NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 29, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 449
- Crashes reported
- 42
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001 Tahoe, 6 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 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 2000–2001 Tahoe, 3 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Tahoe, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Tahoe, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2006 Tahoe, 14 other models
2002 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 449 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on May 13, 2026. Of these, 42 describe a crash (9%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 45 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the service brakes (20%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (15%) and the steering (9%).
1 of the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe's 6 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (338 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes90
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic68
- Steering40
- Power Train37
- Tires37
- Air Bags31
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 40 | |
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 47 | |
| 2005 | 47 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 28 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 25 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 31 | |
| 2014 | 52 | |
| 2015 | 22 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 52. 37% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 449 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted