2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

APPLYING THE BRAKES REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED A DAMAGED/FAULTY VACUUM PUMP AS THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. THIS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER DRIVER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP ON A CITY STREET IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA AT A RED LIGHT.

14192A TRANSFER CASE SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER, THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING SLOWLY IN TRAFFIC RAMAPO VALLEY ROAD (AKA RT 202) IN OAKLAND NJ WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, I TRIED TWICE BEFORE STEPPING ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AT THE SAME TIME I STEPPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BUT MY VEHICLE HAS A DENT IN THE FRONT BUMPER FROM THE TOW HITCH ON THE CAR I HIT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THE SCENE. THE POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND MOVED MY TRUCK CONFIRMING THERE WAS A BRAKE FAILURE. THE POLICE OFFICER MOVED MY TRUCK TO A DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE ROAD AND A MESSAGE REGARDING A BRAKE ASSIST FAILURE DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. NO INDICATION WAS DISPLAYED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE POLICE OFFICER DECLARED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND HAD IT TOWED AND IMPOUNDED. AFTER GETTING A VEHICLE RELEASE MY TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LITTLE FALLS NJ WHERE THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR CONFIRMED THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP FAILED. I WAS CONTACTED BY GM AND GAVE THEM INFORMATION REGARDING THE ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR INFORMED ME GM INVESTIGATORS WERE GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INSPECT THE FAILURE. I FOUND A GM SERVICE BULLETIN DATED JUNE 2016, BULLETIN NUMBER PIT5361B DESCRIBING THIS FAILURE. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET GM TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES SINCE THE TRUCK IS LESS THAN 5 YEAR OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 100000 MILE ON IT, IT HAS ABOUT 45000 MILES ON IT. THIS PART IS NOT A PART THAT IS EXPECTED TO WEAR OF INSPECTED DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE.

BRAKES ARE FAILING AT LOW SPEEDS. FROM OTHER REPORTS IT SEEMS TO BE THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP. WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, I NEARLY REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND ONLY THE CURB ACROSS THE STREET STOPPED THE VEHICLE.

AT 61K MILES, WHEN BACKING UP SLOWLY, GENERALLY INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE BRAKES FREEZE. ONLY AFTER PUMPING THEM OR PUTTING THE TRUCK IN PARK, DO THE BRAKES COMPRESS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEASE 4 TIMES IN THE PASSED 2 WEEKS.

I WAS TRAVELLING AT ROUGHLY 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED AND UNEXPECTED ROAD CREW I APPLIED MY BRAKES FIRMLY AND SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND CHANGED LANES TO AVOID THE HAZARD.. ALMOST INSTANTLY I WAS CUTOFF AT THE SLOWER SPEED AND NEEDED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AGAIN, THIS TIME THE PEDAL WAS FIRM AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT REACT. I AVOIDED THE COLLISION BY SWERVING INTO THE NEXT LANE. THE PEDAL HAD NO AFFECT ON STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN THIS SITUATION.

MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AS I WAS COMING TO YIELD BECAUSE OF SLOW TRAFFIC IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO BRAKE I WAS HAVING DIFFICULT TIME BRAKING I WOULD HAVE TO PRESS BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR IT TO COME TO A VERY SLOW AND LONG DISTANT STOP I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO GET MY TRUCK TOWED IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME MY WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER IT SO I HAD TO PAY IT ENDED BEING A BRAKE HOSE THAT BUSTED I PAYED ABOUT $850 AND I HAVE THE RECEIPT FOR IT FROM THE DEALERSHIP I FELT VERY SCARED THIS SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS HAD TO GET A RENTAL THAT I PAYED FOR WHILE I WAITED FOR MY TRUCK TO GET REPAIRED .

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED, MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. AFTER USING A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT EXCEEDED THE DISTANCE AT WHICH I WAS TRYING TO STOP WITHIN. THANKFULLY A COLLISION DID NOT OCCUR AND THERE WAS NO HARM TO ANYONE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A SUDDEN CHIME SOUNDED. NEXT, THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. ALSO, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED WITH FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND AN UNKNOWN DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

MY TRUCK HAS LOST POWER 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED AS A RESULT, BUT I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE. FIRST OCCURRENCE, I WAS IN MOTION BACKING INTO MY DRIVEWAY. SECOND OCCURRENCE, I WAS LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURNING RIGHT WHEN I LOST ALL POWER AND DRIFTED INTO TRAFFIC. THIRD OCCURRENCE, I WAS TURNING RIGHT INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENDED UP ON MY NEIGHBORS FRONT LAWN. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THEY MADE 3 ATTEMPTS AT FIXING, I PAID EACH TIME, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN REPAIRED.