2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY CAUSING THE STOPPING DISTANCE TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE. AS A RESULT I NARROWLY MISSED STRIKING OTHER VEHICLES ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE AVERAGE DRIVING SPEED WAS UNDER APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. IN ORDER FOR THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE PEDAL NEEDS TO BE DEPRESSED WITH MAXIMUM PRESSURE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. A NOISE CAN ALSO BE HEARD WHICH I BELIEVED IS THE ABS. BRAKE FLUID LEVEL IS NOT LOW AND NO OBVIOUS BREAK LINE LEAKS WERE DETECTED. BRAKES APPAEAR TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY AND DRIVING SPEEDS.

I HAD JUST GOTTEN HOME AFTER VISITING MY PARENTS WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES (1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES) AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AND I HAD NO ISSUES ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY BRAKES. THE DRIVE WAS MOSTLY ALL HIGHWAY WITH AN AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT OF 65 AND 75 MPH. I WENT TO PARK MY TRUCK AT MY HOUSE IN WHICH I BACK INTO MY PARKING SPOT AT HOME. WHEN I WENT TO STOP, MY TRUCK'S BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK INTO THE SPOT, THAT IS WHEN I WENT TO GO BREAK, THE BRAKES NEEDED MORE FORCE APPLIED TO THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I THEN PUT MY TRUCK INTO DRIVE TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE OR ALL THE TIME. I DROVE IT A FEW FEET FORWARDS AND BACK A FEW TIMES AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. GENERAL MOTORS HAS ISSUED A DOCUMENT (PIT5361D) REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. A NEW VACUUM PUMP WAS INSTALLED BY THE DEALER WHICH RESOLVED THE ISSUE BUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED UNEXPECTEDLY. REAR DEFOGGER ENABLED. NOTED A BURNING SMELL IN REAR OF TRUCK WHEN IT HAPPENED. TRUCK HAS REAR POWER SLIDE WINDOW. DRIVER SIDE PANEL WAS THE PIECE THAT SHATTERED. TRUCK WAS PARKED BUT HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES. TEMPERATURE IN MID 20S

BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT TODAY AT LOW SPEED (LESS THAN 5 MPH) THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AS A BOARD AND WOULD NOT BUDGE WHEN PRESSED AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. MY TRUCK ROLLED BACK INTO A CLUSTER OF BUSHES AND FINALLY STOPPED. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD AND DANGEROUS ISSUE. A RECALL NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ASAP! ALL OF MY INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A FAULTY VACCUUM THAT CONTROLS THE BREAKS THAT FAILS AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AND VERY CLOSE CALLS. GM NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.

AT SLOW SPEEDS MY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING, I NOTICE IT MOST WHEN TRYING TO PARK. IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES BUT NOT ALWAYS.

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.

THERE WAS A HISSING SOUND AND SMOKE IN THE AREA OF THE REAR POWER SLIDING WINDOW, I HAD READ ABOUT THIS CONCERN ONLINE AND WAS ABLE TO SHUT MY REAR DEFROSTER OFF BEFORE IT BLEW OUT THE BACK WINDOW BUT NOT EVERYONE IS THAT LUCKY. GM HAS A BULLETIN ABOUT A SMALL WATER LEAK IN THE SAME AREA BUT DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERING. THE WATER LEAKS IN DIRECTLY ONTO THE POWER COMPONENTS OF THE GLASS, CREATES A SHORT THAT OVERHEATS THE GLASS, AND ULTIMATELY ENDS WITH THE REAR GLASS SHATTERING. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH MINE BEFORE IT BLEW OUT BUT THAT COULD CAUSE A HAZARD FOR ANYONE SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT, I DO NOT FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BUT SOME SORT OF EXTENDED COVERAGE ON THIS COMPONENT FOR THOSE WHO EXPRESS THE SAME COMPLAINT. EVEN IF YOU CATCH IT BEFORE THE WINDOW BLOWS OUT, THE DAMAGE FROM THE SHORT IS ONLY FIXED BY REPLACING THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY (THAT IS WHAT THEY DID TO MINE). CONCERN COULD BE MOVING OR STATIONARY AS LONG AS THE REAR DEFROSTER IS IN USE. LINK TO WATER LEAK BULLETIN: HTTPS://GM.OEMDTC.COM/8793/WATER-LEAK-UNDER-BACK-GLASS-FROM-POWER-SLIDING-WINDOW-2014-2016-CHEVROLET-SILVERADO-GMC-SIERRA WHERE THE LEAK IS IDENTIFIED IS EXACTLY WHERE I SAW THE SMOKE COME FROM. MORE COMPLAINTS MAY ALSO BE FOUND HERE: HTTPS://WWW.GM-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/TOPIC/209824-2017-SIERRA-DENALI-REAR-WINDOW-EXPLODED/?PAGE=11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CONDENSER WAS LEAKING FREON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEAK BEGAN A MONTH AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CONDENSER AND VACUUM, AND THE FREON NEEDED TO BE REFILLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET MOVING STRAIGHT FORWARD AND INCHING THE BRAKES TO MOVE WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL GOT VERY HARD AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD EVEN THOUGH I HAD ALL MY WEIGHT PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL LIFTING MYSELF OFF MY SEAT THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO REACH ADEQUATE PARKING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED GM SERVICE SHOP AND AFTER INSPECTION THEY INSTRUCTED ME THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE SYSTEM VACUUM PUMP, THE BRAKE BOOSTER, BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE TUBING CONNECTING THE ITEMS. RESULTING IN A $1170.00 REPAIR AND THE SERVICE REP ALSO STATED THAT THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE BUT CAUTIONED THE OIL AND FILTER CHANGES NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS STANDARDS. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE ABOUT FIFTEEN DAYS AS OF THIS WRITING I DID BY IT FROM A DEALER WHOM SAID HE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUE. WHY IS THE NHTSA OR WHOM EVER CONTINUING TO LET THE DEALERS SELL THESES VEHICLES WITH A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE PROPER REPAIRS STATED IN THE TSB PIT5361B THAT GM HAS SENT OUT TO THERE SERVICE CENTERS. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS COULD AND SHOULD BE PREVENTED WITH THIS ISSUE.

I WAS PARKING AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING AT LOW SPEED. VACUUM PUMP FAILURE.