2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEEDS, THE ABS SENSOR ILLUMINATED AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED INTO ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK THE BRAKE MUST BE APPLIED. THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE TELLTALE ILLUMINATED. INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED A LEAK IN THE BRAKE LINE JUST FORWARD OF THE ABS MODULE. ADDITIONAL INSPECTION HIGHLIGHTED SIGNIFICANT BRAKE LINE CORROSION IN THE REMAINDER OF THE SYSTEM. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE DONE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN THE GRASS GROUP CARRYING CHAIRS TO A CAMPFIRE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD WITH BOYS RIDING IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. IT SCARED ME BECAUSE THERE WERE BOYS WALKING IN FRONT OF ME. THE TRUCK DID STOP BUT NOT AS QUICKLY AS I WANTED IT TO. I AM VERY GLAD NO ONE WAS HURT. THE NEXT MORNING I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THE LONG BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK HAD RUSTED AND RUPTURED LEAKING OUT ALL OF THE FLUID. *TR

WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF MINE FORCING ME TO STOMP ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BUT I DID NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVE HOME WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE AND BRAKE PEDAL HAD NO RESISTANCE. ONCE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE. HAD MY WIFE PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE I LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND BRAKE FLUID SHOT OUT OF ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES. WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. *TR

AFTER MAKING THE 23.7 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK DRIVING ON A PARKWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55 MILES PER HOUR THAT INCLUDES HILLS, I WAS ENTERING INTO THE PARKING LOT AT MY WORKPLACE AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES PER HOUR AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK. I THEN QUICKLY APPLIED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE AND IT STOPPED THE TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID NEXT TO MY LEFT FRONT TIRE AND A LARGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID NEXT TO MY LEFT REAR TIRE. THAT IS WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED APART. *TR

VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT STOP SIGN. SUDDENLY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE STARTED DRIFTING INTO INTERSECTION WITH TRACTOR TRAILER APPROACHING. NO LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. MY WIFE PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. FOUND METAL BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AT FUEL TANK. *TR

I WAS LEAVING WORK AND TRAVELING AROUND 20 MPH. I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE FOR A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT NEARLY ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKING WAS SEVERELY COMPROMISED, TAKING MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL TO STOP. IT WAS TAKEN TO A GM SERVICE SHOP (HALLMAN'S CHEVROLET) WHERE THEY INDICATED THAT MY BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED, ONE WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID, AND ALL LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD PASSED THE STATE INSPECTION 2-3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. AT THAT TIME, I HAD TOLD THEM THAT MY BRAKES WERE ACTING ABNORMALLY. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT CHECK BRAKE LINES DURING AN INSPECTION. COST TO FIX THE ISSUE WAS QUOTED AT AROUND $1700.00. *TR

THE VEHICLES GOVERNOR SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AT 97MPH WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER WHICH MADE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP AND MADE THE BRAKES NOT WORK. TWO PEOPLE WHERE LIFE FLIGHTED TO HOSPITALS WITH VARIOUS INJURIES... NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL... THE FIRST IMPACT IN THE ACCIDENT WAS TO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. INJURIES SUSTAINED INCLUDED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE SPINE OF THE DRIVER FROM BEING EJECTED ALMOST 40 FEET PASSED WHERE THE TRUCK HAD COME TO A REST. THE DEBRIS PATH WAS OVER 150 FT. LONG AND THE TRUCK LEFT THE ROAD BECAUSE IT COULD NOT TURN THEN STRUCK A STOP SIGN AND TOTALLY UPROOTED THE STOP SIGN INCLUDING THE CEMENT CINDER BLOCK UNDER THE GROUND WHICH SENT THE TRUCK IN A DEATH ROLL. THEN THE TRUCK CONTINUED FORWARD INTO A UTILITY POLES GUIDE WIRE WHICH DROPPED THE POLE ON TOP OF THE TRUCK AS WELL AS THE WIRES. THEN CONTINUED FORWARD SOME MORE IN WHICH IT CAME TO A REST AGAINST A CEDAR TREE. *TR

ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IN MY 2002 AVALANCHE ILLUMINATED AND HAS REMAINED ON SINCE. I HAVE THE AVALANCHE IN THE SHOP FOR OTHER WORK AND ASKED THAT THEY CHECK THE CAUSE OF THE STEADY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. THE DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONTACT SYSTEM WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL IS INOP AND THAT ALL AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT DEPLOY. COST OF REPLACEMENT PART(S) IS ABOUT $700. AS FAR AS I KNOW AT THE MOMENT THE IMPACT SENSORS ARE FUNCTIONAL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 ON THE FREEWAY TRUCK BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND WHEN I STEPPED ON GAS IT DIDN'T RESPOND. HAD TO KEEP LETTING FOOT OFF AND BACK ON TO GET IT TO GO. PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER TURNED TRUCK OFF AND IT RAN GOOD FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND IT REPEATED ITSELF. WHEN ENGINE GETS HOT THE TRUCK LOSES POWER AND YOU HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF AND REPEAT THIS STEP UNTIL YOU GET TO WHERE YOU GOTTA GO. NO CODES, NO WARNING NO NOTHING. TRUCK ALSO SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FILTER, CLEANED MAF AND THROTTLE BODY REPLACED CRANK SHAFT SENSOR AND IT STILL DOES THIS. *TR