Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 04/18/2008 | 51450 | ||
| Parking brake failed to hold truck stationary during inspection. we tried to adjust pedal following the gm service manual and brake still would not hold. removed rear brake rotors and found lining on shoes worn off. replaced shoes, hardware, and rotor. checked cables and actuators for shoes. assembled, adjusted and burnished shoes as per service manual, brake still would not hold truck on grade inspection was conducted on. adjusted shoes until they were dragging on drums and could finally get brakes to hold truck. the dragging shoes will be worn off in a matter of days and the brake will not work. our company has seven trucks with this same style parking brake and they will not hold even an empty truck days after leaving our shop. i know of the recall for manual transmission trucks and it should be carried over to all silverado trucks. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 05/02/2012 | 39000 | ||
| All brake lines coroded also had 2001 chevy silverado same problem this is a commen gm problem | |||
| 01/14/2008 | 43395 | 1 | 02/24/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 3500. in an attempt to drive the vehicle, the contact discovered that there were no power steering or brakes. the dealer has been notified. the current and failure mileages were 43,395. updated 01-30-08. *kb updated 01/30/08 *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 11/01/2010 | 1 | ||
| 2006 chevy silverado. consumer states problem with anti- lock braking system *tgw the consumer stated when stopping a very low speeds, the anti-lock brakes would engage causing a slipping of the brakes and allowing the vehicle to travel forward another 2-3 feet beyond where it was supposed to stop. the consumer took the vehicle to a local repair shop where they removed and cleaned the abs sensors. the repair shop informed the consumer a recall had been issued for her make, model and year vehicle. the consumer contacted gm and was told there was a recall on his type of vehicle, but her vehicle identification number was not included in the recall. *jb | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - POWER ASSIST | |||
| 01/15/2007 | 15600 | 1 | 07/11/2006 |
| Power steering & brakes failed. started truck in morning, put in reverse and could not stop vehicle nor steer. placed in neutral and was able to stop. vehicle was towed to chev. dealer, they checked and stated nothing was wrong. brakes and steering worked after car was warmed up for 30 minutes. this happened in yuma arizona area, and outside temp at time of failure was 40's. *nm | |||