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2002 Chevrolet Tahoe service brakes problems

90 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe20% of all complaints for this model year.

90
Service Brakes complaints
20%
share of all complaints
136,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
8 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I have an 02 tahoe z71 that recently I've been having brake problems at slow speeds when trying to stop like the abs is trying to kick in randomly between about 5 to 15 mph when slowing for red-lights or stop signs there's times I have to let off and reapply brake 2 to 3 times at least before it…

    filed Mar 25, 2021

  • Brake lines have rusted through and caused an extremely unsafe situation. While on a family vacation to the outer banks the brakes failed without warning. We were able to find a repair shop to look over the brake system after refilling the master cylinder with brake fluid. The repair shop found no…

    filed Oct 7, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes problems in other Tahoe years

YearReportsShare
2026 Tahoe15%
2025 Tahoe1026%
2024 Tahoe1017%
2023 Tahoe2010%
2022 Tahoe127%
2021 Tahoe174%
2020 Tahoe611%
2019 Tahoe77%
2018 Tahoe1616%
2017 Tahoe4124%
2016 Tahoe8533%
2015 Tahoe18528%
Tahoe service brakes problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.