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2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 service brakes problems

70 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 250018% of all complaints for this model year.

70
Service Brakes complaints
18%
share of all complaints
112,823 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Unknown Lost my truck to fire I was shopping and when I came out of the store the fire department had already put the fire out. They had said the fire started under the hood on the driver side.

    filed Jun 12, 2023

  • Extreme rust, tailgate cables broke in use, had to replace. Tailgate still won't latch properly, dropping open while driving/hauling fairly often; brake line rusted out, replaced before had accident; whole frame rusted - under carriage//tire wells/drive shaft/around reece hitch so I worry about…

    filed Jun 18, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.