2019 GMC sierra brakes and tires done after 20k

PeterHVL · April 29, 2020

Hey guys hope you can give some input on this topic for me. So i bought a brand new 2019 sierra 2500 duramax last year and after 20k my tires and brakes are worn, tires i can see but havent looked at the brakes, this is just what the dealer told me. I do use it for landscaping and tow a dump trailer with heavy materials but it doesnt make sense that already i need brakes and tires. Anyone else have this issue?

Gangly · April 29, 2020

I towed quite a bit with my F250 and my rear brakes lasted approximately 150K miles and my fronts were down by 125k. 20K seems very premature, are you overloading your truck?

On a side note, I have a hair under 5k miles on my 2020 Silverado and the pad wear indicators show that my pads are at 98% still.

Also, get a trailer with brakes on it, it will significantly affect the pad life and tread life on your truck.

Edited April 29, 2020 by Gangly

newdude · April 29, 2020

Sounds heavy and or tire pressures are wrong. How much do you tow weight wise and what wheels are on your truck?

bshort · April 29, 2020

I can see that if you're hauling 12K pounds of dirt in a trailer without brakes and driving it like most workers drive a work truck.

PeterHVL · May 27, 2020

Yeah i understand the tires i messed up by not rotating them but the brakes make no sense. So here's what ended up happening the dealership wouldnt do ****** for us so took it to another mechanic, he noticed that 1 pad had 5% left while the other had 70% and the other side was like 60% and 60% so i tried asking the dealership how thats my fault they just kept saying i abused it. Anyways they replaced the pads and rotors $1k later, just dissapointed 2019 gmc sierra 2500 all that talk how gm chevys are the best and after not even 20 000 kms were dealing with this. Anyways Thanks for all the input

Wintersun · May 30, 2020

I rotate the tires on all my cars and trucks every 5,000 miles and pay the extra amount to get a "lifetime" rotation and wheel balance when buying new tires. With brakes it is the ones in the front that do most of the work. If you do not have electric trailer brakes and a trailer brake controller or do not have them set properly then the truck is doing the braking and not the trailer brakes. I would guess that you have very little wear on your trailer's brakes.

A sticking caliper will result in dragging and faster wear of the pads. I would expect that there would be some pulling experienced when driving and in particular when turning although power steering makes this more difficult to detect. The pad with only 5% left has the sticking caliper. You can google on "sticking brake caliper symptoms" and get more information.

In the past with a Chevy Tahoe the rotors had to be replaced at 32,000 miles and that was with no towing and mostly freeway driving. I bought aftermarket rotors and calipers and had them installed by a local shop and the total cost was no more than going with the OEM parts and having the dealer do the work. I drove the truck for another 140,000 miles and when I sold it the rotors and calipoers and pads were in great shape. Dealers make most of their profits from parts and service and so you can get aftermarket parts that are much better than the OEM parts and not pay a dime more.