Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 02/15/2010 | 130000 | ||
| Do not know if it was the front or rear brakes that were lost when driving. drove carefully to dealership and had a corroded brake line replaced that had a hole or holes in it. | |||
| 02/01/2008 | 33000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 gmc sierra 1500. the cable stop has fallen off the emergency brake release cable. the contact stated that he has been driving without an emergency brake ever since. the dealer stated that there were no recalls for this failure. the failure mileage was 33,000. updated 06/03/10*bf the consumer also stated the abs activated when it shouldn't have. updated 06/04/10.*jb | |||
| 11/08/2004 | 60000 | 5 | 01/04/2001 |
| Since the vehicle was new, the parking brake pedal has been soft (goes to the floor when pressed), and parking brakes have failed to hold vehicle on inclines of greater than 25 - 30 degrees. i have had the vehicle in the shop and have spent hundreds of dollars trying to fix with adjustment and new parts; all resulted in little or no success. one occasion the truck actually rolled down a hill with the parking brake set. fortunately, no damage or injuries. i don't trust the p-brake at all; i always chock the tires when parked on any incline. *tr | |||
| 07/24/2001 | 1 | ||
| My parking brake never worked. *jb | |||
| 10/25/2006 | 121000 | 1 | 05/01/2001 |
| Dt*: the contact stated when the gears were shifted into drive; the parking brake would not stop the vehicle from rolling forward. the manufacturer was notified and the contact was informed the vehicle was not included in a recall. | |||
| 08/10/2006 | 27854 | 1 | 10/17/2001 |
| Parking brake fails to hold vehicle from rolling. dealer stated parking brake pads were worn and damaged rear rotors of disk brake system. he stated that there was a recall for this problem but not for my vehicles vin. *jb | |||
| 08/09/2005 | 55000 | 1 | 03/02/2001 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while attempting to use the parking brake, the vehicle started rolling. the dealership determined the parking failed due to the friction material on the parking brake being worn away. the parking brake eroded the rotor to the point where the rotor needed to be replaced. there was a nhtsa recall, # 05v161000 regarding the parking brake . the vehicle was not included in the recall due to the vin. | |||