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2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 174 complaints for the 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 38% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
174 38% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
72,000 miles 169 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 1
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 72,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 24 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 31 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 27 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 28 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 14 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 10 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 5 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 72,000 miles
Based on 169 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles9
20k to 40k miles24
40k to 60k miles31
60k to 80k miles27
80k to 100k miles28
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles14
140k to 160k miles10
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles5

What the data shows

Of the 169 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 1 fire, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

"takata recall" on 11/04/2016 attempting to pass another vehicle, suddenly vehicle on my passenger side begin to sideswiped my vehicle, my passing was delay and hinder; oncoming traffic and sideswiped continually force me of the left side pavement onto the gravel on the left and into a resident dogwood trees, no deploy from airbags vehicle was consider a total lost by my insurance company and repair shop

Reported at 148,000 miles, November 2016 CrashInjury

Applied pressure to the brakes and they went to the floor with just a little catch. I was only doing about 25 MPH and just so happened I was almost at my garage that works on it. (100 yards) I was able to turn in and coast to a stop. The brake line on the driver side underneath the driver and back of the master cylinder had rusted and ruptured. The master cylinder still had fluid in it when we checked it, so the rupture had just occured.I am having to replace all the lines.

Reported at 90,000 miles, August 2014

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