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just ducky
I have an '09 Silverado, and I'm having a strange problem, which is very sporadic. Within the first few minutes of starting the truck, I seem to be getting a "grabbing" feeling from the brakes. For example, I'll begin to stop for a stoplight, and at the very last second before coming to a stop, I feel a kind of "grabbing" sensation, and the truck comes to an abrupt stop. Then when I take my foot off the brake and start to move again, the vehicle would normally move ever so slightly forward, but it feels as if the parking brake is on? I then touch the gas, and it feels like it "breaks loose" so to speak, with a bit of a thud noise, and then seems to move fine. There is no grinding or scraping sound like possibly the breaks rubbing. I had the local chevy dealership check the breaks, and they found nothing. They also checked the differential, thinking from my description it could be a problem there, but again found nothing. I'm wondering if it's not the brakes at all, but a clutch type mechanism on the engine itself that's "holding back" the engine? Reason I say this is it has not happened once I'm driving for a few minutes and the truck is warmed up. Seems to me if it were a brake issue, it would happen whether the truck is just starting up, or it's run for a while.
I've thought about taking the truck to a brake specialist instead of the GM dealer, but if it's not the brakes at all, then I'm just throwing money out the window. Any Ideas?
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