Dt: 2002 chevorlet suburban, when consumer goes to push on the brakes they push back. The brakes have no stopping power, the ABS pulseate, they makes a low growling noise when pushed.
2002 Chevrolet Suburban brakes complaints
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Dt: problem with ABS. In the past month while braking at low speeds the brakes did not activate but the ABS activated. The consumer has had many near accidents due to this failure. *ak
Anti lock brakes unexpectedly activate at low speed causing increase in stopping distance on dry pavement. Dealer replaced left wheel hub and anti-lock sensor at a cost to me of $500. Vehicle is a 2002 with 40,000 miles.
I own a 2002 chevrolet suburban with a little more than 50,000 miles. I have just had my third set of parking brake shoes installed on my car. The first pair were replaced when the car was under warranty! This car has its own unique parking brake pads and rotor. There must be something wrong with the design of this system, I have never had another car that required the rear brake pads to be replacedthis frequently! If I was every enovlved in an incident where I would have needed the emercency brake(parking), I don't think it would be capable of stopping this vehicle. Y recommondation is that you issue a recall to correct the inherrent defects in the suburbans parking/emergency brake system.
At a slow speed stop, the ABS kicks in, increasing stopping distance. I have come close to an accident twice.
Feb.05 we were in big bear ca. With 4 or more feet of fresh snow: coming down the hill in our 2002 suburban the brakes became very soft and pedal went to the floor with no brakes. We checked the ground under suburban and all the brake fluid was on the snow. We had subruban towed to the nearest dealer in redlands because there is a "bumper to bumper" policy on it. Tom bell had to replace the "brake line". We took a cab to the ontario airport for a rental car and drove back home.
At low speeds when pressing the brakes the ABS brakes on my 2002 chevy suburban pump and allow the veichle to move forward. Have had two occassions were this almost caused an accident. Dealer parkway motors calumet michigan determined it was corrosion on the ABS sensors. They told me they first reported the problem to gm engineering 3 years ago and currently the see almost one of these problems a day.
When I apply my brakes, the antilock is heard & the brakes are not firm. This has been going on for about 2 months. It scares me because when I slowly come up to a corner, I don't know if I'm going to stop or not! If I take it to a mechanic, they will put new brakes on, which I don't need, but it isn't going to solve the problem.
Park brake failure on my 2002 suburban. I attempted to have my vehicle inspected and it failed due to the inability of parking brake to hold the vehicle. Investigation on the web shows that this is a wide-spread problem on many suburbans. Although all of the dealerships I spoke with constantly see and repair this problem, gm apparently doesn't consider it a safety issue. Neither warranty nor recalls will cover this defect.
While applying brakes from 20 MPH the brake pedal went to the floor and the vehicle would continued to move. Consumer had to allow the vehicle to roll on to the curb to get the vehicle to stop. Vehicle was towed to the dealer. The cause of the problem had not been determined at this time.
The right front tire keeps losing air pressure. Vehicle has been to the dealer on three separate occasions. Dealer replaced the right front tire twice, and replaced the air pressure three times. But, problem recurred. *ak the right wheel frame squeakes when turning at 10 MPH. Rotors and pads and shoes and wheel bearings cracked.
Park brake failure on my 2002 suburban. Have never used the brake went to engage it and the truck rolled away. Investigation on the web shows that this is a problem on a couple years of suburban's and gm dealers do not recognize it.
A bolt securing the rear left brake caliper bracket assembly failed catastrophically jammming the brake and the rear wheel while in motion. Fortunately this occurred at low speed and was controllable, but if it had occurred at speed on the highway, there would have been a major accident since the rear wheel could have suddenly seized with resultant loss of control of the vehicle (2002 4wd suburban z71).
Failed inspection. The emergency brake was not engaging. Dealership said the back of the rear rotors had rusted out, causing the emergency brake to rust also. Had to replace both rotors and both e-brakes. Only have 27,000 miles on the car. Had just been in for a check-up before coming off warranty. Rotors and e-brakes should not need to be replace with low milage. Have spoken to four other people that have had the same problem.
Defective parking brakes on 2002 chevrolet suburban. *mr the engineers had not found a way to repair the problem properly. The parking brake would refuse to release at the wheels. This was an intermittent problem. *sc
1) hearing loud fluttering sound on acceleration (almost like an exhaust leak ). 2)rear wheel felt heavy, brakes not releasing 3) metal on metal sound.
This cannot be described as a singular event or failure. It occurs every time I park the vehicle. The emergency brake shoes on my 2002 chevrolet suburban wore out prematurely. Virginia state police safety inspection requires an operable emergency brake. The emergency brake will not hold the vehicle. I began noticing this problem about a year ago. I did some research on the internet and found that it is a problem shared by other 2002 suburban owners, and some customers have had success with gm replacing under warranty. My local dealer acknowledges that the design is flawed allowing the brake shoe to constantly contact the hat rotor surface and wear prematurely. Because it is considered a wear item, however, gm will not replace the shoes and clips. A new clip exists that is supposed to alleviate the problem. I am using july as the incident date as that is when I ordered new brake shoes to correct the problem. I included this complaint on a customer service questionnaire after a recent visit to the dealership, but there was no repsonse by gm.
The parking brake on my 2002 chevrolet suburban seems to have a design flaw. When the brake is set the vehicle will still roll forward in gear. The service advisor I spoke to at team chevrolet in alpharetta, ga said that he sees the same problem every day. The way he explained it is that the parking brake shoes can rub slightly when the vehicle is underway, and this eventually wears off all the friction material from the shoe and the brake will no longer work. My vehicle has had this problem since it was new, and the dealer said brake parts are not covered under warranty.
Brakes fade and become spongy with pedal almost going to the floor. Vehicle has been to the dealers numorus times with only a temperory fix.
Without warning the vehicle steering wheel and brakes locked up while driving down a hill. The consumer down shifted and was able to pull off the road. The consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealership who was able to duplicate the problem. Please provide further details.
While driving 10-15 MPH in stop and go traffic consumer attempted to apply the brakes. When the brake pedal was depressed it went straight to the floor, the brake system failed, and consumer's vehicle rear ended the vehicle in front. No one sustained injuries. Police did arrive at the scene, and consumer received a citation.
Driving on freeway along carpool lane when the car ahead of us stopped to move to the next lane and we all had to stop. I had a good distance from the vehicle in front of me when I hit the brakes. The brakes went all the way to the floor(literally) but still didn't stop until I crashed into the car in front of me. The ABS brakes feels unusual. I also hear a clanking sound on the differential every time I have to decelerate and go back to normal speed or just moving from "park" to "reverse" or from "neutral" to "reverse".
While driving brakes functioned poorly, they made noise/squealed. Dealr could not identify the problem.
Brake failure on 2002 chevy suburban. Resulting in a crash.
The consumers noticed the day that they had purchased the vehicle that the coolant light was on as they test drove. The salesman said that the gasket was loose and will be taken care of. In may of 2002 the coolant light had come on again. The vehicle was taken to the service man and he said that it was hot and the coolant evaporated.
When car was 2 months old, we complained to the dealer that the anti-lock brakes didn't seem to work properly in that they locked up and made the car jolt to a stop. Dealer said over phone that this was fine and did not need to look at car. On june 25, 2002, same problem was experienced on I-95 when trying to avoid another car that cut into lane. Brakes did not respond, I lost control of suburban, which rolled over and was totaled.
While turning into a driveway at approximately 7 m.p.h. Brakes failed and car made loud noise. The suburban finally stopped on the 3rd time of hitting the brakes.
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