2002 Chevrolet Tahoe Brakes

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WILL ALL MY CHILDREN IN CAR!!!!! LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HURT FILING COMPLAINT WITH GM!!!!! EXTREMELY LUCK IT WAS NOT A FATAL DAY FOR ALL OF US!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND WANT GO OFF. BRAKES WORKS FINE. *TR

I HAVE AN 02 CHEVY TAHOE WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT GARAGE KEPT WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR ALMOST CRASHED BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE FLOOR WE LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOTAL RUST AND CORRODED I CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND I SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL I ALMOST GOT KILLED WE TAKE CARE OF OUR VEHICLES VERY WELL AND GARAGE KEPT I CAN'T AFFORD THE PRICE OF THE BRAKE LINES OR THE LABOR I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY I HAVE READ ALL THE TESTIMONIALS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE HOLD UP ON THE RECALL IT SHOULD BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT AT ABS SYSTEM. *TR

TRAVELING AT 15MPH ON FLAT SIDESTREET, APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE NARROWLY AVOIDED REAR END IMPACT WITH ANOTHER CAR BY STEERING INTO CURB TO STOP MY VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, STEEL BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND FAILED UNDER VEHICLE ON DRIVERS SIDE BELOW DRIVERS SEAT. BRAKE FLUID SQUIRTING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND NO BRAKING ABILITY. *TR

EA11001 BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR DURING BRAKING, HIT POLE. REPAIR CENTER SHOWED ME A BATCH OF RUSTED BRAKE LINES ENTERING THE ABS BOX UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THAT GROUP OF LINES, FOUR OF THEM TOGETHER. SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS AND NEWS SHOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND YET, YOU HAVE DONE LITTLE. WHY ? I HAVE TWO OF THESE VEHICLES GREY [XXX] AND GREEN [XXX] AND THEY BOTH HAVE THIS ISSUE! - WTF ? AND THEY DO NOT WORK WITH 1/2 THE SYSTEM AS STATED IN EA11001 - THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR! THIS IS SEVERELY DANGEROUS! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS OUT OF TOWN TO VISIT FAMILY AND AS I WAS TURNING INTO A STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKES WENT SOFT AND I HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS THING BUT AS I GOT CLOSER TO A FRIENDS HOUSE THE BRAKES NO LONGER WORKED I HAD TO PUSH IT TO FLOOR TO SLOW DOWN. I WAS SO PETRIFIED I PULLED OVER AND WAITS FOR SOME FRIENDS TO PICK ME UP. I HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY TO WAIT TO A SHOP TO OPEN. THE MECHANICS STATED I LOSS 2 BRAKE LINES AND 2 CALIBERS ALMOST 700 I HAD TO PAY WITH NO CHOICE SINCE I HAD TO GO HOME AND WORK THE SAME DAY. THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING AND COST ME TONS OF MONEY I DON'T EVEN HAVE. THIS PROBLEM CAME WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WOULD LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,419.

WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN, I BEGAN TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE AS I WAS STOPPING MY BRAKE PEDAL STARTED TO VIBRATE. CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SKID JUST PAST THE STOP SIGN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IF MY ABS LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD IS OFF, MY BRAKING IS OK. BUT WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT IS NOT ON I GET THAT VIVRATIING FEELING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL JUST WHEN I'M ABOUT TO COME TO A FULL STOP, KINDA LIKE PULSATING. I BEEN SEARCHING IN THE INTERNET ABOUT CASES LIKE THIS AND THERE ARE RECALLS, I NEED TO KNOW HOW CAN I INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THE RECALL. THE AREA THAT I LIVE IN IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE OCEAN. *TR

BRAKE LINE LOCATED BETWEEN THE BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND THE REAR AXLE RUPTURED ABOVE THE FUEL TANK DURING A STOP FROM 45MPH FOR A STOP LIGHT CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO VEER INTO THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE AND ULTIMATELY TURNED INTO THE CROSS TRAFFIC PATTERN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT THE TIME SO THERE WAS NO CRASH. IT IS ALSO FORTUNATE THAT I WAS PULLING A TRAILER WITH BRAKES TO AID IN MY STOPPING OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN WORSE. *TR

BRAKE LINE BURST FROM BEING SO RUSTY, UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME, WAS ABLE TO VEER OFF TO SIDE TO AVOID COLLISION. *TR

HEADING HOME FROM FIREWORKS SHOW WITH 3 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. APPLIED THE BRAKES IN OUR DRIVEWAY... NOTHING, STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE DELIVERED MAIL SINCE 2000 (NOT IN THIS VEHICLE ), I HAVE HAD MY SHARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKES WAS THE WORST I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. IF IT WERE NOT FOR QUICK THINKING AND MY HUSBAND'S ACTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE PLOWED HEAD ON INTO OUR HOME. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE COULD NOT STOP AT THE 5 INTERSECTIONS ON THE WAY HOME. BOTH BRAKE LINES BLEW, RUST, CORROSION AND NOW UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF STORIES JUST LIKE OURS. I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN CHEVROLET VEHICLES. NOT ANYMORE! IF I HAVE TO TOW THIS BEAST TO THE DEALERSHIP TO UNLOAD IT, I WILL. I WILL GO TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND BUY A TOYOTA. THEY CAN HAVE THIS MESS THAT THEY CREATED. 5 LIVES WERE AT RISK LAST NIGHT. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

I WAS CROSSING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO TAKE AN EXIT RAMP WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PRESSED THE BRAKES ON MY TAHOE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT OVER A ROUGH AREA IN THE ROAD THE BRAKES RELEASED DESPITE ME PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I ENDED UP REAR ENDING THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME DUE TO THE BRAKES RELEASING ON THE ROUGH PART OF THE ROAD. I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN I TRY TO APPLY THE BRAKES ON A ROUGH PORTION OF ROAD. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN BRAKE POWER. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I STOPPED AT A STORE. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUPTURE DUE TO CORROSION AND RUST. CREATED UNSAFE STOPPING DISTANCES. VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP USING JUST THE NORMAL HYDRAULIC BRAKES. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO GET IT SERVICED AS WELL AS HAVE THE DEALERSHIP CHEEK THE BRAKES. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL STATING THAT ALONG WITH THE REAR BRAKES ON THE CAR, THE PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING METAL ON METAL CONTACT. I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT THE PARKING BRAKES NEED TO BE FIXED CONSIDERING I HAVE NEVER USED THEM BEFORE. THE DEALERSHIP FINISHED UP WITH THE CAR AND WHEN I GOT IT BACK, I BEGAN TO NOTICE SOME TUGGING GOING ON WHEN I WOULD BE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN OR ANYWHERE REALLY. IT FELT AS IF I WAS PULLING A TRAILER OR BOAT WHEN I WAS NOT. AFTER A FEW DAYS I NOTICED THAT THE TUGGING SENSATION HAD BEGAN TO DIE DOWN. IT WAS THEN THAT I READ THE PARKING BRAKES FOR THIS MODEL WERE SOMEHOW RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF CONTACT THAT CAUSED THEM TO WEAR DOWN VERY RAPIDLY. I PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MANUAL ON HOW TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE, CONSIDERING I HAD NEVER USED IT, AND WHEN I FINISHED ALL THE STEPS REQUIRED, MY CAR PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE VERY SLIGHT INCLINE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND BROUGHT THE CAR BACK IN FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. TURNS OUT, I NEED NEW HUBS ALONG WITH A NEW SET OF PARKING BRAKE PADS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS IN ORDER FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE CORRECTED. IT ANGERS ME THAT GM HAS NOT ISSUED ANY SORT OF STATEMENT TO OWNERS INFORMING THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE. NOR HAVE THEY ISSUED ANY SORT OF RECALL ON THE MATTER. MY PARENTS BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW BACK IN 2002 AND DROVE IT BEFORE I DID. THEY NEVER USED THE PARKING BRAKE EITHER. MY BROTHER WHO DRIVES A SILVERADO OF THE SAME YEAR ALSO HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE PARKING BRAKE NOT WORKING. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF THE PARKING BRAKE FAILING AT 25,000 MILES FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS. THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE FIRST WENT OUT ON MY CAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN NOT FUNCTIONING FOR A WHILE FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

REPLACED BRAKES ON REAR OF TAHOE GO TO BLEED THEM A HARD BRAKE LINE BUSTED. LOOKED AT LEAKING AREA NOTHING BUT RUST CAKED BRAKE LINES.COULD HAVE BEEN BAD IF I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE DOWN HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH WHEN APPLIED BRAKES. THE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES. HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 MIN. THE MAIN STEEL LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES HAS A RUSTED HOLE IN LINE. WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED FLUID SQUIRTS OUT. *TR

UN-EXPECTANT FAILURE OF CORRODED BRAKE LINE WIFE WAS OPERATING A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT TURNED RED AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL ??WENT TO THE FLOOR?? AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED BEFORE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. WIFE KEPT PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEYOND THE INTERSECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT A SHORT DISTANCE LATER. FIGURING THE VEHICLE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM FIRST APPLYING THE BRAKES UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. UPON INSPECTION, DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED JUST BELOW THE DRIVER??S SIDE DOOR. THE LINE THAT RUPTURED WAS VERY CORRODED IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUPTURE. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUPTURE ALSO APPEAR TO BE VERY CORRODED. PLANS ARE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WHERE ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES FAILED UN-EXPECTANTLY DUE TO CORROSION. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON THE GRAND PRIX WERE ALSO REPLACED AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. BOTH VEHICLES ARE/WERE WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES ON THIS TRUCK (AND EVERY OTHER GM TRUCK THIS ERA) ARE RUSTED BEYOND BELIEF!!! I FIX THEM AND FIX THEM AND FIX THEM - I'M TRYING TO DO THEM ALL BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS...THIS TIME THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND AND THE TRUCK KEPT GOING. HAD A CHOICE, HIT A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS OR HIT A TREE. I CHOSE THE TREE. NOT MUCH DAMAGE, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!!! I'VE SEEN MANY MANY POSTS ONLINE WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE - I GO TO THE PARTS STORE AND THEY STOCK THE BULK LINE AND FITTINGS AND KNOW THE SIZE FOR GM TRUCKS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON - ITS CRAZY THAT GM PUT SUCH FERROUS METAL IN THESE TRUCK BRAKE LINES. I OWN CARS MUCH OLDER AND WITH MANY MORE MILES AND THERE ARE NO ISSUES. SAME GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, SAME ROADS, SAME PARKING - DIFFERENT RESULTS. HMMMM....ITS OBVIOUS THEY USED CHEAP INFERIOR CRAPPY LINES THAT HAVE NOT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. THE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR IS ABSURD! NO FAILSAFES? AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MECHANISM (VALVES/ELECTRONICS) ARE LOCATED IN A SPOT ON THE FRAME THAT WAS INSTALLED BEFORE THE BODY WAS MATED TO THE CHASSIS! GREAT!!! HOW THE HECK DO YOU FIX IT? IM THINKING OF CUTTING A HOLE IN THE FLOOR ABOVE IT AND WELDING IT BACK IN! THIS IS CRAZY...A RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE YEARS AGO. *TR

WHEN I WAS PULL A TRAILER DOWN TO A RED LIGHTS MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD SWERVE TO NOT HIT THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME I GOT IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOD THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAM ON IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT WITH ME SHE IS TWO IF SOME THING HAPPENED IT WOULD HAVE DEVASTATED ME OR HURT SOME ONE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER THAT 1000 TRACTOR. *TR

AT LOW SPEED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATING FOR NO REASON. THIS VEHICLE WAS PART OF THE RECALL PERFORMED IN 2006. THE ISSUES HAVE RETURNED AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY REPAIRS UNLESS I PAY FOR THEM. THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED AT 36,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAS 95,000 ON IT NOW. *TR

COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES KIND OF SLIPPED AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP AS IT SHOULD. ABS LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. AND ALSO MADE A GRINDING NOISE. *TR

HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED. MECHANIC, WHO IS VERY GOOD, TOLD ME BRAKE LINES STARTING TO RUST. THIS LATEST INSPECTION SHOWED ISSUE GETTING WORSE. WAS TOLD EVENTUALLY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACES. EXPENSIVE. *TR