The vehicle was involved in a rollover accident in which the vehicle rolled over three times yet neither air bag deployed. The dealer was notified. *nlm the consumer's wife applied the brakes but nothing happened, and steered to the right of the road to avoid hitting other vehicles. Scc
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche brakes complaints
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While driving at 20 MPH the vehicles brakes failed failed which resulted in a vehicle rollover. The vehicle rolled over three times. The dealer was notified.
Parking/emergency brake has failed 3 times (pedal is soft, goes to floor, will not hold vehicle). Has been repaired by dealership twice, the second time with supposedly upgraded parts. Complaint pending with a.g.'s office. 8nlm
Brake pedal goes to the floor when applying brakes to come to a stop. This has happened five (5) times. Ts
Excessive rear brake wear. Front brakes show little to no wear. Never have my front brakes worn out before the rear. Everybody I've talked to agrees with me that there is a real problem. It appears thet the rear brakes are the major stopping power not the front.
While driving and applying brakes consumer lost the ability to control vehicle. Contacted dealer, and the dealer could not find cause of problem.*ak consumer states while attempting to stop at low speeds while making a turn, partial steering and partial braking is lost, gm tech stated that this was the nature of the system.
Due to vibration, brake line broke. *ak right rear brake line broke in half while driving.
The emergency brake release handle is too low to the point where consumer cannot reach brake release handle, consumer has to release brake before getting into vehicle, contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything. *ak
Consumer stated the ABS failed, the pedal hit the floor while braking which caused an accident.
While driving 40 MPH on wet pavement, consumer applied the brakes and ABS failed to activate which resulted in vehicle rolling over.*ak. Consumer stated as soon as he applied the brakes, the wheels locked up and the back of the vehicle broke loose from the road and spun 90 degrees to the left, vehicle skidded off the left side of the road and through a fence, vehicle then rolled into a ditch, consumer also added that the front and side airbags failed to deploy.
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