general problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - part 2

The brakes on my 2004 Silverado 1500 4 x 4 are terrible. Took truck to dealership while truck was still under warranty. Replaced rear rotors. Brakes were still bad. Took truck back to dealership, was told everything was fine. Brakes still bad. Service manager drove my truck and a different truck a couple of years older to compare them. Acknowledged brakes were not near as good on my truck. They checked truck again and could not find anything wrong. Brake pedal is very spongy and when I need to make an emergency stop, I stand on the brake pedal and wait for the truck to come to a stop. There has to be a common problem. I have heard that I am not the only person with this problem. This needs fixed before someone gets hurt or worse.

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that he had issues with his braking system. When he began to drive and attempted to depress the brake pedal at approximately 5-10 mph, the brakes would resist. He could hear the abs motor running, but the brakes would not apply at all. In addition, the rpm would also rev and the vehicle would continue to move. Unless the contact removed his foot from the brake pedal and depressed the pedal again slowly, the brakes would not activate. On one occasion, the vehicle drove into a snow bank before the vehicle would stop. He was also involved in three other crashes because of the brakes. He took the vehicle to the dealer over ten times and they attempted to correct the failure approximately 3-4 times. The dealer changed the front abs hub, but the remedy would only correct the issue for approximately 1-2 weeks. The current mileage was approximately 80,360 and failure mileage was approximately 9,000. Updated 7/17/09. Updated 07/20/jb.