2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WHERE GOING OUT AROUND 60,000 MILES. WAS QUOTED AROUND $500.00 AT THAT TIME BUT COULD NOT AFFORD IT. NOW 30,000 MILES LATER I GET THIS RECALL LETTER AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE AT NO CHARGE. *TR

THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ON MY 2003 TAHOE RECENTLY STARTED CLIMBING AND READING EXTREMELY EXCESSIVE OIL PRESSURE AND NOT RESETTING AFTER THE KEY IS TURNED OFF. I HAVE FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM TO BE RECURRING ON MY SAME MODEL VEHICLE WITH OTHER CONSUMERS. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH MY LOCAL DEALER AND WITH GM'S CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY RELUCTANTLY REPLACED MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FREE OF CHARGE. THANKFULLY IT SAVED ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AS I WAS CONSIDERED OUT OF THEIR WARRANTY BEING I HAVE 93,000 + MILES ON MY TRUCK AND THEY STATE THEY WILL ONLY HONOR IT FOR 75000 MILES. THANKS GM. *TR

I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT A GROWLING NOISE WAS COMING FROM MY LEFT FRONT WHEEL. AFTER EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM IT WAS NOTICED THAT MY BEARINGS HAVE FAILED. GM HAS TSB INFORMATION ON THIS AS THEY KNOW IT IS A PROBLEM BUT ARE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST ME DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. I THINK IF THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN THEY SHOULD HONOR THE PROBLEM FOUND INITIALLY. SHOULD COMPLETE FAILURE HAVE OCCURRED IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER HAVE A HABIT OF NOT WORKING. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER/GAUGE ON MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE IS MALFUNCTIONING. CHEVY IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ISSUED A RECALL. I WENT TO A CHEVY DEALER TODAY FOR REPAIR AND THE SERVICE PERSON EXPLAINED THAT MY VIN IS A PART OF THE RECALL, BUT I DO NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE THE RECALL IS FOR 8 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES. I HAVE 74,000 MILES AND I'M EXPECTED TO PAY $650 FOR THIS DEFECT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MALFUNCTIONING GAUGES CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE, AND SAFETY ISSUES ARE NOT TO BE LIMITED TO TIME AND MILEAGE PARAMETERS. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $650 FOR CHEVY'S DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, WHEN THE DEFECT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY VEHICLE. *TR

TODAY MY INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY 2003 TAHOE DID NOT WORK WHEN I TURNED ON THE TRUCK. I DID NOT KNOW HOW FAST I WAS GOING NOR IF I HAD ANY GAS IN THE VEHICLE. I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A QUICK FIX FOR IT. SOMEONE HAD SUGGESTED PULLING OUT THE DIC (DRIVER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) FUSE, START THE TRUCK, TURN TRUCK OFF, THEN PUT THE FUSE BACK IN AND RESTART THE TRUCK AGAIN. IT RESET EVERYTHING. THANK GOODNESS IT WORKED, HOWEVER IT SEEMS TO BE A BOGUS FIX THAT APPEARS TO HAPPENING TO MANY VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL. ACCORDING TO THE CHATS IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, LUCKILY I FOUND THE CHEAP FIX...I HOPE IT WORKS. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 TAHOE Z71 WITH LEATHER SEATS. MY WIFE NOTICED A SMELL AND THOUGHT IT WAS EXHAUST. I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT SMELL THAT WAY ALL THE TIME. WE FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM BY MY WIFE GETTING BURNT. HER SEAT HEATER WAS GETTING WAY TOO HOT AND PRODUCED A BURNING SMELL. IT GOT SO HOT THAT IT LEFT A BURNT MARK ON THE LEATHER SEAT AND BURNT HER BACK AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS WHAT WAS CAUSING THE SMELL. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU TURN ON THOSE FRONT SEAT HEATERS. WILL REPORT TO CHEVROLET. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE HAS 100, 100 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS SUDDENLY BEEN ACTING UP. THE NEEDLE JERKS UP/DOWN INSTEAD OF SMOOTH MOVEMENT. OCCASIONALLY I WILL BE ON INTERSTATE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH BUT NEEDLE IS AT 20-30 MPH. JUST TODAY MY NEEDLE WON'T GO BELOW 15MPH WHEN I AM FULLY STOPPED & IN PARK. RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM HAS LED ME TO FIND MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING WITH THEIR GMC VEHICLES FROM 2003/2004. *TR

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS OUR SPEEDOMETER ON OUR 2003 CHEVY TAHOE, HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING INCORRECT SPEEDS. SOME DAYS IT WOULD SAY WE WERE DOING 120 MPH WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN PARK. SOME DAYS THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SAY 0 ALL THE TIME. IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 IN TOTAL STOPPED WORKING, IT DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL. SINCE WE NEVER KNOW WHAT SPEED WE ARE DRIVING, WE FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHEVY FEELS IT IS NOT AND WILL ONLY REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE PART IN VEHICLES THAT HAVE LESS THAN 70,000. OURS HAS MORE THAN THIS MILEAGE ON IT SO THEY SAID THEY DON'T CARE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHEVY'S OTHER THAN TAHOES AND ARE YOUNGER THAT OUR VEHICLE AND THEIR SPEEDOMETERS DO NOT WORK EITHER. THAT IS TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE ROADS THAT HAVE FAULTY SPEEDOMETERS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY UNDER THERE RULES. *TR

ONE OF THE PLASTIC HINGES TO THE REAR LIFT GATE/REAR WINDOW OF MY 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE SEPARATED, AND NOW THE REAR WINDOW DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES. THIS IS A KIN TO A PASSENGER DOOR COMING APART. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS REASONABLE FOR A DOOR TO A VEHICLE TO FAIL AFTER THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF USE IT GETS, AND THE AGE AND WEAR TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP, GORDON CHEVROLET (TAMPA, FLORIDA), TOLD ME THAT THE WHOLE LIFT GATE/REAR WINDOW WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE PART (15847109) IS ONE UNIT. THE COST IS AN INCREDIBLE $855.55 FOR THE PART, $96.98 FOR LABOR, SHOP SUPPLIES, AND TAX WHICH BRINGS THE COST OF REPLACING CHEVROLET'S DEFECTIVE PART TO OVER $1,000.00. *TR