2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

I'M HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2002 AVALANCHE THROUGH YEARS. I CAN REMOVED MY KEY WHEN MY IGNITION TURNED ON TO DRIVE. MY TRUCK ALSO REDUCES ENGINE SPEED WHEN DRIVING AT 45 MPG. IT RESULT FOR ME TO PULL OVER ON THE INTERSTATE TO RESET THE PCM TO DRIVE. THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL APPEAR ON ALSO. THEN IT WILL CLEAR ITSELF SOMETIMES. SANDY SANSON A GM DEALERSHIP IN PENSACOLA FL WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006 HAS CHARGE ME UNNECESSARY FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX THESE ISSUES. WHEN BRINGING THE PROBLEM TO THE ATTENTION OF AUTO REPAIR. A SALE REP SAID MY KEYCHAIN CAN WHERE MY IGNITION OUT. HE ALSO STATED THAT MY CAR NEEDED OTHER COMPONENT PARTS IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHICH NEVER SOLVE THE MAIN ISSUE THAT I REQUESTED TO BE FIX. I ALSO TALK TO THE HEAD SUPERVISOR AND GOT POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. FURTHERMORE, IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVE AT THIS MOMENT. I CONTINUE TO DRIVE BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE AT THE MOMENT. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN ABOUT THIS ISSUES, BUT PLEASE ASSIST ME BECAUSE I BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THAT ARE IN THE HEADLINE AT THIS MOMENT. I WRITTEN ABOUT MY REDUCE ENGINE SPEED IN THE PAST. *TR

WAS DRIVING AROUND THE BLOCK AS I HAD JUST JUMP STARTED THE DEAD BATTERY. AS I APPROACHED A STOP THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE TRUCK KEPT ROLLING AS THE BRAKES WERE SPONGY. AS I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE THE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR. I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING A CAR COMING FROM THE SIDE STREET. I COASTED THE TRUCK HOME AND THERE WAS FLUID POURING FROM THE LINES JUST BEHIND THE ABS MODULE. ALL THE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. *JS

AS I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED RUNNING CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALL POWER ASSIST AND TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD RUSTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I LOST THE BRAKES CAUSING ME TO ROLL THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS COMING THROUGH FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION. IT WAS TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC WHERE HE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE SO CORRODED THAT THEY BURST WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ENTIRE REAR BRAKE LINE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT CHANGING TO RED, BRAKES WERE APPLIED MODERATELY HARD AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH SEVERELY REDUCED BRAKING RESULTING IN A STOPPING DISTANCE ABOUT 1 CAR LENGTH LONGER THAN NORMAL. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT DURING THIS INCIDENT. I CONTINUED ANOTHER MILE TO MY DESTINATION WITH REDUCED BRAKING. WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED, THE LEAK IN A CORRODED LINE ON TOP OF THE FRAME ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS APPARENT. I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER ABOUT 1 MORE MILE FOR REPAIRS. *TR

ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON...THERE WAS A RECALL FOR "SALT" BELT STATES, HOWEVER, AREAS THAT GET SNOW AND ROADS ARE SALTED AS WELL SUCH AS RENO, NV, TRUCKEE, CA ETC AND OTHER STATES THAT HAVE SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO THOSE THAT WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS WELL.... SAME PROBLEM, SIMILAR CONDITIONS. WHY WOULD MY AREA NOT BE INCLUDED AS WELL?? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S STATE WAS NOT MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE SALT BELT STATES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT LIKE NO POWER WAS GETTING TO THE WHEELS. I STEPPED ON THE GAS, THE RPMS WENT UP, BUT THE TRUCK COULDNT GET PAST 30 MPH. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION BURNT OUT. I BABIED THIS TRUCK. THEIR IS NO REASON FOR A CHEVY TRUCK WITH 60000 MILES OF LIGHT ROAD USE SHOULD BLOW A TRANNY. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. 3200 DOLLARS TO FIX A PART THAT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST LASTED 100000 MILES.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AROUND 9:30 PM. AS I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES AT ALL, NO SAFTEY FEATURES KICKED IN, NO WARNING LIGHTS. JUST A CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. LUCKILY FOR ME IT WAS A SMALL HILL AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY GOING INTO LOW GEAR AND USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I TURNS OUT THAT THE BRAKELINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS CONTROL BOX WERE ROTTED AND FINALLY GAVE OUT. THIS IS A 2002 TRUCK WITH 62,000 MILES ON IT. I KNOW FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH OLDER CARS THAT IF A BRAKE LINE FAILS, THERE IS A VALVE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CUT OFF THE OPEN LINE SO THERE IS SOME BRAKES LEFT. I REPEAT, NO SAFTEY FEATURES WORKED, NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO VALVE KICKING IN,NOTHING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE WEB BROUGHT UP THOUSANDS OF HITS ON THIS PROBLEM. JUST 20 MINUTES EARLIER I WAS ON THE NYS THRUWAY DOING 65 MPH. IF I LOST BRAKES AT THAT SPEED AND WITH THE OTHER TRAFFIC, THERE MOST CERTAINLY WOOD HAVE BEEN A CRASH AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.

SLOWED RAPIDLY FOR A VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. BRAKES WORKED FINE UNTIL SPEED DROPPED TO 15 MPH. THEN BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE LIGHT FLASHED AND WARNING CHIME SOUNDED. LIMPED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AT CLOSING TIME. AWAITING ESTIMATE AND CAUSE. *TR