BRAKES and 2007 .

[yakmar]

I gotta ask, whats up with the brakes on the 2007 Av!!  These things are TIGHT!! Stops like a car, not a 6600lb truck!! 
  Is there some funky mechanism involved such as computer assisted braking or similar??  WIth brakes as good as this, would not even see the need to upgrade!

 

[rch07av]

Man, you got that straight Yak!!!  There is no comparison between the 07 and the earlier AV brakes.  Bravo to the General!!!

 

[zrone90]

On my 01 GMC the brakes always felt soft and mushy.  The avalanche brakes are 100 times better in the way they feel and stop.

 

[ltxi]

GM cleaned up its act regarding brakes circa 2005 / 2006, depending on the model. Spend a lot of time, half my work week life, in rental Impalas, Grand Prixs, and Trailblazers and it's always depressing when I get home after a few days on the road and climb back into my Y2K Silverado in the airport garage. I'm gonna trade it off and buy into an ordered out the way I want it '08 Avalanche before winter sets in. But first, I have to have my truck brakes cleaned up yet again -- for the third time(!) in 36000 miles.

 

[AVJer]

Bosch did the complete braking system for the 900 series trucks.  And help improve the late 800 series as well.