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Owner complaints · Service Brakes · every model year

Chevrolet Tahoe brake problems, 2016–2027

246 of the 1,703 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Chevrolet Tahoe 2016–2027 name the brakes (NHTSA’s “Service Brakes” heading — the hydraulic brakes, ABS and brake assist). The loudest years: 2016 (93), 2017 (46), 2023 (20). Filed under the same heading across these years: 6 recall campaigns, 1 NHTSA investigation. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate, none a repair cost, and none a verdict on one car.

246 complaints, 12 model years 14% of everything filed about the Tahoe typically at 50k miles

Chevrolet Tahoe brake problems by model year

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

One row per model year on file, newest first. A year marked in depth has its own page: the complaints, the owners’ words and every document under this heading for that year.

Model yearComplaints naming the brakesShare of the year’sTypically atOn file under the heading
20270———the year →
202614%—2 TSBsthe year →
20251020%——the year →
20241218%—1 recallthe year →
2023209%—1 recallthe year →
2022126%——the year →
2021204%—1 recallthe year →
2020611%——the year →
201977%——the year →
20181918%—2 recallsthe year →
20174627%62k1 recallthe year →
2016 in depth9336%52k3 recalls · 1 investigationthe record →

Two things the counts carry that are not the car: how many of each year were sold, and how long each has been on the road — an older year out-counts a newer one before anything is wrong with it. The share column is the honest comparison across years: what part of that year’s complaints named the brakes. Nothing here is a rate.

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When the brake complaints were filed, and at what mileage

Source: NHTSA complaint database
246complaints name the brakes, all years

Filed per calendar year, every model year together: 2016: 1 · 2018: 18 · 2019: 29 · 2020: 23 · 2021: 20 · 2022: 27 · 2023: 35 · 2024: 20 · 2025: 43 · 2026: 30

50kmiles, typically

Across the model years, half of the 89 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the brake problem between 40,000 and 70,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.

In owners’ own words

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the brakes, from the model years with the most to say. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

Brakes failed 3 times, once pulling into parking space, I rolled down a step driveway into street across street and into neighbors yard and once when a tech from dealership was test driving it, he almost hit the building. The vehicle was in motion each incident
Service Brakes at 49,631 miles Sep 27, 2018 NHTSA owner report
Brakes do not work when going at a slow pace. Have taken the car in 2x and they cannot fin anything wrong. Just took in for 3rd time and this time I drove in the car with them. They confirmed they brakes are not working properly
Service Brakes Sep 20, 2018 NHTSA owner report
Very hard brake pressure needed. Car will stop and very har d. Acts like power brakes do not work.. Loss of maybe due to vacuum loss. There should be u recall issued. Not safe. !!!?
Service Brakes at 51,800 miles Oct 15, 2020 NHTSA owner report
Hard brake pedal resulting in little or no stopping power when applying the brakes. Happened two days in a row. Extreme pressure needed to stop. Both times in the parking lot
Service Brakes at 48,072 miles Aug 7, 2020 NHTSA owner report
While driving my Tahoe on the highway at normal speeds approximately 65mph. I tried to exit freeway and my brakes were unresponsive. At this moment i began to allow the vehicle tto slow down on its own. I was able to safely exit the highway and the dealer ship was right off the exit.
Service Brakes Oct 10, 2025 NHTSA owner report

What is on file about the brakes, across the years

Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

Recall campaigns filed under this heading, any model year

NHTSA investigation

Other systems with a record on the Chevrolet Tahoe

Source: the same files

Every system, every model year: Chevrolet Tahoe problems by year →

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Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communications

Which Chevrolet Tahoe years have the most brake complaints?

2016, 93; 2017, 46; 2023, 20. Raw counts, and an older year has had longer to collect them; by share of each year's own complaints the loudest is the 2016 (36%).

Is there a recall for the brakes on the Chevrolet Tahoe?

Yes — 6 campaigns are filed under this heading across these model years: 24V674000 (2024), 21V579000 (2021), 20V603000 (2018), 19V645000 (2018). A recall is matched by VIN, and applies to specific years; check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

When do brake problems show up on the Chevrolet Tahoe?

Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 50,000 miles across the model years; half of them between 40,000 and 70,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.

What does NHTSA's "Service Brakes" heading cover?

The hydraulic brakes, ABS and brake assist. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.