2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPAIRED THE FUEL PUMP. *AK

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET. I HAVE NEVER NEEDED TO USE MAY PARKING BRAKE AND WHEN I WENT TO GET IT INSPECTED, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT FAILED THE TEST DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PARKING BRAKE. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE MODEL VEHICLES. *AK

POPPING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN. RETURNED TO DEALER AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME REPAIR TO RE-LUBE THE STEERING COLUMN.I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THEY HAD A SPECIAL LUBE THAT WOULD CURE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE DID FINE FOR ABOUT 15000 MILES AND THE NOISE HAS RETURNED. HAVE HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNED SINCE THE ORIGINAL TIRES (FIRESTONE) WORE OUT PREMATURELY. CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP IT ALIGNED.

PARKING BRAKE DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I DIDN'T NEED IT AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO THE DEALER UNTIL MONTHS LATER (NOT SURE WHEN). THEY WERE COMPLETELY WORN DOWN AND I NEVER USED THE BRAKE! IT IS AGAIN FEELING LIKE THEY ARE WORN OUT AGAIN AND I STILL HAVEN'T USED THE BRAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. I WOULD NOT PLACE THE VEHICLE IN A SITUATION THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORKING.*AK

I HAD A 2002 CHEVY TAHOE. ABOUT 1 YEAR INTO OWNING THE VEHICLE, STRANGE BRAKE NOISES OCCURED INTERMITTENLY. IT ALSO WAS GETTING VERY POOR GAS MILEAGE, DOWN ABOUT 2-3 MILES PER GALLON. I BROUGHT IT IN SEVERAL TIMES TO BROWN AND BROWN AT SUPERSTITION SPRINGS AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES, WHICH THEY NEVER DID. FINALLY, AFTER ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS OF THIS PROBLEM, THE ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED AFTER MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND WE SMELLED BRAKES BURNING. I TOOK THE TAHOE BACK TO BROWN AND BROWN THE NEXT DAY. THEY FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD BEEN STUCK ON THE BRAKES FOR MONTHS, AND FINALLY BURNED UP. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WITH NO APOLOGIES FROM CHEVY. UNFORTUNEATELY, I HAD ALREADY RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM CHEVY FOR OTHER ISSUES RELATING TO THIS TAHOE. SO I COULD NOT FILE A LEMON LAW SUIT AGAIN. I ENDED UP TRADING THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER, DUE TO ALL THE ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS JUST CONSTANTLY IN THE SHOP.*AK

WE PURCHASED A 2002 CHEV TAHOE NEW IN MARCH 2002. THIS VEHICLE JUST ROLLED OVER THE 30,000 MILE MARK. WITHIN THE 30 MONTHS THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES, THE FIRST ONE BEING REPLACED AT 12,000 MILES. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS AGO, WHILE ON VACATION, THE TAHOE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE 3 HOURS FROM HOME, SO WE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND RENT AN AUTOMOBILE TO CONTINUE ON OUR TRIP. THE NEXT DAY WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THIS DEALERSHIP TO PICK UP THE TAHOE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR WIRES HAD WORKED LOOSE. LAST WEEKEND, WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, IT DIED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE YET ANOTHER FUEL PUMP. EVERY TIME THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT, THE TAHOE WAS BEING DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC. TO HAVE A VEHICLE DIE SUDDENLY AT 55 MPH IN TRAFFIC IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE CONTACTED GM BACK IN MAY AFTER PUTTING OUR VEHICLE IN THE SHOP FOR A NEW AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. AFTER MANY LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS WITH A GM CUSTOMER REP, WE WERE GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR VEHICLE AND/OR THE FUEL PUMPS THEMSELVES THAT ARE CAUSING THIS REPEATED FAILURE. IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. NOW WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GET RID OF OUR VEHICLE. HOWEVER, BY TRADING IT IN, ALL WE'RE DOING IS PASSING THE PROBLEM ON TO THE NEXT UNLUCKY SOUL. WE CAN'T, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, SELL THE CAR TO SOMEONE WITHOUT TELLING THEM ALL THE PROBLEMS WE'VE EXPERIENCED. ONLY A FOOL WOULD BUY IT FROM US. SO, WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH IS AN UNSELLABLE $635 PER MONTH POTENTIAL DEATH TRAP. *AK

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL MOVE. IT WAS REPLACED LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THE LOCAL MECHANIC. *AK ONCE THE BRAKE WAS SET AND WAS STRESSED, THE SHOE WOULD FAIL. *SC *JB

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AND WALKING AWAY THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO ONE NEAR THE VEHICLE THAT COULD HAVE BROKEN THE GLASS. *AK *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CARGO DOOR WINDOW HATCH CAME OFF. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, HOWEVER THEY HAD SEEN THE SAME THING HAPPEN ON SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLES. THE DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT EVENTUALLY THE ENTIRE WINDOW WOULD COME OFF. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE WINDOW AT THEIR COST. *LA

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN TO FREEWAY, DOING ABOUT 65-70 MPH. I WAS REAR ENDED BY A GUY GOING BETWEEN 100-110 MPH, I WAS THROWN OUT OF CONTROL. I HIT THE CENTER DIVIDER ALMOST HEAD ON AT ABOUT 70 MPH. I THEN BOUNCED OFF THE DIVIDER, CAME CLEAR AGCROSS ALL LANES AND HIT THE REAR GUARD RAIL, I BOUNDED OFF THAT AND ROLLED ON ITS SIDE. IN ALL MY AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.*AK