2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

VEHICLE WAS GOING THROUGH A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE PAD TORE UP THE ROTOR. *AK

RIGHT REAR CALIPER DOES NOT RELEASE PROPERLY. CONSUMER CLAIMS IT IS LIKE DRIVING WITH BRAKES PRESSED. ALSO, BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS BECAME DIM WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM PROBLEM WAS REFERRED TO TSB RELATING TO NORMAL FUNCTION OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, RATTLE FROM REAR END. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND LEAF SPRING PADS WORN OUT. CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE HAS OI LEAK FROM FRONT IF VEHICLE. AS THE DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, IT WAS FOUND THAT FRONT SHOCKS WERE LEAKING FLUID. DEALER REPLACED BOTH SHOCKS. *LA

2002 SILVERADO 1500HD CREWCAB. REAR SEATS USUALLY KEPT FOLDED DOWN FOR DOG TRANSPORTATION. UNFOLDED SEATS AND DISCOVERED MIDDLE SEAT BELT 50-60% SEVERED, PRESUMABLY BY SEAT HARDWARE WHILE FOLDED.*AK

UPON A COLD START, ENGINE WOULD MAKE NOISE. POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE. *PH *MR

WHEN ON AN INCLINE, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED THREE TO FIVE FEET BEFORE STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, HOWEVER, THE MECHANICS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE INCIDENT RECURRED ON 3/14/04, IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED 5 OR MORE FEET BEFORE STOPPING. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND WERE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM GM. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINS LIT. THE DRIVER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE SOLENOID SEAL BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *MR

ENGINE KNOCK.. HOT & COLD. SOUNDS LIKE LIFTER NOISE, GM SAYS IT'S "NORMAL" . OVER 30 YEARS AS A MECHANIC, I KNOW THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A NORMAL KNOCK. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I FIND THERE ARE ABOUT 800,000 VEHICLE INVOLVED. GM NEEDS TO FIX THESE VEHICLES. GM SERVICE BULLETINS REFER TO THIS AS PISTON SLAP. ANY SLAP, SCUFF, OR ABNORMAL NOISE IN A CYLINDER IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE METALS. *JB

TRUCK HAD LESS THEN 25,000 MILES WHEN I NOTICED A 'LOOSE FEELING' IN THE STEERING WHEN MAKING TURNS AND A DISCERNIBLE BUMPING. I FOUND THAT THERE IS A TSB ON IT(CHEVY TSB 00-02-35-003A) AND HAD IT FIXED UNDER WARRANTY- BUT FROM DOING RESEARCH I'VE FOUND THAT THIS FIX IS A 'BAND-AID' AND THEY REALLY SHOULD REPLACE THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WITH AN IMPROVED MODEL. CONCERN: VERY DISTRACTING AND CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT MAKE ME IGNORE A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM- SUCH AS 'LOOSE LUG NUTS' OR SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FUTURE (THINKING IT IS JUST THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRING WHEN IT IS REALLY A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM). *JB

ON SUNDAY, MARCH 14 MY FRIEND WAS HUNTING WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS ON A RANCH IN TENNESSEE. MY FRIEND SHOT HIS FIRST RAM AND THEN HE AND THE GUYS LOADED IT IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. GUYS LOADED INTO THE CAB AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK. MY FRIEND AND ANOTHER MAN SAT ON THE OPEN TAILGATE. THEY WERE JUST GOING TO RIDE DOWN THE TWO TRACK A BIT BACK TO THE LODGE. THEY WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 10MPH. THE TAILGATE BROKE. ONE MAN WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK WITH MINOR INJURIES. MY FRIEND WAS THROWN DOWN AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TAILGATE. HE DIED MONDAY, MARCH 15 OF HEAD INJURIES. HE WAS RIDING IN A '02 CHEVY SILVERADO. CHEVY RECALLED THIS TRUCK FOR THIS PROBLEM ON MONDAY, MARCH 15. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST FATALITY RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE DO NOW?*AK