2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WHEN TAKEN FOR INSPECTION, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS. THE ROTORS WERE SLIGHTLY PULLING AWAY FROM THE WHEEL. CONSUMER NEVER HAD ANY SIGNS OF A SAFETY DEFECT PRIOR TO THIS. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THE AUTOMATIC DOORS LOCKS FAILED. WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GAIN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE DEALER STATED THE INJECTOR WAS BAD. *JB

POOR QUALITY VEHICLE/PARTS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT, THERE IS AN UPCOMING RECALL AS GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO, HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT FIX IT UNTIL THE RECALL IS ACTIVE. I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES NOW, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AND THEY SHOULD FIX THEM NOW AND NOT MAKE ME PAY FOR THIS SERVICE AND THEN REQUIRE ME TO SUBMIT A BILL AT A LATER DATE TO BE REIMBURSED. *NM

DT: THERE IS RECALL 05V161000 CONCERNING EMERGENCY BRAKE PROBLEM ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. REALIZED THIS PROBLEM ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 BECAUSE OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO GET IT INSPECTED , AND THEIR INSISTENCE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD. THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES ON H 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WERE BAD. AT LOW SPEEDS THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. THE CONTACT NOTICED THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WHEN HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY REPLACED SOME SENSORS, AND IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 REGARDING THE ABS BRAKES WAS ISSUED. BUT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. HE HAS NOT YET TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER. ALSO, WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AT 40,000 MILES ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.*AK

'02 SILVERADO 1500, EXT CAB... PLS ADD ME TO THE LIST OF FAULTY ABS EXPERIENCES... THE TRUCK ABS ACTIVATED AT A SLOW SPEED BRAKE, JUST PRIOR TO FULL STOP... TAPPED THE REAR OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME... LUCKILY, NO DAMAGE AND NO ONE WAS HURT BUT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS. IT NOW SEEMS THAT THE FAULTING ABS HAS BEEN NOTICED BEFORE BUT, IT WAS INTERMITTENT AND ONLY SUSPECT... THE 60A FUSE HAS BEEN PULLED TO DISABLE THIS "SAFETY" FEATURE... *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ABS BRAKES ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE BRAKES PULSATED, AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO STOP RIGHT AWAY. THIS STARTED HAPPENING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER SAID THAT RECALL 05V379000 DID NOT APPLY TO THE STATE WHERE THE CONSUMER LIVED. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ABS BRAKES KICKING IN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED ON JULY 15, 2005. THERE WAS GM NHTSA RECALL 05V379/ GEM RECALL 05068 A RECALL FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER,THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT OFFICIAL YET. *AK

IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MONDAY AUGUST 29, UPON ARRIVING HOME, WE WERE PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AT ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR IN OUR 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AND WE HAD DIFFICULTY COMING TO A STOP AND ALMOST HIT OUR GARAGE DOOR. ON TUESDAY AUGUST 30TH , MY HUSBAND WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT WORK GOING APPROX 5-10 MILES PER HOUR AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED, CAUSING HIM NOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP AND HITTING ANOTHER PERSONS CAR ACROSS FROM HIM IN A PARKING SPACE. IN TALKING TO A CO-WORKER ABOUT WHAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE DOING SHE DIRECTED ME TO THIS WEBSITE TO CHECK IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS. ON AUGUST 29TH, THERE WAS A RECALL NOTICE ISSUED ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM. WE CALLED OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP, CODY CHEVROLET IN MONTPELIER, VT. THEY TOLD US TO PULL THE FUSE ON THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES UNTIL WE COULD BRING IN THE TRUCK ON THURSDAY, SEPT 1 TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. THE OTHER PERSON'S CAR THAT WAS STRUCK BY OUR TRUCK TOOK THEIR CAR TO GET AN ESTIMATE, WHICH CAME BACK AT $688. I CALLED GM TO GET THEM TO PAY FOR IT. THEY KEEP SAYING THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. MY CONCERN IS THAT RATHER THAN HITTING A PARKED CAR, MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE HIT A PERSON. HE COULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING DOWNTOWN AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, COME TO A PERSON CROSSING A CROSSWALK, THE ANTI-LOCK BREAKS COULD HAVE ENGAGED AND HE COULD HAVE STRUCK A PERSON. GM HAS TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL IS NOT BEING RELEASED UNTIL THERE ARE ENOUGH PARTS AVAILABLE AT WHICH TIME IT WILL BE RELEASED TO OWNERS IN JANUARY IN VIN # ORDER. I FEEL THAT THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. I ALSO FEEL GM HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PAY THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP FIXED THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO US BASED ON THE RECALL. *JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT SLOW SPEED. IT HAS NOW BECOME CONSTANT AT ALL DECELERATIONS. *JB

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO. THIS PAST JULY I LOWERED THE SPARE TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CLEAN OFF MUD AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE FOUR LOCATIONS ON THE SIDE WALL OF TIRE THAT WERE WORN AWAY. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE TIRE WAS SECURE AND HAD THE PROPER TIRE INFLATION. I CHECK THE PRESSURE ABOUT 4-5 TIMES A YEAR WHILE IT IS STILL SECURED UNDER THE TRUCK. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE TIRE TO MY LOCAL DEALER. SERVICE MANAGER SAW THE TIRE AND STATED HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME AND BELIEVES IT IS A DESIGN FLAW ESPECIALLY IN THE S-10 PICK UPS. HE ADVISED ME NOT TO USE THE TIRE. IT IS TO DANGEROUS. I PURCHASED A NEW TIRE TO REPLACE THE SPARE AND NOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET GM TO REPAY THAT COST. THEY HAVE DENIED ALL REQUESTS SO FAR STATING I DID NOT ROTATE TIRES PROPERLY. IN THE SERVICE BOOK THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO ROTATE TIRES ONE INCLUDES THE SPARE AND THE OTHER DOES NOT. I DID THE ONE THAT SHOWED THE FOUR TIRE ROTATION NOT FIVE BECAUSE THE SPARE IS A STEEL RIM NOT ALUMINUM LIKE THE OTHER FOUR DRIVE WHEELS. I AM LUCKY THAT I REMOVED THE SPARE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS JUST FOR CLEANING AND NOT AT NIGHT WHEN I HAD TOO. THE DAMAGED SIDEWALL OF TIRE IS ON THE INSIDE ONCE ON THE TRUCK AND I WOULD NEVER HAD SEEN THE DAMAGE HAD IT BEEN AT NIGHT. I ALSO PULL A CAMPER WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE RESULTS OF HAVING THE SIDE WALL BLOW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS PULLING A CAMPER SCARED ME. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I HAVE REPLACED THE SPARE WITH NEW TIRE. BUT WHAT WILL KEEP THE DAMAGE FROM OCCURRING AGAIN ? I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO KEEP MOVING THE SPARE TIRE. GM SHOULD REDESIGN THE TIRE HOLDER OR PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF CUSHION BETWEEN TIRE AND BED OF TRUCK. I AM SURE THAT HAD I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND USED THE SPARE EARLIER IN THE TRUCKS LIFE THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I HAVE THE TIRE AND CAN PROVIDE PICTURES UPON REQUEST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANYTIME. *JB