2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR TOYO OPEN COUNTRY H/T 111S OWL 265/70R16 WERE DRY ROTTED. WE PURCHASED THESE TIRES APPROX 2 YEARS AGO AND THE VEHICLE WAS STORED IN CLOSED GARAGE VIRTUALLY EVERY NIGHT. ONLY 30,000 MILES WERE PUT ON THE TIRES FROM POINT OF PURCHASE TO POINT OF OBSERVATION BY TIRE STORE WHICH MEANS DRY ROTTING HAPPENED AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO 30K MILES. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US THAT THIS COULD BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME AND MY FAMILY SO WE ELECTED TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES IMMEDIATELY. *TR

LTR ON BEHALF OF, WHO SUFFERED BURNS WHEN THEIR 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING; THEY DID NOT REC'D RESPONSE TO 3/23/10 LTR FWD TO NHTSA; REPLY ATTN KEITH NELSON/ROSEVILLE OFC; ES HAVE NO REC OF PREV CORRESPOND *TGW THE FAN MOTOR DID NOT SHUT OFF EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE KEY WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION. *JB

PLASTIC/RUBBER ATTACHING HINGE ON REAR LIFTGATE WINDOW CRACKED, SEPARATING GLASS WINDOW FROM BODY. REPORTED TO CHEVROLET ON 6/3/2010. THEY HAD ME TAKE TO WILLIAMS CHEVROLET TO INSPECT ON 6/4 AND SAID THEY WOULD CALL BACK THAT AFTERNOON WITH A CONCLUSION. SERVICE MANAGER FIRST SAID ADHESIVE FAILED, THEN PART WAS MISSING THAT ATTACHES HINGE. NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL ARE MISSING, TWO SIDES FIT BACK TOGETHER WITH A CRACK IN THE MIDDLE. HINGE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY PHYSICAL ATTACHMENT TO GLASS OTHER THAN MOLDED RUBBER THAT BONDS TO GLASS, SANDWICHING HINGE IN-BETWEEN. DEALER INSPECTED OTHER HINGE AND FOUND IT TO BE CRACKING ALSO. CHEVROLET DIDN'T CALL ME BACK, I HAD TO CALL ALMOST DAILY AND LEAVE MESSAGES UNTIL FINALLY SOMEONE CALLED ON 6/30 AND SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT BE A DEFECT AND GENERAL MOTORS WOULD NOT ASSIST IN RESOLVING THE COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 55,000 MILES ON IT. I FIND A FAILURE LIKE THIS TO TOO SOON IN A VEHICLES LIFE AND APPEAR TO BE EITHER A FLAW IN THE FASTENER DESIGN OR ASSEMBLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING OF 100 MPH. THE SPEED FLUCTUATED REGARDLESS OF THE ACTUAL SPEED THAT THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE TIMES AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE VENTS BLOW OUT HOT AIR WHEN HEATER OR A/C IS ON.. TEMP WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS HIGHER THAN 150 DEGREES... VERY VERY HOT. *TR

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ABS. I HAVE HAD THEM CLEANED , WHICH WORKED A SHORT TIME, BUT NOW EVERYTIME I APPLY THE BRAKES THE ABS TRIES TO TAKE OVER, LENGTHENING MY STOPPING DISTANCE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE USING THESE BRAKES AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO DISCONNECT THEM. THESE SENSORS MAY WORK FINE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, BUT OUT IN THE REAL WORLD OF SNOW AND SALT , THE LIFE SPAN IS TOO SHORT. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY FOR MY TRUCK AND NOW WHENEVER I GET TO A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT IT GOES DEAD. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. EVERYTHING WAS FINE BEFORE I PUT IN ANOTHER BATTERY. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAS HIGHER THAN THE SPEED I WAS GOING AND THE FUEL NEEDLE SHOWED MORE THAN ACTUALLY WAS IN THE TRUCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DASHBOARD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

FEELS LIKE ABS BRAKES ARE TRYING TO FUNCTION AT LOW SPEEDS. TAHOE HESITATES TO STOP AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE CAUGHT ON FIRE *GR THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAN MOTOR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER STATED HER FATHER RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS WHEN TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *JB