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vehicle
2002 / gmc / sierra-1500
known issues
6 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-02)
complaints
595 on file (2001-07-05 → 2023-01-15)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
439 occupant deaths, crash years 1990-2024 (legacy-code)
Brake line corrosion and fluid lossSERVICE BRAKES125 complaints2011-11 → 2020-11sierra-2002-brake-line-corrosion
10897317 BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH PREMATURELY AND WITHOUT WARNING PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WITH NO STOPPING POWER
10715461 REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILURE WHILE IN PARKING LOT, COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY
10652609 PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE STREET. APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN REACHING THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY AND BRAKE PEDAL WHEN COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR
10515596 ABS SENSOR IN HUB FAILED THIS IS THE FIRST OF FOUR FAILURES OF THIS PART ON MY VEHICLE
10515598 ABS SENSOR IN HUB FAILED THIS IS ONE OF FOUR IDENTICAL FAILURES OF THE SAME PART IN THIS VEHICLE
10444915 THIS SEEMS TO BE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS THAT CONTINUALLY REQUIRE REPLACING
Broken exhaust manifold bolts and studsENGINE4 complaints2012-05 → 2015-05sierra-2002-exhaust-manifold-bolts
10572622 THREE BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLTS
10516171 THE TRUCK HAS SEVERAL BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS THAT ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT CAUSING FAILURE OF CORRECT EMISSION CONTROLS THROUGH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND OUT OF THE HEADERS INSTEAD
10457487 EXHAUST LEAK ON DRIVERS SIDE OF ENGINE. BROKEN BOLTS ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD
Air bags not deploying in frontal impactAIR BAGS6 complaints2012-05 → 2023-01sierra-2002-air-bags-no-deploy
10459570 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH,THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL HEAD FIRST. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10877011 THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY
11501826 The air bags did not deploy
Frame and crossmember corrosionSUSPENSION, STRUCTURE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER3 complaints2015-10 → 2019-04sierra-2002-frame-corrosion
10783594 MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE FRAME CROSS-MEMBERS HAVE HAD HOLES ROTTED THROUGH THEM AND THE SHOCK MOUNTS HAVE ROTTED FROM THE FRAME
10959808 THE TUBULAR FRAME THAT SUPPORTS BOTH THE GAS TANK AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHOCK ABSORBER EXTREMELY RUSTS OUT CAUSING THE FRAME TO EVENTUALLY DISCONNECT FROM ITSELF AND ALLOW THE GAS TANK TO DROP AND/OR THE SHOCK TO DISCONNECT FROM THE AXLE, BOTH IN WHICH MAY CAUSE A FATAL
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2002/gmc/sierra-1500
@misc{wrenchpro_2002_gmc_sierra_1500_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2002 GMC Sierra 1500},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2002/gmc/sierra-1500}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
