Other brake problem on the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500
1 crash 1 injury 2 of the 12 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other brake problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 report other brake problem at a median of 100,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 60,000 miles and a quarter after 160,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 4th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 35,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 195,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 159,798 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
9% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37,202 miles | 59,000 miles | 100,000 miles | 160,000 miles | 197,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash and 1 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 26 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2026, at a median of 300 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 2015 carries the most reports, with 158; the 2007 has 12. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc sierra 1500 classic. The contact stated that when applying the brakes, the brake pedal would drop a few inches and the vehicle would abnormally lunge forward. There was no warning lights illuminating. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who repaired the front wheel sensors and cleaned the mounting surface at the contacts expense. The manufacturer was called who informed the contact there were no recalls or warranties on teh vehicle and offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 37,202.
My 2007 gmc sierra has faulty ABS sensors which activate at low speed stops and greatly extends the stopping distance of the vehicle. Searching the internet usenet list it seems that a good portion of gm fullsize pickups and suvs have faulty ABS brake sensors which activate during low speed braking. 1999 - 2007 vehicles seem to be the most affected and include sierra, yukon, suburban, and silverado trucks. Gm has known about the issue for many years and has issued a service bulletin on the issue but failed to issue recall, this leaves the owner stuck with the problem to deal with on their own. *tr
While following other normally traveling vehicles downhill - vehicles in front came to a stop - brake peddle was fully depressed...no response...brake fully applied 2nd time...no response...resulting in a rear end collision multiple vehicles...possible total of my 2007 sierra. Damages are very extensive . Insurance to investigate gm brake possible cause....airbag deployed chest & neck injuries....many other incidents involving gmc brake systems. Need immediate NHTSA investigations !! This could have caused a fatality. *tr
Also reported on the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500
Airbag inflator rupture
Other engine problem
Other body or interior problem
Other suspension problem
Other electrical problem
Other wheel or tire problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 12 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other brake problem happen on the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 100,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 60,000 miles and a quarter after 160,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other brake problem on the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500?
12 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed