2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500
Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | na |
| 2023-05-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | ‘’’’’’FRAME’’’’’’I was heading to work and and something snapped while driving. I then brought vehicle to fire stone in… |
| 2022-09-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 1 | Vehicle was involved in a collision, striking a cement stair case and embankment, before rotating to final rest during … |
| 2022-01-30 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 1 | While driving I suddenly experienced a loss of power. Immediately the truck sputtered to a rolling stop. I was unable t… |
| 2021-12-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING: I stopped in my daughter yard and was unloading a 16ft trailer of hay and everything was working normally. W… |
| 2021-11-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I went to stop my 2002 Chevy Avalanche 1500 and the pedal started to pulsate like my brake assist was gone as I nearly … |
| 2021-06-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Stopping, from between 5 and 10 mph, after a small drive - like a few yards.. the anti-lock brake engaged, made a pulsi… |
| 2020-05-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR PANEL ON 2002 AVALANCHES RUST. MY TRUCK WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND NOT RUNNING. I WALKED BY AND M… |
| 2020-01-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL HARD TO TURNOVER WHEN YOU DRIVE |
| 2019-11-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | CAR CRASH AND BRAKS LOCKED AIR BAGS DIDNT DEPLOY, INJURIES LEFT UNPAID AND VEHICLE DAMAGES. |
| 2018-08-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I LOST MY BRAKES TOTALLY NOT JUST HALF OF THEM PULLING A SMALL TRAILER WITH IRON GOING DOWN A LONG HILL IN MANKATO, MN.… |
| 2018-05-15 | WHEELS | Yes | 0 | HEARD SNAP WHILE DRIVING HIT MEDIAN,AND TOTALED MY TRUCK.IT NEEDS TO BE NOTICED IF ANY BODY HASN'T BEEN KILLED YET |
| 2018-05-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TURNING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, SLOWING DOWN, APPLYING BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO RESISTANCE, PARK BRAKE DIDN'T … |
| 2018-04-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE RUSTING OF THE FRAME, BRAKE LINES, TRANSMISSION LINES, AND FUEL LINES. THE BRAKE, TRANSMISSION AND FUEL LINES… |
| 2017-11-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SUDDE… |
| 2017-08-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LINE BROKE DUE TO RUST AND AS I HAVE SEEN THIS IS A ON GOING THING. GM SAYS IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IT V… |
| 2017-07-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS PUMP OR SPEED SENSOR ARE DAMAGED AND NOT WORKING ON THIS TRUCK. WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF THE ABS PUMP KEPT RU… |
| 2017-04-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED LINES ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK |
| 2017-02-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I STARTED TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR I GOT OUT AND… |
| 2017-01-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CABLES THAT HOLD ON THE TAILGATE HAVE BROKEN ON ONE SIDE. CHEVROLET CLAIMS NO RECALL FOR THIS VIN NUMBER VEHICLE. YET … |
| 2016-12-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FOUND FRAME ROTTED AND CRACKED .THOUGHT THE FRAME SHOULD LAST TRUCK ONLY 14 YEARS OLD THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN. |
| 2016-12-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES CORRODED |
| 2016-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | REPEATED PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURES. THE VEHICLE FAILS COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT LEAS… |
| 2016-09-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOST ALL BRAKING POWER WHILE DRIVING. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DROVE HOME SLOWLY, LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND THE FRONT BRAKE… |
| 2016-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY SHU… |
| 2016-07-10 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH RUGGED TERRAIN TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75R16.… |
| 2016-06-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ENGINE STALL WITH LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN TURNING FROM TOWER OAKS ST ONTO JONES ROAD, A BUSY 4 LANE ROAD. CAR… |
| 2016-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY 02 AVALANCHE HAS HAD ALL THE FUEL, EM BRAKE, WHEEL HUB WHILE HUSBAND WAS STOPPING AT LIGHT WHEN THE TOP CALIPER BOLT… |
| 2016-06-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO… |
| 2016-04-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I AM AN OWNER OF A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. LATELY I HAVE HAD CONTINUED AND CONSISTENT UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE … |
| 2015-09-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE ABS COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING ON DRY PAVEMENT, SO THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF A SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACE. … |
| 2015-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE CO… |
| 2015-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY BRAKES FELT SPONGY DURING A DRIVE, AFTER ARRIVING AT HOME AND VISUALLY INSPECTING MY BRAKES I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL… |
| 2015-04-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | MY 2002 AVALANCHE HAD MULTIPLE BRAKE LINES FAIL THIS MORNING WHEN I TRIED TO STOP WHEN A DUMP TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT… |
| 2015-03-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBO… |
| 2014-11-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A USED 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 IN NOVEMBER 2014. I HAVE HAD CONTINUED AND CONSISTENT UNWANTED ANTI-LO… |
| 2014-11-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AT LOW SPEEDS THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE ON DRY PAVEMENT.. THIS GREATLY INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE. *JS |
| 2014-10-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK THE BRAKE MUST BE APPLIED. THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE TELLTAL… |
| 2014-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING IN THE GRASS GROUP CARRYING CHAIRS TO A CAMPFIRE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD WITH BOYS RIDING IN THE B… |
| 2014-09-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEEDS, THE ABS … |
| 2014-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF MINE FORCING ME TO STOMP ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION. … |
| 2014-09-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEAD LAMPS WERE VERY DIM AND THERE IS A WHITE FILM ON THE INSIDE OF THEM, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR NIGHT TIME DRIVI… |
| 2014-08-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AFTER MAKING THE 23.7 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK DRIVING ON A PARKWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55 MILES PER HOUR THAT INCLUDES H… |
| 2014-08-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT STOP SIGN. SUDDENLY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE STARTED DRIFTING INTO INTERSECTION WIT… |
| 2014-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS LEAVING WORK AND TRAVELING AROUND 20 MPH. I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE FOR A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT NEARLY A… |
| 2014-07-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IN MY 2002 AVALANCHE ILLUMINATED AND HAS REMAINED ON SINCE. I HAVE THE AV… |
| 2014-06-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. I CHANGE THE FUSES, LOW BEAM LIGHTS, DAYTIME RUNNING LI… |
| 2014-05-30 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | THE VEHICLES GOVERNOR SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AT 97MPH WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER WHICH MADE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP A… |
| 2014-05-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 65 ON THE FREEWAY TRUCK BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND WHEN I STEPPED ON GAS IT DIDN'T RESPOND. HAD TO KEEP L… |
| 2014-03-26 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THRU A PARKING LOT AFTER PICKING UP MY LUNCH, THE FOOD BEGAN TO FALL WHICH I TOOK MY EYES OFF DRIVING TO … |