2002 Chevrolet Silverado Body & Structure Problems

The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact heard a loud cracking sound coming from the vehicle. The contact noticed the loud cracking sound while driving over a pothole in the road. The vehicle was driven to the residence. The contact completed a thorough inspection of the vehicle and noticed a fracture behind the cab of the vehicle. In addition, the contact noticed corrosion of the undercarriage of the vehicle. The contact stated that the corrosion extended from the front passenger’s side to the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 250,000.

rocker panels rusted out

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 495 WHICH IS A CITY ROAD TOWARDS HWY 19 DRIVING APPROX 53 MPH IN CRYSTAL RIVER, FL. THE VECHILE AHEAD OF MY MINE WAS 3 CAR LENGTHS AHEAD WHEN I SAW THERE BRAKE LIGHTS ON, I APPLIED THE USUAL APPROPRIATE BRAKE PRESSURE WHICH IS NO HARDER OR SOFTER THEN ANY OTHER TIME. ONCE I SLOWED DOWN TO 40 MPH IN THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE FELT LIKE IT EXPLODED AND HEARD A HUGE EXPLOSIVE TYPE SOUND AND ACTUALLY FELT THE ENTIRE BACK END OF MY SILVERADO LIFT UP AND SHIFT LEFTWARDS INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE CAUSING MY TRUCK TO ALSO GET STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRUCK CAUSING WHAT WAS A EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED TRUCK WITHOUT A SINGLE DING OR MECHANICAL ISSUES UNTIL THIS OCCURRED. I AM A ENGINEER AND HAVE NEVER WITNESSED A TIRE THAT LOOKED THE WAY THIS DID , BY SIMPLY DRIVING . I HAVE ALL RECORDS FOR MAINTAINCE,ROTATIONS ETC.. OVERALL I HAVE MADE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AND HAVE SPENT 3500 ON TIRES AND REPAIRS AND STILL THE TRUCK NEEDS 4500 MORE . I ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RIM THAT THE TIRE WERE ON AND THESE WERE THE RECOMMENDED TIRES FOR MY TRUCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAME. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000.

THE FUEL LINES RUST AWAY AND START LEAKING FUEL BADLY. ALL LINES HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE RUST ON THIS TRUCK IS UNBELIEVABLE. GM WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE PRODUCT. THE ROCKER PANELS ALL RUSTED OUT AS WELL. THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT. THESE TRUCK ARE JUST RUST BUCKETS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

CHEVY RUST. BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY AND FAILED - HAPPEN AT SLOW SPEED NO ONE INJURED. SHACKLED BROKE OFF AND HIT BOTTOM OF BED WITHOUT TOWING. FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. NEIGHBOR HAS SIMILAR VEHICLE WITH SAME PROBLEMS (PUT JACK ON FRAME AND IT WENT THROUGH THE FRAME.) MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THESE VERY ISSUES.

FRAME IS ROTTING OUT

WAS REPLACING BRAKE LINES AFTER A RUSTY LINE BROKE AND SEEN EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRAME IN THE FRONT 1/4 OF PICKUP. THE FRAME HAS A LONG HOLE ON BOTTOM OF FRAME SPANING ABOUT 10 INCHES AND ABOVE THE SAME SECTION OF FRAME HAS A LONG RUSTED CRACK RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE FRAME SPANING ABOUT 8 INCHES. THE REST OF THE FRAME LOOKS IN GOOD CONDITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP UNTIL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE FOUR BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,685. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/12/14*LJ UPDATED 07/06/2017 *CT

WANT 1600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE EVERY LINE ON THE TRUCK DUE TO RUST...INCLUDING FLEXIBLE HOSE TO WHEELS. DON'T HAVE VIN NO TRUCK AT SHOP UNTIL I DECIDE WHAT TO DO. *TR

WAS HOOKING UP TRAILER AND STARTED TO MOVE TOUCHED THE BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY INTO . ALL BRAKE LINES VERY RUSTY. BECAUSE OF RUST I HAVE REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS,ALL 4 CALIPERS ALL 4 SHOCKS, ALWAYS PARKED IN GARAGE.THE TRUCK FRAME IS TOTAL RUST. THE RIMS HAD TO BE PAINTED BECAUSE OF RUST THE SPARE IS SOLID RUST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE REAR FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

I WAS DRIVING WHEN I WENT TO STOP AND THE PEDAL WAS SOFT. THE TRUCK STILL STOPPED BUT THE PEDAL DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY IN-LAWS HOUSE,ABOUT 2 MILES. WHEN I GOT OUT I SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THEY ARE THE LINES THAT GO TO THE ABS MODULE. WHEN I INSPECTED FURTHER, ALL 4 LINES WERE EITHER LEAKING OR ABOUT TO. THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED BOTH ROCKER PANELS, JUST UNDER THE DOORS, WERE RUSTED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED THROUGH. THE DOORS ARE NOT RUSTED AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE RUST ON THE TRUCK EVEN WHERE THE PAINT HAS FLAKED OFF. *TR

MY REAR BUMPER ON MY CHEVY 1500 4X4 SILVERADO TRUCK IS ROTTING OFF THE TRUCK, YES ROTTING NEVER IN MY LIFE I SEEN POOR QUALITY IN PARTS GM IS USING, REAR BUMPERS ARE SUPPOSE TO PROTECT YOU FROM A CRASH THIS BUMPER IS ROTTING OFF MY TRUCK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A RATTLING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND REALIZED THAT THE SPARE TIRE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT HIM NOTICING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CABLE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 176,000. ..UPDATED 10/21/11 *BF UPDATED 10/26/11

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT A HOLE THERE ARE 4 LINES GROUPED ON THE FRAME AT 67000 MILES 2 LINES RUSTED OUT AND AT 131,000 MILES 2 MORE RUSTED OUT BOTH TIMES . COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES PUSHES FLUID OUT USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP 2 TIME ALMOST REARENDED A CAR SWERVED RIGHT TO AVOID COLLISION.HAVE 2004 HD 2500 WITH SAME CONDITION S AT 48000 MILES. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT TO PEOPLE . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVARADO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RUST COVERED HOLE UNDERNEATH THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. NONE OF THE OTHER DOORS HAD ANY RUST UNDERNEATH THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. UPDATED 5/2/11 *CN UPDATED 05/16/11

I WANT TO ADD ANOTHER CASE TO YOUR INVESTIGATION OF BRAKE LINE FAILURES ON GM TRUCKS. I LIVE IN MARYLAND AND HAVE A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT. MY BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH IN THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS THIS YEAR. FIRST, THE FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS/ABS SYSTEM FAILED IN APRIL, 2010. NEXT, IN JULY, THE FRONT PART OF THE LINES GAVE WAY WHEN BEING BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE. THAT GARAGE REPLACED THE FRONT PART OF THE BRAKE LINES ONLY. FINALLY IN SEPTEMBER, THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH RIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT TRAVELING AT SPEED FOR EITHER OF THESE EVENTS, BUT IT WAS A MAJOR EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE, ESPECIALLY HAVING IT HAPPEN TWICE LIKE THAT. I ALSO HAD THE LINE ON THE POWER STEERING FLUID COOLER RUST THROUGH IN THE APRIL REPAIR, AND THERE IS WAY MORE RUST IN GENERAL ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE THAN THERE SHOULD BE. THE BODY AND ENGINE ARE JUST FINE. I HOPE YOUR INVESTIGATION LEADS TO A RECALL. *TR

TWICE I HAVE HAD THE SPARE TIRE WINCH CABLE BREAK ON ME,IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR HIGH SPEEDS IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH,AND I WAS NEVER AWARE IT WAS GONE UNTIL I NEEDED THE SPARE. *TR