2015 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

VACUUM PUMP FAILING AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP IN MOTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE AND YESTERDAY WAS THE SCARIEST WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP ON A HILL IN REVERSE.

WHEN MOVING BRAKES BECAME EXTREMELY RESISTANT, USING BOTH FEET TO PRESS BRAKE HARD, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP.

BREAKS WOULD NOT WORK GOING IN SLOW SPEEDS, BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACES, OR PULLING INTO TRAFFIC SLOWLY. PRESSING ON BREAKS AND CAR NOT STOPPING, VERY SCARY!

WHEN PULLING INTO A VISITOR PARKING SPOT AT MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL THE STEERING OF MY CHEVY SUBURBAN 2015 BECAME STUCK IN MID TURN. IT LOCKED IN PLACE FOR A SPLIT SECOND OR TWO CAUSING MY CAR TO SCRAPE THE BUMPER OF THE CAR PARKED IN THE SPOT NEXT TO ME. WHEN THE STEERING CAME BACK IT WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE. MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND VERY LOW SPEED. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN INVOLVED WITH PTA AND CARPOOLING KIDS AROUND DAILY. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AN SUV FOR 12 YEARS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. THE CAR VIN NUMBER WAS INDEED PART OF A STEERING RECALL. THE RECALL NOTICE WAS SENT OUT AFTER MY ACCIDENT. AFTER A CLAIM WAS PUT IN WITH MY INSURANCE. I AM GLAD NO ONE GOT HURT. IN THE MEANTIME THE DAMAGES TO THE CAR I HIT HAS BEEN FIXED.

THE PAINT (BLACK) ON THE ROOF CRACKED AND TURNED WHITE LIKE SPIDER WEBBING. CHEVROLET POINTED THE ROOF I HAD TO PART 65 % AND THEY PAID THE REST. NOW THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING ON THE HOOD. I WAS TOLD ITS BECAUSE OF THE SUN AND HEAT. I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE THE REST IF THE VEHICLE SITS IN THE SUN DAILY AND THE PAINT IS FINE. THE VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT AT NIGHT. I HAVE A 2013 F-150 THAT SITS IN THE SUN ALL DAY AND IN NOT GARAGE KEPT AND THE PAINT IS STILL LIKE NEW. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PAINT OR PREP JOB WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AFTER I PUT CAR INTO MOTION AND STARTED TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL, IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I WAS ON A HILL SO THIS CAUSED MY CAR TO SLIDE FORWARD BEFORE BARELY STOPPING. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THIS SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 7 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE AND IT SEEMS TO OCCURS RANDOMLY.

BRAKES FAIL TO OPERATE AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I'M PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS WHILE IN MOTION. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD AS I CAN'T PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP.

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP BUT FELT LIKE I HAD TO FIGHT THE PEDAL TO PRESS IT DOWN HARD ENOUGH. KIDS WERE IN THE CAR AND WE WERE ALMOST T BONED AT AN INTERSECTION. DROVE TO A PARKING LOT AND WENT TO PARK AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, COULDN'T STOP AND ALMOST HIT THE PARKING BLOCK. HAVE 45000 MILES ON THE CAR. AT 40,000 THE AC STOPPED WORKING AND HAD TO PUT 1500 DOLLARS INTO A NEW AC - NOW WILL HAVE TO PUT 1500 DOLLARS INTO THE BRAKES AS THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN WILL CHEVY ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2015 BRAKES (AND AC)?

VACUUM PUMP FAILED (ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP) AT APPROX 56,000 MILES. ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKES (WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING SOMEONE). THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS/SIGNS/INDICATIONS OF FAILURE, SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. DRIVER HAD TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, ONLY THEN DID THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOP AFTER SEVERAL FEET. PUMPED BRAKES TO CHECK FOR AIR IN LINE, PEDAL BECAME HARD AS A ROCK. LUCKILY THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW SPEED (PULLING UP TO A DRIVE THRU LINE). IF ON THE STREET AT HIGHER SPEED, ISSUE WOULD OF CAUSE A SERIOUS WRECK. WE WERE FORCED TO ABANDON THE VEHICLE, PARK IT OVERNIGHT AND TOW IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER THE NEXT MORNING. BRAKES APPEARED TO WORK FOR TECH AT FIRST, BUT UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AND AFTER A CALL TO US FOR MORE INFO, THE VACUUM PUMP WAS SAID TO BE FAILING, LOSING BREAK POWER AFTER A COUPLE PRESSES OF THE PEDAL (HINTS WHY THIS FAILURE OCCURRED IN STOP-GO TRAFFIC). VACUUM PUMP IS BEING REPLACED AS WE SPEAK, BUT WE STILL DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT CAN HAVE THIS MANY SAFETY ISSUES AT THIS PRICE POINT AND AT THIS AGE; BRAKES, VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A.K.A THE "CHEVY SHAKE" THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED OR ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHEVROLET AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER, TIRE RECALLS, AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE A/C DUE TO FAILURES (AND IT DID FAIL AT 36,000), AND NOW A POWER STEERING RECALL, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

I WAS DROPPING OFF MY CHILDREN AT SCHOOL AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE THEY UNLOADED. AS I WAS DRIVING AWAY AT A VERY LOW SPEED (3 OR 4 MPH) I WENT TO BRAKE AROUND A CURVE IN THE PARKING LOT AND I COULD NOT DEPRESS MY BRAKE. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THROWING THE CAR INTO PARK AND SLAMMING ON THE PARKING BRAKE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THIS OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT FULL OF KIDS WALKING BY. I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HIT SOMEONE. I THEN RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE AND WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND AGAIN THE BRAKE WOULD NOT WORK SO I AGAIN USED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR FROM ROLLING. AT THAT POINT I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY TO GUIDE THE CAR OUT OF THE THE WAY OF THE BUSES AND CHILDREN WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SO I TURNED IT OFF COMPLETELY AND UPON RESTARTING THE CAR THE BRAKE WAS FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. I AM TAKING THE CAR TO CHEVY TODAY BUT THEY SAY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE ISSUE HOWEVER, IN RESEARCHING WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED I HAVE FOUND MANY SIMILAR ACCOUNTS OF BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW SPEED IN 2015 SUBURBANS. I COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED SOMEONE IF I HADN'T THOUGHT QUICKLY TO THROW THE CAR INTO PARK AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.