Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2002)

449 consumer complaints on file.

#10522128June 27, 2013
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON AN ASPHALT SURFACED FREEWAY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A CATASTROPHIC SIDE-WALL FAILURE AND BLEW OUT. THE FAILURE LED TO A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE SPEED WAS REDUCED AND CONTROL WAS REGAINED. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES AND THE TIRE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521631June 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FIRST RECALL AS: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 05V379000 I HAVE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ACTIVATION DURING LOW SPEED BRAKING. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR (2012-2013), WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH WITHOUT EVASIVE MANEUVERS AND LUCK. I HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK ABOUT THE ORIGINAL RECALL, WHICH MY VEHICLE WAS A PART IN. MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN THE FIRST RECALL, WHICH REQUIRES THE TECHNICIANS TO INSPECT AND CLEAN THE SPEED SENSORS. WELL I GUESS THE SENSORS HAVE BECOME DIRTY AGAIN AND SYMPTOMS ARE RECURRING (VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE "SALT BELT" AREA ITS ENTIRE LIFE). CHEVROLET WILL NOT SERVICE VEHICLE UNDER CURRENT RECALL. I STILL SEE MANY OF THESE POPULAR VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AND THINK THAT THEIR SENSORS MAY TOO BECOME DIRTY AGAIN CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I THINK THAT IT IS DUE DILIGENCE FOR CHEVROLET TO CONTINUE TO "CLEAN" THESE SENSORS SINCE THEY HAVE ISSUED A PREVIOUS RECALL AND THE ONLY FIX WAS TO "CLEAN" THE SENSOR AND SURFACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521291June 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DFRIVING MY 2002 TAHOE I WAS NEARING THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTION AND BEGAN APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND I COULDNT STOP THE VEHICLE. I PANICKED AS AN 18 WHEELER WAS MAKING A TURN AND I WAS GOING TO HIT IT. I HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED I SAW AN AREA WITH ALOT OF GRAVEL AND DID MY BEST TO AIM THE CAR AT THE GRAVEL. THANK GOODNESS THE 18 WHEELER SPED UP AND I BARELY SLIPPED BEHIND IT AND PUT IT IN PARK NOTHING HAPPENED BUT A GRINDING SOUND AT THAT POINT I JUST SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT SLOWLY STOPPED. I GOT IT TOWED AND WHEN THEY JACKED IT UP THEY SAID THE BRAKE LINES WHERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE REASON WHY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DIDNT WORK WAS IT WAS RUSTED AND SNAPPED. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AS I AND MY CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND GM NEEDS TO STEP UP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519553June 12, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, WHEELS
I WAS PULLING INTO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND THE ABS CAUSE ME TO NOT STOP IN TIME.. I ENDED UP HITTING THE BUILDING... CRACKING THE BRICK WORK... THE NIGHT BEFORE U NOTICE THE SAME THING... HOPPING WHEN I WAS AT A SLOW SPEED TRYING TO STOP BUT THIS WAS VERY BRIEF AND I STOPPED... I LOOKED ON LINE AND SAW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR.. THIS DEFECT CAUSE INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE... I THEN CALLED CHEVROLET TO SEE IF THE RECALL AFFECT MY VEHICLE, BUT THE ONLY OPEN RECALL WAS A HEAD RESTRAINT.. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, AS I WAS DRIVING THERE THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON.. THE CODE THE PULLED WAS FOR THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THEY DID HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE DUE TO THE RECALL WHICH FIT MY VEHICLE, BUT YET MINE WAS NOT RECALLED... *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515718June 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I STARTED TO NOTICE "MUSHINESS" IN MY BRAKE PEDAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WANTED TO PUSH OR DRIFT. I NOTICED SPOTTING ON MY CARPORT FLOOR. I EXAMINED MY BRAKE LINES AND THEY ARE VERY CORRODED, AND CONSIDERING THEY ARE STAINLESS, THEY ARE NOT HOLDING UP AND ARE FAILING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 69000 MILES ON IT. I CHECKED MY BRAKE FLUID AND IT WAS VERY LOW. ON MY WAY TO PURCHASE BRAKE FLUID, MY WARNING LIGHT FINALLY ALERTED ME TO THE LOW FLUID CONDITION. IT REQUIRED AN ENTIRE BOTTLE TO FULL THE RESERVOIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507289April 5, 2013
STEERING, POWER TRAIN
CLUNKING NOISE. WHEN YOU GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. SOUND IS COMING FROM STEERING OR FRONT END. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF BRAKE AND GO. NO ONE CAN FIGURE WHAT IT IS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504645March 26, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH IF IT HAD NOT HAPPEN IN A PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEED. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OTHER INDICATORS, BRAKE LINES TO THE FRONT OF ABS UNIT BURST WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503949March 21, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
APPROXIMATE DATE ABOVE WHEN THE PAINT STARTED TO DELAMINATE ON ALL AREAS OF THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503699March 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DEALER INSPECTION OF BRAKE TUBES (LINES) INDICATE MASSIVE CORROSION. DEALER RECOMMENDS COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF ALL BRAKE LINES AND POSSIBLY CALIPERS DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501006March 2, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 02 TAHOE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN TO READ EMPTY JUST AFTER FILLING THE TANK UP. SINCE THEN THE GAUGE HAD READ EMPTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498415February 17, 2013
AIR BAGS
TRAFFIC STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME UNEXPECTEDLY, I SWERVED TO AVOID CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND HIT CONCRETE WALL. AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK. MY FACE HIT STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING INJURY TO NOSE AND MOUTH. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10495321January 31, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WENT TO STOP AND HAD LOST BRAKE POWER. ONE OF THE LINES RUNNING TO THE REAR BRAKES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO RUST/CORROSION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES HAD RUSTED/CORRODED SO BAD THEY COULD NOT REPAIR JUST THE ONE BUT WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE LINES! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492895January 14, 2013
STRUCTURE, TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
MY MECHANIC WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE CABLE BROKE AND THE TIRE FELL ON HIM. LUCKILY, HE WAS NOT INJURED BADLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489572December 23, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE LIKE RUSTED OUT LOCATED ON TOP OF THE FRAME RAIL ABOVE THE GAS TANK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. ALL OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10479496October 9, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES STOPPED WORKING WITH NO WARNING!!! UNBELIEVABLE, THANK GOD I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND ABLE TO VERY GENTLY COME TO A STOP BY MASHING ON THE BRAKES AND HITTING A PARKING CURB. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A CASE YOU HAVE OPENED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. WHEN WILL THERE BE A RECALL? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE? HAS SOMEONE DIED FROM THIS? WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW BECAUSE WHO WOULD THINK THE BRAKE LINES WOULD JUST GO LIKE THAT. AGAIN, NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS, STILL NO INDICATOR LIGHT ON!!! I APOLOGIZE FOR MY EXCITEMENT BUT I'M JUST SHOCKED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. I CONSIDER HITTING THE CURB TO STOP MY VEHICLE A "CRASH". I KNOW IT DOESN'T COMPARE TO REAL CRASHES BUT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. . . *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478828October 6, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS COMING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WHEN I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN MY BRAKES FAILED. I TRAVEL SLOWLY TO THE END OF MY ROAD MADE A RIGHT TURN AND CONTINUED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A U TURN AND GET BACK HOME. ONCE I REACHED HOME AGAIN USING A COMBINATION OF EMERGENCY BRAKES AND EVENTUALLY PLACING THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK (ONCE STOPPED) I WAS ABLE TO STOP. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC OBSERVED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND HAD FAILED. ALL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED TO RESTORE MY TRUCK TO SERVICE. INCIDENTALLY I HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAD ALSO BOUGHT A CHEVY TAHOE IN 2002. THE WEEK BEFORE MY BRAKE LINE FAILED HIS BRAKE LINE FAILED - ALSO RUSTED OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10476981September 25, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE VEHICLE HAS SHOWN SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF RUST UNDER THE RUBBER STRIPPING AND ROOF RACK. DUE TO RUST BEING HIDDEN UNDER THE ROOF RACK OR BEHIND THE WEATHERSTRIPPING, PROBLEM WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL AFTER END OF WARRANTY PERIOD. CONTACTED MANUFACTURE AND WAS INFORMED VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THUS NO CLAIM COULD BE FILED. IT APPEARS THE INSERTS IN THE ROOF CONTRIBUTED TO THE RUST PROBLEM AS THE ROOF RUSTED THROUGH AND THE RACK CAME OFF THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10476978September 25, 2012
ENGINE
THE EXHAUST BOLTS ARE BREAKING CAUSING THE EXHAUST TO LEAK. THE RELATED PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY BE POOR FUEL ECONOMY, INCREASED EMISSIONS AND POTENTIALLY FAILED EMISSIONS TEST. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS ALREADY REPLACED ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WITH THE BROKEN BOLTS. PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL THE SECOND BOLT BROKE THUS NOT SURE WHEN THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO EFFECTING NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES THUS A POTENTIAL LARGE GLOBAL IMPACT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475928September 19, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN. NO WARNING AT ALL. HAD JUST APPLIED THE BRAKES A FEW MINUTES EARLIER WITH NO PROBLEM. I WAS ABLE TO JUST GET THE TRUCK HOME THE FEW MILES FROM THE HIGHWAY. I CHECKED THE TRUCK OVER THINKING THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED BUT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK HAD RUSTED, WAS RUPTURED, AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE TRUCK IS WELL MAINTAINED. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES NEAR ME WHEN IT HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475210September 12, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN STOPPING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE STOPPED BUT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID UNDER CAR AND DETERMINED THAT BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DUE TO BEING RUSTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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