2003 GMC Tahoe

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › instrument cluster/panel. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel2
000
Steering › Linkages1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Nov 10, 2007OH

2003 GMC TAHOE. SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Dec 21, 200660,000 milesVA

TL* - THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REGISTERS 1/8 OF A TANK OF GAS WHEN TANK IS EMPTY. THERE ARE NO WARNINGS GIVEN TO INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF GAS. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE LEVEL SENSOR TWICE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN PARK WHEN IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THE TANK IS EMPTY. THE CONTACT STATES ONCE HE PUTS GAS IN THE VEHICLE IT STARTS RIGHT UP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP 6 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM.

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Dec 6, 200660,000 milesCA

MY 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. WHEN IT IS COLD, AND I START THE CAR UP IN THE MORNING, THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS UP, AND SAYS THE SPEED IS ABOUT 10 MPH. ONCE I START DRIVING, IT QUICKLY JUMPS UP IN EXCESS OF 120 MPH, AND OFF THE CHARTS. THEN WHEN COMING BACK DOWN TO IDLE, IT SITS ANYWHERE FROM 60 MPH - 90 MPH. TO CLEAR THIS BACK TO ZERO, AND GET IT TO SEEM LIKE IT IS WORKING PROPERLY, I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN, AND THEN IT JUMPS DOWN 10 MPH EACH TIME IT TURNS BACK ON. SO I HAVE TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED ON THANKSGIVING, AND THEN AGAIN TODAY. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AMON GM VEHICLE OWNERS, WITH TAHOES, YUKON'S, AVALANCES, AND OTHER CHEVROLET/GMC TRUCKS/SUV'S. THE CHEVROLET DEALERS SAY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS TO BE REPLACED, AND PARTS AND LABOR FOR THIS, SEEMS TO BE ANYWHERE FROM $350 - $700+. WITH SUCH A WIDESPREAD REPORT OF THIS PROBLEM, GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS, AND STOP MAKING PEOPLE PAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *JB

Steering › Linkages
Filed Dec 25, 200417,934 milesCA

WHEN DRIVING AROUND CORNERS,MILD TO SEVERE,VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A CLICKING NOISE THEY STATED IT WAS IN THE STEERING SHAFT WOULD ORDER NEW PART .4TO6WEEKS TO RECIEVE WAS NOT A SAFTY ISSUE OK TO DRIVE.THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE BY THE DAY.A WIND GUST TOSSES IT ALL OVER THE ROAD. STILL NOT FIXED.STATED GM CANNOT MAKE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS FAST ENOUGH. *AK

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2003 — this page4000Routine
20024000Routine
20013000Routine
20006000Routine
19994000Routine
19982000Routine

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Reading this record

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.