2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

RECENTLY I WAS ROTATING MY TIRES (MOVING FRONT TIRES TO REAR AND REAR TIRES TO FRONT). I HAD THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED AND UPON HAND TIGHTENING UP THE REAR TIRES (THE REAR END WAS COMPLETLY OFF THE GROUND), I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE ON THE REAR TIRES WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. AFTER LOWERING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE GROUND, I PERFORMED A TEST. I WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE, PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND TRIED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE BY MYSELF. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE WITH EASE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ALSO GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE AND HAS NO EFFECT ON THE BRAKES. I VISITED WWW.NHTSA.DOT.GOV AND NOTICED THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM ON VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 05V161000). I CALL CHEVROLET AND VOICED MY CONCERN OVER MY VEHICLE NOT HAVING RESISTANCE AT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THEY STATED THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS NOT A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, THAT I WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. QUESTION TO NHTSA, HOW DOES THE TYPE OF TRANSMISSION EFFECT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO BE A MECHANICAL DEVICE THAT OPERATES ON ITS OWN? I HAVE BEEN TO MANY FORUMS WHERE NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED PROBLEMS WITH THEIR EMERGENCY BRAKES. I HAVE EVEN PRINTED A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT FROM CHEVROLET THAT DESCRIBES TO THE TECHNICIAN TO INSTALL THE SAME RETAINING CLIP TO EMERGENCY BRAKE JOBS THAT IS USED IN THE RECALL FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. THIS IS A PROBLEM AND COULD LEAD TO NUMEROUS CRASHES, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS JUST THAT...A PERSON RELIES ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN EMERGENCIES AND WITHOUT THE BRAKE DOING ITS JOB, PEOPLE WILL SUSTAIN INJURIES AND EVEN DIE WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM BEING FIXED IMMEDIATELY.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE BRAKES ON VEHICLE STARTED PULSATING WHILE BRAKING. A LOCAL SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ROTORS ON THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK *NM

2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH NOISY ENGINE GETTING WORSE THE DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL GM DENIES THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM

DT: ABS BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS, HIT SOMEONE IN THE REAR END, SLOWED VEHICLE DOWN, BUT DIDN'T STOP IT. ABS BRAKES FEEL SPONGY, THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THIS TRUCK.*AK *TT

VEHICLE BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY AT LOW SPEED. APPARENTLY AN ABS MALFUNCTION CAUSED BY CORROSION OF AN ABS SENSOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP CAUSING ME TO RUN OVER A CURB.

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATES IT HAS BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT LOCAL SERVICE DEALERS ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THERE HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL COMPONENT EACH TIME THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL WARRANTY THE PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*AK

2002 SILVERADO BRAKE PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS WITH ABS SENSORS, SQUEEKY BRAKES. HAD TO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL ASSY., BRAKE PADS ON ALL FOUR, BOTH REAR WHEEL ROTARS AND I AM STILL HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT IN DASH ARE ALWAYS ON. NOW DEALER TELLS ME THAT MY ABS PUMP IS BAD AND ITS ABOUT $1100.00 TO FIX IT. THE PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN MY TRUCK HAD ABOUT 50,000 MI. ON IT.

2002 SILVERADO AUTOMATIC, PARKING BRAKE AT 53,000MILES HAS NO PADS LEFT AND THE ROTOR IS SCORED. ROTOR UNREPAIRABLE.PARKING BRAKE NOT HOLDING. DEALER AS WELL AS GMCUSTOMER SERVICE DENIES ANY PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. PROBLEM NOT FIXED AS GM REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY ALSO DENIES ANY KNOWLEGE OF RECALL ON 2002 SILVERADO MANUAL TRANSMISSION.

DT: CONSUMER STATES: THE FUEL RETURN LINES AND FUEL RAILS WHEN THEY COME APART THE DIESEL AND OIL MIX TOGETHER AND SHOOTS OUT AND COATS THE REAR WINDSHIELD. ALSO, COATS THE SIDES OF THE TRUCK AND ALL OVER THE TAILGATE IN VERY LARGE AMOUNTS. THIS WAS 3RD TIME THAT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD IT FIXED.*AK

DT; PROBLEMS WITH ABS BRAKES. WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKES KICKED IN AT A LOW SPEED, AND THE TRUCK MADE A LOT OF NOISE AND VIBRATED. SAW A NEWS REPORT ON THE ABS BRAKES. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE NOT YET HEARD FROM GMC ON THIS PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. *AK