Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10533491August 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I STARTED THE VEHICLE ON 2/27/13 TO GO TO AN AFTERNOON WEDDING. BRAKE LIGHT WARNING AND SOUND ALARM WENT OFF - NO BRAKES. BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED ALL OVER DRIVEWAY. THANK GOODNESS THE BRAKES HAD NOT FAILED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN MY WIFE HAD GONE TO A LUNCHEON. VEHICLE WAS TOWED ON MONDAY (7/29/13) TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES PLUS RUSTED FRONT ROTORS AND BACK PLATES NEEDED REPLACEMENT. CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT A COST OF OVER $3500.00. RUSTED REAR ROTORS WERE REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO. AS A LONG TIME CHEVY OWNER, I NEVER, EVER HAD A PROBLEM, SUCH AS THIS, WITH BRAKE LINES AND COMPONENTS. THIS IS A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE, FOR ITS AGE, AND NEVER DRIVEN IN THE SNOW OR ON SALTY ROADWAYS. I AM VERY SKEPTICAL OF PURCHASING ANOTHER GM PRODUCT IF THEY INSIST ON USING INFERIOR PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533494August 4, 2013
STRUCTURE
THERE IS A CRACK ON MY DASHBOARD RIGHT ABOVE THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533497August 4, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
CHROME ON INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS PEELED AND IS CUTTING FINGERS WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10533338August 3, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
YES I AM WRITING TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A 2007 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ AND THE DOOR HANDLES ARE FALLING OFF. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY ARE COMING OFF LIKE THIS. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP PUTTING OUT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.. I AM THINKING THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE PUT FORWARD TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM. BECAUSE I SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH PROBLEMS.... THANKS IN ADVANCE *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533000August 1, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP AT 5 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. A LOUD NOISE THEN EMITTED AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, INCLUDING THE ROTORS. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ALSO DISABLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 08/20/13*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533001August 1, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A RUPTURE IN THE BRAKE LINES CAUSED BY RUST. THE FAILURE WAS IN THE LEFT FRONT STEEL BRAKE LINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532700July 30, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
DOORS WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. LOCKS MAKE SOUND THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE BUT HAVE TO BE MANUALLY LOCKED OR UNLOCKED. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN THAT I AM AFRAID THAT WILL BE LOCKED INSIDE MY VEHICLE AND I WILL BE UNABLE TO OPEN DOORS WITHOUT BREAKING THE WINDOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532349July 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532444July 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAD DRIVEN TO A DOCTORS OFFICE AND PARKED IN THE LOT. I CAME OUT, STARTED THE TRUCK AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE BRAKE LINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE RUSTED THROUGH AND FAILED. I HAD THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE LINE REPLACED. ON JUNE 24TH 2013, I HAD ANOTHER BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I WAS GOING 40 MILES PER HOUR, CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT TURNED YELLOW, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WENT THROUGH THE LIGHT AND MANAGED TO STOP USING THE LOWER TRANSMISSION GEARS AND FINALLY THE PARKING BRAKE. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I HAD THE LINE REPAIRED AT A LOCAL GARAGE. THE LINE RUSTED THROUGH NEAR THE ABS UNIT. THE TRUCK HAD JUST OVER FIFTY THOUSAND MILES AT THIS TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532487July 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
NOTICED WET SPOT IN DRIVEWAY AND CHECKED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. TURNED OUT IT WAS MAJOR LEAK FROM CORRODED BRAKE LINE; NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER CAME ON BUT BRAKE FLUID WAS ALMOST EMPTY BY THE TIME WE GOT IT TO THE MECHANIC THE NEXT MORNING. THANK GOODNESS MY HUSBAND WAS DILIGENT ENOUGH TO NOTICE THE LEAK AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO DRIVE THE 8 HOURS BACK HOME THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND A BRAKE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. WE HAD THE BRAKE LINE REPAIRED AND NOW 4 WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER LEAK HAS OCCURRED AND AGAIN, NO WARNING LIGHTS HAVE COME ON. I COULD ALMOST TOLERATE THE ISSUE OF THE CORRODED LINES IF THE SENSORS ADEQUATELY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. BUT, THE FACT THAT I NOW FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT STOP WHEN I NEED IT TO AND HAVE NO INDICATION OF THE FAILURE BEFORE HAND IS VERY SCARY. I HAVE READ THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS, AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS BEEN AN OPEN INVESTIGATION FOR 2 YEARS AND NOTHING YET HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532169July 27, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
REAR PASSENGER DOOR ELECTRIC LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED RESULTING IN NO WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR WITHOUT MANUALLY UNLOCKING IT FROM THE INSIDE. IN THE EVEN OF AN EMERGENCY, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE OR FROM THE LOCK SWITCH ON THE DRIVER DOOR. IN ADDITION, THERE IS NO KEY LOCK ON THIS DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 2008 CHEVROLETS, WHICH HAS COST CONSUMERS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN ADDITION TO SUBJECTING THEM TO SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I WAS THE VICTIM OF A THEFT WHEN A PASSENGER DID NOT MANUALLY LOCK THE DOOR AND SEVERAL DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS PARKED IN A PARKING GARAGE SOMEONE ENTERED MY VEHICLE AND STOLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE LOCK ACTUATOR HAD FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND LOCKED THE DOOR WHEN I LOCKED THE OTHERS. TO DATE, CHEVROLET HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE BUT REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT IT WITHOUT AN APPROXIMATE CHARGE OF $300 - $400 PER DOOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532006July 26, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
OPERATING ON THE REAR ACCESS ROAD TO A MALL AND NOTICED BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR AND IT TOOK A STRONG EFFORT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TRIED PUMPING BRAKES TO SEE IF PEDAL WOULD RISE, IT DID NOT. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND IT WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND NO LEAK AT ALL FOUR WHEELS OR ON INSIDE MASTER CYLINDER COWL. DROVE SLOWLY TO NEARBY MECHANIC AND THIS TIME NOTICED DRIPPING UNDER DRIVER SIDE FLOOR. MECHANIC SAID I NEEDED BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT AND AM AWAITING REPAIR. VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED, ALWAYS PARKED ON PAVED DRIVEWAY, AND WAXED ALONG WITH UNDERCARRAIGE CAR WASHES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. PURCHASED USED FROM CHEVY DEALER AND FOUND LEFT REAR BACKING PLATE HAD ALMOST ROTTED OFF EXPOSING REAR AXLE SEALS WHICH DEALER REPLACED WITHIN WEEK OF MY PURCHASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531794July 25, 2013
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED. 2 LARGE CRACKS GO ACROSS DASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531895July 25, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
MY DAUGHTER WHO IS SIX YEARS WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHEN THE HANDLE CAME OFF THE BODY OF THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531532July 24, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER FROZE ON 57MPH. IT SEEMED TO FIX ITSELF AFTER A SERIES OF STARTUPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531584July 24, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BLOWER RELAY RESISTER MODULE FAILED. THIS FAILURE CAUSED THE AIR CONDITIONER TO FAIL AND IT SMELLED LIKE PLASTIC WAS BURNING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 135,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526455July 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJ GARDEN STATE PARKWAY VEHICLE WAS CUTOFF BY ANOTHER WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED A LOUD HISSING WAS HEARD BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR COULD NOT STOP SUV. BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY OF ANOTHER CAR. UPON INSPECTION OF BRAKES THE STEEL LINE TO THE BACK BRAKES RIGHT ABOVE THE GAS TANK WHERE YOU COULD NOT SEE IT WAS RUSTED OUT AND BURST ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID EMPTIED OUT OF IT COVERING THE BOTTOM OF TAHOE. ALL METAL BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY RUSTED AND CORRODED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531523July 23, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE COMING LOOSE. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT DOOR HANDLES. THEY STILL OPEN THE DOOR BUT I AM AFRAID THEY WILL BREAK OFF COMPLETELY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526202July 22, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BROKEN EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES (CHROME PLATED). BOTH DOOR HANDLES PULLED AWAY FROM THE DOOR AND ARE BROKEN. ALSO THE CHROME PLATING ON ALL HANDLES ARE PEELING. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526044July 22, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE TAIL GATE WILL NOT OPEN. THE KEY FOB IS THE ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK IT-THERE IS NO KEY LOCK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TAILGATE, AND TO MY UTTER SHOCK---NO INTERIOR LATCH TO UNLOCK THE TAILGATE FROM THE INSIDE. THERE IS ALSO ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO UNLOCK THE WINDOW SEPARATELY FROM THE TAIL GATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS IDENTICAL ISSUE-AND AM ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE-A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY--BEFORE SOMEONE BECOMES TRAPPED IN A CAR ACCIDENT OR VEHICLE FIRE. VERY DISAPPOINTED CHEVROLET HAS DONE NOTHING TO DATE TO SOLVE THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM!! I NOW HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS USELESS-AND CHEVROLET NEEDS TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO RESOLVE HIS DEFECTIVE AND FAULTY EQUIPMENT---IMMEDIATELY! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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