Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10522879July 2, 2013
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL MAKES RATTLING OR VIBRATION NOISE ALL THE TIME IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING AT. VEHICLE FEELS ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. CONSTANTLY HAVE TO MOVE THE WHEEL TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD. NO OTHER ISSUES OTHER THAN STANDARD WEAR AND TEAR BUT THIS ISSUE ALONE MAKES ME WANT TO JUNK THE VEHICLE AS I SURE DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE DRIVING IT AND FEELING AS INSECURE AS I DO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522938July 2, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I HAD THE WIPERS ON BECAUSE OF RAIN STORM, THEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS RAINING HARD, HAD NO VISIBILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522256June 28, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE COMING HOME FROM A 15 HOUR TRIP TO OKLAHOMA WHEN THE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN WENT OFF. THE NEXT THING THAT CAME ON WAS SERVICE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL, THE VEHICLE DIDN'T LOSE POWER AND THEY DROVE ON TO A GAS STATION FOR FUEL AND RESTROOM BREAK. WHEN SHE GOT BACK IN THE CAR SHE TURNED THE KEY AND THE VEHICLE JUST KEPT TRYING TO CRANK ITSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE WHOLE TIME THIS WAS GOING ON THE ENGINE WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND AFTER 15 MINUTES OF TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE SHE GAVE UP AND CALLED SOMEONE TO DRIVE 2 HOURS PICK HER AND MY DAUGHTER UP SO THEY COULD GET HOME. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO GET THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP WITH NO PROBLEMS. BUT AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND GM AND THE DEALERS HAVE NO CLUE ON HOW TO FIX IT. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT GM HASN'T RECALLED THE VEHICLES AS THIS IS A DEADLY SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM NOW AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE VEHICLE. BUT HOW CAN GM GO ON KNOWING THAT THIS IS A ISSUE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY TURN INTO LAWSUITS WHEN SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED DUE TO THIS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522128June 27, 2013
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON AN ASPHALT SURFACED FREEWAY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A CATASTROPHIC SIDE-WALL FAILURE AND BLEW OUT. THE FAILURE LED TO A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE SPEED WAS REDUCED AND CONTROL WAS REGAINED. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES AND THE TIRE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521903June 26, 2013
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE HAVE BEEN APPEARING OVER THE PAST 7 MONTHS. GM AND CHEVROLET REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FLEETWIDE PROBLEM AND WILL ONLY PAY FOR PARTIAL REPAIRS. ONE OF THE CRACKS IS IN APPROXIMATION TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND HOW THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WILL AFFECT THE DASHBOARD (AND VICA VERSA) IS UNKNOWN AND WORRISOME. GM AND CHEVROLET REFUSE TO PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART REPLACEMENT ON THEIR VEHICLES FOR THIS ISSUE THAT AFFECTS HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THEIR VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521683June 25, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A COOLING FLUID LEAK, AND SHE HAD TO ADD COOLING FLUID CONSISTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS COOLING FLUID LEAKING INTO THE OIL PAN IN THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT REFUSED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521767June 25, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
I OWN A 07 CHEVY TAHOE LT & HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STABILITRAC SYSTEM SINCE I BOUGHT IT UNDER WARRANTY FROM THE CHEVY DEALER. ORIGINALLY ALL MY CAR DID WAS TURN OFF THE STABILTRAC AND SAY SERVICE STABILITAC THEN IT STARTED TO TURN IT SELF INTO SAFETY MODE WHERE IT REDUCES ENGINE POWER &WON'T LET YOU BASICALLY DRIVE,THEN IT STARTED LOCKING THE DOORS BY ITSELF I HAVE TAKEN IT IN SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIPS GARAGE TELL ME ITS A DIFFERENT ISSUE EVERY TIME, EVERYTHING FROM THE BEARINGS TO A TINY CORD. WELL MY CAR HAS CONTINUED TO RANDOMLY PUT ITSELF IN SAFETY MODE FOR NO REASON&A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN THE FAST LANE GOING THE 65MPH SPEED LIMIT WHEN IT SUDDENLY SAID ENGINE POWER REDUCED SERVICE STABILTRAC AGAIN & SUDDENLY DROPPED MY RATE OF SPEED TO 15 MILES TO PER HOUR WITHOUT ANY PRE WARNING.I BARELY MADE IT TO THE NEXT LANE AND THEN THE SHOULDER AND CAME SO CLOSE TO GETTING INTO A MAJOR ACCIDENT I WAS SO SHAKEN.I LET MY CAR SIT FOR A MINUTE&LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES IT WENT RIGHT BACK TO BEING FINE.I TOOK IT BACK TO THE CHEVY DEALER WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT (AFTER A $200 BILL TO LOOK AT IT) THE NEXT DAY IT DID IT AGAIN THIS TIME ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 55 MPH.I WAS SO SHAKEN UP WITH MY LITTLE GUYS IN THE CAR THAT I CONTACTED THE CHEVY CORP WHO AT FIRST SAID THEY WERE AWARE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH SOME 08 & NEWER TAHOES LIKE THIS THEN WHEN I ASKED THEM TO FIX MINE THEY RECANTED THEIR STORY SAYING THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM.I DECIDED TO RESEARCH IT MYSELF AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTS&FORUMS OF PEOPLE SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING. WHICH IS WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU, IF THIS IS HAPPENING IN MANY CHEVY/GMC CARS W/STABILITRAC THIS IS SOOOO DANGEROUS.TO HAVE YOUR CAR SUDDENLY REDUCE POWER TO 10-15 MILES PER HOUR (WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS OR WARNINGS TO PEOPLE BEHIND YOU) IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521631June 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FIRST RECALL AS: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 05V379000 I HAVE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ACTIVATION DURING LOW SPEED BRAKING. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR (2012-2013), WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH WITHOUT EVASIVE MANEUVERS AND LUCK. I HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK ABOUT THE ORIGINAL RECALL, WHICH MY VEHICLE WAS A PART IN. MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN THE FIRST RECALL, WHICH REQUIRES THE TECHNICIANS TO INSPECT AND CLEAN THE SPEED SENSORS. WELL I GUESS THE SENSORS HAVE BECOME DIRTY AGAIN AND SYMPTOMS ARE RECURRING (VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE "SALT BELT" AREA ITS ENTIRE LIFE). CHEVROLET WILL NOT SERVICE VEHICLE UNDER CURRENT RECALL. I STILL SEE MANY OF THESE POPULAR VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AND THINK THAT THEIR SENSORS MAY TOO BECOME DIRTY AGAIN CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I THINK THAT IT IS DUE DILIGENCE FOR CHEVROLET TO CONTINUE TO "CLEAN" THESE SENSORS SINCE THEY HAVE ISSUED A PREVIOUS RECALL AND THE ONLY FIX WAS TO "CLEAN" THE SENSOR AND SURFACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521283June 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
JUST HOOKED UP MY BOAT AND TRAILER AND PROCEEDED TO HEAD OUT MY LANE, WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A MESSAGE CAME ON DASH TO SERVICE BRAKES. I GOT MY WIFE TO PRESS ON BRAKES WHILE I LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE, BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING DOWN ON GROUND. WHEN I SAW THE STEEL LINE WAS RUSTED AND BURST I WONDERED IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM SO I LOOKED FOR A NOTICE OR RECALL. I FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED SEVERAL TIME BUT NO NOTICE OR RECALL SENT OUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. I HAVE HAD OTHER GM VEHICLES THAT HAD SEVERE RUST PROBLEMS. MY AVALANCHE WAS RECALLED AFTER I HAD PUT ALL NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PARTS ON FROM RUST. AFTER READING OF SEVERAL OTHER FAILURES I CANT BELIEVE GM DIDN'T EVEN SEND NOTICES OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521291June 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DFRIVING MY 2002 TAHOE I WAS NEARING THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTION AND BEGAN APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND I COULDNT STOP THE VEHICLE. I PANICKED AS AN 18 WHEELER WAS MAKING A TURN AND I WAS GOING TO HIT IT. I HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED I SAW AN AREA WITH ALOT OF GRAVEL AND DID MY BEST TO AIM THE CAR AT THE GRAVEL. THANK GOODNESS THE 18 WHEELER SPED UP AND I BARELY SLIPPED BEHIND IT AND PUT IT IN PARK NOTHING HAPPENED BUT A GRINDING SOUND AT THAT POINT I JUST SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT SLOWLY STOPPED. I GOT IT TOWED AND WHEN THEY JACKED IT UP THEY SAID THE BRAKE LINES WHERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE REASON WHY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DIDNT WORK WAS IT WAS RUSTED AND SNAPPED. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AS I AND MY CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND GM NEEDS TO STEP UP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521317June 23, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
POWER LOCKS ARE FAILING FOR SECOND TIME AFTER REPLACING. THE ACTUATORS DO NOT LAST OVER 2 YEARS. EACH DOOR COSTS $300 TO REPAIR. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET WITH THIS PROBLEM IN MULTIPLE MODELS AND YEARS. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521232June 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER. BRAKE FLUID RUNNING OUT OF THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE. CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520822June 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE LINE BURST... FLUID LEAKING AND NO BRAKES!!! THIS IS DANGEROUS... LUCKY I WAS GOING SLOW WHEN THIS LINE BURST... BRAKE LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED.. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD, BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED... GM NEEDS TO USE BETTER STEEL... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520445June 18, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENS TO MY VEHICLE AND I GET IT REPAIRED. WHEN I GOT MY TAHOE WITH 0 MILES IT ALREADY HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I HAD IT FIXED, I THOUGHT NO BIG DEAL OF IT. THEN WITH TIME I FIND OUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND PRICEY PROBLEM. THE DOOR LOCKS ON MY TAHOE GO OUT, THEY DON'T GO UP OR DOWN AUTOMATICALLY AND THIS IS AN ISSUE TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BACK WITH AN UNLOCKED CAR. THREE OF MY DOORS ARE CURRENTLY OUT AND I DON'T HAVE $940 TO FIX IT. MY PASSENGERS ARE NOT SAFE BECAUSE THE DOOR LOCKS ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US OUT! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520499June 18, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILED AND WOULD NOT ACTIVATE WHETHER ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V248000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520261June 17, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PANEL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520020June 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I STARTED MY 2003 TAHOE UP TO DRIVE TO YORK AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. WE TOOK IT DOWN THE ROAD BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO OUR LOCAL SHOP. THEY SAID ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520024June 16, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY DOOR LOCKS GOING ON AND OFF FOR YEARS AND THE DEALER COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT SUPPOSEDLY. I OWN A 2007 CHEVY TAHOE LT. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 05/23/2013 AT ABOUT 50MPH WHEN I LOST POWER FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WAS LUCKILY IN THE OUTSIDE LANE WHERE I COULD MANEUVER MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY AND THE TOW TRUCK JUMPED ME AND IT STARTED JUST FINE SO I REPLACED THE BATTERY THE NEXT DAY. THEN I TRIED TO START IT THE NEXT DAY AND NOTHING ELECTRICAL WOULD TURN ON WHEN I TURNED THE KEY. TOW TRUCK CAME AGAIN TO JUMP ME AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY CABLES RIGHT FROM THE GET GO. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND KNEW EXACTLY THE ISSUES I WAS HAVING. THEY REPLACED THE CABLES TO A COST TO ME OF $500!!! HE SAID THAT CHEVY KNOWS IT'S AN ISSUE BUT BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING IT THEY WON'T DO A RECALL..ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!!!! THEY ARE LUCKY MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE CAR AND THAT NOBODY WAS HURT BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE FILED THE BIGGEST LAWSUIT THEY EVER SAW!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519553June 12, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, WHEELS
I WAS PULLING INTO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND THE ABS CAUSE ME TO NOT STOP IN TIME.. I ENDED UP HITTING THE BUILDING... CRACKING THE BRICK WORK... THE NIGHT BEFORE U NOTICE THE SAME THING... HOPPING WHEN I WAS AT A SLOW SPEED TRYING TO STOP BUT THIS WAS VERY BRIEF AND I STOPPED... I LOOKED ON LINE AND SAW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR.. THIS DEFECT CAUSE INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE... I THEN CALLED CHEVROLET TO SEE IF THE RECALL AFFECT MY VEHICLE, BUT THE ONLY OPEN RECALL WAS A HEAD RESTRAINT.. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, AS I WAS DRIVING THERE THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON.. THE CODE THE PULLED WAS FOR THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THEY DID HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE DUE TO THE RECALL WHICH FIT MY VEHICLE, BUT YET MINE WAS NOT RECALLED... *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519314June 11, 2013
ENGINE
ENGINE STARTED WITH A TICKING NOISE WHEN COLD. WOULD GO AWAY AFTER ENGINE WARMED UP. UPON INSPECTION FOUND 2 EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS SHEARED ON #7 CYLINDER, 1 BROKEN ON #8. TICKING COMING FROM EXHAUST LEAK ON #7. UPON RESEARCH FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE ENGINES. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL OR SAFETY NOTICE AS IT PRESENTS A REAL HAZARD FOR FIRE AND EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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