Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (2006)

114 consumer complaints on file.

#10230497June 10, 2008
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT COULD NOT OPEN THE LIFTGATE WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY REMOTE. THERE WAS NO KEYHOLE TO OPEN THE LIFTGATE MANUALLY, WHICH HE CONSIDERED TO BE A SAFETY RISK. ALSO, IF SOMEONE WERE IN THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT TO PRESS TO EXIT FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REMOTE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 63,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10224390April 14, 2008
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WARNING LIGHT FOR "SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE" AND "STABILITY SYSTEM DISABLED" HAS COME ON REPEATEDLY DUE TO AN "ECODER MOTOR SENSOR" FAILURE. THIS IS AT LEAST THE SECOND TIME REPLACED, MAYBE THIRD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10223943April 4, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 43,639 MILES ON IT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HE STATES THE MANUAL SAYS THERE IS NO WORK NEEDED UNTIL 100,000 MILES. *KB THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO GEAR AND LUNGED FORWARD PARTIALLY INTO THE INTERSECTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10222003March 22, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE ON DASH READS IMPROPERLY. DRIVING WITH WHAT MARKED AS 1/4 OF FULL TANK (26 GAL TANK WHICH READS 20 GALS PLUS 6 GALLON RESERVE WHEN LOW FUEL LIGHT TURNS ON OR RED-LINING). DRIVING ON FREEWAY ACCOMPANIED BY MY INFANT SON AND TODDLER NIECE, WHEN TRUCK COMPLETELY STALLED OUT ON THE #2 LANE. WAS ABLE TO GLIDE OVER TO THE SHOULDER, TURNED OFF TRUCK AND TRIED TURNING IT OVER WHEN FUEL LIGHT CAME ON TO INDICATE THAT I WAS LOW ON GAS. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN AND HAVING AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS HAPPEN, WHERE FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE TRUCK DID NOT IN ANY INSTANCE INDICATE THE FUEL LEVEL WAS LOW OR THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. HAD PROBLEM FIXED AT CHEVY DEALERSHIP, THEN ON 3/21/08 PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN WHERE GAUGE IS STILL NOT READING PROPERLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10222004March 22, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
HORN IS INOPERABLE INTERMITTENTLY. WAS PARKED IN SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT WHEN I NOTICED A TRUCK BACKING UP OUT OF THEIR SPOT. NOTICED TRUCK WAS REALLY CLOSE AND WHEN I TRIED HONKING TO WARN THEM TO STOP, THEY ACTUALLY HAD BACKED INTO MY VEHICLE CAUSING THEIR PAINT TO RUB OFF AND CREASE MY REAR FENDER. I GOT OFF MY VEHICLE TO SPEAK TO THE DRIVER WHEN THEY PULLED FORWARD AND DROVE AWAY. TOOK MY TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM AND WAS FIXED DUE TO A FAULTY FUSE, TOOK TRUCK IN AGAIN ON 3/21/08 BECAUSE HORN STILL WORKED SPORADICALLY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10221504March 17, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WITH 43,000 MILES EXPERIENCED MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHILE ENTERING INTERSECTION, VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR AND ACCELERATED AS IF IN NEUTRAL, THEN CLUNKING INTO GEAR AND LUNGING FORWARD. MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES SHOW THAT TRANSMISSION REQUIRES NO SERVICING UNTIL 50,000, YET WARRANTY ONLY LASTS UNTIL 36,000. MANUFACTURER IS MISREPRESENTING LIFE OF TRANSMISSION CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209330November 19, 2007
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT RETRACTED COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE SEAT BACK TO ITS NORMAL, UPRIGHT POSITION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS LATER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY ACCIDENTALLY WIPED OUT THE MEMORY MODULE. THE CONTACT PLACED A 2 X 4 PIECE OF WOOD BEHIND THE SEAT TO PREVENT IT FROM RETRACTING BACKWARDS. SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10207263October 29, 2007
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE LS, SIZE P225/60R16 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ALARM SOUNDED, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE WENT TO A TIRE STORE AND THE ENTIRE TIRE WAS COMING APART WITH A THREE INCH SPLIT IN THE TREAD IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. THE TIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 19,700.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202836September 12, 2007
STEERING:COLUMN
NOISE, ANNOYING POPPING TICKING COMMING FROM STEERING COLUMN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176052December 13, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
I'M DESCRIBING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM ON VEHICLES I DO NOT OWN, BUT HAVE SEEN THE BEHAVIOR: VARIOUS LATE-MODEL GM PICK-UP TRUCKS AND SUVS (TAHOE AS AN EXAMPLE) WILL TURN ON THE WHITE BACK-UP TAIL-LIGHT WHEN THE OWNER UNLOCKS THE VEHICLE VIA REMOTE. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS SOMEONE DRIVING BY THINKING THE VEHICLE IS BACKING-UP, AND COULD MAKE A SUDDEN STOP TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BACK OUT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175686December 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WE OWN A 2003 CHEVY. TAHOE WITH 45000 ORIGINAL MILES. THE OIL GAUGE INITIALLY PEGGED FOLLOWED BY THE SPEEDOMETER PEGGING AT 120 MPH. OTHER SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL LOCKING DOOR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10170453October 10, 2006
CHILD SEAT, CHILD SEAT:BASE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND USING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN THE REAR FACING POSITION, THE CHILD SEAT RECLINED. THE RECLINING WAS WORST WHEN THE VEHICLE MADE TURNS. THE BASE OF THE CHILD SEAT WAS FIRMLY BUCKLED BUT STILL SLID AROUND. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. .MANUFACTURER: DOREL JUVENILE GROUP, EDDIE BAUER EDITION, MODEL # 22-630 AND DOM: 2006.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163077July 21, 2006
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BODY AND FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WERE RATTLING LOUDLY. WHILE BRAKING FROM 60 MPH, THE TRUCK SHOOK HEAVILY, CAUSING A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER INSTALLED NEW SHIMS TO REDUCE THE VIBRATIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153391March 22, 2006
SUSPENSION
9 DAYS AFTER OBTAINING VEHICLE ON 1/31/06. 2/10/06 HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN HITTING BUMPS AND TURNING THE VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. SWAY BAR BRACKET WAS BROKEN OFF. *JB DEALERSHIP TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL MUFFLER SHOP FOR REPAIR - TO WELD THE BRACKET BACK ON. 2/21/06 HEAR NOISE AND METAL GRINDING UNDER VEHICLE - ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPING AND STARTING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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