One problem related to automatic transmission has been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet Express 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Chevrolet Express 1500 based on all problems reported for the 2002 Express 1500.
Two weeks ago our 4 year old 1500 express van, a conversion van, developed transmission problems. The sticker price was over $55,000. The mileage is 42,000 miles. When the chevy dealership told me that the repair cost would be over $3,000, it prompted me to call gm customer service. The result was approximately $500 off of the transmission repair, or a $1,000 buy out to be applied to a purchase of a new gm vehicle. The reason we decided to purchase our second chevy van was because we had very good luck with our 1998 van. I use the word lucky intentionally because it seems that either you are lucky to have a gm product work satisfactorily, or you end up with an unreasonable problem/cost. Our current van has been a big problem having died on country roads at 39,000 miles. The cost of that repair was over $600. Today, as I mentioned, we were looking a repair cost of over $3,000. All problems incurred with normal usage (no towing, only long trips, and regular 3000 mile oil changes).