While backing up. Brake pedal went all the way to the floor and was unable to stop. Managed to get it to stop. I have heard about a brake booster issues.
2015 GMC Sierra 1500 brakes complaints
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The brake turn hard when I am going in reverse in a slow speed.
Brake pedal stiff/hard when applying breaks. Problem occurs periodically within the city and highway.
I only have 57,000 miles on my truck, which is why I am reporting this. The truck turns off completely. I have been going to make a right/left turn and the truck shuts down completely. I have no power steering and limited brakes. This has happened to me twice now. I am lucky enough that I am strong enough to turn the truck without power steering otherwise I would have hit vehicles both times this happened. There has to be some type of electrical flaw that is making this happen. I want to get this resolved before my insurance company has to get involved because I am in a car accident. If this is something the manufacturer takes care of that would be great, otherwise I would just like to know if someone else has had this issue and has found the resolution.
When the truck's vacuum pump fails, the brake pedal becomes very hard to push. The truck does not stop at low speed when this happens. The first time this happened, I was backing into a parking space at christmas tree stand. I nearly backed into the tent and persons loading the christmas tree in the truck. The second time this happened, I was parking my truck in driveway. I rolled about 6' to 8' before stopping. I nearly hit my house. Gm issues a "special warranty" but they refuse to cover the repairs because of the vehicle mileage. This same issue is well documented by other gm truck owners for 2014 to 2018 model years.
Brakes do not work when in reverse or at low speeds. Problem was there the day I purchased the vehicle. A couple weeks after purchase I backed into vehicle in a parking lot. I was told it was "normal" after almost having a wreck I did some research. How is this not nationally advertised as a recall yet? This is a huge safety negligence on gmc's part. The vacuum pump is known to fail by every dealer I have called. Also everyone I know who has the same model truck also lives with this problem.
When coming to a stop the brake pedal gets hard to depress and the rate of deceleration chages makes it hard to jusge when and where the vehicle will end up.
While in a drive through I was creeping up and when trying to come to a stop my brake pedal would not depress all the way as normal and took a longer than normal time to stop even with both feet pushing on the brake pedal. I ended up rolling into the car in front of me. I took the car to the dealership the next day and was told that my vacuum pump/brake booster needed to be replaced.
When you step on the brakes in motion the brake pedal is hard and vehicle takes longer to stop.
The brakes periodically do not work at low speeds. The brake pedal gets hard to push to the point you have to stand on the brakes to get the vehicle to stop. I haven't gotten in an accident yet but it's been very close twice now where I've almost hit a car in front of me at a stop sign.
Hard brake pedal at low speeds especially while towing or traveling on inclines. Brake pedal becomes hard to decompress without warning and vehicle is unable to be stopped.
My 2015 gmc sierra failed to stop at low speeds today. I avoided the collision by pulling off the side of the road. The peddle was extremely hard to push. I received a notice by gmc that its the vaccum pump and they will only cover the warranty up to 72k miles. My truck has 72,560 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 gmc sierra 1500. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the brake pedal became stuck without warning. The vehicle was towed to martin cadillac (310‑736‑2266, located at 12101 w olympic blvd, los angeles, ca 90064). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact also received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 18v586000 (steering). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 40,699.
Brake vacuum pump: while attempting to stop, the brake pedal became very firm and the vehicle was difficult to stop. The vehicle continued to move while depressing the brake pedal and required a substantial amount of effort to make the vehicle come to a stop. It was intermittent, but it did occur several times on the day I first noticed it and was often at low speed. Fortunately I was not involved in any accident when this first occurred. I was able to drive it to the nearest dealership immediately and had it repaired that day. The dealer was able to duplicate the issue and determined the vacuum pump to be defective and required to be replaced. Once replacing the vacuum pump, the brakes performed as expected. Attached is a copy of my invoice with the dealer narrative describing the repair.
Low speed brakes hard and takes time to slow and stop. Brakes seized backing down driveway 2xs. Got notification from gmc that they are aware the vacuum /power my be defective and if you experience this problem the dealership would fix it at no cost but ot had to have less then 72,00 miles. Drop it off at our dealership and they claim no problems found. They had for 3 days and just drove it around with a computer hooked up to it. Said no codes came up so they are not bothering with it. Pick it and still the same. Husband went back. They don't want to bother cuz the milage is over 72,000. We have 75,000. I am afraid to drive it. They need to be recalled for the vacuum /power brake issue. Our truck is only 4 yrs old and we paid big money for it. We live chevy/gmc. We would never own anything else. Recalk is needed.
After coming to a stop or reaching slow speed, the brake pedal becomes firmer with each pump until the pedal only moves roughly an inch before stopping, and braking force is barely enough to keep the truck from idling forward. When this happens on a downward slope at a stoplight it requires massive amount of force on the brake pedal to keep the truck from rolling into the car in front of it. Also, if traffic begins to move after a stop and then stops again abruptly without gaining much speed,the same thing will occur and it is extremely difficult to not hit the rear end of the car in front. After doing some research this seems to be a common issue with the vacuum pump. I will be visiting a dealer soon. 2015 gmc sierra slt with 57,000 miles.
I after pulling into a service station, I was backing up and suddenly had no brakes. I almost hit another vehicle.
Hard to no braking at low speed. Power brake assist failure.
Increased / inconsistent brake pedal effort at low speeds; truck takes more effort to stop, increased breaking distance
Brake pedal becomes hard and non efective when attempting to park or at low idle speeds on numerous occasions nearly causing serious harm to bystanders and property. This is a major problem with gm trucks and do not know why a recall has not been issued to protect the public from serious injury.
Brake failure at parking lot speed. While reversing in truck, brakes became hard and failed. Almost hit another vehicle.
Hard pedal, extremely poor braking response while slowing and during parking of vehicle, especially when multiple pedal pumps are required. Progressively worsening over past 6 months. I replaced vacuum boost pump and problem was corrected.
At low idle the braking become very stiff and extreme pressure on the brake peddle is need to stop the vehicle. Hank graff of durand mi indicated it is due to a failed brake assist vacuum pump. The service rep. Also experienced the issue when they pulled the vehicle into the repair bay. As the owner, I have experienced this braking issue multiple times.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 gmc sierra 1500. While driving 50 MPH, the brakes failed to respond and the contact lost control of the vehicle. The contact drove on the shoulder and was able to park in a rest area to inspect the vehicle. The contact drove the vehicle back home. The vehicle was taken to mcgovern buick gmc (located at 2806, 150 turnpike rd, westborough, ma 01581, (508) 439-4362) where it was diagnosed that the vacuum brake pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 102,000. The VIN was unknown.
While pulling into a parking lot my brakes failed to stop my truck twice. The brake pedal was very stiff, like it was a manual brake and not power. Had to depress brake pedal very hard to get my truck to stop. I shut off the engine and then restarted and the brake pedal returned to normal.
At first the issue started as I was parking in reverse, pressed the brakes and the truck did not want to stop until I put a lot of pressure on the brakes. Then pulled forward to check and it did the same thing so I parked the truck and left it overnight. It worked fine in the morning and the next few days. Then it happened again after about a five hour drive home from work I exited the freeway exit 99 in tumwater the brakes got really stiff and was not slowing quick enough for the stop sign coming up, I slowed to about 35mph then realized it wasn't gonna stop so I pressed the brakes as hard I could swerving just past the stop sign until it stopped. Preceded slowly got some fuel and still had about another hour drive home and now the brakes was really stiff and truck would not stop unless I put a lot of pressure on the brakes. So I got back on the freeway going only about 55 MPH increasing my stopping distance crawling all the way home having press the brakes extremely hard when I needed to stop for traffic lights. Now I'm afraid to drive the truck anywhere without fearing of the brakes not working at all completely. It
Brake pedal won't go down and is stiff . Brakes don't react.
Brake booster vacuum faulty. Causing a near miss in drive thru almost rear ending another car. Vacuum pump faulty.brakes become hard to push and get no response. This is a very dangerous. Gm needs to have a re-call before people get killed. It is a known issue lots of the same complaints.
Break pedal at low speeds locks up completely.
Brake vacuum pump. At slow speeds my brakes almost don't seem to work. I'm sure it's the same problem I've read about.
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