2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE ISSUE. ITS INSPECTION STICKER TIME AGAIN AND FOR THE 7TH YEAR IN A ROW I AM DUMPING MY WALLET INTO THE E BRAKE. I UNDERSTAND STUFF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OVER TIME BUT THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS YEAR ALL NEW CABLES AND NEW ADJUSTMENT SCREW KIT....AND BEHOLD STILL NO HOLDING POWER NEED NEW SHOES AGAIN. THIS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NEVER NEEDED IN PRACTICAL SENSE. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Z-71, BRAKE LINES RUSTY TO THE POINT OF FAILURE AT ANYTIME, SPONGY PEDAL, AND DIFFICULTY STOPPING. AT PRESENT TIME HAVE NOT REPAIRED DUE TO EXTREME COST. IF THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT (IF MY FAMILY AND I SURVIVE). *TR

I EXPERIENCED A BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 4X4 WHILE VACATIONING IN FLORIDA. ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2011, I NOTED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELY SPONGY. UPON INVESTIGATION, I NOTED A LEAKAGE BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. WHEN I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR IT WAS BELOW THE NORMAL LEVEL. AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES INDICATED SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION. I HAD TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP AND RENT A CAR UNTIL THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETE. *TR

I WANTED TO ADD TO THE COMPLAINT ABOUT BRAKE EROSION ON 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE. MY FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT WHEN BRAKING. I NEARLY MISSED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME THAT WAS STOPPING WHEN I DROVE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I'VE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE NEARLY ALL MY BRAKE LINES DUE TO LEAKS. I LIVE IN UP-STATE NEW YORK. *TR

02' CHEVY AVALANCHE 60K MILES, I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IN NOV.2010 IT IS JAN. 2011 NOT MORE THEN 45 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, THE STEERING IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE, GRINDING NOISE, TURNING NOISE, UNBEARABLE TO DRIVE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. CONTACTED DEALER TO CORRECT, DEALER HAS NOT CONFIRMED WHAT WILL BE DONE YET? THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR TYPE OF ISSUE, FACTORY RECALL TYPE OF ISSUE. *TR

EMERGENCY BRAKES CONTINUE TO FAIL ALTHOUGH RARELY USED. REPAIRS NEVER LAST. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REPAIR A DESIGN FLAW. NHTSA IS JUST LIKE THE SEC IN THAT THEY HAVE DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE. THIS IS A VERY,VERY COMMON FAILURE ON THE AVALANCHE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NOW CALLED A PARKING BRAKE ON THE COMPLAINT FORM AND MOST PEOPLE STOP AT "BRAKE,HYDRAULIC" INSTEAD OF SCROLLING FURTHER DOWN. THE FORM SHOULD HAVE THE SELECTION---"BRAKE,EMERGENCY" , BUT IT DOESN'T. THEREFORE , THERE IS NO EMERGENCY. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE FUEL PUMP HAS QUIT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 3 YEARS. ORIGINAL PUMP FAILED AT 110,00 MILES THE NEXT 2 DELPHI REPLACEMENTS EACH LASTED ABOUT 10,000. *TR

RE: CHEVROLET AVALANCHE BRAKE FAILURES... THE BRAKE LINES ON CHEVROLET TRUCKS ARE MADE OF A MATERIAL THAT IS NOT RUST RESISTANT AND LEADS TO BRAKE FAILURES SUCH AS IT DID ON MY 2002 AVALANCHE... ALTHOUGH MY FAILURE HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED, IT IS A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN FOR OWNERS OF THESE GM PRODUCTS. HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ARE LISTED ON VARIOUS WEB SITES DETAILING THIS PROBLEM, ONE THAT GM WILL NOT HONE UP TO BECAUSE THE REPAIR BILL TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BREAK LINE SYSTEM COSTS OWNERS OVER $800.00 AT A GM DEALER. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS GM FAILURE TO PUT RUST RESISTANT MATERIALS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ANY VEHICLE. *TR

ON 07/27/2010 I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVY AVALANCHE, 2002, WITH 57000 MILES ON IT. I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKES FAILED. I INVESTIGATED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR HARD BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. I REPLACED BOTH REAR LINES, BLED THE BRAKES DROVE THE TRUCK TO TEST THE BRAKES AND THE DRIVERS FRONT HARD LINE BLEW OUT, IT HAD AN 1/8 INCH HOLE RUSTED IN IT. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE ARE SEVERELY CORRODED (RUSTED). I ALREADY HAD A TEN-FOOT SECTION OF THE TUBING REPLACED THIS SUMMER. SINCE A 'HARD STOP' LAST WEEK, MY BRAKE PEDAL NOW HAS A SOFT MUSHY FEEL, AND BRAKING DISTANCES ARE LONGER. ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES SEEMS TO HAVE 'BURST' AND IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. I'M TAKING IT BACK TO THE SHOP TO HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED. HOPING I'LL EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET THE COST OF THIS REPAIR COVERED BY GM, AS I DON'T THINK THESE SHOULD FAIL (EVER), EVEN AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR