Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Parking Brake Problems
- 5
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 3
- Years with records
- 2001–2003
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 5 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- transfer case · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
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Parking Brake
Our 2001 chevy k2500 hd was parked, w/park brake on, at the top of a mnt. Plateau when it rolled off the top w/a 5 yr old boy in the bed of the truck, going 500 yds before coming to a stop. The truck had been sitting for approximately 10 min. At an idle before it began to move. No previous problems with the park brake failing ever occurred prior to this. Our truck was totaled due to damage sustained in the accident.…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10287157
Instrument Cluster/Panel · Parking Brake · Transfer Case (4-Wheel Drive) · Vacuum
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 2500. The contact stated that the transfer case was designed with a defect. As a result, the pump in the transfer case wore a hole from the inside to the outside of the transfer case. This allowed the oil in the transfer case to pump out the hole and caused the transfer case to run drive. The dealer stated that the vehicle was out of warranty and the contact would have…
ODI 10259252
Parking Brake
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving 30 mph, the parking brake cable snapped in half and caused the motor of the vehicle to shut off. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they confirmed that the cable snapped and short circuited a fuse, which caused the vehicle to lose power. The contact researched and discovered a recall explaining the same failure. He called the manufacturer and was…
ODI 10232035
Parking Brake
Parking brake failure on the 2001 chevrolet pickup,they all have the same brake system from 1999 and up to the last year or so. The emergency /parking brake will not hold and if it does work it is a one time use only due to poor design.the brake is a single piece that has a very small amount of brake shoe on it and when applied it simply bends the shoe out to make contact and then it can not come back in so the…
ODI 10370470
Differential Unit · Injectors · Latch · Parking Brake · Transfer Case (4-Wheel Drive)
I own a 2002 chev k2500hd. I have had several problems, but was unaware of this site to report these problems until now. First, the dryer switch on the ac went bad @ 34k. Second,@ 65k i had to replace the front left wheel hub assembly as talked about in one of the other complaints i read. Third, @ 95k my transfer case developed a leak and i lost all the fluid. A chevrolet mechanic showed me a transfer case that had…
ODI 10132114