Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints (1995)

246 consumer complaints on file.

#724475June 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS
RE: INCIDENT AE00013 - THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITANTLY, TOOK IT TO DEALER, THEY COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM WITH IT. ABOUT A MONT LATER THE TAHOE STARTED INTERMITANTLY LOSING POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING SEVERAL NEAR CRASHES. TOOK IT AGAIN TO THE DEALER THAT THEN DETERMINED THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING ACID ON TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR. HAD TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG SENSOR AND BATTERY. THEY CHARGED OVER $700 TO DO SO, INCLUDING $89 LABOR JUST TO INSTALL A NEW BATTERY! ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AFTER THAT SIMILAR LOSS OF POWER WAS OCCURRING. TOOK TAHOE TO A DIFFERENT CHEV DEALER WHO THE FOUND ALTERNATOR WAS NOW BAD, WHICH I SUSPECT MAY BE RELATED TO THE ONGOING BAD BATTERY PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724440June 23, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
MY BATTERY FAILURE WAS SAME AS POWER FAILURE THAT NEWSPAPER SAID NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING. I STILL HAVE BATTERY WHICH WILL SHOW WHY VEHICLE LOSES POWER. I ALSO KNOW OF ONE MORE EXACT SAME FAILURE WITH A SUBURBAN WHICH PROBABLY HAS'NT BEEN REPORTED. THE CARGO DOOR HINGES ARE ANOTHER FAILURE THAT GMC REFUSES TO ADDRESS AND BLAMES IT ON POOR MAINTINENCE BY THE OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724465June 23, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THE BATTERY LEAKED BATTERY ACID. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS CORRODDED BY THE ACID AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ACID ALSO LEAKED ONTO THE INNER FENDER AND THE BRAKE LINE. THE ACID REMOVED THE PAINT FROM THE FENDER WHICH BEGAN TO RUST. THE BRAKE LINE APPEARS CORRODDED BUT HAS NOT FAILED YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724344June 21, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT RISER FAILURE TO LOCK IN POSITION UNDER HARD STOP, DEALER SAYS ITS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR TAHOES AT $450. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863528June 13, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
FIRE STARTED UNDER DRIVER'S POWER SEAT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723643June 6, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
NONE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723660June 6, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELTS ALWYAS GETS CAUGHT. REPLACED ONCE BY THE DEALER REFUSE TO ADMIT DESIGN FLAW. WILL NOT REPALCE THE DAMAGED SEATBELTS. THE SEAT BELT INTEGRITY IS BEING COMPROMISED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862777May 31, 2000
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S COST. OWNER BELIEVES THAT IT IS A DEFECT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722467May 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
NHTSA CAMPAIGN#95V124000 INDICATED A WIRING DEFECT ON THE HIGH MOUNTED STOP LIGHT FOR 1995 CHECROLET TAHOE. MINE FAILS.I TOOK THE TRUCK TO JERRY HAMM CHEV. IN JACKSONVILLE ON 5/4/00 TO HAVE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FIXED FOR THE SECOND TIME,AND ASKED THEM TO ALSO REPAIR THE HIGH-LIGHT. THEY REFUSED,STATED THE RECALL WAS NOT IN THEIR DATABASE. I PROVIDED THEM WITH A PRINTED COPY OF YOUR CAMPAIGN,AND THEY STILL REFUSED. THEY ALSO MADE ME PAY FOR THE ABS MODULATOR REPAIR ON 02/22/99 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT TAHOES WERE HAVING ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURES. I DON'T THINK THE ABS MODULATOR (HEART OF THE ABS) SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE FAILED AT 47,000 MILES. THE ONLY THING THEY DID WAS SPLIT THE COST OF THE PART AFTER I COMPLAINED AND INDICATED I WAS CALLING CHEVROLET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860421April 17, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
PASSENGER'S SIDE LAP RESTRAINT IS JAMMED. BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT OF THE RETRACTOR SO THAT IT CAN BE USED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711165April 7, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY WORK. SECOND TIME IN A WEEK WHERE THE LOW SPEED, HIGH SPEED, OR INTERMITTENT WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711172April 7, 2000
SEATS
BOTH PASSABGER AND DRIVER SEAT FRAMES/TRACKS HAVE FAILED. SEATS ROCK EXCESSIVELY AND PASSANGER SEAT SOMTIMES RELEASES AND SLIDES FOWARD. 3 FRIENDS THAT HAVE CHEVY TAHOE'S HAVE HAD THEIR SEAT FRAMES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES (ONE PERSON HAS HAD 6 NEW SEATS) I BELIEVE THAT THIS AMOUNT OF FAILURES CONSTITUTES A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND IS UNQUESTIONABLY A SAFETY HAZARD (PASSANGER SEAT SLIDING FOWARD WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ABRUPTLY, I ALMOST SENT MY GIRLFRIEND THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW). I AM ONLY 175LBS AND MY SEATS FRAMES HAVE NO REASON TO FAIL. PLEASE CHECK ANY DEALER REPAIR HISTORY FOR THIS MAKE AND YOU MAY FIND AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUT OF FAILURES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859737April 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 35 TO 45MPH CAME TO AN INTERSECTION, HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WEST FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, AND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER' VEHICLE. CONSUMER HIT FRONT LEFT OF THE OTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. WOULD SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859150March 24, 2000
SEATS
WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE AND LEANING BACK TO PUT THE SEAT BELT ON, SEAT BROKE OFF OF THE ANCHORS. BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SEAT TO TRACK GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858695March 16, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE ADJUSTING HIMSELF INSIDE OF VEHICLE DRIVER PUSHED HIS BACK AGAINST THE SEATBACK, AND IT COLLAPSED, SEAT SUPPORT BRACKET BROKE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858096March 7, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY LEAKS HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. BUT BATTERY STILL LEAKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719703March 5, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
RECENTLY LEARND THAT THIS HAS HAPPEND WITH OTHER TAHOES. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#783658February 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550987February 17, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (98V-150), HOWEVER OWNER DENIED REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO PROBLEM WITH PARTS INVOLVED. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718888February 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THIS VEHICLE IS KEPT IN METICULOUS CONDITION, ALWAYS GARAGED AND MAINTAINED REGULARLY. AFTER NUMEROUS NO-STARTS AND GENERAL POOR RUNNING CONDITION I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FUEL INJECTORS, THE MAP SENSOR AS WELL AS HAVING A MAJOR TUNE-UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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