1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 389 complaints for the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 55% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 389 55% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 105,000 miles 309 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 27 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 10 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 309 complaints that include mileage. 20% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	9
20k to 40k miles	20
40k to 60k miles	32
60k to 80k miles	37
80k to 100k miles	43
100k to 120k miles	38
120k to 140k miles	46
140k to 160k miles	25
160k to 180k miles	19
180k to 200k miles	15
200k+ miles	25

What the data shows

Of the 309 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 105,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 27 crashes, 10 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Consumer was hit from left side by another vehicle. For consumer to avoid crash she swayed and ran into a ditch. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Consumer was driving at about 70 MPH. Brakes did not respond properly.

March 2000 CrashInjury

Rear main brake line failure due to extreme rusting condition. This line is located along the driver side upper chassis rail. Further inspection of all brake lines resulted in a very rusted condition.

Reported at 112,325 miles, February 2012

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Chevrolet models