2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS LAMP ILLUMINATED. WHEN HE TRIED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN TIME, AS A RESULT HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 ( SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTI LOCK). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED THE BRAKES ENGAGED, UNEXPECTEDLY, AND SHE BEGAN TO HEAR A LOUD HUMMING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ENGAGING INVOLUNTARILY. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION OF BRAKE LINES AND LOSS OF FLUID. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 15 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ABNORMALLY FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE WARNING LAMP. SHE MENTIONED THAT THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP WHO STATED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. UPON INSPECTION 1 BRAKE LINE BURST THE OTHER 3 WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AND ABOUT TO FAIL.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND CAME UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT CHANGED JUST AS I WAS GETTING TO IT. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES A LITTLE HARDER THAN NORMAL TO MAKE SURE I STOPPED IN TIME. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE AT FIRST BUT ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE LIGHT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I WASN'T STOPPING. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND THE CROSS TRAFFIC HADN'T STARTED TO MOVE YET. I ENDED UP NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP UNTIL I WAS WELL INTO THE INTERSECTION. WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP THEY FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES THAT RUN ALONG THE FRAME HAD BLOWN OUT. ALL OF THE METAL LINES ON THE FRAME RAILS ARE VERY RUSTY AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT $1000.00. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THESE LINES SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF NONCORROSIVE METAL LIKE STAINLESS STEEL TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF THING FROM HAPPENING. *TR

WHILE TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE 95 I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE ONLY TO LEARN THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A LEAK IN THE RIDGE METAL BRAKE LINE WHICH COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE CARS FRAME. UPON INVESTIGATING I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS CONDITION IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. IF I HADN'T TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AND HAD WAITED UNTIL EXITING THE HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY SERIOUS MULTI CAR ACCIDENT.

ACCORDING TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER MY PROBLEM WITH MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE BREAK LINES RUSTING THROUGH AND CAUSING BREAK FAILURE IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT GM BUILT THESE VEHICLES WITH A MATERIAL THAT IS NOT RESISTANT TO CORROSION. HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, BUT THUS FAR NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE. FOR A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THIS (BREAK LINES) FROM A RUST RESISTANT MATERIAL. GM WILL PROBABLY DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO AVOID RECALLS BUT BELIEVE ME IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM... IT'S ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN!

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND, IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES LINES WERE CRACKED DUE TO RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 31000.

SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKES UPON BRAKE APPLICATION. BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM BRAKE LINE WHERE BRAKE LINE CONNECTS TO BRAKES. *TR