Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10214838January 14, 2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THROTTLE STICKS FROM STOPPED POSITION. ADDITIONAL FORCE NEEDED TO DEPRESS GAS PEDAL AT TIMES CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE MORE QUICKLY THAN NEEDED. *TR
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#10214842January 14, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON RANDOMLY. *TR
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#10214853January 14, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER, TIRES
THE SPEEDOMETER IS BROKEN. AFTER REGISTERING WRONG SPEEDS FOR A DAY (SOMETIMES 0 MPH), IT FINALLY STUCK ON 120MPH. IT NO LONGER WORKS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR HELP WITH THE SPEEDOMETER AND WITH A PROBLEM I WAS HAVING WITH INACCURATE TIRE PRESSURE READINGS AND AN INOPERABLE SECOND ROW (MIDDLE) SEAT BELT. THE DEALER SAID SORRY IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THE SALESPERSON SAID SHE WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING SHE COULD DO AND CALL ME BACK. I NEVER HEARD FROM HER. I CAN APPRECIATE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR REPAIRS. ON A TWO YEAR OLD VEHICLE, I EXPECTED TO REPLACE MY TIRES, NOT MY SEAT BELT AND SPEEDOMETER. AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT INTEND TO BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT!! I ALSO DO NOT INTEND TO PURCHASE FROM JAMES WOOD IN DENTON OR DECATUR, TEXAS. *TR
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#10214564January 12, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY SPEEDODOMETER IS MALFUNCTIONING AS WELL AS MANY OTHER GMC OWNERS. THERE HAS BEEN NO EFFORT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
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#10214598January 12, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING 40 MPH WHEN I WAS TRAVELING 60+. THEN IT WENT TO ZERO. I HAVE TO PAY FOR TO REPAIR AND I THINK GM KNOWS OF THIS DEFECT SINCE THEY HAVE RECALLED 2003-2004 VEHICLES. I'M NOT SURE I WILL EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. *TR
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#10214517January 11, 2008
STEERING:COLUMN
STEERING COLUMN MAKING KNOCKING NOISE AND NEEDS TO BE LUBED FREQUENTLY. SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *TR
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#10214405January 10, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON DRY PAVEMENT AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THROUGH RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED A RECALL ON THE 2000 MODELS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE RECALL WAS EXTENDED TO SOME 1999 MODELS; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166,000. UPDATED 07/08/08. *BF
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#10214418January 10, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK JANUARY 8TH OF 2008 AND I LOOKED DOWN TO SET MY CRUISE CONTROL AND MY SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING OVER 120 MPH. I HAD TO GUESS HOW FAST I WAS GOING AND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED. THE SERVICE REP SAID IT WOULD BE COVERED AND WHEN I WENT TO GET IT THE NEXT DAY SAID I OWED THEM A $100 DEDUCTIBLE BECAUSE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY VEHICLE HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT AND I WOULDN'T THINK A SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO OUT THAT SOON IF AT ALL AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR USING FAULTY PARTS. I ASKED THE REP IF MY SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT AGAIN WOULD I HAVE TO PAY AGAIN AND HE SAID THAT IT HAD A 12 MONTH OR 12 THOUSAND MILE WARRANTY ON IT. SO IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND EVERYONE IN EVERY STATE SHOULD HAVE THEIR VEHICLES RECALLED AND FIXED WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL PARTS. I PERSONALLY NOR WILL MY FAMILY BUY A GM PRODUCT AGAIN BECAUSE OF THIS AND THEIR SERVICE. *TR
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#10214263January 9, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DRIVER-SIDE DOOR HANDLES (INNER AND OUTER) SPONTANEOUSLY FAIL TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. A MECHANICAL DEFECT (NOT ELECTRICAL). UNIT MANIPULATED UNTIL IT STARTED TO WORK FIRST SERVICE VISIT. ENTIRE DOOR HANDLE AND LOCK UNIT REPLACED SECOND OCCURRENCE. ENTIRE LOCK UNIT FELL INSIDE DOOR AT THIRD OCCURRENCE, TRUCK TO BE DROPPED OFF AT SHOP TOMORROW FOR MAINTENANCE. DOOR CURRENTLY WILL NOT OPEN. DRIVER MUST CLIMB OVER THE CONSOLE AND ENTER AND EXIT VEHICLE THROUGH THE PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR EVERY TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME TRUCK WILL NEED SERVICE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. TRUCK IS A 2007 TAHOE. *TR
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#10214001January 7, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2004 CHEVY TAHOE HAD SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. IT WENT HAYWIRE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN WENT ALL THE WAY TO 140 AND STAYED THERE. WAS TOLD THERE IS RECALL BUT ONLY UP TO 70,000 MILES. MINE OCCURRED AROUND 80,000. *TR
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#10214113January 7, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I HAVE A 2001 TAHOE WITH A 350 MOTOR IN IT WITH 136,000. IT BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC. FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS A PULLEY, BUT AFTER TAKING THE VALVE COVERS OFF IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOISE WAS LOUDER AND THE OIL SUPPLY TO THE HEADS WAS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE. NOW I AM TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO PUT A USED MOTOR IN IT FOR $3,000 (71,000 MILES). THEY CAN NOT TELL ME WHY THIS HAPPENED AND I DID MY PART BY MAINTAINING MY VEHICLE ON TIME EVERY TIME IT NEEDED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. I AM SICK ABOUT THIS. *TR
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0
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#10213843January 6, 2008
STEERING:COLUMN
VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN KEEPS FAILING AND NEEDS LUBRICATING. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IM GOING ON THE 5TH TIME SINCE JUNE OF 03 THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON THIS! WHAT A CRAPPY WAY TO TREAT A GOOD CHEVY GM CUSTOMER! 2002 TAHOE LT NEED A RECALL FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED AND THERE ARE MANY MANY MANY AFFECTED BY WHAT I SEE ON THE NET! *TR
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#10213972January 6, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
AT FIRST, THE FUEL GAGE ON OUR 2003 TAHOE, WOULD ONLY READ FROM 1/2 - ENTIRELY FULL AND THEN WOULD DROP INTO THE RED WHEN ALMOST EMPTY. THIS BEGAN ABOUT A 1 1/2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. THEN THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REGISTER THAT THE CAR WAS GOING 40 MPH WHILE WE WERE AT A COMPLETE STOP OR AT 0 WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING WHEN THE CAR WAS ABOUT 2 1/2 YRS OLD. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITHIN 6 MOS. WE WOULD NEED TO STOP, TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT FOR IT TO RESET ITSELF. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD ONLY BE TEMPORARY AND IT WOULD BEGIN TO READ INCORRECTLY WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY HAZARD SO WE TOOK IT TO OUR DEALERSHIP, WHO CALLED GM AND SAID SINCE THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 70,000 MILES, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO FIX IT. HOWEVER, WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE HAD PURCHASED A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. THIS WAS AN UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO ME SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CHEVY BRAND BECAUSE OF ITS RELIABILITY AND WOULDN'T EXPECT A SPEEDOMETER TO PROBLEM TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. *TR
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#10213989January 6, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
AT APPROX. 58,000 MILES MY RECENTLY PURCHASED (1 WEEK AGO FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER) MY 2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE'S SPEEDOMETER STARTED MOVING ERRATICALLY AND STICKING. YOU CAN BE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SHOW ANYWHERE FROM 65-120+ MPH. IT CAN BE SET BACK DOWN TO ZERO IF YOU CONTINUALLY START THE ENGINE OVER AND OVER WHICH WILL ALLOW IT TO DROP ABOUT 10 MPH EACH TIME. *TR
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#10213801January 5, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
OWNER OF 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICLY RECENTLY AND BECAME COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE. AFTER CHECKING LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP, SERVICE PERSON SAID THAT SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE EXPENSE WOULD BE BETWEEN 500 TO 600 DOLLARS AND TAKE THREE TO FOUR DAYS TO REPAIR. THIS SEEMED DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BELIEVE, SO I PHONED ANOTHER GM DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE BETWEEN 400 TO 500 DOLLARS. THAT PARTICULAR DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD HAVE THE PART ORDERED AND AT THEIR LOCATION WITHIN 24 HOURS, AND IT WOULD ONLY TAKE AN HOUR TO INSTALL. I PHONED LOCAL PARTS STORES AND THEN BECAME AWARE TO THE HOST OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO GM SPEEDOMETERS BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2003 AND 2004, AND THEY SAID THE ONLY PLACE TO PURCHASE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS THROUGH A GM DEALERSHIP, OR SALVAGE YARD. I COMPLETELY WROTE OFF THE SALVAGE YARD, AS HOW COULD I BE CERTAIN THAT THE SALVAGED PART WOULD NOT LIKEWISE BECOME UNRELIABLE. AS ANOTHER RESOURCE, I CHECKED THE INTERNET, AND TO MY SURPRISE, THERE WAS ROW AFTER ROW, AFTER ROW, OF CONSUMERS WHOSE GM PRODUCTS SIMILAR TO MINE HAD EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPEEDOMETERS. AFTER READING SO MANY TESTIMONIALS OF DISAPPOINTED DRIVERS WHO WERE LIKE ME, THROWN INTO THE UNCERTAINTY OF HOW FAST OR SLOW THEY WERE GOING, I FELT COMPELLED TO WRITE TO YOU. EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY IS AT RISK WHEN WE DRIVE OR RIDE IN THIS AUTOMOBILE, AND THE DEALERS' DISCREPANCY IN THE APPROACH TO REPAIR THE SPEEDOMETER LEAVES ME WANTING TO TRY ANOTHER REPUTABLE REPAIR SERVICE. I PHONED TWO OTHER GM DEALERSHIPS, TODAY, BUT THEY WERE CLOSED ON SATURDAY. THIS CERTAINLY MUST BE A PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE BECOME AWARE OF OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND I WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE IN THE DIRECTION I SHOULD GO FROM HERE. MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE. MICHAEL HUGHES. *CN
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#10213670January 4, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT 58,000 MILES. *CN
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0
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#10213703January 4, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 TAHOE IS GOING BAD. THE COST OF REPAIR IS AROUNF ~400.00. I RECEIVED A LETTER FORM GM SAYING THEY WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR 70K MILES. THEY HAVE KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND ARE JUST NOW OFFERING TO COVER IT AFTER MOST VEHICLES ARE OVER THE 70 K MILE LIMIT. I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THEY COULD WORK WITH ME ON THIS. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC ($60) AND THEN I CALLED TO VERIFY PROBLEM WITH THEM. THEN THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANY COSTS.*CN
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#10213477January 2, 2008
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THE SPEEDOMETER READ 100 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TURNED ON THEY WOULD NOT SHUT OFF UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 74,000.
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#10213150December 29, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY 2004 TAHOE HAS AN ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER THAT IS CONSTANTLY INDICATING INCORRECT SPEEDS. I HAVE BEEN ON A HIGHWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND IT INDICATES ZERO. SOMETIMES IT HITS 20 MPH AND GETS STUCK REGARDLESS OF SPEED. *TR
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No
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0
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0
#10213157December 29, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
ON 12/27/06 I PURCHASED MY CHEVY TAHOE 2003 I HAD COMPLETE 4X4 SERVICE ON 12/14/06 AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER AS REQUIRED MAINTENANCE FOR 90,000 MILES AND TO MAINTAIN THE WARRANTY. ON 12/29/07 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE FOR THE 4WD SERVICE LIGHT ON AND NOISE WHEN ENGAGED IN 4WD. DIAGNOSIS: TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE NOR WILL EASY CARE GOLD WARRANTY COVER REPAIR. I WAS ASSURED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS. *TR
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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