2022 HARD Brake Pedal On Chevy Malibu, Equinox FIX 

I have a 2018 equinox, had to buy the brake booster sensor from the dealership, first took it to oreillys and they hooked up their diagnostic to the suv code came up PO556. The dealership tried to convince me that they were not real readings and to get theirs would be $75. Long story short the safety feature would not let me put the car in drive. It shut off. They just quoted me a price of $2600. Told me my battery was dead is why the car keeps shutting off. I’m buying the sensor with pipe/ tube $66.99. But if I have to watch this a million times I will do it myself

Very detailed and helpful video ! Took about 20-30 mins for me to change and I’m no mechanic !!

Thanks for this Video, 18 Equinox, My wife and granddaughter were at a Dr. appointment a few days ago and this Hard Brake thing happened to her on the way home, Ive owned Chevys my whole life and never had this problem with any of my cars or trucks. Cant believe this is a problem with the braking system. Should be a recall. 500$ at the dealer. Could of been an ugly accident. Also it blew several codes, Power steering and brakes.

Great video! They need to do a recall on these cars regarding this manufacturing defect. I lost my brakes today while driving and almost hit another car. Dangerous that this can happen while driving. Same error code so I have the same issue. The master cylinder/brake booster should always draw Vacuum from the engine not a pump that can fail at anytime while you are driving. I am calling Chevrolet tomorrow and filing a consumer complaint. Appreciate your video on this repair which I will do myself. After researching this, this is a common problem with these pumps failing, and a dangerous problem for people who own these cars.

Thanks for the video my guy. I bought 19 equinox 3 months ago n my brakes failed while in motion. Almost rear ended someone. Thanks to you I was able to buy part from dealer n install it myself. All cost me $125. This needs to be recalled cus it’s a safety hazard. Imagine if you’re an elderly and have no brakes

Thank you for this awesome video

Yea don’t by a Chevy Cruze or Malibu. That brake pump is junk all over! Stupid idea and they do not even come good for it.

Did you ever get any oil pressure codes accompanied with the booster codes?

Very good video. Thanks for the info!

Bought a 2018 equinox to feel safe driving my young grandchild around, only to find this car is dangerous. My brakes malfunctioned while I was exiting the freeway with my granddaughter in the back seat and we came inches from hitting a garbage truck. Chevy needs to fix this.

I just had one that came apart in shards! Ever see one of those pump shafts sieze and then snap the teeth off it? Cam sprocket has gouges and I only found half of the pieces, other pieces are not recoverable without taking the valve cover off. Ever see that?? UPDATE: Sent customer to dealer, they had to replace the camshaft $2000 *If yours comes out in pieces it likely damaged the camshaft reluctor wheel

I have a 2016 Malibu that I just replaced this part on. It worked and everything runs like it's supposed to again but immediately after I change the part the check engine light came on. I've never seen the check engine light on in this car before until now. The cheap scanner I have isn't picking up the code but everything seems to be running like it's supposed to. Any suggestions?

I have a question. I have to drive home from Arizona to El paso and the engine light turns on and off. I went to autozone and they gave me the clde p0556 . But the lights off right now. What u think ?

Changed mines out on my 2019 Malibu now sometimes when I hit pedal makes a crazy sound like it has no air went back checked everything even the actual brake pads everything looks good I NEED HELP IS IT THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS IT A FAULTY VACCUM PUMP CAUSE IT DO SEEM LIKE IT WORKS WHEN IT WANT TO CAUSE SOMETIMES MY BRAKES ARE OK THEN BACK TO THID

So here is an interesting turn on this garbage design from GM. What might happen if the booster locks up internally? Something is going to break. And it was the housing around the shaft for the coupling where it connects to the exhaust cam shaft. Guess what else is attached to the exhaust cam shaft? The cam position reluctor that rotates on the cam and gives the pulse to the Exhaust CAM sensor to tell the ECM the timing of the two cam shafts. So when this thing came apart at 80 MPH not only did I lose power to the point where the engine died, I had a very hard brake pedal that I wasn't ready. Fortunately this didn't cause an accident. But it will. So for the this idiotic design that should have been a $100 repair and maybe 30 minutes I have to take the top of the engine apart to get to the cam to realign the reluctor on the cam shaft. There is another RU-vid video about the P00014 and P00017 cam position problem where he shows the reluctor out of alignment. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Icb_bgwKmHk.html here is the video for the cam shaft.

This happened to me today in my 2022 Equinox. (31k miles)Brake pedal got stuck 95% of the way, making it very hard to brake. Almost ran a four way stop. Thank God I had just exited the freeway 2 min. earlier.

I have a 2019 equinox and my brake pedal is really stiff. It just happened today. I swear, if it isn't one thing,it's another. I have 142k on mine. I drive a lot for work

Hi, has this issue yesterday.. Driving home and pedal went hard. Managed to drive home but now car doesn't start.. There seems to be liquid leaked from under the part you changed. I can source the part and change it but will it release the brake pedal (currently super hard) and will that then maybe let the car start. Weekend here and no mechanics or OBD2 scanner

Where’s the best place to order one

I am a mobile mechanic and this video was very useful on helping diagnose a customer car. Thanks a lot 💯💪💪

Don’t forget that if u don’t change it in time it brakes off and locks up the engine smh!!

What tools do I need to fix the vacuum pump on my 2019 Equinox, I’m repairing it this weekend and I just want to make sure I have the correct parts.

What size was the bolt on the bracket holding that black hose I've tried every socket and nothing fits the damn thing

What if you changed the vacuum pump but have a thump noise brakes are soft but have a thump noise

Changed the pump and sensor still hard break pettle

I also almost got into a very bad accident driving my POS 2018 Chevy Equinox with the ecotec 1.5 turbo. Brakes got hard on a 75 mph road in the mountains going downhill. We could’ve died. People need to be aware of this. PLEASE DO NOT BUY AN EQUINOX. 2018 AND UP. THESE ARE DEADLY PIECES OF SHT!

*Diagnostic - Check Engine Light: P1101 INTAKE AIR FLOW PERFORMANCE ,P0556 BRAKE BOOSTER PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMED INTAKE PRESSURE TEST AND FAIL AND LOW VACUMM AT BRAKE PUMP AND CAM OVER HEATED CAUSING TIMING WHEEL TO TURN AND CAM NEED REPLACE AND VACUMM PUMP

I can’t seem to get to the bolt on the vacuum pump the hose connected to the intake pump is in the way

Excelente video gracias brother.dios te bendiga

All you have to do is clean it

Thank you for the video!. I just replaced this and still brakes to the floor. There is air leaking sound close to the pedal though. Would it be brake booster?

Why was there no rubber sealer?

Where do get part from 4:42

Is this the brake booster?

Thank u

What was the spray you used??

Failed to mention year, make model, and engine size. Instant thumbs down

My 2018 Terrain has this issue and more, have to change valve cover because the pump froze. When will GM take this problem to a recall ? It was done for other years with this issue, my kids were in my car when my pump went out and I almost put the car into a big rock. BTW the other years have this same pump and the recall changed the pump style.

I really dislike these cars lol the inside looks like something from fisher price

Great video. Does a Chev Cruze have the same pump ?