2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

REAR BRAKES ON MY '02 TAHOE STARTED GRINDING A LITTLE WHILE AFTER BUYING THE CAR NEW IN FEB. '02. TOOK THE WHEELS OFF,PADS SEEMED TO BE FINE WITH LITTLE OR NO WEAR. TOOK THE REAR ROTORS OFF TO FIND ONE EMERGENCY BRAKE PAD ON EACH SIDE WORN TO METAL! REPLACED BOTH ROTORS AND PAD SETS WITH THE NEWLY RE-DESIGNED RETAINER CLIPS. MY WIFE DRIVES THE CAR WITH OUR FOUR CHILDREN SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT STARTED BUT IT SEEMS EVERY TIME SHE COMES HOME AND I'M THERE IN THE GARAGE THE REAR WHEELS ARE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. SEEMS TO ME THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. AFTER ALL THE BLOGS/COMPLAINTS I'VE READ, GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL IN EFFECT! DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEALER, THEIR REPLY WAS THAT THEY HADN'T HEARD OF THE PROBLEM(ALTHOUGH I HAD TO GO TO NAPA TO GET THE PARTS BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT). *TR

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TAHOE WITH A BRAKE ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN READING UP ON. THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLYING FOR NO REASON AT LOW SPEEDS EACH TIME I APPLY MY BRAKE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND GM DIRECT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT IN A RECALL. I HAVE DONE QUIT A BIT OF RESEARCH AND HAVE READ ALOT ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS AND I FEEL AS THOUGH THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT 100%. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO EVEN DRIVE. *TR

I AM WRITING TO REPORT THE SECOND FAILURE OF A VALVE STEM FROM NTB. THE TIRE IS A MICHELIN TIRE INSTALLED ON A 2002 CHEVY TAHOE. ALL TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED AND ARE MAINTAINED AT THE PROPER LEVEL. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS APPROX. 2 YEARS AGO AND THE TIRE LOST PRESSURE, DELAMINATED AND BLEW OUT. THE CURRENT TIRE LOST PRESSURE BUT IS INTACT. UPON RETURNING HOME MY WIFE ATTEMPTED TO REINFLATE THE TIRE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE AIR IS LEAKING FROM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE VALVE STEM. BOTH TIRES AND VALVE STEMS WERE PURCHASED FROM NTB. *TR

FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, STALLING CAR. ALSO, CAR WON'T START IF LESS THAN QUARTER TANK OF GAS. *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY TAHOE, THE POWER STEERING HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. AT ALL TIMES AND INSTANCES YOU CAN NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME YOU CAN TURN THE STEERING TO THE LEFT, TRY PARKING, OR TURNING RIGHT AND IT IS NOT A TASK A LARGE MAN CAN DO EASILY, AND I AM A WOMAN, THERE IS NO POWER STEERING TURNING TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BABIED FROM DAY ONE, NO EXCESSIVE USE OR WEAR, THE CAR IS A 2002 AND ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT, SO I WOULD GATHER THE CAR IS NOT ABUSED. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ON PAVED ROADS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NIMNICHT CHEVROLET IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE, AND THE STEERING GEAR IS BAD AT 53,000 MILES AND OF COURSE THE UPPER INTERMEDIATE SHAFT IS RATTLING,AND THE PARKING BRAKE WONT HOLD THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND SINCE I WAS THE SECOND OWNER AND THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. MIND YOU THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL VEHICLES AND DRIVEN THEM TO WELL OVER 100,000 MILES AND IN EVERY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED, NISSAN, DATSUN, 2 VOLKSWAGENS, NEVER HAS THE STEERING GONE BAD. EVEN WITH OVER 100,000 MILES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS COMMON FOR CHEVY, RECORDS INDICATE CHEVY HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE 1999 WITH NUMEROUS COMPONENTS ON ALL OF THEIR VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY STEERING AND BRAKES FOR THIS VEHICLE ALONE THEIR ARE OVER 190 SERVICE BULLETINS PERTAINING TO DEFECTS IN THIS VEHICLE ALONE, SAME VEHICLE 2003 HAS OVER 300 SERVICE RELATED REPAIR BULLETINS. I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THIS IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF DEFECTS CHEVY IS AWARE OF AND IS RELYING ON A BEAN COUNTER FOR REPAIR RECALL THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A VEHICLE TO BE BROKEN AT 53,000 MILES. BRAKES, TIRES, BATTERY, BELTS THAT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPAIR THESE DEFECTS FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE COME ON EVERY TIME I TRY TO STOP WHILE TURNING. IT STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN I SLID ON THE ICE AND CONTINUES TO DO IT EVERY TIME I BRAKE WHILE TURNING NOW. WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY WHEN IT DID IT WHILE TRYING TO STOP WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT WAS NOT TURNING AND NOW IT IS MAKING A VERY WEIRD NOISE JUST DRIVING SOUNDS LIKE POPPING AND SQUEALING AND CLUNKING CALLED CHEVROLET REGARDING THE RECALL WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WASN'T IN THE RECALL AFTER ARGUING ABOUT THE RECALL AREA AND EXPLAINING PROBLEM IN MORE DEPTH WAS PLACED ON HOLD TO INVESTIGATE MORE IN DEPTH AND THEN ALISA SMITH CAME BACK ON THE LINE AND TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE RECALL AND WAS ALREADY FIXED. WELL APPARENTLY IT WASN'T FIXED OR IT WOULDN'T STILL BE DOING WHAT IT WAS RECALLED FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2008 AND AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS ISSUE. *TR

FAILURE OF ABS SPEED SENSORS CAUSES UNEXPECTED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. SAME SYMPTOMS AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000. OCCURS NEARLY EVERY TIME YOU ATTEMPT TO STOP AT A SLOW SPEED. COULD BE A BIGGER PROBLEM IN SLIPPERY (I.E. SNOW/ICE) CONDITIONS. ABS SAFETY COMPONENT IS TO MAKE BRAKING SAFER, A FAILURE OF AN ABS COMPONENT SHOULD NOT MAKE THINGS WORSE. THE ABS COMPONENT SHOULD BE "FAIL-SAFE." *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ABS ACTIVATES UNEXPECTEDLY. THE RISK OF A SERIOUS CRASH OR INJURY WAS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTI LOCK). IN ADDITION, THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS REPLACED. ALL OF THE REMEDIES HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT TO DATE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

STEERING GEAR BOX FAILURE. FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT WHEN BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACES. I HAVE CHECKED THE INTERNET AND THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND CHEVROLET ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURES OF THESE PARTS. *TR

2002 CHEVY TAHOE WITH NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN FOR MONTHS..60,000 MILES....THEN WHILE DRIVING SOME CABLE BROKE AND STEERING WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN WHEEL FASTER THAN 2 MILES AND HOUR. THANK GOODNESS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. STILL HAS NOISE AFTER REPLACING CABLE. CRAPPY ISSUE SHOULD BE RECALL. *TR