2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

DT: 2002 CHEVORLET SUBURBAN, WHEN CONSUMER GOES TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES THEY PUSH BACK. THE BRAKES HAVE NO STOPPING POWER, THE ABS PULSEATE, THEY MAKES A LOW GROWLING NOISE WHEN PUSHED. *AK

DT: PROBLEM WITH ABS. IN THE PAST MONTH WHILE BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKES DID NOT ACTIVATE BUT THE ABS ACTIVATED. THE CONSUMER HAS HAD MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS FAILURE. *AK *NM

ANTI LOCK BRAKES UNEXPECTEDLY ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEED CAUSING INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE ON DRY PAVEMENT. DEALER REPLACED LEFT WHEEL HUB AND ANTI-LOCK SENSOR AT A COST TO ME OF $500. VEHICLE IS A 2002 WITH 40,000 MILES.

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN 50,000 MILES. I HAVE JUST HAD MY THIRD SET OF PARKING BRAKE SHOES INSTALLED ON MY CAR. THE FIRST PAIR WERE REPLACED WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY! THIS CAR HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE PARKING BRAKE PADS AND ROTOR. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS SYSTEM, I HAVE NEVER HAD ANOTHER CAR THAT REQUIRED THE REAR BRAKE PADS TO BE REPLACEDTHIS FREQUENTLY! IF I WAS EVERY ENOVLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHERE I WOULD HAVE NEEDED THE EMERCENCY BRAKE(PARKING), I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF STOPPING THIS VEHICLE. Y RECOMMONDATION IS THAT YOU ISSUE A RECALL TO CORRECT THE INHERRENT DEFECTS IN THE SUBURBANS PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM.

DT: HUSBAND HAD AN ACCIDENT, CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND HIT THEM ON DRIVER AND BACK SEAT PASSENGER SIDE HEAD. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

AT A SLOW SPEED STOP, THE ABS KICKS IN, INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO AN ACCIDENT TWICE.

FEB.05 WE WERE IN BIG BEAR CA. WITH 4 OR MORE FEET OF FRESH SNOW: COMING DOWN THE HILL IN OUR 2002 SUBURBAN THE BRAKES BECAME VERY SOFT AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKES. WE CHECKED THE GROUND UNDER SUBURBAN AND ALL THE BRAKE FLUID WAS ON THE SNOW. WE HAD SUBRUBAN TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER IN REDLANDS BECAUSE THERE IS A "BUMPER TO BUMPER" POLICY ON IT. TOM BELL HAD TO REPLACE THE "BRAKE LINE". WE TOOK A CAB TO THE ONTARIO AIRPORT FOR A RENTAL CAR AND DROVE BACK HOME.

2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING SENSORS. *MR THE SENSORS REACTED SPORADICALLY. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH HIS 1999 GMC YUKON. *SC *JB

AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES THE ABS BRAKES ON MY 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN PUMP AND ALLOW THE VEICHLE TO MOVE FORWARD. HAVE HAD TWO OCCASSIONS WERE THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER PARKWAY MOTORS CALUMET MICHIGAN DETERMINED IT WAS CORROSION ON THE ABS SENSORS. THEY TOLD ME THEY FIRST REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO GM ENGINEERING 3 YEARS AGO AND CURRENTLY THE SEE ALMOST ONE OF THESE PROBLEMS A DAY.

CONTACT STATES; FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL TIGHTEN AND LOCK WHILE ENGINE IS ON AND OFF. JUST TO UNLOCK SEAT BELT AT LATCH AND ALLOW IT TO ROLL ALL THE WAY IN BEFORE IT CAN BE APPLIED. IT TIGHTENS AS IF BRAKES WERE SLAMMED ON. HOWEVER IT TIGHTENS ANYWAY WITHOUT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE WITHOUT ANY CONCLUSIONS OR REPAIRS. *AK