Service Brakes Problems of Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - part 2

When accelerating, it started around 35 mph, I would be driving and it would feel like hitting a speed bump, even though there wasn't a speed bump. Over the past month, it has moved to about the 45 mph, and the rear wheels completely lock up for a second, cause the tires to "squeal" as if slamming on the brakes. It gives anyone in the vehicle a whiplash effect. Any loose items in the truck will go flying. It is a scary situation and I am worried it is going to cause damage to myself or my passengers or cause an accident. The term given to me by the dealer is "momentary rear wheel lock-up". They were very familiar with the issue, but since my VIN wasn't on the recall, they wouldn't do anything. This has happened numerous times, starting back in early March. The issue has escaladed and gotten worse. The latest date is noted below.

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High pressure fuel pump going bad and causes loss of power which is making my brake booster not getting enough vacuum causing me to loose braking. Common issue in these trucks and gm knows it.

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The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving in traffic on a main road at approximately 3 mph, while attempting to slow down, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to respond as needed. The contact pumped the brake pedal and the vehicle responded as needed. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the brake booster was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 19v645000 (service brakes, hydraulic); as a possible cause for the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 71,000.

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Sometimes when traveling higher speeds (55-70)and braking going downhill, a hard brake will come out of nowhere. Not enough lock up the brakes or anything but enough to scare the crap out of you!!! if it would happen to a elderly person or a less experienced driver, they could probably lose control or wrack. With the power train. . . Sometimes when accelerating(from a stop or low speed)it seems as though it gets stuck in gear or skips a gear. You won't have any power then bam. . . Almost cerps the back tires.

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Started truck lights came on and warnings popped up on 5/13/2025 service esc service trailer brake system engine power reduced abs light started truck lights came on and warnings popped up on 7/10/2025 service esc service trailer brake system engine power reduced abs light.

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Transmission is changing out very hard in each gear. On tonight while I was driving, I lost speed on the interstate and when I push the accelerator, it was like back wheels were locked up. I left it at the next exit gas station and came back and towed it home. Lucky I was able to put hazard lights on and get off the side of the road but it was very slow speed. Yes I have had it look at certified dealer under cheverolet. It was no warning light. I was going 65 and in a split second the rpm went up high and I was doing like 25. Once I finally made it to the gas station and got out the truck smell like a burning smell.

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Vacuum pump intermittent failure. Not always but during periods of traffic the brakes get stiff and I have a service brake assist notification come on. Then it goes away and all braking is functional and fine.

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Fire in firewall dash possibly brake control, battery and electrical fuse box.

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2022 chevy Silverado 1500 is unable recognize that it has been placed in park consistently, essentially trapping us in the vehicle until the "shift to park" error gets corrected. After shifting the vehicle into park and pressing the button to turn off the vehicle, an error comes up on the dash saying "shift to park". In order to clear this error and have the vehicle recognize that it is safely parked, we must turn the vehicle back on, put the vehicle in reverse or drive, and depress the gas pedal to move the vehicle slightly, shift the vehicle to park again, wait at least 30 seconds to a minute, and then finally press the button to turn off the vehicle. And we must repeat this anywhere from 3 to 15 times until the brakes safely engage to park the vehicle. I worry that the vehicle wont safely go into park and will roll away on its own. This is the same error that was reported for other gm models recently and is affecting the safety, reliability, usability, and longevity of this vehicle.

First my engine light came on and as I was in my way to the dealership I lost my brakes. It stayed at the shop for a week before I was contacted only for them to tell me that there was metal shaving in my engine oil and they recommend full replacement, meanwhile haven’t even made it to my brakes. Gm offered me 3k toward replacing the 13k+ engine. That’s so unacceptable!.

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Brake assist light comes on and then I have no brakes.

Metal shavings were found in my oil after the check engine light came on a day before I took it in. The day that I took it in my brakes limited the speed of my truck to 43 mph due brake malfunction. The dealership called and told me that they recommend engine replacement due to the metal shavings found in the oil. I can give more in depth info as I receive it but I just wanted to alert chevy that my vehicle is doing the same thing that the others are getting recalled for.

I am reporting a safety concern that I believe should be included in an existing or expanded recall for the Chevrolet silverado. The issue involves engine replacement due to metal shaving being found in oil & brake failure, which occurred on 05/01/2025 the problem with the brakes occurred while I was in heavy traffic in dallas, texas multiple times, resulted in multiple near-accident experiences that day. The truck has been diagnosed by a mechanic, at the chevy dealership and I believe this defect poses a serious safety risk and may be affecting other silverado vehicles outside the current recall scope. I have driven the vehicle to chevy and stayed in constant contact with the dealership, had diagnostics done, but the issue has not been resolved. Am requesting that the NHTSA investigate whether this issue warrants inclusion in the current recall or a new safety campaign. I have on had this vehicle less than 2 years and I put less than 70k miles on it. I purchased it from vandergriff Chevrolet in arlington, TX.

The contact called on behalf of his son who owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while his son was driving 20 mph, while depressing the brake pedal the brake pedal was very stiff. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact’s son was able to continue safely driving to the residence. The local dealer was not contacted, and the vehicle was not diagnosed. The contact who is a mechanic diagnosed the vehicle with vacuum pump failure. The contact repaired the vehicle. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 19v645000 (service brakes, hydraulic); as possible cause for the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000.

Last year the right parking brake was sticking and our service parking brake light kept coming on. We found out that it ate our back right brake so both needed to be replaced. That lasted less than a year. I brought it back to our local mechanic twice and they couldn't figure it out so they referred us to a dealership to run a diagnostic test (which I had to pay $108. 00 out of pocket for) I brought it in to the dealership on Friday (4-18-25) to find out that the brake control module needs to be replaced. I noticed that their is a recall for my exact vehicle but my VIN # is not included in the recall. I would like to be included in this recall. This is a very serious issue that deals with everyone's safety. I don't want to have to keep fixing this. I just want my vehicle fixed. Please help.

While driving going 40 mph a ‘brake system failure’ warning came on and brakes stopped working. Thankfully there were no cars ahead allowing me to continue until the car came to a stop. At that point I engaged the emergency brake and put the car in park and out of gear. I then had the truck towed to a chevy dealership. I still do not have a response to what the issue is.

Driving on highway leaving virginia going around 70 all of a sudden truck starts making clicking and clacking sound all warning signals came on dash truck slows down to 20-25 miles pulled off highway checked fluid levels returned back to highway could only drive 45-50 an hour to augusta GA upon inspection at dealership was told either the lifters and camshaft were bad no prior problems.

When going at low speeds like through a parking lot when I apply my brakes they get rock hard and do not want to stop. I can get it stopped but just barely. When going at normal driving speed 30mph plus they are fine and stop fine. I almost pulled into a car in a parking lot because I almost couldn't stop due to my brakes failing. This happens every time I go at low speeds 25mph and less.

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I have the l87 6. 2 liter v8 engine from general motors. I had sudden engine failure. Apparently the rods and bearings are bad. It is the same problem as the recall issued for 2021-2024 vehicles, exept for my truck is a year 2020. 1gcpyfel7lz342445.

GMC knows there is a problem with the vacuum pump assembly/belt kit and are refusing to recall it. The breaks are harder to press (see attachments) and the alarms are constantly dinging. My truck has less than one hundred and fifty miles and I bought it 12/07/2015, they have a special warrant on these vehicles but will not honor it. This is dangerous not to have the proper breaking power.

Pulling forward in my driveway and my breaks went stiff.

Driving on road at approximately 30 mph. All lights on dash came on and car braked suddenly immediately stopping the vehicle in the middle of traffic. Could not release the brake. Car was idling very rough during this time. Turned car off and back on. Brake released but still running very rough. Made it the short trip home. Truck to dealership via wrecker. Brake was again a problem getting on and off the wrecker.

Service brake assist light comes on and brakes a very hard to push. Brakes also make a weird sound when pushed down. I have to push really hard to hold the vehicle from moving.

-vacuum pump malfunction. Not available, has already been repaired. Found out after the fact there had been a recall on 2014-2018 vacuum pumps. Mine had not been included in the recall, yet here we are. -while pulling into a parking spot, as I was slowing down/braking the pedal went to the floor, truck accelerated went over a parking barrier, sidewalk and hit a tree. If I had not hit the tree, I would have driven into the side of the building into people doing cardio or if someone had been walking in front of me, I would have hit them. Seeing an orthopedist on June 10 for right hip and knee pain as leg was fully extended on impact. -quality GMC collision/service tested/drove the car and it didn't happen. Service ran diagnostics and it happened then. Highlighted in yellow on repair invoice. -quality GMC collision/service. Don't know if an adjuster looked at it or not. Quality did file a claim for it though. - there was no warning, indication, message, problem before this happened. My brakes were were working and then they weren't.

I experienced issues with braking including shuddering brakes. I took the vehicle to a repair shop who looked into any active recalls and there were none, I had the electronic brake control module recall completed in 2019. The shop replaced the front brakes and resurfaced the back which did not fix the issue. They then replaced the vacuum pump which did fix the issue I was responsible for all costs. I recently noticed my vehicle is covered under special coverage n182202780 through 2027 which covers the cost of the vacuum pump replacement. Chevy is refusing to reimburse for the costs because the work was not done at their dealership despite not having a recall that states that. I would like the issue addressed theough a formal recall and reimbursement of repair costs as chevy is obviously aware there is a safety issue related to braking due to failing components.

The brake vacuum pump on the 2014-2018 chevy silverado has intermittent failures causing reduced brakes, which is a major safety issue. Gm has this listed under a "special coverage warrenty" instead of a recall and wont fix this because the warrenty ended 6/24 or 150k miles(mine onpy has 125k). Luckily I didn't have any traffic infront of me and the street light had just turned red and the cross traffic hadn't started to move yet. When I contacted gm about this I talked to 3 different representatives 2 were the initial points of contact, the first stated I would be reimbursed due to this being a safety issue, the second said the first was talking about a "general warrenty". . . ? the third was a supposed " supervisor who was obviously reading from a script and chose his words very carefully when telling me that because the speciap coverage warrenty was up gm wasn't going to do anything about this which is a leagal way of saying their are ok with this known issue on their trucks out in the world. Probably because it'll be cheaper to have their lawyers fight a lawsuit than to pay for the parts and labor to have this known safety issue fixed.

When at red lights, or in traffic, when you release the brake pedal to inch farther, and re-apply the brakes they go straight to the floor and you have to basically stand up on the brake pedal to finally stop. The truck slides and makes noises as it comes to stop. I was told these trucks in 2014 have a bad issue with the vacuum pump for the brakes.

The brakes feel squishy and it is difficult to stop at low speeds. Yes it is available for inspection upon request. Safety being put at risk by not being able to stop in time possibly causing crash. The truck was taken to a mechanic who found a code stating low vacuum pressure on brake booster but they could not find a leak anywhere and cleared the code. It is unknown if the component has been inspected by the manufacturer. Yes there has been a warning light before. It is unknown when exactly this problem started.

We have had several issues with our vehicle from early ownership, such as, (1) signal light goes from very fast blinking to working. We have taken it to the dealership and are told they cannot duplicate the issue. It seems to correct itself when you turn off the truck and turn it back on. (2) the digital screen about the steering wheel where all all your gauges are have gone completely black. I took it to the dealership and was told that they had to keep the truck until they could duplicate the issue, but again, turning off and then turning it back on seemed to help. Sometimes it works on the first restart, and others it takes a few times and longer times between restarts. (3) onstar has stopped communicating with my vehicle about a year, year and half in. (4) google maps has never worked. (5) remote starts works sometimes. (6) auto-shut off works sometimes. (7) air conditioner started having issues last summer. We have to turn off and on the vehicle or rev up the engine so that it will kick in. This works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. (7) esc and traction control lights came on, the truck starts shaking, and brakes locked. Truck had to be towed to nearest dealership. The truck only had 12k miles when this happened. (8) around the same mileage, an injector had to be replaced. (9) now at 52k miles, we have the esc, traction control, and check engine light again. Truck is shaking, feels like the gears are slipping when you press on gas, and has white smoke coming from the mufflers. These issues have been report to both local dealership and gm corporate office. These issues have left us stranded 300 miles from home and has left us without air conditioner in 3-digit weather when we had our grandbaby with us.

The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. There was a message displayed that the vehicle may be stopped. The contact turned on the hazard lights, and the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard. The contact was able to stop the vehicle at the red light; however, the vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was not taken or towed to be diagnosed. On another occasion, the transmission failed, and the vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was not repaired after the most recent failure. The dealer was not made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 49,000.

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the message "service power steering" was displayed, and the steering wheel was difficult to turn in either direction. Additionally, the abs and stabili-trac warning lights remained illuminated. The cause of the failures were not yet determined. The local dealer was informed of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 114,800.

Service brake assist activated. Vacuum pump failure, there is no vacuum going to the brake booster from the vacuum pump mounted on the front of the engine block driven by belt pulley. Has code co299-00 brake booster large vacuum leak detected. Pump is not creating vacuum no vacuum going to booster for power brakes. This is a recall.

Was driving my 2019 silverado home and a warning light came on said service esc and something about speed is set to 45mph max. Then the truck would not go. I pulled over and tried to figure out what was going on. Luckly I was able to make it home got out my code reader and check the codes they were p25a2 and c053d. I have looked up these codes I see them all over the internet other people are having them as well. I checked for recalls I dont see any for this issue. Are there any fix for this issue?.

While tapping brakes to park in tight spaces or inching up in a drive thru, the brake pedal shudders and gets stiff. It's extremely hard to stop the truck.

On many occasions, at low speeds approx 5 mph. The brake booster fails and braking is hard and abs kicks in.