NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 29, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 512
- Crashes reported
- 47
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 05V379000
- Reported
- August 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,353,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Tahoe, 6 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Tahoe, 9 other models
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 02V253000
- Reported
- September 17, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 558,904
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Tahoe, 3 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 01V159000
- Reported
- May 17, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 00V343000
- Reported
- October 25, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- death
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Tahoe, 3 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Tahoe, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Tahoe, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2006 Tahoe, 14 other models
2001 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 512 owner complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on July 5, 2025. Of these, 47 describe a crash (9%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 48 injuries and 8 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (27%), followed by the parking brake (16%) and the service brakes (11%).
1 of the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe's 8 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (322 complaints), the median was 69,551 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic137
- Parking Brake80
- Service Brakes55
- Air Bags31
- Tires31
- Seat Belts29
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37 | |
| 2002 | 48 | |
| 2003 | 61 | |
| 2004 | 69 | |
| 2005 | 79 | |
| 2006 | 32 | |
| 2007 | 20 | |
| 2008 | 19 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 79. 42% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Chevrolet Tahoe years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 512 complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2001 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted