2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF A VEHICLE CRASH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND MAKES A RATTLING NOISE IN REAR OF VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED DRIVESHAFT. PROBLEM STILL REOCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE IS A STRONG VIBRATION, AND A RATTLE NOISE IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY TIGHTENED UP SOME PARTS, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELARATED AT SPEED OF 90 MPH. RPM 6000. I DID ALL POSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE AN BRING IT TO A STOP BY PUTTING THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7-4-02, AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THE NEXT MORNING I HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED BY WHEELER MOTORS , CHEBOYGAN MICH. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I ALSO HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED BY JAMES CHEVROLET CLINTON TWP. MI. THEY ALSO SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. ON 8-21-02 WHILE TRAVELING AT 70MPH ON I-75 THE VEHICLE AGAIN ACCELARETED ON ITS OWN TO A SPEED CLOSE TO 90MPH. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND IT TOOK ALL THE BRAKING POWER AVAILABLE TO SLOW DOWN THE TRUCK AND BRING IT TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY. THIS TIME WHEN RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE RPM IMMEDIATELY (IN PARK) SOARED TO 6000 RPM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MARTIN CHEVROLET, SAGINAW, MICH. AT HIS POINT I HAVE NO RESULTS OF WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I CALLED GM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AT 1-800 CHEVROLET-USA. THEY DISPATCHED A TOW TRUCK. I ALSO CALLED THE MICH. STATE POLICE TO ASSIST AND VERIFY THAT THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED.*AK

TRUCK SOMEHOW RAN INTO A CONCRETE FIXTURE THAT SUPPORTED A SIGNAL LIGHT. ESTIMATED SPEED OF HEAD ON COLLISION INTO FIXTURE WAS 25 - 30 MPH. NEITHER OF DUAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER MAKING CONTACT WITH DASHBOARD. DRIVER STATED THAT CHILD'S TEETH PRINT WERE ON DASH CONSOLE. ENTIRE BUMPER SMASHED BACK INTO ENGINE, AND STEERING WHEEL BROKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND THERE WAS A CONCRETE PIPE LAYING ON THE ROAD, AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING SHE HIT THE PIPE. AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. AT DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.THE PIPE WAS A BROKE OFF LIGHT POLE. THE FRAME ON THE VEHICLE IS BENT. *JG

NO ROAD HAZARD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TIRE. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103F. COMPLETE SEPARATION OF TREAD FROM SIDEWALL. NOTHING REMAINED ON RIM BUT SIDEWALL. BODY DAMAGE TO FENDER WELL AS WELL AS RUBBER BURN MARKS, DUE TO CENTRIPETAL FORCES FROM TIRE TREAD SEPARATING FROM SIDEWALL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKING SUDDENLY. ALSO WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION AND THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE SLID.*AK ALSO THE ENGINE VIBRATES WHEN THE AIR CONDITION IS ON, THE DEALER REPOSITIONED CLAMP, WHEN IT IS RAINY HARD THE DRIVERS DOOR LEAKS AT THE TOP WEATHERSTRIP, THE EXHAUST VIBRATES WHEN VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE, THE PASSENGER SEAT RATTLES.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THROTTLE WILL GET STUCK, STAYING AT THE SAME SPEED, BUT IT WILL BE HARD FOR CONSUMER TO STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AKCONSUMERS WIFE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RACING, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STOPPING. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERS WHERE THEY FOUND A STONE LODGED IN THE THROTTLE STOP. *JG

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS RPM GOES TO 3000 WITH CLUTCH TO FLOOR . HAS BEN THERE 3 TIMES FOR THIS THAY SAY THRER IS NO PROBLME WITH THIS.*AK