2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

NON WORKING EMERGENCY BRAKE. (RECENTLY PURCHASED VEHICLE USED.) APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS CLASS OF VEHICLE BY CHEVROLET AND GMC. REPAIR IS DIFFICULT, COSTLY, AND GENERALLY INEFFECTIVE. VERY DANGEROUS. NOT ONLY WILL THE E-BRAKE TYPICALLY NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE FROM A STAND-STILL. IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE WHILE IT IS MOVING IF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILS. MOST DRIVERS EXPECT AN E-BRAKE TO DO BOTH. CHEVROLET SHOULD DEVISE A FIX AND ISSUE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY SLOW RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

2002 SUBURBAN 2500 8.1 FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. VEHICLE DIED ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. ALMOST CRASHED INTO OTHER VEHICLES. THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. DUE TO THE SENSOR FAULT NEVER BEING STORED IN THE FAULT CODES. THE 2001 8.1 HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS REASON WHY HASN'T THE 2002 ITS THE SAME PART NUMBER? THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE THE OLD PART. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE WILL STALL ON OCCASION WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. ACTS AS IF THE ACCELERATOR IS NOT WORKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP WHILE TRYING TO APPLY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 OTHER TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THE LAST INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH A LITTLE OVER 120,000. *TR

2000 CHEVY SUBURBAN REAR GLASS HATCH HINGE ON PASSENGERS SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE GLASS, I HAVE READ ABOUT 50+ OF THESE FROM 2000-2005 MODELS AND GM SAYS NO ONE HAS COMPLAINED. THEY WANT YOU TO BUY A NEW ONE FOR $800.00. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN. THE TRUCK STARTED SHUTTING OFF AT ANY SPEED LEAVING ME WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. I CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER THE NEXT DAY BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THEN CAR STALLED ON HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CAR STARTED ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER AND THEN CUT OUT A BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD. STARTED THE CAR ANOTHER 3 HOURS LATER AND CAR WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THE 5 MILES HOME. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED ABOUT 50K MILES AGO. STALL IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH NO STEERING AND LITTLE BRAKING ISSUE. WITH ALL OF THE INTERNET FEEDBACK, AND THE 2000 AND 2001 FUEL ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL, CHEVY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN. LOSS OF BRAKES IN VEHICLE. PEDAL COULD BE PRESSED TO FLOOR BOARD. DEALER CONFIRMED BRAKE LINE CORROSION, RUPTURE AND FAILURE. H&L CHEVY, DARIEN, CT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVATE AT LESS THAN 10 MPH AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD VIBRATE ABNORMALLY WITH AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY 2002 SUBURBAN WITH A 5.3L FLEX FUEL EQUIPPED VEHICLE JUST WOULD STALL WITH OUT WARNING AND CAUSE ME TO LOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND OTHER ITEM RELATED TO THE ENGINE RUNNING. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN BEFORE BEING ABLE TO RESTART IT. NO CODE WOULD SHOW ON THE ON BOARD COMPUTER AND AFTER LOOKING AT OTHER RECALLS IT POINTED TO THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR GOING BAD. I AM GOING TO CHANGE IT OUT IN THE MORNING. I HAVE READ OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE IN THIS YEAR MODEL AND THINK CHEVY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WHERE APPLIED IN A NORMAL MANNER AND DRIVER FELT BRAKE PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. AFTER INVESTIGATION FOUND BRAKE LINE RUPTURED NEAR DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL. SERIOUS INJURY AND DAMAGE WHERE AVOIDED ONLY BECAUSE OF AN EMPTY HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. *TR