1. Chevrolet Silverado 1500
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  3. 2018
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2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Service Brakes Problems

6
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 6 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • brake pedal · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi4
30–60k mi1
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 1, 2020 · 72,000 miles

    Electrical System · Service Brakes

    Currently there is a recall for same make of my vechile but not this vin, and issue is the same with my vechile. Breaks when pressed kicks back at me. And will hear a back kick. And electrical will make noise in the vechilce when stopped.

    ODI 11296880

  • September 30, 2019 · 24,325 miles

    Service Brakes

    Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving low speeds, the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard and failed to bring the vehicle to a stop. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle finally stopped and was towed to wiesner of huntsville (230 i-45, huntsville, tx 77320, [redacted]). The dealer was currently repairing the vacuum brakes. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure.…

    ODI 11265325

  • May 22, 2019 · 60 miles

    Service Brakes

    The truck has less than 100 miles on it. I had been driving at 55 and entering town. Slowed to 45, then 35, then 25 mph. Had a slow coast down hill approx 200 yds at 25mph while lightly on the brakes. I attempted to stop as i was approaching a stopsign. The brake pedal pushed deeper than usual, was very hard, and i did not have much stopping force. I had to stand very hard on the pedal to get it stopped and my…

    ODI 11210007

  • January 17, 2019 · 13,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    In an accident where i was the at fault driver, i was approaching a stop light and did not notice the red light nor the car stopped until approximately three seconds before impact. Once i recognized what was happening, i immediately slammed on the breaks. I hit the other driver in the rear of his vehicle. As stated above, i hit my breaks about 3 seconds before impact, but my abs did not activate; instead my breaks…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 11170920

  • December 26, 2018 · 8,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    Driving in straight line at 5mph with hill decent activated. Brake pedal began to pulsate, which was felt in the pedal and it was making an odd audible pulsating noise from the brake pedal non-stop as if abs was constantly engaging. Brakes suddenly disengaged and truck started picking up speed. Error displayed on dash which said service stabilitrak system. I believe another error was displayed but i didn't see it. I…

    ODI 11180641

  • December 17, 2018 · 42,155 miles

    Service Brakes

    The brake peddle went solid hard and loss of braking happened while backing a boat trailer down a boat launch ramp. When the brakes failed the dash flashed service brake assist. Loss of power brakes caused the truck to not stop even with pushing down on the peddle as hard as possible. This occurred while coasting in reverse off of the throttle using the brake to slow the vehicle and boat down while going down the…

    ODI 11162914

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.

Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.