NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Suburban Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Suburban 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 Suburban. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 286
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Suburban, 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 Suburban
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 2000–2001 Suburban, 6 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Suburban, 9 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Suburban, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Suburban, 14 other models
2002 Chevrolet Suburban complaints by year
NHTSA has received 286 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban, the newest on November 20, 2023. Of these, 24 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 24 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (24%), followed by the service brakes (14%) and the fuel system, gasoline (8%).
1 of the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban's 4 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Suburban owners gave the mileage (194 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic68
- Service Brakes41
- Fuel System, Gasoline23
- Power Train23
- Steering22
- Parking Brake19
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 26 | |
| 2003 | 47 | |
| 2004 | 28 | |
| 2005 | 60 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 60. 57% 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 Suburban drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Chevrolet Suburban years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 286 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Suburban by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: November 20, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted