2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 376 complaints for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 26% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 376 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 57,000 miles 264 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 25 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 264 complaints that include mileage. 53% 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	15
20k to 40k miles	33
40k to 60k miles	91
60k to 80k miles	67
80k to 100k miles	28
100k to 120k miles	14
120k to 140k miles	5
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	5
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 264 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 25 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Recall on braking system, reported to GM dealer, waited, drove vehicle while still on recall, dealership quoted that it will be okay, ( travel to med appointments) after several attempts, finally got it in, (its fixed), continued driving it, still having problems with braking, the pedal was jumping, oh! That's normal stated the technician, I continued driving, I called the dealer ship I bought the truck from, new in 2015, explained explain to them the problem im having, (said well bring it to the dealer ship near…

Reported at 93,000 miles, November 2018 CrashInjury

Brakes went out while driving on freeway and I had to push the brake pedal down as hard as I could to get truck to slow down while I moved over to the shoulder. It turns out the vacuum pump on my braking system went out.

Reported at 40,000 miles, August 2018

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Chevrolet models