Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10120726May 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FALSES AT 6 MPH. NO DIFFERENCE IF ACCELERATING OR DE-ACCELERATING. IN THE BEGINNING THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTEN, BUT WITH TIME THE FREQUENCY OF FALSING INCREASED. FINALLY A TROUBLE CODE SET INDICATING THE RIGHT FRONT SENSOR. AFTER FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES IN THE SECOND EDITION OF THE C/K TRUCK SERVCE MANUAL IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT SENSOR DIDN'T PASS THE MV TEST. THE SENSOR WAS REPALCED W/A SENSOR FROM A GM DEALERSHIP. THE SENSOR DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER FOLLOWING THE SERVICE MANUAL IT DIRECTS YOU TO REPLACE EBCM AFTER ADDITIONAL TESTING. A EBCM WAS PURCHASED AT A GM DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DID PROGRAM IN THE CORRECT TIRE SIZE. THE FALSING AT 6 MPH CONTIUNES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. A SCAN TOOL WAS PLUGGED IN WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: ALL THREE (3) SENSORS, THE LEFT, RIGHT SENSOR, AND THE REAR WHEEL THROUGH THE ECM. ALL THREE (3) SENSORS READ THE SAME UNTIL 6 MPH IS REACHED AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT FRONT SENSOR WILL SUDDENLY SHOW 3 MPH WITH THE OTHER TWO (2) SENSORS WILL STILL SHOW 6 MPH, THE ANTI-LOCK FALSES. WHEN THE SPEED CHEANGES EITHER > OR < 6 MPH, THE FALSING STOPS. THE FALSING OCCURRS WITH BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED OR NOT. THE MV TEST INDICATED THE LEFT FRONT SENSOR WAS WITHIN SPEC'S W/A MV READ OF 129. THE LEFT FRONT SENSOR WAS REPLACED ONCE AGAIN PURCHASED FROM A GM DEALERSHIP. THE FALSING CONTINUES AND THE TEST ABOVE WITH THE SCAN TOOL WAS REPEATED WITH SAME RESULTS. THE ANTI-LOCK DOES OPERATE CORRECTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND A WHEEL SLIP TAKES PLACE. YOUR GM DEALERSHIP CAN'T REALLY HELP WITHOUT CHANGING MORE COMPONETS. THE PROBLEM EXISTS TODAY. NUMBER OF FAILURES: EVERY TIME 6 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120585May 10, 2005
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
DT: THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 1995 GMC SUBURBAN AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK SOMETIMES AND OTHER TIMES THEY WOULD NOT. NOW CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET TAHOE . HE TOOK HIS SON YESTERDAY TO TRY FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THE DMV TOLD HIS SON TO TURN THE WIPERS ON, AND THEY WOULD NOT WORK. SO AFTER THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC, AND THEY WORKED FOR HIM. THE MECHANIC TRIED WIPERS SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY WORKED EVERY TIME. THE CONTACT IS WORRIED THAT IT WAS INTERMITTENT AND THAT COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IF THERE WAS WET CONDITIONS AND THE WIPERS MESSED UP THEN IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE. THE EXPERIENCE HE HAS NOW WITH THE WIPERS IS THE SAME AS WITH HIS LAST VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WENT ON A WEBSITE CONSUMER AFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/GM_TAHOE_WIPERS.HTML AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS THAT CONSUMERS FILED ON THE SAME VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAS TWO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HE IS HAVING WITH HIS VEHICLE. RECALLS 03V159000 AND 98V150001.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120487May 9, 2005
TIRES
THE CHEVROLET TAHOE NOW HAS 19,000 MILES AND WE NEVER HAVE HAD A FLAT TIRE > ON ANY OF THE THESE TIRES. > YESTERDAY MAY 7, 2005 WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH. WHEN WE > HEARD A POP SOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. > I SOON COULD FEEL THAT THE TIRE WAS GETTING FLAT AND PULLED OVER TO THE > SHOULDER AND OBSERVED THE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THERE WAS NO > OBJECTS OR POT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THAT I COULD HAVE RAN OVER WITH THE > VEHICLE. > THE BLOW OUT OF THE TIRE WAS AROUND THE SEAM OF THE OUTER SIDEWALL. > > QUESTIONS?: > HAS THERE BEEN SIMILAR OCCURRENCES WITH THIS MAKE OF FIRESTONE TIRE? > IS THIS TYPE OF SIDEWALL BLOW OUT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120045May 6, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I CURRENTLY OWN A 2001 CHEVY TAHOE LT 4X4 AND JUST HAD MY BRAKES FIXED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN RELATED TO THE ANTI-LOCK SENSORS. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WHEN COMING TO A SLOW STOP THE ANTI LOCKING BRAKES ACTIVATE, THEN HAVING TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET THE SUV TO STOP. WHEN I HAD THE SYSTEM REVIEWED, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS IN THE VARIOUS ONBOARD COMPUTERS THAT THERE WERE ANY ABS ERRORS, SO IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE BRAKES WILL NEED TO BE DONE. I SPENT OVER $1000.00 REPLACING BRAKE PARTS AND THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. THE NEXT REVIEW OF THE PROBLEM, THE WARRANTY COMPANY SUGGESTED THAT IT COULD BE THE WHEEL BEARINGS, BUT TO FIRST TRY AND CLEAN THE SENSORS FIRST. SINCE THE WHEEL BEARINGS ARE OVER $350.00 EACH, WE HAD THE SENSORS CLEANED. MY LOCAL MECHANIC CLEANED THE SENSORS AND AT THIS POINT I'VE NOT HAD ANY MORE PROBLEMS. BUT THEY TOLD ME I WILL AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR SHOP THAT FIXED MY CAR IS LOCATED IN SO. BURLINGTON, VERMONT "AUTOWORKS".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120056May 6, 2005
PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
DT: PARKING BRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE. NOTHING HAPPENED BEFORE FAILURE. EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A PROBLEM. HAS TO HAVE BRAKE PADS REPLACED BEFORE IT CAN BE INSPECTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120071May 6, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES: FUEL INJECTIN SYSTEM 5,6,AND 7 MISSING, AND IT IS LEAKING. VEHICLE BACK FIRED A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120419May 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FATALITY AS A RESULT OF IGNITION SWITCH BEING TURNED WITHOUT A KEY AND WITHOUT THE BRAKES BEING APPLIED.*MR WHEN THE COMPLAINANTS THREE YEAR OLD GRANDSON TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION ONE NOTCH FORWARD THIS ALLOWED THE GEAR LEVER TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK AND INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A DRIVEWAY. IT UNCLEAR IF THE CHILD FELL OR JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AS IT BECAME TO ROLL BUT EITHER WAY HE WAS STRUCK BY THE OPEN DOOR AS THE VEHICLE ROLLED. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE THEN ROLLED OVER THE CHILD WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO HIS HEAD. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10119978May 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE VEHICLE ABS ENGAGED AT LOW SPEEDS AND HE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. TWO WHEEL SENSORS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119717May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
I HAVE A CHEVY TAHOE 2000 NEW AND MY CAR HAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME STOPPING AT SLOW SPEEDS. I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO A GMC SERVICE STATION NUMEROUS TIMES. EACH TIME THEY HAVE JUST CHARGED ME FOR BREAKS AND NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119766May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE HAS A CONDITION WHERE IF THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 3.7 MPH BUT LESS THAN 10 MPH, I GET UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) ACTIVATION. NO ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSE BY THIS YET, BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY CLOSE MANY TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119768May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DURING THE PAST 2 WEEKS, MY ABS HAS ACTIVATED WHEN STOPPING AT SPEEDS UNDER 10 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROX 6 TIMES, AND IS INTERMITTENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119803May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONTACT STATES: HER SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC AT 30-35 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE , AND CONTACTS SON HIT THE BRAKES BUT DID NOT STOP AND THE TRUCK JUST KEPT GOING.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119822May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKES DID NOT HOLD AT LOW SPEED. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TRUCK. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119876May 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION IN MY '99 TAHOE. THE FIRST INCIDENT LEFT ME STRANDED AT 50K MILES. LUCKY I HAD AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPAIR SHOP HAD TO DO A FULL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE WHICH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A WEAK RINGREVERSE GEAR? THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN, ONLY NOW I HAVE 170K MILES. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE ENGINE TO GO FIRST. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS HAPPENED THIS TIME AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119409May 3, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICK IN WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND WE HAD THE PARTS REPLACED ON ONE SIDE (BUT DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE). IT IS NOW HAPPENING AGAIN, AND WE BELIEVE THE OTHER SIDE NEEDS REPLACEMENT. ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM ONE TIME WHEN I WAS JUST GOING SLOW IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT APPLYING BRAKES. ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE KNOCK. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A DEFECT WITH THE CYCLINDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119439May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
I HAVE A 2000 CHEVY TOHOE WHICH HAS MASSIVE CORROSION ON THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. WE BOUGHT AND USED THIS VEHICLE FOR COUPLE YEARS IN MINNESOTA. WE NOW RESIDE IN TEXAS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED AND IS COMMON WITH VEHICLES FROM UP NORTH. WE FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119449May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I DRIVE A 1995 CHEVY TAHOE AND ALMOST EVERY TIME I BREAK THE ABS ENGAGES AT ABOUT 10 MPH, EXTENDING MY FINAL STOP. I HAVE READ THAT THE NHTS IS INVESTIGATING THIS "FEATURE" ON 1999-2002 CHEVY TRUCKS. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCED MYSELF, I THINK THIS DEFECT IS VERY COMMON IN A MUCH BROADER MANUFACTURING TIME PERIOD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119475May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS BRAKE MODULE. LOW TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, AND DRAINS THE BATTERY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE . COST COVERED THE FIRST TIME AND GM PAID HALF FOR LAST REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119455May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CHEVY TAHOE 1999, WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR FOUR YEARS AND PUT 40,000 + MILES ON IT, IT NOW HAS 102,000 MILES. IN THAT TIME FRAME WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTERS AND PADS FOUR TIMES. IN JANUARY OF 2002 I HAD AN ACCIDENT AT SLOW SPEED IN SLUSHY ROAD CONDITIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP OVER A TRAVEL DISTANCE OF 100'+/- IT WAS BLAMED ON DRIVER ERROR AND POOR ROAD CONDITIONS, SINCE THAT TIME WE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE FRONT BRAKES WITH NO ACCIDENT AND FORTUNATELY NO INJURY. A THIRD INCIDENT RESULTED IN NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR ACCIDENT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119493May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON MY TAHOE STARTED ACTIVATING AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING ON CLEAR/DRY ROADWAYS. IT TOOK LONGER TO STOP, AND THE FIRST FEW TIMES IT HAPPENED I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STOP WITHOUT SMASHING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, OR THAT THERE WAS NO CAR IN THE INTERSECTION WHEN I WENT PAST THE STOP SIGN A FEW FEET. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC FRIEND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A DIRTY OR DEFECTIVE ABS SENSOR. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT GM DOES NOT SELL THE SENSOR SEPERATELY AND YOU HAVE TO BUY THE ENTIRE WHEEL HUB, WHICH COSTS AROUND $500 PER WHEEL. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET DUE TO THE COST. I SIMPLY ALLOW MYSELF MORE TIME TO STOP. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD DISABLE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. I AM HESITANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I FEEL I HAVE BETTER CONTROL WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES THAN CONVENTIONAL BRAKES WITH THE WEATHER IN THE AREA WHERE I LIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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