2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

STARTED TO HEAR ENGINE EXHAUST GETTING LOUD, STARTED TO LOOK FOR EXHAUST LEAK AND FOUND THAT # 8 AND #7 PISTON LEAKING AT EXHAUST MANIFOLD DUE TO BROKEN BOLTS AND THEN ENGINE ERROR CODE O2 SENSOR BANK 1 WILL NOT TURN OFF, CAN NOT GET TRUCK TO PASS INSPECTION HAVE FOUND OUT OTHERS TRUCK OWNERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM TOLEDO OHIO TO HOME IN WHITE LAKE MICHIGAN. MY EXIT WAS NORMAL WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY. I APPLIED BRAKES TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN. AS I APPROACHED THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS RED WITH OTHER VEHICLES WAITING. I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARDER AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET THEM TO WORK TO NO AVAIL. RATHER THAN RUNNING IN TO STOPPED CARS I RAN MY TRUCK OFF THE ROAD. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK WITHOUT HITTING THE VEHICLES WAITING FOR THE LIGHT. I WENT ONLINE TO REVIEW THIS AND FOUND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. ONE COMMENT FROM GM IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STOP IF A LINE RUPTURES. NOT TRUE. ALSO, SINCE WHEN ARE BRAKE LINES A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. MY MANUAL DOESN'T SAY REPLACE BRAKE LINES EVERY 20,00 MILES OR 5 YEARS. *TR

WAS LEAVING A PAINTBALL FIELD PARKING LOT. WAS MOVING AT IDLE SPEED OF 5MPH AND WENT TO SLOW DOWN TO HEAR SOMEONE YELLING SOMETHING. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I CONTINUED TO THE STOP SIGN AND THE PEDAL ONCE AGAIN WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO DRIVE 23.5 MILES TO GET BACK HOME USING THE OLD SCHOOL METHOD OF DOWN SHIFTING AND APPLYING THE LITTLE BIT OF BRAKES I HAD LEFT. ****VERY DANGEROUS**** ONCE I GOT HOME I CHECKED MY BRAKE RESERVOIR AND IT WAS HALF FULL. UNDER THE TRUCK INSPECTION SHOWED FLUID FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR ALL THE BACK TO THE REAR END. I COULD NOT SEE WHERE THE LEAK ORIGINATED FROM. WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO A MECHANIC AND PAY. *TR

WHERE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER MOUNTS IN CLUTCH PEDAL ASSY BROKE. WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF GEAR CAUSING ME TO HIT A POLE. DAMAGING BUMPER HOOD FENDER HEADLIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND GRILL. CALLED THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT CLUTCH BRAKING ISSUES WHILE DRIVING IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE DONE SOME CHECKING AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE BUT BECAUSE GM SAYS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE THEY JUST WANT TO SELL US PARTS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ISSUE WITH THE ABS BRAKES. SOMETIMES THE ABS KICKS IN AND DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO STOP. *TR

AT UNDER 60,000 MILES BOTH BRAKE LINES FROM MASTER CYLINDER WERE BADLY RUSTED. ONE LINE FAILED AND THE OTHER WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF FAILURE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET HAS BEEN RESISTING A RECALL FOR YEARS. THIS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN MOSTLY IN A NON-SALTED ROADS STATE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH IN UNDER 60,000 MILES. CHEVY TRIES TO CUT COSTS AND SAVE A FEW PENNIES ON A COMPONENT THAT IS CRITICAL TO LIFE SAFETY AND THEY REFUSE TO MAKE IT RIGHT WHEN THEIR COST-CUTTING SCHEME FAILS. MY SECOND AND LAST CHEVY. *TR

HERCULES TIRES 26575R 116 OWL HERCULES TERRA TRAC A/T 11 WORE OUT WITH ONLY 3800 MILES NOT ONLY ONCE BUT TWICE DEALER SAID I IT WAS BAD DRIVING NEVE IN MY 56 YRS DID I HAVE A TIRE WEAR THIS FAST THEY ARE DEATH TRAPS KOST TIRE CHARGE ROAD HAZARD WHEN IT ALL READY CAME WITH THE TIRE AND DID NOTHING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM CAN YOU HELP ME ON THIS PLEASE. *TR

PULLED OUT OF PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED AND STOPPED TO WAIT FOR A RED LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED SLOWLY AND TESTED THE BRAKES TO FIND THE STOPPING POWER OF THE VEHICLE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. PULLED OVER IN A SAFE AREA AFTER A FEW BLOCKS AND INSPECTED VEHICLE TO FIND FLUID SPRAYED AROUND FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL WELL AND DRIPPING FROM BRAKE LINE. SUSPECT SUDDEN BRAKE LINE RUPTURE HAD OCCURRED. DECIDED VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO OPERATE AND PARKED IT AWAITING TOW. *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN A 35MPH ZONE. THE BRAKES INITIALLY WORKED AND THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COULD FEEL THE ABS ENGAGE BUT NOT STOP HITTING A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I EXITED THE VEHICLE I COULD SMELL THE BRAKE FLUID AND OBSERVED FLUID LEAKING FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURES DEALER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND A CERTIFIED MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.