2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — Complaint #660233
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM filed March 5, 2008
NHTSA complaint #660233 (ODI reference 10220136) concerns a 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 and was filed on March 5, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 18, 2007. The vehicle had 7,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:drum, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:drum failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 60-80 (MORE NOTICEABLE BUT CAN STILL FEEL AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN STOPPING) MPH WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED TO SLOW FOR A TOLL PLAZA OR OFF RAMP THE TRUCK AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. HAVE DRIVEN WITH 2 MECHANICS AND A SERVICE MANAGER AT MAROONE CHEVROLET AND THEY HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM BUT STATE "IT IS NORMAL OR NOT THAT BAD". THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS I TOW A BOAT A COUPLE TIMES PER MONTH THAT IS 3500 LBS. THE TRUCK IS RATED TO PULL 7800 LBS. I AM WORRIED THIS COULD CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE/PREMATURE BRAKE COMPONENT WEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT STILL CONTINUES. NOW THE BRAKES SQUEAL WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED AND TIRES ARE WEARING ON THE INSIDE (A FRIEND WITH THE SAME TRUCK IS ALSO WEARING ON THE INSIDE). THE DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AFTER TURNING THEM ONCE, REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR PADS, REPLACED REAR DRUMS, AND REBALANCED THE TIRES. CONDITION STILL REMAINS. *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 660233 |
| ODI Number | 10220136 |
| Date Filed | March 5, 2008 |
| Failure Date | October 18, 2007 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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