1997 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints

WHILE PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK REAR END FELL APART. GEARS BROKE AND AXLE RELEASED. VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD AND COULD NOT BE STOPPED. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN STOPPING AT A LIGHT. THE BRAKE BECAME HARDER TO PUSH AND CONSUMER COULD HEAR A HISSING SOUND, THE REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE VACUUM POWER BRAKE UNIT.*JG

VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER, IT WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD, DEALER REPLACED TIRES, SERPENTINE BELT AND TENSIONER AND PERFORMED FRONT END ALIGNMENT, THIS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK *TT

ERRATIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING, SEE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA99011. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THE TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERATIVE, THE FUSES KEEP BLOWING OUT, ALSO HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK, THE DEALER HAS ALREADY REPLACED FUSE ONCE ALREADY, BUT THE TURN SIGNALS STILL DO NOT WORK.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE TURN SWITCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.*SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE SPEED. RPMS WENT HIGHER THAN NORMAL. ALL GEARS, EXCEPT 1ST AND 2ND, FAILED TO WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, INSTEAD THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A STORE, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER, ALTHOUGH FULL OF FLUID, HAD FAILED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE, IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND AFTER WINDSHIELD WIPERS SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND OFF NUMEROUS TIMES, THEY STARTED AGAIN. DEALER REPLACED WINDSHIELD WIPER MECHANISM. *AK *YD

TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS COMMON ON CHEVROLET TAHOES 1996-1998. *AK

WHEN YOU START TURNING IT WILL PULL YOU REAL FAST IN THAT DIRECTION EVERYONE I TALK TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEH. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH RPM WENT UP TO 3000 AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN,PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD YOU COULD SMELL SOMETHING THAT WAS BURNT I MADE IT TO A GARAGE HAD IT CHECKED OUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE CONVERTER WAS BURNT IT GOT HOT AND BLEW TRANS FLUID OUT THE OVERFLOW AND THAT AT THE LEAST THE CONVERTER WOULD NEED REPLACED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT GO DOWN, IT WOULD REMAIN IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION UNTIL APPLYING BRAKES IN A NORMAL CONDITION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OR MORE STEERING WHEEL/VEHICLE WOULD JERK TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN RIGHT BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED AND THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP IN ADVANCE. *SLC

LEFT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR SEPARATED. THAT IS TO SAY, THE DISC ACTUALLY SEPARATED FROM THE HUB. THE SEPARATION CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKING ON THAT WHEEL. THE VEHICLE PULLS HARD TOWARD THE RIGHT(BECAUSE OF THE REMAINING ACTIVE BRAKE). CONCERNS: AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER MAY HAVE ROLLED THE VEHICLE WITH THE SUDDEN HARD PULL TO THE RIGHT; HAD BOTH ROTORS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME, A COMPLETE LOSS OF FRONT BRAKES WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RESULT. I HAVE THE FAILED PART. THE REPAIR SHOP WHO FIXED THE VEHICLE TOLD ME THEY SEE THIS KIND OF FAILURE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THUS TYPE OF COMPOSITE ROTOR IS COMMON ON MANY GM VEHICLES. HAVING EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF CRASHES MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ROTOR FAILURE, BUT THE "BROKEN" ROTOR COULD HAVE BEEN ASSUMED TO BE A RESULT OF THE CRASH? I HAVE NOT CONTACTED GM AT THIS POINT. I HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE I AM ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS WITH GM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART AM BEING TOLD THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT I FELT NHTSA SHOULD BE AWARE OF, AND WILL, HOPEFULLY, LOOK INTO. THANK YOU, AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.*AK *TR

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE'S FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED SIX TIMES SINCE NEW PURCHASE ONCE ON EXPRESSWAY CAUSING NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. *AK

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

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK

WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE THE BRAKES FAILED. HAD I NOT REALLY PRESSED ON THE BRAKES EXTREMELY HARD I WOULD HAVE HIT THE MOTOR HOME THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY DRIVEWAY. I STOPPED ABOUT 5 INCHES FROM IT. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAD OCCURED WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP. THIS COMPONENT FAILED WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE AND IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER , AND HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE ISSUE, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, SO I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP INSTEAD OF THE DEALER. THE CHEVY DEALER HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT $500 TO REPLACE THE BOOSTER, AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME NO ASSURANCES THAT THE REPLACEMENT WOULD NOT FAIL IN THE SAME MANNER! *AK

SECOND TIME TO REPLACED FUEL PUMP&MODULE,STEERING GIVES OUT ON CORNERS WITH NO WARNING. *AK

STEERING POSITION SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM TO LOSE RESISTANCE AT SPEED. INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON A SWEEPING LEFT HAND TURN. I WAS APPLYING CONSTANT LIGHT LEFT HAND PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM LOST RESISTANCE AND THE WHEEL TURNED FREELY AND QUICKLY TO THE LEFT. BEFORE I REGAINED CONTROL I HAD MOVED 1/2 LANE TO THE LEFT. THE PROBLEM WAS VERY INTERMITTENT AT FIRST BUT GREW INCREASINGLY MORE REGULAR. THE STEERING WOULD SEEM TO TWITCH AND CAUSE MOMENTARY LOSS OF FEEL. I*AK FINALLY REPLACED THE STEERING POSITION SENSOR AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. WHEN I PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT PART AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, THE PARTS COUNTERMAN NEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND COMMENTED THAT IT MUST BE A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAD A WHOLE BIN OF STEERING POSITION SENSORS. IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. THE SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAN BE VERY UN-NERVING.

VEHICLE WANDERS OFF TOP THE LEFT AND RIGHT. WHEELS TURN LEFT ALL THE TIME. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

STEERING BECOMES SPASTIC AT TIMES. IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON ICE. THE STEERING HAS ALSO BECOME UNUSUALLY LOOSE MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC HAD TO COAST TO NEAREST SERVICE STATION AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY SINCE INCIDENT FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES AND COUNTING.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING AND NO STARTING. AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL FILTER AND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY, WITHOUT SUCCESS, THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED FROM THE TANK. THE WIRING TO THE FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL GUAGE SENDER WAS MELTED TOGETHER, AND A GREAT DEAL OF THE INSULATION WAS MELTED OFF ONE OF THE WIRES GOING TO THE FUEL PUMP. THE PARTICULAR WIRE THAT WAS MELTED/BURNT SHOWS SEVERE DISCOLORATION IN THE METAL OF THE WIRE ITSELF, AS IF FROM EXTREME HEAT. THIS IS ON AN IN-TANK ASSEMBLY!*AK

STEERING BECOMES OVER SENSITIVE CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVER STEER. VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS. 1997-1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE, 1997-1999 GMC YUKON, 1997-1999 CHEVROLET 1500 TRUCKS, 1997-1999 GMC TRUCKS. ANY GM VEHICLE WITH AT V8 GASOLINE POWERED ENGINE WILL HAVE THIS FAILURE. THERE ARE 1000S OF COMPLAINTS IN YOUR DATABASE AND THIS ADDS TO THEM ONLY NOW YOU ARE AWARE THAT ADDITIONAL MODELS ARE AFFECTED AS WELL. IF THERE IS A FATALITY RESULTING FROM THIS DEFECT THEN ALL CORPORATIONS AND AGENCIES AWARE OF THE DEFECT TIME OF THE DEATH WILL BE LIABLE FOR CIVIL DAMAGES. IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CONSUMER TO SEE THIS DEFECT IS REPAIRED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED DUE TO BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

THERE WAS BAD VIBRATION WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES, TRUCK WOULD SHAKE. THEN, PEDAL SEEMED TO GO TO FLOOR. TOOK TO CHEVROLET 7 TIMES TO HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS REPLACED FOR BRAKES. CONSUMER STATED THAT A MONTH AGO BRAKES HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED, AND ON YESTERDAY BRAKES LOCKED UP. *AK

CONSUMER SLOWED DOWN AT A LIGHT, AND WHEN TRYING TO GO VEHICLE STARTED TO JOLT/ AND MADE A LOUD NOISE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.*AK

FAULTY AIRBAGS WITH A HIGH SPEED HEAD ON COLLISION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE EVO VALVE IN STEERING WHEEL FAILED, CAUSING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY LOOSE.*AK

CAR HAS ERRATIC STEERING RESPONSIVENESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN CHANGING LANES OR NEGOTIATING A CURVE. IT FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL SKIPS. IT COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

ROTORS REPLACED,TURNED FREQUENTLY. REPAIR FACILITY SAYS THIS FREQUENTLY HAPPENS WITH GM CARS. IS THERE A SOLUTION?IS THIS DANGEROUS? THE VEHICLE VIBRATES IN THE FRONT END WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNLESS ROTORS ARE NEW OR JUST TURNED.

STEERING WAS LIKE ON ICE, HAD TO REPLACE STEERING SENSOR, FRONT DISC ROTORS WARPED TWICE, HAD TO REPLACE. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP, ABS SYSTEM CAME ON PROHIBITING THE VEHICLE FROM STOPPING FOR SOME DISTANCE EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS WERE DRY, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, DEALER AWARE OF PROBLEM, OWNER PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO FRONT HUBS AND WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMIBURSED. CJ

REPEATED ROTOR AND PAD WARPING AND PREMATURE WEAR. EVERY 3-4,000 MILES. *AK

WHEN NEGOTIATING CURVES (WHILE DRIVER IS TURNING STEERING WHEEL AND HOLDING FAIRLY CONSISTANT PRESSURE ON THE WHEEL TO MAINTAIN THE TURN), THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SUDDENLY TURN (TWITCH) IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE TURNING. THIS SOMETIMES CAUSES AN OVERSTEER TO CORRECT . PROBLEM IS WORSE WHEN VEH. IS COLD AND DOES IT MOSTLY AROUND 35 MPH ALTHOUGH REGULARLY DOES IT AT ALL SPEEDS ALSO. MY SENSE OF THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT THE VEHICLE IS "STEERING ITSELF" , BUT THAT THERE IS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN BOOST TO THE STEERING (DEFECTIVE SPEED SENSITIVE PWR STEERING?) AND SINCE THE DRIVER IS HOLDING PRESSURE ON THE WHEEL IN A CURVE, THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN STEERING BOOST CAUSES THE DRIVER TO OVERSTEER AND THAN OVERCORRECTION IN STEERING, WHICH TO SOME COMPLAINANTS APPARENTLY IS PERCEIVED AS A LOSS OF STEERING. MY WIFE PERCEIVES IT AS A LOSS OF STEERING AND I DRIVE THE VEH AS MUCH AS HER AND CAN TELL YOU THE LOSS OF STEERING IS IN THE MIND DUE TO "PUCKER FACTOR"! I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THE PROBLEM IS VERY REAL AND I HAVE HAD 1 OR 2 NEAR MISSES WITH A CAR AND JERSEY BARRICADE AS I OVERSTEERED WITH THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF BOOST. WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN BOOST PROBABLY OCCURS REGULARLY AT THE APPROPRIATE SPEED, ( AS DESIGNED INTO THE SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING SYSTEM), BUT WHEN THE DRIVER HAS TURNING PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE NORMAL STEERING WHEEL BACK-PRESSURE IS SUDDENLY RELEASED (OR SIGNIFIGANTLY REDUCED)THE 1ST ACTION IS A SUDDEN OVERSTEER (AS T

MY PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE SUMMARIZED BY NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA99011. THE RESISTANCE ON STEERING WHEEL IS ERRATIC, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK

SUDDENDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD "BANG, AFTER DRIVING A FEW HUNDRED MORE FEET THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR OR INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *CJ

REAR DIFFERENTIAL/SPIDER GEARS CAME APART DURING NORMAL DRIVING, PARTS SHOT OUT OF TRANSMISSION CASE, MAJOR RUPTURE, HAS HAPPENNED ON NUMEROUS OTHER TAHOES, ASTRO VANS, S10S, ETC, THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME REAR END

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-45 MPH, STEERING JERKS TO WHATEVER WAY WE ARE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO JERK OUT OF YOUR HANDS AT TIMES.

POWER STEERING OVER-ASSIST, BAD EVO SENSOR. *AK

FAILURE OF SUNSHELL AND 2-4 BAND ASSEMBLY. *AK

BF GOODRICH TIRE (P255/17R15) DOT# BEM2NX71U49 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND STRUCK CENTER GUARDRAIL, VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. *SLC

WHILE MAKING TURNS STEERING SENSOR GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY, AND STEERING BECOMES VERY LOOSE, NO RESISTANCE. CONSUMER CHECKED OUR COMPLAINTS DATABASE, AND ON JANUARY 3 FOUND 40 COMPLAINTS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAD SEEN VEHICLE LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS AND TECHNICIAN FOUND OUT THAT OIL LEAKAGE WAS COMING FROM REAR AXLE, AND COULD NOT BE SEALED. *AK