2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

POWER BRAKES FAIL AT LOW SPEED. PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP.

FUEL PUMP/FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR FAILURE AT 34000 MILES. DRIVING VEHICLE AT 40MPH AND SUDDENLY ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND TRUCK DIED. LOST ALL POWER AND COULD BARELY PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD IN BUSY TRAFFIC. DRIVING ON STATE HWY 15 NORTH BOUND. FORTUNATELY MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE PICKUP. DEALER REPAIRED AND SAID IT WAS A RELATIVELY COMMON PROBLEM. SECOND COMPLAINT WAS WIPER FAILURE IN HEAVY SNOW/WIND ON COUNTY HWY 29 BROWN CTY MN. FUSE BLOCK CORRODED AND CAUSED FAILURE. TRAVELLING AT 55MPH WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED. MANAGED TO DRIVE HOME (2 MILES) WITH OUT INCIDENT BUT VERY DANGEROUS. THE PART WAS DESCRIBED BY THE DEALER AS THE BCM FUSE BLOCK. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE LIFE THREATENING.

I AM HAVING ISSUES STOPPING DUE TO A FAULTY BRAKE VACUUM PUMP SYSTEM. I AM HAVING REPAIRED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. RESULTED IS HAZARDOUS DRIVING PERFORMANCE.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 SILVERADO 1500 TRUCK AT SLOW SPEEDS (UNDER 20 MPH), IN THREE DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS WITH PEDESTRIANS PRESENT, THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY LEVEL OF FOOT PRESSURE. THESE FAILURES HAPPENED OVER A 30-MINUTE SPAN. THE TRUCK KEPT MOVING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH I WAS PULLING ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO HELP WITH DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH AS MUCH FORCE AS I COULD. I HAD TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL TO HELP STOP THE VEHICLE. UPON REVIEWING INTERNET BLOGS OF THIS ISSUE I FOUND OTHERS HERE ON NHTSA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND ALSO FOUND GM/CHEVY HAD TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS PUBLISHED FOR THIS ISSUE: PIT5361D & PIT5362B. WHAT FAILED WAS THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM PUMP/BOOSTER WHICH PROVIDES THE VACUUM FOR THE BRAKES TO FUNCTION. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY CHEVY DEALER FOR REPAIR. THIS BRAKE VACUUM PUMP/BOOSTER REPAIR COST ME $1,100.00 AS THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY NOR WAS A RECALL AT THIS POINT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH SO MANY OTHERS AFFECTED, MYSELF INCLUDED, WITH THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT IT IS NOT YET A FULL RECALL ITEM. FACT IS, YOU CANNOT DRIVE A VEHICLE WITHOUT WORKING BRAKES, PERIOD. IT IS NOT A SITUATION SUCH AS BRAKE PADS BEING WORN (THEY ARE NOT), IT IS THE CORE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE POWER BRAKE SYSTEM THAT FAILED AND SHOULD BE UNDER A MAJOR RECALL. HERE ARE THE PARTS THAT WERE REPAIRED/REPLACED: BRAKE VACUUM PUMP, VACUUM PUMP BELT, A/C BELT, AND PIPE FROM PUMP TO THE BOOSTER. PLEASE ESCALATE THIS COMPLAINT AS THIS PART FAILURE IN CHEVY TRUCKS, AS WELL AS GM AND CADILLAC AS SEEN FROM OTHER'S POSTS, IS A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE WHEN OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH BRAKE SYSTEMS FAILURE SUCH AS THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE.

TRUCK HAS 53,000 MILES AND AIR CONDITION WENT OUT. NO LONGER COVERED BY WARRANTY ACCORDING TO CHEVY DEALER.

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING. THEN POWER STEERING WOULD WORK THEN GO OUT AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND THE RPMS INCREASED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

VEHICLE BRAKES FAIL WHEN IN REVERSE AND NEAR OTHER VEHICLES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT KURTIS CHEVROLET MOREHEAD CITY NC, INFORMED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE BUT THAT NOT ENOUGH PATRON HAVE COMPLAINED TO SUPPORT A RECALL. THIS SAFETY ISSUE OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE OR FORWARD IN TRAFFIC.

IN LESS THAN A YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED IT THE WELDS ON THE RADIATOR CRACKED OPEN THE WELDS CRACKED OPEN ON THE AC CONDENSER THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT FROM SOMETHING EXPLODING INSIDE AND SHARDING METAL EVERYWHERE AND I HAVE ALSO HAD MY VACUUM PUMP GO OUT WHICH HAS SHOT METAL INTO MY ENGINE AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH WHEN IT FIRST STARTED GOING OUT I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT IT WAS AND ALMOST CRASHED A FEW TIMES ON THE WAY HOME .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS WOULD MOVE AND ROCK WHEN MAKING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RAY SKILLMAN CHEVROLET (3891 SOUTH POST RD, INDIANAPOLIS, ID) WHERE AN UNKNOWN PART WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.