2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND THERE WAS EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE, AND A SQUEALING SOUND. DEALER REPLACED REAR DRUMS/ SHOES AND PADS. STATED THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, PRESSED PARKING BRAKE AND BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. *AKTHE CONSUMER CHECKED SEVERAL OTHER GM TRUCKS AND FOUND THAT SOME OF THEIR PARKING BRAKES ALSO GO TO THE FLOOR, THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT WHEN ADJUSTMENT IS NEEDED THE ADJUSTMENT RODS WILL HAVE NO ADJUSTMENT LEFT, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE WRONG CABLE LENGTH WAS USED EITHER FRONT OR REAR. *NLM

TIRES SIZE P245R7516 THAT COMES WITH VEHICLE IS NOT AN APPROPIATE TIRE FOR THIS VEHICLE . APPROPRIATE TIRE SIZE IS LT245R7516. ALSO, OTHER TIRES ARE TOO SMALL FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND GMC FAILED TO PUT APPROPIATE TIRES ON VEHICLE. CONTACTED GMC, THEY TOOK COMPLAINT, AND STATED IT WAS A SALES PROBLEM.*AK

VAN WON'T RUN, I HAVE TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEY CANNOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. HAD TO PUSH BRAKES DOWN TWICE BEFORE VEHICLE STOPS. ALSO, BRAKES DONOT WORK GOOD ON DRY PAVEMENT. *AK

3 TIMES IN SAME APPLIED BRAKES HARD TO STOP, BRAKE PEDAL SOFT, TRUCK DID NOT STOP VERY FAST. ON THE 3RD TIME, I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE TRUCK SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IN TIME BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE. HAVE TO PUSH EXTREMELY HARD ON PEDAL, BUT TRUCK STILL DOES NOT STOP FAST ENOUGH. ROADS WERE DRY. I FEEL THE ABS BRAKES DO NOT STOP FAST ENOUGH IN AN EMERGENCY STOP.*AK

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES NOTICED PEDAL TRAVELING TO FLOORBOARD. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. WHEN TRYING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN VEHICE LOST BRAKING POWER, VEHICLE WENT INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS TO PUSH DOWN ON BRAKES HARD BEFORE VEHICLE WILL STOP. CONSUMER HAS ALMOST RAN A STOP SIGN. *AK