Stopping, from between 5 and 10 mph, after a small drive - like a few yards.. the anti-lock brake engaged, made a pulsing / ratcheting noise and the brake pedal vibrated -- but the truck did not stop. I could not press down on the pedal any harder, and the truck took SUBSTANTIAL distance to come to a stop. --Dry road. -- I also have an ABS light on the dash from time to time.
Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 abs comes on
48 of the 897 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 describe aBS light or ABS activating, most of them for the 2002 model year.
- owner complaints
- 48
- worst model year
- 2002
- typical mileage
- 86,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Dashboard is cracked in several places near the passenger airbag and instrument cluster. It may eventually crack enough that big pieces will pop loose and chunks of my dash will be gone. Abs glue is the only thing that works to join the seams together to stop the dash from shaking and making tons of noise. The shaking likely caused the cracks to grow more also prior to me finally through lots of trial and error successfully gluing it. Hopefully it will keep the current crack from growing. But only time will tell. And new ones will likely appear if the old ones do not spread. Also, the air vent cover has broken in a long crack, and even worse most of the tabs that hold it down have broken off. Thus, it sticks up looking ugly and rattles. This too is likely to break up more from all the rattling.
In motion on city streets or highways several warning lights appear on the dash and just randomly turn on and turn off the stabiliser leg traction control time on their system check engine ABS light and airbag light all the lights come on and go off whenever they want. The play is on macy mother the one connection that goes to gets extremely hot it don't wanna come on you have to move around and get it come on and goes off randomly as well
Turning into my driveway, slowing down, applying brakes, the pedal went to the floor, no resistance, park brake didn't ,help almost hit my garage, steered toward garden landscape ties, that stopped me, looked under truck, large puddle of brake fluid dripping , both brake lines from the master cylinder to the ABS were rusted badly and dripping.
The ABS system engages at low speeds when stopping on dry pavement. Generally the condition is limited to speeds under 10 MPH when parking or stopping at stop signs. This condition disengaged the breaks and caused the vehicle to move beyond the traffic control signal at a four way intersection, nearly resulting in a serious side impact collision.
Abs pump or speed sensor are damaged and not working on this truck. When my vehicle was turned off the ABS pump kept running causing me to pull the fuse for the ABS. Chevrolet is aware of this problem as I have been calling them trying to have them include my truck in the ABS/speed sensor recall which is on other trucks like mine. Chevrolet continues only to recall these trucks which were manufactured in the "salt states" only. As stated on: http://www.chevroletproblems.com/recalls/avalanche/2002/ service brakes, hydraulic:antilock recall for 2002 chevrolet avalanche recall announced august 29 2005 the federal safety agency reference #05v379000 number affected 1,353,718 summary: certain pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles may experience unwanted antilock brake system (ABS) activation. This condition is more likely to occur in environmentally corrosive areas. This recall will be launched in the "salt belt" states of connecticut, delaware, illinois, indiana, iowa, maryland, massachusetts, maine, michigan, minnesota, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, west virginia, wisconsin and the district of columbia only. Consequence: this can cause increased stopping distances during low-speed brake applications, which could result in a crash. Fix: dealers are to remove the wheel speed sensor and thoroughly clean the wheel speed sensor mounting surface on the bearing, apply rust inhibitor to the cleaned surface, grease the mounting surface, reinstall the wheel speed sensor, and check the peak-to-peak output voltage to ensure the wheel speed signal is within specifications. The recall began september 22, 2005. Owners may contact chevrolet at 1‑800‑630‑2438 or gmc at 1‑866‑996‑9463. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official the federal safety agency page concerning recall #05v379000
Abs brake went out about 8 years ago being told by some mechanics no point in repairing it same thing will happen again seems that is a problem with this vechile when it went out I had 50 000 miles and the 36000 mile and 3 year warranity has already passed I heard a few weeks ago that you all had a recall but I was never notified the vechile had been parked at a mall when I started to leave their the light and warning alarm came on
The shift lever position indicator does not illuminate. The odometer does not show current speed ( miles per hour .) the ABS sensor doesn't work.
I was driving to work 12/17/16, 5:40am. I was traveling to work and I lost all pressure in my pedal. Which LED me to nearly hit a telephone pole. The master cylinder and a flex brake line going from the master cylinder to the brake booster(module) were replaced. But this did not fix the problem. I have bench bled the master cylinder, and all brake lines around the truck. I still have no brakes unless you push them to the floor. I have done some research, and found were other people with the same model and year truck have had the same problem. After reading all those blogs and post, I discovered that the model and year of avalanche that I have was recalled for the ABS system for failure.
I was driving down the hill on my way home with my three lillte kids in the truck when it just shut off n was hard to steer the ABS light come on n then a light with a lock with a key the truck acted like it wanted to turn over but did n still to this day it will no turn over n start up n still showing the lil lock with a key.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 abs
Why does the abs come on in the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500?
Owners who report it most often also describe brake failure, gas smell in the cabin and fuel pump failure.
Which Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 years have aBS light or ABS activating problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2002 (23 complaints), 2004 (11 complaints) and 2003 (7 complaints).
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