Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I pulled the truck out of the garage in working condition, left it running while parked in the driveway. It emptied the… |
| 2021-06-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | While driving on US60 East of Lexington Kentucky I was preparing to turn left using the left turn lane. There was anoth… |
| 2021-04-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | HARD BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION FROM POOR QUALITY PARTS WITHOUT PROPER CORROSION PROTECTION OR CORRECT MATERIA… |
| 2021-03-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHT. THE POWER STEERING IS BAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN I BRAKE, I GOT … |
| 2021-02-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | KNOWN TO GM INJECTOR PROBLEMS WITH CHEVY SILVERADO VEHICLES. MY INJECTOR CRACKED OR FAILED AND DIESEL WENT IN TO MY EN… |
| 2020-11-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY ABS SPEED SENSOR GOT SHEARED BY BACK OF MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE IN WHICH I HAVE SEEN ON MULTIPLE SIGHTS A DEFECT … |
| 2020-09-13 | WHEELS | No | 0 | VIBRATION IN VEHICLE PRIOR TO TIRE BLOW OUT ON FREEWAY TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH.. APPEARS TO BE A TREAD SEPARATIO… |
| 2020-07-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 2 | DRIVING UP TO CITY INTERSECTION WAS APPLING BRAKES, CAR IN FRONT APPLIED HIS QUICKER CAUSING HIS REAR TO RAISE UP, INDI… |
| 2018-08-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED … |
| 2018-07-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN AND WITHOUT WARNING STOP. |
| 2017-08-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAKING AND BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS CRACKING EVRY 50000 MILES. OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. |
| 2017-07-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE BRAKING ABILITY AND AN ACCIDENT WITH MINOR VEHICLE DAMAGE.. |
| 2016-11-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE METAL BRAKE LINE CORROSION ON THIS VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES CORRODED THROUGH CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKE … |
| 2016-08-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL ENGAGED, TH… |
| 2016-04-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN BY DEPRE… |
| 2016-04-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TRAILER RELIEVER HITCH BENT AFTER NORMAL USE TOWING TRAVEL TRAILER. PROPER WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING HITCH WAS BEING USED ON … |
| 2016-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ALL MY BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED/RUSTING OUT. ONE LINE ALREADY HAD TO BE REPLACED. VERY DANGEROUS. ALL MY FUEL INES ARE … |
| 2015-11-26 | TIRES | No | 0 | DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON HWY 528 ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF ORLANDO, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THEN WE SUFFERED A CATASTROP… |
| 2015-09-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | STEEL BRAKE LINES TO ABS CONTROL AND OTHER STEEL BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKING, MUST BE REPLACED BEFORE BRAKES… |
| 2015-08-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING TO PICK UP MY SON FROM WORK ON SIDE STREETS,TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH WHEN MY BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR.ALMOST REAR E… |
| 2015-08-14 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER ARRIVING AT MY DESTINATION AT 9PM AS I EXITED TRUCK , I SMELLED DEISEL FUEL. TOOK A FLASHLIGHT AND LOOKED UNDER T… |
| 2015-08-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:20 PM NATCHEZ RAILWAY EMPLOYEES [XXX] WERE ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE #… |
| 2015-07-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I ATTEMPTED TO STOP DUE TO TRAFFIC TRAVELING ALONG THE ROUTE I WAS ENTERING. WHEN I AP… |
| 2015-05-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH, THE INDICATOR LIGHT SAID, ENGINE OVERHEATED. I THEN NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOO… |
| 2015-05-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, A MESSAGE INDICATING THAT… |
| 2015-05-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | UNLOADING MY BOAT, BRAKE PEDDLE WENT DOWN TO FLOOR,DIDNNT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, NO LIGHT APPEARED ON DASH, SECONDARY BREA… |
| 2015-04-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH UP MY TRAVEL TRAILER WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN SINKING TO THE FLOOR. I PULLED… |
| 2015-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LS HD2500, ORIGINAL OWNER PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 2002, CURRENTLY HAVE 71,000 MILE, BEAUT… |
| 2015-03-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO WHEN I PUSHED MY BRAKES THEY FELT SPONGY AND WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY I COULD SMELL BRAKE FLUI… |
| 2015-03-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE TO REAR BRAKES ALONG FRAME RAIL ON MY 2002 SILVERADO 4 X 4. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS INJURED. THIS TR… |
| 2015-03-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WENT TO GET SAFETY CHECK, MECHANIC NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERCARRIAGE AND NOTICED LEAK IN BRAKE LINE. BRAKE… |
| 2015-02-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING , HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP, APPLED THE BRAKE PEDDLE HARD, BRAKES APPLED THEN WENT DOWN TO TO FLOOR. BRAK… |
| 2014-11-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. STARTED MY TRUCK AND DISCOVERED I HAD NO BRAKES. *TR |
| 2014-10-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS T… |
| 2014-10-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE … |
| 2014-10-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE REAR BRAKE LINE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BLEW O… |
| 2014-09-28 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE TOWING A 30 FT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER THE FRAME VIBRATES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN 55 TO 65 MPH. FEELS LIKE A DRIVE… |
| 2014-09-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND WHEN I TRIED TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND I HAD NO BRAKES. TH… |
| 2014-08-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHEN THE PASSENGER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT STARTE… |
| 2014-08-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE TOWING A 7000 LB 5TH WHEEL TRAILER THE ELECTRICAL PLUG BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND TRAILER BECAME PARTIALLY DISLODGED… |
| 2014-08-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES RUSTING , LEAKING, BREAKING AND NO BRAKES. *TR |
| 2014-07-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CORROSION IN THE BRAKE LINES CAUSED A BLOWOUT OF THE BRAKE LINES AND FAILURE OF THE BRAKES. |
| 2014-07-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON TRIP HOME FROM A VACATION. PULLING A 28 FT FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER AND A MOTORCYCLE TRAILER. ON INTERSTATE 65 NORTH BOU… |
| 2014-07-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | SAME STORY AS EVERY OTHER 99+ SILVERADO: THE BRAKE LINE BURST BEHIND CAB AND ALL BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LOST. BRAKE SYST… |
| 2014-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUM… |
| 2014-06-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON MY 2002 SILVERADO, THE ABS ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING BRAKES TO PULSE AND INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE. CLEARLY … |
| 2014-06-05 | WHEELS | No | 0 | EXPERIENCED TIRE SEPARATION AT 70MPH OF A FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL A/T LT245/75R16 LOAD RANGE E M/S. TIRE SEPARATION D… |
| 2014-05-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | ON MAY 9, 2014 I WAS BACKING UP TO HOOK UP TO A TRAILER WITH MY TRUCK. WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING SIGN OR INDICATION, … |
| 2014-05-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HOME IN MY 2002 SILVERADO 2500 HD, WHEN I CAN TO A STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOO… |
| 2014-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE BACKING DOWN DRIVEWAY THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH TOTAL BRAKE FAI… |