Dt: the caller complained about brake failure at low speeds. He stated that on curves when slowing down brakes failed. The caller had pads and rotors replaced a month ago. He said the rear rotors were more worn out than the front rotors. Recall 05v379000 on ABS brakes was issued. This vehicle was not included due to model year. Dealer said it was the consumer's fault, and they could not duplicate the problem. Dealer said they would call manufacturer, and have them get in contact with dealer. The caller had a near miss accident at a stop sign.
2003 Chevrolet Avalanche brakes complaints
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Dt: 2003 chevrolet avalanche. The consumer stated the brakes faded at 25000 miles. While sitting in traffic they will go to the floor. The dealership cannot duplicate the problem. These were the original brakes for the vehicle. This has not caused any injury or accidents. This started on june 15, 2005.
Driving to work. Dry conditions. Had 4-5 car lengths between me and car in front of me. Car in front of me stopped. I was going about 30-35 MPH. Truck would not stop. Abs did not come on and wheels did not lockup. I rear ended the truck in front of me. It felt like there was no braking power at all. Brake pedal was to the floor. Truck just slowly slowed down. There is definitely a problem with the braking system.
Premature emergency (parking brake) failure.
On 3/23/04 we purchased a 2003 chevrolet avalanche, VIN: [xxx], with 13067 miles on it from jerry haggerty chevrolet, glen ellyn, il. Over the weekend of august 6 & 7, 2005, my husband and I were driving the truck which began making a noise when the brakes were used. On 8/12/05 I drove the vehicle again at which time an even louder noise was heard when using the brakes. An appointment was made for the brakes to be checked on 8/17/05 at bill jacob's chevrolet, plainfield,il. The truck had 25,000 miles. They determined the truck needed new rear brakes and a right side rotor and quoted a price of $400.00. It was not considered warranty work even though they had seen brakes fail with as little as 10,000 miles. We discussed this with a second company, midas, who stated this was a systemic problem with gm trucks where the brakes rust and fail prematurely. Midas aggreed to replace both rear rotors and brake pads at our cost of $340.00. *ak updated 07/19/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Brakes failed, almost slide into cross way traffic. Took into 2 different repair facilities( firestone & merlin brakes) they both informed me that all 4 rotors were rusted entirely through from inside out, my truck is only 2 years old. I tried to get the manufacture to cover the cost of the rotors but they refused and informed me that the only items to rust on my car was caused by the environment, and the 2 people I spoke to were of no help, very rude and would not give me the telephone number to the corporate office. ( michell balykeo and steven schwausch). I have just been turned down today and will try to have my truck repaired shortly.
Premature wear of emergency brakes on a 2003 chevrolet avanlanche 1500. The brake is not used and the service people could not explain why the brakes wore out. My regular brakes just at 28700 miles just needed to be replaced in the back but not the front. The front brakes are almost like new. Even the service manager said that it did not seem right. Gm just says nothing they will do. It cost me about $150 dollars(required for inspection) to fix those emergency brakes and I believe there is a defect in the system that allowed the brakes to wear out. They should not have any wear as emergency brakes. Gm said they had a lot of complaints but they could not explain it either. Can you help me and investigate this problem? Basically I was told by gm that they are aware of the problem but don't know what is causing it. So maybe I shouldn't use the emergency brake at all. Since they can't prove what's wrong they won't help me. Sounds like an excuse not to fix what's wrong. Maybe it's just a way of causing the owners of these vehicles to pay more at service/inspection time. A scam!
While driving my 2003 chev avalanche down a hill I realized that when I stepped on my brakes, they went to the floor, the vehicle slowed down, but very slowly. I have towed my boat with this vehicle in the past and I thought that it was having a hard time slowing down. I'm affraid that if I have to stop quickly the brakes will not stop the vehicle in time. I am a state trooper and I am very familliar with the braking systems to include ABS. I only have 9000 miles on the vehicle and this shouldn't be happening. I took the vehicle to a local gm dealership for several repairs, I requested them to check the brakes. I was advised by the service mgr that the brakes were within gm specs. I asked him what that meant? He said that he had had a lady come in several weeks ago complaining of the same thing and because she wouldn't go away he contacted the gm engineers, they came out and inspected her brakes, they told him that her brakes were within specs and they wouldn't do anything. He then told me that my brakes were better than her's. I asked him what he meant by that, he said that if her brakes were ok then my brakes would be within specs. I told him that I wasn't satisfied with the way the brakes worked and that I wanted him to make a note of my dis-satisfaction. He never wrote this on my invoice. The second complaint is that I had advised the service department of a problem with the remote controled outside mirrors. They were not working the way they were designed. I was advised that it was operator error. I told them that I was very capable of reading and setting the operator preferences. I told him that this was the second time that the vehicle had been to a gm dealership for the outside mirrors not working properly. I have read on you service bulletin web site that their had been one issued for this type of problem. I am also having a problem with the alarm system, it doesn't set properly, they again advised me that it was operator error.
During a panic stop/hard brake, braking is insufficiant. With multiple hard brakes in a row, braking power is regained, though return to previous state occurs when vehicle is not driven for approximately 6-12+ hours.
The position and design of the parking brakes could cause serious injuries to the drivers lower left leg if the vehicle was in an frontal collision. *nlm *cb
When the consumer applied the brakes the pedal went down to the floor and there were no brakes. This forced the driver to pull off the road. *nlm returned usps, 2nd attempt made 10/16/07 failed .
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