Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ACCESS TO THE THIRD ROW SEATING CABLE LACY FAILED. IF ANYONE IN THE THIRD ROW NEEDED TO GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY THEY WOULD BE TRAPPED MOST LIKELY. ALL REAR SEAT CABLES ARE BROKEN.
SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM WIRING UNDERNEATH.
CABLE THAT OPERATES THE REAR SEAT MECHANISM BROKE SO REAR SEAT CANNOT BE FOLDED DOWN WHICH IMPEDES THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THE 3RD ROW SEATING. PASSENGERS IN 3RD ROW SEAT CANNOT EXIT THE VEHICLE THROUGH THIS DOOR.
UNABLE TO FOLD DOWN REAR SEAT DUE TO CABLE ISSUES.
WE HAVE NOW HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR OF OUR DOOR HANDLES. THE BLACK PLASTIC AND HARDWARE JUST ROTS AWAY. EVENTUALLY YOU PULL ON THE DOOR HANDLE AND THE PIECE BREAKS OFF OF THE CAR AND HANGS BY ONE REMAINING FIXTURE. MONEY PIT FOR SURE. *TR
2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER SHOCKING DRIVER AND BURNING HOLES THROUGH THE SEAT AND LEATHER. THIS OCCURS WHETHER THE HEATER IS TURNED OFF OR ON. *TR
THE SEAT LATCH(FRONT) TO SECURE THE THIRD ROW SEAT TO THE FLOOR SNAPPED APART. THE SEATS REMAIN IN THE VEHICLE AND HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO WATER OR OUTSIDE ELEMENTS. THE INTEGRITY OF THE SEAT BEING SECURELY LATCHED TO THE FLOOR IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION IS NOW COMPROMISED. *TR
I PURCHASED A 2002 TAHOE IN AUGUST AND RECENTLY NOTICED A POPPING SOUND WHEN I WOULD LIFT THE HATCHBACK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I COULD SEE THAT THE WHOLE HATCHBACK GLASS WAS SAGGING ON ONE SIDE. I REALIZED THAT THE COMPONENTS THAT HELD THE GLASS TO THE FRAME WAS BADLY CRACKED AND STARTING TO LET GO. I HAD BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WAS TOLD THIS WAS A GLASS ISSUE, AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. AFTER SEVERAL CALLS TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY AGREED TO HAVE A GM REPRESENTATIVE EVALUATE THE SITUATION TO SEE IF THEY COULD REPLACE IT AT NO CHARGE, $802.50, IN THE END THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE GLASS FOR ME.*AK
WHEN REMOVING DRIVER-SIDE HALF OF THIRD ROW SEAT, DIE-CAST METAL HOOK-AND-LATCH THAT IS INTNEDED TO SECURE SEAT TO THE THE VEHICLE SNAPPED/SHEARED FROM SEAT. CONCERNED THAT ONE OF THE PRIMARY COMPENENTS APPARENTLY INTENDED TO SECURE THE SEAT TO THE VEHICLE WOULD SNAP SO EASILY WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE OR USE.
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
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
WHILE DRIVING INSTRUMENTAL PANEL DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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