2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

FRONT END SHAKES AFTER GOING OVER PAVEMENT JOINT OR SMALL BUMP IN ROAD SURFACE. VERY NOTICEABLE AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 55. STEERING WHEEL THEN START DOING SAME, APPLYING BRAKES MAKE IT STOP. PASSENGERS IN VEHICLE MADE COMMENT OF CONDITION. DEALER STATED IT'S A TRUCK, THAT'S HOW THEY RIDE. *JB

SIMILAR TO COMPLAINT ODI 766153. THIS OCCURRED , TWICE THIS YEAR, INITIALLY 1/10/03, BRAKES DRUMS AND ROTORS IN REAR WERE SEVERELY WORN. 2ND DATE SHOWN BELOW. OUTSIDE RIM ALSO BECAME BROWN AND CORRODED. DEALER REPAIRED AND REPLACED DUE TO 3/36 WARRANTY. *NLM

I BOUGHT A NEW AVALANCHE IN OCTOBER, 2002. IT HAS BEEN LOSING ONE QUART OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. CHEVROLET SAYS THIS IS NORMAL????? THEY REPLACED THE PCV VALVE, BUT SAID IT WILL STILL BURN 1 QUART PER 2000 - 3000 MILES. THIS IS ABSURD FOR A NEW ENGINE. WHAT EFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON ENGINE LONGEVITY? CATALYTIC CONVERTER? AIR POLLUTION? I DON'T REMEMBER THIS FEATURE IN THE ADVERTISING OR SALES PITCH. WHAT IS NHTSA DOING ABOUT THIS KNOWN DEFECT? *NLM

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT RESTRAINT WILL LOCK AND PIN PASSENGER WITHOUT NOTICE. PASSENGER HAS TO RELEASE THE MECHANISM AND FULLY RETRACT THE BELT TO GET IT TO RELEASE USUALLY WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *NLM

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IT SOUNDED LIKE "CRUSHING GLASS" AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A DELAYED RESPONSE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES IN REGARDS TO THE ABS LIGHT. *NLM

I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST ON MY 2002 3/4 4X4 CHEVY AVALANCE FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS.THE SERVICE BULLITENS THE DEALER GAVE ME HAD TO DO WITH '95 OR OLDER CARS OR WITH THE NEW CAR BRAKEN PERIOD.(I HAVE OVER 30,000 MILES ON IT) AT FIRST THEY TOLD ME THE SEVICE DEPT FORGOT TO RESET THE LIGHT, NOW THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL USAGE,1 QUART IN 1000 MILES. I AM THINKING OF HAVING A REG. SHOP CHECK THE OIL LEVEL AS WELL AS THE DEALER, BECAUSE WHAT I AM READING IS NOT WHAT THE SERVICE DEPT IS WRITING ON THEIR REPORT. ONE OF THE SEVICE TECHS TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT CHEVY ISN'T GOING TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION. HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS TESTING BEFORE SOMETHING IS DECIDED?

2ND TIME ABS FAILED, THE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME WAS AUGUST 2002 AND THE LAST ONE WAS MARCH 31ST 2003. EACH TIME DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE AND THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ABS

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES YET NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM THE CONSUMER'S WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, AND STEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. SCC

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH THE VEHICLES BRAKES FAILED FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ROLLOVER. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

AT 7,500 MILES I HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE INTERSTATE AND HAD TO USE MY SPARE, THEN REALIZED IT WAS A SMALLER SIZE. I DROVE TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE ME A NEW TIRE, AND SAID ALL OF THESE TRUCKS CAME WITH A 16 INCH SPARE. I NOW HAVE 30,000 MILES AND NOW NEED ALL NEW TIRES. I USUALLY GET NEW TIRES ABOUT EVERY 60,000 MILES. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO ASK WHY MY TIRES WERE WEARING SO BAD AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO HELP OR DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.*JB