1. Chevrolet Tahoe
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  3. 2002
  4. Frontal

2002 Chevrolet Tahoe Frontal Problems

7
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 7 stored complaint records:

  • 7 indicate a crash
  • 7 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi2
1–30k mi1
100–150k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 28, 2010 · 118,000 miles

    Frontal · Seat Belts

    I was driving my 2002 chevy tahoe, a gentleman ran a stop sign, i hit him at 39 mph, head on in my tahoe, t-boned his truck. Neither airbag deployed, nor did my seatbelt keep me from hitting the steering wheel and my head knocking me out. Gm sent someone to look at my car which has been deemed a total loss. I have yet to hear back from gm on this incident. I purchased this car brand new thinking it was safe. The one…

    Crash reported · 2 injuries

    ODI 10353935

  • March 24, 2006 · 6,600 miles

    Frontal

    On my wife's way home form work she was involved in an accident, were she rear ended another vehicle, the crash was at about 35 to 45 miles per hour and it affected the front driver side of our 2002 chevy tahoe. The impact was so significant that the frame of the tahoe was bent. The crash pretty much mimicked the same off center front crash that the insurance institute for highway safety conducts on their testing.…

    Crash reported · 3 injuries

    ODI 10155306

  • November 15, 2005

    Frontal

    I was driving my 2002 tahoe about 30-35 mph when i blacked out and lost control of the vehicle. I hit a column outside a hotel which was about 2x2 feet with steel within the center of the column. My truck was a total lost and the front airbags did not deploy as they were supposed to. *jb

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10143613

  • January 23, 2004 · 37,000 miles

    Frontal

    I was traveling down to freeway, doing about 65-70 mph. I was rear ended by a guy going between 100-110 mph, i was thrown out of control. I hit the center divider almost head on at about 70 mph. I then bounced off the divider, came clear agcross all lanes and hit the rear guard rail, i bounded off that and rolled on its side. In all my air bags never deployed.*ak

    Crash reported · 2 injuries

    ODI 10080735

  • December 4, 2003 · 39,767 miles

    Frontal · Tires

    Had a front end collision into the side of another vehicle whom ran a red light. We estimated our impact speed at 30 mph upon colliding together. Neither front airbags deployed. Suffered neck and back bruising and muscle strain.*ak

    Crash reported · 2 injuries

    ODI 10050631

  • June 5, 2002

    Frontal

    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

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 568470

  • Frontal

    While driving swerved to miss another vehicle and lost control, rolled over four times. Upon impact, airbags didnot deploy. Driver injured and vehicle totaled. Please add vin. *ak

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 8009591