2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

SPARE TIRE MISSING. I BELIEVE THE CABLE SNAPPED AND THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION CREATING A DANGER TO OTHER VEHICLES. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS CAUSED A CRASH OR INJURY TO OTHER DRIVERS. I DO NOT HAVE A DATE OF THE INCIDENT. *TR

ATTEMPTED TO TURN VEHICLE OFF, CAR MAKING A LOUD NOISE AFTER I TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITION. LOUD NOISE WOULD NOT GO AWAY UNTIL I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY FROM THE CAR. I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL DAYS LATER TO TURN VEHICLE BACK ON. SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT ANY NOISE. TURNED OFF AFTER DRIVEN THAT DAY. BATTERY DID NOT NEED TO BE DISCONNECTED THIS TIME. LEFT CAR IN GARAGE FOR 2 DAY (48 HOURS) UNTOUCHED AND NOT DRIVEN. SITTING IN MY HOUSE EATING A SANDWICH AND I SMELL SMOKE COMING FROM MY GARAGE. I LOOK UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND FLAMES HAVE APPEARED. I GRABBED ANYTHING I COULD TO PUT FIRE OUT AND SUCCESSFULLY DID. CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE. THERE IS DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE QUOTE TO FIX IS $1800 BUT HAVE NOT FIXED YET UNTIL INSURANCE COMPANY APPROVES. IF I HAD NOT BEEN HOME TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IT WOULD HAVE BURNED DOWN MY HOME AND KILLED MY DOGS. IT ALSO WOULD HAVE BURNED DOWN MY NEIGHBORS HOME TOO BECAUSE WE ARE ATTACHED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR TWO DAYS, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE BRAKE RELAY SYSTEM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,000.

THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) BECAUSE MY LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR NO REASON. THEY WANTED $2300 BUT GOODYEAR DID IT FOR $2,086.19. AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM FOR TAHOE'S. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSE. REPAIRS: 1 E.B.C.M (ABS CONTROL MODULE) LABOR & PARTS $163.40 1 88964302-HYD VALVE ASSY $710.88 1 ABS PRESSURE MODULATOR ASSY/88982287 $970.40 1 BRAKE FLUID EXCHANGE-DOT 3 $ 66.46 PARTS: $1697.10 LABOR 214.04 SHOP FEE 25.00 7.75% TAX 150.05 $2,086.19 *TR

I WAS ON THE 10 FREEWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, I FELT MY CAR STARTING TO SHAKE. I MOVED OVER TO THE SLOW LANE AND AT THAT TIME THE TIRE TREAD ON MY LEFT REAR TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF AND DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR SIDE. I CALLED AAA TO HAVE THE TIRE CHANGED AND WHEN THE TECHNICIAN ARRIVED HE CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE WHICH WAS 37 LBS. MY SPARE WAS PLACED ON MY VEHICLE AND I DROVE HOME. I CONTACTED AMERICAS TIRE CO. (I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN MARCH 2008 TO PREPARE FOR A TRIP AND THEY ROTATED AND BALANCED MY TIRES AND I WAS GIVEN THE O.K.) I TOLD THE MANAGER OF MY PROBLEM AND HE REFERRED ME TO COPPER TIRE CO. I WAS SENT A CLAIM PACKAGE AND WAS TOLD TO MAIL THE TIRE BACK FOR INSPECTION. ON JULY 10 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM WHICH STATED OUR CLAIM WAS DENIED. THE REASONS WHERE BECAUSE OUR TIRE HAD A LOOSE PATCH PLUG REPAIR AND WAS UNDERINFLATED. THEY ARE SAYING DUE TO THE PUNCTURE, WHICH THERE ISN'T ONE BECAUSE IT WAS REPAIRED IN 2006, THE TIRE FAILED. I CALLED AMERICAS TIRE AND TOLD THEM WHAT CRAWFORD HAD SAID ABOUT THE REPAIR AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY FOLLOW CALIF. LAW WHEN DOING A TIRE REPAIR. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE PATCH WOULD NOT CAUSE A SEPARATION OF THE TREAD, THAT IS CAUSED BY A COMPANY DEFECT. CRAWFORD CLAIMS THAT THEY TESTED THE TIRE AND REFUSE TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY INFORMATION. MY TIRE WAS REPAIRED IN OCT. OF 2006, IF THIS WAS THE CASE MY TREAD WOULD HAVE SEPARATED A LONG TIME AGO. IT APPEARS CRAWFORD IS USING THIS AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO PAY THE OVER $2,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR. CRAWFORD CLAIMS WHEN A FLAT TIRE IS REPAIRED WITH A PATCH IT AFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE TIRE. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN EXCUSE FOR CRAWFORD AND COOPER TO NOT PAY FOR THE DAMAGED TO MY CAR. I ALSO HAVE NOTICED THAT PRO COMP HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME STYLE ALL TERRAIN TIRE NO. LT265/75R16 THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE ON MY VEHICLE SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TREAD SEPARATION WITH COOPER TIRES. *TR

DRIVING AT UNDER 10MPH GOING TO BRAKE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICK IN WHEN UNNECESSARY WHICH CAUSED ME TO BE UNABLE TO BRAKE PROPERLY AND CRASH INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE DURING DECELERATION AND WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT. OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 1-15 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK) WAS REFERENCED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 115,000.

I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSON IN THE BACK SEAT. ALL WINDOWS WERE ROLLED UP WITH THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE BEING AROUND 70 DEGREES. WITHOUT SEEN CAUSE OR WARNING THE PASSENGER WINDOW INSTANTANEOUSLY WITH A LOUD BANG BROKE INTO A MILLION PIECES COVERING MY DAUGHTER. I PULLED OVER TO SEE IF I COULD SEE ANYTHING THAT COULD OF CAUSED THIS. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING. MY DAUGHTER WAS O.K. AND I CALLED THE POLICE. A REPORT WAS MADE. THERE WAS NO ROCK THROWN, NO BULLETS FIRED, NO ONE AROUND DOING ANY LANDSCAPING OR CONSTRUCTION TO CAUSE AN OBJECT TO BE PROJECTED TOWARD THE WINDOW. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT BUT FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT. WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS? THE POLICE SUGGESTED A DEFECT IN THE WINDOW. THE WINDOW HAD NO PREVIOUS CRACKS, OR PROBLEMS. COULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, JILL *TR

EVERY MORNING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED THERE IS A "CLICKING" NOISE. IT INCREASES IN SPEED WITH RPM. ONCE HITS 2000 (OR SO) RPM, NOISE WILL STOP. NOISE WILL ALSO QUIT AFTER 5 MINS OF IDLE. CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF OUTSIDE TEMP, HOWEVER IS BETTER IN AZ SUMMER MONTHS. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. ALL IDEAS/SOLUTIONS WELCOME. *TR

I WAS SITTING AT A DRIVE UP WINDOW AT MY BANK WHEN A MAN KNOCKED ON MY WINDOW AND ASKED IF THAT WAS MY TIRE ON THE GROUND. MY SPARE TIER HAD FALLEN OFF OF THE VEHICLE. I TOOK MY 2001 CHEVY TAHOE TO MY REPAIR MAN AND HE SAID THAT THE CABLE RUSTED AWAY THAT MOUNTS THE SPARE UNDER THE VEHICLE. I STILL HAVE THE RUSTED PEICE THAT ATTACHES TO THE CABLE AND IT IS ALL RUST. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY OTHER SUV OR TRUCKS THAT ARE AGING ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I SENT AN E-MAIL TO GMC TWO DAYS AGO BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BECASUSE I CAN NOT STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY TIRE KILLED SOMEONE AND HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROADS ARE IN THIS SAME CONDITION. MY TAHO IS GOING IN THIS WEEK TO HAVE A NEW CABLE PUT ON BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT SET UP SO THAT IF THE CABLE ROTS AWAY OR BREAKS THESE TIRES WILL NOT JUST FALL OFF. *TR