Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2001)

512 consumer complaints on file.

#10538380September 2, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR BEFORE HOLDING - NO HYDRAULICS. BRAKE LINE FAILURE/RUPTURE WITH HEAVY LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER DRIVER SEAT AREA. SUSPECTED CORROSION. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536799August 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY BRAKE LINES KEEP BURSTING. I WASN'T EVEN DRIVING, I WAS IN PARK, APPLIED THE BRAKES TO PUT IT GEAR AND THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, I JUST SPENT $400 TO HAVE THE REARS REPLACED WHILE ON THE ROAD. I WAS STUCK OUT OF STATE. NOW IT HAPPENED AGAIN. PLEASE HELP, I CAN'T AFFORD A REPAIR RIGHT NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536239August 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAY WHEN SUDDENLY SHE HAD TO BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, THE TRUCK NOT STOPPING. SHE GOT IN THE SLOW LANE AND HAD TO GO VERY SLOW TO HER DESTINATION. THANK GOD SHE'S A GOOD DRIVER OR SHE COULD'VE KILLED HERSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. I MET HER AT HER DESTINATION TO CHECK OUT MY TRUCK AND FOUND THAT WHEN YOU STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKE FLUID POURED OUT FROM UNDER THE CHASSIS OF THE TRUCK IN THE AREA OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR.SO I LOOKED AT THE REST OF MY BRAKE LINES AND THEY ARE FULL OF RUST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534193August 8, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
2001 TAHOE BRAKES FAILED...LINE RUPTURE, CAUSING MY WIFE TO PLOW THROUGH A RED LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION AND NARROWLY AVOID A CRASH. THIS IS MY THIRD GM BRAKELINE FAILURE. THE OTHER TWO OCCURRED ON A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, AGAIN WITH INSTANT, NO WARNING, LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. FORTUNATELY, THOSE EVENTS WERE IN PARKING LOTS AT VERY LOW SPEED. YES, THERE IS SOME, MAYBE 30% OF BRAKE POWER LEFT ON THE TAHOE, BUT THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS MAGNIFIED GREATLY ONCE SPEED IS ABOVE 15 MPH. I CAN CITE AT LEAST SIX OTHER ACQUAINTANCES WITH SIMIALR BRAKE LINE FAILURES ON GM VEHICLES FROM THE Y2000 ERA DESIGN. SOMETHING IS GROSSLY WRONG WITH GM, AND PERHAPS OTHERS, BRAKE LINE COMPONENTS. JUST VISUALLY EXAMINE THE BRAKELINES AND THEY APPEAR READY TO CRUMBLE AT MANY PLACES DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL EXTERIOR CORROSION. NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM ON THE MANY VEHICLES OWNED OVER THE YEARS. MAKE THEM FIX IT AT THEIR COST, PLEASE. I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE MORE CRITICAL SYSTEM FOR DRIVER SAFETY ON A VEHICLE THAN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. IT HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY RELIABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532349July 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532006July 26, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
OPERATING ON THE REAR ACCESS ROAD TO A MALL AND NOTICED BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR AND IT TOOK A STRONG EFFORT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TRIED PUMPING BRAKES TO SEE IF PEDAL WOULD RISE, IT DID NOT. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND IT WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND NO LEAK AT ALL FOUR WHEELS OR ON INSIDE MASTER CYLINDER COWL. DROVE SLOWLY TO NEARBY MECHANIC AND THIS TIME NOTICED DRIPPING UNDER DRIVER SIDE FLOOR. MECHANIC SAID I NEEDED BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT AND AM AWAITING REPAIR. VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED, ALWAYS PARKED ON PAVED DRIVEWAY, AND WAXED ALONG WITH UNDERCARRAIGE CAR WASHES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. PURCHASED USED FROM CHEVY DEALER AND FOUND LEFT REAR BACKING PLATE HAD ALMOST ROTTED OFF EXPOSING REAR AXLE SEALS WHICH DEALER REPLACED WITHIN WEEK OF MY PURCHASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525378July 17, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
REAR WINDOW HINGE IS CRACKED, COULD NOT CLOSE WINDOW SO WE TO TAKE THE PISTON OFF. EVEN WITH THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. READ OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND ALSO MENTIONED THE WINDOW FALLING OFF. TRUCK IS GARAGE KEPT AND NOT EXPOSE TO TOO MUCH WEATHER. THINK THIS COULD BE MANUFACTURE PROBLEM AND NOT THE CONSUMERS. THANKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525388July 17, 2013
SEAT BELTS
2001 CHEVY TAHOE; REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DOES NOT RETRACT, THE SEAT BELT HAS TO BE MANUAL ADJUSTED WITH A SCREW DRIVER AND DOING SO CRACKED THE PANEL. WAS ONLY ONE SIDE BUT OVER THE YEARS NOW IT IS BOTH SIDE. ONE SIDE JUST WILL NOT RETRACT AT ALL ANYMORE. I HAVE READ COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST US BUT IT MUST BE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. DO NOT LIKE THAT THEY DO NOT RETRACTING IF WE GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND DOES NOT PROTECT OUR SON! THANKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10523463July 6, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY SON WAS DRIVING ON I-95 INTO BALTIMORE WHEN HE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE 2001 TAHOE IMMEDIATELY LOST BRAKING POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER ONTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM BUT THE BRAKES WERE NO LONGER OPERATING PROPERLY. THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY RESISTANCE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND MINIMAL STOPPING POWER. `HE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING GARAGE BY DRIVING SLOWLY AND IN LOW GEAR. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME AND EXAMINED IT AND DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND THAT IT HAD LEAKED OUT OF A CORRODED AND BROKEN BRAKE LINE AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE CHASSIS. ALL OF THE METAL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING OF ANY IMPENDING BRAKE LINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGISTERED IN MARYLAND SINCE PURCHASED NEW AND THERE IS RELATIVELY LITTLE SNOW THAT FALLS IN THE WINTER AND AS A RESULT THERE IS ALMOST NO OTHER CORROSION ON THIS VEHICLE SO SEEING THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT AN INFERIOR GRADE OF STEEL WAS USED ON THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THE BRAKE LINE IN THE AREA OF THE FAILURE IS LOCATED ABOVE THE FRAME AND IS NOT VISIBLE FROM BELOW AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE INSPECTED FOR CORROSION. WHEN THE OIL IS CHANGED AND WHEN THE BRAKES ARE REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES ARE CHECKED BUT IN THE AREA OF THE FAILURE AS STATED THEY CANNOT BE INSPECTED. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF METAL BRAKE LINE AND BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THEM WITH A BETTER GRADE OF STAINLESS STEEL AS IT IS REASONABLY FORESEEABLE THAT FATALITIES WILL BE THE LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IN A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THESE INCIDENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515749June 7, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY AT 40 MPH, I NOTICED THAT THE TRUCK DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND APPEARED TO BE LOSING SPEED. I WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME AND DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN. I HAD 6 CHILDREN AGES 4-20 IN THE CAR TRAVELING TO A THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL GAME. WHEN I CAME TO THE NEXT LIGHT ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM WHEN I NOTICED THE PROBLEM AND BEGAN TO TURN, THE CAR STALLED AND I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP, BUT WAS NOW PERPENDICULAR TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I ASKED THE THREE OLDEST CHILDREN TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN THE ACTIVE ROADWAY AND PUSH THE TRUCK SLIGHTLY UPHILL TO THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT MOST LANE TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION. I THEN HAD TO TOW THE CAR BACK TO THE HOUSE. I FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP FUSE HAD BLOWN AND REPLACED IT. DESPITE THIS THE CAR WAS STILL HARD TO START. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO THIS VEHICLE BLOWING FUSES, IN ALL CASES REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP. I NOTED IN ONE COMPLAINT THAT THERE WAS AN NHTSA CAMPAIGN (05V155000) RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM ON THE SAME MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SUBURBAN THAT RESULTED IN A RECALL. I AM CONCERNED THAT A RECALL FOR ANOTHER NEARLY IDENTICALLY CONSTRUCTED VEHICLE AFFECTING THE SAME COMPONENT INSTALLED IN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT WARRANT NOTICE TO ME THAT I COULD SUFFER THE SAME FAILURE PLACING OCCUPANTS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAD I BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS OCCURRENCE THAT COULD RESULT IN MY VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS BEING STRANDED IN AN ACTIVE ROADWAY, I WOULD HAVE INITIATED PREVENTATIVE REPAIRS. THIS CAMPAIGN, OR AT A MINIMUM AN ADVISORY NOTICE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO OWNERS OF ALL VEHICLE EMPLOYING THE SAME FAULTY COMPONENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513618May 27, 2013
ENGINE
MISFIRING, EXHAUST LEAKING BECAUSE OF COMMON PROBLEM (EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKEN) MANY HAVE COMPLAINED OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE V8 ENGINES. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509698April 26, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 CHEVY TAHOE AT MODERATE SPEED WHEN THE ABS AND PARKING INDICATOR LIGHT COME ON. IN ADDITION THERE WAS PULSING WHICH I BELIEVE IS FROM THE ABS SYSTEM WHEN I TRIED SLOWING DOWN FROM 25 MPH. I DID RESEARCH ON TSB AND DID FIND THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS KIND OF PROBLEM AFFECTING GM SUV FROM 2000-2006 REGARDING SPEED SENSOR AND CORROSION OF BRAKE LINES . I INFORMED THE CHEVY DEALER OF THIS TSB AND THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND WANTED ME TO PAY IN EXCESS OF $1200 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THE DEALER REPRESENTING GM IS NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH. AS I TOLD THEM THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING UNREASONABLE CONSIDERING THE ASSISTANCE FROM TAX PAYER. I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE. REGARDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507411April 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING ONLY 25 MILES A HOUR AND HAD MY KIDS IN THE CAR I WENT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN HAD IT LOOKED AT THEY SAID ALL BRAKE LINES ROTTED. WITH A TRUCK THAT ONLY HAS 50,000 ON IT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. MY HUSBAND KEEPS MY TRUCK MINT IF HAD TO RATE IT ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10 I WOULD SAY IT IS A 9.5 LOOKS BRAN NEW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502040March 8, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON RT 67 IN SOUTHBURY CT. WHEN A DEER CROSSED THE STREET IN FRONT OF ME. I APPLIED THE BRAKES FIRMLY AND AT FIRST THEY FELT FINE, THEN THEY JUST WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY THE CAR SLOWED FROM THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES SINCE I NO BRAKES AFTER THAT POINT. USING THE E-BRAKE I INCHED MY WAY TO A SAFE SPOT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT A REPAIR SHOP AND I AM WAITING FOR AN ESTIMATE. THIS INCIDENT APPEARS TO MATCH MANY OTHERS RELATED TO EA11001. AS YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. FORTUNATELY IN MY CASE, THE DEER JUMPED OUT AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. IF THE DEER DID NOT JUMP OUT AND THE BRAKES FAILED LATER IN MY TRIP I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON A HILL OR AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WHERE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CERTAINTY. I FIND IT REMARKABLE THAT EA11001 IS TAKING SO LONG TO RESOLVE GIVEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS ISSUE. PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH ANY UPDATED INFORMATION. THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499318February 19, 2013
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
MY SON AND I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16. MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND I TRIED TO CORRECT IT WHEN MY BACK RIGHT TIRE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND I TRIED TO CORRECT AND WENT TO THE LEFT WHEN MY LEFT BACK TIRE DUG INTO THE EARTH AND CAUSED MY TRUCK TO FLIP OVER. WHEN THE TRUCK FLIPPED OVER MY SON WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT BUT THE BELT CAME UNDONE. ALSO IN THE ROLLOVER NO SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN IF THEY DID IT MIGHT HAVE KEPT HIM IN THE VEHICLE. BEWARE IS ALL I CAN SAY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10488962December 17, 2012
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE EQUIPPED WITH TBC SIGMA STAMPEDE RADIAL SUV TIRES, SIZE P265/70/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 -60 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AWKWARDLY. AFTER STOPPING AND INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED HER A PRO-RATE FOR A NEW TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER REPLACED WITH A NEW TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT RECENTLY NOTICED A CRACK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND A REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS ORDERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 143,312.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10487383December 4, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS COMING TO A STOP AT INTERSECTION. AND COULD NOT STOP, BRAKES FAILED.. MECHANIC SAYS ALL LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED.. EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED, SEEMS MANY OTHER GM OWNERS HAVE SAME ISSUES, SHOULD BE RECALLED HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483487November 6, 2012
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE EQUIPPED WITH COOPER SIGMA STAMPED RAD SUV TIRES, SIZE: 265/70/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY AND REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT THE REPLACEMENT TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON TWO ADDITIONAL TIRES BUT DID NOT CONFIRM THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE TIRES. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,350.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478362October 2, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TRUCK BRAKES LINES JUST ROTTED OUT COMPLETELY HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE LINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10477074September 25, 2012
ENGINE
TWO EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ARE BROKEN. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING ON. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BY GM TO FIX THIS UNDER WARRANTY. DUE TO THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, THIS PREMATURE BOLT BREAKAGE PROBLEM IS COSTING CONSUMERS MILLIONS IN REPAIR COSTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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