2002 Chevrolet Camaro

MY 2002 GM CHEVROLET CAMARO'S ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED.THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS THAT LED UP TO THE FAILURE OF THE COMPONENT. AS TO DATE 03/02/2010 MY ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE,I HAVE NO ABS. ONLY A WARNING LIGHT TELLING ME I HAVE NO ABS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROX. 11/2 YEARS AGO,AND SINCE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY GM WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM.AGAIN I BELIEVE THAT GM KNOWS OF THIS FAILURE IN THEIR SYSTEMS(ABS..ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM)THE COST TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THIS ABS COMPONENTS IS APPRX.$2,500.00. MY INQUIRES WITH OTHER GM OWNERS OF OTHER MODELS IE;CORVETTE STATE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE CAMAROS. FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENTS IS VERY CRITICAL FOR SAFETY IN PREVENTING WHEELS FROM LOCKING UP AND CAUSING A SKID LEADING TO A VERY DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.(THE MAIN REASON CONSUMERS WANT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES!) *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT END VIBRATES. WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED AT 12,000 MILES THE DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THE BRAKE ROTORS. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED AT 19,000 MILES AND AGAIN THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE BRAKE PADS, IT WAS DETERMINED THE BRAKE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE NOT REPLACED.

IN AUGUST 2002, I PRODUCED BRAKES IN 542 DEPT. AT DELPHI CHASSIS SYSTEMS, DAYTON, OHIO. THE DEPARTMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO CEASE WORK 2 MONTHS AFTER THE END OF GM F-CAR PRODUCTION I WAS PLACED IN INSPECTION BEHIND BRAKE ASSEMBLY. I INSPECTED ALL BRAKES PRODUCED AS SERVICE PARTS. BEFORE I ARRIVED, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH POROSITY IN THE BRAKE CASTINGS. INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THE CASTINGS PRODUCER TO BRING IN AN X-RAY MACHINE, GENERAL FOREMAN SAM HANAKERI, ON ORDERS FROM VP GUY HACHEY, INSTALLED AN AIR GUN DRIVER AND WATER TANK TO CHECK PARTS AS THEY RAN. THE AIR GUN WOULD SHOOT A SPECIAL SCREW CONNECTED TO A COMPRESSED AIR CONNECTION, AND THE PART WAS DUNKED WHILE THE COMPRESSED AIR WAS ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE CASTING. THE PROBLEM: THE COMPRESSED AIR ATTACHMENT CROSS THREADED ABOUT 5% OF THE CONNECTION HOLES IN THE CASTING. SINCE THESE CONNECTIONS HAVE TO WITHSTAND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE IN USE, CROSS THREADING CAUSES LEAKS AND POTENTIAL BRAKE FAILURE. A GM ASSEMBLY PLANT HAD ISSUED A PRR FOR THE CROSS THREADING, BUT ONLY FOR ONE SIDE OF THE BRAKES DELPHI MANAGEMENT ONLY WANTED TO INSPECT THE THREADS ON THE BRAKES MENTIONED IN THE GM PRR, NOT MIRROR IMAGES. THEY KNEW THAT THE INSPECTION PROCESS DAMAGED BOTH SIDES, BUT WANTED TO IGNORE THE PROBLEMS ON THE NON PRR SIDE. SAM HANAKERI, GF, ORDERED ME TO INSPECT ONLY THE PRR SIDES. HE STATED THAT THE INSPECTION PROCESS CAME FROM GUY HACHEY, AND COULD NOT BE CHANGED OR IMPROVED. I INSPECTED THESE PARTS 60 DAYS. SAM HANAKERI OBJECTED TO THE SCRAP RESULTING FROM MY FINDING BAD THREADS, STATING THAT PREVIOUS INSPECTORS HAD FOUND LESS. I TOLD HIM THAT I SIGNED THE FORMS, AND AS LONG AS MY NAME WAS ON THE FORMS, THEY WOULD REFLECT WHAT I SAW. THESE SERVICE PARTS ARE STILL ON SHELVES. THE ASSEMBLY PARTS HAVE BEEN IN USE SINCE 2002. THE INSPECTION FORMS ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE, MAINTAINED BY BILL ENGLUND AT DELPHI NEED MORE BRAKE PLANT.*JB

CAMARO BOUGHT NOVEMBER 2002, BRAKES AND TIRES REPLACED SIX MONTHS LATER. ENGINE HAD SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL WITHIN THAT SAME SIX MONTHS TIME. WITHIN THREE YEARS REAR END PRODUCING AN EVER INCREASING HOWL. HAD CONTACTED DEALER TWO TIMES WITHIN FIRST YEAR ABOUT HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL FOR A QUART TO BE LOST WITHIN 3000 MILES. I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR TO WORK AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN ONE OF MY REAR AXLES IS GOING TO FALL OFF. I CANNOT AFFORD A NEW REAR END AND MY WARRANTY EXPIRED BY MILEAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO DO MUCH GOOD BUT IT FEEL GOOD TO BE ABLE TO WRITE ABOUT WHAT A 33,000 BLACK CAMARO PIECE OF CRAP CAN DO TO A MAN WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOYAL AS POSSIBLE TO CHEVY AND HAD A DREAM TO OWN SUCH A CAR ONLY TO FIND OUT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF WITH A HYUNDAI. I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING AND MAYBE THIS WILL TELL YOU WHAT I REALLY THINK OF CHEVY AND THEIR CARS. I WOULDN'T WISH THIS PURCHASE ON MY WORST ENEMY. BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE WAS BELIEVING IN CHEVY. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY THE BRAKE PEDAL SHUTTERED/SHIMMIED AND PULSATED WHEN DEPRESSED. THIS WAS DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE BRAKE ROTORS. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT 7000, 12419 ,18830,26754, AND 27310 MILES, THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED/REPLACED/TURNED. AND BRAKE SHIMS HAD BEEN ADDED. IN ADDITION THE BRAKE PAD AND SHOES WERE REPLACED 4 TIMES.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO PURCHASE A HIGHER QUALITY OFF THE MARKET ROTOR AT $500.00 PER ROTOR. *TC

THE FRONT RIGHT ROTOR WARPED. WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS SHUTTER/VIBRATED, AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS. ALSO, INFORMED OWNER THE FRONT RIGHT ROTOR IS WARPED. AFTER ABOUT 10,000 MILES VIBRATION RETURNED. VIBRATION WAS FELT WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT 40 MPH OR GREATER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WHEELS. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE WHEEL RIMS WERE NOT THE CORRECT RIMS. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE RIM SPACER FOR THE FRONT. BUT THE REAR RIM SPACER WERE ON BACK ORDER. *AK THE WHEEL STUDS WERE BROKEN AND THE LUG NUTS WERE WORKING THEMSELVES LOOSE, THE WHEEL CENTERING SPACERS WERE NOT INSTALLED WHEN THE RIMS WERE REPLACED, THE STUDS WEREN'T LONG ENOUGH FOR THE RIMS. *SC