2002 Chevrolet Tracker

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/23/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON MY 2002 CHEVY MALIBU HAS BEEN COMING ON. THE CHEVY DEALER CHECKED THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON, CHECKED FOR LOW COOLANT. FOUND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING INTERNALLY. COOLANT MIXING WITH OIL. *NM

• 12/13/2018· SERVICE BRAKES

  REAR BRAKES KEEP FAILING, THEY FAILED YESTERDAY FOR THE THIRD TIME IN ABOUT 8,000 MILES. THEY ALSO DISCONTINUED A PART FOR THE REAR BRAKES. CANNOT FIND THE PART ANYWHERE. WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR, PULLED OVER AND IT WAS THE BRAKES. HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO STOP.

• 12/13/2006· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  2002 MALIBU. TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD FLASHER FAILURE. *NM

• 12/12/2001· POWER TRAIN

  GEAR SHIFT RING CAME LOOSE, AND CONSUMER COULDN'T STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM.*AK

• 12/10/2013· EXTERIOR LIGHTINGFire

  I LOST EVERYTHING. I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 20 IN LASALLE AND A OLD MAN IN A BMW WAS HIGH BEAMING ME, I SLOWED DOWN AND SWITCHED TO THE RIGE TRUCK LANE. HE SPED UP IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND GAVE ME A HAND SIGNAL TO PULL OVER. I EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND PARKED THE TRUCK. I WENT IN THE BACK AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING BIZARRE, BUT STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE OLD MAN SAW. I WENT BACK IN THE TRUCK AND PUT IT IN REVERSE AND FELT THE TRUCK HESITATING WHILE BACKING UP, NOW I PUT IT IN DRIVE, SAMETHING TRUCK HESITATING. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD AND ALL I SAW WERE FLAMES ALL OVER THE ENGINE, AIR INTAKE, AROUND THE BATTERY AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE DIPSTICK FOR THE TRANSMISSION. WITHIN 15 MINUTES MY WHOLE TRUCK THAT I PUT 2 AND A HALF YEARS WORTH FIREMEN TOOK 25 MINUTES AT LEAST, WHILE THE COPS CAME IN 10 MIN. BY THE TIME THE COPS CAME THE TRUCK WAS ALREADY HALF BURNT. MY GIRLFRIEND WAS WITH ME GOING CRAZY. ITS GONE, ALL GONE. REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION, CHANGED RACK AND PINION, CHANGE EXHAUST LINE COMPLETE FROM FRONT FLEX PIPE RIGHT TO THE REAR TAIL PIPE, FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION COMPLETELY CHANGED, BUILT IN AN IPHONE CHARGER AND THIS IS WHAT I GET, TO FIND OUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THAT THIS TRUCK IS OVERLOADED WITH RECALLS DUE TO BAD GAS FILTER FITTING, AND SHORT CIRCUIT IN DRIVERSIDE DOOR. THANK U GM FOR WISHING ME A MERRY CHRISTMAS.................................. *TR

• 11/29/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  I WAS IN A WRECK LAST MONDAY NIGHT WHILE DRIVING A COMPANY VAN. THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN YOU SET IT AT A SPEED THEN GO DOWN A HILL IT WOULD GET 15-20 MILES FASTER. ANY HOW THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT DOWN AND I HIT A GUARD RAIL WITH THE FRONT OF THE VAN A FIRE STARTED IMMEDIATELY BY MY LEFT FOOT AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNTIL THE FIRE GOT TO THEM. THE VAN ROLLED OVER ONCE AND LANDED ON ITS WHEELS THE DOORS WOULDN'T OPEN I ROLLED DOWN THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND GOT OUT THAT WAY AND THE ABS BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET ON THEM REAL HARD. DT

• 11/27/2007· POWER TRAIN

  I PURCHASED MY 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS IN DECEMBER, 2004. GREAT LOOKING VEHICLE WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE MOST RECENT AND SEVERE HAS COME OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP, THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY; VERY ROUGH AND THE RPM'S GO TO 4000 OR ABOVE BEFORE SHIFTING OR IF I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. I AM TERRIFIED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO COME OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE; I AM TAKING THE CAR TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. I HAVE ALSO BEEN RESEARCHING OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CAR, AND TO MY HORROR, I AM EXPERIENCING MUCH OF THE SAME AS OTHER CONSUMERS. HOW CAN SO MANY COMPLAINTS BE ISSUED ABOUT THE SAME VEHICLE AND GENERAL MOTORS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEMS?? *TR

• 11/23/2013· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE

  I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERY TIME I PRESSED THE BRAKES MY TRACKER VEERED TO THE RIGHT INTO THE OTHER LAND AND STARTED TO SHAKE TREMENDOUSLY. I COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH OUT IT CONSTANTLY SHAKING. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER BAR HAD ROTTED OUT AND WAS COMPLETELY FULL OF RUST. AFTER A FULL INSPECTION I WAS TOLD FROM THE MECHANIC THAT MY CAR IS MECHANICALLY SOUND AND THERE IS NO OTHER RUST ANYWHERE IN THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME ABOUT A RECALL WITH THIS PART. MY 2002 CHEVY TRACKER HAS JUST OVER 85000 MILES . I CONTACTED THE GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 2012 THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WELL UNDER THE MILEAGE LIMITS. I RECENTLY INHERITED THIS VEHICLE FROM MY MOTHER IN-LAW WHO WAS VERY SICK WITH CANCER. SHE DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE SINCE JANUARY OF 2012 DUE TO HER BEING EXTREMELY SICK. I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS OF HER VEHICLE AND ALL HER PAPERWORK. SHE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THIS PART. I DON'T WANT GM. TO FIX THIS SINCE I HAVE MY OWN MECHANIC BUT FEEL THEY SHOULD WARRANTY THE PART. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE PART JUST A EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY WERE OFFERING. AFTER LOOKING AT YOUR WEBSITE I SEE THAT THERE MOST DEFIANTLY WAS A RECALL AND THIS VEHICLE NEVER GOT FIXED . I CANT SAY WHETHER THE RECALL LETTER GOT LOST IN THE MAIL OR WAS NEVER SENT. THEY SAID THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION DOES RECALL NOT THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WAS NO RECALL THEY WERE JUST OFFERING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I JUST WANT CHEVROLET TO STEP UP TO THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN. THANK YOU *TR

• 11/18/2009· STRUCTURE

  RIGHT FRONT IDLER ARM HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY FROM FRONT CROSS MEMBER AND WAS JUST HANGING LOOSE. *TR

• 11/11/2009· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DRIVER'S SIDE HANDLE FELL APART WHILE OPENING THE DOOR. NOW MUST OPEN DOOR FROM OUTSIDE. *TR

• 11/11/2009· VISIBILITY

  POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE QUIT WORKING. ROLLING THE WINDOW UP TAKES BOTH HANDS. MUST USE ONE HAND ON POWER WINDOW BUTTON AND THE OTHER TO PUT THE WINDOW BACK ON THE TRACKS WHEN IT FALLS OFF. *TR

• 11/05/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM THE HEADLIGHTS SENSOR WAS AUTOMATIC, INSTEAD OF COMING ON WHEN THERE WAS LOW VISIBILITY AND OFF WHEN IT WAS DAYLIGHT, THEY CAME ON AND WENT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE VEHICLE REPAIRED BEFORE WINTER ARRIVES TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. *PH *JB

• 10/31/2002· SUSPENSION

  THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS WEARING EXCESSIVELY. AS A RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD ROTATED FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TWICE, AND THEY BOTH WORE OUT. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS THE ONLY TIRE WEARING EXCESSIVELY. TS DEALERSHIP STATED VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A DEFECT, BUT HAD OFFERED TO MONITOR VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE FRONT TIRE IF THE FAILURE REOCCURRED AFTER THE NEXT 5000 MILES. *TT *JB

• 10/30/2013· STRUCTURE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT LATER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME BRACKET WAS FRACTURED DUE TO RUST CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

• 10/27/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASING MY NEW 2002 TRACKER 2002, A GLOB OF BROWN STICKY STUFF DROPPED FROM THE BRAKE TO THE CAR FLOOR. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, AN IRRITATING SQUEAKY NOISE IS PRODUCED. THE DEALER CHECKED THIS OUT AND SAID SOMETHING IN THE BRAKE WALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT TOOK ABOUT A MONTH TO GET AND IT WAS REPLACED. WITHIN A WEEK THE SQUEAK RETURNED AND HAS REMAINED. WHAT IS THIS PROBLEM?*AK

• 10/26/2020· TIRES

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE: AFFINITY TOURING, TIRE SIZE: 205/65/R15, DOT NUMBER: 2R9LDBF. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INSPECTED THE TIRE BUT SAW NO DAMAGE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE DAMAGED ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL AND WAS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 145,000.

• 10/22/2013· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, SHE WAS ADVISED THAT ALL OF THE CROSS MEMBERS WERE CORRODED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS, AND THE FRONT AND CENTER CROSS MEMBERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, WHO STATED THAT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THEIR VOLUNTARY PROGRAM MENTIONED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA06018 (SUSPENSION) HAD PASSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,849. UPDATED 12/23/13*LJ

• 10/17/2014· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE,SERVICE BRAKESCrash

  MY CHEVY TRACKER HAS A BROKEN CROSSMEMBER/SUBFRAME/K-FRAME. FRONT SUSPENSION ARMS ARE MOUNTED TO THIS PIECE, IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOUNTING POINT. IT COMPLETELY BROKE WHILE DRIVING, LUCKILY AT A VERY SLOW SPEED, NO MAJ. INJURY. GM KNOWS THE BAD PART WAS IN EVERY TRACKER/VITARA -THEY SAY IT WASN'T TREATED PROPERLY, HAD NO DRAIN HOLES. THERE IS A BULLETIN TO REPLACE THIS PART (#06186),10 YEARS OR 150K MILES -WHICH SPECIFIES THE REPAIR IS COVERED IF "DISPLAYS THE CONDITION OF" HAVING THE DEFECT WITHIN THAT PERIOD. FULLER GM DEALER AGREES "CLEARLY HAD THE PROBLEM WITHIN THE PERIOD BASED UPON CONDITION NOW". I'VE SUFFERED THE RUN-AROUND BETWEEN SR REP ON THE PHONE, AND THE LOCAL GM DEALER. ALL SAY "WOULD REPAIR IT IF THE OTHER WOULD". GM BY PHONE SAYS IT'S UP TO THE LOCAL, LOCAL SAYS GM HAS TO AUTHORIZE REPAIR. THEY ALL UNIV. AGREED WITH FACTS: HAD THE PROBLEM WITHIN THE BULLETIN'S DEFINITION, YET INSIST THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO HELP, "THE PERIOD IS UP" -WHICH IS A CONTRADICTION! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FAILURE, FAR WORSE THAN THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. IN THOSE CASES, THE CAR CAN STILL FUNCTION WITH AN AWARE DRIVER. THE TRACKER FAILURE IS CATASTROPHIC. GM SAYS BULLETIN NOTICE MAILED OUT TOLD OWNERS TO CHECK FOR THE "SIGNS" EVERY YEAR, BUT ONLY SENT OUT ONE NOTICE -NOT TO THE NEXT OWNERS (MOST MANUFS SEND NOTICES FOR NEW OWNERS)! OWNER OF MY CAR WHO MAYBE SAW THE NOTICE DIED, SO WE HAD NO WARNING TO CHECK FOR "SIGNS". EVERY GM REP SAYS THAT'S THEIR "REGRETTABLE POLICY". GM AND LOCAL FULLER GM HAVE WASTED MANY HOURS/WEEKS OF TIME, DIRECTING RESPONSE. TO ALL OTHERS, SAYING WILL HELP AND CALL BACK, NOT ONE HAS. GM SAYS "THERE'S NO RECALL BECAUSE IT WASN'T A POPULAR VEHICLE"*! I OFFERED TO PAY FOR PART, OR WORK, MEET HALFWAY, THEY DID NOT EVEN CONSIDER. I WANT MINE REPAIRED +GM TO ADMIT RESPONSIBILITY. PLEASE HELP, THANKS! *ALL QUOTES ACTUALLY SAID BY GM. *TR

• 10/01/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN RAINING DAY, APLIED THE BRAKE AND TOOK LONGER TO STOP, CONSUMER STATES ROTOR ARE EXPOSE TO THE WEATHER AND GOT WET. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM *YH

• 09/30/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE . THE DEALER STATED THE OIL FILTER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

• 09/29/2008· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON YOU ARE DRIVING AND NOW POWER TO ENGINE OR ELEC. SYSTEM. HAD CODE CHECK STATES MAP SENSOR AND COOL TEMP SENSOR CHANGED THEM STILL DOES IT. CAR WILL JUST STALL OR YOU CAN RACE MOTOR TO 5 RPMS AND ONLY GOES 25 MPH THIS IS A HAZARD. *TR

• 09/28/2005· POWER TRAIN

  RE 2002 CHEVY TAHOE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: UP UNTIL THE 34,000 MILE RANGE THE VEHICLE DID JUST THAT, RUN FLAWLESSLY. HOWEVER, AT 34,000 MILES (NOVEMBER OF 2004) THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND NEEDED TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY AND INSTANTLY THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO WHINE AND STOPPED OPERATING WHICH PLACED HER INTO THE PATH OF A LARGE TRUCK BEARING DOWN ON HER RATHER QUICKLY. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO GLIDE OUT OF THE PATH OF THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD THE TAHOE TOWED BACK TO OUR DEALERSHIP AND WE DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION "SUN SHELL" HAD FAILED AND WOULD BE REPLACED. OUR DEALER ASSURED US THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE NEW PARTS WERE DESIGNED TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE. OUR DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRING A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WITH THESE FAILURES. OUR TAHOE WENT OFF OF IT'S NEW CAR WARRANTY ON MILEAGE NOT NUMBER OF MONTHS SOMETIME IN APRIL OF 2005 (36 MONTHS WOULD HAVE ENDED THIS AUGUST). JUST THIS PAST MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 19, 2005) MY WIFE WAS AGAIN ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN OUR 2002 TAHOE. THE MILEAGE WAS APPROX: 41,000 ( TOTAL PERIOD OF MILES AND THE LENGTH OF TIME FROM THE PREVIOUS FAILURE WAS APPROX: 7 MONTHS). THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE THE SAME, SHE WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY AND AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO WHINE AND SLIP. THIS TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RELATIVE SAFETY. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO OUR DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE "SUN SHELL" HAD FAILED. I WENT TO PICK UP THE CAR ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 AND WHILE I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE DAMAGED PART AND A BENCH THAT CONTAINED SEVERAL DAMAGED "SUN SHELL". IT OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT TAKE MUCH EFFORT TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION AND SPECIFICALLY THIS PART. *JB

• 09/26/2024· AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES,LANE DEPARTURECrashFire

  The safety airbags exploded and burning my face and the passenger side passenger it was very hard and his arm and the of explosion of the airbags she was spraying and burning the face and was

• 09/26/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  DT: 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. THE CONSUMER STATED CAR DEVELOPED A SPORADIC FAILURE OF TURN SIGNALS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. INVOLVED LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLET, THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER TO CONTACT THE DEALER, IMPERIAL CHEVROLET. HOWEVER, THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $46.00 JUST TO LOOK AT CAR. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AN ARTICLE IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER STATED THERE HAS BEEN A TREND OF FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED IMPERIAL CHEVROLET THEY STATED THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. *AK

• 09/19/2003· VISIBILITY

  POWER WINDOWS DROP FORWARD AND REFUSE TO WORK. HAVE WORKED ABOUT 4 MONTHS SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE. A 2002 CHEV. TRACKER. I BOUGHT IN NOV. 2001. *JB

• 09/16/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES. IF VEHICLE WAS GOING OVER 30 MPH, AND CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT CONSUMER HAD THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ABS BRAKES. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND TOLD CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND HAVE THE BRAKES TESTED AGAIN.*AK

• 09/11/2007· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND JERK TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT CROSS-MEMBER DISENGAGED AND WAS RUSTED. AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2007, THE MECHANIC HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 58,000.

• 09/05/2010· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I HAVE A 02'CHEVY IMPALA WHEN I TURN IT ON ALL ELECTRIC COMES ON AND THE ENGINE RUNS FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND DIES THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT AND SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM COMES ON I GOT THE FUEL PUMP AND SENSOR REPLACED STILL THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR A FEW MILES AFTER READING THE MANUAL AND PUSHING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR WHILE HOLDING THE KEYS ON FOR THREE SECONDS BUT EVENTUALLY IT DIED AGAIN. PLEASE HELP!!!!! *TR

• 08/28/2002· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAD NO SOLUTION. *AK

• 08/21/2016· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE O2 SENSORS EVERY 2 YEARS AS THEY ARE DEFECTIVE. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE 2004 (12 YEARS) SO I'VE REPLACE THE O2 SENSORS ( ALL 3) 6 TIMES. HAS THIS HAPPENED OR BEEN REPORTED BY ANY OTHER OWNERS?

• 08/18/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WIRING HARNESS TO AIR CONDITIONER CHAFFED, TOUCHED BODY OF TIRE WELL AND BURNT OUT FUSE AND HARNESS. VEHICLE ONLY 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER 44,000 MILES AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AT ALL. EVEN THOUGH NO HARM OR EVENTFUL INCIDENT HAPPENED, I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEFECT, THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT IN 3 YEARS TIME. *NM

• 08/10/2011· VISIBILITY

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO SCREENS COVERING THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. AS A RESULT, A MOUSE ENTERED THE VENTS, CONTAMINATED THE AREA AND CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO BLOW OUT. THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN RESPONSE TO THE BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STATED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

• 08/10/2006· VISIBILITY

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE ELECTRIC WINDOW TOOK TWO HANDS TO ROLL UP OR DOWN, WITH ONE HAND ON THE WINDOW BUTTON AND THE OTHER HAND PRESSING WEIGHT AGAINST THE WINDOW. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THERE WAS ONLY ONE SCREW THAT HELD THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS FOR THIS ISSUE.

• 08/05/2004· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE LEFT SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE RUNNING A STOP SIGN. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED VARIOUS BONE FRACTURES AND BRUISES. THE POLICE AND AN AMBULANCE DID ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.*AK

• 07/17/2002· TIRES

  HAVE BEEN UNHAPPY WITH SQUEALING OF TIRES SINCE THE BEGINNING, BUT WHEN THE AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED IT WAS ALWAYS AT THE PRESSURE ON THE DOOR STICKER-26 POUNDS. NOT ONLY NOISE BUT SEEMED TO BE BAD TRACTION-SKIDS TO HALT RATHER THAN STOPS ON WET AND DRY PAVEMENT, ESPECIALLY ON DECLINE. 6/11/02 TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL, NO TRACTION. WENT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME 26 POUNDS WAS TOO LOW, THE TIRES NEEDED MORE AIR. WHEN I BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT THE DOOR STICKER SAYS 26, THEY SAID THEY COULODN'T TELL ME TO PUT IN MORE THAN WHAT'S ON THE STICKER, BUT THE TIRES NEEDED MORE AIR. CALLED GENERAL MOTORS TALKED WITH A PAT LEWELLEN(MY REQUEST NUMBER S1=909) WHO CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER BRIAN COOK WHO TOLD HER EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD TOLD ME, THAT MORE AIR SHOULD GO IN THE TIRES. SHE ALSO COULD NOT TELL ME TO ADD AIR BECAUSE OF THE DOOR STICKER, SO SHE GAVE ME THE NUMBER FOR UNIROYAL. KEN FEDYCK-TOLD ME THAT I COULD PUT IN A COUPLE OF EXTRA POUNDS IF I WANTED TO BUT NOT TOO MUCH BECAUSE IF I OVERINFLATE THERE COULD BE CENTER WEAR, IN ANY CASE HE ALSO COULD NOT TELL ME TO PUT IN ANYTHING OVER 26 POUNDS, IT WAS MY DECISION, "IT'S UP TO ME AS THE CONSUMER". I DO NOT THINK THE SAFE LEVEL OF TIRE PRESSURE, WHEN WRONG LEVELS CAUSE BAD TRACTION AND SKIDDING, SHOULD BE "UP TO THE CONSUMER" TO GUESS. IF I GUESS WRONG, I OR SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT DIE. IF THE TIRES NEED MORE PRESSURE TO BE SAFE, THEN IT SHOULD BE WHAT IS ON THE DOOR STICKER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. *AK

• 07/09/2003· SEATS

  THE DRIVER SEAT LEANS TOWARD THE DOOR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER LAST YEAR. DEALER REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE SEAT. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SEAT, BUT WHEN THE SEAT WAS PUT BACK IN THE VEHICLE IT LEANED TOWARD THE DOOR. MANUFACTURER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. *AK

• 07/08/2010· SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TRACKER WHICH WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE. TOOK CAR TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO REQUEST INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF THE VIBRATING BRAKES WITH A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND REQUESTED AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE DUE TO ENGINE CUTOFF DURING IDLING WHILE BRAKING AT A STOPLIGHT. MECHANIC FAILED TO INSPECT OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A POSSIBLE DEFECT OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER RUSTING. GM SALES MANAGER AND GM STAFF FAILED TO INSPECT MY TRACKER OR SAY ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT THIS KNOWN DEFECT OR THE POSSIBLE DANGER OF THE ARM RUSTING AND FALLING OFF. THEY FAILED TO NOTIFY ME BY A LETTER AND FAILED TO NOTIFY ME IN PERSON WHEN I BROUGHT IN MY TRACKER FOR A VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. THEY KNOWINGLY LET ME DRIVE MY CAR WITH THIS POSSIBLE DEFECT EVEN AFTER THEIR MECHANIC FAILED TO FIX THE FRONT BRAKES WHICH CONTINUED TO VIBRATE WHEN I DROVE AWAY. SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, GM HAS ONLY MAILED AN OFFER LETTER TO ME OFFERING A TRADE-IN, BUT MENTIONING NOTHING ABOUT INSPECTING THE DEFECTIVE CROSSMEMBER OR FIXING IT AS PART OF THEIR SPECIAL PROGRAM. TOTAL IRRESPONSIBILITY FROM GM AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS. NHTSA PERFORMED AND RECORDED DEFECT INVESTIGATION OF THE CHEVY TRACKER. THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER IS EA06018. SUMMARY INCLUDES, "IN OCTOBER 2007, GM INITIATED A SPECIAL COVERAGE PROGRAM FOR ALL MY 1999 THROUGH 2004 CHEVROLET TRACKER VEHICLES SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN SALT-BELT STATES. THE PROGRAM EXTENDS THE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER CORROSION TO 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES". SINCE 2007, GM HAS FAILED TO NOTIFY ME OF THE 2007 SPECIAL COVERAGE PROGRAM. GM AGAIN FAILED TO NOTIFY ME OF THIS FREE INSPECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAM WHEN I BROUGHT IN MY CAR TO THEIR DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION OF A VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND ENGINE, KNOWING THE MILEAGE ON THE TRACKER AND THE KNOWING THE MY 2002. THEY CHARGED ME FOR FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND FOR BRAKE WORK WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

• 06/26/2014· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURECrash

  I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO-WAY RESIDENTIAL STREET, JUST PICKED UP OUR TWO YOUNGEST GRANDSON'S FROM SCHOOL, WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE JAMMED, VERY UNEXPECTEDLY, UP IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND FRAME OF THE TRACKER. THE TRACKER WENT MID AIR, AND THEN ROLLED. CONSUMER HANDWRITING IS ILLEGIBLE. .UPDATED 07/02/14 *BF

• 06/24/2013· SEAT BELTS

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT CLIP DID NOT RELEASE FROM HE BUCKLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO USE THE DRIVERS SEATBELT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

• 06/24/2007· PARKING BRAKE

  THE 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE HAS FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.. IT WAS COMPLETELY USELESS. IT DIDN'T WORK. WHY I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE INSPECTION PLACE STATED THAT THEY HAD FAILED NUMEROUS TAHOES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I FELT THAT IT WAS UNSAFE AND CHEVROLET SHOULD RECALL THE FEW THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE AN INNOCENT PARTY CONCERNING SEVERAL DEATHS OR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REPORTING IT BEFORE IT IS RECALLED. I DIDN''T EVEN USE THE BRAKE HOW COULD IT NOT WORK ANYMORE.

• 06/20/2006· VISIBILITY

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE DASH AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE HEATER CORE. THREE MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.

• 06/20/2005· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW DOESNT WANT TO ROLL UP OR DOWN UNLESS I PULL ON IT WHILE PRESSING THE BUTTON TO ROLL IT UP. ONCE UP, IT DOENST CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND YOU CAN HEAR THE AIR COMING IN. IN CASES THAT IT DOES GO UP ALL THE WAY, THE MOTOR SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT IS STILL TRYING TO MAKE THE WINDOW ROLL UP AND I HAVE TO CRACK IT OPEN IN FEAR THAT IT IS GOING TO SHATTER! THE WINDOW HAS BEEN FIXED 4 TIMES BY THE DEALER AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS UP AND THEY DONT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING MORE FROM ME ABOUT IT UNTILL I AGREE TO PAY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND FIXED AND THEY "MIGHT" REIMBURSE ME. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN TO WITH THIS? I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET CHEVY TO FIX IT CORRECTLY SINCE 2003. THE SECOND MECHANIC TOLD ME "ITS MADE CHEAPLY AND THIS WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN". THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH A VEHICLE THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH SINCE THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF PURCHASE.

• 06/06/2005· STEERING

  A VERY UNNERVING CONDITION IS PRESENT IN OUR 2002 TAHOE. THERE IS A LOOSE/ UNSTABLE FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING. MY MECHANIC SAID WE HAVE A WARPED CENTER STEERING SHAFT AND HE CAN NOT REPAIR AS THE PART IS BACK ORDERED BY TENS OF THOUSANDS NATIONWIDE (INDICATING A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE) I HAVE BEEN EXPECTING A RECALL BUT HAVE NOT SEEN ONE. GM HAS NOT REPLIED TO MY INQUIRY.

• 05/28/2013· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE,ENGINE

  I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE NIGHT WHEN MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE FELT LIKE ITS WAS GOING TO FALL OFF I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY IT WAS DOING THIS WHEN THE TIRE WAS FINE. SO I DROVE VERY SLOWLY WITH MY CAUTION LIGHTS ON TO AND FROM WORK BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU DID UNDER 40 IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT. THE NEXT DAY I HAD A MECHANIC TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT UNTIL HE DROVE THE CAR AND IT GOT UP TO ABOUT 50MPH THEN HE PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WHICH WAS THAT THE CROSSMEMBER AND LCA ATTACHMENT BRACKET HAD RUSTED SO BAD IT BROKE FREE AND THERE WAS NOTHING HOLDING THE LOWER ARM AND TIRE IN PLACE THIS MADE ME UPSET BECAUSE I JUST HAD THE CAR INSPECTED FOUR MONTHS EARLIER.AND THEY DID NOT CATCH THIS, SO WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED IT AND HE BOUGHT A NEW PART FOR IT AND IT WAS GOOD BUT IT WAS STARTING TO RUSTING OUT ON BOTTOM PART BELOW THE DOORS AND AROUND THE TIRES THEN JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO THE TIMING BELT BROKE AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS RECALL AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS AND AS OF DATE 5/28/13 I ONLY HAVE 137,003 MILEAGE ON MY TRACKER. *TR

• 05/20/2010· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THIS IS A GENERAL POINT OF INFORMATION MESSAGE: FOR THE LAST DECADE OR MORE, GM VEHICLES HAVE A PROPENSITY TO BURN OUT THEIR LAMPS DUE TO AN OVERCHARGE CONDITION (CAUSE UNKNOWN TO ME); THIS CONDITION CAN AFFECT ANY OF THE LAMPS OR BULBS, MOST NOTICABLY HEADLAMPS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND RUNNING (PARKING) LAMPS. COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ELECTRICAL DEFECT IN ALL GM VEHICLES.*TR

• 05/18/2011· STRUCTURE

  2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A RECALL FOR RUSTED SUB FRAME *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE RSUTED FRAME. *JB

• 05/17/2004· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN

  PROBLEMS PERSIST IN FRONT END ALIGNMENT STRONG VIBRATION IN FRONT END REQUIRING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALSO THERE IS A LOSE OF ACCELERATION PRESSING GAS PEDEL DOES NOTHING THE SPEED GRADUALLY DROPS. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND THERE IS NO CLEAR PATTERN OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE THE PROBLEM. AM IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING IT TO 2ND DEALERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG. THE FIRST ONE DID FIND OUT THE REASON MY FRONT END KEEPS PULLING IS BECAUSE THE RIMS ARE BENT. MY CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN TWICE IN ONE YEAR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS APART. THIS IS THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED AND ITS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

• 05/11/2015· SUSPENSION

  FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER FOR CHEVY TRACKERIS NOTHING BUT RUST. IT WON'T PASS INSPECTION AND THE GARAGE SAID THERE MUST HAVE NOT BEEN A COATING PUT ON IT FOR IT TO BE RUSTED THROUGH AND FALLING APART.

• 05/06/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DC: HIS BRAKES DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. WHEN YOU STOP THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, THE PEDAL JERKS BACK AND FORTH. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP CORRECTLY. *AK

• 05/06/2002· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE CAN NOT BE KEPT ON ROAD, IT WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD UNCONTROLLABLY AND DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS THE WAY THEY ALL DRIVE. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND CHEVROLET REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE EVEN WANTED THEM TO SEND ME TO ANOTHER DEALER TO GET IT RECHECKED AND THEY REFUSED. *TS ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761604