Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10063937March 26, 2004
STEERING, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
VEHICLE IS A 2000 2WD CHEVROLET TAHOE. VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. AFTER THIS BANG, THE STEERING WAS VERY LOOSE AND IT WAS HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE 2 OF THE 3 BOLTS HOLDING STEERING BOX IN PLACE HAD SHEARED. CHEVY DEALER HAS NOT OFFERED A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS FAILURE. HE KEEPS STATING THAT THE VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE BOLTS TO SHEAR. VEHICLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WELL MAINTAINED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063852March 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
PREMATURE CONNECTING ROD AND PISTON PIN WEAR IN CHEVY 5.7 VORTEC ENGINE. WEAR OCCURRED EVEN BEFORE OWNERS MANUAL CALLED FOR SPARK PLUG CHANGE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063884March 25, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
PARK BRAKE FAILURE, PREMATURE WEAR-OUT. PARK BRAKE SHOES DROP AND RUB ON INSIDE OF DRUM. LOOKING AT THE SHOES, CLIPS AND THE WEAR ON THE SHOE SURFACE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE DESIGN OF THE SHOE RETENTION SYSTEM IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE DUTY THESE BRAKES SEE. NORMAL DRIVING HEATS THE REAR BRAKE DISC REPEATEDLY. AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED HEAT CYCLES THE SPRING CLIPS HOLDING THE PARK BRAKE SHOES RELAXES, ALLOWING THE SHOES TO DROP (BY GRAVITY) FROM THEIR INTENDED DESIGN POSITION, AND THE LOWER BRAKE SHOE RESTS ON THE NORMALLY ROTATING BRAKE DRUM. WITH A BRAKE SHOE RESTING ON THE ROTATING DRUM THE RESULT IS LOWER SHOE PREMATURE WEAR-OUT AND LEAVES THE UPPER SHOE WITHOUT WEAR. THIS WILL HAPPEN EVEN IF THE PARK BRAKE IS NEVER USED. HAVING WORKED FOR GM MYSELF, IN CPC-ADVANCED SUSPENSION DESIGN GROUP, I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF BRAKE SYSTEM DESIGN. DURING MY EMPLOYMENT WITH GM, I WORKED WITH DELCO BRAKE ENGINEERS AND I AM SURE THIS FAILURE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REPORTED BACK TO THEM AND THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT. I WILL BE REQUESTING TO SEE A 2004 TAHOE SYSTEM TO SEE IF THE DESIGN HAS BEEN IMPROVED. IF IT HAS CHANGED IT INDICATES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT GM ADDRESSED IT BY IMPLEMENTING A CHANGE. SINCE MANY GM CUSTOMERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AT $200 PER FIX, AT 200,000 VEHICLES THATS $40,000,000.00 MIGHT BE A CLASS ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063777March 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
2002 TAHOE WON'T BACK UP IN 4 WD AND HAS GRINDING NOISE WHEN IN 4 WD. DEALER ADVISED THAT BEARING IN FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BAD. REPLACEMENT OF DIFFERENTIAL ADVISED. DEALER CHARGED ONLY FOR LABOR, APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. COST TO REPAIR $447, MILEAGE 39500. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063691March 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
AIR CONDITIONING MANIFOLD HOSE IS BROKEN ON 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE - EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER REPLACEMENT. ACCORDING TO TWO MECHANICS CONTACTED - THEY ARE APPARENTLY A FREQUENT REPAIR MADE ON THIS VEHICLE. ONE OF THE TWO MECHANICS SPOKEN TO WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VERY SAME ITEM AT THE TIME OF THE PHONE CALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062794March 22, 2004
STEERING
I OWN A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE THAT HAS AN ONGOING ON AND OFF PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEREBY THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK SUDDENLY IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER (USUALLY PULLING TO THE RIGHT) WHILE I AM DRIVING. THE FEELING IS AS IF I HAVE HIT A PATCH OF ICE OR OIL. ON OCCASSION IT HAPPENS ONCE, MAYBE TWICE IN A COMMUTE. ON OTHER OCCASSIONS, SUCH AS THIS MORNING, IT IS MUCH MORE FREQUENT. IT FEELS AS IF I AM LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN IT HAPPENS - IT HAPPENS IN DRY WEATHER, WET WEATHER (WHEN IT IS PARTICULARLY SCARY), WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS WARM AND WHEN IT IS COLD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064626March 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062615March 19, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
2001 TAHOE ABS MODULE WENT OUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH REALIZED THERE IS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM AFTER PAYING 30,000 FOR A TAHOE YOU SHOULDNT HAVE THIS PROBLEM SO SOON AND IT BE SO EXPENSIVE TO FIX. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063424March 18, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ALL OF THE WINDOWS EXCEPT THE DRIVER'S WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062532March 18, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. SOMETIMES THEY WILL TURN ON BUT NOT TURN OFF. DELAY FUNCTION ALMOST NEVER WORKS. SEVERAL TIMES THEY HAVE FAILED TO WORK AT ALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065117March 17, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR WOULDN'T ACTIVATE THE AIR BAGS FOR 80 POUNDS OR LESS, BUT IT DID WHEN THEIR 62 POUND CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT. *PH OTHER PROBLEM ARE AS FOLLOWED: DRIVER'S DOOR EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT RATTLES, STEERING VIBRATIONS/GRINDING WHEN TURNED TO LEFT, SUNROOF LEAKED HEAVILY WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN GOING THROUGH THE CAR WASH, DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT WHEN IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, WINDOW MOLDING WAS LOOSE, STEREO LIGHTS FLICKERED, SEAT MEMORY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE TO PRESET MEMORY POSITIONS AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVED, AND THE FRONT POWER WINDOW ALONG WITH THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WERE INOPERATIVE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058011March 17, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED OPERATING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057295March 17, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE MAT BECAME CAUGHT UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO STOP. THE DRIVER REMOVED THE MAT AND WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION. ON 1/8/2004, ANOTHER DRIVER OF THE SAME VEHICLE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED KNEE INJURIES. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10053780March 17, 2004
PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD MAKE A NOISE. WHEN APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AN INCLINE IT DID NOT HOLD. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062296March 16, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
PARKING BRAKE, STARTS TO MALFUNCTIONING EVERY 15K, EVEN WHEN IS RARELY USE, COST 130.00 TO GET IT ADJUSTED EVERY TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063145March 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
CHILD WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR. IT COULD BE EASILY MOVED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT. DEALERSHIP WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CONDITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062084March 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN IT STARTED AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE UNTILL OIL PUMP PICKS UP.I PERSONALLY KNOW OF FIVE OTHER 5.3 LITER V8S THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM,BUT MY DEALERSHIP HAS NEVER HEARD OF THIS .I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. A FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A TSB REGUARDING A CHECK VALVE OF SOME KIND THAT WOULD STOP THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061940March 11, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
ON FOUR OCASSIONS I HAVE HAD COLD AIR BLOW OUT OF MY HEATER AFTER THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS OVER 100 DEGREES. AFTER CONTIUOUSLY MOVING THE CONTROL KNOB ON AND OFF, EVENTUALLY, SOMETIMES AN HOUR LATER THE HEAT COMES ON. THIS JUST STARTED TO OCCUR THIS YEAR. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A DEALER THERE WAS HEAT COMING OUT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN THERE IS COLD AIR COMING OUT, YOU CAN DEPRESS THE "FLOW THRU AIR AND AIR CONDITIONING" BUTTONS AND THE LIGHT ON THESE BUTTONS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE HEAT COMES BACK ON, THE LIGHTS ON THESE BUTTONS ILLUMINATE. I HAVE TOLD THIS TO THE DEALER BUT THEIR "DIAGNOSTIC" CHECK, AGAIN, SHOWS NO PROBLEM. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OR A BAD SWITCH. JUST THE OTHER DAY, TWO DAYS AGO, WHEN THIS LAST HAPPENED, I HAD THE RADIO ON AM AND WHEN I MOVED THE HEAT SWITCH FROM "OFF" TO "ON" THIS CREATED STATIC ON MY RADIO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061904March 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED FROM ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASSIONS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND TAKE OFF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052164March 11, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A KNOCKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. THE DRIVER CHANGED THE TIRE. *NM THE RIM AND LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN COMPLETELY TORE APART AT THE SEAMS. THE SALES DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A TIRE LOOK LIKE THAT BEFORE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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