2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

SPEEDOMETER ON 2003 CHEVY TAHOE DEFECTIVE - WHILE DRIVING THE OTHER DAY AT 55MPH SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO OVER 100 MPH. THIS CAUGHT ME OFF-GUARD AND I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, ALMOST GETTING REAR-ENDED IN MODERATE TRAFFIC. A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, IN MY OPINION!! NOW WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED SPEEDOMETER READING 50 MPH. READING ON THE WEB IT IS EVIDENT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE OVER $800 TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM! *TR

POPPING NOISE FROM UNDER HOOD, MAINLY WHEN TURNING LEFT (HAS NOW STARTED WHEN TURNING RIGHT). ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. IT CAN ALSO BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. FEELS VERY UNSTABLE, LIKE FRONT-END COULD FALL APART AT ANY MINUTE. GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2001 (NHTSA ITEM #10009991, #10010873, #10000950, #10004991, #1004239, #10005172, #10004723, AND FINALLY THEIR "FIX" #10025148) . HOWEVER, THEY ACT AS THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE (EDMUNDS.COM, YAHOO...JUST SEARCH FOR I-SHAFT ASSEMBLY) AND THIS IS A WIDE-SPREAD PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS GM/CHEVY/CADILLAC VEHICLES AND GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. THIS SITUATION IS AS-MUCH, IF NOT WORSE THAN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/DASHBOARD PANEL PROBLEMS, THAT GM HAS RECALLED. PLEASE, HELP THE MASSES WHO HAVE BEEN SOLD THIS DEFECT. BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILING ON 2003 CHEVY TAHOE. PROBLEM BEGAN AROUND 119,000. SPEEDOMETER GIVES INACCURATE READINGS OR DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ARE BEGINNING TO MALFUNCTION AS WELL. *TR

~6 MONTHS AGO, MY SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE WENT TO 120MPH AND STAYED THERE. I AM UNABLE TO TELL HOW FAST I'M GOING AND NOW MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE HAS MAXED OUT. I HAD 105K MILES ON IT AT THE START OF THE ISSUE. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Z71 AND RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, BELOW 10MPH, THE ABS KICKS IN RANDOMLY. THIS HAPPENS ON CLEAN, DRY PAVEMENT. THIS IS A FRIGHTENING THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO IS DRIVING AROUND TWO SMALL CHILDREN. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND NOTICED THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR OLDER VEHICLES THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO AND I WONDER WHY THE RECALL DOESN'T PERTAIN TO 2003 AND NEWER VEHICLES. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE LOOKING INTO THIS FURTHER AND MAKE SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I DO SEE A BULLETIN POSTED BY CHEVROLET SO APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TRAVELING TO HOUSTON THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHEN WE LOOKED DOWN AT THE SPEEDOMETER TO SEE THAT WE WERE TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 120 MPH. SINCE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WAS PASSING US QUITE EASILY, WE WERE ASSURED THAT WE WERE NOT, IN FACT, TRAVELING 120 MPH. WHEN WE PARKED THE CAR, WE WERE STILL TRAVELING AT 120 MPH. GM IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR PRODUCT, BUT HAS NOT DONE A FULL SCALE RECALL. INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A 7 YEAR/70,000 MILE WARRANTY EXTENSION. THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT WE PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH MORE THAN 70K MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP KNOWINGLY SOLD US A VEHICLE THAT HAD MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR

2003 CHEVY TAHOE, UNDER 80K MILES, SPEEDOMETER "STICKS". CURRENTLY REGISTERING 120 MPH WHILE SITTING STILL. TAKES SEVERAL DAYS FOR SPEEDOMETER TO RETURN TO ZERO OR SHOW CORRECT SPEED. HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE DESCRIPTIONS OF SAME ISSUE ON MANY INTERNET FORUMS. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON 03 TAHOE STUCK ON 90MPH. HAVE HEARD TONS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND STILL NO RECALL ISSUED. WHAT TO DO???????*TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. IF THE GLASS FROM THE WINDOW WOULD HAVE SHATTERED THEN THE SHARP FRAGMENTS OF GLASS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 57 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE SPEED ODOMETER DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,671. BL UPDATED 10/5/09 *CN UPDATED 10/07/09