2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

WE OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE THAT WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER 2002. AS OF NOVEMBER 2007, IT HAS 82000 MILES. A FEW DAYS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER, AFTER A STOP, IT BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. AT THE SAME TIME, VOLTAGE GAUGE ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS PEGGED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT GIVING FALSE READING OF 19 V. LATER, THAT GAUGE CORRECTED ITSELF ONLY TO ACT ERRATICALLY AGAIN. VERY UNNERVING TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT. IN ADDITION, WE THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS DUE TO THE FAULTY VOLTAGE READING. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN THE TAHOE TO MY CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND THEY MENTIONED THE RECENT LETTER FROM GENERAL MOTORS DETAILING THAT THIS INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER PROBLEM IS RATHER COMMON. WE ARE NOW WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF GM WILL PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT SINCE WE ARE TECHNICALLY OVER THE MILEAGE ALLOWED (70K) BY GM. *TR

THE ODOMETER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE IS ACTING ERRATICALLY, ESPECIALLY ON COLD DAYS IT WILL STICK TO 40 MPH EVEN WHILE STANDING STILL. IT HAS THIS WEEK BEEN STUCK AT THE 120 MPH MARK. EVEN WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE NEEDLE WOULD BOUNCE AROUND. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. IT IS DANGEROUS TO NOT KNOW THE SPEED LIMIT THAT YOU ARE DOING, I BELIEVE THAT SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS, THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. I HAVE 4 MONTHS LEFT ON THE DEALERSHIPS WARRANTY, SO I HAD THEM ASSES IT, THEY SAID I WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE CLUSTER REPLACED, WHICH THEY DID SO TODAY WITH A USED CLUSTER THAT HAS 124,000 MILES ON IT, WHICH MY VEHICLE WILL NOW SHOW PERMANENTLY. I DROPPED IT OF YESTERDAY WITH 72,000 MILES, NEEDLESS TO SAY II AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. *TR

THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE WORE OUT COMPLETELY TO FAST EVEN THOUGH I DID WHAT THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED WITH ROTATION AND BALANCE. THE NEW REPLACEMENT TIRES ARE DOING THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL. IN FACT THEY WILL NOT STAY IN BALANCE PAST 300 MILES. I FEEL THE SUSPENSION ON THE VEHICLE IS THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS QUESTIONED AND THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL TIRES AT ABOUT 26,000 MILES BUT THEN TURNED AROUND AND SAID THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE RECORDS TO INDICATE THE CARE OF THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY SPEEDOMETER IS REGISTERING ERRATIC MPHS. SOMETIMES GOING WELL OVER 120 MPH WHILE I AM ACTUALLY ONLY DOING MAYBE 65. AND OTHER TIMES WILL BE DOING 65 AND ONLY SHOWS 40. *TR

THE STEERING HAS POPPING AND PINING WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT ALMOST SOUNDING AS IF THE WHEELS ARE GOING TO COME OFF OF THE TIE RODS, SUSPENSION. YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING COLUMN. HARD STEERING. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. CUSTOMER STATED THAT HE HAD TO RUN A RED LIGHT BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AFTER TAKING IT AROUND THE BLOCK. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED STOPPING DISTANCE WAS POOR AND THE PEDAL EVENTUALLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECALL 1 YEAR LATER, HOWEVER HE WAS TOLD HIS YEAR OF VEHICLE AND THE STATED HE RESIDED IN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. SPOKE TO DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THERE IS A BULLETIN FOR VEHICLES UNDER 7 YRS OLD AND LESS THAN 70K MILES WHICH MY VEHICLES DOES FALL UNDER THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT. *TR

2003 CHEVY TAHOE. SINCE ABOUT 50,000 MILES MY SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY. I HAVE 90K MILES NOW AND I'VE BEEN HOPING FOR A RECALL. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH 60,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THEY MOVE TO PLACES WHICH ARE COMPLETELY OFF THE CHART. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY BEGAN TO READ THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 120 MPH WHEN IT WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. THE OIL GAUGE ALSO READS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBERS GO AND THE GAS GAUGE HAS BEGUN TO GIVE THE IMPROPER READING; WHEN I FILL IT UP WITH A FULL TANK IT SAYS I ONLY HAVE HALF. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR DUE TO THE POTENTIAL COST. IT SEEMS THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND IT'S PROBABLY A DEFECT ANYWAY. *JB

SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUST STARTED TO STICK AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, OCCASIONALLY COME DOWN, OR STAY A ONE SPEED UNTIL ACCELERATION, AND THEN CONTINUE TO CLIMB. HAD THE CLUSTER REPLACED, AT A SUBSTANTIAL COST. NOW MY OIL PRESSURE GAGE DOESN'T WORK. *JB