Other wheel or tire problem on the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 65,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 40,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 30,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 185,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 153,751 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
27% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32,249 miles | 41,554 miles | 64,000 miles | 116,213 miles | 186,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 19 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2007, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1996 at 240,000 miles.
By volume the 2002 carries the most reports, with 29; the 2001 has 28. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Blowout (outside sidewall). Tires were used on a 2001 chevrolet tahoe with only 17,000 miles use. Speed of the vehicle at time of incident was approx 60mph. This occurred at night when temperature was about 58 degrees. I have included this information so you can see that neither excessive speed or temperature was a contributing factor. Ts
In the last two months, I have had three flat tires. The first was a completely shredded on the freeway at speeds 65 MPH. Costco replaced the tire, which was only 7 months old on may 3, 2004. A month later, sometime in june, a second flat, on the freeway. Costco claimed it was a nail. They said they patched it up and sent us on our way. The third flat, just yesterday on july 18, another flat. We took this tire and to another tire shop and they said it is a problem with the valve stem. We asked that they check the tire, which supposedly costco patched back in june and they said the tire had not been patched and that the air gage was replaced. What we infer is that costco knew something was wrong with these valve stems, lied about it and let us go on our way. Knowing full well that we still had two tires with bad stem valves. This third and final example is proof. Three out of four tires gone back in a period of 10 months is unusual. I don't know if it is a tire defect or a costco, man-made defect and need help. *jb
I took my vehicle for a 90,000 mile service call. The dealership did not make the recommended adjustments which are on recall then, or on a subsequent scheduled appointment. Make / models : model/build years: chevrolet / suburban 2000-2001 chevrolet / tahoe 2000-2001 gmc / yukon 2000-2001 gmc / yukon xl 2000-2001 type: truck recall number: 00v343000 summary: vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. Some of these vehicles have loose or missing rear wheel house plugs. Under certain vehicle operating conditions, exhaust gases can flow forward and accumulate in the rear wheelhouse. Consequence: these gases could flow into the passenger compartment if the plug is missing or loose and could cause possible illness, unconsciousness, or death. Remedy: dealers will inspect the vehicle for loose or missing wheelhouse plugs and install new plugs if necessary. Notes: owner notification began november 16, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020 or gmc at…
Also reported on the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe
ABS module or sensor failure
Parking brake failure
Other brake problem
Loss of braking
Other body or interior problem
Seat belt or retractor failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 28 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 65,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 40,000 miles and a quarter after 115,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe?
28 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.7 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed