Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 GMC Sierra 1500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR COMING DOWN AN OVERPASS. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND I NARR… |
| 2020-03-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. METAL SUPPORT BAR IN THE BACK UPPER PORTION OF DRIVER SEAT BROKE. SEAT WAS BEING USED AS … |
| 2019-04-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 161131 MILES FRAME RUSTED REAL BAD BODY LOOKS GREAT FOR THE YEAR I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK LOOKED REAL CLEAN INSIDE AND O… |
| 2018-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE REVERSING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOAR… |
| 2018-06-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S BRAKING ABILITY WAS LOST… |
| 2018-04-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | SPARE TIRE FELL OFF FROM THE CABLE, UNKNOWN, I ALSO HAD A 2001 GMC YUKON AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THIS IS UNSAFE AS… |
| 2017-09-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 3-8 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ANTI-… |
| 2017-07-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND WOBBLED SO VIOLEN… |
| 2017-06-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE … |
| 2017-05-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATE… |
| 2016-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WHEN APPLIED, BUT FAILED … |
| 2016-08-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH PREMATURELY AND WITHOUT WARNING PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WITH NO STOPPING POWER |
| 2016-07-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | ABS SYSTEM IS KICKING IN AT SLOW SPEEDS, AS IN A CRAWL LIKE YOU WERE DRIVING NEXT TO A WALKING PERSON. LIKE I AM PUSH… |
| 2016-07-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | BROKEN WELD HOLDING RIGHT REAR SHOCK ABSORBER TO REAR AXLE. GM IS DENYING THAT THIS WELD WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS RIGHT REAR… |
| 2016-06-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT'S SON CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECE… |
| 2016-06-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | DRIVING 73 MPH DOWN HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING TREAD BLOWS OFF TIRE. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TIRES WERE PURCHASE… |
| 2016-05-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THANKFULLY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT, I WAS BACKING UP AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKES AT A… |
| 2016-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE ON STATE HIGHWAY AND DRIVING THE LEGAL LIMIT, I WAS APPROACHING A GREEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AN AMBULANCE WITH EMERGE… |
| 2015-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ALL BRAKE LINES HAVE ROTTED OUT |
| 2015-10-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I RECENTLY TOOK MY TRUCK OFF THE ROAD TO REPLACE THE SHOCK ABSORBERS. WHILE REPLACING THE REAR SHOCKS, I NOTICED THAT … |
| 2015-09-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO … |
| 2015-09-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | SLOWED DOWN AND TURNED INTO A PARKING SPOT AND THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN. DID GET THE PICKUP STOPPED AND NOTICED BRAKE … |
| 2015-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND … |
| 2015-08-21 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. TH… |
| 2015-08-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY AUGUST 21, 2015, MY WIFE WENT TO MOVE MY 2002 GMC SIERRA. SHE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND P… |
| 2015-08-12 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WHEELS WERE JAMMED IN A POSITION THAT CAU… |
| 2015-07-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY TRUCK STARTED TO SLOW THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES BUT DID NOT … |
| 2015-06-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO PARK TO UNLOAD SOME RECYCLING AND I PRESSED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOO… |
| 2015-05-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING, I NOTICED AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN THAT I HAD TO PUSH MY BRAKE PEDAL FURTHER THAN I HAD… |
| 2015-05-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON MONDAY AFTERNOON 5/11/15 I HAD JUST HOOKED UP A SMALL TRAILER IN PREPARATION TO GO PICK UP MY GRANDDAUGHTER FROM CEN… |
| 2015-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED SO BADLY IT WILL NOT PASS IT'S NEXT VA STATE INSPECTION. THIS TRUCK HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVE… |
| 2015-01-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY 15 YEAR OLD SON DRIVING WITH ME IN THE PASSENGER SEAT HE HAS A LEARNERS PERMIT APPLYS THE BRAKE AND IT WENT TO THE F… |
| 2014-10-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINE FAILURE.. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TODAY, 10/26/2014 *TR |
| 2014-10-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TRAVELING NORTH ON ROUTE 28 NEAR CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, A LINE OF CARS IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT. I PRESSED … |
| 2014-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. SHE HAS HER TEMPORARY LICENSE AND WAS DRIVIN… |
| 2014-08-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | ANTI LOCK BRAKES AT LOW SPEED ACTIVATED CANNOT STOP VEHICLE PRESSING HARDER BRAKE LINE BLEW HAD NO BRAKES REAR ENDED VE… |
| 2014-08-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW FOR A STOP SIGN TRAVELING UNDER 25 MPH. THE PEDAL PRESSURE F… |
| 2014-06-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500-BRAKES WENT OUT SUDDENLY AS I WAS TURNING INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR… |
| 2014-05-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I APPROACHED A BUSY INTERSECTION AND BECAUSE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS TURNING AMBER, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THERE WERE NO BR… |
| 2014-04-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND LIGHT TURNED YELLOW, APPLIED BRAKE AND PEDDLE WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR, COASTED THRO… |
| 2014-03-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TODAY I WAS ON FREEWAY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC AND WHEN I WENT TO STOP MY BRAKES FLUTTERED AND MADE A WEIRD NOISE A… |
| 2013-10-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE GEAR COULD NOT BE MOVED INTO DRI… |
| 2013-10-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES HOWEVER,… |
| 2013-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE TRYING TO PARK MY VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT THE BRAKES ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM ENGAGED. I WAS PULLING FORWARD TO BACK IN… |
| 2013-09-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK COMPLETELY FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR THE EMERGENCY BR… |
| 2013-07-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THERE WAS ALMOST A CRASH! A CAR, FROM THE RIGHT SIDE, STARTED TO PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME AT AN INTERSECTION. I HIT THE… |
| 2013-07-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 20-25MPH, PULLING AWAY FROM MY HOME, A SMALL ANIMAL RAN ACROSS IN FRONT OF ME. I HIT THE BRA… |
| 2013-06-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | A SECOND BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR UNABLE TO STOP QUICKLY ENOUGH TO AVOID ACCIDENT… |
| 2013-04-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUST THROUGH. TRUCK PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR IN HEAVY EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT. … |
| 2013-04-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS SENSOR IN WHEEL HUB FAILURE THIS IS ONE OF FOUR IDENTICAL FAILURES OF THIS PART IN THIS SAME VEHICLE. *TR |