2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

THE FIRST TIME I LOST ALL BRAKES WAS WHEN I WAS BACKING UP TO A TRALER ON 7/13/15. THE SECOND TIME I WAS HAULING A DUMP TRAILER WITH ROCK AND LOST ALL BRAKES AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO COAST TO A STOP. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE REAR BRAKE LINE REPLACED, ONLY TO LOSE MY BRAKES AGAIN 40 DAYS LATER! THIS TIME IT WAS MY FRONT BRAKE LINE. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS? I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN AND I CAN'T TRUST YOUR VEHICLE WITH THEIR LIVES OR MINE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. MA 10/19/2015

LUCKILY I WAS PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I FOUND OUT MY BRAKES HAD GONE BECAUSE THEY HAD RUSTED THROUGH NOT LONG AFTER MY GAS WAS POURING OUT CAUSE THE FUEL LINES RUSTED AND NOW CHANCES ARE I WONT GET AN INSPECTION STICKER THIS COMING YEAR BECAUSE MY FRAME IS RUSTED OUT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE BRAKES PULSATED WHEN APPLIED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN AFTERMARKET WHEEL BEARING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WORKED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PRIOR TO THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER THE CONTACT WAS NOT OFFERED A REMEDY. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ UPDATED 11/08/2017*CN

I LOST THE BRAKES. THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BY PULLING OFF THE ROAD. AFTER RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR CHEVY SUBURBANS.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED AT ABOUT 5 MPH AND CAUSED TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING CONTROL. UNABLE TO STOP, THE SILVERADO CRASHED DIRECTLY INTO AN ADVERTISING SIGN. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE SILVERADO, MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE ADVERTISING SIGN, AND NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OR TWO CHILDREN. FOLLOW-UP AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT ACTIVATION OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND PART OF A GM RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000).

MY BRAKE LINES FAILED, NEARLY RESULTING IN KILLING A CHILD THAT RODE HIS BIKE ONTO THE ROAD FROM A DRIVEWAY AND FORCING A VEHICLE HEADON INTO MY LANE OF TRAVEL. LUCKLY EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE INTO APPROPRIATE PLACES AND WAS PAYING ATTENTION AS I WAS UNABLE TO SLOWDOWN. DUST COVERS ON THE REAR HAVE BEEN RUSTED AND GONE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND I HAVE REPLACED THE REGULATORS IN BOTH PASSENGER/DRIVERSIDE DOORS THREE TIME EACH DUE TO THE CABLES RUSTING AND SNAPPING. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO CHEVROLET DEALER SHIP FOR MAINTENANCE, IT HAD LESS THAN 36K AT THE TIME, THEY REMOVED ONE PLASTIC PANEL (FALLING DOWN FROM BEHIND THE DOOR INTERIOR TRIM PANELS) FROM EACH DOOR THAT WAS HANGING DOWN AND SCRATCHING MY ROCKER PANEL, AND SAID "WE DONT KNOW WHAT THESE ARE FOR, SO WE JUST REMOVED THEM", HMMM, MAYBE IT WAS TO HELP WITH MOITURE RELATED ISSUES WITHIN THE DOOR PANEL. NOT SURE JUST GUESSING, BUT CANT BELLIVE THAT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. OVER ALL NOT IMPRESSED WITH CHEVROLET EVEN THOUGH IT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE OWNED, IF THEY KEEP PRODUCING THIS CRAP THEY SHOULD LOWER THE PRICE.

WENT TO START TRUCK. PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL. TRUCK STARTED, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TOOK FOOT OFF PEDAL. LET TRUCK RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES TO SEE IF BRAKE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. IT DID NOT. TURNED OFF TRUCK. CHECKED AROUND TRUCK. FOUND BRAKE FLUID UNDER TRUCK BY RIGHT REAR TIRE. CHECK BRAKE LINE NEAR LEFT REAR TIRE. IT IS IN BAD SHAPE AND WILL LIKELY FAIL SOON. TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, HAD FRONT LINE FAIL BELOW DRIVER'S SEAT. REPLACED FRONT LINES. REAR LINES DID NOT LOOK TOO BAD AT THE TIME. WITH ALL NEW TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, CHEVY IS NOW USING INFERIOR MATERIAL. DUST GUARDS AROUND REAR BRAKES OF THIS TRUCK ARE COMPLETELY GONE ON BOTH SIDES. EVERYTHING IS RUSTING. HAD 1975 BUICK ESTATE WAGON FOR 22 YRS. IT WAS IN BETTER SHAPE WHEN I SOLD IT THAN THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. CHEVY COULD DO ALL THE CORPORATE DOUBLE SPEAK THEY WANT. FACT IS THIS RUST ISSUE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE A LITTLE OLDER AND NEWER 1500 AND ALL HAVE BRAKE LINE ISSUES AND VARYING DEGREES OF RUST UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I SEE WHERE OTHERS HAVE REGISTERED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT NOTHING WILL GET DONE UNTIL THERE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES. (I SEE WHERE YOU WANT A DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU CALL FROM A PHONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A NHTSA ID, YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL.) UPDATED 09/17/15*LJ UPDATED 10/27/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR MOUNTING SURFACE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND REINSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,800.

I'VE HAD TO REPLACE CALIPERS, ROTORS, BRAKE LINES THE HAVE RUSTED, BRAKES HOSES THAT HAVE GONE BAD AND THIS VEHICLE IS WELL KEPT AND INSIDE. LOW MILES FOR A 2002 AND YET ALL AT ONCE EVERYTHING WENT BAD INCLUDING MY FUEL SENSOR FOR THE GAS GUAGE.