2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS ESPECIALLY PARKING THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD TO DEPRESS AND BRAKING POWER IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF SINCE 30,000 MILES AND NOW DAILY AT 60,000. THE ABS INDICATOR HAS GONE ON AND OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY NOW.

MULTIPLE TIMES AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY PARKING OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, I LOSE ALL BRAKING POWER. IT'S TERRIFYING WHEN IT HAPPENS. I HAVE TO PUT MY FULL BODY WEIGHT (I'M A 200LB MALE) ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I MEAN I BARELY CAN BRING IT TO A STOP. LUCKILY I HAVEN'T HIT ANYTHING IN THE TIME IT TOOK FROM THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL I COULD AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. THE PROBLEM WAS FIGURED OUT TO BE A BAD VACUUM PUMP. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH NOT MANY OWNERS REPORTING THEIR PROBLEMS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING AT HIGH SPEED, AS REPORTED BY OTHERS. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES DO THAT. JUST TRYING TO HELP PREVENT SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

I HAVE A 2015 1500 SILVERADO AND IT IS HAVING BRAKE ISSUES. THE PEDDLE BECOMES HARD TO DEPRESS AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT COME TO A STOP. I HAVE NOTICED THIS SEVERAL TIMES COMING TO A STOP AT LOW IDLE ON THE STREET. I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP ONLY FOR THEM TO TELL ME IT WOULD BE $1100 AND GM DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ON IT. THEY SAID THE VACUUM PUMP AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO FIX THIS.

AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES I NOTICED MY AC NOT WORKING. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY TO FIX AND A COUPLE OF DEALERSHIPS NEAR ME WOULD NOT GET BACK TO ME ABOUT PRICE AND TO TO FIX IT, THEY TOLD ME ITS NOT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. THEY DID TELL ME IT WOULD TAKE 9 HOURS TO FIX-BOOK TIME AND THE PARTS WOULD BE AROUND $300+. SEEMS TOO EARLY FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT TO STOP WORKING I NOTICE A SMELL INSIDE THE CAB AND IT WAS FROM THE EVAPORATOR COIL LEAKING. THIS HAPPENED IN MID SPRING AND JUST NOW WAS TOLD HOW TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET DUE TO COST AND FINDING SOMEONE TO DO IT.

AT LOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY STIFF. IT IS HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. IT HAPPENS IN FORWARD AND REVERSE.

2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO POWER STEERING. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED ABS SYSTEM AND STABILITRAK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS MADE AWARE OF A RECALL CONCERNING THE STEERING FAILURE AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS.*JS

WHEN PLACING THE TRUCK IN REVERSE OR DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY ENGAGE. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW AND HAVE HAD TWO REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS FOR THIS AND OTHER ISSUES. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT GENERAL MOTORS CALLS THIS DELAYED ENGAGEMENT. DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A BULLETIN STATING THEY WILL NO LONGER REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS FOR DELAYED ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS UNSAFE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED IN GEAR AND THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE AND IT DOES NOT MOVE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED HARDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE BUT SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE AND THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE AND UNEXPECTED DISTANCE. THIS SITUATION OCCURS MORE OFTEN WHEN THE TRUCK IS SITTING OVERNIGHT BUT CAN HAPPEN OTHER TIMES ALSO. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION AND USUALLY REMEMBER TO NOT ACCELERATE AND WAIT AN EXTENDED TIME FOR ENGAGEMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MERGE TO THE RIGHT LANE, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE AND WAS TOWED. THE BODY DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. AFTER THE REPAIRS, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND DID NOT DRIVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON THE ROAD. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE SEAT BELTS SHOCKED HIM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS EXPOSED AND THE AIR BAG SHOWED BURN MARKS AROUND THE EDGES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE FROM AFTER IT SHOWED WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE SIGNS OF THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) RECALL AFFECTING IT. THE DEALERSHIP APPLIED THE FIX THAT GM HAD AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. THE VERY NEXT DAY I EXPERIENCED WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM ACTING UP AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 M.P.H. ON THE HIGHWAY BEGINNING THE INTERCHANGE TO ANOTHER HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS. THE LOSS OF STEERING WAS ALMOST AS SOON AS I STARTED THE TURN AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GO OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. THEN FOR THE NEXT 5-7 SECONDS I WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT POWER STEERING. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING TURNED BACK ON AND, BECAUSE OF HOW HARD I WAS TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL, I ALMOST ENDED UP IN THE LANE TO MY RIGHT WHERE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS. I HAD NO PRIOR ISSUES LIKE THIS UNTIL THE RECALL WAS WORKED AT THE DEALERSHIP. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE TRUCK WAS ACTING WEIRD, AND AT A STOP THE TRUCK FELT AS IF IT WAS STRUGGLING TO STAY RUNNING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED AND AGREED TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THEM TWO DAYS LATER. NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME IT IS DUE TO BAD BATTERY CABLES AND THAT CAUSED POWER LOSS DURING THE TURN. THEY SPENT HOURS SCANNING THE SYSTEM TO FIND THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WHICH THEY CLAIM THEY COULD NOT FIND, BUT THERE WAS A WARNING LIGHT THAT SHOWED ON THE DASH NOTIFYING ME THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS OUT AND TO DRIVE WITH CARE, SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DID NOT FIND IT DURING THEIR SCAN. THEY THEN TELL ME THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN, THAT CAME OUT A MONTH AFTER THE EPS RECALL DID, AND IT WILL BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. I CANNOT STOP THINKING THAT THIS ISSUE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE EPS SOFTWARE FIX AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED TO THE RECALL TO REPLACE THE BATTERY CABLES.

TRUCK WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND WAS REAR ENDED AND AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. DRIVER WAS INJURED AND JUST HAD SURGERY FOR NECK INJURY. ALSO HAD BACK INJECTIONS ALL DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT DECEMBER 24,2017