Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2003)

507 consumer complaints on file.

#10223565April 7, 2008
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
EXPERIENCE TIRE FAILURE OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE ON 2003 CHEV. TAHOE ON 4/6/2008 WHEN RETURNING TO MEMPHIS FROM ATLANTA. WAS TRAVELING AT 70-75MPH WHEN ENTIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE CAUSING A VIOLENT EXPLOSION OF TIRE. I STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE. THE ENTIRE TREAD WAS GONE FROM THE TIRE. THE REMAINING MATERIALS WERE NOTHING MORE THAN STEEL BELTING MATERIALS. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE WHEEL WELL LINING, FENDER, REAR DOOR, FENDER AND BUMPER AS WELL AS PAINT DAMAGE. THESE TIRES HAD 68,000 MILES ON THEM WITH APPROX. 1/4" OF TREAD REMAINING. I EXAMINED THESE TIRES AND VERIFIED 34 LBS OF PRESSURE PRIOR TO LEAVING MEMPHIS FOR ATLANTA. NO OBJECT WAS STRUCK IN THE ROADWAY. THIS WAS SIMPLY A TREAD FAILURE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10223373April 4, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH DOWNHILL AND APPROACHING A STOP, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES PUSHED BACK ON THE CONTACT'S FOOT. THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STOP AND ANOTHER VEHICLE NEARLY CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE BRAKES UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V045000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME, THE DEALER HAD A TECHNICIAN INSPECT THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $200. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000. UPDATED 10/16/08 *BF UPDATED 10/20/08. *JB
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0
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0
#10222897March 31, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, EQUIPMENT
I OWN A 2003 CHEVY TAHOE. I NOTICED IN THE FALL OF 2004 THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WAS BEGINNING TO BE WRONG - I WOULD BE RUNNING AT 1,900 RPM, WHICH FOR MY VEHICLE IS ABOUT 65 MPH, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD ONLY BE SHOWING 40 MPH. I TOOK THE TAHOE INTO MY DEALERS SERVICE DEPT WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER WAS BAD AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, SO THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM. A NEW CLUSTER WAS REPLACED ON 12/6/04 WHEN THE TAHOE HAD 40,000. I NOW HAVE OVER 108,000 MILES ON IT AND THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER IS NOW DOING THE SAME THINGS THE OLD ONE DID. THE OTHER NIGHT (3/29/08) I WAS DRIVING HOME AT 1,900 RPM ON THE TACH AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAS SITTING ON 0 MPH - NOW I KNOW I WASN'T STANDING STILL ON THE HIGHWAY! I HAVE HEARD ABOUT MANY MANY OTHER CHEVY OWNERS WITH VEHICLES AROUND THE SAME YEAR AS MINE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPEEDOMETERS. WHEN IS GM GOING TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL SO PEOPLE AREN'T REQUIRED TO PAY $300-$700 (DEPENDING UPON DEALER INFO) TO REPLACE THEIR FAULTY SPEEDOMETERS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10222620March 28, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WHERE GOING OUT AROUND 60,000 MILES. WAS QUOTED AROUND $500.00 AT THAT TIME BUT COULD NOT AFFORD IT. NOW 30,000 MILES LATER I GET THIS RECALL LETTER AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE AT NO CHARGE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10220999March 13, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT A GROWLING NOISE WAS COMING FROM MY LEFT FRONT WHEEL. AFTER EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM IT WAS NOTICED THAT MY BEARINGS HAVE FAILED. GM HAS TSB INFORMATION ON THIS AS THEY KNOW IT IS A PROBLEM BUT ARE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST ME DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. I THINK IF THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN THEY SHOULD HONOR THE PROBLEM FOUND INITIALLY. SHOULD COMPLETE FAILURE HAVE OCCURRED IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10221000March 13, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ON MY 2003 TAHOE RECENTLY STARTED CLIMBING AND READING EXTREMELY EXCESSIVE OIL PRESSURE AND NOT RESETTING AFTER THE KEY IS TURNED OFF. I HAVE FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM TO BE RECURRING ON MY SAME MODEL VEHICLE WITH OTHER CONSUMERS. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH MY LOCAL DEALER AND WITH GM'S CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY RELUCTANTLY REPLACED MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FREE OF CHARGE. THANKFULLY IT SAVED ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AS I WAS CONSIDERED OUT OF THEIR WARRANTY BEING I HAVE 93,000 + MILES ON MY TRUCK AND THEY STATE THEY WILL ONLY HONOR IT FOR 75000 MILES. THANKS GM. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10220867March 12, 2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THE SPEEDOMETER HAVE A HABIT OF NOT WORKING. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10220110March 5, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER/GAUGE ON MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE IS MALFUNCTIONING. CHEVY IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ISSUED A RECALL. I WENT TO A CHEVY DEALER TODAY FOR REPAIR AND THE SERVICE PERSON EXPLAINED THAT MY VIN IS A PART OF THE RECALL, BUT I DO NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE THE RECALL IS FOR 8 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES. I HAVE 74,000 MILES AND I'M EXPECTED TO PAY $650 FOR THIS DEFECT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MALFUNCTIONING GAUGES CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE, AND SAFETY ISSUES ARE NOT TO BE LIMITED TO TIME AND MILEAGE PARAMETERS. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $650 FOR CHEVY'S DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, WHEN THE DEFECT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219848March 2, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TODAY MY INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY 2003 TAHOE DID NOT WORK WHEN I TURNED ON THE TRUCK. I DID NOT KNOW HOW FAST I WAS GOING NOR IF I HAD ANY GAS IN THE VEHICLE. I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A QUICK FIX FOR IT. SOMEONE HAD SUGGESTED PULLING OUT THE DIC (DRIVER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) FUSE, START THE TRUCK, TURN TRUCK OFF, THEN PUT THE FUSE BACK IN AND RESTART THE TRUCK AGAIN. IT RESET EVERYTHING. THANK GOODNESS IT WORKED, HOWEVER IT SEEMS TO BE A BOGUS FIX THAT APPEARS TO HAPPENING TO MANY VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL. ACCORDING TO THE CHATS IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, LUCKILY I FOUND THE CHEAP FIX...I HOPE IT WORKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219554February 28, 2008
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
I HAVE A 2003 TAHOE Z71 WITH LEATHER SEATS. MY WIFE NOTICED A SMELL AND THOUGHT IT WAS EXHAUST. I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT SMELL THAT WAY ALL THE TIME. WE FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM BY MY WIFE GETTING BURNT. HER SEAT HEATER WAS GETTING WAY TOO HOT AND PRODUCED A BURNING SMELL. IT GOT SO HOT THAT IT LEFT A BURNT MARK ON THE LEATHER SEAT AND BURNT HER BACK AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS WHAT WAS CAUSING THE SMELL. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU TURN ON THOSE FRONT SEAT HEATERS. WILL REPORT TO CHEVROLET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10218082February 14, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE HAS 100, 100 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS SUDDENLY BEEN ACTING UP. THE NEEDLE JERKS UP/DOWN INSTEAD OF SMOOTH MOVEMENT. OCCASIONALLY I WILL BE ON INTERSTATE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH BUT NEEDLE IS AT 20-30 MPH. JUST TODAY MY NEEDLE WON'T GO BELOW 15MPH WHEN I AM FULLY STOPPED & IN PARK. RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM HAS LED ME TO FIND MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING WITH THEIR GMC VEHICLES FROM 2003/2004. *TR
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10217588February 10, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
ONE OF THE PLASTIC HINGES TO THE REAR LIFT GATE/REAR WINDOW OF MY 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE SEPARATED, AND NOW THE REAR WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES. THIS IS A KIN TO A PASSENGER DOOR COMING APART. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS REASONABLE FOR A DOOR TO A VEHICLE TO FAIL AFTER THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF USE IT GETS, AND THE AGE AND WEAR TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP, GORDON CHEVROLET (TAMPA, FLORIDA), TOLD ME THAT THE WHOLE LIFT GATE/REAR WINDOW WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE PART (15847109) IS ONE UNIT. THE COST IS AN INCREDIBLE $855.55 FOR THE PART, $96.98 FOR LABOR, SHOP SUPPLIES, AND TAX WHICH BRINGS THE COST OF REPLACING CHEVROLET'S DEFECTIVE PART TO OVER $1,000.00. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10217603February 10, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS OUR SPEEDOMETER ON OUR 2003 CHEVY TAHOE, HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING INCORRECT SPEEDS. SOME DAYS IT WOULD SAY WE WERE DOING 120 MPH WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN PARK. SOME DAYS THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SAY 0 ALL THE TIME. IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 IN TOTAL STOPPED WORKING, IT DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL. SINCE WE NEVER KNOW WHAT SPEED WE ARE DRIVING, WE FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHEVY FEELS IT IS NOT AND WILL ONLY REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE PART IN VEHICLES THAT HAVE LESS THAN 70,000. OURS HAS MORE THAN THIS MILEAGE ON IT SO THEY SAID THEY DON'T CARE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHEVY'S OTHER THAN TAHOES AND ARE YOUNGER THAT OUR VEHICLE AND THEIR SPEEDOMETERS DO NOT WORK EITHER. THAT IS TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE ROADS THAT HAVE FAULTY SPEEDOMETERS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY UNDER THERE RULES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10217035February 5, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER IS VERY SPORADIC IT DOES NOT TELL THE RIGHT SPEEDS IT WILL JUMP TO 120MPH WHEN IM GOING 25 OR 30 MPH IN MY SUBDIVISION SOMETIMES IT JUST STOP AT 40 MPH WHEN IM SITTING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN ALSO I'VE NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS WANDERING WHY THERE IS NO RECALL. *TR
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10216796February 3, 2008
STEERING:COLUMN
I BOUGHT MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE IN OCTOBER 2006, AND WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER I HAD IT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS VIBRATING TERRIBLY, MADE ME VERY NERVOUS AS IT FELT LOOSE. I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CHECKED IT OUT AND ASSUMED THERE MAY BE A RECALL BUT THERE WAS NOT SO HE STUCK A BUNCH OF GREASE IN IT AND IT WAS GOOD. THAT LASTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND AGAIN IN ANOTHER 6 MONTHS OR SO. I HAVE HAD IT IN 3 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND HAVE TO PAY EACH TIME TO GET THE STEERING SHAFT GREASED AND I THINK THAT IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS A TOP DOLLAR AUTOMOBILE SO ONE WOULD THINK THESE PROBLEMS WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. VERY DISAPPOINTED. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10216820February 3, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2003 CHEVY TAHOE AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. SOMETIMES IT GOES WAY PAST THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE GAUGE. ALSO JUST RECENTLY, MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION AS WELL. I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND IT READ 25 MPH. I HAD TO TURN THE TRUCK ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO RESET IT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL TAHOE OWNERS AND APPARENTLY THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO THEM. APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT JUST A SINGLE CASE. I WOULD LIKE GM TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM SINCE IT IS EXPENSIVE IF I PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OUT OF MY POCKET. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10216620January 31, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE CAUSING SPEEDOMETER TO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215612January 22, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 TAHOE, APPROX. 86,600 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE NO LONGER MOVES WHEN I DRIVE, IT IS STUCK IN THE FULLY DOWN POSITION. I AM GOING OVER 120MPH SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. DEALER WANTED $300-350 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE 70,000 MILES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY WARRANTING THIS THROUGH NOW. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT EVEN A 5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215451January 19, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 TAHOE ACTS ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 76000 MILES ON IT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH MANY MODELS THAT CHEVY HAS PRODUCED. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10214799January 14, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONS AND CAUSES INACCURATE READINGS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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