2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

DT: THE STEERING IS DIFFICULT TO STEER WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS AT LOW SPEED. TOOK TO A DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE DEALER THOUGHT THIS TO BE A POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED AND STEERING GEARBOX AS WELL. DEALER SAID THE GEARBOX WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE. NO PROBLEMS SINCE THE REPAIR. *NM THE STEERING GEAR BOX HAD BEEN REPAIR BEFORE PER A SERVICE BULLETIN. *NM

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SLOWING TO A STOP AND ALMOST STOPPED THE ABS ACTIVATE AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE COASTING. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS HOWEVER, LUCKILY NO COLLISIONS HAVE HAPPENED YET. THE VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED TO GO INTO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUOUS AND HAPPENS ABOUT 5 OUT OF 10 STOPS. *JB

THE ABS COMES ON AT LOW SPEED WHEN IT SHOULDN'T, RESULTING IN EXTENDING STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER MISS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE LEFT FRONT HUB. REPLACING BOTH FRONT HUBS AND WHEEL SPEED SENSORS WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN AT LOW SPEEDS OF 0-10 MPH. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE MAY 2005 INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER HAD THE ABS SENSORS CLEANED, AND THE TRUCK WAS DRIVING MUCH BETTER AFTER THE CLEANING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THIS TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CURRENTLY. GENERAL MOTORS TOLD THE MECHANIC AT THE REPAIR SHOP TO JUST CLEAN THE SENSORS INSTEAD OF REPLACING THEM. THIS WAS AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

I HAVE A 2002 SILVERADO CHEVROLET 1500 SHORT BED (~50K MI) WITH A STICKING THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE APPROACHED ELDORADO CHEVROLET TWICE ABOUT HAVING THE PROBLEM REMEDIED. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY IS A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ISSUE- AND THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. THE THING IS, THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES NOT GIVE A MILEAGE OR TIME FRAME IN WHICH THIS ITEM SHOULD BE INSPECTED AND/ OR CLEANED!! I'VE READ NUMEROUS CONSUMER REPORTS AND TESTIMONIALS FROM OTHER CHEVY OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TELLS ME THAT ADDITIVES IN THE GASOLINE IN MY AREA (NORTH TEXAS) CAUSE CARBON TO BUILD UP IN THE THROTTLE BODY CAUSING THE GAS PEDAL TO STICK. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN MY AREA AND WHO OWN CHEVROLET PICKUPS. NONE OF THEM HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR GAS PEDAL STICKING!! THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR WHICH GM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! IF I DO CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY, THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO REOCCUR. I GUESS GM WILL SUGGEST I LOBBY TO HAVE THE TEXAS OIL PRODUCERS CHANGE THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP OF THEIR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS!! I HOPE MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM COME FORWARD- I FEEL THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ISSUE. THANK YOU, ROBERT LAUGHON. *NM

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A FRONT BRAKE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STARTED ON 7-22-05. WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT 4-5 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED. THIS OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE CONSUMER APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. THE CONSUMER HAS MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. HE DID SO BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNLESS IT WAS REPAIRED. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST HIM BECAUSE HE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. ALSO,THEY TOLD HIM THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AT LOW SPEEDS MANY TIMES. NEAR MISS ACCIDENT. GM HAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN COLD WEATHER STATES BUT NOT WISCONSIN. HOW CAN WISCONSIN NOT BE A COLD WEATHER STATE WHEN ILLINOIS IS SOUTH OF US AND IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I PAID A DEALER TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK.*JB

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1 TON DUAL WHEEL PICK UP - EXTENDED CAB. FOR THE LAST 8 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES PULSATING AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 10 MPH WHEN I AM TRYING TO STOP. I WAS PREVIOUSLY INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND HAVE OVER 12 DISKS IN MY NECK, MID AND LOWER BACK, I AM CLASSIFIED AS TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED. THIS TRUCK IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM DOCTOR APPTS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT, I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS ADVISED THAT ONLY VEHICLES IN CANADA WERE BEING RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, IF I WANTED IT FIXED IT WOULD COST APPROX. $350.00. I NOW LIVE ON SSI DISABILITY AND ONLY RECEIVE $841.00 PER MONTH, I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE FIXED AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY. IT HAS HAPPENED WELL OVER 1000 TIMES AND PRETTY MUCH DOES IT NOW EVER TIME I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO??? DO I JUST WAIT UNTIL I LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE WHILE BRAKING AND HIT SOMEONE CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO MYSELF AND POSSIBLE ANOTHER INNOCENT PERSON OR ARE YOU GOING TO FORCE GM TO FIX THIS DISASTER? PLEASE ADVISE ME OF MY OPTIONS AND WHAT I SO DO OR WHOM I SHOULD CONTACT - I NEED MY TRUCK FIXED! *JB

I JUST HEARD OF GM'S RECALL ON ABS BRAKING SYSTEMS. I HAVE A 02 SILVERADO THAT HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM TWO SEPARATE TIMES. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IT FELT LIKE NO PEDAL THEN IT WOULD PULSATE. WHICH YOU COULD FEEL THROUGH THE PEDAL. BOTH TIMES THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE SENSORS WERE TO BLAME. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED THEY DID NOT WANT TO FIX WITHOUT PAY. SINCE IT HAD HAPPENED A COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER. *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BEGAN TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO PASSING GEAR CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER LET OFF THE GAS AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER GEAR. WHILE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE CONSUMER REALIZED THERE WAS NO REVERSE AND IT WAS SHIFTING ODDLY. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED, BUT DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE HAS MINIMAL USAGE. THE WARRANTY OF THE VEHICLE WAS FOR 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000 MILES WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.*AK