2002 Chevrolet Pickup

Routine

Owners filed 17 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Service Brakes2
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Tires › Bead1
000
Tires1
000
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing1
000
Suspension1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Wheel Speed Sensor/Tone Ring1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Feb 29, 201695,000 milesMI

COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE DRIVING HAD TO GO OFF ROAD TO AVOID A COLLISION

Service Brakes
Filed Aug 17, 2013102,300 milesWV

MAY OF 2012 THE BRAKE LINE ON THE FRAME RAIL UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT FAILED, AUGUST 2013 BRAKE LINE FAILED IN TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME JUST AFTER A STATE INSPECTION,REPAIRED,AND ANOTHER BRAKE LINE 1 FOOT FROM THE MASTERCYLINDER ALONG THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME RAIL JUST HOURS AFTER THE LAST REPAIR, I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED TO JUST MY TRUCK FAILURE G.M. HAS KNOWN FOR SOMETIME NOW THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH LOW GRADE METAL BEING USED ON THEIR TRUCKS BUT IT WOULD COST TOO MUCH TO ADDRESS, SO INSTEAD THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS BEING JEOPARDIZED OVER COSTS I AM POSITIVE IF SOMEONE WOULD CHECK BRAKE RELATED CRASHES THEY WOULD BE SHOCKED AT THE RESULTS OF THE FAILURES OF THESE TRUCKS. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Aug 20, 2012MI

2002 CHEVROLET PICK UP TRUCK. CONSUMER STATES FAILURE OF ABS SYSTEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS HIS GRANDSON TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE PEDAL BECAME EXTREMELY HARD, AND HE WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN. EVEN THOUGH THE ABS FAILED, THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. HIS GRANDSON HIT TWO VEHICLES PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Wheel Speed Sensor/Tone Ring
Filed Feb 28, 2008NY

2002 CHEVY PICK UP WITH BRAKE SENSOR DEFECT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON 4 TIMES, AND THE BRAKE SENSOR PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING. *KB

Unknown or Other
Filed Jun 24, 2007TX

ABS MODULE STAYS ON NO WARRANTY . *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 26, 200626,591 milesPA

BRAKE FAILURE ON CHEVY DUMP TRUCK. *NM

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jan 9, 200668,025 milesTX

2002 CHEVY PICKUP TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *TS THE FENDER WAS DAMAGED. *JB

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed May 3, 2005900 milesNY

CONSUMOR STATES: IF GOING 55 MPH AND HAVE TO STOP THE BRAKES WORK IF YOU COME TO STOP, HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGERCY STOP THEN YOU HAVE TO PUSH BRAKE LIKE YOUR PUSHING A CONCRETE WALL.

Electrical System
Filed Feb 1, 2005TX

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Dec 16, 200438,000 milesVA

RECALL CAMPAIGN; TIRES HAD BEEN CHECKED AT INTERVALS OF 3K MILES, AND THERE WERE MANY INDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AT 38000 MILES HE WAS INFORMED THAT TWO OF THE VEHICLE TIRES HAD A SPLIT IN THE TREADS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRES TO GOODYEAR AN WAS OFFERED $50.00 PER BAD TIRE. THE REMAINING TIRES WERE ROTATED TO THE FRONT BUT THE VEHICLE STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AFTER THE ALIGNMENT. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE. *TC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Nov 30, 200424,000 milesOH

THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK *SC

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Oct 22, 200433,300 milesPA

FAILURE OF THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP, TWICE WITHIN 4000 MILES. FAILURE OF THE ORIGINAL CAP AT APPROXIMATELY 29,000 MILES AND THE REPLACEMENT CAP AT APPROXIMATELY 33,000 MILES. FAILURE CAUSED BY CRACK DEVELOPING IN CAP, CAUSING LOSS OF 1 OR MORE CYLINDERS, STALLING, ROUGH RUNNING, DIFFICULTY STARTING, EXCESSIVE ENGINE VIBRATION, ETC.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Crankcase (pcv)
Filed Oct 17, 200327,000 milesCA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DIESEL FUEL IS SEEPING INTO THE CAR. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE FUEL INJECTIONS WERE CRACKED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERS SHOP THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS SINGLE PROBLEM. EACH TIME DEALER ASSURED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 12, 2003CA

CONSUMER STATES WHEN TURNING KEY INTO THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK ON EVERY TRUCK THE CONSUMER CHECKED FROM 1998-2003 1/2, 3/4 AND 1 TON THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT. *PH *JB

Tires
Filed Sep 9, 2002NJ

FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE, MY DAUGHTER, THE PRIMARY DRIVER, COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF TRACTION WHEN THE ROAD WAS WET. ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, IT HAD BEEN DRIZZLING. SHE WAS ON THE RAMP CONNECTING I-4 TO I-95 NORTH. DESPITE GOINBG LESS THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO FISHTAIL AND WOUND UP DOING A A 180 DEGREE TURN OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER BEING EXTRICATYED FROM THE WOODS BY A TOW TRUCK, SHE WAS TOWED TO SEARS WHERE SHE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT PASSENGER TIRES WITH MICHELIN XCLT4 LT245/75R16 TIRES. ALL HANDLING AND TRACTION PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY CEASED WITH THE LIGHT TRUCK TIRES. THE USE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE TIRES ON A PICK-UP IS AN ENGINEERING DESIGN DIFFICIENCY!*AK

Tires › Bead
Filed Apr 16, 2002IL

A STEEL CORD IS STICKING OUT OF TIRE.*AK

Suspension
Filed Mar 10, 2002AL

VIBERATION PROBLEM REPLACED TIRES(35) RIMS(2) AND LEFT AXLE VIBERATION CONTINUES. *AK

17 of 17 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200310000Routine
2002 — this page17000Routine
200117000Routine
200032000Routine
199939000Routine
199874120Routine
199775100Routine
199660110Routine
199579110Routine
199458110Routine
199213010Routine
199116010Routine
199011000Routine

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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.