Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10560113January 15, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES KIND OF SLIPPED AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP AS IT SHOULD. ABS LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. AND ALSO MADE A GRINDING NOISE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560148January 15, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE TAILGATE ACTUATOR WILL NOT OPEN THE LIFTGATE OR GLASS ON THE TAIL LIFTGATE. THE VEHICLE HAS NO KEY ACCESS ON THE EXTERNAL PORTION OF THE VEHICLE. ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THERE IS NO MANUAL RELEASE FOR THE LIFTGATE. CURRENTLY I HAVE NO WAY OF OPENING THE LIFTGATE OR GLASS. IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT NOW, THE THIRD ROW PASSENGERS HAVE NO MEANS OF EXITING THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560151January 15, 2014
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
THE DASH CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AT THE CORNER OF WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO A LARGER CRACK APPEARED ON THE DRIVER SIDE DASH ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. GM KNOWS THIS IS A RAMPANT ISSUE BUT FAILS TO SHOW INTEGRITY AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE THOUSANDS OF CRACKED DASHES IN TAHOE, YUKON, AVALANCHE, SIERRA, AND SILVERADO TRUCKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560043January 15, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AT 90,000 MILES, ALL OF MY REAR BEARINGS WERE BAD AND HAD TO HAVE THEM REPLACED, BASICALLY A WHOLE NEW REAR END. LUCKILY IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. I HAVE ONLY TOWED A TRAILER TWICE WITH MY TAHOE, SO OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT SOMEWHERE. SECOND ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE 2 CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD; ONE IN THE AREA OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG, AND THE OTHER ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE STEERING COLUMN. THESE BOTH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME, AROUND 100,000 MILES. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO BE REPLACING THESE DASHBOARDS ON THEIR DIME AND NOT EXPECTING THE CUSTOMER TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. SHOULD THE AIRBAG SYSTEM HAVE TO DEPLOY, PIECES OF PLASTIC WOULD BECOME PROJECTILES THAT WOULD HARM ANYONE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE THIRD ISSUE I HAVE, THAT BEGAN TODAY AT 109,000 MILES, ARE INVOLVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK, THE LIGHT THAT INDICATES WHICH GEAR YOU ARE IN DID NOT COME ON, AND THE SEAT BELT LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHT WERE ON EVEN THOUGH I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS, AND I'M HOPING IT IS JUST A BAD FUSE. I AM SO DICOURAGED WITH MY TAHOE LATELY. ALL OF THESE LITTLE THINGS GOING WRONG HAVE REALLY MADE ME LEARY OF BUYING ANOTHER GM PRODUCT, AND I'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THE 2015 REDESIGN. NOT SO MUCH NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560070January 15, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
UPON STARTING VEHICLE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A GENTLE DOWNWARD SLOPE, I STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL. BRAKE WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT RESISTANCE, RED DASH ALERTS LIT UP. UPON INVESTIGATION, BRAKE FLUID WAS SEEN LEAKING OUT FROM A RUSTED BRAKE LINE LOCATED ALONG THE CAR FRAME IN THE VICINITY OF THE DRIVER DOOR AREA. NO SIGN OF OTHER DAMAGE WAS APPARENT AT THE TIME. DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE LEAK AREA WERE OBTAINED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559488January 12, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS IS THE SECOND BRAKE INCIDENT I HAVE HAD WITH OUR TAHOE WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. IN OCTOBER 2012, I WAS DRIVING THE TAHOE TO AN AUTO SHOP FOR THE YEARLY INSPECTION. UPON ARRIVAL, ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES BLEW. AT THAT TIME, WE HAD ALL OF THE SOFT BRAKE LINES REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. WE WERE LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST AT THAT TIME. THAT REPAIR WAS $800. ON JANUARY 6, 2014, I WENT TO DO SOME ERRANDS. AS I ARRIVED HOME AND PULLED INTO MY GARAGE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR MADE A HISSING SOUND FROM THE BACK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM BEHIND THE DRIVER'S REAR TIRE. UNBELIEVABLE! WE HAD THE TAHOE TOWED THE NEXT DAY TO AN AUTO SHOP AND WERE TOLD THAT THE "HARD" LINE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS RUSTED AND CORRODED. WE WERE QUOTED BETWEEN $1500-2000. WE ALSO CALLED THE DEALER FOR AN ESTIMATE AND WERE QUOTED $3000+. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE MECHANIC TELL ME THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TAHOES AND THE RUST. BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS WE WERE VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. WHY THEY ARE NOT DOING ON A RECALL ON THIS IS BEYOND ME. HOW MANY CARS DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE THIS FAILURE BEFORE THEY DO??? OR GOD FORBID, THEY ARE WAITING FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INJURIES OR DEATHS BEFORE THAT SPARKS A RECALL. I AM TIRED OF SHELLING OUT MONEY FOR THIS MATTER OVER AND OVER. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON WHETHER IT'S WORTH REPAIRING BUT IF WE DECIDE TO BUY, IT WON'T BE CHEVY. THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T CARE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559516January 12, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES
A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS TRAVELING DOWN HWY 60 IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND THE "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO ABOUT 4-5 MILES PER HOUR AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I CRAWLED TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE I BARELY MADE IT UP THE INCLINE AND INTO A GAS STATION. WE CHECKED THE GAS, OIL, BATTERY, ETC. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I STARTED IT UP AGAIN, IT SEEMED FINE. I CONTINUED HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT IT ALL CHECKED OUT PERFECTLY AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THIS HAS HAPPENED 12-15 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH AND EVERY TIME I TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC, HE TELLS ME THAT THE COMPUTER IS NOT "THROWING CODES" AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THIS IS NOT A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. THE MOST RECENT "EPISODE" WAS LAST NIGHT. WE TOOK THE BOAT DOWN TO THE RIVER TO GO GIGGING AT NIGHT. WHEN I WENT TO PULL THE TRAILER UP THE BOAT RAMP AND PARK THE VEHICLE, THE "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" LIGHT AGAIN CAME ON AND I COULD NOT PULL UP THE HILL. EVERY TIME I ATTEMPTED IT, THE LIGHT CAME ON AND I ACTUALLY WENT BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE RIVER!! MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND I WAS SCARED WE WOULD BE TRAPPED IT SOMETHING FURTHER MALFUNCTIONED AND WE ROLLED BACK INTO THE DEEP COLD WATER!!! FROM WHAT I HAVE NOW RESEARCHED GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A PROBLEM THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY HAS NOT BEEN DEALT WITH! I AM NOT THE FIRST OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE BEAUTIFUL BOYS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE OF THIS. I CANNOT PUT THEM IN A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. SO OUR ONLY VEHICLE SITS AND WAITS IN OUR DRIVEWAY LEAVING ME STRANDED A LOT UNTIL GM CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON THEIR DIME. THIS ISN'T FAIR THAT A PROBLEM IS KNOW AND NO ONE AT GM WILL FIX IT. PLEASE HELP FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559434January 11, 2014
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
UPON PURCHASING MY 2007 TAHOE USED I NOTICED 2 CRACKS ON DASHBOARD. THE ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS CRACKED AT CORNER OF AIRBAG WHICH IS CONCERNING DUE TO AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SHARDS OF PLASTIC COULD BE TURN ED INTO PROJECTILES. NOTICED THERE ARE MANY, MANY OF THE SAME VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL CRACKS AND LOCATIONS OF THEM. THANKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559330January 10, 2014
STEERING, SUSPENSION
HUB BEARING L/F NOISE HAVE TAKING TO SHOP WHEEL FALLING OFF.450.TO FIX.GOOD THING I COULD HAVE GOT INTO A ACCIDENT OR KILLED SOMEONE OR MYSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559133January 9, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TRIED TO STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. BRAKE LINES AT THE FRAME UNDER DRIVER'S SIDE RUSTED THROUGH. TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED, AND ALL BRAKE LINES REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559207January 9, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559199January 9, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON 678 HIGHWAY MY TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILIK TURNED OFF AND THE ENGINE MODE LIGHT TURNED CAUSING MY TRUCK DROP IN SPEED FROM 55 TO 40. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559068January 8, 2014
ENGINE
CYLINDER HEADS ARE LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSES EXCESSIVE LIFTER NOISE WHEN FIRST STARTED AFTER THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND REQUIRES COOLANT TO BE ADDED ALMOST DAILY. THIS CONDITION WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN THE ENGINE REQUIRING THE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY GM TO BE A DEFECT IN THE CASTING PROCESS, YET NO HELP IS OFFERED BY GM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559097January 8, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I STARTED TO ENCOUNTER THE FOLLOWING ERRORS ON MY 2011 CHEVY TAHOE; SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER REDUCED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF 2012-2013. I COULD BE SIMPLY DOING THE TASK OF WARMING THE VEHICLE UP IN THE MORNING, DRIVING ON A PAVED ROAD GOING 35MPH, OR FULL BLOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF FREEWAY/HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WILL VIOLENTLY START TO IDLE WITH THE WARNING INDICATORS MENTIONED ABOVE, I THEN HAVE TO SOMEHOW PULL OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO GET ANY POWER DUE TO THE ENGINE POWER REDUCTION. SHUT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY OFF AND PATIENTLY WAIT UNTIL IT DECIDES TO RESET. THIS COULD HAPPEN ONCE A DAY TO MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. IT COULD HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY ONE AFTER ANOTHER OR AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR WILL STAY ON FOR ABOUT A DAY BEFORE IT GOES AWAY. LEAVING YOU WITH THE IMPRESSION THE VEHICLE IS FINE. WELL IT'S NOT UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN. I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN RIGHT BEFORE IT WAS TURNING SPRING WEATHER WAS WARMING, (NOT SURE IF THIS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUE) BUT SURPRISINGLY IT STOPPED. ALL SPRING AND SUMMER I HAD NOT ONE ISSUE UNTIL NOW! JANUARY 8TH 2014 AND THE WEATHER IS COLD. THIS SEEMS AFTER READING ON A FEW BLOGS ON THE WEB, NUMEROUS GM OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THEY TAKE THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE SERVICED AND THE SERVICE FAILS. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A FAULTY PRODUCT WHICH IS UNSAFE HAVING THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WITH NO ABILITY TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558965January 7, 2014
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A DARK, VERY COLD EVENING DURING RUSH HOUR ON A HIGHWAY AND THE TAHOE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENS, LOTS OF IDIOT LIGHTS AND WARNING MESSAGES APPEAR ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. TELLING ME THAT STABILITY CONTROL IS DISABLED AND NEED SERVICED AND THAT ENGINE POWER IS BEING REDUCED. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND HAD TO CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC TO GET TO A A VERY SNOWY SHOULDER - FORTUNATELY SAFELY. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO LIMP ALONG AND I MANAGED TO EVENTUALLY FIND A SAFE PLACE TO STOP. TURNS OUT THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS BAD AND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. I FOUND THE SERVICE BULLETIN ONLINE AND GM FIXED IS RIGHT AWAY TODAY. THERE IS NO RECALL, BUT MOST GMC/CHEVY FORUMS HAD DOZENS OF POSTS OF THE SAME SITUATION, MANY WHERE FOLKS ENCOUNTERED MORE SERIOUS SAFETY SITUATIONS. THIS APPEARS TO GO BACK MANY OLDER MODEL YEARS AS WELL SO IT SEEMS GM SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ADDRESS IT IN THEIR NEWER VEHICLES WHICH THEY HAVE NOT. WHY DOES THE ENGINE CUT OUT SO SUDDENLY AND OTHER UNRELATED SAFETY FEATURES ARE DISABLED SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS IN HIGHWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558718January 6, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
HATCHBACK LOCKED AND WILL NOT OPEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558087January 1, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
OUR SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT TELL US HOW FAST WE ARE GOING ALL THE TIME. MOST OF THE TIME IT IS FINE BUT OCCASIONALLY IT WILL REGISTER A DIFFERENT SPEED THAN WHAT WE ARE TRAVELING. SOMETIMES IT SAYS WE ARE GOING SLOWER THAN WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING AND SOMETIMES IT SAYS WE ARE GOING FASTER THAN WE ARE GOING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557871December 30, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED. MECHANIC, WHO IS VERY GOOD, TOLD ME BRAKE LINES STARTING TO RUST. THIS LATEST INSPECTION SHOWED ISSUE GETTING WORSE. WAS TOLD EVENTUALLY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACES. EXPENSIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557628December 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED A SMELL OF SOMETHING ELECTRICAL BURNING. THE HEATER WAS ON SO I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE HEATER OFF. A WHILE LATER WHEN I TURNED THE HEAT BACK ON THE FRONT BLOWER DID NOT WORK EVEN THOUGH THE REAR BLOWER DID. BEING AND EASILY REPLACEABLE PART, MY HUSBAND TOOK THE PANEL OFF TO REMOVE THE BLOWER MOTOR. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE MOTOR OUT HE FOUND THAT THE WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER AND THE RESISTOR PLUG LOOKED BURNED. WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE JULY OF 2005 AND WERE NOT AWARE OF THE GM SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE MATTER UNTIL TODAY, DECEMBER 29, 2013. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE INTERNET I WOULD NOT KNOW IT NOW. I AM CONCERNED NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE OWN TWO VEHICLES THAT MY HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT IF I HAD NOT IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE UNIT THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HURT IF THIS IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF OR MADE MORE PUBLIC? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557482December 27, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IT STARTED ON OCT. 15, 2013, I WENT OUTSIDE O START MY TRUCK AND IT WOULD NOT START I HAD TO GET A JUMP FOR IT TO TURN OVER. IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY. I REPLACED THE BATTERY AS WELL AS THE STARTER RECENTLY. I HAVE TO PUT IT ON CHARGE EVERY OTHER NIGHT SINCE SOMETHING IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS CAUSING IT TO DRAIN. I HAVE YET TO FIND OUT WHAT. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT ON AT NIGHT OR WHEN I PARK IT DURING THE DAY. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS A POSSIBLE WIRING ISSUE THAT IS CAUSING SOMETHING TO KICK BACK ON & RUN WHEN IT IS NOT STARTED. I HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE FOR THE SAME YEAR TAHOE THAT I HAVE; BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO ONE ADDRESSING IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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