2002 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck

Routine

Owners filed 37 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

When it fails
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49,695 milesMedian miles at failure

27 complaints record an odometer reading. Failures cluster around 60,00075,000 miles.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip3
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission3
000
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Control Unit/Module2
100
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
000
Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit2
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Linkages1
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Sep 26, 20141,316,999 milesTN

VEHICLE WOULDN'T DRIVE OVER 15 MPH AS IF I LOST ALL OF MY TORQUE. MECHANIC LOOKED AT VEHICLE TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND FOUND OUT MULTIPLE ISSUES INCLUDING: FRONT AND REAR BRAKES BARELY WORKING, MASTER CYLINDERS MESSED UP, OIL LEAKS, TRANSMISSION LEAKS, COOLANT LEAKS, CONTROL ARMS HAVE RUSTED OUT ON BOTH SIDES BUT WE'RE WELDED (WHICH MAKES THEM WEAKER) I'VE BROKEN DOWN 4 TIMES IN A WEEK IN THIS VEHICLE BUT MY CONTRACTOR IN ITS IN ME DRIVING IT. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Mar 19, 201180,679 milesOH

UNDERCARRIAGE STEEL BRAKE LINES RUPTURED CAUSED BY ROAD SALT CORROSION RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES. *TR

Latches/Locks/Linkages
Filed Dec 24, 201085,000 milesGA

DOOR LOCK IS NOT WORKING ON DRIVERS SIDE OF CHEVY S-10 2002 , I WANT TO SEE IF MY VEHICLE IS ON LIST FOR REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Oct 24, 201049,695 milesCT

1. SUB QUALITY BOLTS USED TO HOLD MANIFOLD TO HEADS MANIFOLD BECAME LOOSE FROM HEADS 2. TRUCK HAD 49,695 MILES AND ALL TWELVE BOLTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS THEY WERE BROKEN AND RUSTED CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. 3. MANIFOLD WAS REMOVED AND TWELVE NEW BOLTS WERE USED TO REPLACED DEFECTIVE BOLTS. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Oct 5, 200969,000 milesMI

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK. MY PICKUP TRUCK 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD EXPERIENCES UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) ACTIVATION AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MPH. SAME AS NHTSA RECALL # 05V37900. THAT RECALL IS FOR ONLY SILVERADOS NOT SILVERADO 2500 HD. THERE IS A CURRENT PROBLEM THAT EXISTS ON MY TRUCK AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. I HAVE LIVED IN MICHIGAN THE WHOLE TIME I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK. THE BRAKES PULSE AT LOWER SPEEDS AND I HAVE TO ALLOW FOR EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HIT SOMEONE ELSE. SAME ISSUE AS NHTSA RECALL 05V37900. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET, IF YOU WOULD WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT ON A VEHICLE THAT IS CURRENTLY HAVING THIS PROBLEM YOU ARE WELCOME TO CHECK IT OUT. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Aug 16, 200950,000 milesCA

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO STALLS/ "DIES" "CUTS- OUT WHILE DRIVING TOOK TO DEALER THEY TESTED IT SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WE PAID FOR TESTING- TRUCK CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEM TOOK TO DIFFERENT DEALER FUEL SENSOR WAS BAD IT WAS REPLACED. TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Nov 15, 200822,300 milesWA

MY 2002 GM SILVERADO HD 2500 8.1 ENGINE STALLS AT ALL SPEEDS. THIS WILL USUALLY HAPPEN WITH IN THE FIRST 15 MIN OF DRIVING TIME . BUT NOT EVERY TIME, WHEN IT STALLS I PULL OVER WAIT ABOUT 2 TO 3 MIN AND IT WILL USUALLY START AND FUN FINE. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK CHECKED ON A SCANNER WITH NO ERROR CODE. I TOW A CAR TRAILER BEHIND THIS TRUCK AND THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING TO HAPPEN WILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HWY AT 70 MPH. HELP *TR

Structure
Filed Aug 14, 2008HI

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 AUTO. MY BATTERY WEAKENED, SO I CHANGED IT. THEN MY BRAND NEW BATTERY DIED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. CHARGED THE BATTERY, AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEM. TOOK IT IN ON 8/11/08 TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED .MECHANIC SAID MY RADIO IS ABSORBING THE BATTERY. I HAVE THEE ORIGINAL RADIO THAT CAME WITH THEE VEHICLE. THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE MY TRUCK WITH OUT THE RADIO ABSORBING THE BATTERY, WAS TO DISCONNECT THE RADIO FUSE. THIS PROBLEM ALSO TRIGGERED MY SECURITY LIGHT TO COME ON. NOW I'M UNABLE TO READ MY SPEED DOMETER,MILEAGE, GAS, TEMPERATURE, OIL GAGE AND RADIO. MY LIGHTS ON MY DASH BOARD NO LONGER LIGHTS UP. VEHICLE IS INOPERATIVE PAINT ON MY VEHICLE IS BUBBLING/CHIPPING ON MY FRONT HOOD AND SIDES. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN REPAINTED. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Control Unit/Module
Filed Jan 22, 200886,000 milesMI

ABS LIGHT STAYS ON ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE IS DEFECTIVE BRAKES LOCK UP YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. *TR

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Jul 12, 2007125,000 milesLA

I PURCHASED VEHICLE USED WITH 11500 MILES ON IT FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP HERE IN MONROE, LOUISIANA. I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A FAULTY TAILGATE CABLE AND FUEL FILTER FOR THE 6.6 DURAMAX DIESEL. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HAD THIS TAKEN CARE OFF. WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP I MET A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER AND HE SAW ME DRIVE UP IN THE TRUCK. HE ASKED IF I HAVE HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH THE FUEL INJECTIONS. I ADVISED HIM I HAVE NOT NOTICED ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE FUEL ECONOMY OR LEAKING FUEL. HE HAD THREE DURAMAX DIESELS AND ALL OF THEM HAD FUEL INJECTION PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, ALL OF THEM WERE SLIGHTLY OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT TO BE COVERED UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. SINCE THEN I QUESTIONED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FUEL INJECTION. I RECENTLY HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP TO SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE SHOP PLACED IT ON THE COMPUTER AND NOTICED A FUEL INJECTION ERROR CODE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AFTERWARDS TO GET A ROUND ABOUT ESTIMATE BEFORE I TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIR AND THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED ME THAT EACH FUEL INJECTOR WOULD COST $400.00 PLUS LABOR ON EACH FUEL INJECTOR FOR COMPLETE OVERALL. LETS JUST SAY I WAS STILL DRIVING THE TRUCK UN REPAIRED. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND SEE IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Crankcase (pcv)
Filed Jul 8, 200771,000 milesIA

DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF 2004-2005 WHILE RESIDING AT OUR HOME IN ARIZONA THE 2002 CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH AN 8.1 LITER ENGINE BEGAN TO STOP RUNNING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF ANY KIND OF WARNING OR IMPENDING PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. THIS WOULD HAPPEN OFTEN TIMES WHILE TRAVELING IN EXTREMELY HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE PHOENIX AREA, CREATING AN UNSAFE SITUATION FOR BOTH OURSELVES AND PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, AND THOSE DRIVERS AROUND US. WE WOULD NEVER KNOW AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN. WE MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP HERE IN IOWA. THE DEALERSHIP WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE ABOUT APPROACHING GENERAL MOTORS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AS A SAFETY ISSUE. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS MORE THAN A SINGLE VEHICLE OCCURRENCE SINCE I HAVE CONVERSED WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN A SIMILAR ENGINE VEHICLE AND HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM. THE DEALER FINALLY DID RESOLVED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE CRANK SHAFT SENSORS WITH AN ACCOMPANIED APPROXIMATE $375 REPAIR BILL. I DID NOT THINK THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS DEALT WITH OWNERS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL EVENTUALLY CONCEDE TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A CASE OF POOR ENGINEERING. INCIDENTLY, THIS ENGINE WAS DOCUMENTED WITH A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY BUT THE DEALERSHIP AND GENERAL MOTORS SAW FIT TO DENY THAT COVERAGE SINCE THEY SAID THE CRANK SHAFT SENSORS WERE NOT PART OF THE ENGINE. THIS SOUNDED A LITTLE IRONICAL. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 17, 2007NE

BOUGHT A 2002 SILVERADO AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER, SAID IT WAS THE MODULE. 1800.00 TO FIX, AFTER SPENDING 13000.00 ON TRUCK, I DONT THINK SO. AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump
Filed Mar 21, 200771,000 milesOH

COMPLETE FAILURE OF STEERING. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Control Module (tcm/Pcm/Tecm)
Filed Mar 18, 200793,000 milesMO

THE GEAR POSITION SENSOR ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLISON TRANSMISSION FAILED IN TRAFFIC DURING RAINY CONDITIONS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO QUIT WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT INTO DEFAULT SECOND AND MAKE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE I GOT THE PART REPLACED HOPEFULLY WITH AN IMPROVED PART. MY TRUCK IS A 2002 CHEVROLET K2500.

Structure › Body › Tailgate › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Jun 2, 200625,000 milesIN

CABLES HOLDING TAILGATE BROKE -BOTH. *NM

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Dec 16, 2005PA

THERE WAS NO "INCIDENT". MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE GAS MILEAGE OF MY VEHICLE. IT IS GETTING 8.5 TO 9 MPG AROUND TOWN. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Control Unit/ModuleCrash
Filed Oct 25, 200542,650 milesNY

(1) ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGING WHEN NOT NECESSARY (2) WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE ENGAGED MAKING NORMAL BRAKING LESS EFFECTIVE AND BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, ONE TIME PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE TRUCK DIDN'T STOP IN TIME AND WAS SMASHED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER TRUCK SITTING IN DRIVEWAY (3) THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED WHICH REQUIRED THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SPEED SENSOR ON DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE WHICH WAS BROKE IN HALF AND A GM SENSOR OPERATION ON BOTH FRONT BEARINGS WAS PERFORMED. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 25, 2005KY

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES COME ON WHEN STOPPING AT SLOW SPEEDS 3-10 MPH VEHICLE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT COMING ON CHEVY HAS RECALLED VEHICLE IN 14 OTHER STATES, CAMPAIGN #05V37900. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 12, 200538,840 milesPA

2002 SILVERADO. ABS SYSTEM ENGAGING WHEN SLOWING CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO STOP. *NM

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly
Filed Sep 6, 200557,500 milesMN

INNER TIE ROD END CAME UNSCREWED AND CAUSED TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. *JB

20 of 37 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200340002Fatalities reported
2002 — this page37000Routine
200121000Routine
200019000Routine
199935100Routine
199833101Fatalities reported
199748100Routine
199649100Routine
199553100Routine
199435100Routine
199313010Routine
199213000Routine
199113011Fatalities reported
199011010Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.