2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS HEAD FROM THE REAR. ALSO, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT UNEXPECTEDLY UNRAVELED. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SLIP YOKE OF THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 23000 MILES. THE REACTION GEAR SET WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MECHANICS MADE IT SOUND LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND I'M ON THE THIRD GENERATION PART.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT HOME. *JB WHEN SLOWING DOWN A SPEEDS OF 0-5 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD TO DEPRESS THEN THE ABS WOULD ACTIVATE. IF THERE WAS ENOUGH TIME, THE BRAKE PEDAL COULD BE PUMPED THEN THE ABS WOULD STOP, THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. *NM

MY ABS CHATTERS AND IT PUSHES HARD AND DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. I JUST HAD NEW ROTORS PUT ON IN MAY AND IN OCT I HAD NEW DISCS AND ROTORS TURNED DOWN..IT IS FULL OF BRAKE FLUID. I HAVE A WARRANTY ON IT BUMPER TO BUMPER AND NOT SURE IF IT COVERS IT. I WORK CONSTRUCTION OUT OF TOWN AND NEED A RELIABLE VEHICLE. I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO MY DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT YET. I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME DUE TO WORKING OUT OF TOWN. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. WHAT CAN I DO? *AK

WAS PASSENGER IN 2002 CHEVROLET TRUCK LOW MILEAGE NEW PURCHASE FOR YOUNG OWNER, MYSELF AND TWO YOUTHS ON TAILGATE 12 MILES AN HOUR ON COUNTRY ROAD BOTH CABLES BROKE AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME SPOT TAILGATE DROPPED, RESULTED IN HEAD TRAUMA AND CONTINUING MEDICAL TREATMENTS. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT 25,000 MILES, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKING. *AK THE DEALER AGREED THERE WAS EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY. *SC *JB

REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND ROTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, THEN THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND ROTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE A/C LINE WAS ROUTED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP TO RETAIN MOISTURE AND MISFIRE. *SC *JB

INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT ON MY 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD RATTLES AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. UNDER WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND HAS NOW SURFACED AGAIN. SEEMS TO ME TO BE A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND SHOULD BE RECALLED TO BE FIXED. *JB

OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ALONG US HIGHWAY 83 APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION, TEXAS WHEN THE 2002 Z71 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRAVELING SOUTH, UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITH GREAT FORCE WITHOUT THE DRIVER'S CONTROL, MADE A RIGHT TURN OFF THE ROADWAY CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND INJURY. EITHER DEFECTIVE STEERING AND/OR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE CV JOINT LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE TOTALLED.*AK VEHICLE HAD ALL CURRENT AND SUGGESTED MAINENTENCE BY THE OWNER'S MANUAL BUT MUST HAVE HAD SOME TYPE OF DEFECT.