2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

ON THREE OCCASIONS MY 2016 CHEVY SILVERADO LTZ Z71 BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. THE FIRST TIME I ROLLED HALF WAY INTO A INTERSECTION BEFORE I CAME TO A STOP. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT AN SINGNAL CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. AFTER BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS THE BRAKES STARTED WORKING PERFECT AND I WAS NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR NOT. THE OTHER DAY THIS HAPPENED AGSIN BUT THIS TIME I WAS IN A PARKING LOT. I WAS ABLE TO TEST THE BRAKES AND AS I WENT BACK AND FORTH I HAD TROUBLE COMING TO A STOP AS I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO CHEVY SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS FAILING. THEY STATED I WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD I DO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A PART THAT THEY SAID IS NOT SUPPOSED TO FAIL. THIS IS ALSO CONCERNING IF THERE ARE OTHER CHEVY TRUCK OUT ON THE ROAD THAT RANDOMLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP.

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.

DEC 1ST 2018, I'M IN A PARKING LOT PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE HEAD FIRST, WHEN I NEEDED TO STRAIGHTEN MY TRUCK OUT, I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO PULLOUT AND STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, WHEN I HIT MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY THE PEDAL HAS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO COME TO A STOP. THEN PULL FORWARD AGAIN TO PARK AND YET THE PEDAL BECOMES ROCK HARD MAKING EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO STOP THE TRUCK MOVING FORWARD, A COUPLE FEET. THEN FINALLY STOPPING BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I NOW CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO TAKE IT IN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE NOW THIS PUTS MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND EVERYONE AROUND ME IN DANGER IF I'M NOT ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK.

THE BRAKES BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO PRESS WHILE TRYING TO STOP FROM A SLOW SPEED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE EITHER IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH. I HAD TO PRESS EXTREMELY HARD ON THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS ISSUE DID NOT SEEM TO OCCUR AT HIGHER SPEEDS.

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED (15 MPH AND LESS) IN SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT STOP AND GO SITUATION THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. BRAKES SEEMED TO BE GRABBING AND PETAL BECAME EXCESSIVELY HARD. DEALERSHIP REPLACED VACUUM PUMP & SENSOR, LABOR AND PARTS $605.41. MILEAGE 56827

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.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO APPLY BRAKES THE PEDAL BECOMES ROCK HARD. VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD NO MATTER WHAT PRESSURE YOU APPLY TO PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE SEVERAL FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THIS OCCURRED TO ME WHILE AT A CITY CROSSWALK. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WITH VEHICLE NOT STOPPING.

THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER 2018 WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH AUSTIN, TX - IN HEAVY TRAFFIC; I NEARLY REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE - THE BRAKES GOT REAL HARD, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING. THE BRAKES ACTED LIKE THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. I TRIED THEM AGAIN AFTER RESUMED SPEED- AND I TESTED THEM - ON THE THIRD PUMP - THEY WERE ROCK-HARD AGAIN. A VEHICLE SHOP IN SAN ANTONIO WAS ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A BAD VACUUM-PUMP-ASSIST. IT COST ME $455.00, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT OIL FROM THE ENGINE COULD HAVE DAMAGED THE VACUUM BOOSTER AND/OR THE MASTER CYLINDER. HE TOLD ME CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT IT - #PIT5361B - BUT I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT - I ALMOST REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD 48,500 MILES WHEN IT OCCURRED.

I OWN A 2016 SILVERADO WITH A FAULTY BRAKE VACUUM PUMP. THE ISSUE WAS RECTIFIED BY A GM DEALER, AND SERVICE RECORDS ARE ATTACHED. I AM FILING A COMPLIANT TO ENSURE NHTSA IS AWARE OF A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THIS TRUCK. THE ISSUE BECAME APPARENT OVER THE COURSE OF WEEKS. INITIAL PROBLEMS INCLUDED AN AUDIBLE CLICKING NOISE ONCE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. AS THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRAKE WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE ON INCLINES AS FLAT AS 2 DEGREES. IN FACT, BRAKES WOULD FAIL AND ABS WOULD KICK IN WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. YOUTUBE VIDEO SUMMARIZES ISSUE HTTPS://M.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=0KRKYEVBCU0

WHILE BACKING UP AT LOW SPEEDS TO HOOK UP TO A TRAILER ON AN INCLINE OR EVEN BACKING UP WITH TO NO TRAILER. MULTIPLE TIMES YOU LOSE THE POWER BRAKES WHICH IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WHEN BACKING UP TO SOMETHING. MULTIPLE TIMES I'VE HAD TO STAND ON THE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM HITTING THE TRAILER. THE PEDAL HAS THE FEELING OF NO POWER BRAKES. THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED WHICH WOULD BE TYPICAL BACKING UP TO HOOK ONTO A LOAD.