2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH ON A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EXTRA CAB 4X4. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT RESULTED WITH THE BRAKE FAILURE. CALLED CHEVROLET CORPORATE TO CHECK ON RECALL. NOTHING NOTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD SPORADICALLY FALL INTO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS NOT PRODUCING THE REQUIRED BRAKING PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000. UPDATED 10/04/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE ABS WAS FIXED UNDER RECALL. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE RETURNED. THE ABS FAILED UNDER 10 MPH. UPDATED 10/05/10. *JB

HAVE A 2002 SILVERADO WITH 46,000 MILES AND IN JUNE 2010 EXPERIENCED A MAJOR BRAKE FAILURE WHEN THE BRAKE LINES NEAR THE FRAME RAIL BRAKE/ABS CONTROLLER RUSTED AWAY. WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, WAS NEAR HOME AND DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY. THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON, THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT AND I DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM - THE RUSTED LINES. A $1000.00 OF BRAKE WORK TO CORRECT THE BRAKE LINES, THAT IS REPLACE THEM AND NEW FRONT BRAKES BECAUSE THE CALIPERS HAD ALSO RUSTED SO BADLY THEY COULDN'T BLEED THE BRAKES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A MODERN VEHICLE TO HAVE SAFETY PARTS RUST SO BADLY AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K1500. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE PART IN STEERING COLUMN *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE 2002 THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAS BEEN REPAIRED FIVE TIMES, TO ELIMINATE THE RATTLE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL OR WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. THE CONSUMER STATED HE LOCATED A GM SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. *JB

HAVE OWNED MY 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO SINCE NEW. I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A FLAT TIRE WITH THIS TRUCK UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I GOT A FLAT TIRE ON MEMORIAL DAY ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY (RT-1). I WAS IN AN ODD SPOT TO MOVE FARTHER FROM THE TRAFFIC LANE AND I COULD NOT GET THE TRUCK HIGH ENOUGH WITH THE FACTORY JACK THAT WAS PROVIDED. I FIGURED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE UNEVEN GROUND I WAS ON. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I HAD A BLOW OUT WITH THE SAME TIRE IN A PARKING GARAGE (NICE LEVEL FLAT CONCRETE SURFACE). I HAVE BEEN A MECHANIC IN ABOUT 1975. HOLD MY PA STATE INSPECTION LICENSE AND WAS A ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE SUPPLIED JACK WITH THE SAME FACTORY SIZE TIRES WILL NOT GET THE VEHICLE HIGH ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE TIRES. I TRIED THE FACTORY RECOMMENDED SPOTS AND COUPLE OF OTHERS. HOW COULD GM PUT PEOPLE IN A POSITION LIKE THIS? SOMEBODY COULD GET KILLED TRYING TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN PULLING FROM THE DRIVEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED MOVING AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE SUFFERED DAMAGES TO THE FRONT END AND BUMPER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED AT THAT TIME. WHEN LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE WHEEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED HAVING PROBLEMS AND WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT BUT STILL COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 43,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE CONTACT WOULD EXPERIENCE ABNORMAL BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE AND A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO CORROSION AND RUSTING OF THE FRAME WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE LINE TO RUPTURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE METAL BRAKE LINES AND THE FRONT CALIBER YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,829 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 15,853.

I DRIVE A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. YESTERDAY (5/14/10) I WAS APPLYING MY BRAKES TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP WHEN SOMEONE CUT OUT IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK. I LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO STOP. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STEER AWAY FROM THE ON COMING CAR AND ENDED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO CHECK MY BRAKES WHEN I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION I NOTICED EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE AND BRAKE FLUID WAS FREE FLOWING FROM A RUPTURE IN THE BRAKE LINE THAT WAS HEAVILY CORRODED. *TR

CHEVY SILVERADO 2002. AT LOW SPEEDS STOPPING DISTANCE IS UNEXPECTEDLY INCREASED DUE TO THE ABS PREVENTING A TOTAL STOP DURING DRY CONDITIONS. THIS OCCURRED COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND COMING INTO A PARKING SPOT. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING THIS FIRST INCIDENT. THE BRAKES ALSO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AT THE LAST POINT OF BREAKING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND DESCRIBED THE ABOVE. THEY INFORMED ME THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE ABS UNLESS THE LIGHT IS ON. THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE TRUCK AND DRIVE IT UNTIL IT EXHIBITED THE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE GM RECALL HOT LINE ON MAY 12, 2010. BASED ON MY VIN HE SAID MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT THAT HIS NOTES SHOWED THAT THE WHEEL SENSOR HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND CLEANED WHEN I HAD THE BRAKES DONE IN 2007. HE OFFERED NO HELP AT ALL. THIS PROBLEM IS SERIOUS AND I WILL BE PULLING THE ABS FUSE TO HOPEFULLY DISABLE THE SYSTEM AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE MANY COMPLAINTS HERE AND ELSEWHERE ALL OVER THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO A FAILURE THAT GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. *TR