While in the drive through, my brakes faded and my truck would barley stop. The pedal felt different. I almost rear ended the car in front of me. My service "brake assist" warning came on. From what I read, it appears to very similar to what other trucks my year are experiencing but mine wasn't covered by any recalls??
2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes complaints
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At slow speeds, typically in parking lots or restaurant drive thru traveling at less than 5 MPH the breaking system fails and I have no brakes. This has offered 3 times. My truck has 38000 miles.
While going through a drive through restaurant, after I ordered my food and let my foot off my brake to advance forward and stop at the window to pay about 20-30 feet ahead, I could not brake in time to stop at the window. My brake pedal was very hard to push and even though I was pushing very hard it barely stopped, even though I was going less than one MPH. This was very scary as none of my warning lights were noting errors and it happened out of the blue. I only live two miles away so I drove home very slow and I didn't notice the same issue on the drive home. However, when I pulled my truck into the garage, it started to happen again and I could hear the breaks doing something weird. I'm taking it to the shop today to get fixed tomorrow when the shop opens. I did receive two warning messages via text when I got home. Diagnostic alert: service the stabilitrak stability control system in your 2017 silverado within 7 days. Txt stop to cancel. Diagnostic alert: service the antilock braking system in your 2017 silverado within 7 days. Txt stop to cancel. My main concern is the articles I read about this issue make it sound like warning lights go off to let you know something is wrong and the articles say it's ok to drive because the safety features disengage, however, my features did not disengage without warning and I'm glad a car or person was not in front of me at the time it happened or I would have hit them. This is very concerning and needs addressed before someone dies.
When pressing the brakes at low speeds such as in a drive thru or parking lot, there is a pressure loss in the brakes. This requires significantly increased braking pressure to stop. Failures are associated with a ticking sound coming from the engine compartment or vibration in the pedals.
Pressing the brakes at low speeds (drive thru, parking spaces) seems to cause a pressure loss in the brakes. This causes increased braking pressure to stop. You can hear a tick coming from what I assume is the ABS controller. This happens in forwards and reverse.
I noticed over the past couple of days, when vehicle is moving at very low speeds less than 10mph, the brake pedal is hard to push down and vehicle keeps rolling before coming to a complete stop. This can be replicated every time even when going in reverse. At speeds above 10mph, the braking system works just fine. This has caused a few near misses where I almost backed into another vehicle while parking in reverse in a lot; almost ran into my garage door; and almost crashed into another vehicle in front of me at the light. If you go from park to drive and just lift your foot off the brake pedal without applying gas and vehicle starts rolling, then you apply the brakes, it will keep rolling a few feet before coming to a complete stop and as mentioned previously the brake pedal is hard to push down and only goes down about a couple inches. I am scheduled to take my vehicle in to service this issue at the dealer.
Brakes have fluttered intermittently for the past few months at low speeds, feels like ABS pulsing. In the past week to 10 days, brake pedal feels "dead" when I apply brakes at low speed, has gone to floor with no response to braking input. Yesterday, when pulling in driveway towards garage, maybe 3 MPH, applied brakes with no response. Shifted quickly into neutral and applied parking brake, stopping inches away from garage door. Truck was in for brake issue recall and was recalibrated on november 16, 2019. Apparently it needs to be recalibrated or have further repair.
When pushing down on the break pedal it's not slowing down and stopping the truck it's happened about 5x
I noticed a ticking noise from my engine compartment while stationary, and began experiencing a vibrating brake pedal/noise when braking at low speed (in driveway or parking lot). I had a 'service- brake assist' message show on my instrument cluster. On 11.3.2020, I early struck another vehicle while pulling into a parking spot due to a dramatic increase in effort to press the brake pedal. These symptoms continue at the majority of my low speed brakes, I haven't noticed it while on city streets or highways.
Got alert from onstar about anti lock braking system.
While parking the truck I loss all brake pressure. The pedal went to the floor and I had to stand on the brakes to get the truck stopped. Once stopped and parked I repeatedly pumped the pedal with no changes. I had the truck towed to a mechanic who found no issues with the fluid or system in general. He drove the vehicle with no issues for 10 minutes. He checked the pads and calipers for any issues with none being found. After putting the wheels back on the truck it exhibited a recurrence of loss of brake pressure.
Break failure at low speeds due to lack of vacuum from a defective vacuum pump
Vehicle was recalled for increased brake pressure at low RPM. Recall service performed at dealer. Vehicle still has increased brake effort issue after service was completed.
My truck had the electronic brake control module reprogramming with sps as per recall n192268490 performed. The reprogramming worked fine for a few months. In march 2020, I noticed that at low speeds and mainly when backing, the brakes began to lose pressure and what sounded like and felt like the antilock brake system was engaging, and very hard pressure was needed to stop the truck with longer than expected braking occurring. The problem has definitely worsened and occurs nearly every time braking at low speeds in reverse with any type of incline. While backing my boat into a driveway, this issue occurred and nearly sent the boat into the garage door. I had to apply as much pressure as I possibly could to the brakes to stop the truck and boat before hitting the garage door. The issue has occurred repeatedly as I have backed up on an incline, with or without a trailer or boat attached to my truck.
My truck had the electronic brake control module reprogramming with sps as per recall n192268490 performed on november 11, 2019. The reprogramming worked fine for a few months. In march 2020, I noticed that at low speeds and mainly when backing, the brakes began to lose pressure and what sounded like and felt like the antilock brake system was engaging, and very hard pressure was needed to stop the truck with longer than expected braking occurring. As a few months more past, I did not recognize the problem much as we have quarantined during the covid-19 crisis and have not driven much. However, since late may, the problem has definitely worsened and occurs nearly every time braking at low speeds both moving forward and reverse. I have now seen the warning to service the brake assist message appear on my dash. On may 28th, 2020, while backing our boat into storage, this issue occurred and nearly sent the boat into the storage entry side wall as there is a slight hill just in front of our storage. I had to apply as much pressure as I possibly could to the brakes to stop the truck and boat before hitting the entry side wall. The issue occurred repeatedly as I had to maneuver the boat back and forth much differently to account for the braking issue. I notified my local chevrolet service department and was told a new vacuum brake pump would need to be installed and would be at chevrolet's expense.
Vehicle loses braking ability when in a slow-speed situation, such as when parking, going through a drive-through restaurant, or when in stop-and-go traffic. Brake pedal will go to the floor when the situation occurs. A noise may occur that appears to be the anti-lock braking system trying to engage. Pumping the brakes seems to restore functionality for a short period of time. The issue does not occur when the vehicle is traveling at street and highway speeds.
My truck began with a notification that says "service stabilitrak", over the course of 48 hours it went from on hard bumps and just the notification, to now constantly turning on. There was a recall for this issue with the ABS, but I have to pay the dealer out of pocket. They are currently doing the diagnosis on it to see what the issue is. If the issue matches the same ABS issue as the recalls for 2014-2018 models on the silverado, would there be a way to fight the charges? The warning notification and icon would light up when either stationary or moving at any speed. 48 hours ago it would only do it when turning at almost full rotation, or driving over some cracks on the road. Now it just does it randomly and very often to where the brakes would shake when applied. Power also goes down a bit, and the wheel would jerk. Pretty much exactly as how all the prior complaints about it before the recall when it reached youtube. It makes driving very dangerous as I can be turning, then the wheel would spring back into a different position. Before this notification, when I apply the brake it would be very smooth. Now because the truck thinks there's some kind of ABS issue, when I brake, it would shake the brake response (like old cars before ABS) and also make the vehicle very unsteady. I cannot brake on a straight line as it would sway the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact mentioned that while driving at various speeds, unintended braking was experienced. The vehicle was taken to the dealer weber chevrolet creve coeur located at 12015 olive blvd, creve coeur, mo 63141 (314) 567-3300 where it was diagnosed that the ebcm needed to be reprogramed. The vehicle was repaired however the failure recurred. A few weeks ago the contact also received the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v761000 (service brakes, hydraulic, service brakes, electronic stability control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised to take the vehicle back to the dealer due to it being under warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
Loss of brakes when in a slow MPH situation such as drive-thru or parking lot situation. Requires significant pedal pressure to stop vehicle. Almost resulted in collision with vehicle in front of my truck, but was able to steer away before impact and stop safely. Many report of vacuum pump issue. Service brake assist message came up afterwards.
Backing down boat ramp with boat I lose the brakes and rolls backwards brake pedal pulse like ABS trying to work. This has happen about 6 times now only when backing down ramp with boat otherwise can't recreate.
Brakes have no power assist at slow speeds. Started when parking slowly in reverse, but also can do it moving forward. Brakes fail and require very hard press of brake pedal to engage at all! Seems like vacuum pump is going out. Looks like a common complaint/problem that chevy should recall and has not. It is a major safety issue!
I had gm recall n192268490 (the federal safety agency campaign 19v645) completed several months ago. Today as I was backing up at low speed I almost crashed into my garage due to increased braking effort required to stop the vehicle.
While driving on a highway; approximately 55 MPH, on a rainy day, I applied the brakes and they wouldn't grab. They were hard so I pumped the brakes twice again and they grabbed slowly but the pedal was very hard. That same day; while driving 5 MPH, I applied the brakes and there was a trembling and a noise. This major and dangerous issue is intermit and needs to be addressed immediately. I explained this to the dealership and they have yet to follow-up to fix this problem. They said it was probably the engine-mounted mechanical vacuum pump.
Tl* the contact owns 2017 chevrolet crew cab. The contact stated while driving about 5 MPH and the contact stated it was difficult to depress the brake pedal. Mo indicator light illuminated before the failure. The dealer was taken to payne chevrolet buick gmc 2229 e expressway 83, weslaco, tx 78599 were the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The approximate failure mileage 16,000.
The ABS system failed when braking on a snowy, icy, slippery road locking all four wheels causing the vehicle to skid out of control. The brake light and ABS light and tcs icon were displayed. The brakes had to be released to regain steering control and judicious use of manual braking eventually brought the vehicle to a stop. The ABS pump motor was noted running continuously even with the engine off. Onstar diagnostics indicated a traction control system error. This braking failure occurred in conditions that the ABS is specifically designed to prevent loss of control!
I picked my truck up from the local dealer after having recall n192268490 repaired. The hard pedal issue is now worse than before. The first time you push the brake pedal it feels ok but the second time it has little to no power assist and don't try for a third. By the third try the pedal is rock solid and you end up backing into your tractor under the shelter. So it's back to the dealer in the morning
2017 chevrolet silverado. Consumer writes in regards to dic service brake assist safety recall. *ld the consumer stated the vehicle was involved in accident due to a break failure. The break pedal became difficult to depress.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact received a recall letter for the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v645000 (service brakes, hydraulic). While driving 5 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard and the vehicle did not brake automatically. The contact mentioned that the vehicle rolled to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to selman chevrolet (1800 e chapman ave, orange, ca 92867) where the contact was informed that the vehicle could not be repaired per the recall due to the remedy burning multiple modules. The dealer stated that they had to wait for a different remedy. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 26,000.
Claim being reported on behalf of njm insurance company for our insured, frank zaborney. Mr. Zaborney was involved in an accident and stated that due to the recall for the brakes, that is what caused the accident.
When braking and vehicle is slowing to a stop engine speeds up just before stopping and vehicle surges forward necessitating increased pressure on brake pedal. Happens every time vehicle is coming to a stop. Extremely disconcerting proceeding down a steep hill.
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