2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BRAKE LINE CORROSION. *SMD THE CONSUMER LOST BRAKING WITHOUT WARNING. HE WAS ABLE TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO BRAKE LINE CORROSION, WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT BRAKE LINES EXHIBITED THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

2002 TAHOE LT WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON TWO LANE ROAD WHEN RIGHT FRONT TIRE HIT SOFT SHOULDER. CAR LEFT ROAD AND TRAVELED ABOUT 200 FEET BEFORE HITTING A POWER POLE. CAR STRUCK POLE JUST BEHIND LEFT FRONT TIRE. IMPACT SHEARED THE POLE OFF AND THE CAR ROLLED ONTO DRIVER'S SIDE, THEN SLID ABOUT ANOTHER THIRTY TO FIFTY FEET. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER STRUCK FACE ON STEERING WHEEL, CUTTING FOREHEAD AND RECEIVED OTHER FACIAL INJURIES. LEFT LEG WAS BROKEN IN FOUR PLACES AND DRIVER WAS PINNED IN CAR FOR ONE AN ONE HALF HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE DOWN HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH WHEN APPLIED BRAKES. THE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES. HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 MIN. THE MAIN STEEL LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES HAS A RUSTED HOLE IN LINE. WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED FLUID SQUIRTS OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS NOT RETRACTING ON THE THIRD ROW. THE CONTACT HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO REMOVE A PASSENGER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT'S HEAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SPINAL CORD AND NECK INJURIES. THE DOCTOR X-RAYED THE CONTACT AND DIAGNOSED HIM WITH BURNING PARESTHEGIC, HYPER-ESTHESIA, AND CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME. THE CONTACT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TWO DAYS AFTER THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 285,000.

HEADING HOME FROM FIREWORKS SHOW WITH 3 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. APPLIED THE BRAKES IN OUR DRIVEWAY... NOTHING, STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE DELIVERED MAIL SINCE 2000 (NOT IN THIS VEHICLE ), I HAVE HAD MY SHARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKES WAS THE WORST I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. IF IT WERE NOT FOR QUICK THINKING AND MY HUSBAND'S ACTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE PLOWED HEAD ON INTO OUR HOME. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE COULD NOT STOP AT THE 5 INTERSECTIONS ON THE WAY HOME. BOTH BRAKE LINES BLEW, RUST, CORROSION AND NOW UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF STORIES JUST LIKE OURS. I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN CHEVROLET VEHICLES. NOT ANYMORE! IF I HAVE TO TOW THIS BEAST TO THE DEALERSHIP TO UNLOAD IT, I WILL. I WILL GO TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND BUY A TOYOTA. THEY CAN HAVE THIS MESS THAT THEY CREATED. 5 LIVES WERE AT RISK LAST NIGHT. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

UN-EXPECTANT FAILURE OF CORRODED BRAKE LINE WIFE WAS OPERATING A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT TURNED RED AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL ??WENT TO THE FLOOR?? AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED BEFORE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. WIFE KEPT PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEYOND THE INTERSECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT A SHORT DISTANCE LATER. FIGURING THE VEHICLE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM FIRST APPLYING THE BRAKES UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. UPON INSPECTION, DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED JUST BELOW THE DRIVER??S SIDE DOOR. THE LINE THAT RUPTURED WAS VERY CORRODED IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUPTURE. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUPTURE ALSO APPEAR TO BE VERY CORRODED. PLANS ARE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WHERE ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES FAILED UN-EXPECTANTLY DUE TO CORROSION. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON THE GRAND PRIX WERE ALSO REPLACED AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. BOTH VEHICLES ARE/WERE WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED. *TR

I WAS OUT OF TOWN TO VISIT FAMILY AND AS I WAS TURNING INTO A STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKES WENT SOFT AND I HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS THING BUT AS I GOT CLOSER TO A FRIENDS HOUSE THE BRAKES NO LONGER WORKED I HAD TO PUSH IT TO FLOOR TO SLOW DOWN. I WAS SO PETRIFIED I PULLED OVER AND WAITS FOR SOME FRIENDS TO PICK ME UP. I HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY TO WAIT TO A SHOP TO OPEN. THE MECHANICS STATED I LOSS 2 BRAKE LINES AND 2 CALIBERS ALMOST 700 I HAD TO PAY WITH NO CHOICE SINCE I HAD TO GO HOME AND WORK THE SAME DAY. THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING AND COST ME TONS OF MONEY I DON'T EVEN HAVE. THIS PROBLEM CAME WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WOULD LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,419.

WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN, I BEGAN TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE AS I WAS STOPPING MY BRAKE PEDAL STARTED TO VIBRATE. CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SKID JUST PAST THE STOP SIGN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IF MY ABS LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD IS OFF, MY BRAKING IS OK. BUT WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT IS NOT ON I GET THAT VIVRATIING FEELING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL JUST WHEN I'M ABOUT TO COME TO A FULL STOP, KINDA LIKE PULSATING. I BEEN SEARCHING IN THE INTERNET ABOUT CASES LIKE THIS AND THERE ARE RECALLS, I NEED TO KNOW HOW CAN I INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THE RECALL. THE AREA THAT I LIVE IN IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE OCEAN. *TR