Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints

10,175 consumer complaints on file.

#895254August 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
POWER BOOSTER FAILED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO HIT FLOOR.ALSO, DEALER ADVISED THAT BRAKE PADS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD REPLACEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751133August 26, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK OCCASIONALLY ON HIGH, BUT MOST OF THE TIME NOT WHEN IT IS E FUEL PUMP HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWO TIMES AND DOES NOT GIVE A WARNING THAT IT IS GOING TO TO QUIT. THE STEERING HAS A BAD PLACE IN IT A APPROX. 50MPH GOING AROUND A CURVE AND WILL PULL HARDER IN TO THE CURVE, EITHER THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH PARTS TO THIS TRUCK OR I HAVE A LEMON. I HAVE SPOKE WITH OTHERS AND THEIR WIPES DO THE SAME THING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750764August 20, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. ECM CODE 1870 SLIPPAGE. VALVE BODY FAILS EITHER BY CONTAMINATION OR DEFECT CAUSING HIGH LINE PRESSURE CAUSING HARD 1-2GEAR SHIFTS. HARD SHIFTS CAUSE INTERNAL DAMAGE AND EMINANT FAILURE. I'VE READ HUNDREDS OF OTHER SIMILAR FAILURES THAT SOUND IDENTICAL. THIS CANNOT BE BY ACCIDENT. ALL TRANSMISSIONS ARE GM 4L60E.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750676August 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750681August 17, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE'S FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED SIX TIMES SINCE NEW PURCHASE ONCE ON EXPRESSWAY CAUSING NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750607August 16, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS AUTO I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT A FRONT END PROBLEM. THE AUTO DEALER KEPT TELLING ME IT WAS NOTHING. SENSING IT WAS A MALE/FEMALE PROBLEM I TOOK MY SON IN ONE DAY AND THEY FINALLY LOOKED AND SAID IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD "GLAZED BRAKES". THE SIUTATION DID NOT IMPROVE AFTER THE SO CALLED FIXED IT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I NOTICED SOMETHING VERY FUNNY ABOUT THE TIRE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I HAD ALREADY HAD THE TIRES ROTATED SO THERE WOULD BE NOT REASON FOR EXCESSIVE WEAR AND BUBBLING ON ONE TIRE ONLY. I THEN TOOK THE AUTO A FRONT END ALIGNMENT SHOP. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT END WAS OUT OVER 3/4" AND COULD NOT BE ALIGNED WITHOUT PROPER MANUFACTURER ADJUSTMENT OF THE HOLES. THEY REFUSED. CHEVY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS PROBLEM BY MANUFACTURING THE ELONGATED HOLE ON THE 2000 MODEL. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NEITHER CHEVY OR MY DEALERSHIP WOULD ASSIST US. I WAS ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND HAVE IT DONE BEFORE I HAD A MAJOR FRONT END BLOW OUT. PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE START READING ABOUT TAHOES AS WELL AS FORDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750615August 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 65 MILES PER HOUR, THE MOTOR WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING. AFTER PULLING OVER IT WOULD THEN RESTART. THIS HAPPENED 8 TO 10 TIMES DURRING THE SAME TRIP, AND THEN IT STARTED RUNNING FINE AS IF THERE WAS NO PROBLEM.DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. AFTER THIS PROBLEM STARTED AT THE SAME TIME THE FUEL TANK AT THE TOP WERE THE FUEL PUMP AND LINES ENTER STARTED LEAKING FUEL AT FILL UPS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750635August 16, 2001
WHEELS:RIM
THIS VEHICLE PICKS UP SMALL STONES BETWEEN THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS AND THE WHEEL RIMS. THIS CAUSES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AND UPON REMOVAL OF THE WHEEL THE INSIDE OF THE ALUMINUM RIM IS FOUND TO HAVE DEEP GOUGES IN IT WHERE THE STONE WAS GRINDING. IF ENOUGH STONES RUBBED HERE, IT COULD CAUSE THE TIRE TO LOSE PRESSURE THROUGH THE RIM, OR IF THE STONE ROLLED UP JUST RIGHT, IT COULD CAUSE AN EXPLOSIVE CRACK AND DEFLATION OF THE TIRE POSSIBLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OT THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED MY DEALER WHO SAID THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND THAT GM IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, BUT AT THE PRESENT THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. I ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET, AND THEY SAID CONTACT THE DEALER, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN USE THIS VEHICLE FOR A SCHOOL BUS, AND I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO RECOURSE FOR THIS ENGINEERING DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750538August 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
TRUCK WAS TAKEN IN REPEATEDLY FOR BRAKES, TRANSMISSION, AIR CONDITIONER AND HEADLIGHTS PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR IT WAS UNDER "CHEV SPECS" OR WE WERE EXPERIENCING ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. WATER PUMP BEGAN LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED 2200 MILES OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM, LINES-CALIPERS, EVERYTHING HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE "FOREIGN FLUID CORRODED" THE SYSTEM. NO ONE HAS TOUCHED THE BRAKES BUT THE DEALER. WE REPEATEDLY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES TAKING TOO LONG TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HAVING A SPONGY FEEL AND ABSOLUTELY NO CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD STOP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. OVERALL, THE BRAKES JUST DID NOT FEEL SAFE AND WE REPORTED THIS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BATTERY EXPLODED AND LEAKED BATTERY ACID EVERYWHERE DAMAGING OTHER ENGINE PARTS. TRANSMISSION IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL/REPLACEMENT EITHER AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE BATTERY EXPLODING OR MERE COINCIDENCE CONSIDERING WE HAVE ALWAYS COMPLAINED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND YOU COULD PUSH THE TRUCK WHILE IN PARK A FULL FOOT. THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS ALWAYS LEAKED AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 2 HR AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHT ALWAYS HAS WATER IN IT. DETAILED COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OF AZ AND FL, AS WELL AS COPIES SENT TO THE DEALER, MANUFACTURER AND LEASING COMPANY INVOLVED. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE SHODDY PRODUCT THAT ROLLED OFF THEIR ASSEMBLY LINE AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONDUCT BUSINESS SURROUNDING CONSUMER COMPLAINTS GENERATED AS A DIRECT RESULT FROM POOR WORKMANSHIP AT ONE OF THEIR FACTORIES. THERE IS A LONG LIST OF "COSMETIC" DEFECTS AS WELL. FOR INSTANCE, THE CUSTOM LEATHER SEATS THAT WE PAID EXTRA FOR ARE WEARING HOLES IN THEM; THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE IS CRACKED, DRINK HOLDERS ARE RUSTING, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894423August 15, 2001
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE WAS GOING 50MPH AROUND A WIDE RIGHT HAND CURVE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED WOBBLING/ SPINNING/ WENT OVER EMBANKMENT, AND ROLLED BACKWARD INTO A BARN. CONSUMER SUFFERED NO INJURIES. ALSO, CONSUMER DID EVERYTHING TO CONTROL VEHICLE BEFORE LOSING ABSOLUTE CONTROL. WHEN CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY INCIDENT DURING THAT TIME. DEALER ASSUMED CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND RAN UP ON GRASS. CONSUMER HAS HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT RELATES TO THE SAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER PLEASE ADD THE VIN# AND MILEAGE TO FORM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750474August 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
BAD ENGINE I WOULD LIKE GMC TO BUY IT BACK.GENERAL MOTORS EXECUTIVE GROUP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894305August 14, 2001
STEERING
WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK IN THAT DIRECTION AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO TURN MORE THAN INTENDED, LIKE SOMEONE IS JERKING IT OUT OF CONSUMER'S HAND. CONSUMER STATED THIS WA SVERY DANGEROUS. DEALER SAID IT WAS A SENSOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REEPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562587August 13, 2001
TIRES
THE RIGHT REAR UNIROLYAL TIGER PAW TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING (TIRE SIZE P235/75R15).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750312August 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894043August 10, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684 TIRES, LT265/75R16SIZE, DOT#: 7BW8PDA148, AND AFTER MARKET TIRES. AT 72MPH TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM BELTS, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECTED TIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750133August 9, 2001
SEATS
SEATS ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMODATE A MALE NOT A FEMALE. SINCE FEMALES ARE MORE LIKELY NOWADAYS TO BUY THIS VEHICLE, COMFORT ISSUES ARE PROBLEM. A MAJOR DEAL IS THE WAY THE SEAT FOLDS YOU IN HALF OPPOSED TO RECLINING YOU. ALSO THE SEAT SUPPORT PRESSES AGAINST YOUR MIDDLE BACK CAUSING YOU TO HAVE TO PUSH YOUR TORSO OUTWARD WHILE YOUR LEGS ARE DOWNWARD. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO FLEX YOUR ABS AND IT IS JUST A MAJOR DISCOMFORT ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR BACK. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY 1MAN NOTICED THIS PROBLEM BUT EACH AND EVERY WOMEN NOTICED IT ALSO -IMMEDIATELY,RESULTING IN LOSS OF SALE TO OTHER MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE. I HAVE NAMES AND COMPLAINTS EVEN FROM A FEMALE OWNER OF AN OLDER DENALI WITH COMFORT SEATS WHO DISLIKES THE NEW SEATS. ALSO THE SEAT-BELTS ARE EXTREMELY TIGHT. THE SEATS DONT GO BACK FAR ENOUGH AND THE REAR SEAT HAS NO LEG ROOM.MY COMPALINTS RESULTED IN DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS LIKE "WE CAN'T ALTER THE SEAT AT ALL OR IT'LL VOID THE WARRANTY" "YOU SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT BEFORE YOU DROVE IT OFF THE LOT, IT'S YOURS NOW" "YOU CAN TAKE IT TO AN UPHOLSTERY SHOP BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT" "THE LATEST, TAKE IT TO UPHOLSTERY SHOP AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WHICH THE UPHOLSTERY SHOP SAID NOT MUCH SINCE GMC PUT THE AIRBAG IN THE SEAT" KNOWING ALL THIS, I SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED THE PLAIN TAHOO BECAUSE THE DISCOMFORT WAS NOT WORTH 13,000.00 DIFFERENCE!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750066August 8, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
HEARD A POP SOUND, VEHICLE TRACKED SIDEWAYS, PRECEEDED TO SHOULDER THROUGH TRAFFIC, TIRE SIDEWALL WAS SHREDDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750006August 7, 2001
TIRES
NOTICED VIBRATIONS THROUGH STEERING WHEEL AND AUTOMOBILE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT.HAD TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED.TECH NOTICED THAT THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BROKEN BELT. REPLACED TIRE. SAME PROBLEM OCURRED AT 37933 MILES WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE,BUT THIS TIME TIRE WENT FLAT.SAW A PUNCTURE HOLE BUT NO EVIDENCE OF NAIL OR ANYTHING ELSE. NOTICED BUKGE ON SIDE OF TIRE WHEN INFLATED WITH AIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893459August 6, 2001
TIRES
TIRE SIZE 26570R16, DOT 8X72WL21101, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON CHEVROLET, TAHOE, 2001 WITH 6558 MILES. CONSUMER DROVE ABOUT 10 MILES AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL EXPLODED, NO PRIOR WARNING OR TREAD SEPARATION. CHEVROLET DEALER WILL REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES WITH GOODYEAR TIRES.*AK TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749788August 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK REPAIRED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT. THE TRUCK HAD 823 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT "NEW" LATER ON FOUND OUT IT WAS A "DEMO". ARBITRATION DID NOTHING. WE STILL HAVE THE SHAKING TRUCK. OUT OF DESPIRATION FROM THE VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY, CAUSING ME TO PASS BLOODY STOOLS, I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF. IT SEEMS TO HAVE CURED THE PROBLEM. NOW THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL IS OUT, I CAN SEE THAT IT IS BENT AND THE AXLES CRYSTALIZING DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING. CHEVROLET DEALERS NOW SAY THAT I HAVE "VOIDED" MY 3 YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. SEVERAL CHEVROLET SERVICE CONSULTANTS RUDE AND THREATENING TO HANG UP ON ME. I DID HAVE A VERY GOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN TO LATELY WHO WAS SHOCKED AT MY ORDEAL AND AGREES WITH ME THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM NOW TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR MY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES ON MY "WARRANTIED" VEHICLE. I DO NOT WISH TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY TIME, DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING THIS TRUCK, BUT PERHAPS THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE AKNOWLEDGED BY CHEVROLET AND SOMEHOW REIMBURSED BY THEM. IF I HAD NOT CHANGED THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF, I FEEL THAT IT SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND DEATHS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF CHEVROLET NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS. I FEEL THAT BEFORE WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK, SOMEONE REALLY ROMPED IT THROUGH THE DESERT. IT HAD REALLY LARGE TIRES ON IT THAT WE HAD THE DEALER CHANGE TO WHAT WAS RECCOMENDED ON THE DOOR PANEL. WE ASKED A MECHANIC WHO WORKS ON TRUCKS ALL THE TIME HOW THE AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL COULD HAVE GOTTEN BENT LIKE THAT. HIS RESPONSE WAS, "THEY PROBABLY DROVE IT OFF A CLIFF". THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS TRUCK. THEY HAVE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF OUR COMPLAINTS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT. THERE WERE NO RECORDS BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. PERHAPS THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES AND DIDN'T HAVE TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE TRUCK IN DEPTH, PLEASE CALL ME AT THE NUMBER I LISTED BEFORE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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