2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Power Trainaxle Assembly Problems

6 NHTSA complaints on file

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Power Trainaxle Assembly Issues in the 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE

6 power trainaxle assembly complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Power Trainaxle Assembly Complaints

#10146530 | December 30, 2005

2002 AVALANCHE WITH 81,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE...STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH A VERY LIGHT HUM IN THE BACK END. ON 12/8/05 MADE SEVERAL LARGE CLUNKING NOISES AND DIED (STOPPED TURNING). THE GARAGE STATED THAT A MAIN BEARING HAD BROKEN APART SENDING METAL THROUGHOUT THE REAR AXLE AND DESTROYED THE DRIVE SYSTEM. $2000.00 JOB TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BACK AXLE DRIVE SYSTEM WITH A USED ONE. MECHANIC SAID NO REASON FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WITH THIS VEHICLE AND SUGGESTED I SPEAK WITH THE DEALER BEFORE I HAD THE WORK DONE. DEALER DID NOTHING EXCEPT QUOTE ME $3000.00 FOR THE SAME REPAIR AND SAME USED PART. *NM

#10141345 | October 31, 2005

REAR AXLE LOCKED UP AND THEN BLEW UP INSIDE IT'S HOUSING. *JB

#10111069 | March 8, 2005

MEXICAN ASSEMBLY FACTORY FAILURE. THERE WAS A MAJOR FAILURE OF THE REAR AXLES AND PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. *BF THE REAR AXLES HAD GROOVES WORN IN THEM AND THE REAR BEARING FAILED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE PARKING BRAKE REMAINED INOPERATIVE. WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS RELEASED, THE ACCELERATION WOULD HANG UP AND A POP WOULD BE HEARD IN THE REAR, THERE WAS A RATTLE BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE AXLE SEALS LEAKED. *SC *JB

#10108360 | February 1, 2005

FRONT AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL BEARING FAILURE ON 02 AVALANCHE AT 51,000 MILES- BROUGHT TO DEALER BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE. OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTIS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CLUB AVALANCHE WEBSITE. THIS DEFECT COULD LEAD TO WHEELS FALLING OFF AND CATASTROPHIC INJURY. GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DOES NOTHING . *AK

#10057003 | February 11, 2004

OVERTIME I KEPT HEARING A WHINING NOISE, SMELL OF OIL, HEAT AND LIGHT VIBRATION FROM THE DRIVELINE. AT THE DEALERSHIP ON A 100, 000 MILE TOTAL OIL, TRANSMISSION AND COOLANT CHANGE (DID THIS AT 97,018 MI. 1/2/04). THE MECHANIC DID NOTICE A BIT OF PLAY IN THE FRONT & REAR DRIVELINE (DRIVE SHAFTS FROM TRANSFER CASE TO THE FRONT WHEEL AXLE CASE AND THE REAR AXLE CASE), SOME OIL LEAKAGE ON THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE, BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR AXLE, THIS WAS NORMAL HE TOLD ME. MECHANIC FOUND BOTH FINE AND SMALL PIECES OF METAL IN THE FRONT 4X4 TRANSMISSION CASE, BUT SAID THIS WAS NOT A BIG PROBLEM. MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE U-JOINTS REPLACED SOMETIME ON THE DRIVE SHAFTS AND THIS WOULD STOP THE NOISE AND VIBRATION. AT COLDWATER, MI. (1/14/04), I HAD TO REPLACE A RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING; MECHANIC REPORTED TO ME THAT...

#10054422 | January 18, 2004

TRANSMISSION AND/OR REAR AXLE LOCKS UP WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION CAUSING ERRATIC VEHICLE HANDLING AND/OR LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. * CB

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