2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

DT: 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO. WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ABS ACTIVATED. THE ABS ACTIVATED ON DRY ROADS AS WELL. SOMETIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE ABS POPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL UP AND THE CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK. SOMETIMES THE CONSUMER HAD TO PLACE THE GEAR INTO PARK JUST TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO SAID IT WAS A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR ISSUE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *JB *TT

08/14/2005 TRAVELING FROM ATLANTA, GA ON I-95 AND NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN THEN THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING SO BAD IT WAS ALMOST HARD TO CONTROL. STOPPED VEHICLE SAFELY AND INSPECTED FRONT END AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED AT THE RADIAL BELT. FOUND A BACK COUNTRY STORE AND HAD A TIRE INSTALL (USED ALL THAT WAS AVAIL). TIRE COST 150.00 BOY WAS I TAKEN. STILL HAVE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. *NM

UPON STOPPING AT VERY SLOW SPEED, THE ABS BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY ACTIVATED, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, CAUSING COLLISION WITH PARKED VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO SHOP, DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED FAULTY FRONT/LEFT SPEED SENSOR. THIS PART WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE WAS ROAD TESTED, AND ALL APPEARED TO BE OKAY. AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN 300 MILES, VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS. *JB

THE PARKING BRAKE ON MY CHEVY TRUCK FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT HAS BEEN WEAK. I SELDOM USE IT AND HAVE NEVER DRIVEN IT WHILE ENGAGED, HOWEVER IT HAS COMPLETELY WORN OUT THE SHOES AND DESTROYED MY ROTOR/DRUMS. I HAD NOT NOTICED IT UNTIL I RECENTLY TRIED TO OBTAIN AN INSPECTION. THE ATTENDANT THEN IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE PARKING BRAKE AND INFORMED ME THAT IT DID NOT WORK AND IT COSTS $400 TO $500 TO REPAIR. HE ALSO STATED THAT ALL CHEVY TRUCKS OF THESE YEARS ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM THANKFUL THAT I HAD NOT ENCOUNTERED A SITUATION WHERE I WOULD NEED IT AS IT HAD WORN ITSELF OUT WITHOUT EVEN BEING USED. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LS 2500 HD 4 WHEEL DRIVE REGULAR CAB. HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT REAR DISC BRAKES. DURING STATE INSPECTION ON AUGUST 5, 2005 THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAD 29,800 MILES ON IT. THE REAR PADS WORE OUT AND THE ROTORS WERE ROUGH AND NEEDED TO BE TURNED. HE THEN CONTACTED MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHO PUT HIM THROUGH TO SWEENEY CHEVROLET, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS RUST ON THE REAR ROTORS THE PADS WORE OUT. THE CONSUMER ASKED DEALER WHY THE FRONT BRAKES DID NOT WEAR OUT, AND DEALER DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT HELP WITH BILL, HE WAS TOLD BY SWEENEY CHEVROLET THAT ROTORS COULD BE BE TURNED AND SAVED. IF ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED THEN THEY MAY HAVE BEEB GIVEN SOME ASSISTANCE. A MANUFACTURER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CALLED THE CONSUMER BACK AND ASKED IF PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED, AND HE TOLD HER THAT PROBLEM STILL REMAINED. UNRESOLVED. *AK.

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4, 60,000 MILES, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS (5-0 MPH)WHEN STOPPING. WAS TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM WHEN VEHICLE WAS NEW, WITH UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS,(PROBLEM WAS TEMPORARILY FIXED, BUT ULTIMATELY RETURNED). THE PROBLEM REMAINS TO THIS DAY. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM, EVEN A RECALL IN CANADA TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. JEFF PLUNGIS OF THE DETROIT NEWS WROTE AN ARTICLE IN LATE MAY/EARLY JUNE ABOUT THIS ONGOING PROBLEM GM HAS. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO DAMAGE OR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, JUST A FEW CLOSE CALLS. BUT MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE TRUCK. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES GM WILL OWN UP TO THIS FAILURE AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES TO FINALLY MAKE THE CORRECT REPAIRS. *JB

DT: THE BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED AND FELL APART. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AUGUST 1, 2005. BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THEN BEGAN TO PULSATE. CONSUMER ARRANGED AN APPOINTMENT ON AUGUST 10, 2005 FOR DEALER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER SAID HE WAS AWARE OF SOMEONE ELSE WITH SAME PROBLEM, AND THE PERSON HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED. *AK

I CURRENTLY AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SENSOR ON MY 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND AN INVESTIGATION THAT IS OPEN ON THIS PROBLEM. THE TRUCK IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS DESCRIBED IN THE INVESTIGATION REPORT, AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO THE TRUCK HAS HAD TROUBLE STOPPING. I AM TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICE TOMORROW, AS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE ADD MY COMPLAINT TO THE FILE TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF ANOTHER PERSON EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 45,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK. I AM SUBMITTING 15 FAILURES, BUT IT HAS TROUBLE ALMOST EVERY TIME I STOP, AND HAS FOR THE PAST MONTH. UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT UNTIL NOW, SO I ONLY DROVE IT SPARINGLY. *NM

IN MAY OF 2005 WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AT SLOW SPEED, ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE ABS BRAKES, IN MY 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, ACTIVATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REQUIRE A GREATER THAN NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE INCIDENT SEEMED ISOLATED. THEN IN JUNE, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND BECAME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT. WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A SLOW SPEED I WAS JUST BARELY ABLE TO COME TO A STOP WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE PARKING SPACE. ALTHOUGH NO PARTICULAR ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 19,000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO HADAD CHEVROLET IN PITTSFIELD, MA WHERE WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $270 AND $920 TO FIX. WE HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET TO SEE IF THE MANUFACTURER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM BUT THEY HAD NOT EVEN HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED AS WE ARE INVESTIGATED THE MANUFACTURER'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE MOST ECONOMICAL REPAIR FOR OUR PROBLEM. *JB

DT: AT SLOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. BRAKE HAD TO BE PUMPED TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND THE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.*AK