2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 115 complaints for the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 115 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 5,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 47 complaints that include mileage. 83% 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	35
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	3
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 47 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 5,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes.

What owners wrote

While driving home in my neighbor I was approaching vehicle ahead of me which was stopped. I applied the break pedal which went loosely all the way to ground and unresponsive. Due to my inability to stop on time I rear ended the vehicle. No warning that there was an issue with my breaks what so ever. The only thing that I did have going on was my trucks front panel (gauges & stereo screen) weren't functioning. I went to turn on my pick up and it behaved as if battery was dead.

August 2021 Crash

When foot brake and emergency brake is released and truck is put in d position, loud pop is heard and truck lunges forward all at once with no exceleration. Chev dealers in area won't see vehicle for over 2 weeks even with safety recall out. Trip cancelled. Never buy a chev!!!

Reported at 2,640 miles, September 2020

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Chevrolet models