Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2002)

449 consumer complaints on file.

#10637787September 21, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND WANT GO OFF. BRAKES WORKS FINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10632225September 10, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT "SOFT".. I KEPT STEADY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK.. EXITED THE TRUCK AND SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I LOOKED AND SAW THE BRAKE LINE WAS TOTALLY CORRODED AND BURST, CAUSING THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK OUT. I THEN CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND SAW THE FLUID WAS VERY LOW IN THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR..BUT ALSO.. THE BRAKE LINES UNDER THE HOOD EXHIBITED SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE CORROSION. MY LOCAL GM DEALER IS QUOTING OVER $2,000 TO REPAIR THE BRAKE LINES... AND OTHER LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE REPLACING A LOT OF BRAKES LINES ON NUMEROUS GM MODELS.............. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10630580September 4, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINE RUPTURE DUE TO CORROSION AND RUST. CREATED UNSAFE STOPPING DISTANCES. VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP USING JUST THE NORMAL HYDRAULIC BRAKES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10628960August 27, 2014
WHEELS, TIRES
I WAS DELIVERING AN SOME WENT WRONG WITH MY WHEEL ON MY TRUCK.. MY TIRE CAME OFF.AN MY TRUCK LOCK UP.AN MY TRUCK ROLL 6 TIMES....MY TIRE ON THE BACK DRIVER SIDE WAS GONE ... *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10628507August 26, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT AT ABS SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10628023August 25, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE PROCEEDING AROUND ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. THE RADIO WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL FRACTURED. THE CONTACT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE VEHICLE BY ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SPRAINED SHOULDER AND MEMORY LOSS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A JUNK FACILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10627382August 22, 2014
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY 308 IN BELLE ROSE LA AND THE TRUCK STALLED OUT WHEN I PUT MY BRIGHT LIGHTS ON ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD CAME ON AND THEN THE TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF!! MY STEERING WHEEL DON'T LOCK I HAVE TO TURN THE WHEEL AND HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE SAME TIME TO START THE TRUCK AND SOME TIMES IT DON'T EVEN START. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627084August 21, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TRAVELING AT 15MPH ON FLAT SIDESTREET, APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE NARROWLY AVOIDED REAR END IMPACT WITH ANOTHER CAR BY STEERING INTO CURB TO STOP MY VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, STEEL BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND FAILED UNDER VEHICLE ON DRIVERS SIDE BELOW DRIVERS SEAT. BRAKE FLUID SQUIRTING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND NO BRAKING ABILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619618August 12, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BRAKE LINE CORROSION. *SMD THE CONSUMER LOST BRAKING WITHOUT WARNING. HE WAS ABLE TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO BRAKE LINE CORROSION, WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT BRAKE LINES EXHIBITED THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621178August 10, 2014
AIR BAGS
2002 TAHOE LT WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON TWO LANE ROAD WHEN RIGHT FRONT TIRE HIT SOFT SHOULDER. CAR LEFT ROAD AND TRAVELED ABOUT 200 FEET BEFORE HITTING A POWER POLE. CAR STRUCK POLE JUST BEHIND LEFT FRONT TIRE. IMPACT SHEARED THE POLE OFF AND THE CAR ROLLED ONTO DRIVER'S SIDE, THEN SLID ABOUT ANOTHER THIRTY TO FIFTY FEET. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER STRUCK FACE ON STEERING WHEEL, CUTTING FOREHEAD AND RECEIVED OTHER FACIAL INJURIES. LEFT LEG WAS BROKEN IN FOUR PLACES AND DRIVER WAS PINNED IN CAR FOR ONE AN ONE HALF HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10618455August 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING VEHICLE DOWN HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH WHEN APPLIED BRAKES. THE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES. HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 MIN. THE MAIN STEEL LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES HAS A RUSTED HOLE IN LINE. WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED FLUID SQUIRTS OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617146July 29, 2014
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS NOT RETRACTING ON THE THIRD ROW. THE CONTACT HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO REMOVE A PASSENGER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10615602July 23, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT'S HEAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SPINAL CORD AND NECK INJURIES. THE DOCTOR X-RAYED THE CONTACT AND DIAGNOSED HIM WITH BURNING PARESTHEGIC, HYPER-ESTHESIA, AND CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME. THE CONTACT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TWO DAYS AFTER THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 285,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10608339July 5, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
HEADING HOME FROM FIREWORKS SHOW WITH 3 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. APPLIED THE BRAKES IN OUR DRIVEWAY... NOTHING, STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE DELIVERED MAIL SINCE 2000 (NOT IN THIS VEHICLE ), I HAVE HAD MY SHARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKES WAS THE WORST I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. IF IT WERE NOT FOR QUICK THINKING AND MY HUSBAND'S ACTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE PLOWED HEAD ON INTO OUR HOME. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE COULD NOT STOP AT THE 5 INTERSECTIONS ON THE WAY HOME. BOTH BRAKE LINES BLEW, RUST, CORROSION AND NOW UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF STORIES JUST LIKE OURS. I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN CHEVROLET VEHICLES. NOT ANYMORE! IF I HAVE TO TOW THIS BEAST TO THE DEALERSHIP TO UNLOAD IT, I WILL. I WILL GO TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND BUY A TOYOTA. THEY CAN HAVE THIS MESS THAT THEY CREATED. 5 LIVES WERE AT RISK LAST NIGHT. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10608079July 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
UN-EXPECTANT FAILURE OF CORRODED BRAKE LINE WIFE WAS OPERATING A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT TURNED RED AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL ??WENT TO THE FLOOR?? AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED BEFORE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. WIFE KEPT PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEYOND THE INTERSECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT A SHORT DISTANCE LATER. FIGURING THE VEHICLE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM FIRST APPLYING THE BRAKES UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. UPON INSPECTION, DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED JUST BELOW THE DRIVER??S SIDE DOOR. THE LINE THAT RUPTURED WAS VERY CORRODED IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUPTURE. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUPTURE ALSO APPEAR TO BE VERY CORRODED. PLANS ARE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WHERE ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES FAILED UN-EXPECTANTLY DUE TO CORROSION. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON THE GRAND PRIX WERE ALSO REPLACED AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. BOTH VEHICLES ARE/WERE WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10605178June 23, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS OUT OF TOWN TO VISIT FAMILY AND AS I WAS TURNING INTO A STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKES WENT SOFT AND I HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS THING BUT AS I GOT CLOSER TO A FRIENDS HOUSE THE BRAKES NO LONGER WORKED I HAD TO PUSH IT TO FLOOR TO SLOW DOWN. I WAS SO PETRIFIED I PULLED OVER AND WAITS FOR SOME FRIENDS TO PICK ME UP. I HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY TO WAIT TO A SHOP TO OPEN. THE MECHANICS STATED I LOSS 2 BRAKE LINES AND 2 CALIBERS ALMOST 700 I HAD TO PAY WITH NO CHOICE SINCE I HAD TO GO HOME AND WORK THE SAME DAY. THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING AND COST ME TONS OF MONEY I DON'T EVEN HAVE. THIS PROBLEM CAME WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604500June 19, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WOULD LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,419.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598678June 16, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN, I BEGAN TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE AS I WAS STOPPING MY BRAKE PEDAL STARTED TO VIBRATE. CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SKID JUST PAST THE STOP SIGN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IF MY ABS LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD IS OFF, MY BRAKING IS OK. BUT WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT IS NOT ON I GET THAT VIVRATIING FEELING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL JUST WHEN I'M ABOUT TO COME TO A FULL STOP, KINDA LIKE PULSATING. I BEEN SEARCHING IN THE INTERNET ABOUT CASES LIKE THIS AND THERE ARE RECALLS, I NEED TO KNOW HOW CAN I INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THE RECALL. THE AREA THAT I LIVE IN IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE OCEAN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10595925June 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LINES ON THIS TRUCK (AND EVERY OTHER GM TRUCK THIS ERA) ARE RUSTED BEYOND BELIEF!!! I FIX THEM AND FIX THEM AND FIX THEM - I'M TRYING TO DO THEM ALL BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS...THIS TIME THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND AND THE TRUCK KEPT GOING. HAD A CHOICE, HIT A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS OR HIT A TREE. I CHOSE THE TREE. NOT MUCH DAMAGE, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!!! I'VE SEEN MANY MANY POSTS ONLINE WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE - I GO TO THE PARTS STORE AND THEY STOCK THE BULK LINE AND FITTINGS AND KNOW THE SIZE FOR GM TRUCKS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON - ITS CRAZY THAT GM PUT SUCH FERROUS METAL IN THESE TRUCK BRAKE LINES. I OWN CARS MUCH OLDER AND WITH MANY MORE MILES AND THERE ARE NO ISSUES. SAME GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, SAME ROADS, SAME PARKING - DIFFERENT RESULTS. HMMMM....ITS OBVIOUS THEY USED CHEAP INFERIOR CRAPPY LINES THAT HAVE NOT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. THE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR IS ABSURD! NO FAILSAFES? AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MECHANISM (VALVES/ELECTRONICS) ARE LOCATED IN A SPOT ON THE FRAME THAT WAS INSTALLED BEFORE THE BODY WAS MATED TO THE CHASSIS! GREAT!!! HOW THE HECK DO YOU FIX IT? IM THINKING OF CUTTING A HOLE IN THE FLOOR ABOVE IT AND WELDING IT BACK IN! THIS IS CRAZY...A RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE YEARS AGO. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593719May 23, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINE LOCATED BETWEEN THE BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND THE REAR AXLE RUPTURED ABOVE THE FUEL TANK DURING A STOP FROM 45MPH FOR A STOP LIGHT CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO VEER INTO THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE AND ULTIMATELY TURNED INTO THE CROSS TRAFFIC PATTERN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT THE TIME SO THERE WAS NO CRASH. IT IS ALSO FORTUNATE THAT I WAS PULLING A TRAILER WITH BRAKES TO AID IN MY STOPPING OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN WORSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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