Table 1 shows one common parking brake related problems of the 2001 Chevrolet 1500.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Parking Brake problems |
The parking brake is worn off. It did not pass the state inspection and now it will cost me about $350 dollars to get something fix that gm should recall. Not being able to use the parking brake could of being very dangerous to my family in case needed. Thank god this did not happen. Please report this to gm and have them do something. Thanks.
Parking brake failure. Gm put out recall for manual transmission vehicles but not auto trans. Truck would not pass state inspection. Took to dealer and paid to have it fixed.
Parking brake failure on 2001 Chevrolet 1500 series pickup. Consumer reports magazine published a safety alert for this same problem stating that 1999-2005 models are at danger because of friction that could make the parking brake ineffective. Our understanding is a recall has been issued for the manual transmissions, but not for the automatic transmissions which is what we have. We took one of the trucks from our business fleet (comprised of 15-20 Chevrolet 1500 series pickup trucks) to be inspected today and it failed because of this parking brake failure. There was another gentleman at the inspection place with a Chevrolet 1500 truck while we were there, and his truck failed for the parking brake also. We contacted moritz Chevrolet, a local dealership, and they stated that they see large #s of vehicles come in for this same problem. The auto inspection establishment said they same thing - they fail countless numbers of 1999-2005 Chevrolet 1500 pickup trucks for parking brake failure. It is going to cost us $200 to have this repaired. Chevrolet clearly knows that there is a problem, and a recall needs to be issued at once. This is a safety hazard.
Parking brake is not holding and we have used it maybe 2 or 3 times. Abs and brake lights stay on all the time. We have a 2001 Chevrolet silverado 1500. I have seen many complaints about this on the iternet. Can you not do something about these complaints.
Parking brakes on a 2001 Chevrolet silverado. I have 42000 miles and this is the second time the parking brakes wore out prematurally. Have never been abused and use normally. The first time around at 21000 miles. Parking brakes linning are worn beyond recommended thickness and cannot hold the vehicle. First time I replaced the linnings and will again have to place the linings. Never told about premature lining failure when I purchased the first set. I don't belive parking brake lining should wear out at 20000 miles.
Chevrolet has a defective clip that is on thier emergency brake system and they know this but are not doing a recall to try and solve this problem. There is a technical service bulletin out on this problem but they still are not accepting fault and are making the consumer pay for thier mistake. After repeated phone calls to them I did get them to agree to pay for half of the fix on my 1/2 ton pick-up. My question is why is nothing being done about this problem? it is not so much the money I had to put out of pocket but the fact they know there is a problem on all of thier trucks made after 1999.
Emergency (parking) brakes has never worked on my vehicle. When new I noted that it would go completely to the floor when engaged but assumed that it was simply different than past emergency brakes. However, I discovered long ago that, when engaged on a hill it simply had no effect! given that I have an automatic transmission I do not bother to engage it but, if ever needed in an emergency situation it would be completely useless. It is clearly a faulty design. Chevrolet should have done something about it for all owners, not just those with manual transmissions. .
My 2001 Chevrolet c1500 silverado is two years old and due it's first state inspection. The truck would not pass because the emergency brake would not stop the truck, even sitting still at idle. The emergency brake has never been used, but both emergency brake shoes were worn out and one rotor/drum was ruined.
Parking brake does not hold. About a year to 18 months after the vehicles (2001 z71 cheverlet and 2002 surbuban) the park brake fails to hold. As time went on, the parking brake pedel needed to be depressed lower and lower until the brake would no longer hold the vehicle.