2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500 Problems & Recalls

WITH MY AVALANCHE, I WAS TOWING A TRAILER WITH A CAR LOADED AND TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 10 MPH, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW FOR A TURN AND LOST NEARLY ALL THE BRAKING POWER. I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES FORWARD OF THE ABS MODULE LOCATED INSIDE THE LEFT FRAME RAIL...

Mileage: 98,000

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 WITH 8.1 ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING AT DRIVING SPEEDS. THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON, AFTER THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS DOWN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AND NO BRAKES FOR THIS 7000 POUND...

Mileage: 35,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2002 AVALANCHE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING OR DASH LIGHTS. ALTHOUGH HE DID GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION HE WAS TRYING TO STOP FOR THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND NO ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS A BRAKE LINE FAILING.

Mileage: 200,000

SATURDAY JANUARY 23, 2016 DURING A SNOW STORM MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 VIN# [XXX] LOST ALL BRAKE CONTROL DUE TO FAILED AND CORRODED BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER SIDE DOOR AT RETAINER CLIP ON SIDE OF FRAME WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS OF SOFT PEDAL OR INTERMITTENT BRAKING. THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK DRIVEN...

Mileage: 104,000

THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IDLING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND AFTER PULLING OUT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. AFTER TRYING FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES IT RESTARTED. THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INSTANCE, BUT HAS NOW HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND EVEN ...

Mileage: 68,000

I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND WAS UNABLE TO PUT IT BACK INTO GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

THE AVALANCHE IS OUR TOW VEHICLE (ONLY) WHICH IS WHY IT HAS SO FEW MILES FOR A 2002 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. NORMALLY IT IS TOWING A 9000 POUND 28 FOOT TOY HAULER, BUT JUST BY PURE LUCK IT WAS TOWING A SINGLE AXLE FLAT BED TRAILER WITH THE CAB FOR A 1935 CHEVROLET PICKUP ON IT BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP. ...

Mileage: 62,313

THE AVALANCHE IS OUR TOW VEHICLE (ONLY) WHICH IS WHY IT HAS SO FEW MILES FOR A 2002 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. NORMALLY IT IS TOWING A 9000 POUND 28 FOOT TOY HAULER, BUT JUST BY PURE LUCK IT WAS TOWING A SINGLE AXLE FLAT BED TRAILER WITH THE CAB FOR A 1935 CHEVROLET PICKUP ON IT BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP. ...

Mileage: 62,313

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. FOUND BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR RUSTED THROUGH AND GUSHING FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TOWING A TRAILER, PEDAL RIGHT TO THE FLOOR I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. NO WARNING WHATSOEVER BRAKES HAD BEEN WORKING FINE BEFORE INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED BLOWN BRAKE LINE BELOW DRIVERS DOOR AT FRAME RAIL AND ALL LINES LOOK TERRIBLE. ONLINE INVESTIGATION SHOWS ...

Mileage: 134,250

WHEN PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I RAN INTO MY UTILITY TRAILER, BUT NO DAMAGE WAS CAUSED. AVALANCHE IS AT THE GARAGE NOW, HE INFORMED ME THIS IS COMMON WITH CHEVY TRUCKS. ALL BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL COST BETWEEN $1000 AND $1200...

Mileage: 76,000

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO BRAKES, PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AFTER EXAMINATION SAW BRAKE FLUID UNDER TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 43,983

RUSTED BRAKE LINES BURST CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS GOING 65 MPH AND MY ENGINE DIED I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT. THE SECOND TIME THE ENGINE DIED I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND IT...

Mileage: 105,242

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS GOING 65 MPH AND MY ENGINE DIED I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT. THE SECOND TIME THE ENGINE DIED I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND IT...

Mileage: 105,242

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS GOING 65 MPH AND MY ENGINE DIED I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT. THE SECOND TIME THE ENGINE DIED I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND IT...

Mileage: 105,242

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH DUAL FUEL TANKS AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR FUEL PUMP WIRES AND PORT WERE MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT FUEL PUMP AND RE...

Mileage: 113,000

AS I WAS ABOUT TO PARK MY AVALANCHE IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOME I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FIRM AND THEN BECAME SOFT AND DEPRESSED QUICKLY QUITE FARTHER THAN NORMAL. THE AVALANCHE CONTINUED TO ROLL AND I HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET IT TO COME TO A FUL...

Mileage: 80,000

RUSTED BRAKE LINE FAILURE, DRIVERS REAR, PASSENGER FRONT, UNDER RADIATIOR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY TO WORK, IN MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE, GOING 65 WHEN EVERYONE IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. I FOLLOWED TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES BUT WHEN I PUSHED THE PEDAL IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, SO IN ORDER TO NOT REAR END ANYONE I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER FLY...

Mileage: 148,029

VEHICLE STALLS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, HIGHWAY DRIVING, TRUCK HESITATES AND JERKS, AND COMES TO THE NEAR POINT OF STALLING, AND LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE DOES THE SAME, HESITATES, AND JERKS, STALLS, ALL SYSTEMS FAIL. STARTS BACK UP UPON SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SEN...

Mileage: 137,000

VEHICLE STALLS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, HIGHWAY DRIVING, TRUCK HESITATES AND JERKS, AND COMES TO THE NEAR POINT OF STALLING, AND LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE DOES THE SAME, HESITATES, AND JERKS, STALLS, ALL SYSTEMS FAIL. STARTS BACK UP UPON SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SEN...

Mileage: 137,000

VEHICLE STALLS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, HIGHWAY DRIVING, TRUCK HESITATES AND JERKS, AND COMES TO THE NEAR POINT OF STALLING, AND LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE DOES THE SAME, HESITATES, AND JERKS, STALLS, ALL SYSTEMS FAIL. STARTS BACK UP UPON SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SEN...

Mileage: 137,000

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 WITH 8.1 ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING AT DRIVING SPEED. THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON, AFTER THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO PROBLEMS WITH ALTERNATOR OR BATTERY CHARGE. NO SPUTTERING OR SLUGGISHNESS, NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS DOWN. ...

Mileage: 100,395

SOMETIMES MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 8.1 WILL NOT START. I LOCK CAR AGAIN WITH REMOTE FOB, UNLOCK AND USUALLY IT STARTS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT LOCKING, UNLOCKING BEFORE IT WILL START. NOW VEHICLE STALLS WITH NO WARNING, NO POWER BRAKES, STEERING ETC. DOES THIS AT RANDOM SPEEDS WITHOUT ...

Mileage: 133,000

TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

ENGINE DIED AT 55 MPH, RESTARTED RIGHT AWAY, DIED OUT AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY. NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT WOULD START. I FOUND THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2001 AVALANCHE, WHY NOT THE 2002? *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR SURFACE WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A MASSIVE LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME...

Mileage: 49,123

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500 EQUIPPED WITH HERCULES LINE ALL TRACK TIRES (N/A), SIZE 265/75/R16, DOT JENKECL, SERIAL NSS-010733. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND TO CONT...

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE AS MENTIONED IN THE REC...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 59,000.

Mileage: 59,000

2002 GM TRUCK. YELLOWING AND DOUBLE VISION IN DRIVER SIDE REARVIEW MIRROR. HAS DEGRADED OVER PAST TWO YEARS. HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL GM VEHICLES WITH SAME PROBLEM, BOTH CARS AND TRUCKS. *TR

COMING UP TO STOP SIGN ON A DOWNHILL BACK ROAD, I EXPERIENCED PARTIAL BRAKE FAILURE FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AS I TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ONLY DOING 5MPH OR LESS AT THAT POINT BUT I WENT THRU THE STOP SIGN AND HAD TO MAKE AN ABRUPT TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ONTO A...

Mileage: 46,798

DRIVING 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 8.1 L AT VARIOUS TIMES AND SPEEDS AND ENGINE CUTS OUT. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. PULLED OVER AND AFTER A MINUTE THE ENGINE WILL RESTART. RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER LIKE VEHICLES HAVE SAME PROBLEM (CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR). ...

Mileage: 80,140

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 8.1L ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF. THIS WAS HAPPENING 4 - 5 TIMES ON A DAILY BASIS DEPENDING ON HOW FAR I HAD TO DRIVE. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY SON IN THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN LEAVING ME WITH LIMITED...

Mileage: 76,687

DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 2002 TRUCKS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH CRANK SENSOR AND ENGINE STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAD THE SENOR REPLACED 3 YEARS AGO. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) IS DIRECTING THE RECALL OF 11,974 2001-MODEL-YEAR HE...

Mileage: 60,000

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING --- WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, AT ABOUT 5MPH, BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES SOFT AND VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. RECALL TSB#02-05-25-006B DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE BUT THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM. LOCAL GM SERVICE DEPT REFUSES TO REPAIR THIS UNSAFE DESIGN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

2002 AVALANCHE 2500 4X4 BRAKE LINES ARE FAILING ONE AT A TIME UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT THEIR IS A BRACKET THAT SEEMS TO COLLECT DIRT, SALT , ECT. IN MY OPINION THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS SHOULD BE STAINLESS BRAKE LINES. I ALMOST GOT KILLED WENT OFF ROAD TO GET STOPPED, TOWED HOME THE TRUCK. NOW TH...

Mileage: 81,000

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500- NONE PROBLEM WITH CRANK SHAFT SENSOR FAILING. MY VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. UPON RESEARCH I LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THAT CHEVY IS AWARE BUT HAS DONE NOTHING. ...

Mileage: 91,000

8.1L 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE ENGINE STALLS AT SPEEDS OF 1 TO ABOVE 40MPH AND FAILS TO RESTART IMMEDIATELY. THIS ENGINE SHUT-OFF HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS YOU LOSE ALL POWER TO STEERING AND STOPPING THE TRUCK. YOU HAVE TO COAST TO A ST...

Mileage: 48,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED. THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE TOTAL COST FOR PARTS AND LABOR WAS $1,035. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. ...

Mileage: 81,600

4 TIMES NOW MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WITH NO WARNING OR ANY INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE I.E. WARNING CODES, LIGHTS, OR SYMBOLS. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PLENTY OF FUEL IN THE TANK. IT HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH AFTER FINISHING A CURVE IN THE...

Mileage: 66,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS FAILED AND A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ONE OF THEIR DEALERS ...

Mileage: 33,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER WAITING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD EVENTUALLY RESTART. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE BATTERY DRAINS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO...

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER WAITING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD EVENTUALLY RESTART. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE BATTERY DRAINS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO...

Mileage: 89,000

02 AVALANCHE 2500, ENGINE JUST STOPS RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. SPEED DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT JUST DIES AND I HAVE NO POWER BRAKES,NO POWER STEERING. THE HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND OTHERS IN TRAFFIC AROUND ME. IT MAY TAKE UP 5 MINUTES TO RESTART NOW. 2 CHEVY DEALERS...

Mileage: 97,895

A GUY RAN THROUGH A STOP SIGN WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT HIM NEAR THE END OF HIS VEHICLE. HE WAS TRYING AN XTERRA AND I HIT HM HEAD ON NEAR THE END OF HIS VEHICLE HOWEVER MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK IS GONE, RADIATOR IS EXPOSED AND HOOD PUSHED UP TO THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

EARLY 2002 AVALANCHE 2500 WITH 8.1 LITER ENGINE 62K MILES. NOTICED VERY INTERMITTENT MISSING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OCCASIONALLY. ENGINE DIED ON FREEWAY AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED . 2ND TIME ENGINE DIED AND WOULDN'T RESTART FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO COAST ACROSS TRAFFIC TO A SHOU...

Mileage: 62,000

VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT ANY SPEED AND WILL NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. IT IS RANDOM AND DOES THIS INTERMITTENTLY AND IS GRADUALLY GETTING MORE FREQUENT. BASED ON OUR RESEARCH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NHTSA IS/WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE WILL BE HAVING THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED. THIS IS ...

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. HE NOTICED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD THAT BOTH THE WIRE AND HARNESS WERE BURNED. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL PUMP. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE ...

Mileage: 150,000

2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. NO WARNING, NOTHING, ENGINE JUST STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 8 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME, AND I HAVE FINALLY FOUND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

Mileage: 80,100

TRAILER HITCH. WELDS HAVE CRACKS. LOOKS LIKE THE WELDS WERE NEVER COMPLETED. FIRST NOTICED FLEXING IN THE HITCH AND REPLACED IT BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED. I'M SENDING LINKS TO A FEW PICTURES. LOOK ALONG THE WELDS ON THE ROUND TUBE. THE CRACKS APPEAR AS LINES ON THE WELDS OF THE ROUND TUBES. P...

2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WITH ENGINE FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD ILLUMINATE AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. HE ALSO STATED SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE WOULD REVIVE ITSELF. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE 2 FUEL PUMPS ON THE VEHICLE W...

INTERMITTENT SUDDEN STALL. AT SPEED AND/OR WHEN IDLING. CAUSES OF BREAKING AND STEERING. CAUSES BREAKDOWN IN TRAFFIC LANES OF FREEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500. ENGINE CUT OUT AT 75 MPH! HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE! I LOST MY BRAKES DUE TO NO POWER ASSIST AND ALMOST HAD TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD...WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN A REAL BAD SEEN. SUPPOSEDLY THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH A FAULT CRANK POSITION SENSOR. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. ON 20 OCCURRENCES WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, IT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS REPLACED, YET THE FAILURE STILL EXISTS. ODI NUMBER PE06016 WAS ISSUED...

Mileage: 40,600

(1) DRIVING DROVE ABOUT 35 MPH COMING TO A STOP SIGN AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT THREE MILES. (2) THE ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING. ) ABOUT 1 TO 2 MINUTES LATER THE TRUCK STARTED AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED ABOUT 3 TIMES SINCE. *AK

Mileage: 46,000

DAY TIME RUNNING LAMPS KEEP FAILING. EVERY TIME I REPLACE THE BURNED OUT BULB SOON THE OTHER BULBS BURN OUT. THE ISSUE IS APPARENT ON MANY FULL SIZE GM TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

STALLING OUT OF ENGINE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. RESEARCHED PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THREAD ON HTTP://WWW.CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/ IDENTIFYING RECURRING PROBLEM WITH 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *JB

Mileage: 78,000

TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER SEEMS TO TWIST SLIGHTLY WHEN USED. *JB

Mileage: 28,500

ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN SNOWY CONDITIONS ON 2 LANE PORTION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. BY THE TIME I COASTED TO A STOP WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES I WAS ON AN OVERPASS WITH NOWHERE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC, SO ENDED UP BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. ...

Mileage: 62,000

ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN SNOWY CONDITIONS ON 2 LANE PORTION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. BY THE TIME I COASTED TO A STOP WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES I WAS ON AN OVERPASS WITH NOWHERE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC, SO ENDED UP BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. ...

Mileage: 62,000

MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS STALLED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT I NEED HELP WITH. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER SAYS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS.

Mileage: 80,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60-70) THE ENGINE HAS STALLED AND LEFT ME DRIFTING WITH NO POWER ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER DRIFTING OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH NO POWER ASSIST STEERING OR BRAKES TO STOP AND LETTING IT SIT AND TURN THE KEY OFF AND PUT THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION IN "PARK"...

Mileage: 81,000

THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAUSE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED TO BE SENSOR BY MAITA CHEVROLET IN ELK GROVE CA. I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE ON THE CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM WEBSITE. *JB

Mileage: 128,500

I HAVE A CHEVROLET AVALANCHE YEAR 2002 KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN. I RAN ON HIGHWAY 55 MILES, THEN MY CAR SHUT DOWN....MANY CARS BEHIND ALMOST HIT. VERY SCARY. I ALMOST DIED! THIS PROBLEM SHUT DOWN EVERYDAY AFTER 10 MINUTES RUN. BUT NOT ONLY MY. MOST THE CAR SAME YEAR, SAME MODEL GOT THE SAME PROBLEM TO...

Mileage: 69,130

MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 HAS THE PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE DYING AS I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND ANY OTHER SPEED FOR THAT MATTER. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, I LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. *JB

Mileage: 113,500