2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. ONCE THE VEHICLE SETS OVERNIGHT OR A PERIOD OF SIX HOURS OR LONGER THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM OCCURS: I GO TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE ENGINE WILL DIE. NOTE THAT MY DRIVE WAY IS ON AN INCLINE. THIS CANNOT BE RECREATED IF THE DEALERSHIP ATTACHES A TECH TOOL TO THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RECREATED WITHOUT FAIL WITH NOTHING ATTACHED. I HAVE ALSO HAD ONE OCCURRENCE THAT AFTER I STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK, WHICH IT WILL ALWAYS START BACK, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT ON A MAJOR ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO TRY AND STALL OUT. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE PICKED BACK UP AND RESPONDED NORMALLY JUST A SECOND BEFORE I WAS NEARLY STRUCK BROADSIDE BY A SEMI-TRUCK. THE DATE BELOW IS APPROXIMATELY WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED. *JB

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OCT-02 @ 21,000 MILES, WOULD ONLY REPLACE 1 PART, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN MAY 13,2003 @ 31,000 MILES, THIS TIME I WAS TOLD ALL PARTS IN TRANSMISSION WERE DESTROYED AND DEALER WANTED TO FIX BROKEN PARTS AND PUT BACK IN. IT GOT VERY FRUSTRATING AT THIS POINT....CALLED TOLL FREE NUMBER AT CHEVROLET AND GOT NO WHERE, THEY THINK I'M STUPID, I PAY MORE THAN $40,000 FOR A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND HAVE THIS HAPPEN TWICE IN 5 MONTHS....I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE FOR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I WAS DOOMED WHEN I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE, IT TOOK ALMOST 6 WEEKS TO GET AND THEY KEPT GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND ABOUT WHERE IT WAS, THEY KEPT TELLING IT HAD LEFT THE FACTORY AND WAS ON ITS WAY, BUT ALWAYS FOUND AN EXCUSE, THEN THEY SAID IT GOT PULLED OFF THE LINE FOR INSPECTION...WHAT'S WRONG HERE? THEY TOLD ME AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES IT HAD LEFT THE FACTORY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S ON THE LINE...IT NEVER LEFT THE FACTORY....I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN....*JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK AND NOT ALLOW THE PASSENGER TO MOVE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT REST OR IN MOTION. THE SEAT BELT RATCHET MECHANISM CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN CAUSING DISCOMFORT FOR THE PASSENGER WHO HAS TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT. THE DEALER INSPECTED AND ASSURED THAT IT "FUNCTIONS AS DESIGNED", IF THAT IS SO WHY DOES THE DRIVER SIDE NOT "FUNCTION AS DESIGNED" IF IT DID I THINK IT MIGHT CAUSE A FATALITY. *JB

THE MIDDLE REAR SEAT FELL ON THE CONSUMER'S FIVE YEAR OLD NEPHEW WHILE THE CHILD WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MIDDLE REAR SEAT WAS PULLED UP WHEN THE BACK OF THE SEAT LANDED ON THE CHILD. *JB *TS

POPPING NOISE HEARD IN STEERING SINCE THREE WEEKS OF PURCHASE. DEALER ORIGINALLY ADVISED IT WAS NORMAL ON NEW VEHICLES AND NEEDED TO "WORK OUT THE KINKS." TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS. FIRST REPAIR ATTEMPT, DEALER FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN LOWER BALL JOINTS AND REPLACED BOTH. PICKED U VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD POPPING NOISE AGAIN. DEALER THEN PERFORMED SECOND REPAIR ATTEMPT BY FINDING CENTER CROSS MEMBER AND RIDE HEIGHT BUSHINGS IN NEED OF LUBING. POPPING NOISE RECURRED WITHIN MONTH OF PICKING UP VEHICLE AFTER SECOND REPAIR ATTEMPT. SERVICE MGR TOOK TEST DRIVE AND HEARD POPPING NOISE. NOW STATES HE CANNOT RECREATE AND KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT NOT SURE WHAT. *NLM

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY WHEN GOING FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO FORWARD OR REVERSE. IN REVERSE POSITION, LOUD GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD. IN FORWARD, VEHICLE HESITATES BEFORE FINALLY MOVING FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES. FIRST REPAIR REVEALED FRONT THRUST SHIM WITH TOO MUCH END PLAY; TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY WAS REBUILT (MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPLACE), THRUST WASHER REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED. TWO RETURN VISITS FOR SAME PROBLEM AND DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT RECREATE AND HAVE FOUND NO PROBLEMS. *NLM

I AM A PARAMEDIC IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY MISSOURI, A SUBURB OF ST. LOUIS. IN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2002 I RESPONDED TO THREE CRASHES INVOLVING FULL SIZE GM TRUCKS. ALL THE VEHICLES CAUGHT FIRE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER A MODERATE TO HIGH SPEED IMPACT. THE VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN DRIVER SIDE OFF SET IMPACTS THAT LEAD TO INTRUSION INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLES WERE A 2002 4X4 AVALANCHE, 2001 EXT. CAB 4X4 SILVERADO, AND A 2002 4X4 TAHOE. THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE BATTERY AND THE FUEL LINES THAT RUN ALONG THE FRAM ON THAT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THEY ALSO, ALL HAD THE 5.3L V-8. I WAS NOT ABLE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE AVALANCHE OR SILVERADO DUE TO TAKING CARE OF THE INJURED OCCUPANTS. I DID LOOK AT THE TAHOE ENGINE AND IT APPERED THAT THE BATTERY CABLE HAD BEEN SEVERED IN THE CRASH. ALL VICTIMS WERE NOT TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLES AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS QUICKLY.I AM VERY CONCERNED DUE TO HAVING THREE FIRES IN SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAM. I RUN PROBALLY 500 VEHICLE CRASHES A YEAR AND VERY FEW RESULT IN FIRES EVEN WHEN THE FUEL SYSTEM HAS OBVIOUS LEAKS. I AM VERY CONCERNED DUE TO HAVING THREE IN ABOUT A 2 MONTH TIME FRAME. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED MORE INFO.

PERIODICALLY, WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE ENGINE WILL REV AND THE CAR DOES NOT GO. SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING IN TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY CANNOT LOCATE A PROBLEM.

TIRE BLEW AFTER BEING ON THE ROAD FOR 2 HOURS. SWANT GRABER MOTORS (715)537-3247 WHO REPLACED THE TIRE SAID THE BLOWOUT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZZARD I'M NOT BUY THAT. THEY SHOWED ME A PUNCTURE IN THE SIDEWALL. HOW CAN A PUNCTURE OCCURE GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 75 MPH. ON THE SIDEWALL? THE OPPISITE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY DISCINIGRADED. DT

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON FRONT IMPACT. THE VEHCILE WAS INSPECTED BY A CRASH INVESTIGATOR WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. *NLM