2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK, FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, SHUT DOWN CAUSING ME TO LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKE CAPABILITY. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE KEY OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN TO RE-START THE TRUCK. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE DONE THE SAME THING EACH TIME TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED ONCE IN 2009 AND TWICE IN 2010. SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES PER YEAR AT RANDOM TIMES. GM HAS TOLD ME IN THE PAST THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT ISSUE. I COULD NOT GET MY LOCAL CHEVROLET SHOP MANAGER TO GIVE ME A STRAIGHT YES OR NO ANSWER REGARDING WHETHER MY PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ISSUES BEING EXPERIENCED BY EFFECTED GM MODELS WITH IGNITION PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE IT MAY BE DUE TO THE RECALLED IGNITION SWITCHES AS I HAVE HAD THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LOOKED AT AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND AN ISSUE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE TRUCK TO SHUT OFF RANDOMLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THEN TURN RIGHT BACK OVER AFTER SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL!! I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT COVER ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE TRULY AFFECTED. I HAVE HAD MY FAMILY IN THE TRUCK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED AND HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT TO THIS POINT. *JS

ENGINE STALLS OCCASIONALLY WHILE DRIVING, AND PUT ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. FORTUNATELY I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN HAS LITTLE FREEWAYS. ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT IS STUCK AND I CAN NOT PULL IT OUT. *TR

BRAKES FAILED WHEN I WAS DRIVING, COMING TO A STOP. AT ABOUT 5 MPH THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I LOST ALL STOPPING CONTROL. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A GOODYEAR SHOP WHO TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND ONE FAILED CAUSING ALL PRESSURE TO GO OUT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CORRODED AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE/REBUILD THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. TOTAL COST TO FIX THE BRAKES WAS $2464.47. *TR

ORIGINAL INCIDENT TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WASN'T GOING TO STOP. NEXT INCIDENT WAS TRYING TO STOP AND WASN'T ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, REGAIN COMPOSURE, BRAKES WERE BASICALLY GONE. PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO COME TO A SLOW STOP, REQUIRED MANY EXTRA FEET TO COME TO A STOP. TRUCK IS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY DUE TO EXPENSE TO REPLACE ALL 4 TOTALLY RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 25 MPH AND STEPPED ON MY BRAKES TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN. THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND I FELT NO BRAKING. LUCKILY, I DID NOT NEED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY, AND THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I BEGAN PUMPING THE BRAKES AND JUST HOLDING THE PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS SLIGHTLY ENOUGH BRAKE ACTION TO ALLOW ME TO SLOW DOWN A BIT AND PULL OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A SERVICE STATION. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND COULD SEE THE TRAIL OF BRAKE FLUID I HAD LEFT BEHIND ON THE PARKING LOT AND COULD SEE BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE BRAKE LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK APPROXIMATELY UNDERNEATH THE FRAME BELOW THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE SERVICE STATION HAS TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. IF I HAD NEEDED TO STOP SUDDENLY I WOULD HAVE CRASHED FOR SURE AS I HAD NO WARNING WHATSOEVER THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. VERY SCARY. *TR

18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAME HOME COMPLAINING THAT BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR. FOUND HOLE IN RUSTED BRAKE LINE BY THE REAR CONNECTOR. *TR

BRAKE LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. PARKING TOTAL FAILURE . REAR CALIPER FROZE WILL NOT RELEASE. FRAME HAS RUST OUT HOLES. *TR

RETURNING FROM FISHING TRIP AND APPLIED BRAKES WHEN COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO FLOOR. CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT HOME (35MILES) AND LITTLE TO NO BRAKES UPON TURNING IN OUR DRIVEWAY. UPON INSPECTION, THE BRAKE LINE APPEARS TO BE RUSTED AND IS LEAKING FLUID. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A LOUD POPPING, VIBRATION AND CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OR WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO BE REPAIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97000.

2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH, FROM THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THE SWITCH DID NOT MALFUNCTION ALL THE TIME, AND THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF BRIEFLY AND THEN COME BACK ON. THERE WERE TIMES, WHEN HE TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD TURN OVER, BUT IT WOULDN'T START.