2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COLLIDED HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, BUT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT, A LICENSED MECHANIC, DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 136,000.

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. LATELY I HAVE HAD CONTINUED AND CONSISTENT UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) ACTIVATION WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS AND APPROACHING STOP SIGNS, STOP LIGHTS, AND YIELD SIGNS AT OR NEAR INTERSECTIONS. THE UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION APPEARS IDENTICAL AND CONSISTENT WITH GM PRODUCT RECALL 05068 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 05V-379 IN WHICH 804,000 GMC AND CHEVROLET VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION. THE PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS AFFECTED APPEARS TO BE THE SALT BELT STATES. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE ABS WHEEL SENSORS NOT PROPERLY PREPARED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION CAUSING RUST AND/OR CORROSION TO AFFECT THE WHEEL SENSORS. ALTHOUGH A CHECK OF MY VIN DOES NOT YIELD ANY SAFETY RECALLS ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE, I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY THE SAME FRONT WHEEL SENSOR CORROSION ISSUE AS THOSE VEHICLES LISTED IN THE RECALL. MY VEHICLE AVALANCHE WHICH IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES AFFECTED. I ALSO RESIDE IN ILLINOIS WHICH IS ONE OF THE STATES AFFECTED. I AM CONCERNED THIS MAY CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THEREFOR THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY DEFECT THAT MAY JEOPARDIZE CONSUMER SAFETY. I WOULD LIKE MY WHEEL SENSORS CLEANED AND/OR REPLACED PER GM RECALL AND AT NO COST TO ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THIS FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CALIPERS WERE CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 04/04/16*LJ

HEAD LAMPS WERE VERY DIM AND THERE IS A WHITE FILM ON THE INSIDE OF THEM, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR NIGHT TIME DRIVING. SABERSPORT IS THE COMPANY WHO MANUFACTURES THEM, BUT WHEN CONTACTED THEIR PHONE # HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED. THE # IS 1 909 598 7589.

AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE ABS COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING ON DRY PAVEMENT, SO THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF A SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACE. I HAVE ALMOST HIT SEVERAL THINGS/CARS. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE (050068A), BUT THE DEALER SAYS THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS ALREADY DONE AND THEY WILL NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR AGAIN. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DEALER'S POSITION IF THIS WERE NOT THE RESULT OF A RECALL, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE. THE RECALL REPAIR WORK WAS COMPLETED IN 2006, AND NOW IN 2015, I AM SURE IT HAS RUSTED AGAIN TO THE POINT THAT THE SAME PROBELM IS OCCURRING. RUST IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, AS THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED OUT AND FAILED TWICE ALREADY.

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 IN NOVEMBER 2014. I HAVE HAD CONTINUED AND CONSISTENT UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) ACTIVATION WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS AND APPROACHING STOP SIGNS, STOP LIGHTS, AND YIELD SIGNS AT OR NEAR INTERSECTIONS. THE UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THE UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION APPEARS IDENTICAL AND CONSISTENT WITH GM PRODUCT RECALL 05068 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 05V-379 IN WHICH 804,000 GMC AND CHEVROLET VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION. THE PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS AFFECTED APPEARS TO BE THE SALT BELT STATES. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE ABS WHEEL SENSORS NOT PROPERLY PREPARED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION CAUSING RUST AND/OR CORROSION TO AFFECT THE WHEEL SENSORS. ALTHOUGH A CHECK OF MY VIN DOES NOT YIELD ANY SAFETY RECALLS ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE, I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY THE SAME FRONT WHEEL SENSOR CORROSION ISSUE AS THOSE VEHICLES LISTED IN THE RECALL. MY VEHICLE IS A 2002 AVALANCHE WHICH IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES AFFECTED. I ALSO RESIDE IN MINNESOTA WHICH IS ONE OF THE STATES AFFECTED. I AM CONCERNED THIS MAY CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THEREFOR THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY DEFECT THAT MAY JEOPARDIZE CONSUMER SAFETY. I WOULD LIKE MY WHEEL SENSORS CLEANED AND/OR REPLACED PER GM RECALL AND AT NO COST TO ME.

MY BRAKES FELT SPONGY DURING A DRIVE, AFTER ARRIVING AT HOME AND VISUALLY INSPECTING MY BRAKES I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL TWICE AND THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHICH RUNS DIRECTLY UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT RUST ON ALL BRAKE LINES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY RUPTURE IS RECORDED AFTER READING EA11-001.

MY 2002 AVALANCHE HAD MULTIPLE BRAKE LINES FAIL THIS MORNING WHEN I TRIED TO STOP WHEN A DUMP TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME THIS MORNING. I COULD NOT STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR AND I ENDED UP IN A FIELD. THE SERVICE SHOP SHOWED ME THE HEAVILY RUSTED AND PITTED BRAKE LINES. THEY FAILED IN AREAS AT THE BEND THAT WERE SUBJECT TO SALT EXPOSURE. THE SHOP SAID THE METAL BRAKE LINES ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TR

AT LOW SPEEDS THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE ON DRY PAVEMENT.. THIS GREATLY INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE. *JS

SEE ABOVE, BRAKE LINE BROKE DURING A SUDDEN STOP AND I FOUND OUT ALL THE LINES WERE BAD. *TR