2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Service Brakes Problems
- 216
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 216 stored complaint records:
- 17 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- brake pedal · 66 records
- vacuum pump · 34 records
- pedal became · 13 records
- hard stop · 12 records
- brake vacuum · 12 records
- stop traffic · 11 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 105 |
| 60–100k mi | 68 |
| 1–30k mi | 17 |
| 100–150k mi | 10 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Service Brakes
While at low speeds mostly backing my vehicle loses braking. The pedal goes to the floor however the vehicle continues to roll.
ODI 11176400
Service Brakes
At low speeds the brake pedal intermittently gets hard and makes it difficult to stop. It seems like there is no power brakes. Usually happens when parking. This has happened about 5 times.
ODI 11184243
Service Brakes
Brake suddenly became real hard and i couldn't stop the vehicle. I had to press real hard to get it to stop. I ran into the middle of the intersection at a red light fortunately no cars were close to that intersection at that time01
ODI 11182309
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving at a low speed, the brake pedal became stiff and the brakes failed to respond in a timely manner. The contact had to depress the brake pedal several times to stop the vehicle. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to healey chevrolet (5216 ny- route 17m, new hampton, ny 10958, [redacted]) where it was diagnosed that the…
ODI 11205170
Service Brakes · Steering · Unknown Or Other
As my wife came to a complete stop at a stoplight and as the light turned green, she pressed the gas pedal and the truck would not accerlate. She pressed the gas pedal down to the floor board and still would not accerlate. So due to this the truck slowly rolled foward. She slammed on the brakes and the brakes would not move. Like if they became locked and wouldn't move an inch. At this point she is trying to get off…
ODI 11172985
Service Brakes
Brake pedal becomes hard to press when frequently stopping, such as backing up a trailer or in stop & go traffic. This has nearly caused me to have an accident more than once. It is becoming progressively worse and more frequent there are no fault indicators or codes displayed. It will start working again and then start randomly in traffic.
ODI 11171533
Service Brakes
On several occasions while backing down a sloped driveway while depressing the brake, the pedal has become hard to push and braking was almost impossible. This same problem has occurred while backing a trailer, it takes a greater applied force to depress the brake.
ODI 11173760
Service Brakes
On two occasions in the past week my brake pedal has become extremely stiff at low speeds and caused the brakes to fail. The first incident occurred as i approached a stop sign on a busy city street. My brake pedal became stiff and the brakes would not stop the vehicle. Causing me to roll into the path of another vehicle. I managed to stop and the other vehicle avoided me. The second incident occurred this morning…
Crash reported
ODI 11170738
Service Brakes
Brakes became very hard when trying to stop at slow speeds. Have to apply very hard pressure to get truck to stop. Several very close calls running into another vehicle.
ODI 11234068
Service Brakes
When driving at low speeds and the brake pedal is depressed a few times the brake pedal gets very stiff and will not come to a complete stop if needed immediately.
ODI 11222765
Service Brakes
My truck would brake normally except when i stopped, then at low speed the truck would fail to stop. I almost got into multiple accidents (hitting walls, poles, a bus) and was even worse going downhill. It took both feet and all my weight to get the truck to stop. My dealer said the vacuum pump was at 11psi when it should have been 27. Eventually someone is going to get into a bad accident because of this issue.
ODI 11175964
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 15 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to operate. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a tractor trailer. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The contact was able to park the vehicle. The contact called gengras chevrolet at [redacted] ([redacted], east hartford, ct 06108) and was…
Crash reported
ODI 11170106
Service Brakes
I was parking my truck in a parking lot space, and when the truck was moving slow, i applied the brakes, and had to push very hard on the brake pedal to get the truck to stop. I had a local dealership run a diagnostic on the truck, and it came up as a faulty brake vacuum pump.
ODI 11166193
Service Brakes
Brake vacuum pump failed while on the freeway causing brake pedal to be unresponsive almost causing major accident. This is listed as under investigation. There was no warning or light. Brake pedal instantly became stiff and could not be pressed down. Chevrolet fixed this by replacing only the pump. It's recommended the vacuum lines and brake booster be replaced too due to potential oil leakage which states will…
ODI 11182402
Service Brakes
When having to apply the brakes repeatedly, slow traffic, stop lights, backing a trailer. The brakes become extremely hard to push and do not function. Exceptionally dangerous backing a trailer down a boat ramp or in stop and go traffice. This has happened numerous times over the past year
ODI 11171099
Service Brakes
When traveling in stop and go traffic, the brake pedal gets very hard and you can not stop the vehicle. This happened to me 3 times too many, i had the vehicle towed to the dealership, $709.00 later, they supposedly replaced the vacuum pump. Dealer stated they have had other vehicles brought in for the same reason. This is a serious problem.
ODI 11170930
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving approximately 50 mph, the brake pedal became really stiff and did not function. Also, the brake assist failure indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence and later taken to classic chevrolet of sugar land (13115 southwest freeway, sugar land, tx 77478). The dealer determined that the vin was not…
ODI 11165094
Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other
It would roll even with the foot on the brake at low speeds faulty air pump had to get air pump, tube, air pump belt,alternator belt, air condition belt that cost me $700.
ODI 11163760
Service Brakes
At low speeds (such as in parking lots, at traffic lights, stop and go traffic, ect.) i lose brake assist, making it extremely difficult to stop.
ODI 11208199
Air Bags · Service Brakes
Driving down single lane road i began to stop for red light, as i began to depress brake pedal but it was stiff and had significant effect slowing my truck. I drove of right side of road into wet grass too avoid collision of suv stoped in front of me. There was no loss of control or damage done to exterior of truck or myself . As i'm almost completely stoped the side curtain air bags deploy for no apparent reason…
ODI 11169960
Service Brakes
At low speed in a parking lot or in out of a parking spot the brake pedal intermittently becomes excessive and non-functioning. Vehicle needs to roll to a stop on its own. Once stopped and put into gear pedal functions again. This has now happened 4 times in the last 6 months. After doing a search online i see a number of other owners have reported this issue. Seems to be a bad vacuum pump. Wanted to report it as…
ODI 11207310
Service Brakes
On 12/15/2018 my brake vacuum pump went out. I had it replaced at a dealership. Total cost $1506.56. Master cylinder, brake booster, and a connecting pipe had to be replaced also. April 2019, i receive a letter from gm, describing this issue and saying if i have less than 72,000 miles or bought it new within the last 6 years,whichever come first, they will fix it. Brakes are a very serious component. This problem…
ODI 11205650
Service Brakes
When i go slow the break pedal get so hard i can stop
ODI 11205316
Service Brakes
I have a 2015 1500 silverado and it is having brake issues. The peddle becomes hard to depress and the truck will not come to a stop. I have noticed this several times coming to a stop at low idle on the street. I dropped it off at the dealership only for them to tell me it would be $1100 and gm did not have a recall on it. They said the vacuum pump and several other things would need to be replaced in order to fix…
ODI 11161999
Service Brakes
On several occasions the brakes stopped working correctly. The brake pedal became extremely difficult to push down and would not stop the truck within the normally expected stopping distance. Most of the time the brakes worked perfectly fine - this issue seemed to happen randomly, but after it happened enough times i realized it was only happening at slow speeds. It happened to me in a couple parking lots, the…
ODI 11218422
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