I had trouble stopping my truck, took it to the dealership and they gave it clean bill of health, even though the pedal was soft and it touched the floor.

So, i just discovered the RECALL in Canada......YUP


Now read about the braking problem

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/gm_silverado_brakes.html

If you don't file a complaint with the NHTSA, then they won't fix the problem

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/

Do a couple of emergency stops. Firms the pedal up like a brick.

I am at 60K with my 03 and my brakes are great, during the last service they said I had 80% of my brake linings left, giving me an estimated service life of over 200,000 miles. Compared to my '98 truck, the brakes are great.

If I do have any problems I will have the calipers cleaned and the brake fluid flushed, has this done on my 98 and it helped quite a bit.

my 02 brakes suck. and my dealer (who is very good and will work with me) says they can not find anything wrong so they cant do anything. but my brakes just dont feel right. i dunno what i can do

I shall try to answer all of you. FOr the guys that don't have a problem, watch your rear brakes.

For tmg115, dude same thing happened to me, I took mine in and they wanted to just get rid of me, I dunno even if they did paper-work, DID THEY DO PAPER WORK FOR YOU? Most likely not lol lol

Did you read the LINK above entirely, the NHTSA says that they won't issue a RECALL like they did in Canada because they only have 122 complaints.

#1 I'm going to write a complaint to

U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Defects Investigation
NVS-210, 400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590

#2 Then I'm going to take my truck to a totally new dealership and make sure they WRITE CUSTOMER SAYS HAVING TROUBLE STOPPING......have them release the vehicle as fine, then mail that dealership and GM a CERTIFIED LETTER containing my invoice along with a copy of this link

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/gm_silverado_brakes.html

and advise them that even if my warranty runs out, they will be held accountable for the $400.00 to replace pads/rotors and be held completely liable for any injuries/ death due to this nationwide problem.

General Motors
C/o Customer Assistance
P.O. Box 33170.
Detroit MI 48232-5170

Took mine in under warranty for squealing . Tech took brakes completelly apart and cleaned everything , even the rotors .I asked if he'd use some antseeze on the moving parts while he was in there . He said that GM called for dialectic grease because of the heat , did a great job . he recommended cleaning once a year because of living in the salt belt . Evidentally it wasn't the first time he did this , it might be something to look into . I didn't have a problem stopping though , before or after . Don't know if this is much help , good luck