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2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Brakes Problems

Complaints
25about this part
Share
6%of 391 total for the year
Median mileage
19,500miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 25 complaints about the brakes of the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 6% of the 391 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 19,500 miles. 4 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“While driving going 40 mph a ‘Brake System Failure’ warning came on and brakes stopped working. Thankfully there were no cars ahead allowing me to continue until the car came to a stop. At that point I engaged the emergency brake and put the car in park and out of gear. I then had the truck towed to a Chevy dealership. I still do not have a response to what the issue is.”

NHTSA complaint #11653306, filed 2025-04

“The adaptive cruse control will apply the brakes driving, it happens when driving and there is nothing in my lane as far as the eye can see. Sometimes the Silverado will go from 70 mph to 30-40 or less and back to 70. Most of the time it will apply the brakes for a sec and then off. One time it locked up the brakes from the low 60 ish MPH to almost stoped before I could get control. Every time this happens there is no cars, or abstractions in my lane. …”

NHTSA complaint #11724058, filed 2026-03

“I was driving to work from Livingston to Bozeman and the roads were bad so I was only going about 60 maybe 65 which was reasonable for the conditions this day, and out of nowhere my truck locked up and I slid it directly into the center median.”

NHTSA complaint #11640257, filed 2025-02

“When all the brake settings are set to factory and I back out of my vehicle onto the main road in front of my driveway the vehicle will occasionally detect something and lock the vehicle in park with emergency brake engaged. I then have to put the vehicle in drive all this while oncoming traffic may or may not be oncoming. The brake engagement happens if the corn in the field is blowing the right way or shadows from the tress. I had this into the dealer and also contacted the manufacture. …”

NHTSA complaint #11637600, filed 2025-01

“While driving down the road I let off the accelerator to start applying brakes for a red light I was approaching, then the vehicle shut completely off and down shifted hard. After that it restarted a second later but had no power steering and no brakes. At this point I was approaching the red light with no brakes and power of my vehicle, the other traffic had a green light now and was crossing my lane of travel but I was luckily able to make it through the light in between vehicles without causing any harm to myself or others. …”

NHTSA complaint #11669068, filed 2025-06

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Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026129%
202566%
2024113%
2023256%
2022589%
2021455%
202011615%
201919518%
20189919%
201719027%
201626633%
201537434%
201428120%
201352%
201294%
2011173%
201072%
2009174%
2008283%
2007627%
200617148%
200513125%
200433041%
200342953%
200236371%
200130766%
200042269%
199937364%
199812234%
199713424%
1996343%
1994330%

Other parts of the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Engine
153 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
108 complaints
Electrical system
63 complaints
Other or unknown
47 complaints
Fuel system
38 complaints
Engine cooling
26 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
21 complaints
Vehicle speed control
18 complaints
Exterior lighting
12 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
8 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
8 complaints
Steering
7 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology