Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2002)

449 consumer complaints on file.

#10120663May 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE 2002 TAHOE ABS DEFECT IN THEM. CALLED GM THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WARRANTY THE VEHICLES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. THERE IS NO RECALL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BECAUSE THEY ARE RECALL THE ONES CANADA. THE BRAKES AT A SLOW SPEED ARE ACTIVATING, AND TOOK TO A GM DEALER AND GM WILL NOT REIMBURSE. TESTING AND FOUND THE ABS SENSORS CORRODED AND GAP SPREAD, PER GM TECH AT DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AT OWN EXPENSE AND WANTS REIMBURSMENT!! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120487May 9, 2005
TIRES
THE CHEVROLET TAHOE NOW HAS 19,000 MILES AND WE NEVER HAVE HAD A FLAT TIRE > ON ANY OF THE THESE TIRES. > YESTERDAY MAY 7, 2005 WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH. WHEN WE > HEARD A POP SOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. > I SOON COULD FEEL THAT THE TIRE WAS GETTING FLAT AND PULLED OVER TO THE > SHOULDER AND OBSERVED THE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THERE WAS NO > OBJECTS OR POT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THAT I COULD HAVE RAN OVER WITH THE > VEHICLE. > THE BLOW OUT OF THE TIRE WAS AROUND THE SEAM OF THE OUTER SIDEWALL. > > QUESTIONS?: > HAS THERE BEEN SIMILAR OCCURRENCES WITH THIS MAKE OF FIRESTONE TIRE? > IS THIS TYPE OF SIDEWALL BLOW OUT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119510May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. ON APRIL 9, 2005 MY WIFE AND YOUNG DAUGHTER WERE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IN NORTH KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. MY WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 10 -15 MPH. INITIALLY, SHE FELT PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN THE PEDAL COMPLETELY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR, ABSENT OF ALL PRESSURE. AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKE FAILURE SHE REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER WHICH IN TURN ROLLED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF THEM (A TOTAL OF 3 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED). THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WORKED THE ACCIDENT CHECKED THE BRAKES AND IMMEDIATELY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED DUE TO INOPERABLE BRAKES. AS A RESULT MY WIFE WAS NOT CITED IN THE ACCIDENT. DAMAGE WAS MINIMUM TO THE OTHER 2 CARS, HOWEVER REPAIR COSTS TO OUR TAHOE WAS APPROXIMATELY $4300. ONE OF THE OTHER DRIVERS COMPLAINED OF A HURT KNEE/LEG AND ANOTHER DRIVER COMPLAINED OF AN INJURED BACK. MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES. THE EXTENT OF THE OTHER TWO INJURIES ARE UNKNOWN. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND INDICATED THAT THEY WERE IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION AND REPORTED THERE WERE NO REPAIRS NECESSARY. I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE THE PAST 2 WEEKS AND THEY DO APPEAR TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY. HOWEVER, I HAVE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE BRAKE SYSTEM INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT DEALER THIS WEEK. I READ A STORY ON FOX NEWS INDICATING GM WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BRAKE FAILURES AT LOW SPEEDS AND I WANTED TO SUBMIT MY CLAIM FOR CONSIDERATION AS OUR SITUATION APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS INCIDENTS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10119678May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WE HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE, TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED, LESS THAN 5MPH, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAD SIGNIFICANT VIBRATION AND COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. ENDED UP HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US BUT NO DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119100April 25, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON . CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117409April 5, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEN MAKING TURNS. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE FROM FRAME TO FRAME NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, WHICH WAS MAKING THE STEERING LOOSE, AND UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114070March 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IS MAKING NOISE. MECHANIC STATES THAT IT MAY LOCK UP UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER STATES THEY HAVE HAD 4 SIMILAR VEHICLES IN FOR THIS PROBLEM AND STATES IT IS DUE TO FACTORY ERROR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113843March 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE
CHEVROLET TAHOE 2002, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A VEHICLE THAT ONCE HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAD BEEN FULLY CORRECTED. THE CONSUMER THEN FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NEVER FIXED AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. NOT ONLY WAS THE VEHICLE SLIPPING, SLOW TO SHIFT AND EXHIBITING A NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THERE WERE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE SEAT WARMED LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BUTTON WAS PUSHED, THE SPEAKERS WERE CRACKING LOUDLY, THE A/C LIGHT CAME ON BY ITSELF, THE MOON ROOF RATTLED AND WAS LEAKING, THE CARGO POWER SWITCH DID LOCK THE DOORS WITHIN 5 SECONDS OF THE CARGO DOOR BEING CLOSED, THE HANDLE ON THE THIRD ROW SEAT FELL OFF, THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS MISSING, AND THE RUBBER STRIPPING ON THE CARGO DOOR WAS LOOSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112275February 28, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DURING OWNER PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE (TIRE ROTATION AND FRONT END GREASE) UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT RUBBER BOOT WAS FOUND RIPPED AND PLAY WAS NOTED IN DRIVER FRONT WHEEL HUB. UPON TIRE ROTATION WITH TIRE OFF THE GROUND AUDIBLE GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM WHEEL BEARINGS. DURING INSPECTION OF PASSANGER FRONT WHEEL THE SAME AUDIBLE GRINDING WAS NOTED FROM THE WHEEL BEARINGS. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT HUBS AND UPPERCONTROL ARM UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111476February 14, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS JUST SERVICED AGAIN LAST WEEK FOR A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP.*AK....FIRST REPLACEMENT WA SON 11/07/2002 AT 21170 MILES. IT WAS COVERED 100% BY WARRANTY. SECOND REPLACEMENT TOOK PLACE ON 04/28/2004 AT 50,790 MILES. PARTS WERE UNDER WARRANTY, CONSUMER PICKED UP LABOR COSTS, AND THIRD REPLACEMENT WA SON 02/04/2005 AT 67, 275 MILES. WARRANTY COVERED 50%, AND CONSUMER ASSUMED 50% 0F LABOR COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105342January 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO OFFERED A GMC LOYALTY CERTIFICATE IN THE AMOUNT 0FF $1000.00 TOWARDS A NEW VEHICLE PURCHASE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED 6 TIMES AND REPLACED 3 TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. GM WAS UNCOOPERATIVE TO RESOLVING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104869December 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WENT TO START CAR SO I COULD PICK DAUGHTER UP FROM A BASKETBALL GAME (11:30 P.M. ON A FRIDAY NIGHT) AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD TURN BUT GOT NO FIRE TO IT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT DID THE SAME THING TO INCLUDE THE MONDAY MORNING. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER, IT STARTED ON THE FIRST TRY WHEN THE TOW TRUCK LET IT DOWN. THEY CHECK IT OUT, TOLD ME IT WAS MY FUEL PUMP. CHARGED ME $645. THE FOLLOWING WEEK (SUNDAY, THE SAME THING OCCURED AGAIN AND I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER ON MONDAY AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT, PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND NO PROBLEM WAS NOTED BY THE MACHINE. SERVICE MANAGER SUGGESTED THAT IT COULD BE THE SENSORS BECAUSE ABOUT EVERY 300 MILES OR FULL TANK OF GAS, IT HAS STARTED DOING THIS. SUGGESTED I BRING IT IN NEXT TIME WHEN IT DOES NOT START TO SEE IF THEY CAN DETECT THE PROBLEM. CHRISTMAS DAY, IT DID NOT START AS WE WERE ON OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN FOR A FAMILY CHRISTMAS IN ANOTHER STATE. IT DID START THE NEXT DAY (SUNDAY) AND WAS FINE FOR THE WEEK UNTIL TODAY (NEW YEAR'S EVE). AGAIN, HAD IT TOWED TO THE LAST DEALER AND THEY CHECKED IT. IT DID NOT START THE FIRST TIME BUT IT DID THE SECOND TRY. ASKED IF I PUMPED THE GAS WHILE TRYING TO START IT. I DID NOT AND THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE OUT AND AGAIN PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND IT DID NOT DETECT ANYTHING WRONG. THEY ASKED THAT I MAKE AN APPT. FOR THURSDAY SO THEY KEEP IT OVER NIGHT AND SEE IF IT WILL START FOR THEM. ALL DEALERS WERE CHEVROLET DEALERS. NO ADDITONAL PARTS WERE PLACED ON TEH VEHICLE. HAVE STEADY OIL CHANGES, TIRE ROTATIONS AND ANY AND ALL SERVICES DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SINCE DEC 6 (FIRST INCIDENT) IT HAS NOT CRANKED ON ME 3 SEPARATE TIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105493December 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH UP A HILL THE PLANETARY GEAR FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE PRODUCED A LOUD POP AND GRINDING NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER STATES THE GEAR WILL NO LONGER ENGAGE INTO REVERSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105347December 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE TURNED OFF AT 15 MPH, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK, AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TOP BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104452December 24, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN, STEERING:LINKAGES
I RECENTLY TOOK MY 2002 CHEVY TAHOE IN TO THE DEALER FOR A LONG OVER DUE REPAIR. AFTER DESCRIBING MY PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN (A CLUNK SOUND AND FEEL THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH I HAD FIRST NOTICED AT ABOUT 20K MILES), HE TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS A "COMMON OCCURRENCE" IN THE YEAR/MODEL AND THAT IT WAS "DUE TO POOR LUBRICATION/DESIGN" WITH THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. HE SHAFT WOULD COST $140 PLUS ONE HOUR LABOR.... HOWEVER; IT IS ON A LONG BACK ORDER. SEEMS STRANGE THAT AN ITEM, WHICH IS A "COMMON OCCURRENCE" AND THE ITEM IS BACK ORDERED (MUST BE A LOT OF REPLACING GOING ON) WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL FOR A FREE REPLACEMENT. I PAID TOP DOLLAR FOR THIS VEHICLE AND FOR SUCH A STANDARD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AT THIS LOW OF MILEAGE SEEMS A BIT OUT OF THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. AFTER REVIEWING MANY SITES ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THIS OCCURANCE IS COMMON ENOUGH THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. WALTER GOODALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102954December 14, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. EMERGENCY BRAKE IS SELDOM USED BUT WAS IN WORKING ORDER. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND WAS INFORMED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD CAR. THIS SAME VEHICLE PASSED INSPECTION THE PRIOR YEAR. THERE WAS A COST OF OVER $400.00 TO REPAIR THIS. I WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR FACILITY THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102779December 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
APPROXIMATELY 10K MILES ON 2002 TAHOE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND TRANSMISSION, FAILED, WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT ONLY PART OF TRANSMISSION NEEDED FIXED. NOW AT 40K MILES ROUGHLY 2 YEARS LATER AND OUT OF WARRANTY, SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED, WHAT WILL GM DO FOR ME???*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102547December 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
BATTERY DIED, REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHTS COMING ON WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, UNABLE TO START VEHICLE, VEHICLE STALLING. UNABLE TO OPERATE VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN THE RAIN. BARELY ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OFF ROADWAY. NO POWER AT ALL INCLUDING LIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS. TOOK TO CHEVROLET DEALER - FOUND NO PROBLEM, NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT. WAS TOLD THAT AFTER MARKET ALARM SYSTEM (INSTALLED AT CHEVROLET DEALER) COULD BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. TOOK TO AUDIO INSTALLER AND HAD ALARM REMOVED. WAS TOLD BY DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALER THAT THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH A TAHOE IN THEIR SHOP. THEY REMOVED ALARM AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE (2 DAYS). WOULD NEED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AS IT COULD EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE ONCOMING VEHICLES CAN NOT SEE YOU WITHOUT HAZARD LIGHTS. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. I HAVE KEPT THE ALARM SYSTEM IF NEEDED TO REVIEW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102439December 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE TRACTION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099432December 8, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
WHEN MAKING TURNS FROM 5 MPH OR MORE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION, AND IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND THUMP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS. FIRST DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM, AND THE SECOND DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SHAFT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS ON BACK ORDER. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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