Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (1999)

552 consumer complaints on file.

#870922September 19, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 CHEVROLET, TAHOE, TIRE SIZE P26575R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAVE 11 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THAT ON ALL FOUR TIRES SMALL CRACKS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE TREAD LINE. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE PIECES OF THE TREAD WAS MISSING. .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554519September 11, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STRONGLY RESISTED ANY MOVEMENT, CONSUMER REALIZED THAT SOME HOW THE 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WERE ENGAGED AND AT NO TIME WERE EITHER TURNED ON, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THESE FAILURES COULD POSSIBLY BE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731018September 11, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WELL WITHIN THE TAHOE LIMITS, THE TAHOE BROKE DOWN AT 13,800 MILES ON 5/10/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, IT WAS REPAIRED. BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 14,531 MILES ON 5/14/99 IT WAS IN THE SHOP UNTIL 5/21/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, THEN REPAIRED. THEN IT BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 15,319 MILES ON 5/29/00 REPAIRED BY THE DEALER EACH TIME. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE WENT ON VACATION THIS YEAR AND GOT BACK HOME. WE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE BACK AREA. WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE REAR END , WE WERE AT 33,915 MILES ON 8/17/00, THEY HOWEVER WOULD NOT REPAIR IT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY (3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES). WE HAD TO AUTHORIZE AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED, AND UNDER PROTEST WE DID. WE HAD TO GO HAVE THE TRAILER AND TAHOE WEIGHED AND GET A CERTIFICATE TO SHOW WE WERE NOT OVERWEIGHT. WE DID AND WERE WITHIN TOWING REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED AND PROPER WEIGHT DISTRUBUTION HITCH ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE ALL OUR WORK ORDERS IF NEEDED FOR FUTHER INSPECTION. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE OR MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870044September 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, AND BRAKES HAD TO BE PUMPED TO STOP A LITTLE. THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING, AS WELL. DEALER FOUND ALOT OF BATTERY ACID THAT BADLY CORRORED BOTH BRAKE LINES. DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO CLEAN AWAY THE RUST, BUT IT WAS STILL WAS THERE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869463September 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE IS PULLING, FEELS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. WHEN AT 35MPH VEHICLE GOES A MILE BEFORE IT KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR. WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784180September 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCING CRACK LINES ON THE TREAD LINE, TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRESTONE RECALL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869124August 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY HAS LEAKED ACID ONTO BRAKE LINE, CAUSING ALL FLUID TO LEAK, AMD A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. DEAELR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE BATTERY ACID CORRODED THE BRAKE LINE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728615August 21, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS INJURED RESULTING FROM A SIDE COLLISION TO OUR 1999 CHEVY TAHOE. THE TAHOE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 - 60 MPH. THE PICKUP STRUCK THE TAHOE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE SIDE WINDOW IN THE CARGO AREA WAS BROKEN BY THE IMPACT AND THE TAHOE SPUN AROUND. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THE TAHOE WERE WEARING SAFETY BELTS WITH SHOULDER HARNRESS. MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT APPEARS TO HAVE CAUSED THE 60/40 REAR SEAT TO SHIFT A FRACTION OF AN INCH ALLOWING THE SEATBELT HARNESS TO RELEASE WHERE IT ATTACHES BELOW THE SEAT. WHEN THE SEATBELT CAME APART HE WAS THROWN TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH THE BROKEN SIDE REAR WINDOW. HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOOT SEVERING TENDONS, LIGAMENTS AND NERVES. NONE OF THE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE HURT AS THEIR SEATBELTS HELD SECURE. IT APPEARS THE ATTACHMENT WHICH SECURES THE BUCKLE TO THE SMALLER REAR SEAT REQUIRES A MORE SUBSTANTIAL ATTACHING PIN. THE 2000 MODEL TAHOE HAS A BOLT AND NUT THAT SECURES THE BUCKLE ATTACHMENT WHEREAS THE 1999 MODEL HAS A SMALL PIN WITH A FLIMSY PRESS CAP HOLDING IT IN PLACE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#868203August 21, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHEN DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER AND TURNING TO LEFT, STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND CAN'T FIX IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868247August 21, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15-20MPH, AND VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RELEASED, THROWING CHILD TO REAR OF THE CARGO AREA OF TRUCK. CHILD'S LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW. DEALER SIDE COULDN'T HELP THE CONSUMER & TO SEND LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT OF GMC. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#867837August 15, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING AND SHAKING, AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED FRONT TIRES BECAUSE TREAD CAME APART. SECOND TIME, REAR TIRES DID SEPARATE, AND VEHICLE ALMOST CRASHED. TIRES ARE B.F. GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866612August 2, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE. SHE GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO START IT UP, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HER HUSBAND OPENED THE HOOD, AND BATTERY HAD EXPLODED, AND LEAKED BATTERY ACID ALL OVER THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865976July 25, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
FUSE BURNED OUT AND THERE WAS NO TURN SIGNALS. DEALERSHIP CHANGED THE FUSE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725920July 24, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THIS IS TO DO WITH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE VERY EASILY THROUGH THE DOOR HANDLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9000631July 18, 2000
SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
TRUCK PULLS TO ONE SIDE, BRAKES SHOES FOUND TO BE CRACKED, MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549950July 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, STEERING
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865294July 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55 AND 75 MPH AND WHEN VEHICLE IS SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE ENTIRE VEHICLE SEVERELY VIBRATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE DRIVESHAFT ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHR DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864922July 6, 2000
STEERING, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
EA99011, WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING MOVE BACK UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER SAID NEEDS TO REPLACE THE STEERING BOX. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724360June 21, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY LEAK. CAUSED POSITIVE POST TO CORRODE/DISCONNECT. TRUCK IS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD, WITH LESS THAT 15,000 MILES. BATTERY ACID ALL OVER ENGINE AND HOSES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723846June 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS
CONTACTED GMC , THEY WOULD NOT COME OUT TO INSPECT VEHICLE AS REQUESTED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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