2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

I STARTED TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR I GOT OUT AND CHECKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING OUT OF THE LINE AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE LINES HAD RUSTED INTO AND THIS SHOCKED ME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A BRAKE LINE SHOULD RUST .ALL MY BRAKE LINES ARE REALLY RUSTY.

FOUND FRAME ROTTED AND CRACKED .THOUGHT THE FRAME SHOULD LAST TRUCK ONLY 14 YEARS OLD THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN.

TAKATA AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND IMPACTED ACCIDENT.. MY VEHICLE WAS MOVING WHEN I WAS HIT AND AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I'VE SINCE HAD 2 UNSUCCESSFUL BACK SURGERIES AND I CONTINUE UNCEASINGLY TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. I AM DISABLE RETIRED. THERE IS A WASHINGTON DC POLICE REPORT, PICTURES, INSURANCE CLAIM PAPERWORK, INVESTIGATION ETC. THERE IS A BOX OF PAPERWORK. TO MUCH TO UPLOAD, BUT I CAN GATHER THE INFO AND FORWARD TO AN ADDRESS PROVIDED TO ME. THIS WEBSITE STATED DO NOT INCLUDE PERSONAL INFORMATION SO MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS [XXX] FOR FUTURE. REFERENCE..I JUST HAPPEN TO SEE A COMMERCIAL ON TV A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE AIRBAGS SO I HAVE TO GATHER SOME REQUESTED INFO. LIKE THE EXACT DATE. I KNOW IT WAS IN 2010, SO I'M SIMPLY PUTTING IN A DATE FILLER UNTIL I CAN LOOK UP THE EXACT DATE.. I BELIEVE MY FIRST SURGERY WAS IN SEPTEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. DO I NEED TO CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR DO I NEED TO CONTACT TAKATA? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

REPEATED PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURES. THE VEHICLE FAILS COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY OTHER YEAR. REPAIRS END UP COSTING AROUND $800. THIS IS A COMMON FEATURE IN MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. THE INTERNET IS FILLED WITH COMPLAINS REGARDING THE CHEVY AVALANCHE. WHY WAS A RECALL NEVER ISSUED FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MODELS?

LOST ALL BRAKING POWER WHILE DRIVING. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DROVE HOME SLOWLY, LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. PUDDLES OF BRAKE FLUID.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STARTED UP AFTER WAITING FOR A WHILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FUEL PUMP, BATTERY, AND STARTER WERE CHANGED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE STARTER WAS REPLACED AGAIN; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

ENGINE STALL WITH LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN TURNING FROM TOWER OAKS ST ONTO JONES ROAD, A BUSY 4 LANE ROAD. CAR STOPPED IN ONCOMING LANE ON JONES ROAD, JUST AVOIDING A HEAD ON COLLISION. CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILURE. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER WHO INFOMED ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR OF THE CHEVROLETE AVALANCHE PAID DEALER $540. FOR CRANSSHAFT SENSOR REPLACEMENT. HAVE NOT HAD A STALLING PROBLEM SENCE REPLACING THE CRANSHAFT SENSOR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND CAN CAUSE SEVERE ACCIDENTS AS THE LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES IS CRITICAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH RUGGED TERRAIN TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75R16. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED, BUT WAS REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,500 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

MY 02 AVALANCHE HAS HAD ALL THE FUEL, EM BRAKE, WHEEL HUB WHILE HUSBAND WAS STOPPING AT LIGHT WHEN THE TOP CALIPER BOLT CAME OUT WEDGING THE CALIPER BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND BOLT THIS STOPPED THE TRUCK SOUNDED LIKE GUN FIRE AND THE REST END WENT 8 FT INTO THE AIR. AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYED. COST DAYS PAYS AND $ NEW BOLT TO GET BACK ON ROAD, NO INJURY. PLUS DRVR FR AXLE PASS TOO. 2ND TRANNY ONLY 4YRS APART HAS FAILED AGAIN WITH MY 6 GRKIDS ON MY 56TH B.D. IN TX 105 * HEAT INDEX. IT TOOK 4 HOURS TO GET HOME HAVING TO STOP EVERY 10 MIN FOR 20 MIN BECAUSE IT WAS OVERHEATING. MY GRKIDS WERE HEAT EXHAUSTED AS WAS I. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SHORT COLUMN IN MY STEERING AND I HAVE BEEN JIGGLING THE KEY TO START IT FOR APPX 8 YEARS NOW. 2 FUEL PUMPS IN LESS THAN A YEAR THE LAST ONE WAS STUCK FOR 3 HOURS AT GAS STATION W/3 GRKIDS WHILE MY D-N-LAW WAS WAITING TO MEET ME 2 HOURS FROM HER HOME. I THINK THAT COVERS MOST OF THE INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS AND NOT ONE DID CHEVY PAY FOR. I DIDN'T BOTHER ASKING MY HUSBAND HAS 2500 SCHOOL HOURS IN AUTO MECHANIC REPAIR. MY TRIM IS FADED AND HAVE TO OIL IT TO KEEP IT FROM CRACKING. THE TRUCK STILL DRIVES EXCELLENT BUT YOU PEOPLE ARE WHO I'M GOING TO SUE IF SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS IN THAT TRUCK FOR YOUR LACKADAISICAL ATTITUDE IN ENFORCING THE SAFETY LAWS. HOW MUCH KICK BACK DO YOU RECEIVE FROM THE CAR COMPANIES TO NOT RECALL THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS? DON'T BE SHOCKED IT IS OBVIOUS BIG MONEY DICTATES WHAT GETS RECALLED. PEOPLE DIE FOR THE GREED OF OTHERS AND THAT IS PATHETIC. IF YOU ENFORCED THE SAFETY LAWS STRICTER THERE WOULD NOT BE PEOPLE DYING OR BADLY MFT'D VEHICLES CAUSING WRECKS SCARING PEOPLE CAUSING PTSS. I THINK THIS AGENCY IS ALL ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE THINK YOU DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T, AT LEAST NOT UNTIL 600MILLION CARS HAVE TO BE RECALLED. 2 SHOULD BE ENOUGH. 1 A REPAIR 2 NOT A COINCIDENCE. THANK YOU, [XXX] ALL WHILE DRIVING INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,400. UPDATED 08/04/16*LJ