Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500. The contact stated that while the parking brake was engaged, the vehicle began to roll; the contact stated that the parking brake would not hold and could result in a crash. The brake was replaced once by the dealer but the failure continued. The contact referenced recall 05v161000 but the year, make and model was not included. The failure mileage was 90,171.
2002 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 brakes complaints
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Non working emergency brake. (recently purchased vehicle used.) appears to be a very common problem on this class of vehicle by chevrolet and gmc. Repair is difficult, costly, and generally ineffective. Very dangerous. Not only will the e-brake typically not hold the vehicle from a stand-still. It was never designed to slow the vehicle while it is moving if the hydraulic system fails. Most drivers expect an e-brake to do both. Chevrolet should devise a fix and issue a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact engaged the brake pedal and there was an extremely slow response. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road. The contact noticed brake fluid leaking from the vehicle under the driver side. The vehicle was driven to the contacts residence with extreme caution. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired for the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.
2002 chevy suburban. Loss of brakes in vehicle. Pedal could be pressed to floor board. Dealer confirmed brake line corrosion, rupture and failure. H&l chevy, darien, ct.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500. The contact stated that the anti-lock braking system would intermittently activate at less than 10 MPH and when depressing the brakes. The brake pedal would vibrate abnormally with an increase in stopping distance and time. The dealer replaced the brakes yet the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 100,000.
2002 chevrolet suburban. While driving brakes where applied in a normal manner and driver felt brake pedal go to the floor and vehicle did not stop. After investigation found brake line ruptured near drivers side rear wheel. Serious injury and damage where avoided only because of an empty highway at the time of occurrence.
My 2002 chevy suburban was serviced under the federal safety agency id 05v3379000 on 11/24/06. The problem is the vehicle will not stop between 5-10mph due to corrosion near ABS sensor - under recall clean area and lube. Since this is a corrosion issue it will recur many time in future. Approx 4 years after recall service - I am having the exact symptoms described in recall. I think this recall should be recurring since corrosion is constantly occurring.
At low speeds (<30 MPH) ABS activates which is leading to an increase in stopping distance. Has potential for accidents in residential and city traffic.
My wife owns two gm suburbans, 2002 and 2004. Both experienced brake failure due to rotting brake lines within a week of each other. I have paid over $2,000.00 to have them both repaired. The 2002 failure sent me out into the street in front of my home unable to stop. The second failure of the 2004 occurred while on a cross country trip with most of my family in the car. This is the one that spurs my efforts to complain. I could lose it when considering what could have happened to my family due to these failures on two very expensive cars which I would never have expected to fail like this. I would like very much not to have this happen to anyone else and if I can get a refund for the costly repair that would be great. I have preserved the rotted brake lines. Please let me know if you need any further information.
On november 16th 2009 with no warning my 2002 chevrolet suburban experienced a sudden and total brake failure. The vehicle was traveling slowly and the driver was able to pull off the road , call for a tow truck and have the vehicle towed to a local repair shop. Direct tire of watertown (phone:617‑923‑1800) advised that the under body brake line was severely corroded in several places, had ruptured in one spot and was leaking in one other place. The vehicle was repaired by them. The receipt for the work done by is available.
The anti lock braking system activates when coming to a stop on dry pavement. Typically 10 miles per hour and less. This happens almost 40% of the time when stopping. We almost ran in to the back of a parked vehicle. A recall was performed in january of 2007 but I am wondering if this was actually fixed or just replaced with the same parts that went bad.
Emergency brake does not work. Has been bad since 36k miles and dealer refuses to touch because vehicle is out of warranty. Fix is buying new cables with new emergency brake pedal; why new pedal? They obviously know that they have a problem and they don't want to take responsibility for it. Why should I have to pay for their poor engineering?
1.normal operation 2. Abs cycling when inching to a stop,on hwy operation ABS cycles even when braking and there are no adverse conditions. The problem is sporadic at best. As for consequences,it has not but could lead to accident. 3. Problem is still present. *cn
Normal operation ABS cycling when inching to a stop,on hwy operation ABS cycles even when braking and there are no adverse conditions problem is sporadic at best for consequences it has not but could lead to accident. Had been taken to dealer for recall, sensors for ABS were replaced. Problem is still present.
I had a nearmiss, I came very close to hitting my garage while applying the brakes. When pressing the brake pedal, it locked up completely and the car will not stopped. I had to apply over 100 pounds of pressure for about 40 feet before the vehicle came to a stop.
Antilock brakes erratic operation less than 5 MPH.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500. While traveling at a low speed of 5mph on a dried pavement, the antilock brake engaged unexpectedly causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The driver was forced to apply extreme pressure to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. The failure was not diagnosed by a dealer; however, he is aware of the safety risk involved. The federal safety agency campaign id number: 07e106000, wheels:cap/cover/hub is related to the failure. The current and failure mileages were 112,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500. When the contact first purchased the vehicle, he noticed that the parking brake would not hold. The vehicle continued to roll when the brake was engaged. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they tightened an unspecified component. The vehicle passed inspection, but the failure worsened afterwards. The dealer could not determine the cause of the failure. The issue occurred every time he attempted to apply the parking brake. The manufacturer was not notified. The current mileage was approximately 75,000 and failure mileage was approximately 65,000.
Abs light on-dealer says $1500 to repair, he said this is a very common problem and should have been recalled a long time ago. I can't afford to repair it so am now driving a car the has no ABS protection.
2002 suburban parking brake has failed for the second time at 77k mile. Now they have begun lock and have to be reset a couple times to get them to release. A loud squeal accompanies before it releases. Parking brake pedal is to the floor. Truck still has original disk brakes all around.
My 2002 chevrolet suburban left me and my three children stranded on the side of the highway. After driving while my ABS light came on, the car started pulling hard to the left and decelerated in speed. Fortunately I was able to pull over to shoulder and get out. When I looked at my tire, I saw a small fire inside the tire. My car was towed 55 miles to nearest chevrolet dealer. I had my left front brake caliper, hub, rotor, brake hose, brake pads and resurfaced rotors. A new left front tire and $2,700 my car was able to be driven again. All the technicians that saw my car were amazed that I didn't lose the tire. They were amazed to see it hanging on by a thread. I understand that gm has several problems with their brake calipers and hub. I do not trust the right side so I am replacing that caliper as well. I do not want this to happen to anyone, especially a mom driving on a trip with her young children in the car. This is a default in he car and its brakes and I would like to have this investigated. My car had 85,500 at the time this occurred.
Abs electronic brake control module permanently failed resulting in loss of anti lock brakes.
I was unable to have my 2002 suburban inspected. The parking brake band on the drivers side had to be replaced as well as the brake drum this december. My vehicle only has 92k miles. My father-in-law has the same year/make vehicle and he had to have his parking brake replaced, but on the passenger side. His vehicle only has 76k miles. Chevrolet has a service bulletin out that this model vehicle is prone to this problem, yet will not take responsibility for repairs or replacement.
This in reference to a closed the federal safety agency action # dp05009. After a parking brake failure that occurred on this 2002 chevy suburban with 54,000 miles on it, in november, I looked into similar situations with other suburban owners and of the 3 I found, 2 in south carolina, and one in indiana, all had similar parking brake problems. When I brought my vehicle to the dealer for repair, I was told there were no recalls or safety notices regarding this problem. After reviewing your the federal safety agency site, I see that this problem was addressed and closed but only applied to vehicle with manual transmissions, even though the problem was in automatic models too, which was apparently glossed over because of the percentage of roll away incidents. This problem is still out there, and chevy denies it. Chevy needs to acknowledge this as a series wide problem and fix it on a recall basis. The insulting thing about this is the dealership acts like it is something new, and perhaps I was leaving the parking brake on all the time. It is not new, and I have never driven away with the parking brake on in my life. And we wonder why the american auto industry is failing to attract customers.
Light brake pedal application causes pedal push back and minimal braking anti-lock engages at low speeds on secure pavement.
Emergency brake wasn't working when I purchased the vehicle. I didn't know it at the time. I was told that there was a problem with the emergency brakes and that there may be a recall to fix the problem. I purchased it on 10-15-2005. The mileage was 64095. Mileage now is 70129. I would always use the brake with my grandkids in the vehicle so it wouldn't move. Now I found out that I never had one for some reason. Need it fixed if all possible.
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