2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHILE BACKING WITH TRAILER DOWN LONG DOWNHILL GRADE, BRAKES FADE AND GET HARD TO PUSH, REDUCING STOPPING POWER TO THE POINT THAT IT'S NOT CERTAIN I WILL BE ABLE TO STOP.

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW IN 2014 AND CURRENTLY HAS 50K (12/18) ON VEHICLE. SIGNIFICANT DEGRADATION OF WAX UNDERCOAT ON FRAME, PEELING OFF ALLOWING WATER ETC TO BE TRAPPED BENEATH IT. FRAME HAS SIGNIFICANT RUST ON AREAS WHERE UNDERCOATING FAILED. DEALER RECOMMENDS THE FRAME BE REPAIRED AND RUST STOPPED TO "SAVE WHAT IS LEFT OF IT". DEALER SAYS GM WILL NOT COVER REPAIR. EMAILED GM AND NO REPLY

LOSS OF STEERING AND POWER DEALERSHIP HAS PERFORMED RECALL 17276 REPROGRAMING POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE TWICE AND THIS HAS NOT FIXED PROBLEM.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS PEDAL FEEL BECOMES HARD AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS ALMOST ENDED IN A COLLISION

MY SILVERADO HAS AROUND 56K MILES. TWO DAYS AGO THE ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL FALLING TO THE FLOOR STARTED. THIS IS AT LOW SPEEDS AND ESPECIALLY AFTER USING THE BRAKES A FEW TIMES. THIS IS NOT THE ABS KICKING IN. I WAS A SERVICE MANAGER FOR FORD FOR YEARS AND IT FEELS LIKE WHEN A BRAKE BOOSTER GOES BAD. VEHICLE WAS DROPPED OFF AT FX CAPRARA CHEVROLET IN PULASKI NY THIS MORNING FOR DIAGNOSIS AS THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE LIKE THIS. VEHICLE WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT TWICE.

AFTER DRIVING EXTENSIVELY THROUGH SEVERAL TOWNS, CITIES AND ON HIGHWAYS, THE BRAKES WENT OUT AS WE TURNED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY. HAROLD CHEVROLET (DEALER AND SERVICE) REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE BOOSTER, VACUUM PUMP AND HOSE BECAUSE THE VACUUM PUMP LEAKED INTERNALLY INTO BRAKE BOOSTER. ($1638.86) THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER, YOU ARE AWARE BUT HAVE FAILED TO WARN OWNERS. INJURY AND LOSS OF LIFE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY. I USE THIS TRUCK TO BACK MY BOAT INTO THE LAKE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. IF THE BRAKES HAD FAILED, I DO NOT THINK I COULD HAVE SURVIVED WITH MY AGE (73) AND DISABILITY (NEUROPATHY OF FEET AND LEGS.)THIS REALLY STRESSES ME.

UNDER LOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY HARD AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE EXPECTED OR TYPICAL STOPPING POWER. THE PROBLEM IS EXACERBATED WHEN TOWING AND ON HILLS. A SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN POSTED BY GM (PIT5361B) DETAILING THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY POOR VACUUM SUPPLIED TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER AT LOW ENGINE SPEEDS. FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM ON AN INCLINE WHILE TOWING A BOAT, THE TRUCK COULD NOT STOP THE SETUP WITHIN A FEW FEET EVEN AT WELL LESS THAN 5 MPH. CONTINUES WHEN BACKING DOWN THE BOAT RAMP AND EVEN STOPPING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON ANY STREET SURFACE AND I APPLY THE BREAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD, CAUSING INCREASED BRAKING EFFORT AND LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES. LOCAL DEALERSHIP DETERMINED IT WAS THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP.

WHEN TRAFFIC IS STOP AND GO I LOSE THE POWER BREAKS AND HAVE TO PUSE EXTRA HARD TO STOP TRUCK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER (MIKE RICKENBACH, 10 UNIVERSITY PKWY, OKATIE, SC 29909) WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,500.