2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

DT: THE ABS SYSTEM, THE BEARINGS WENT OUT ON BOTH SIDE IN THE FRONT ON BOTH TIRES. COULD HEAR POPPING ON BRAKES BEFORE THEY FAILED. THEY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER HAD BRAKES REPAIRED AND PAID OUT OF POCKET. THEY REPLACED BOTH SIDES OF BRAKES TODAY. *NM

2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS TIRES.*MR A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES AFTER THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED THE CONSUMER HEARD TIRES NOISE WITH VIBRATIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AT THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE CONSUMER CHOSE TO REMOVE THE TIRES AND INSTALL SNOW TIRES. ONCE THE TIRES WERE CHANGED THE NOISE AND VIBRATION NO LONGER EXISTED. WHEN THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE TIRES HE NOTICED SIDEWALL BULGES, BUMPS AND OTHER IRREGULARITIES. *NM

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE AT 57000 MILES, ATE UP DRUM/ROTOR, NEVER ADJUSTED PROPERLY FROM NEW. USED AT EVERY ENGAGEMENT OF PARK. DEALER SAID HE HAD SEEN MANY WITH SAME PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN BY CHEVROLET. EXPENSIVE TO HAVE FIXED AND NO GUARANTEE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN AT 50K+/- MILES.

VEHICLE LOST BRAKING POWER DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST BUILDUP ON ALL FOUR ROTORS. THIS SITUATION IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM ACTIVATES. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO RUN INTO THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME THEN AGAIN WHEN I ENDED UP IN THE INTERSECTION. NO ACCIDENTS, BUT A CLOSE CALL. GM WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY AT 52,000 MILES. I REPAIRED THE VEHICLE MYSELF BUT AM CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CUSTOMER SERVICE SINCE ADVISED ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF ANY RECALL.

I AM EXPERIENCING UNDESIRED APPLICATION OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICK UP TRUCK DUE TO FAULTY WHEEL HUB SPEED SENSORS. IT STARTED OUT AS A ONCE IN A WHILE THING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND IS NOW AN ALMOST ROUTINE OCCURANCE ON ALMOST EVERY BRAKING. WHEN THE ABS APPLIES, THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS ALMOST DOUBLED. THIS OCCURS AT SPEEDS BELOW 10MPH, WHICH IS WHEN YOU ARE USUALLY CLOSING THE RANGE ON WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP FOR. ASIDE FROM HAVING IT CHECKED OVER BY A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE COST ESTIMATE HAS RANGED FROM $300.00 UP TO OVER $1,000.00. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS CORROSION RELATED DUE TO BEING KEPT OUTSIDE AND DRIVEN ON DIRT ROADS, ETC. THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED FROM MY UNCLE WHO DROVE IT ON PAVED ROADS, KEPT IT IN A HEATED GARAGE, AND IT HAS SEEN ONLY OCCASIONAL EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALT. IT IS ONLY IN THE LAST YEAR THAT IS HAS BEEN PARKED OUTDOORS ON A REGULAR BASIS. I HAVE NOT DONE THE REPAIRS AS I AM GOING TO PERSUE IT WITH GM TO PAY FOR THEM SINCE THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IS NO WAY RELATED TO ANYTHING I'VE DONE, AS WELL AS BEING OUT OF MY BUDGET IF THE COST BECOMES EXCESSIVE.

ABS COMING ON AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 10 MPH) IN DRY CONDITIONS. THIS STARTED IN JAN. 2005 WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND CONTINUED UNTIL APPROX. LATE MARCH. THIS DID NOT CAUSE ANY ACCIDENTS BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. I DIDN'T TAKE TO THE CHEVY DEALER TO GET IT LOOKED AT, BUT I DID NOTICE AFTER I WOULD WASH THE TRUCK THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR A TIME THEN START UP AGAIN.

I STARTED NOTICING IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR THAT SOMETIMES MY ANTILOCK BRAKES KICKED IN WHEN THERE WAS NO APPARRENT REASON FOR THEM TO DO SO. FIRST IT WAS MAYBE ONCE A WEEK AND THEN IT GOT TO BE EVERYDAY. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, APPLEGATE CHEVROLET, AND THEY SEEMED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS WRONG. MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSORS WERE CORROTED. $300 LATER IT WAS FIXED. THREE OF THE SENSORS THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAN, ONE BROKE. I HAVE THE BROKEN ONE THAT HAD TO BE TOTALLY REPLACED.

DT: PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEM, VERY TOUGH ON BRAKES. HAD 3 SETS OF BRAKES IN 68,000. ABS CUTS IN WHEN JUST BEFORE YOU COME A STOP. ABS HAS BEEN GOING PAST 2 MONTHS. CONSUMER HAS HAD THE PROBLEM CHECKED (ABS) ALREADY. *AK

ON A COUPLE OF PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THE ABS SYSTEM IN MY 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 EXTENDED CAB ENGAGED ON ME AT WHILE BRAKING AT STOP LIGHTS ON MY WAY TO WORK. THIS CAUSED MY BRAKING DISTANCE TO DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE ON HILL STOPS. I WAS VERY UPSET AT THESE FALIURES IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE CLOSEST SERVICE STATION TO BE LOOKED AT. BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT A GM SERVICE CENTER, THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SPEED SENSORS IN THE SILVERADO'S SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO FIX THIS. I THEN SET OUT TO MY CHEVY DEALERSHIP AFTER WORK TO GET THIS LOOKED AT. ON MY TRIP TO FOREST CITY CHEVROLET IN PORTLAND, MAINE I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND MAKING MY WAY DOWN THE TWISTING OFFRAMP TO THE STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN AT ABOUT 20 MPH! (NOT THE 5 TO 10 MPH AS OFFICIALLY SUGGESTED BY GM) I DID EVERTHING IN MY POWER AND REACH TO STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO STOPPED TRAFFIC AHEAD OF ME INCLUDING APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE. THIS WAS THE SCARIEST MOMENT IN MY 14 YEARS OF DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE ABS SYSTEM FUSE TO DISABLE THIS DISASTER OF A BRAKING SYSTEM AND CONTINUED TO THE DEALERSHIP. FROM THERE I WAS CHARGED 70 DOLLARS FOR A "DIAGNOSES" OF FAULTY ABS SPEED SENSORS AND ANOTHER 400+ DOLLARS TO REPLACE THEM. WHAT REALLY HURTS ME IS THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN TECHNICAL BULLETINS ABOUT THIS KNOWN DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND DO NOT NOTIFY THE OWNERS LIKE MYSELF TO WARN US OF POSSIBLE BRAKE FAILURE!! THEN TO CHARGE ME ALMOST 500 DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE WAS BARELY 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY!! AND THEY HAD A TON OF THESE SPEED SENSORS IN STOCK SO WHATEVER GM IS CLAIMING THIS ISSUE AS BEING EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD IS FALSE, IT IS HAPPENING A LOT. I WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN, I TRADED IN MY TRUCK.

THIS CONCERNS THE BRAKE PROBLEM ON GM TRUCKS. MY 2002 SILVERADO'S BRAKING NEVER WAS GREAT, WHEN HARD BRAKING IS APPLIED, THE PEDAL WILL BOTTOM OUT AND YOU HAVE TO PUMP PEDAL TO STOP. NOW THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED AND THE PEDAL HAS LOCKED UP ON ME AT LEAST FOUR TIMES, NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I HAD TO PULL ABS FUSE JUST TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND BE ABLE TO STOP. THE PEDAL WOULD LOCK UP SO HARD THAT I HAD TO STOMPED IT TO BREAK IT FREE.