Chevrolet brakes problems
Across all Chevrolet models in NHTSA's complaint database, 35,874 complaints involve brakes. The Silverado 1500 accounts for the largest share (13%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Silverado with 1,073 brakes complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35,874 about brakes, all Chevrolet models
- Most affected
- Silverado 1500 13% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 16,516 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3791 and 170
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Chevrolet models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Silverado 1500 | 4,792 | 13% |
| Silverado | 3,689 | 10% |
| Suburban | 3,070 | 9% |
| Blazer | 2,963 | 8% |
| Malibu | 2,831 | 8% |
| S10 | 2,106 | 6% |
| Tahoe | 2,053 | 6% |
| Silverado 2500 | 1,389 | 4% |
| Lumina | 1,252 | 4% |
| Impala | 976 | 3% |
Worst model years for brakes
- 1999 Chevrolet Silverado1,073 complaints
- 2000 Chevrolet Silverado662 complaints
- 1994 Chevrolet Suburban649 complaints
- 1995 Chevrolet Blazer614 complaints
- 1994 Chevrolet S10597 complaints
Brakes complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 473 |
| 1991 | 654 |
| 1992 | 1,108 |
| 1993 | 1,499 |
| 1994 | 2,349 |
| 1995 | 2,072 |
| 1996 | 1,611 |
| 1997 | 1,360 |
| 1998 | 1,615 |
| 1999 | 3,097 |
| 2000 | 2,465 |
| 2001 | 2,123 |
| 2002 | 2,283 |
| 2003 | 1,924 |
| 2004 | 1,420 |
| 2005 | 993 |
| 2006 | 897 |
| 2007 | 523 |
| 2008 | 467 |
| 2009 | 537 |
| 2010 | 374 |
| 2011 | 305 |
| 2012 | 397 |
| 2013 | 281 |
| 2014 | 555 |
| 2015 | 931 |
| 2016 | 708 |
| 2017 | 544 |
| 2018 | 444 |
| 2019 | 416 |
| 2020 | 373 |
| 2021 | 203 |
| 2022 | 153 |
| 2023 | 169 |
| 2024 | 261 |
| 2025 | 225 |
| 2026 | 62 |
| 2027 | 3 |
Among the 16,516 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.