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2019 High Country.  Got the recall done when told about it.  The monitor then showed both front and back 100% which was clearly not true.  Had vehicle inspected and they said I'd get another year out of the rear pad and the front pads still had some good meat on them, probably 75%.  Got the Service Brake Pad Monitor a few weeks back (2 months after inspection). Took it in for service.  You guessed it, rear pads and rotors.  I clapped back about servicing my truck regularly and aside from taking pics of the rotors (which were pitted), they didn't do anything for me aside from sticking me with the stiff bill.  Service brake pad monitor error came up again yesterday.  I'll call the dealership tomorrow but not happy. 

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2020 silverado 1500 TB LT. 95k km's "Service brake pad monitor system"

 

I just assumed the wear sensor defaults to this alert after it got under 10% pad life remaining. Which was the case for my truck. Just an assumption i had. So i replaced rear rotors, pads and wear sensor.  

 

I still have this msg pop up everytime i start my truck. Whats the next step here? Seems common. I hate dealing with dealerships.  They are slimey and most of the time we (millwright) know more than they do. They act like its the first time they've heard of the problem. Quick search shows its very common. Can anyone recommend a strategy here? I can do the front as well, but people have already gone through that step and still have that msg on the dash. Please advise,

JOEL

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On 2/1/2024 at 2:52 PM, Joel B said:

2020 silverado 1500 TB LT. 95k km's "Service brake pad monitor system"

 

I just assumed the wear sensor defaults to this alert after it got under 10% pad life remaining. Which was the case for my truck. Just an assumption i had. So i replaced rear rotors, pads and wear sensor.  

 

I still have this msg pop up everytime i start my truck. Whats the next step here? Seems common. I hate dealing with dealerships.  They are slimey and most of the time we (millwright) know more than they do. They act like its the first time they've heard of the problem. Quick search shows its very common. Can anyone recommend a strategy here? I can do the front as well, but people have already gone through that step and still have that msg on the dash. Please advise,

JOEL

 

At least you got normal life. Mine did this with 27,000kms. Ridiculous. I drive mostly highway the same route every day. I've never had brakes fail like this. Design flaw.

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On 4/12/2024 at 7:30 PM, Jac365 said:

Me too!! I had to do all 4 rotors/pads at 21,500 miles! First time I ever had to replace brakes BEFORE tires!!

These new trucks have the same kind of pad life as what they give you for ink in a brand new printer...ridiculous. I've always gotten 80-100k kms out of brakes before.

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I have a 2019 Silverado LTZ 6.2 and it has 57k miles…all hwy and no towing.  I got a quote from dealer to change pads and rotors and it blew my mind. So having always done my own brakes on my Chevy trucks and wife’s tahoes up to this point, I decided to change them myself.  My wear indicator on the dash said that my pads were needing to be serviced and had no life left basically.  Pads all had good life left on them however except for drivers inside rear pad. It was gone.  Emergency brake dragging probably. Anyway, I purchased new rotors, pads, and sensors.  Put truck into ‘brake service mode’ and changed everything out for new stuff.  Once complete, I take the truck “out of service mode’ and everything seems fine. I get a question on the center screen between tach and speedo that said, “did you replace pads?”   I pushed the yes button and figured all is well. Then, I get a red font that comes up, “ Service brake monitor” or something like that. It will not go away. I cannot reset it and the ONLY option I get onscreen is, “Enable or disable the Pad life sensors.  So, after driving several weeks, i tried to enable it again just to see if it was a mileage thing, but no.  It’s still there. So, I disabled it. My concern is that everything was done correctly and the system does not want to recognize the new sensors. Now it appears I’d need to go to dealer after all and pay to have it ‘connected to SkyNet’ for $185

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