Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
(1) DRIVING DROVE ABOUT 35 MPH COMING TO A STOP SIGN AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT THREE MILES. (2) THE ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING. ) ABOUT 1 TO 2 MINUTES LATER THE TRUCK STARTED AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED ABOUT 3 TIMES SINCE. *AK
DAY TIME RUNNING LAMPS KEEP FAILING. EVERY TIME I REPLACE THE BURNED OUT BULB SOON THE OTHER BULBS BURN OUT. THE ISSUE IS APPARENT ON MANY FULL SIZE GM TRUCKS. *TR
STALLING OUT OF ENGINE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. RESEARCHED PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THREAD ON HTTP://WWW.CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/ IDENTIFYING RECURRING PROBLEM WITH 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *JB
TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER SEEMS TO TWIST SLIGHTLY WHEN USED. *JB
ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN SNOWY CONDITIONS ON 2 LANE PORTION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. BY THE TIME I COASTED TO A STOP WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES I WAS ON AN OVERPASS WITH NOWHERE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC, SO ENDED UP BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. OBD II CODE READER SHOWED NO CODE ERRORS. REPLACED FUEL FILTER. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. AFTER CHECKING NHTSA SITE AS WELL AS OTHERS ON THE INTERNET FOUND IT MIGHT BE THE CKP (CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR). TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TOOL VERIFIED IT WAS THE CKP. QUOTED PART AND LABOR TO BE $300 - $500. SAVING UP MONEY FOR REPAIR. *NM
MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS STALLED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT I NEED HELP WITH. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER SAYS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS.
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60-70) THE ENGINE HAS STALLED AND LEFT ME DRIFTING WITH NO POWER ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER DRIFTING OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH NO POWER ASSIST STEERING OR BRAKES TO STOP AND LETTING IT SIT AND TURN THE KEY OFF AND PUT THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION IN "PARK" THE ENGINE WILL START BACK UP IN A FEW MINUTES. SOMETIMES HOWEVER IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES FOR A RESTART TO OCCUR. I CAN NOT BE CERTAIN, BUT I BELIEVE THIS TO BE TEMPERATURE RELATED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER (SUTLIFF CHEVROLET CO.) AND ASKED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR BE REPLACED. THIS REQUEST CAME AS A RESULT OF MUCH INVESTIGATION AND CONVERSATION WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL WITH THE SAME ENGINE. THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD CHANGE THE SENSOR BUT WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF THE SENSOR BREAKS UPON REMOVAL. THIS THEY SAID WOULD REQUIRE MANY HORS OF LABOR TO FIX AND THEY WILL NOT DO THAT. I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THE BILL FOR REPAIR IN ADDITION TO THE REQUESTED REPAIR SHOULD THIS HAPPEN. I AGREED TO PAY ONLY FOR THE REQUESTED REPAIR AND SAID THAT THIS INDICATES TO ME THAT THERE IS A FLAW IN THE PART AND THAT CHEVROLET OR GM SHOULD ASSUME ANY ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THEY REFUSED AND TOLD ME THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE SENSOR BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIC INDICATING A PROBLEM. MY RESEARCH INDICATES OTHERWISE AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD THINK OF TO PROOF MY SUSPICION WAS TO HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED. I W
THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAUSE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED TO BE SENSOR BY MAITA CHEVROLET IN ELK GROVE CA. I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE ON THE CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM WEBSITE. *JB
I HAVE A CHEVROLET AVALANCHE YEAR 2002 KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN. I RAN ON HIGHWAY 55 MILES, THEN MY CAR SHUT DOWN....MANY CARS BEHIND ALMOST HIT. VERY SCARY. I ALMOST DIED! THIS PROBLEM SHUT DOWN EVERYDAY AFTER 10 MINUTES RUN. BUT NOT ONLY MY. MOST THE CAR SAME YEAR, SAME MODEL GOT THE SAME PROBLEM TOO. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND DON'T KNOW WHY GM DIDN'T RECALL THIS. PLEASE SEE ALL THE POST ABOUT THIS HERE: HTTP://WWW.CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/INDEX.PHP/TOPIC,4815.0.HTML HTTP://WWW.CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/INDEX.PHP/TOPIC,47937.40.HTML. *JB
MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 HAS THE PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE DYING AS I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND ANY OTHER SPEED FOR THAT MATTER. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, I LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. *JB
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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