HAS HAD 3 INSTANCES OF THE BRAKES NOT WORKING CORRECTLY IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. EACH TIME MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO PRESS DOWN AND MY TRUCK DID NOT STOP IN THE MANNER IT SHOULD HAVE. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IT WAS AFTER STOPPING AND PUTTING THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE TO PARK IT. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND WOULDN'T GO DOWN THE WAY IT SHOULD. AFTER EACH INCIDENT AND PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE THE SAME HARD PEDAL PREVENTED THE BRAKES FROM WORKING CORRECTLY GOING FORWARD. AFTER STOPPING, TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. I FOUND A BULLETIN ONLINE THAT GENERAL MOTORS PUT OUT WHERE A MECHANIC INSPECTION SHOULD BE PERFORMED TO CHECK IF ANY OIL WAS IN THE BRAKE VACUUM LINE LEADING INTO THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER WITH THE OIL STEMMING FROM THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP. UPON INSPECTION THERE WAS NO OIL FOUND AND MY MECHANIC PERFORMED AN OVERNIGHT PRESSURE TEST ON THE VACUUM PUMP ITSELF AND THE FOLLOWING DAY FOUND THERE WAS NO VACUUM LEAK DETECTED. THIS TEST WAS PERFORMED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AFTER MY SECOND INCIDENT. MY 3RD INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS PAST FRIDAY 12/21/2018. MY TRUCK DID NOT STOP THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND I WOUND UP HAVING MY TRUCK DRIVE INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE AS MY BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN GOT REALLY HARD AND MY BRAKES FAILED. I AM VERY CONCERNED NOW THAT THERE IS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW THAT DEVELOPED FROM A CASE OF POOR QUALITY MATERIALS USED IN THE MAKING OF THE PARTS OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. MY TRUCK IS RARELY USED IN A ROUGH OR CARELESS MANNER, RARELY PERFORMS TOWING AND HAS 88,000 MILES ON IT. A RECALL IS WAY OVERDUE REGARDING THE BRAKING SITUATION.

AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE BRAKING AFTER 2-4 PUMPS THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND I NEED TO USE EXTRA FORCE TO APPLY BRAKES. HAS HAPPENED WHILE BOARDING A FERRY DUE TO PRESSING THE BRAKE CONTINUOUSLY TO AVOID GOING TO FAST WHILE PARKING ON BOARD,AND DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IF THE GAS PEDAL WASN'T USED TO RESET VACUUM PRESSURE.

WHEN 'FEATHERING' MY BRAKES WHENEVER I'M IN A SMALL AREA (PARKING LOT, FITTING INTO A SPACE, MY BRAKES GRIND WHILE PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO ROLL ANOTHER FOOT OR SO WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN AT A STOP SIGN/RED LIGHT IF I DISENGAGE THE BRAKE TO MOVE FORWARD A BIT AND THEN TRY TO STOP. THIS HAPPENS WITH THE TRUCK IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. IT'S HAPPENED IN BOTH PARKING LOTS, MY DRIVEWAY, AND OFF RAMPS FROM A HIGHWAY.

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON THE 101, IN CALABASAS CA. AS I TRIED TO BRAKE THE PEDAL GOT VERY HARD. EVERY TIME I BRAKED IT WAS TAKING LONGER TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I'M TRAVELING TO MEXICO WITH MY FAMILY. I WILL TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN SIMI VALLEY, CA. I CONSIDER THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION OF ALL THE OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ALL OCCUPANTS AND OTHER DRIVERS WHO ARE NEXT TO THEM. I HOPE YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION MY CONCERN.

AFTER DRIVING FOR LONG PERIODS, THE POWER BRAKES BECOME INOPERATIVE WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY. THIS FIRST HAPPENED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. I WAS PUZZLED. IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL NOW. IT IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR IN A PARKING LOT IF YOU ARE ON AND OFF THE BREAKS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE BREAK PETAL WILL GET HARD AND THE BREAKS GO OUT. IVE BROUGHT THIS UP TO CHEVROLET CORPORATE AND THEY ARE ALREADY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFTEY CONCERN AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON ANY STREET SURFACE AND I APPLY THE BREAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD, CAUSING INCREASED BRAKING EFFORT AND LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES. LOCAL DEALERSHIP DETERMINED IT WAS THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP.

WHEN TRAFFIC IS STOP AND GO I LOSE THE POWER BREAKS AND HAVE TO PUSE EXTRA HARD TO STOP TRUCK

APPLYING THE BRAKES REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED A DAMAGED/FAULTY VACUUM PUMP AS THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. THIS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER DRIVER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP ON A CITY STREET IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA AT A RED LIGHT.

THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING SLOWLY IN TRAFFIC RAMAPO VALLEY ROAD (AKA RT 202) IN OAKLAND NJ WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, I TRIED TWICE BEFORE STEPPING ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AT THE SAME TIME I STEPPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BUT MY VEHICLE HAS A DENT IN THE FRONT BUMPER FROM THE TOW HITCH ON THE CAR I HIT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THE SCENE. THE POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND MOVED MY TRUCK CONFIRMING THERE WAS A BRAKE FAILURE. THE POLICE OFFICER MOVED MY TRUCK TO A DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE ROAD AND A MESSAGE REGARDING A BRAKE ASSIST FAILURE DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. NO INDICATION WAS DISPLAYED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE POLICE OFFICER DECLARED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND HAD IT TOWED AND IMPOUNDED. AFTER GETTING A VEHICLE RELEASE MY TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LITTLE FALLS NJ WHERE THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR CONFIRMED THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP FAILED. I WAS CONTACTED BY GM AND GAVE THEM INFORMATION REGARDING THE ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR INFORMED ME GM INVESTIGATORS WERE GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INSPECT THE FAILURE. I FOUND A GM SERVICE BULLETIN DATED JUNE 2016, BULLETIN NUMBER PIT5361B DESCRIBING THIS FAILURE. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET GM TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES SINCE THE TRUCK IS LESS THAN 5 YEAR OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 100000 MILE ON IT, IT HAS ABOUT 45000 MILES ON IT. THIS PART IS NOT A PART THAT IS EXPECTED TO WEAR OF INSPECTED DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE.

MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AS I WAS COMING TO YIELD BECAUSE OF SLOW TRAFFIC IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO BRAKE I WAS HAVING DIFFICULT TIME BRAKING I WOULD HAVE TO PRESS BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR IT TO COME TO A VERY SLOW AND LONG DISTANT STOP I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO GET MY TRUCK TOWED IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME MY WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER IT SO I HAD TO PAY IT ENDED BEING A BRAKE HOSE THAT BUSTED I PAYED ABOUT $850 AND I HAVE THE RECEIPT FOR IT FROM THE DEALERSHIP I FELT VERY SCARED THIS SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS HAD TO GET A RENTAL THAT I PAYED FOR WHILE I WAITED FOR MY TRUCK TO GET REPAIRED .

I WAS TRAVELLING AT ROUGHLY 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED AND UNEXPECTED ROAD CREW I APPLIED MY BRAKES FIRMLY AND SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND CHANGED LANES TO AVOID THE HAZARD.. ALMOST INSTANTLY I WAS CUTOFF AT THE SLOWER SPEED AND NEEDED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AGAIN, THIS TIME THE PEDAL WAS FIRM AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT REACT. I AVOIDED THE COLLISION BY SWERVING INTO THE NEXT LANE. THE PEDAL HAD NO AFFECT ON STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN THIS SITUATION.

BRAKES ARE FAILING AT LOW SPEEDS. FROM OTHER REPORTS IT SEEMS TO BE THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP. WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, I NEARLY REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND ONLY THE CURB ACROSS THE STREET STOPPED THE VEHICLE.

AT 61K MILES, WHEN BACKING UP SLOWLY, GENERALLY INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE BRAKES FREEZE. ONLY AFTER PUMPING THEM OR PUTTING THE TRUCK IN PARK, DO THE BRAKES COMPRESS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEASE 4 TIMES IN THE PASSED 2 WEEKS.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED, MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. AFTER USING A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT EXCEEDED THE DISTANCE AT WHICH I WAS TRYING TO STOP WITHIN. THANKFULLY A COLLISION DID NOT OCCUR AND THERE WAS NO HARM TO ANYONE.