2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 242,020. UPDATED 02/0812 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. THE NEXT DAY, HE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A BRAKE LINE FAILURE, BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS UNIT, THERE WAS RUSTING AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES. UPDATED 03/08/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HYDRAULIC ANTILOCK SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES: HYDRAULIC ANTI LOCK) JANUARY 19, 2007. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

ABS ACTUATES AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WHEELS ARE NOT LOCKED OR SKIDDING WHEN ABS ACTUATES. THIS ISSUE IS RECURRING AND HAS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO HAVE EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES WHILE THE ABS IS ENGAGED. MULTIPLE TIMES WE HAVE ALMOST HIS SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES SUDDENLY TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, BRAKE LINE RUPTURED CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE RUNNING OFF ROAD. TOOK TRUCK TO MEINEKE DEALER AND HAD RUPTURED BRAKE LINE REPLACED AND ALL OTHERS INSPECTED. MECHANIC REPORTED RUPTURED BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

HIT A SHOPPING CART STAND AT A SHOPPING CENTER BECAUSE AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING SPOT AND APPLYING THE BRAKES SO CONTROL THE VEHICLE SPEED THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING VIOLENTLY PULSED THE BRAKES AND NOT SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN. ALTHOUGH I TIGHTENED THE TURN I STILL MADE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER RAIL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PARKING LIGHT BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. HAD THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED PROPERLY THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN DAMAGED. BECAUSE OF THE LOW SPEED, NO OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED, JUST BROKE THE PLASTIC. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AT BRACKET JUST ABOVE REAR END , AFTER REPLACING THAT LINE A SECOND LINE FAILED 12 INCHES IN FRONT OF ABS CONTROLLER BELOW DRIVER COMPARTMENT, THIS WAS ALSO DUE TO CORROSION. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE TRUCK WAS NEARLY UNSTOPPABLE, I HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD INTO THE DITCH TO AVOID A LEFT TURNING VEHICLE. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES JUST UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS INSTANT WITH NO BRAKES WHAT SO EVER. PER DEALER ALL LINES NEED REPLACED DUE TO RUST. VERY EXPENSIVE. I KNOW OF OTHERS THAT HAVE FAILED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS FARM TRUCK, I WAS PREPARING TO HAUL HAY USING A GOOSE NECK TRAILER, IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH A LOAD, I WOULD HAVE CRASHED... *TR

STARTED TRUCK, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID UNDER TRUCK. BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT UNDER DRIVERS DOOR BETWEEN MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS BOX. HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. LUCKILY MY CHILDREN WERE NOT PLAYING IN THE DRIVEWAY, OR THAT I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, AND FROM HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, NOT A FLUKE, OR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. I HAD INSPECTED AT DEALER A YEAR AGO AND THEY SAID LINES WERE FINE. THIS WAS AFTER SPENDING $2000 TO REPLACE OTHER RUSTED BRAKE COMPONENTS. BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES ALSO. TRUCK HAS BEEN USED ON HIGHWAY MILES MOSTLY, AND HAS NEVER PLOWED, OR TOWED, OR BEEN USED NEAR WATER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND CAME TO A RIGHT HAND TURN AND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE, THE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR SO I MISSED MY TURN. HAD THERE BEEN A CAR IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE HIT THEM FOR SURE . SO I HAD TO TAKE A HIGH SPEED TURN AND RAN OFF THE ROAD TO MAKE THE TURN SO I HAD NO BRAKES AT AL. I HAD NO BRAKES ON THE FRONT AND ONE REAR E-BRAKE BACKING PLATE ROTTED OFF MY TRUCK BACK IN 2007. I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED GM TRUCKS AND THIS ONE IS A BIG LET DOWN AND IT ALL MOST KILLED ME. IF I HAD TO GUESS THE DATE WAS SOMETIME IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

I RECEIVED A RECALL IN 2005 FOR THE SPEED SENSOR AT WHICH TIME I HAD IT FIXED. AROUND 2008 IT STARTED TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE DEALERSHIP ON GOOD FAITH FIXED IT FOR NOTHING. 2009 IT STARTED AGAIN AND WE HAD TO PAY AROUND 500 TO FIX IT. NOW IT IS 2011 AND THE PROBLEM IS STARTING AGAIN. DURING THIS TIME WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS COMING TO A COMPLETE HALT AND ALMOST CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND NEED THIS VEHICLE TO GET TO AND FROM WORK. I DO NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE OFF ROAD OR LONG DISTANCE JUST AROUND TOWN. FOR HOW OLD IT IS I HAVE LOW MILEAGE AND I FEEL IFSOMETHING IS RECALLED IT SHOULD BE FIXED THE FIRST TIME. *TR