Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10492895January 14, 2013
STRUCTURE, TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
MY MECHANIC WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE CABLE BROKE AND THE TIRE FELL ON HIM. LUCKILY, HE WAS NOT INJURED BADLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492967January 14, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT CRANK. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPED OFF AND THEN IT CRANKED QUICKLY. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE WINDOW CONTROL, SPEAKERS AND HEATER WOULD GO IN/ OUT OF OPERATION. THE SPEAKERS IN ALL FOUR DOORS WOULD GO OUT THEN COME BACK ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SOMETIMES THEY WOULD WORK ALL AT ONCE, OTHER TIMES ONE, TWO OR EVEN THREE MAY COME ON AND OFF. THE HEATER WOULD COME ON BLOWING SOME TIMES THEN CUTS OFF AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE HEATER BLOWER WOULD ALSO BLOW AT ONE SPEED THEN BLOW AT ANOTHER SPEED WITHOUT ANYONE CHANGING THE SETTINGS. THE WINDOW CONTROLS WILL MAKE THE HEATER BLOW STRONGER, THEN WHEN THE WINDOW CONTROL IS RELEASED IT WILL CUT THE HEATER OFF. THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW CONTROLS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. THE REAR PASSENGERS ALSO CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS SITTING IN THE SECOND ROW SEATS. THE ONLY CONTROL THAT WILL WORK THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS IS THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A LIGHT SMOKE SMELL COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IN THE FRONT WILL OPEN FOR THE PASSENGER SOMETIMES THEN AT OTHER TIMES SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CRANK BACK UP AFTER BEEN CUT OFF, IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE JUMPED OFF. THE BATTERY IS DRAINED EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE IS SITTING DOWN AND NOT BEING OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT BEING FIXED. GM CORPORATION WAS CALLED AND I WAS INFORMED A RECALL WAS ON SOME VEHICLES BUT NOT OTHERS. I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT LISTED AS ONE THOU. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED MY VEHICLE AND INFORMED ME THAT MY VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES BUT THEN ON A SECOND REQUEST THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY VEHICLE HAD A BAD BATTERY AND WAS HAVING FIRING TROUBLE. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT I WAS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492367January 13, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE LIGHT, ALB, AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH, MESSAGE LOOSING ENGINE POWER AS WELL, DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE VERY DANGEROUS, TRUCK KEPT JERKY AS I WAS DRIVING IT, COULD ONLY GO UP TO MAX OF 15 MPH, THE TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492381January 13, 2013
STRUCTURE
DASH HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS AROUND THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ONE CRACK IN DASH ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492259January 11, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT FULLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN MINUTES. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED. NO ONE WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WILL SEND OUT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492168January 10, 2013
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR INDEPENDENTLY OPENED WHENEVER THE POWER WINDOW DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN FAILED TO MENTION WHICH PART WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,430.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491800January 8, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
2 OF THE 4 DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF, THEY ARE CHROME AND EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM AND CHILDREN'S FINGERS GO BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND BODY OF THE CAR. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MANY OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS SPECIFIC AUTOMOBILE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491886January 8, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I WENT TO THE STORE APROX AT 8PM AND GO BACK APROX AT 915PM AND PARK MY CAR. APROX AT 11PM MY NEIGHBORS CALL US AND SAID THAT MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS STARTED APROX FROM THE ENGINE PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491902January 8, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING, I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED AROUND 80 AND IT WAS ON A ROAD THAT I NORMALLY GO ABOUT 55. MANY OTHERS WERE PASSING ME, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE WOULD BE GOING 90 OR 100. AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T FEEL I WAS GOING 80. I SLOWED DOWN TO 55, AND I WAS CRAWLING. I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, AND MY SPEEDOMETER WENT DOWN TO 15 AT A STAND STILL. I SPED UP AGAIN, AND THE SAME THING. NOW IT IS STUCK AT 40 WHEN SITTING STILL AND GOES TO ABOUT 100 WHEN I DRIVE. APPARENTLY GOOGLING THIS, IT APPEARS TO BE A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HASN'T BEEN ISSUED. THE DEALER TOLD ME A BAD CLUSTER AT $650 TO REPAIR. THIS NEEDS TO BE ESCALATED AND CHEVROLET NEEDS TO COVER THIS PROBLEM. IT IS AN EXTREME HAZARD ON THE ROAD, AND PROBABLY HAS CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES BECAUSE OF FAULTY READINGS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO TO GET RESOLUTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491737January 7, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE STOPPED BLOWING AND THEN BEGIN TO START BLOWING ABOUT 20MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGIN TO SMELL OF SMOKE AT ONE POINT. THE CONTROL BUTTONS FOR THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS STOP WORKING. THE SPEAKERS BEGIN TO GO IN/ OUT OF PLAY AND THE REAR WINDOWS WOULD ONLY WORK FROM THE DRIVER'S DOOR CONTROL. THE WINDOW BUTTON THEN BEGIN TO CONTROL THE LEVEL THAT THE HAT WOULD BLOW AT. DOOR CONTROLS STOP WORKING FOR SOME DOORS AT A STOP AND THE DOOR WOULD ONLY OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR WOULD THEN BEGIN TO WORK AGAIN. ELECTRICAL CONTROLS FOR THE CHILD PROOF WERE INOPERABLE FOR BACKSEAT PASSENGERS. SPEAKERS GOING IN/ OUT OF PLAY WHILE DRIVING AND THE HEATER BLOWER ALSO GOING IN/ OUT OF WORKING CONDITION. WINDOW CONTROL WOULD MAKE THE SPEAKERS COME ON/ OFF AT TIMES. BATTERY WOULD BE DRAIN FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND NEED A JUMP-OFF TO BEGIN BACK WORKING. BATTERY, STARTER AND ALTERNATOR CHECKS AT DEALERSHIP WERE PERFORM WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED BUT VEHICLE WOULD STILL DO UNFAMILIAR THINGS SUCH AS HEATER BLOWER, SPEAKERS AND CONTROL SWITCHES PERFORMING AT THEIR OWN TIMES. HEATER VOLTAGE DRAINING THE BATTERY AND ALSO CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WILL NOT PERFORM AS EXPECTED DUE TO MALFUNCTIONS OF ELECTRICAL MODULES AND UNKNOWN CONTROL MODULES AFFECTING THE HEATER, SPEAKERS, WINDOWS AND DOORS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490864January 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
STARTED VEHICLE ,AFTER SHORT WARM UP,APPLIED BRAKE AND FOOT IMMEDIATELY WENT TO FLOOR. BLOW OUT IN REAR LINE NEAR BACK OF FUEL TANK. REPAIRED LINE. IN PROCESS OF BLEEDING BRAKE LINE ANOTHER BLOW OUT OCCURRED TOP OF FRAME NEAR REAR OF LEFT TIRE. PURCHASED PREBEND STAINLESS STEEL KIT FROM "CLASSIC TUBE" AND INSTALLED.$400. [XXX] GOOD THING I WASN'T DRIVING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490769January 2, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND WHEN DECELERATING, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,700.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490829January 2, 2013
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
THERE ARE 2 CRACKS IN THE DASH. ONE CRACK IS 2" LONG, NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE OTHER CRACK IS 7" LONG, DRIVER SIDE, "HUMP" ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM TO SEE IF ITS AN ANOMALY. IT ISN'T. I AM A MEMBER OF A FACEBOOK GROUP WHO HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR TAHOES AND SIMILAR MODELS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS LINK FOR A VISUAL HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3IKSCKLF7G8&LIST=FLJGA62LGTEUQUMON7FZVC0Q&INDEX=40 PLEASE SEE FACEBOOK GROUP BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND AS WELL HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/251892298253/ IT WOULD APPEAR THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE CRACKS ARE IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION AMONGST HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF CONSUMERS. I AM WORRIED THE CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH IS A HAZARD IF THE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED. THE COST TO REPLACE THE DASH IS BETWEEN $1,000-$1,500. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490503December 30, 2012
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), WHEELS, ENGINE
WAS DRIVING AND WHEN EXITING FREEWAY. TRUCK STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD AND TRACTION /STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. ENGIEN LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT A YEAR. ALL THEY DO IS RESET SYSTEM AND COMES RIGHT BACK ON A FEW DAYS LATER. IT BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. BOUGHT IT IN 06 AND PAID IT OFF IN 08. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN GIVING ME MANY PROBLEM SINCE 09. I EVEN HAVE A CRAKE ON DASH BOARD ALL THE WAY TO AIR BAG SINCE 08. DEALER SAID NO RECALLS AND IS DUE TO SUN! BULL.... I HAVE BEEN READING ON-LINE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIMALIER PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490422December 29, 2012
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT. WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND MADE A TURN. THE TAHOE LOSS POWER AND STALLED. THE COMPUTER READ REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND STABILITY TRAK OFF. THIS IS BOTHERSOME BEING THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME. AFRAID OF POSSIBLE ACCIDENT OR WORSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490403December 28, 2012
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
I WAS TRAVELING ON A STATE HIGHWAY TO AN EVENT. THIS WAS THE SECOND DAY OF THE EVENT, SO I HAD TRAVELED THE SAME ROAD THE DAY PRIOR. I SLOWED TO CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS. WHILE CROSSING THE TRACKS, THE FRONT AND MIDDLE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES. THE FORCE OF THE DEPLOYMENT ALSO CRACKED AREAS AROUND THE INTERIOR WALLS AND BLEW OUT THE REAR OVERHEAD LIGHT. I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT, BUT SOMETHING STRUCK ME ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD AT THE TIME OF THE DEPLOYMENT. FORTUNATELY, I HAD SLOWED TO CROSS THE TRACKS OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490172December 27, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR HATCH DOOR ACTUATOR WHEN NOT WORKING PROPERLY WILL NOT ALLOW THE WINDOW OR THE REAR HATCH DOOR TO UNLOCK. THIS IS A HAZARD IN CASE OF AN AUTO ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490071December 26, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE SHOULDER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,753.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489572December 23, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE LIKE RUSTED OUT LOCATED ON TOP OF THE FRAME RAIL ABOVE THE GAS TANK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. ALL OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489580December 23, 2012
STRUCTURE
NOTICED A CRACK ON THE DASH BOARD RIGHT ABOVE THE GAUGE CLUSTER. HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND SAW THAT THEIR VEHICLES DASH WAS FULL OF CRACKS AND DECIDED TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE. I FOUND BLOGS AND VIDEOS THROUGH OUT THE INTERNET OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT THE NEXT CRACK IN THE DASH I WILL SEE WILL BE ON THE CORNER OF THE DASH AT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. I'M AFRAID THIS COULD AFFECT THE PROPER DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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