2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD STALL AT ANY TIME AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY ON BRIDGES. NEITHER THE DEALER, NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,000.

CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500-YEAR 2002:ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING-CRANK POSITION SENSOR DEFECT (CPS). THIS SEEMED TO HAPPEN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY AFTER THE TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS. IT STARTED UP INSTANTLY AND NORMALLY, THEN, AS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN 2 AND 5 MINUTES AFTER STARTUP THE BATTERY LIGHT POPPED ON AND THE ENGINE WAS DEAD. THIS PHENOMENON WAS NOT TOTALLY REPEATABLE - SOMETIMES IT WILL GO FOR A MONTH AND NOT HAPPEN, SOMETIMES IT WILL HAPPEN 3 TIMES A DAY FOR A WEEK. IT HAPPENED TWICE THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND NOT ALL YESTERDAY. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER PULLING OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN IDLE AND THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE WHICH WAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BECAUSE THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR IN THE IGNITION MALFUNCTIONED. NEITHER THE SERVICE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED.

I SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT LAST NIGHT (10148159) AFTER FINDING THE DEFECTIVE PART TO MY VEHICLE. I SEARCHED THE NHTSA SIGHT AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, THOUGH THE PERSON MAKING THE COMPLAINT DID NOT KNOW THE RESOLUTION TO THE ISSUE. I'M THINKING THE DEFECTIVE PART THAT SHOULD BE ISSUED A RECALL FOR IS GOING UN-NOTICED BY THE NHTSA BECAUSE THE PERSON MAKING THE COMPLAINT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE AND CORRECTLY DESCRIBE IT. BECAUSE OF THIS THE NHTSA MAY OVERLOOK THAT THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE. THE FOLLOWING LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CHEVY AVALANCHE FAN CLUB FORUM WHERE THE ISSUE IS DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED. HTTP://WWW.CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/INDEX.PHP/TOPIC,39437.0.HTML MANY OF THE FORUM MEMBERS ARE BEING TOLD BY CHEVY DEALERS THAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH IS IN MOST CASES INCORRECT. THIS IS CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PAY TO $1000.00 FOR PARTS AND REPAIRS THAT ARE NOT...

1. BRAKES-AGAIN..PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR 2. NOISE STILL COMING FROM SUSPENSION 3. CAN SMELL OIL BURNING RETURNED VEHICLE TO UNIVERSITY MOTORS THEY CHECKED BRAKES AND TOLD ME NO CORRECTION WAS NEEDED....SUSPENSION NOISE WAS TOLD THAT WAS JUST HOW THE VEHICLE SOUNDED, I COULD FEEL THE VIBRATION ON THE FLOOR... OIL SMELL--THEY TIGHTENED THE OIL FILTER. *LA

1.BRAKES--PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR...THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 DIFFERENT TIMES 2.BRAKES--HAS BEEN RETURNED AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR BRAKE- ROTOR PROBLEMS 3.SUSPENSION NOISE--HAS BEEN RETURNED AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR NOISE 4.OIL LIGHTS--HAS BEEN RETURNED 3 TIMES FOR OIL CONSUMPTION--LEAKS 5.ELECTRICAL--HAS BEEN RETURNED TO REPLACE ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR WINDOWS 6.ELECTRICAL-- LOCKS-CLICK AND CLICK AND KEEP CAUSING, AND THE HORN---BEEPS NON STOP THIS ALL WHILE DRIVING 7.VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND LIGHT AND HORN WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING AND BEEPING THE DEALER NOR CHEVROLET WANT TO EXCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS VEHICLE....WE ARE TOLD THAT THE NOISES(AND VIBRATION) FROM THE SUSPENSION JUST STANDARD FOR THE VEHICLE. THE BACK ROTORS HAD GROOVES WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM FOUND..WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE GROOVES THEY TOLD US THIS WAS NORMAL FOR "HEAVY DUTY" TRUCKS..BRAKES..WAS TOLD WE SHOULD ONLY EXPECT TO GET 6-7 THOUSAND MILES. DEALER SHOULD TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU PURCHASE THE VEHICLE. MOST OF...

I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST ON MY 2002 3/4 4X4 CHEVY AVALANCE FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS.THE SERVICE BULLITENS THE DEALER GAVE ME HAD TO DO WITH '95 OR OLDER CARS OR WITH THE NEW CAR BRAKEN PERIOD.(I HAVE OVER 30,000 MILES ON IT) AT FIRST THEY TOLD ME THE SEVICE DEPT FORGOT TO RESET THE LIGHT, NOW THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL USAGE,1 QUART IN 1000 MILES. I AM THINKING OF HAVING A REG. SHOP CHECK THE OIL LEVEL AS WELL AS THE DEALER, BECAUSE WHAT I AM READING IS NOT WHAT THE SERVICE DEPT IS WRITING ON THEIR REPORT. ONE OF THE SEVICE TECHS TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT CHEVY ISN'T GOING TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION. HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS TESTING BEFORE SOMETHING...

THE VEHICLE STALLED.*JB VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP 4 TIMES. DEALERSHIP CHECKED IDLE SPEED AND FUEL PRESSURE, ENGINE WIRING HARNESS JUNCTION BLOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED. REPLACED TANK TO ENGINE RETURN. PCM REPLACED. FUEL SENDER AND PUMP ASSEMBLY REPLACED. HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. IGNITION KEY WARNING SWITCH WAS INOPERATIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

MY BRAND NEW 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS BURNING OIL AND BLOWING BLUE SMOKE OUT THE TAIL PIPE. THE MANUFACTURER IS NOW CONDUCTING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, BUT THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF OIL TO BURN IS 1 QUART EVER 3,000 MILES! A NEW CAR SHOULD NOT BURN OIL.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED. THIS HAPPENED ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR