2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

EMERGENCY BRAKE STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE AFTER 34,757 MILES. A PROPERLY WORKING EMERGENCY BRAKE IS CRITICAL, AS MY THREE SMALL CHILDREN RIDE IN AND PLAY AROUND THIS VEHICLE.

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY LEFT SIDE DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW. I LOWERED IT AT A MCDONALD'S DRIVE THRU WINDOW, AND IT MADE A GRINDING SOUND AND WOULD NOT HARDLY ROLL UP. I TOOK MY HAND AND HELPED IT UP INTO PLACE. I PAID FOR THE REPAIR AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. THE CABLE ON THE WINDOW REGULATOR WAS BAD. I HAD TO GET A NEW ONE FROM C&O MOTORS ( CHEVROLET DEALER) AND CROSS LANES TIRE AND AUTO REPAIR SHOP MADE THE REPAIRS FOR ME.

WINDSHIELD WASHER RESERVOIR LEAKS AND DRAINS TOTALLY EMPTY UPON ACTIVATING WIPER SWITCH. THE HOSE"BLOWS"OUT OF THE UNIT. I HAVE HAD TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE THREE TIMES(INCLUDING TODAY) AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AS YET.

AT LOW SPEEDS THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES WHEN THE BREAK IS APPLIED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BRAKE POORLY. UNTIL JUST RECENTLY I'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS AND MY BRAKE PADS ARE FINE PER MY MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THEM ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK I PULLED INTO A FRIENDS DRIVEWAY ABOUT 5MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKE ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN THE ABS CAME ON AND I WAS SENT CRASHING INTO HIS GARAGE. THIS HAS HAPPEND ALMOST 20 TIMES SINCE THAT DAY. I CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE MY TRUCK TO WORK ANYMORE DUE TO FEAR OF HITTING SOMEONE. I HAVE A 2002 SILVERADO XC 1500 4X4 THAT IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED WITH 81332MILES. MY FATHER AND BROTHER BOTH OWN SIMILAR MODEL GM TRUCKS BOTH 2000 MODELS WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS OF YET TO FIX MY TRUCK I'M WAITING TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE THE DEALER PAY FOR THE DAMAGES DONE AND FIX MY BRAKE SYSTEM.

AFTER STRIKING A BUMP WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE STEERING SHAFT WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK REPLACE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. *BF *NM

DRIVING 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP. SLOWING DOWN TO STOP IN TRAFFIC AND/OR SUDDEN STOPS AT SLOW SPEED CAUSES ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO ACTIVITATE AND REQUIRES FARTHER STOPPING DISTANCE.

COMPLAINT REF [XXX] ON MAR 12,2005 I HAD A FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM THAT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE! I STOPPED THE VEHICLE BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION. THE FAILURE WAS IN A PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEED. I HAD THE SAME TYPE OF FAILURE ON AUG 3,2004. I REPORTED IT TO THE NHTSA AT THAT TIME. LAST AUG GM OK'D A WARRANTY FIX BY USING SERVICE BULLT. # 02-05-006A-(NOV 26,2002). AT THAT TIME THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO RUNNING INTO A FENCE. AFTER COMPLAINING, THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR FIXING THE DAMAGE. NOW BACK TO THE PRESENT FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE PROBLEM THIS TIME WAS THE WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES WHICH THE ABS SENSORS ARE ATTACHED. CONTACTING GM, I TOLD THEM I BELIEVED THE REPAIR SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH MY MILEAGE WAS 36,500. THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS 3 MONTHS AND 500 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY. I DID NOT AGREE WITH THEM AS I SEE THIS AS A CONTINUATION OF LAST AUGUST'S PROBLEM AND THAT IT WASN'T FIXED CORRECTLY AT THAT TIME. I HAD THE TRUCK FIXED AND PAID THE $631 MYSELF. I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ABS BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT IS NOT PECULIAR TO MY VEHICLE BUT NO DOUBT IS WIDESPREAD. I KNOW YOU DO NOT HAVE AN INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE? THE FACT THAT THERE IS A BULLETIN ON IT TELLS ME IT IS HAPPENING TO OTHER VEHICLES! MY VEHICLE IS A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO FULL SIZE PICK UP. IT IS NOT 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND IS A C1500. VEH ID # IS [XXX]. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. [XXX]. *JB *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

SOME TIMES WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE FOOT BRAKE, IT BECOMING STIFF AND WON'T DEPRESS. AT THIS TIME THE USE OF THE HAND BRAKE HAS TO BE USED TO STOP. IF HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS, BUT NO ACCIDENT SO FAR.

MY SON'S 2002 CHEVROLET EXTENDED CAB PU TRUCK WAS STRUCK IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, FORCED OFF THE ROAD, WENT HEAD FIRST THROUGH AN IRON 6' FENCE, DOWN A 7' EMBANKMENT AND STRUCK A STONE PILLAR HEAD ON AND HIS AIR BAD DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM

VEHICLE HAD GRINDING NOISE FROM REAR WHEELS AND LOSS OF POWER. REAR BRAKES FAILED WITH 9, 975 MILES ON VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND RIGHT REAR BRAKE CALIPER RUSTED SOLID AND NOT OPERATING, CAUSING INNER RIGHT DISK BRAKE PAD TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. WAS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE VEHICLE NOT BEING USED ENOUGH, ALLOWING COMPONENTS INSIDE THE CALIPER TO RUST. DEALER REBUILT RIGHT REAR CALIPERS, TURNED DOWN BOTH EXCESSIVELY RUSTED REAR ROTORS AND REPLACED REAR DISC BRAKE PADS.