Three problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I pulled into driveway and put car in park, left engine running. Went to door of residence to get my kids. Kids went out to the car and were yelling fire! I seen the inside up in smoke. I reached inside to turn engine off. We then started pouring buckets of water into seat and on floor around the seat to try to prevent spread of the fire. I luckily put the fire out. Fire dept unhooked battery and removed melted plastic around seat. It seems a wire somehow shorted out beneath seat and caught the seat and floor on fire.
Recently took car for balancing and rotation at ntb. They saw oil dip was dry and was low oil level. Took it back to shop who did oil change one month ago. They said oil is vaporizing. I didn't understand how. Tech showed me black sluggish inside tail pipe saying that could be bad catalytic converter and it could have caused because of oil burning inside exhaust. I researched online about this issue and did find out that all gm & chevy owner having this issue with v8 engine on any liter. Shop replaced knock sensor twice but still service engine light came back on. It is very expensive repair cost to replace broken bolts on manifold. I hope manufacture will fix this issue as soon as possible so that consumer don't have to go through not passing state inspection.
2002 silverado 1500 2wd reg cab,purchased on 11-21-01. Vehicle was repaired at 2 dealerships. Mechanics can only resolve problem for a short period. Seems like a recall is needed. Repaired on 8-22-02 towing required replaced distributor cap & rotor installed insulation on a/c line (leaking water into distributor cap) repaired 10-29-02 towing required leaking water in distributing housing replaced distributor housing cap and rotor reinsulate a/c suction line repaired 10-3-03 towing required leaking water in distrubutor cap. Replaced cap and rotor repaired 12-30-03 towing required replaced corroded cap and rotor due to moisture . 1-28-04 towing required waiting for the finding of the repairs anticipating same results.
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