Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#10073890May 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL FILTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072885May 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
LEASED 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE FEB 2002. SERVICED FROM OCT 2003 THRU FEB 2004 AFTER A SEPT 2003 OIL CHANGE TIRE ROTATION SERVICE AND CONSERNS OF FUEL SMELL AND SUSPENSION SQUEAKS. SERVICES WERE PERFORMED CORRECTIONS WERE DONE NEW SENDING UNIT INSTALLED.OCTOBER 27,2003 THE GAS TANK ON THE TAHOE BURST WHEN FUELING AT A GAS STATION REQUIRING FIRE AND POLICE UNIT TO BE SENT. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS IN SERVICE FOR 3 WEEKS FOR SAFETY REASONS. I DID NOT WANT THE VEHICLE BACK AND GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE GAVE ME FALSE HOPES OF A RELEASE ON THE LEASE. I DID NOT RECIEVE ANY HELP WITH THESE SITUATIONS AND STILL HAVE THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. RECENTLY I THOUGHT MY TROUBLES WOULD BE OVER. I FOUND A VEHICLE THAT I WANT TO BUY AND CAN TRADE MY LEASE IN WITH GM'S PULL AHEAD PROGRAM. BECAUSE I DID NOT PAY 2 OF THE PAYMENTS ON THE TAHOE WHEN I COULD NOT USE THE VEHICLE AND LOST MY INCOME TO PAY AT THAT TIME, MY FEB 2002 TURN IN DATE HAS CHANGED TO MAY 2005. THIS MAKES ME UNELIGIBLE FOR THE PULL AHEAD EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. I DID NOT ASK FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING IM NOT GETTING. I HAVE LOST ALOT BY NOT HAVING RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND ALL I SEEK IS A NEW GOOD RELIABLE SUV TO BUY AND WALK AWAY FROM THIS PROBLEMED TAHOE, WITH HELP FROM SOMEONE GM AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT HELPED IN ANY WAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10073836May 18, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072823May 18, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE TAHOE WAS PURCHASED DEC. 30 2002. IN APRIL WE WERE DRIVING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TAHOE STALLED, WE PULLED OVER PUT IN PARK AND STARTED IT. WE DROVE ABOUT 13 MILES IT DID THE SAME THING. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. IN JUNE WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING 60 TO 65 AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WE HAD BEEN HOME ABOUT 30 MIN. AND MY HUSBAND WENT TO MOVE THE TAHOE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALERSHIP CAME TO PICK IT UP AND KEPT IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE RUBBER ON A FULE FILTER IN THE GAS TANK THAT WAS CLOSING UP WHEN IT HAD PRESSURE ON IT. ONCE THE TAHOE DIED THE PRESSURE RELEASED AND THE FUEL COULD FLOW THROUGH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072737May 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN ROUTE ONE EVENING WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FOLLOWING THE MANUAL'S INSTRUCTIONS: CHECK THE COOLANT GAGES, IT HAD A READING OF NEARLY 260. WE PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT EXIT, INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A GAS STATION. WE CHECKED THE COOLANT RECOVERY TANK, IT WAS EMPTY. INSPECTED THE ENGINE FAN, IT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. WAITED 1 1/2 HRS TO LET ENGINE COOL DOWN. REMOVED RADIATOR CAP. RADIATOR WAS DRY. I ASKED THE GAS STATION FOR THE RECOMMENDED BRAND 'DEX-COOL'. FORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T CARRY THAT BRAND. (THE REPORTS I'VE READ TODAY, INDICATE BRAND DEX-COOL COOLANT IS THE #1 CAUSE IN GASKET CORROSIONS, IT EATS PLASTIC. ADDED A 50/50 COOLANT AND ARRIVED HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A REPUTABLE MECHANIC. AFTER GIVING HIM A VERY BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'D EXPERIENCED THE EVENING PRIOR, HE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ME IN MID-SENTENCE AND SAID "VICKIE, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FINISH TELLING ME. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. IT'S COMMON FOR THIS ENGINE IN CHEVY'S FROM 1996 - 1999 TO LEAK COOLANT FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEAR THE REAR FIREWALL" HE WENT ON TO SAY, THAT THEIR SERVICE CENTER HAS HAD MANY CUSTOMERS COME IN WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT FREQUENTLY. HE ESTIMATED THE COST TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS BETWEEN $250 - $300. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, THEN GM SHOULD NOT ONLY BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE OWNERS, BUT SHOULD ASSIST IN THE COST TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE GASKETS. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED, IF THE FLUID ENTERS THE ENGINE, WHICH COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN, THEN THE ENGINE WOULD LOCK-UP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND CAN EASILY BE PREVENTED. NEED THERE BE A FATALITY BEFORE GM VOLUNTARILY NOTIFIES THE OWNERS AND RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM? I DEMAND THAT GM INFORM CURRENT OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM, REIMBURSE OWNERS WHO'VE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES REPAIRED, AND FINALLY, STOP RECOMMENDING THE USE OF DEX-COOL BRAND COOLANT IN THE OWNERS MANUAL!!! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072687May 16, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE 2000 CHEVROLET TAHOE FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY THREE SEPARATE MECHANICS ALL OF WHOM NOTIFIED ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG 2000 CHEVROLET TAHOES, SUBURBANS, & TRUCKS. I HAVE RARELY USED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS PROBLEM RUINED MY BRAKE DRUMS AND COST ME NEARLY $1000.00.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072651May 15, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM REST OF TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. AS TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE, IT STRUCK THE TUBULAR RUNNING BOARD, BREAKING THE RIGHT FRONT PLASTIC STEP OFF. IT ALSO STRUCK THE RIGHT-SIDE MIRROR, BREAKING THE PLASTIC SHELL AND MOTORIZED ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS, AND STRUCK RIGHT REAR FENDER FLARE, CAUSING IT TO BECOME LOOSE. AT THIS POINT, IT IS UNKNOWN IF OTHER DAMAGE WAS CAUSED, AS I HAVE YET TO TAKE IT TO SERVICE SHOP FOR ESTIMATE. TIRE THAT SEPARATED WAS PROPERLY INFLATED PRIOR TO TRIP FROM YUMA TO PHOENIX. TIRE BRAND WAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, WHICH WAS NOT LOT # RECALLED IN PRIOR PROBLEMS CONCERNING FORD EXPLORERS WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. VEHICLE WAS 2000 CHEVY TAHOE 4-DR 4X4 Z71.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072577May 13, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS DRIVINEG ON THE FREEWAY. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 70 MPH. IT WAS RAINING I WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE AND THE CAR HYDROPLANED AND HEADED TOWRD THE CONCRETE MEDIAN, IT WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN AND I HIT THE MEDIAN HEAD ON. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073497May 11, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING ASSEMBLY PROBLEM. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067280May 11, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE RAN THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK THE BRAKES WERE CHECK 9 DAY PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10072358May 10, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
DRIVING APPROXIMATELY. 70-75 MPH, DRY ROAD, 79 DEGREES ON I-10. PASSING A SEMI-TRUCK, LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT, VERY LITTLE TREAD LEFT ON TIRE. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP THE WEEK PRIOR FOR REG. MAINTENANCE TIRES WERE CHECKED, AIR OKAY, REPLACED MISSING CAPS, TREAD DEPTH WAS 10/32. 2002 CHEVY TAHOE HAS 30,000 MILES. APPROXIMATELY. $1400 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE PLUS A NEW TIRE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068481May 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
350 CID ENGINE THREW ROD AT 69,000 MILES. REPLACED WITH NEW MR GOODWRENCH ENGINE. NEW ENGINE STOPS MYSTERIOUSLY ON HIGHWAY AFTER ABOUT 300 MILES. RESTARTS EASILY BEFORE IT COASTS TO A STOP. ONE TIME IT HAD TO SIT NEARLY HALF AN HOUR BEFORE RESTARTING. DEALER CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068479May 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CLUNK IN REAR SUSPENSION WHEN STARTING AFTER A FULL STOP. DEALER HAS LUBRICATED DRIVESHAFT YOKE, REPLACED U-JOINTS. I LUBRICATED DRIVESHAFT YOKE MYSELF, FOUND IT WELL-LUBED, NOT THE PROBLEM. NOONE KNOWS HOW TOM FIX IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072285May 7, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE TAILGATE WINDOW FELL INWARD AND CRASHED ON THE FLOOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068473May 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
FLUTTER/RATTLING COMPRESSOR LIKE SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING. APPEARS TO BE FROM A/C COMPRESSOR. FROM MY RESEARCH, OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. DEALER SAY THIS IS NOT A EQUIPMENT FAILURE ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068353May 5, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS
ONE OF THE DRIVING LAMPS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING THE FIRST 3000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER REINSTALLED NEW DRIVING LAMP AND STATED THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS UNUSUAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068056April 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE FAILURES INITIATED BACK IN JUNE (27TH) 2001. AN HOUR ON THE NYS THRUWAY FROM BUFFALO GOING TOWARDS PENN STATELINE. THE TRANSMISSION BLEW, THROWING FLUIDS EVERYWHERE. TOWED TO CONTINENTAL TRANSMISSION. PAID FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. WITHIN THE END OF THE 1 YEAR WARRANTY, THE TRANSISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND BUMPING AFTER 2ND GEAR BEFORE GOING INTO 3RD. THIS WOULD OCCUR AFTER THE TRUCK WAS WARMED UP AND FOLLOWING THRUWAY DRIVING. ONCE YOU EXITED THE THRUWAY, CAME TO A STOP; IT STARTED IMMEDIATELYAND CONSISTENTLY. SEEING AS I DROVE THE THRUWAY EVERYDAY, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED EVERYDAY. TOOK TAHOE BACK TO CONTINENTAL TRANSMISSION. THEY INITALLY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG AND ASKED THAT WE ADVISE IN THE FUTURE IF IT GOT WORSE. WE TOOK IT BACK AND FORTH, LOSING USE OF THE VEHICAL FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. FINALLY, IN JAN 2004, THE TRANNY JUST STOPPED ALTOGETHER AND WE HAD TO TOW TO CONTINENTAL. THE TRUCK SUPPOSEDLY HAD ANOTHER TRANNY REPLACEMEMT, AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF THE COMPUTER. ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE WITHOUT THE TRUCK FOR 4+ WEEKS. WE PICKED IT UP AND THE THE NEXT DAY, FLUID ALL OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR (OF A NEWLY BUILT HOME!). TOOK IT BACK, ANOTHER WEEK WENT BY. PICKED IT UP, WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH, TRANNY WAS NOT KICKING INTO 3RD...AGAIN. TOOK THE TAHOE BACK TO CONTINENTAL, SUPPOSEDLY ALL NEW PARTS WERE PUT INTO THE TAHOE. YESTERDAY, SAME PROBLEM, TRANNY NOT KICKING INTO 3RD, WHEN IT TRIES, THE RPM SKYROCKET TO 6000 AND YOU DON'T ACCELERATE. BROUGHT IT BACK TO CONTINENTAL THIS MORNING. THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY CAN'T GET US A NEW TRANNY, MAYBE A REMANUFACTURED TRANNY, BUT THEY WILL LET ME KNOW AFTER THEY CONTACT THE DEALER. AM I THE ONLY OWNER OF A 1997 CHEVY TAHOE THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THESE EXTENSIVE DEFECTS WITH A GM AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION? THIS IS A TRAVESTY! PLEASE FOLLOWUP WITH CONTINENTAL TRANSMISSION, THEIR NUMBER IS 716-828-1121, ASK FOR PAT, THE OWNER. HE IS JUST AS FRUSTRATED OVER THIS AS I AM!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071868April 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOST OF TRANSMISSION. *PH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOST OF TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE HAD RUN FINE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. (THE RPM WENT UP AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT) THE CONSUMER NOTICED A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT A LOST OF FLUID WAS A RESULT OF A POORLY ATTACHED TRANSMISSION COOLER WITH FAULTY CONNECTIONS AND HOSE ASSEMBLIES. NEW COOLER LINES AND HOSE WERE INSTALLED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067681April 22, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
THE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONECTS TO THE TURN SIGNAL MODUAL, THE WIRES BECOME BRITTLE AND ARE BREAKING. THE FIRST WIRE TO CAUSE ME A PROBLEM WAS THE WIRE FOR THE HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF UNTILL THE WIRE FINALY BROKE AND THEN THERE WERE NO LIGHTS AT ALL. THE NEXT WIRE THAT BROKE IS THE WIRE FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL BROKE. AND NOW THERE IS NO CRUISE CONTROL. THE HEADLIGHTS I WAS ABLE TO REROUTE THE WIRE AND RECONECT TO THE LIGHT SWITCH TO POWERUP THE RELAY WITH THE SWITCH. NOT THE RIGHT WAY TOO DO IT BUT IT WORKS. ALSO MY VEHICLE HAS TILT STEERING WHEEL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067534April 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. . FIRST YEAR THAT CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE HE HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THEN, EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE MOVED A LITTLE AND STARTED TO SHAKE. FINALLY, IT STOPPED DOING ANYTHING. CONSUMER FELT HE PURCHASED A LEMON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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