Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
I TOO HAVE A 2000 MONTE CARLO THAT NEEDS A MANIFOLD GASKET DO TO THE FACT THAT THE OIL AND COOLANT ARE LEAKING THIS CAR WOULD ALWAYS SHOW LOW OIL AND WE FOUND THAT OIL IS LEAKING INTO THE COOLANT AREA THIS CAR IS THE WORSE I HAVE EVER OWNED IT HAS MULTI PROBLEMS THAT CONSUMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT(THE BIG ONE BEING BRAKES LOCKING UP )EVERY YEAR I NEED NEW BRAKES AND NO I DO NOT RIDE MY BRAKES BUT NO RECALLS ARE EVER DONE. *TR
I AM THE OWNER OF A CHEVY TAHOE MODEL YEAR 2000 VIN# [XXX] , ON 11/08/05 ABOUT 6:30 PM I WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ON ROUTE 4 NJ. MY BRAKES FAILED AND I HIT THE BUMPER OF THE CAR BEFORE ME, I HAD MY CAR TOWED IN TO MY MECHANIC AND UPON INSPECTION HE SHOWED ME THAT BOTH BRAKE ROTORS WHICH HAD THE INNER RING WELDED TO THE OUTER RING HAD THE WELD BROKEN AWAY , SO THAT THE INNER RING WAS JUST SPINNING INSIDE THE OUTER ROTOR STRUCTURE, HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I SHOULD BUY A ROTOR WHICH IS ONE PIECE THEREFORE THE INNER PRINT CANT EVER BREAK AWAY FROM THE OUTER, MY ISSUE WITH GM IS WHY DO THEY HAVE TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE AND WOULD USE A COMPOSITE ROTOR PUTTING PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY WITH TOTAL DISREGARD OF HUMAN LIFE, WHEN I PAID ABOUT $ 34,000 FOR MY SUV AND THEY TRY TO SAVE 10-20 DOLLARS, I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION THE SEPARATED ROTORS ( IF NEEDED FOR INSPECTION) TO SUM IT UP IT IS A DIRE DANGER TO DRIVE AROUND WITH COMPOSITE ROTORS, GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LOSS AND FOR THE FUTURE LOSSES OF FILE AND PROPERTY DUE TO THIS INFERIOR MATERIAL, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, BEFORE SOME PEOPLE GET KILLED. *JB UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
VEHICLE MADE NOISE WHEN BRAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR, AND BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND THE HARDWARE KITS. ALSO, REAR AXLE SEAL WAS REPLACED. A WEEK LATER ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME BACK ON WHILE DRIVING, AND THE ABS MOTOR KEPT ON RUNNING, EVEN AFTER SWITCHING OFF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND THE ABS MOTOR. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.* ALSO, REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS/CALIPERS. *AK...ALSO REPLACED REAR AXLE SEAL. *AK
WHILE BRAKING BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER SAID THAT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED. *LA
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL BEFORE PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THE CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *NM
ON OCTOBER 14, 2003, WHILE SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A DUMP TRUCK ESTIMATED SPEED WAS 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT NO AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED. *AK
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WAS DRIVING 60MPH & HIT A BUCKET IN ROAD. BUCKET STAYED UNDER VEHICLE WHEN CHANGING LANE TO LEFT. WAS UNDER RIGHT TIRE WHEN IT EXPLODED. HAD NO BRAKES(ABS) OR STEERING. LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. STARTED TO SLIDE & HIT 2 OTHER VEHICLES. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT WORKING. FINALLY VEHICLE HAD STOPPED. *AK
8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.