Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10102954December 14, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. EMERGENCY BRAKE IS SELDOM USED BUT WAS IN WORKING ORDER. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND WAS INFORMED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD CAR. THIS SAME VEHICLE PASSED INSPECTION THE PRIOR YEAR. THERE WAS A COST OF OVER $400.00 TO REPAIR THIS. I WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR FACILITY THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103597December 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE AXLE LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. COMSUMER INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE WHEEL BEARING SEIZED UP AND SNAPPED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103656December 13, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AT A STOP CONSUMER'S VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD, HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103689December 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH ENGINE SEIZED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL PUMP. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD FUEL PUMP REPLACED BY THE DEALER WITHIN LESS THEN A YEAR, AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102779December 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
APPROXIMATELY 10K MILES ON 2002 TAHOE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND TRANSMISSION, FAILED, WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT ONLY PART OF TRANSMISSION NEEDED FIXED. NOW AT 40K MILES ROUGHLY 2 YEARS LATER AND OUT OF WARRANTY, SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED, WHAT WILL GM DO FOR ME???*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102547December 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
BATTERY DIED, REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHTS COMING ON WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, UNABLE TO START VEHICLE, VEHICLE STALLING. UNABLE TO OPERATE VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN THE RAIN. BARELY ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OFF ROADWAY. NO POWER AT ALL INCLUDING LIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS. TOOK TO CHEVROLET DEALER - FOUND NO PROBLEM, NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT. WAS TOLD THAT AFTER MARKET ALARM SYSTEM (INSTALLED AT CHEVROLET DEALER) COULD BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. TOOK TO AUDIO INSTALLER AND HAD ALARM REMOVED. WAS TOLD BY DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALER THAT THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH A TAHOE IN THEIR SHOP. THEY REMOVED ALARM AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE (2 DAYS). WOULD NEED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AS IT COULD EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE ONCOMING VEHICLES CAN NOT SEE YOU WITHOUT HAZARD LIGHTS. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. I HAVE KEPT THE ALARM SYSTEM IF NEEDED TO REVIEW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102439December 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE TRACTION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102454December 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
REAR BRAKE ROTORS ARE COMMING APART, SECTIONS OF THE ROTORS ARE MISSING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099432December 8, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
WHEN MAKING TURNS FROM 5 MPH OR MORE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION, AND IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND THUMP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS. FIRST DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM, AND THE SECOND DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SHAFT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS ON BACK ORDER. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103203December 6, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERATIVE. CURRENTLY, THIS PROBLEM IS BEING RESOLVED BY A RECALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. ALSO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103207December 6, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
CONSUMER CLAIMS THAT TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERATIVE. THEY ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100988December 3, 2004
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
RECENTLY I NOTED A GRINDING NOISE IN THE REAR END OF MY TAHOE. A REPAIR SHOP SHOWED ME THE "BACK PLATES" ON THE REAR WHEELS. THEY WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT PIECES WERE FALLING OFF THE PLATES. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT MY BRAKING BUT COULD LEAD TO THE INABILITY TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE MANAGER SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THIS BAD. A TECHNICIAN NEARBY SPOKE UP AND SIAD HE SAW A SET ON A CHEVY TRUCK RECENTLY. I AM SUBMITTING THIS MATERIAL FOR ONLY ONE PURPOSE. I SUSPECT THERE MAY BE USE OF SUBSTANDARD, FAULTY MATERIAL THAT IS NOT RESISTANT TO CORROSION BEING USED IN AT LEAST THE CHEVROLET LINE OF TRUCKS. THIS COULD RESULT IN FAILIRUE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF LIFE. I INTEND TO GET MINE REPAIRED BUT HOW MANY COULD BE OUT THERE UNDIAGNOSED? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034174December 3, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100937December 2, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
BRAKE FAILURE 2000 CHEVRO TAHOE. ORIGINALLY BELIEVED TO BE PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT OF ABS SYSTEM. FOUND DUE TO "RUSTED AND PITTED" ROTORS THAT TORE APART ALL FOUR BRAKE PADS. PREVIOUSLY (3X) ADVISED DEALERSHIP OF BRAKE PROBLEMS AND TOLD THAT "EVERYTHING WAS O.K.". SERVICE MANAGER ADVISES THIS IS A CONTINIOUS AND ONGOING COMPLAINT AND PROBLEM WITH THE GM VEHICLES (PREMATURE RUSTING AND PITTING OF ROTORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100848December 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NOTICED A HUMMING VIBRATION UNDER ACCELERATION. HAD TRANSMISSION SERVICED BUT PROBLEM PERSISTED. THEN WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (70) WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND RPMS JUMPED WAY UP. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CASES WAS CRACKED. THE CRACK OCCURED DUE TO THE U-JOINT BREAKING. THE U-JOINT COULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED FOR UNDER $100 BUT NOW TO FIX THE TRUCK WILL COST $1700. BAD DESIGN IN MY OPINION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100765November 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THE BRAKE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. MY 18-MONTH OLD SON DISCOVERED THIS WHILE WE WERE CLEANING OUT THE TRUCK AND IT STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. I CONTACTED THE DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR FIX AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOT. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW ALL TAHOES SINCE 2003 ARE PROGRAMMED TO WORK. THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT CONSISTANT WITH THE OTHER KEY POSITIONS AND I FEEL IS A SAFTEY HAZZARD. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE DISCOVERY OF THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP WITH GM TO GET THIS RESOLVED BEFORE THERE ARE INJURIES OR DEATHS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME FOLLOW UP WITH ME AS TO THE OUTCOME OF THIS COMPLAINT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089206November 30, 2004
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED AND WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS PARKED ON A HILL. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY REPLACED THE MECHANICAL PART, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER RESOLVED. *AK THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED WITH FACTORY PARTS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE A/C WAS INOPERATIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT WHILE IN MOTION AND THE BRAKE SHOES WERE WORN AND SCORED THE REAR ROTORS. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100715November 29, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
FREQUENT RECURRING FAILURE OF FRONT WIPERS. MOST RECENT: NOV 18, NOV 20 AND NOV 23, 2004. WIPER WILL QUIT IN MID-SWEEP. REMEDY: RAISE HOOD, JIGGLE WIRING HARNESS PLUGS ON GEAR BOX AND/OR TAP ON FRONT OF GEAR BOX. REMEDY MAY WORK HOURS, DAYS OR WEEKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101767November 29, 2004
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
WHILE PARKED POWER SIDE VIEW MIRROR SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE. AS A RESULT, THE PLASTIC ON THE DOOR WAS DAMAGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101779November 29, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT ADJUSTED THE PASSENGER SEAT AND NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE SEAT. LATER, THE SPARKS TURNED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BECAUSE THE WIRES KEPT IGNITING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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