2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN IT FELT SPONGY AND STOCKED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A NEAR CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION.THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED IN THE BRAKE LINES WHICH WERE CORRODED WITH HOLES THAT CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,349. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,500.

BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON 2003 TAHOE NEAR THE SPARE TIRE. COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE LINE PRESSURE. VEHICLE ONLY HAS ~ 84,000 MILES. VEHICLE OPERATED IN OHIO AND MASSACHUSETTS. REFERENCE EXISTING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER (EA11001) ON CHEVROLET VEHICLES. *TR

JUST HOOKED UP MY BOAT AND TRAILER AND PROCEEDED TO HEAD OUT MY LANE, WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A MESSAGE CAME ON DASH TO SERVICE BRAKES. I GOT MY WIFE TO PRESS ON BRAKES WHILE I LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE, BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING DOWN ON GROUND. WHEN I SAW THE STEEL LINE WAS RUSTED AND BURST I WONDERED IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM SO I LOOKED FOR A NOTICE OR RECALL. I FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED SEVERAL TIME BUT NO NOTICE OR RECALL SENT OUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. I HAVE HAD OTHER GM VEHICLES THAT HAD SEVERE RUST PROBLEMS. MY AVALANCHE WAS RECALLED AFTER I HAD PUT ALL NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PARTS ON FROM RUST. AFTER READING OF SEVERAL OTHER FAILURES I CANT BELIEVE GM DIDN'T EVEN SEND NOTICES OUT. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE BURST... FLUID LEAKING AND NO BRAKES!!! THIS IS DANGEROUS... LUCKY I WAS GOING SLOW WHEN THIS LINE BURST... BRAKE LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED.. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD, BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED... GM NEEDS TO USE BETTER STEEL... *TR

I STARTED MY 2003 TAHOE UP TO DRIVE TO YORK AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. WE TOOK IT DOWN THE ROAD BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO OUR LOCAL SHOP. THEY SAID ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I TOOK MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE INTO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF PERFORMANCE AND GAS ISSUES AND WAS TOLD I HAD 2 BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS. THE REPAIR WAS ESTIMATED TO OVER $1000. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH GMC AND CHEVY ENGINES WITH MANY COMPLAINTS. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THIS ISSUE INSTEAD OF MAKING THEIR CUSTOMERS PAY FOR A DEFECT THAT EXISTS WITH THEIR PRODUCT. I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS SAFETY INSPECTION WITHOUT THIS FIX. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY TAHOE. I FIRST BEGIN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ABS SYSTEM IN 2010. THE BRAKES WOULD FLUTTER BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH PASSENGERS IN MY CAR. THE PARKING EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT WORK SO I HAD TO CAREFULLY DRIFT INTO A PARKING SPOT USING THE CURB AS A BRACE. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKES LINES WHICH WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. I WAS JUST TOLD BY MY MECHANIC TODAY THAT THE PADS, ROTORS, BACKING PLATE, PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, ETC. IS ALL CORRODED AND HAS TO BE REPLACED COSTING ME WELL OVER $1000.00 DOLLARS. I LIKE MY VEHICLE AND OTHER THAN THE ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES IT RUNS FINE. BUT FOR SUCH AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY VEHICLE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SAFETY ISSUE IS COMPLETELY UNSATISFACTORY TO THE CUSTOMER. TO MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE CUTTING COST AT THE EXPENSE OF CUSTOMER SAFETY AND VEHICLE RELIABILITY. THIS MATTER HAS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY AND A RECALL AND/OR HELP WITH COST IS GREATLY NEEDED. *TR

MY 2003 TAHOE Z71 HAS ALWAYS MADE POPPING NOISES WHEN TURNING AND YOU ARE ABLE TO FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT THIS IS EXPERIENCED BY ALMOST EVERYONE. TODAY I WAS BACKING INTO THE DRIVEWAY WITH A TRAILER OF MULCH ATTACHED AND WHEN I CUT THE WHEEL, THE STEERING WAS LOST. THERE IS FLUID IN THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR AND THERE WAS NO LEAKS OR FLUID ANYWHERE. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TAHOE AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY BROKEN SWAY-BARS OR STEERING SHAFT. I AM NOT SURE IF IT IS THE PUMP WHICH WOULD BE STRANGE IN THE MANNER THAT IT GAVE OUT BUT READING ALL OF THE ISSUES OTHERS HAVE HAD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GM IS NOT FIXING THE SITUATION. SOMEONE IS GOING TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TRYING TO TURN AND IT IS GOING TO GIVE OUT LIKE MINE (& EVERYONE ELSE'S) DID AND CAUSE A HEAD ON COLLISION. I CALLED GM & ALTHOUGH THERE ARE 9 TSB #'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ISSUE, THERE IS STILL NO RECALL OR HELP ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. I THINK IT IS TIME TO SELL THE TAHOE THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW BTW AND MOVE ON TO A NEW FORD TRUCK AS THEY SEEM TO HAVE REALLY GOOD TRUCKS NOW. IT IS SAD BECAUSE I HAVE LOVED MY TAHOE Z71 AND NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET RID OF IT. THE STEERING HAS NEVER BEEN RIGHT ON THIS TAHOE SINCE DAY 1 AND GM KNOWS IT BUT BURIES THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND ABOUT IT RATHER THAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIX THE ISSUE. MINE STILL LOOKS BRAND NEW BUT THE POPPING NOISES WHEN TURNING HAS ALWAYS IRRITATED ME & NOW THAT IT GAVE OUT, I AM DONE WITH IT. I AM THANKFUL THAT MINE OCCURRED WHEN IT DID AND NOT WHEN I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD WITH 6 YARDS OF MULCH IN A DUMP TRAILER AND MAKING A TURN THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND SOMEONE ELSE COMING THE OTHER WAY. FIX YOUR KNOWN ISSUE GM, BEFORE SOMEONE INNOCENT DIES BECAUSE OF YOUR NEGLIGENCE!!! *TR

MY WIFE AND 3 SONS AND 2 OTHER KIDS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT. SHE WAS STOPPED WHILE A DRIVER IN FRONT OF HER WAS MAKING A U TURN. SHE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER IN THE REAR MOSTLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE CORNER OF OUR TAHOE. THAT CAR WENT UNDER OUR TAHOE AND KNOCKED OUR TRUCK SIDEWAYS. THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT HIT HER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50MPH. MY 11 YEAR OLD SON WAS SEAT BELTED IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHERE THE IMPACT WAS LOCATED. UPON IMPACT HIS SEAT BELT CAME UNFASTENED CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HIM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE BACKED UP AND APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.