1. Chevrolet Tahoe
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  3. 2001
  4. Body

2001 Chevrolet Tahoe Body Problems

8
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 8 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi2
60–100k mi2
30–60k mi1
150–400k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • April 11, 2018 · 208,586 miles

    Body · Service Brakes

    Two rusted brake lines from the master cylinder to master distribution block under the truck caused the brake pedal to go to the floor at 50 mph and ran thru a 4 way stop intersection in a rural area, thank you jesus i'm alive, lot's of rust on the lower rockers etc. On both sides

    ODI 11084874

  • August 28, 2014 · 40,000 miles

    Body · Visibility/Wiper

    The liftgate glass hinge has separated from the molding causing the liftgate glass window to become unsafe since it is now held onto the car by only one rubber hinge bracket. The glass in the liftgate will not close and could become separated from the car while the car is moving down the highway causing serious injury to cars following my car. The local dealer stated that he had seen the problem before but there is…

    ODI 10629132

  • June 1, 2013

    Body

    2 door latches and rear door will not open as the door handle will not spring back in place after opening. Need to push in the handle on the outside after closing the door to be able to open the door again from the inside or the outside. *tr

    ODI 10607211

  • November 23, 2011 · 127,004 miles

    Body · Visibility

    The rear hatch glass is mounted to the body by a rubber hinge attachment process, the bonding failed which allowed the rear hatch glass to fall off of the body hitting me in the process. This causes a dangerous condition that could harm another motorist if the glass falls off while traveling at highway speed. It is a very common failure that is a manufacturers defect. *tr

    ODI 10437279

  • February 24, 2009 · 85,230 miles

    Body

    The truck is a 2001, has been in the garage for over 90% of its life. I noticed 2 months a small patch of paint starting to bubble on the roof. This patch has now extended to approximately 2 sq ft in size. *tr

    ODI 10265539

  • January 7, 2008 · 100,000 miles

    Body

    My rear doors on my chevy tahoe 2001 are becoming impossible to open.

    ODI 10321627

  • December 25, 2007 · 120,000 miles

    Air Bags · Body

    Involved in incident where 2001 chevrolet tahoe lost control at approximately 60 mph and flipped end-over-end multiple times totaling vehicle. Both driver and single passenger injured requiring ambulance transport to er. Airbags did not deploy. *tr

    Crash reported · 2 injuries

    ODI 10597056

  • October 5, 2005

    Body

    Both side-view mirror casings (not the glass) broke within a month of one another. Must be a defect. It is dangerous since they can fall off at anytime and if that occurs i am unable to see my surroundings as needed to provide a safe driving environment for myself, my passengers, and other surrounding vehicles or pedestrians. The first mirror broke in september 2005 the second on october 5, 2005. *nm

    ODI 10139546