I was pulling into the driveway and the brake pedal went to the floor and I lost all my braking power. I was only going 5 MPH so I used the parking brake to stop. I know my vehicle is old, but it does not have many miles on it and if that failure happened in traffic I would have had an accident. I thought it was suppose to be a duel circuit system, but it act like a single circuit with the lost of brakes. Rust was the culprit for the failure.
Chevrolet K1500 brake failure problems
12 of the 358 owner complaints about the Chevrolet K1500 describe brake failure, most of them for the 1994 model year.
- owner complaints
- 12
- worst model year
- 1994
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 19962
- 19953
- 19943
- 19931
- 19921
- 19911
- 19901
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What owners say
Abs brake failure
Front left brake rotor broke loose from hub, resulting in loss of brake power on left, and caused vehicle to swerve to right. Gmc has issued a tsb on problem. Dealer will be notified. *ak the friction surface ring broke loose from the hub, an annular fracture of the rotor, chevrolet declined any customer assistance.
The brakes on this 1994 chevrolet k1500 pickup truck have been bad since new . I drive with the knowledge that the brake pedal may" go to the floor" and leave me with no brakes . Cheverlot has ignored me ,told me this is how they work . But my pedal still goes to the floor and I run out of brakes . If they would only tell me the truth I would fix it my self.. I allow extra stopping room all the time and have been lucky not to have to had a situation where this happens at the wrong time . Any info ,help on this subject ??
In august, I had a problem with blowing the fuses for the brake light circuit. It was traced to a chaffed wiring harness. This cause the loss of brake lights and if you are towing a trailer with electric brakes, the loss of brakes. In august, I noticed that the rear brake lines were severly rusted and took them to my delaer for replacement. It turnes out that they didn't replace all of them. Last night, one ruptured, causing me to lose my brakes and back into another vehicle. 15 minutes earlier, I was towing a horse trailer! Thank god it didn't happen then!
When the brakes were applied, the pedal went to the floor, causing extended stopping distance which resulted in a collision. The dealer has been notified. *ak
When he applying the brakes they don't respond. Pedal goes to the floor and brake light come on frequently on dry pavement. Dealer unable to correct or detect cause.
Brakes failed, pedal goes to the floor.
Brakes failed.
Front brakes failed.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which Chevrolet K1500 years have brake failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1994 (3 complaints), 1995 (3 complaints) and 1996 (2 complaints).
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