Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10169833October 3, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE THAT I HAVE HAD FOR ONLY 1 MONTH 3 WEEKS THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND WENT INTO A THEFT CODE AND ON STAR COULD NOT FINE THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPEN I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN AND WENT INTO A THEFT CODE LUCKY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME. THIS HAPPEN 9/9/06& 9/28/06. *JB
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#10169852October 3, 2006
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY TAHOE & A 2003 GMC SIERRA. BOTH VEHICLES MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING CORNERS OR MOVING SLOWLY OVER BUMPY AREAS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING SHAFTS ARE BAD. THE GMC HAS ALREADY HAD THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM IS BACK. THE TAHOE I PURCHASED USED AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND SAID HE HAS TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY PACK THE STEERING SHAFT WITH GREASE. MY FATHER IN LAW HAS A CHEVY TRUCK AND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WITH SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM ON A VARIETY OF YEARS THAT THIS IS NOT RECALLED. IF YOU CAN CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND IF THERE IS ANY SOLUTION OTHER THAN CONTINUALLY RE-GREASING THE STEERING SHAFT WHICH IS A VERY EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING JOB. TALKING WITH OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I HAVE HEARD THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WILL EVENTUALLY WEAR OUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS AS FAR AS CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN THAT I DRIVE AROUND CONSTANTLY AND I AM SOMEWHAT WORRIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. *JB
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0
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#10169753October 2, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
STARTED NOTICING APPROX. 1 YEAR AGO THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS (LESS THAN 10 MPH) WHEN IT SHOULDN'T (IE: DRY CONDITIONS, CLEAR ROAD) WHICH MAKES COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP A SCARY AND QUESTIONABLE EVENT. *NM
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0
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#10169757October 2, 2006
PARKING BRAKE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED WHILE CHANGING A TIRE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OFF THE JACK, SHOULD HAVE STOPPED, BUT ROLLED A FEW FEET BEFORE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.*AK
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0
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#10169779October 2, 2006
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEATED SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE HEATED SEAT SWITCH AND CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENTS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. UPDATED 10/16/2006 - WHEN THE VEHICLES IGNITION SWITCH WAS ON, THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER TURNED ON. THIS OCCURRED ANYTIME THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. THE CONSUMER DISCONNECTED TO POWER SUPPLY TO THE HEATED SEAT. *NM
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10170160October 2, 2006
STEERING
2003 TAHOE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. *TS THE INPUT SHAFT FROM THE PULLEY HAD COME OFF. *JB
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0
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#10169688October 1, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2004 CHEVY TAHOE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. STAYS ON 55 MPH EVEN WHEN ENGINE IS OFF. TOLD IT WOULD BE ABOUT $800 TO FIX. NOW OIL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT DROP TO ZERO. OIL IN ENGINE IS AT PROPER LEVEL. *NM
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#10169570September 29, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROUTINE CHECK ON BRAKES FOR MY 2001 CHEVY TAHOE FOUND AT MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER THAT MY ALUMINUM CALIPERS ON REAR OF BRAKE SYSTEM WERE LOCKED IN PLACE WEARING THE REAR BRAKES OUT. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE 40% USED. INFORMED BY LEE, MANAGER, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE CALIPER, UNEVEN WEAR AND LOCKING UP. JB
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#10169577September 29, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ON 2-11-03, THE CALIFORNIA EPA ANNOUNCED THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO EXTEND THE FUEL INJECTOR WARRANTY ON '96-'01 MODEL YEAR LIGHT TRUCKS, SUVS, TRUCKS & VANS TO 10 YEARS/200,000 MILES. "MALFUNCTIONING FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS (SCPI) CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN AIR POLLUTION". GM WILL FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE VEHICLE OWNERS. THE FUEL SYSTEMS WERE REPLACED WITH THE NEW MFI UNITS. GM SETTLED WITH THE CALIFORNIA EPA TO AVOID A THREAT OF A NATIONWIDE RECALL. I OWN A VEHICLE THAT FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY BUT DO NOT LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. I CONTACTED LOCAL DEALERSHIPS AS WELL AS THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER CARE CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA WERE ELIGIBLE TO BE REPAIRED. ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY GM WITH THE DEFECTIVE SCPI FUEL SYSTEM SHOULD BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ISSUE FOR VEHICLES DRIVEN IN CALIFORNIA. THE FUEL INJECTOR (OEM PART NUMBER 17091432). REPLACING PLUGS, WIRES, DISTRIBUTOR CAP & ROTOR, CLEANING INJECTOR & INDUCTION SYSTEMS DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE BASIC PROBLEM WHICH IS A DEFECTIVE SCPI FUEL SYSTEM. SEE URL (HTTP://WWW.ARB.CA.GOV/NEWSREL/NR021103.HTM) FOR SPECIFICS. *JB
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0
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#10169588September 29, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATER FAN SWITCH, CONNECTOR PLUG AND ATTACHED INSULATION TO THE WIRING OVERHEATED AND MELTED, WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#10169495September 28, 2006
STEERING:COLUMN
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED LUBRICATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
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Injuries:
0
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#10169380September 27, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ACTIVATED AT 10 MPH. A NHTSA RECALL, #05V379000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2004 CONCERNING THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK, HOWEVER THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - *NM
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0
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#10169317September 26, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2004 CHEVY TAHOE-SPEEDOMETER ACTING ERRATIC. FIRST NOTICE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DOING 70 MPH,THEN APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT DOWN TO 30 MPH. I CAME BACK TO 70 MPH, SO I THOUGHT ,BUT TRAFFIC WAS PASSING ME UP LIKE IF THEY WERE DOING 100 MPH. IN REALITY I WAS DOING ABOUT 50 MPH. NEXT DAY IT WAS WORKING FINE,BUT NOW THE SPEEDOMETER IS JERKY. READING CHEVY TAHOE FORUMS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THE JERKY SPEEDOMETER THE SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY GOES OUT. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *NM
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169322September 26, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HAVING A RECALL PERFORMED IN OCTOBER 2005, THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ILLUMINATED. THE FRONT END SHOOK VERY BADLY. WHEN THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED, THE PEDAL PULSATED. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE RECALL WAS CAMPAIGN ID #05V379000, REGARDING SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK.
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No
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0
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#10169323September 26, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE Z71. AT 40,500 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY, REGISTERING SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A STANDSTILL AND REGISTERING A VARIETY OF SPEEDS (NONE OF WHICH ARE CORRECT) WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. MY DEALERSHIP INSISTS THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN ON VARIOUS WEB SITES WHERE THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OWNERS OF TAHOE AND YUKON THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM...IT IS UNSAFE. *NM
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0
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#10169144September 24, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH 43939 MILES AS OF THIS EMAIL. YESTERDAY, WE NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER REGISTERS HOW FAST THE CAR IS GOING. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREE-WAY THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 0 MPH. *NM
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0
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0
#10168758September 20, 2006
STEERING
I HAVE REPLACED THE I-SHAFT 2 TIMES ON MY 2003 TAHOE. GM IS NOT OFFERING ANY TYPE OF REPLACEMENT OR HELP IN FIXING THIS ISSUE *NM
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#10168650September 19, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SO MANY... WHERE DO I START? 1) AT 9,000 MI. INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS REPLACED DUE TO A POPPING FEELING IN THE STEERING, AT 16,000 MI. IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. 2) AT 9000 MILES THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY TACH MOTOR MAKING A BUZZING/RATTLING SOUND, STARTED MAKING NOISE AGAIN AT 13,000 MILES TOOK TO DEALER AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. 3) HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF ON TURNS HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES SINCE IT HAD 9000 MI. 1ST 2 TIMES REPLACED A PLUG ON ALTERNATOR AND SAID IT WAS FIXED, WAS NOT THEN SAID THE FOUND A BAD CONNECTOR STILL DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS CONTACTED GM AND THEY WERE NO HELP. 4) EXHAUST HAS BEEN POPPING SINCE NEW AND SOMETIMES AFTER COOL DOWN SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED 5) ENGINE MAKES A NOISE WHEN WARMED UP TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AT 12000 MILES AND THEY CLEANED OIL PUMP PICKUP TUBE AND SAID THE OIL PRESSURE WAS NOT CORRECT. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM TOOK BACK IN AT 15000 AND THEY STATED NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NOISE WAS NORMAL. 6) THE BRAKES PULSATED WHEN NEW TOOK BACK AT 59 MI. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT AND IT WOULD GET BETTER. STARTED AGAIN AT 9000 MI. AND THEY TURNED THE ROTORS. BRAKES STARTED MAKING A CRACKING NOISE IN THE FRONT TOOK IN 3 TIMES FOUND NO PROBLEM YET WHEN I PICKED THE VEHICLE UP THE LAST TIME AT 15,000 MI THE NOISE WENT AWAY ONLY TO COME BACK A WEEK LATER. 7) WHEN IDLING THE VEHICLE VIBRATES BAD!!!! DASH WILL RATTLE AND YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL WHEN THE A/C WAS ON YET IT'S WORSE WHEN THE A/C IS OFF. NOW THAT A/C IS MAKING A TERRIBLE NOISE FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INSIDE THE CLIMATE CONTROL BOX AREA. 8) ENGINE HAS A MISS AT IDLE. *JB
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Deaths:
0
#10168353September 15, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
DT*: THE CONTACTED STATED THE ENGINE BUCKED AND HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED, THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHERE THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.
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No
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0
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#10168211September 14, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING ERRATIC, SOMETIMES SHOWING 35 MPH WHEN ACTUAL SPEED IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 70 MPH. OTHER TIMES IT SHOWS 0 MPH. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND WONDER IF THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS. *NM
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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