2000 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

ALL OF THE WINDOWS EXCEPT THE DRIVER'S WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I TOOK MY CHEVY 2000 TAHOE LTD, FOR ITS FIRST CALIF. SMOG TEST AND WAS TOLD "EVERYTHING WAS FINE EXCEPT THE GAS TANK CAP." "THE CAP FAILED THE PRESSURE TEST AND ESCAPING FUMES COULD CAUSE AN EXPLOSION." I HAD THE CAP REPLACED AND WAS FURTHER TOLD, "THIS TEST FAILURE IS HAPPENING TO ALL 2000 MODEL YEAR TAHOES, SURBURBANS & SLIVERADOS" THIS TECHNICIANS HAS TESTED. IS THIS POSSIBLE HAZARD AND CORRECTING IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHEVROLET/GM??? *JB

THE TWO REAR POWER WINDOWS ON MY 2000 CHEVY TAHOE DEVELOPED INTERNAL INTERMITTENT SHORTS AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED TROUBLE WITH THE TWO FRONT POWER WINDOWS NOT WORKING AT TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY HAVE SEEN PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOWS IN THE TAHOE'S. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD 23751 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME THE BACK WINDOW MOTORS WERE REPLACED. I WAS CHARGED OVER $400.00 FOR THESE REPAIRS. IT SEEMS TO ME THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOTORS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND I SHOULDN'T BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE EXPENSE OF REPLACEMENT.*AK

STEERING LOSES POWER WHEN TURNED MOSTLY TO THE LEFT. ALSO LOSES POWER IN LEFT CURVES AND HAS TO BE MANUALLY STEERED IN THE CURVE TO KEEP FROM CROSSING THE CENTER LINES ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS BECOME A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE AS OF LATE.*AK

MY SUNROOF LEAKS, MY BRAKES DO NOT WORK WELL, MY REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER WENT CRAZY, WOULDN'T STOP ,NOW IS BROKEN; MY TWO BACK POWER WINDOW MOTORS HAVE STOPPED. I CANNOT ROLL ONE DOWN, THE OTHER ONE WAS REPLACED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. MY PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK. MY 2000 TAHOE ALSO LEAKS UNDERNEATH THE STEERING COLUMN SOMEHOW CAUSING MY DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD TO GET SOAKED AND THERE ARE PIECES RUSTING UNDERNEATH DUE TO THIS. MY CAR SMELLS OF MILDEW BECAUSE OF THESE LEAKS, MY LEATHER SEATS ARE RUINED AND THE FLOOR BOARDS ARE RUINED. *JB

I OWN A 2000 CHEVY TAHOE. IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT OUT OF 4WD. I HAVE RESEARCHED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND MANY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE COLD WEATHER AND THE PROPER OPERATION OF THAT FUNCTION. IN A COLD WEATHER STATE SUCH AS MICHIGAN, THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM ALL WINTER LONG. AS A RECURRING CONDITION IT CAN BE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM IS AT LEAST $100 AT MOST DEALERSHIPS. *CB

AUGUST 2003 AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. WE WERE TOLD THAT IFTHIS SENSOR CAME ON, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND THAT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, WE FOUND THAT 525,254 CHEVY TAHOE LS, YEAR 2000 WERE RECALLED FOR DEFECTIVE SENSORS(SENSING DIAGNOSTIC MODULE) AND/OR AIRBAG PROBLEMS. DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE A DIAGNOSTIC SCAN WAS RUN ON THE VEHICLE. WE WERE THEN TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE INTO A DEALER FOR POSSIBLE WARRANTY WORK. EISINGER MOTORS, 1000 WEST IDAHO, KALISPELL MT 406-755-5555 TOLD US THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE RECALL LIST (ACTUALLY THERE ARE 5 NHTSA RECALLS ON THE CHEVY 2000 TAHOE LS), ARE WE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR COSTS? NHTSA STATES THAT DEALERS WILL RECALIBRATE THE SDM ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES ANDTHAT OWNERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY SHOULD CONTACT CHEVROLET OR GMC. IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM IS NOT IMMEDIATELY ATTENDED TO, THE DRIVER AND OR PASSENGERS COULD RECEIVE SEVERE INJURIES.

THE ABS BRAKES ACTIVATE AT VERY LOW SPEEDS (1 - 5 MPH) ON DRY SURFACES CAUSING THE BREAKING DISTANCE TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE. *AK

THE ABS PUMP / VALVE SYSTEM COMPLETELY FAILED ON MY 2000 CHEVROLET TAHOE, RENDERING MY ABS SYSTEM USELESS. MY VEHICLE HAS 56,000 MILES AND IS IN OTHER WISE VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE REPLACEMENT COST ME SLIGHTLY OVER $1000. AS THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS A SAFETY SYSTEM, SHOULDN'T THIS BE COVERED BY GM?*AK

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SWITCH FOR THE REAR DOOR WHICH LIT UP THE PANEL TO INFORM THAT THE DOOR WAS AJAR. THE DOME LIGHT CAME ON, BUT WOULD NOT GO OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK AT NIGHT, THE CONSUMER COULD NOT SEE, AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. *SCC *JB