2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 2500 defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 2500. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- Brake line corrosion failureEngineering Analysis EA11001 · opened Jan 5, 2011 · closed Apr 8, 2015
On January 11, 2011, ODI opened EA11-001 to investigate allegations of premature brake line corrosion failure in model year (MY) 1999 through 2003 General Motors (GM) full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles sold or registered in the following region of the United States that NHTSA has viewed as salt states f…
- TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER FAILUREEngineering Analysis EA07013 · opened Sep 14, 2007 · closed Sep 12, 2008
Complaint reports allege poor weld quality and/or bending of the subject vehicle original equipment trailer hitch receiver.the agency's investigation included analysis of manufacturer and agency incident reports, review of police reports, analysis of the agency's fatal analysis reporting system, a vehicle owner survey,…
- TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER FAILUREPreliminary Evaluation PE07025 · opened May 14, 2007 · closed Sep 14, 2007
Gm provided additional data regarding allegations of failure of the trailer hitch.odi reviewed that as well as other data provided by peer manufacturers.based on our review, odi finds the need to further investigate this issue.this preliminary evaluation is upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea07-013) for further ass…