2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

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

MY 02 TAHOE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN TO READ EMPTY JUST AFTER FILLING THE TANK UP. SINCE THEN THE GAUGE HAD READ EMPTY. *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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