2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION, BRAKES, AND GAS GAUGE GIVING OUT AN IMPROPER READING. *MR FEW DAYS AFTER VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, CONSUMER NOTICED A FUEL SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHICH THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE GAS CAP WASN'T TIGHT. ALSO, WHICLE PUTTING FUEL, GAS TANK BURST SPILLING FUEL TO THE CONSUMER. IN ADDITION, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED STALLING, SUSPENSION SQUEAKS, AND FUEL RELATED PROBLEMS. *LA

LEASED 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE FEB 2002. SERVICED FROM OCT 2003 THRU FEB 2004 AFTER A SEPT 2003 OIL CHANGE TIRE ROTATION SERVICE AND CONSERNS OF FUEL SMELL AND SUSPENSION SQUEAKS. SERVICES WERE PERFORMED CORRECTIONS WERE DONE NEW SENDING UNIT INSTALLED.OCTOBER 27,2003 THE GAS TANK ON THE TAHOE BURST WHEN FUELING AT A GAS STATION REQUIRING FIRE AND POLICE UNIT TO BE SENT. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS IN SERVICE FOR 3 WEEKS FOR SAFETY REASONS. I DID NOT WANT THE VEHICLE BACK AND GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE GAVE ME FALSE HOPES OF A RELEASE ON THE LEASE. I DID NOT RECIEVE ANY HELP WITH THESE SITUATIONS AND STILL HAVE THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. RECENTLY I THOUGHT MY TROUBLES WOULD BE OVER. I FOUND A VEHICLE THAT I WANT TO BUY AND CAN TRADE MY LEASE IN WITH GM'S PULL AHEAD PROGRAM. BECAUSE I DID NOT PAY 2 OF THE PAYMENTS ON THE TAHOE WHEN I COULD NOT USE THE VEHICLE AND LOST MY INCOME TO PAY AT THAT TIME, MY FEB 2002 TURN IN DATE HAS CHANGED TO MAY 2005. THIS MAKES ME UNELIGIBLE FOR THE PULL AHEAD EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. I DID NOT ASK FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING IM NOT GETTING. I HAVE LOST ALOT BY NOT HAVING RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND ALL I SEEK IS A NEW GOOD RELIABLE SUV TO BUY AND WALK AWAY FROM THIS PROBLEMED TAHOE, WITH HELP FROM SOMEONE GM AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT HELPED IN ANY WAY. *AK

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY. 70-75 MPH, DRY ROAD, 79 DEGREES ON I-10. PASSING A SEMI-TRUCK, LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT, VERY LITTLE TREAD LEFT ON TIRE. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP THE WEEK PRIOR FOR REG. MAINTENANCE TIRES WERE CHECKED, AIR OKAY, REPLACED MISSING CAPS, TREAD DEPTH WAS 10/32. 2002 CHEVY TAHOE HAS 30,000 MILES. APPROXIMATELY. $1400 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE PLUS A NEW TIRE. *LA

FLUTTER/RATTLING COMPRESSOR LIKE SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING. APPEARS TO BE FROM A/C COMPRESSOR. FROM MY RESEARCH, OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. DEALER SAY THIS IS NOT A EQUIPMENT FAILURE ISSUE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOST OF TRANSMISSION. *PH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOST OF TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE HAD RUN FINE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. (THE RPM WENT UP AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT) THE CONSUMER NOTICED A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT A LOST OF FLUID WAS A RESULT OF A POORLY ATTACHED TRANSMISSION COOLER WITH FAULTY CONNECTIONS AND HOSE ASSEMBLIES. NEW COOLER LINES AND HOSE WERE INSTALLED. *SC *JB

CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. . FIRST YEAR THAT CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE HE HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THEN, EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE MOVED A LITTLE AND STARTED TO SHAKE. FINALLY, IT STOPPED DOING ANYTHING. CONSUMER FELT HE PURCHASED A LEMON. *AK

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE DAY IN QUESTION. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR ON TO HEAR A WHINING/SLIPPING FEELING OUT OF THE ENGINE AREA. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 2 TIMES ON DIFFERENT DAYS.*AK

VEHICLE SERVICE RECORD-VIN #[XXX]PURCHASED '02 TAHOE OCT. 2001 & IN DEC. '01-PROBLEMS BEGAN 12/5/1 MI. 968 VEHICLE TO CONNELL CHEV. HARD TO MOVE SHIFT LEVER THRU POSITIONS; VERY STIFF. RT. REAR OF VEHICLE SITS HIGHER THAN LEFT. REAR. 2/28/2-MI. 3,432 VEHICLE IN FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. TOLD SERVICE WRITER TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR WHILE SITTING AT STOP LIGHT. YOU PRESS ON THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE WOULD PULL AWAY VERY SLUGGISH, SUDDENLY SHIFT BACK DOWN INTO 1ST GEAR & TAKE OFF IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER. WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR TO COMPENSATE. PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING FROM GEAR TO GEAR IN ACCELERATING. WILL NOT SHIFT UP UNTIL YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THROTTLE. SHIFTS HARD WHEN SHIFTING THRU GEARS. P/UP VEHICLE. EXPLAINED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. 7/17/2-MI. 6,668 SAME PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. NEXT DAY, SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG W/TRANSMISSION. 4/14/3-MI. 12,434 TRANSMISSION IS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. WILL SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR WHEN SITTING AT A STOP, & WILL NOT SHIFT UP THRU GEARS UNLESS YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THROTTLE. 2/6/4-MI. 23,776 BACK FOR PRIOR PROBLEMS & NEW ONES. TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR AT A STOP, DROPS BACK INTO 1ST GEAR UPON ACCELERATION & WHEN REACHES SHIFT POINT FOR GEARS MAKES LOAD SQUEALING SOUND,LIKE METAL-TO-METAL. VEHICLE HAS SUSPENSION NOISES, LIKE SOMETHING IS HITTING AGAINST PART OF SUSPENSION WHEN BRAKING AND/OR TURNING. 2/10/4-MI. 23,800 TRANSMISSION IS MALFUNCTIONING & DEVELOPING NEW NOISES. SOMETIMES THERE IS A CLUNK WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. 2/11/4-MI.-23,800 RETURNED TO P/U TAHOE. EXPLAINED TO US THAT A DATA RECORDER HAD BEEN PUT IN TO MONITOR OPERATION OF TRANSMISSION, EXPLAINED OPERATION OF RECORDER. 3/8/4-MI. 25,031 RETURNED TO HAVE RECORDER REMOVED. SERVICE WRITER SAID THAT AS SOON AS THEY DO A PRINT OUT FROM RECORDER THEY WILL CONTACT ME & LET ME KNOW OUTCOME. NEVER BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT IT. *LA *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUA

2002 TAHOE WON'T BACK UP IN 4 WD AND HAS GRINDING NOISE WHEN IN 4 WD. DEALER ADVISED THAT BEARING IN FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BAD. REPLACEMENT OF DIFFERENTIAL ADVISED. DEALER CHARGED ONLY FOR LABOR, APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. COST TO REPAIR $447, MILEAGE 39500. *NM

TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED FROM ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASSIONS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND TAKE OFF.*AK