Our normal family vehicle is a 2017 Silverado crew cab. It's a great truck, until Saturday evening. My wife was turning onto our driveway when the brakes decided to not function as they normally do. She had to pull herself off the seat and put all the force she could into pushing the brake pedal down before hitting the garage.
Chevy issued a recall in late 2019, and I had the recall done, that "reprogrammed" the computer regarding "excessive break pressure required occassionaly". Apparently, research has shown me, that did NOT fix the problem and on some (lots) of vehicles the brake booster loses pressure at low speeds and you have manual (old fashion) brakes when you are anticipating the power brakes you have been using for the last 58k miles.
As I have alluded to, this is a known problem on the 1500, Tahoe, Suburban across all the GM variants. I can not understand how this is not another recall, this time for the brake booster vs. a reprogram. I just don't understand (actually cynical me does) how the NHTSA would allow this to not be recalled. Maybe it is me, but I feel like the brakes, and proper brake function, is probably the most important part of a vehicle.
My wife has completely lost trust in the truck and GM. I feel the same about GM. But, I really don't want to get a different vehicle in the current market and deal with the financial implications of replacing a 4 year old vehicle that works well for us. She's looking at rentals for our Thanksgiving drive to her parents. I think the truck will be fine once repaired (as I would if they issued a recall for the booster pump) but will probably never buy a GM again. But then cynical me realizes that Ford, Ram, Toyota, etc. would probably do the exact same thing if there was a known issue with their booster pump.
Am I being overly dramatic?