Brake Disc Pads problems of the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

When driving at low speeds the vehicle sometimes continues to roll even though the brakes are fully pushed. This seems to happen intermittently and is noticeable when pulling into the garage. The brake pads were recently evaluated during a routine service at a gm dealership.

When stopping vehicle the break pedal has been vibrating and going to the floor for a few days. This usually resolves after a few minutes. However today the break pedal vibrated and went to the floor and has not come back up. This is not allowing the truck to stop in reverse or forward motion. When put in reverse and then pressure applied to break the pedal appears to stay on the floor of truck. When placed in drive the pedal will have some pressure behind it but then will abruptly go to floor and not allow truck to stop. This occurred before the last break recall on this truck. Recall was completed and then a few months later the same issue has occurred. There is adequate break fluid in reservoir and does not appear to be leaking. Break pads are in good condition. This seems to be either an internal computer issue or and issue with the break pedal itself. This happened while pulling into a parking spot at a slow rate of speed.

Took my truck in for the recall on brakes. Dealer performed the recall service. Brakes still exhibit problems. Brakes become mushy at low speed after applying brakes gently, then moving forward slightly at low speed brakes seem to collapse and exhibit a low grumbling noise. Pads and rotors are good, so not the issue. It leaves me wondering if recall was done or done correctly.

Brakes fail to stop at slow speeds ( trying to park or in a drive thru) despite pushing brakes pedal to floor, brake pads are fine started at 34,000 miles now have 52,000 has happened randomly. Chevy states nothing wrong with brakes. However hitting the car in front of me says differently because it wouldn't come to stop lucky was barely moving. Huge safety issue not being resolved.

From the day of purchase the brakes never seemed to be adequate. You would have to push harder on the brakes than normal to make the truck stop. During routine service the dealership reported the brakes, drivers side rear were almost metal to metal and the rear passenger side was slightly better. The front brakes were 2/3 worn and all of the pads needed to be replaced. This truck is leased and has only 32000 miles on it therefore shouldn't need to be replacing brakes at such a low mileage. Per the dealership it is our responsibility to pay for the repairs as brakes fall under the normal wear and tear of a vehicle. Again, we feel that with only 32000 miles brakes shouldn't have to be replaced and should be the responsibility of gm to rectify this problem. This is the 4th new gm truck that I've owned or leased and have never had any issues before with brakes.

The first set of brake pads were gm replacement, they did not stop the truck as well as the original. So I replaced the pads with raybestos brake pads, still not satisfied with the stopping distance. Again I went with napa ceramic pads they caused the breaks to squeal when the brakes were applied. Now my mechanic has replaced them with o relly name pads and the stopping distance is still increasing. The other problem was around 58,000 miles my truck began shifting hard and jerking. When I took it to deacon jones Chevrolet in smithfield nc, they replaced the torque converter at no charge. Now at 63,000 miles its doing the same thing. Gm states even if they replaced the part the warranty only covers to 60,000. Miles. When asked about the part warranty same response 60,000 miles. Checking with several mechanics in the area and on line both incidences seems to be a reoccurring problem for people who own trucks of this period. Please check into this.

I believe Chevrolet 1500 series trucks are not manufactured with brakes that stop the vehicle soon enough. I have a problem when I have driven my truck for a while, long enough that the brake system gets pretty warm, or down hills,,( not steep hills). The brakes do not not brake very well, along with making a grinding - rumbling noise from the front of the vehicle. It also feels like like the brakes are metal on metal. I have asked the dealership to check into it, and the say, nothing wrong, brakes have lots of brake pad left. When I ask them if they have heard of any issues regarding brake fade, and noise, they say no. Last year gm came up with a front brake upgrade kit in their parts department, which is a 6 piston calliper and upgraded pads for the truck, but it costs $4000. On the 2019, they have added this upgrade kit as an option when you build and price a new truck. That tells me that that they know there is an issue with their trucks, but they won't admit it.