Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2003)

507 consumer complaints on file.

#10090683September 9, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
PURCHASED 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE ON 1/13/2003. SINCE THEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SERVICES OVER 10 TIMES FOR ENGINE STALLING OUT OR FOR VEHICLE TRYING BUT NOT CRANKING. FUEL PUMP WAS TO BLAME AT LEAST 3, BAD GAS HAS BEEN THE BLAME TWICE, CPU BRAIN TWICE AND ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ONCE. AS LONG AS VEHICLE HAS HALF TANK OF GAS VEHICLE RUNS FINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089737August 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 10 MPH. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089538August 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND KEY IN THE ACCESSORY MODE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD INTO A FENCE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083617August 20, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DIGITAL CONSOLE SUDDENLY READ FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND THEN BLINKED OUT WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE CONSOLE COMPONENTS WERE NOT READABLE. IN SOME CASES, THE CONSOLE STAYED ILLUMINATED IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE BATTERY DIED ON 6 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MODULE IN THE CONSOLE. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082927July 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, STEERING:COLUMN
STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE. THUMPING NOISE FROM STERING WHEEL. ALSO LOUD CRACKING NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING IN DRIVEWAY. LOUD CRACKING NOISE FROM LOWER FRONT WINDSHIELD ESPECIALLY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074706June 2, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ENGINE STARTS AND DIES OUT. SENT TAHOE TO SERVICE 3 TIMES. FIRST PROBLEM OCCURRED ON 2-16-04. SECOND PROBLEM ON 3-16-04, AND RETURNED ON 3-18-04. PICKED UP VEHICLE AND ON THE NEXT MORNING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. WHEN PICKED UP ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT FOR REPAIR, SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT IS OKAY TO DRIVE CAR, THEY HAD DONE A TEMPORARY FIX ,AND WE NEEDED TO KEEP 1/2 TANK OF GAS UNTIL GENERAL MOTORS CREATED A NEW FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE STILL NOT FULLY REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073890May 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL FILTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072823May 18, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE TAHOE WAS PURCHASED DEC. 30 2002. IN APRIL WE WERE DRIVING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TAHOE STALLED, WE PULLED OVER PUT IN PARK AND STARTED IT. WE DROVE ABOUT 13 MILES IT DID THE SAME THING. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. IN JUNE WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING 60 TO 65 AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WE HAD BEEN HOME ABOUT 30 MIN. AND MY HUSBAND WENT TO MOVE THE TAHOE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALERSHIP CAME TO PICK IT UP AND KEPT IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE RUBBER ON A FULE FILTER IN THE GAS TANK THAT WAS CLOSING UP WHEN IT HAD PRESSURE ON IT. ONCE THE TAHOE DIED THE PRESSURE RELEASED AND THE FUEL COULD FLOW THROUGH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068353May 5, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS
ONE OF THE DRIVING LAMPS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING THE FIRST 3000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER REINSTALLED NEW DRIVING LAMP AND STATED THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS UNUSUAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066281April 16, 2004
SEAT BELTS
THE REAR SEATBELT IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE ALLOWS ME TO INSERT THE METAL BUCKLE BETWEEN PARTS OF THE BUCKLE AND THE ACTUAL RECEIVING END WICH IT BELONGS LEADING ME TO BELIEVE MY CHILDREN ARE SAFELY BUCKLED IN. I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY AND MY FOUR YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS THROWN OUT OF HIS CAR SEAT BECAUSE THE BUCKLE WAS IMPROPERLY FASTENED. BECAUSE MY CHILD IS IN A BOOSTER SEAT IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH OVER AND VISIBLY SEE WHIHC "HOLE" THE METAL BUCKLE WAS INSERTED INTO. FORTUNATELY MY SON JUST EXPERIENCED MINOR BRUISING, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10066332April 16, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
I HAVE A 2003 TAHOE CHEVROLET I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK ON TWO OCCASIONS. FOR A CHECK BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY TO CRANK VEHICLE, IT HESITATE TO CRANK IT TRY TURN OVER THE ENGINE. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP THEN THE NEXT DAY IT DID THE VERY SAME THING.. DO YOU A A COMPLAINT OF THIS ..THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065117March 17, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR WOULDN'T ACTIVATE THE AIR BAGS FOR 80 POUNDS OR LESS, BUT IT DID WHEN THEIR 62 POUND CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT. *PH OTHER PROBLEM ARE AS FOLLOWED: DRIVER'S DOOR EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT RATTLES, STEERING VIBRATIONS/GRINDING WHEN TURNED TO LEFT, SUNROOF LEAKED HEAVILY WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN GOING THROUGH THE CAR WASH, DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT WHEN IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, WINDOW MOLDING WAS LOOSE, STEREO LIGHTS FLICKERED, SEAT MEMORY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE TO PRESET MEMORY POSITIONS AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVED, AND THE FRONT POWER WINDOW ALONG WITH THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WERE INOPERATIVE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063145March 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
CHILD WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR. IT COULD BE EASILY MOVED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT. DEALERSHIP WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CONDITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062084March 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN IT STARTED AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE UNTILL OIL PUMP PICKS UP.I PERSONALLY KNOW OF FIVE OTHER 5.3 LITER V8S THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM,BUT MY DEALERSHIP HAS NEVER HEARD OF THIS .I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. A FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A TSB REGUARDING A CHECK VALVE OF SOME KIND THAT WOULD STOP THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060558March 6, 2004
STEERING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHEN I HAD MY 2003 TAHOE FOR ONLY 6 MONTHS, MY TAHOE STALLED IN THE ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. WELL, THEY FIXED IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES. ALSO, I HAD TO BRING BACK MY TAHOE TO THE DEALER LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF A THUMPING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEY SAID THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAFT JUST NEEDED SOME LUBRICATION. MY CONCERN IS THAT I ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 14 MONTHS WITH 15700 MILES ON IT AND I ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS. COULD MY VEHICLE BE A LEMON? PLEASE RESEARCH ABOUT OTHER 2003 TAHOE'S IF THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060602March 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
"REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE DISPLAYED 3 TIMES WITHIN 4100 MILES OF BRAND NEW TAHOE. ON 4TH VISIT, DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY WITH A NEW ONE AT 4366 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061489March 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED 4-WHEEL DRIVE DISENGAGED ON ITS OWN. SOON AFTER, CONSUMER ENGAGED THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND A SERVICE 4-WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN 4-WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON 4-WHEEL DRIVE DISENGAGED. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT RESOLVE IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059453February 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. *LA THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND IT DID NOT ENGAGE. AFTER TRYING A SECOND TIME IF ENGAGED AND THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE. THE CONSUMER WAS FINALLY TOLD THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THE MALFUNCTION OF THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS A THUMPING SOUND COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A TURN, THE EMBLEM FELL OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, THE SEAT MECHANISM DID NOT WORK AND THERE WAS IN THE DRIVERS SIDE RUNNING BOARD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058444February 18, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES
WHEN VEHICLE IS TRAVELING STRAIGHT OR IN A TURN THERE IS A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055007January 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE PARKED LIGHTS PULSE BRIGHT THEN DIM, THIS INCLUDES ALL DASH LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHT AND TAIL LIGHTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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