2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Parking Brake Problems

PARKING BRAKE IS NOT HOLDING AND WE HAVE USED IT MAYBE 2 OR 3 TIMES. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE ITERNET. CAN YOU NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE COMPLAINTS. *TT

HYDRAULIC BRAKE FAILURE. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER:PEO5020 WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THIS WAS LIKELY THE "WHEEL SPEED SENSOR" AND REQUIRED A COMPLETE WHEEL BEARING REPLACEMENT AS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THE "WHEEL SPEED SENSOR" COULD BE REPLACED. I BECAME SUSPICIOUS AFTER LOOKING AT THE "SERVICE ADVISORS" WRIT-UP WHICH WAS NOTHING LIKE I HAD DESCRIBED TO HIM OR THE MECHANIC AND NOTHING LIKE THEY HAD TOLD ME THE REPAIR WAS. WHEN CONFRONTING THE "SERVICE ADVISOR" ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN UP, HIS RESPONSE WAS "THIS WAS MY WAY OF WRITING IT UP". AFTER LOOKING UP THE NHTSA INFORMATION WHICH I PRINTED OUT, IT APPEARS THE MANUFACTURER WAS TO PAY FOR THE COMPLETE REPAIR. I WAS CHARGED BY THE DEALER FOR THE COMPLETE REPAIR. AFTER GETTING HOME I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS AND HERE I AM - LOOKING FOR HELP IN THIS FRAUD BY THE DEALER. I AM NOW...

EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT FUNCTION. *TR

THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE, PREVENTING THE BRAKE RELEASE AND PREVENTING CAR FROM MOVING. WHEN I BOUGHT A NEW CABLE AT THE DEALER THE PARTS COUNTER MAN TOLD ME "IT IS COMMON FOR THESE TO BREAK". IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN OUT IN THE EVENING, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF THIS IS "COMMON" I WOULD LIKE A RECALL SO THEY CAN ALL BE REPLACED WITH AN IMPROVED CABLE. *TR

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. WHILE DRIVING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT SOMETHING CAUSED MY TRUCK TO ROLL OVER. EARLIER THAT DAY I REMEMBER THAT MY PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT WORK. I ALSO HAD SOME TROUBLE PUTTING THE GEAR INTO PARK. MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING THIS ACCIDENT, AND I WAS DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON IF THAT HAS ANY BEARING ON THIS. ALSO, MY FRONT TIRES WERE ALWAYS NEEDING AIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED. AS THE MECHANIC WAS CHANGING THE BRAKES THE MECHANIC NOTICE THAT THE PARKING BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE PARK BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF THE CONTACT APPLIES THE PARKING BRAKE THE VEHICLE CAN ROLL DOWN A HILL AND CAUSE A CRASH. CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL(05V161000) BUT IS UNSUCCESSFUL GETTING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE RECALL IS ONLY FOR MANUAL VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT OWN A AUTOMATIC. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,400.

EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKES HAS NEVER WORKED ON MY VEHICLE. WHEN NEW I NOTED THAT IT WOULD GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WHEN ENGAGED BUT ASSUMED THAT IT WAS SIMPLY DIFFERENT THAN PAST EMERGENCY BRAKES. HOWEVER, I DISCOVERED LONG AGO THAT, WHEN ENGAGED ON A HILL IT SIMPLY HAD NO EFFECT! GIVEN THAT I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION I DO NOT BOTHER TO ENGAGE IT BUT, IF EVER NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY USELESS. IT IS CLEARLY A FAULTY DESIGN. CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR ALL OWNERS, NOT JUST THOSE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS.. *TR

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE - DESIGN FAULT. PER CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THE PARKING BRAKE FAILURE TO ENGAGE IS DUE TO NOT USING THE PARKING BRAKE EACH TIME THE TRUCK IS PARKED. THIS IS A DESIGN FAULT AS A PART SHOULD NOT FAIL IF YOU USE IT ONLY AS NEEDED. CHEVROLET HAS A RECALL FOR THE 2001 SILVERADO MANUAL TRANSMISSION BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. ABS BRAKES: ABS LIGHT GENERALLY COMES ON WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK. CHEVROLET HAS A RECALL FOR THE ABS SYSTEM FAILURE ON THE 2001 SILVERADO BUT HAS LIMITED THE RECALL TO STATES WITH MORE EROSION (SALT) AND THEREFORE IS NOT FIXING THIS ISSUE IN TEXAS. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - INSTRUMENT PANEL: THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYS WARNING LIGHTS, E.G. ABS LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, ETC. INTERMITTENTLY. CHEVROLET HAS A RECALL ON THE 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO INSTRUMENT PANEL HOWEVER NOT FOR THIS VIN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS APPLIED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DESIGN CAUSED THE PARKING BRAKE PADS TO RUB AGAINST THE DRUM. AS A RESULT, THE PARKING BRAKE WAS INEFFECTIVE IN IMMOBILIZING THE PARKED VEHICLE. AS OF NOVEMBER 19, 2007, THE MECHANIC HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V161000 (PARKING BRAKE). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 104,000. UPDATED 3/5/09 *CN UPDATED 03/10/09. *JB

PARKING BRAKE AND FUEL GAGE. I RECENTLY MOVED OVERSEAS WITH AF AND HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE INSPECTED FOR EUROPEAN STANDARDS. MY PARKING BREAK DID NOT WORK AT ALL. I FOUND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE SINCE I HAVE NEVER USED IT. I WAS MANDATED BY EUROPEAN LAW TO GET FIXED IN ORDER TO DRIVE IT AND PAY A $30 FOR EACH MONTH UNTIL I GOT IT FIXED. MY FUEL GAGE DOESN'T MAINTAIN HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE IN MY GAS TANK. WHEN I HAVE A FULL OR EMPTY TANK THE GAUGE JUST RANDOMLY BOUCESS AROUND WITH THE UNKNOWN CORRECT AMOUNT. I AM CURRENTLY SETTING THE MILEAGE UNTIL I CAN FIND SOMEONE TO FIX IT AND THE PARTS I NEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT HEARD A SCRAPPING NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. RECALL CAMPAIGN# 05V161000 WAS RELATED TO THE PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. IN OCTOBER 2006 THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT RELATED TO THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS BEING WORN. *AK THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61610. UPDATE *4/23/07 **TR

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. GM PUT OUT RECALL FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLES BUT NOT AUTO TRANS. TRUCK WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. TOOK TO DEALER AND PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL. THE ROTORS WERE SHAVED AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. UPDATED 1/19/2007 - THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS WERE COMPLETELY WORN. THE PADS ON THE REGULAR BRAKES STILL HAD OVER 50% USE LEFT. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT HE ONLY USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TWICE. THE BRAKES ARE NOT SELF ADJUSTING BUT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED MANUALLY. *NM

THE PARKING BRAKE IS WORN OFF. IT DID NOT PASS THE STATE INSPECTION AND NOW IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $350 DOLLARS TO GET SOMETHING FIX THAT GM SHOULD RECALL. NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE COULD OF BEING VERY DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY IN CASE NEEDED. THANK GOD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. PLEASE REPORT THIS TO GM AND HAVE THEM DO SOMETHING. THANKS. *JB

BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED COMPLETELY , EMERGENCY BRAKE RUSTED COMPLETELY , MASSIVE RUST UNDER TRUCK , BRAKE CALIPERS RUSTED , POWER STEERING WENT OUT ,A.C. FAN WENT OUT, SHORT IN WIRING IN DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS, THIS A 2001, 56,000, MILES, LOW MILEAGE TRUCK TO HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD NOT SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, I LOOKED IT UP, THERE IS RUSTING AND TOTAL CORROSION OF THE BRAKE ROTORS IN MANY DIFFERENT STATES, OVER ALONG PERIOD OF TIME, EVEN WHEN THE ROTORS ARE REPLACED THEY ARE RUSTING COMPLETELY AGAIN. CHEVY IS SELLING AN EXPENSIVE TRUCK, AND THEN PROFITING AGAIN ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS, AND MAKING A PREMIUM PROFIT ON THAT TOO.! THEY ARE NOT BOTHERING TO FIX A DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. VERY DISGUSTED WITH THE CHEVY SILVERADO, MY FIRST AND LAST CHEVY. *NM

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE ON 2001 CHEVROLET 1500 SERIES PICKUP. CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE PUBLISHED A SAFETY ALERT FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM STATING THAT 1999-2005 MODELS ARE AT DANGER BECAUSE OF FRICTION THAT COULD MAKE THE PARKING BRAKE INEFFECTIVE. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, BUT NOT FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE. WE TOOK ONE OF THE TRUCKS FROM OUR BUSINESS FLEET (COMPRISED OF 15-20 CHEVROLET 1500 SERIES PICKUP TRUCKS) TO BE INSPECTED TODAY AND IT FAILED BECAUSE OF THIS PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN AT THE INSPECTION PLACE WITH A CHEVROLET 1500 TRUCK WHILE WE WERE THERE, AND HIS TRUCK FAILED FOR THE PARKING BRAKE ALSO. WE CONTACTED MORITZ CHEVROLET, A LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY SEE LARGE #S OF VEHICLES COME IN FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE AUTO INSPECTION ESTABLISHMENT SAID THEY SAME THING - THEY...

UPON TAKING MY TRUCK TO GET INSPECTED, I WAS INFORMED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY SHOT. I TOOK THE TRCUK TO THE DEALER TO GET IT REPLACED AND WAS THEN TOLD THAT ALL FOUR BRAKES WERE GONE (DOWN TO THE ROTORS). THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES AND WAS NOT DRIVEN THAT HARD SINCE PURCHASED.

2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. RECALL DOESN'T INCLUDE TRUCKS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME BRAKE SYSTEMS. MY EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY USED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES IN FOUR YEARS. ALSO, AFTER QUESTIONING OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME TRUCKS THEY FIND OUT THAT THEIR BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING EITHER.*AK

PARKING BRAKES ON A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. I HAVE 42000 MILES AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE PARKING BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURALLY. HAVE NEVER BEEN ABUSED AND USE NORMALLY. THE FIRST TIME AROUND AT 21000 MILES. PARKING BRAKES LINNING ARE WORN BEYOND RECOMMENDED THICKNESS AND CANNOT HOLD THE VEHICLE. FIRST TIME I REPLACED THE LINNINGS AND WILL AGAIN HAVE TO PLACE THE LININGS. NEVER TOLD ABOUT PREMATURE LINING FAILURE WHEN I PURCHASED THE FIRST SET.I DON'T BELIVE PARKING BRAKE LINING SHOULD WEAR OUT AT 20000 MILES.*AK

PARKING BRAKE HASN'T WORKED SINCE AROUND 20000 MILES, BRAKE WILL DEPRESS, BUT WON'T KEEP TRUCK FROM ROLLING. LOUD PISTON SLAP, KNOCKING FROM ENGINE MOSTLY WHEN ENGINE IS COLD, GOES AWAY AFTER WARMED UP. THIS IS A Z71 AND THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE BUTTONS DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME WHEN TRYING TO PUT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. POWER MIRRORS DON'T WORK A LOT OF THE TIME. AT LEAST ONE OF THE FRONT RUNNING LIGHTS STAY BURNED OUT MOST OF THE TIME. TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY NOW BUT THESE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED FOR A LONG TIME. A LOT OF OTHER TRUCKS OF THIS SAME MODEL HAVE ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS. GM SHOULD ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND MAKE THEM RIGHT AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.*AK

PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD. ABOUT A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLES (2001 Z71 CHEVERLET AND 2002 SURBUBAN) THE PARK BRAKE FAILS TO HOLD. AS TIME WENT ON, THE PARKING BRAKE PEDEL NEEDED TO BE DEPRESSED LOWER AND LOWER UNTIL THE BRAKE WOULD NO LONGER HOLD THE VEHICLE.*AK

WE PURCHASED A 2001 SILVERADO EXT IN 7-01. TRUCK HAD ABOUT 16,000 MILES ON IT, WHEN WE BOUGHT IT NEW/USED. PARKING BRAKE SEEMED TO BE REALLY SOFT, BUT LOT ASSURED US, NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT AND THAT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WE HAD WITH VEHICLE'S, MADE IT EASIER FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND SUCH. YES THE BRAKE WORKS GREAT ON LEVEL GROUND, BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU REALLY NEED IT LIKE ON A SLOPED DRIVEWAY............. OR GETTING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED! THIS IS WHEN THEY REALLY GIVE YOU THE WORKS!!DEALERSHIP WANTED TO CHARGE US ALMOST $200 TO FIX A 15 MINUTE JOB, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. WE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I FEEL IT MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, IF THESE(SO CALLED) GREAT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON GM VEHICLES DID WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO...

CHEVROLET HAS A DEFECTIVE CLIP THAT IS ON THIER EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM AND THEY KNOW THIS BUT ARE NOT DOING A RECALL TO TRY AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY STILL ARE NOT ACCEPTING FAULT AND ARE MAKING THE CONSUMER PAY FOR THIER MISTAKE. AFTER REPEATED PHONE CALLS TO THEM I DID GET THEM TO AGREE TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE FIX ON MY 1/2 TON PICK-UP. MY QUESTION IS WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE MONEY I HAD TO PUT OUT OF POCKET BUT THE FACT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM ON ALL OF THIER TRUCKS MADE AFTER 1999.*AK

MY 2001 CHEVROLET C1500 SILVERADO IS TWO YEARS OLD AND DUE IT'S FIRST STATE INSPECTION. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT PASS BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK, EVEN SITTING STILL AT IDLE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS NEVER BEEN USED, BUT BOTH EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES WERE WORN OUT AND ONE ROTOR/DRUM WAS RUINED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, PRESSED PARKING BRAKE AND BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. *AKTHE CONSUMER CHECKED SEVERAL OTHER GM TRUCKS AND FOUND THAT SOME OF THEIR PARKING BRAKES ALSO GO TO THE FLOOR, THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT WHEN ADJUSTMENT IS NEEDED THE ADJUSTMENT RODS WILL HAVE NO ADJUSTMENT LEFT, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE WRONG CABLE LENGTH WAS USED EITHER FRONT OR REAR. *NLM