Service Brakes Problems of Chevrolet C3500

The brakse on my 2001 silverado 3500 have been intermittent the past few years. Most of the time they work fine but today was the worst experience of all the rest. I pulled up to a stop light, pedestrians stepped into the cross walk, I stepped on the brakes and went right through the red light. Fortunately the pedestrians were able to jump out of the way as I coasted right through them. The brakes worked fine until I got home then I almost coasted into my garage door.

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When the consumer applied the brakes in wet weather they would grab. When a bump was hit the brakes would go out completely.

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While pulling into the driveway brakes and steering simultaneously failed. Emergency brake had to be used to stop the truck. This failure was caused by the steering shaft breaking. Dealership replaced steering shaft but the problem recurred within the next 15,000 miles while driving at 25-35 mph.

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When the was in reverse on an incline, the front tires locked up and the back tires failed to function, which made it difficult to steer. The brakes only lasted about 7-8 thousand miles. The brakes didn't perform very well and they locked up while driving down dirt roads.