2002 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

RECENT PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION OF 2002 GMC SIERRA 4WD INDICATED EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF CHASSIS AND BRAKE LINES WHICH RESULTED IN A RECOMMENDATION OF IMMEDIATE BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT TO PASS PENNSYLVANIA VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION CERTIFICATION. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND TRIED TO STOP FOR RED LIGHT AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR. WAS ABLE TO STOP AGAINST CURB. CHECKED AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. VEHICLE FOUND TO HAVE RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. SPECIFICALLY LEAKING WERE THE LINES TO AND FROM THE ABS UNIT. ALL FOUR FORWARD FACING LINES WERE RUSTED IN CLIP IN FRAME. AT LEAST TWO WERE LEAKING. REPLACED FOUR LINES OUT OF NINE MAY NEED OTHERS REPLACED IN FUTURE. TOOK PICTURE OF LEAKING AREA AND HAVE SECTION OF OLD LINE WITH LEAK. COST TO REPLACE THE FOUR LINES WAS LINES WAS $515.83. THIS PICK UP ONLY HAS 63K MILES. BRAKE LINES SHOULD LAST. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE. WENT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND NO BRAKES. I WAS FAST ENOUGH ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID A COLLISION. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. CHECKED UNDER TRUCK AND THE METAL BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED. BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES ARE RUSTED. TRUCK IN SHOP NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A CLANKING NOISE AND FELT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIBRATION AND THE SOUND WOULD OCCUR CONSTANTLY WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND BECAME MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

2002 GMC SIERRA 1500 BRAKELINE FAILURE DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION OF HARD LINES UNDER DRIVERS SIDE . I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND HAD SEVERE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. UNDER FURTHER INVESTIGATION ONE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND OTHERS SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR

NEITHER THE LEFT NOR RIGHT CARGO GATE LATCH BOLTS FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE GATE WAS IN THE FULL UPRIGHT POSITION AND WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE LATCHED. THIS ALLOWED THE GATE TO FALL OPEN WHEN ACCELERATING. LUBRICATION WITH A SILICONE WAX SPRAY DID NOT SEEM TO FREE THE BOLTS. REPEATED LIFTING OF THE CENTER HANDLE ON THE GATE FOLLOWED BY QUICK RELEASE DID NOT RESULT IN THE LATCH BOLTS ENGAGING AND THE HANDLE SUBSEQUENTLY BROKE WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. ONCE THE HANDLE WAS REMOVED, CONTACT POINTS ON THE REMAINING HANDLE HARDWARE AND LATCH BOLTS THEN ALLOWED FREE MOVEMENT OF THE LATCH BOLTS. THE HANDLE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED BUT THE LATCHES ON THE GATE ARE EASILY OPENED BY PULLING BOTH CABLES TOWARDS THE MIDDLE. CONTACT SURFACES SHOW LITTLE OR NO CORROSION OR DEBRIS. THE GATE WAS ALWAYS TESTED FOR CLOSURE AND IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE LATCH BOLTS WERE ONLY PARTIALLY CLOSING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE GATE HAD BEEN FOUND OPEN AND ITEMS LOST IN THE PAST BUT IT HAD BEEN THOUGHT THE GATE HAD JUST BEEN LEFT OPEN RATHER HAVING BEEN CLOSED FOLLOWED BY FALLING OPEN AFTER LATCH FAILURE. *TR

* 3-MAY-06: VEHICLE TAKEN IN TO DEALER AT 29 K MI FOR RECALL TO INSPECT BOTH FRONT WHEEL ABS SPEED SENSORS. TOTAL INSPECTION TIME APPROX 10 MIN, NO REPAIRS MADE. ONE POSSIBLE BRAKING INCIDENT OCCURRED 3.5 YRS EARLIER. * 24-SEP-08, 38 K MI: FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED, NORMAL WEAR PATTERNS. BOTH REAR INNER DISK BRAKE PADS WORN TO METAL AND JAMMED, BOTH REAR OUTER PADS LITTLE WEAR, BOTH REAR DISKS HEAVILY SCORED AND REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN USED LITTLE FOR TOWING. REAR CALIPER NUTS REQUIRED AN ESTIMATED 350+ LBS TORQUE TO LOOSEN. * 31-JUL-09, 39 K MI: NEAR ACCIDENT ON HWY AT LOW SPEED AFTER VERY LONG STOP AT SLOW SPEED, THEN 3 MI LATER CRASH INTO CONCRETE ABUTMENT OCCURRED WHILE PARKING AT IDLE SPEED. LOUD GROANING HEARD FR ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SCAN TOOL INFO BY GM DEALER INDICATED BOTH FRONT ABS SPEED SENSORS WERE NOT SENDING A SIGNAL. BODY REPAIR TO FRONT $800 USING USED PARTS AND EXCLUDING ABS SENSOR REPLACEMENT. * NEAR TOTAL, REPRODUCIBLE BRAKE LOSS OCCURS BETWEEN APPROX 3 AND 7 MPH. PRESSING HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS TO LENGTHEN THE STOPPING DISTANCE. HEADLAMPS DIM WHEN TRYING TO STOP AT SLOW SPEED WHILE THE ABS PUMP IS GROANING. * PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE CORRECTED. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL ABS SPEED SENSORS AND RELATED PARTS TWICE ON MY 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 2006, THE SECOND JUST THIS WEEK. THE TRUCK HAS JUST OVER 86000 MILES. THE ABS ENGAGED BELOW 10 MPH. I ALMOST HIT OTHER CARS OR OBJECTS SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. SPEED SENSORS WERE CORRODED. HUB BEARINGS WERE ALSO REPLACED DUE TO SPEED RING FAULTS. IT HAS COST ME OVER $1500 BOTH TIMES TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE TO MAKE MY TRUCK SAFE TO DRIVE. MY REQUEST FOR WARRANTY COVERAGE WAS DENIED. *TR

2002 GMC SIERRA BRAKE LINE BLEW, FOLLOW UP SHOWS MASSIVE RUST INCLUDING PARTS OF FRAME - SO BAD THAT BRAKE BLEEDERS ON ROTORS ARE A PILE OF RUST, CANNOT BE OPENED. ALL BRAKE LINE FITTINGS RUSTED BEYOND REMOVAL WITH A WRENCH, THEREFORE REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. 27,000 MILES. *TR

ABS SENSOR ACTIVATION AT SLOW SPEED. THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP NORMALLY WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT SLOW SPEED. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT BY GM AND NHTSA. RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE BUT NOT IN MY STATE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. DESPITE GM SAYING THAT THIS ISSUE IS LIMITED TO 20 STATES AND CANADA, THIS IS NOT TRUE. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET HAS SHOWN THIS DEFECT IS NATIONWIDE. ABS WAS ADDED TO VEHICLES TO HELP PREVENT CRASHES. THIS DEFECT CAUSES THEM. *TR