Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10091588September 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS STUDS BROKE FROM THE BRAKE DRUM AND WHEEL CAME OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082194September 8, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY,WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ENGAGED THEY WILL SOMETIMES NOT WORK. THERE IS A RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE RECALL IS CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *LA THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING A BAD CIRCUIT BOARD. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090553September 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
SECOND TIME THE POSITIVE TERMINAL FROM AN DELCO BATTERY HAS LEAKED CAUSING THE BATTERY CABLES TO MELT. ACID LEAKS HAVE CAUSED RUSTING ON THE FRAME AND NEAR BRAKE AND A/C LINES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090431September 4, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BOTH FRONT DOOR POWER WINDOWS FAIL TO OPERATE. THE MOTORS MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND THE WINDOWS WILL NOT FULLY OPEN OR CLOSE. THE GLASS PANELS APPARENTLY ARE NOT ATTACHED AS THEY CAN BE MOVED BY HAND. THE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN TWO DAYS OF EACH OTHER AND HAVE BEEN VARY RARELY BEEN OPENED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089012September 2, 2004
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
MY PARKING BRAKES FAILED THE ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH A CABLE AND THAT IF NOT FIXED COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO A ROTOR. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO HELP PAY THE COST. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THE PARKING BRAKE ON THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WEAK SINCE PURCHASE. YET IT HAS PASSED THE SAFETY INSPECTION IN THE PAST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088930September 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
EXHAUST Y PIPE SHEARED OFF, COMMON IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE PARTS INCLUDE Y PIPE TWO CATALLETIC CONVERTERS AND THREE O2 SENSORS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088933September 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
WHEN DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP THE 99 TAHOE LURCHED FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN STOPPED. I HAD TO HOLD THE BRAKE DOWN HARD TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THAT LIGHT THE AUTOMOBLE WORKED FINE. AFTER WORK THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY HOME. THIS HAPPENS EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON OR WHEN THE CAR SITS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE DEALER HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE PROBLEM BUT WHAT HE CAME UP WITH WAS THAT THE WIRING HARNESS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION HAD SHORTED OUT CAUSEING THE PCM MODUAL TO BURN UP. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A SAFTY HAZARD. THE CAR IS IN THE DEALER NOW GETTING THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE PCM MODUAL REPLACED AND REPROGRAMED. I CANNOT FIND ANY RECALL NOTICES FOR THIS PROBLEM. I ASKED FOR THE OLD PARTS TO BE RETURNED TO ME.I WILL PICK THE CAR UP TODAY 09/01/04 WITH THE BILL AT OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090123August 31, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN BRAKING/ACCLERATING THERE WOULD BE VIBRATION IN THE PEDAL LINKAGES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087100August 31, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED TEN TIMES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. *AK TAHOE HAD A RECALL ON THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD AND COVER ON THE 1994 THROUGH 1997 VEHICLES. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088797August 30, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE AIR CONDITIONER LINES ON MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE STARTED TO LEAK AND GM HAS TOLD ME THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER THAT THE PART NEEDED (PART #15010337) IS ON BACKORDER. THIS HAS BEEN A HOT SUMMER, AND WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND AGING ADULTS, THIS IS NOT JUST UNACCEPATBLE, BUT DANGEROUS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088818August 30, 2004
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
WE OWN A 2005 CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER. OUR 11-YEAR OLD SON FELL ASLEEP AND LAY DOWN WITH SHOULDER-HARNESSED SEAT BELT ON IN THE BACK SEAT - PASSENGER SIDE. UPON ARRIVING AT OUR DESTINATION HE WAS AWAKENED. AT THIS POINT HE SAT UP, RELEASED THE LATCH, AN TRIED TO GET OUT. THE SEAT BELT WAS TWISTED AROUND HIS WAIST AND AS HE TRIED TO UNTANGLE THE BELT THE RATCHET GOT SIGNIFICANTLY TIGHTER. WHEN I REALIZED THE PROBLEM DEVELOPING AND GOT AROUND TO HIM THE BELT WAS SO TIGHT THAT I COULD NOT UNTANGLE HIM OR SLIP HIM THROUGH THE LOOP. HE WAS IN SEVERE PAIN. HE HAD EITHER TURNED IN HIS SEAT, OR SAT UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE SHOULDER STRAP, OR SOMETHING ELSE. NOT WANTING ANY INJURY TO MY SON'S BACK OR ANY INTERNAL ORGANS I HAD TO CUT THE BELT. IT WAS ABOUT 12:30 AM. I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT FOR SHOULDER HARNESSED BELTS, WHEN THE SHOULDER STRAP IS PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT AS FOR USE WITH CHILD SAFETY SEATS THIS ENGAGES THE RATCHETING MECHANISM. I BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A "RELEASE BUTTON" FOR EMERGENCY USE ON THE BACK OF THE COLUMN WHICH HOUSES THE SHOULDER STRAP. SINCE THE BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE SHOULDER STRAP WOULD NOT LOOSEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090071August 30, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087307August 30, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL MOVE. IT WAS REPLACED LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THE LOCAL MECHANIC. *AK ONCE THE BRAKE WAS SET AND WAS STRESSED, THE SHOE WOULD FAIL. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089878August 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH CONSUMER SMELLED BURNING WIRING. PARKED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. AT THE SAME TIME HE LOOKED TO THE REAR AND SAW A HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP, EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND WROTE A REPORT INDICATING THERE WAS SHORT WIRE ON THE SPEAKER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088689August 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE BOULEVARD AT 15 MPH, THE SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRICAL WIRES BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED. WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR I SAW FIRE DROPPING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPEAKER ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF THE PASSENGERS AND DAMAGING OUR POSSESIONS IN THE CARGO SECTION. I NOTIFIED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088690August 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
MY 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO START. THE ENGINE CRANKS AND THEN DIES. IT WILL DO THIS, THEN I WILL LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE (45 MIN. TO SEVERAL HOURS) AND I'LL GO BACK OUT AND IT WILL START RIGHT UP. MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE UNTIL IT DOES IT CONSISTENTLY. ON 8/19/04, I TRIED TO START IT @ 7:45 A.M. IT TOOK ME UNTIL 8:25 A.M. TO START IT, AFTER WHICH I DROVE TO WORK (LATE). I WENT BACK OUT TO LEAVE THE OFFICE @ 10:30 A.M. - NO START. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP - STARTED RIGHT UP. ACCORDING TO THE BCM, A CODE OF DTC1626 SHOWED UP, WHICH INDICATES SOMETHING LIKE THE THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM IS PREVENTING THE FUEL ENABLE SIGNAL FROM BEING RECEIVED. THE DEALERSHIP SOLDERED THE WIRING CONNECTIONS ON THE THEFT DETERRENT HARNESS (PREVIOUSLY, CONNECTIONS WERE CRIMPED), WHICH THEY SAID HAD HELPED SEVERAL OTHER TAHOE OWNERS. TWO DAYS LATER, MY HUSBAND WAS STRANDED WITH MY NON-STARTING TAHOE AND MY RECEIPT FOR $161.84 FOR "FIXING" THE PROBLEM. THERE HAS TO BE A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM!! THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE AS WELL AS 4 SERVICE BULLETINS, BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING OR HOW TO PREVENT IT! I'VE OWNED 2 SILVERADOS AND 1 YUKON SINCE 1984 AND HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH GM'S PRODUCTS, BUT THIS TAHOE TAKES THE CAKE! IF IT HADN'T BEEN AN ANNIVERSARY GIFT FROM MY HUSBAND, I WOULD HAVE SOLD IT BY NOW! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088602August 26, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
TOOK VEHICLE FOR YEARLY INSPECTION, AND THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED LEADING TO EXPENSIVE REAPIR WORK. WE NEVER EVEN USE THE PARKING BRAKE!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089737August 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 10 MPH. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088582August 25, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WE HAVE A 1997 CHEVROLET TAHOE THAT IS ESPERIENCING WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL 03V159000. WE CONTACTED RUSS DARROW CHEVROLET IN MADISON WI, AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF THE MILAGE ON THE VEHICLE WHICH IS 125,000 THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT RECALLS BY MANUFACTORERS WERE LIMITED BY MILEAGE. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE EXPERIENCING A VISIABILITY PROBLEM IN RAIN AND SNOW. THEY OFFERED TO FIX IT FOR BETWEEN $50.00 AND $500.00. COULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT IN THIS RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089538August 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND KEY IN THE ACCESSORY MODE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD INTO A FENCE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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