2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 · symptom sheet
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early
- 37owner reports
- 14,400median miles
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Jul 24, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
37 of the 176 complaints on this car describe brake wear, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2015 Silverado 2500.
Tick what matches of 37 reports
Brake wear on other Silverado 2500 years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2016, 2020.
What this problem usually is
Brake reports cover a wide spread of symptoms. Grinding or squealing is common, and so is a pulsing pedal or a shake through the car when stopping. Others describe pads and rotors worn out long before they expected, a brake warning light, or a pedal that goes soft or sinks toward the floor. The most serious ones say the car didn't stop in time.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the brakes cover the 2015 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The brake pedal pivot nut may loosen, causing the brake pedal to be loose or inoperative.
On the affected vehicles, the brake pedal pivot nut may loosen, causing the brake pedal to be loose or inoperative.
NHTSA investigations into the brakes on the Silverado 2500
Hydraulic pump failres. Closed feb 28, 2005, led to recall 05V-005.
Hydraulic pump shaft failures. Closed apr 30, 2004.
None of these investigations covers the 2015 model year.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 2,250 and 44,000 miles, from the 14 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 13 service bulletins or notices for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about fluid leaking from the brake caliper piston area found during a service of the vehicle.
This technical bulletin provides information and a solution to a condition of Brake Pedal Moves or Self Applies at Full Turns.
This service bulletin provides information for tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system concerns.
This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of pulsing, grinding, scraping noise from brakes, uneven front brake pad wear.
9 more on the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 page.
What owners wrote
“Driving and a service trailer brake code popped up and wouldnât turn off it is a very distracting ding”
Filed Jul 24, 2025
“Brake pedal gets hard no brakes pops back up all brakes lock up and throws u forward and then works fine for a day or 2 then same thing changed hydro pump 2 brake booster one and the last time it was changed good for two days then issues with my brakes again havenât even made first payment yet and check engine light because a glow plugs out”
Filed Mar 2, 2024
“My 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD is now throwing a SERVICE TRAILER WIRING SYSTEM on the dash with nothing plugged into the 7way. Brakes do work on trailer and a dinging is present when hooked up but now the issue is on the truck without trailer being hooked up.”
Filed Aug 29, 2022
“Trailer brake system quit working while towing a Trailer. No warning until service Trailer brake system appeared and all Trailer braking was gone. When a failure like this occurs it makes stopping a vehicle very dangerous.”
Filed Oct 21, 2021
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 37 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works