NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 29, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 444
- Crashes reported
- 38
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 05V379000
- Reported
- August 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,353,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 04V129000
- Reported
- March 17, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,662,211
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Avalanche, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Avalanche, 14 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Avalanche, 57 other models
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 444 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on November 9, 2023. Of these, 38 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 31 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (26%), followed by the structure (15%) and the service brakes (12%).
1 of the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche's 4 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (312 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic115
- Structure67
- Service Brakes54
- Parking Brake37
- Engine And Engine Cooling35
- Tires34
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 38 | |
| 2003 | 65 | |
| 2004 | 99 | |
| 2005 | 83 | |
| 2006 | 35 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 99. 65% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche drew 15× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Avalanche year in the same window: 1st highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Chevrolet Avalanche years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 444 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: November 9, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted