1997 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints

OVER STEERING OCCURED BECAUSE OF SENSOR FAILURE. YH

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. YH

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. YH

FRONT BRAKE PADS WORE OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROTORS. YH

ROTORS FAILED CAUSING VIBRATION.

I AM CONSTANTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY TAHOE. I HAVE HAD A SCRAPING SOUND WHEN I FIRST START OUT IN THE MORNING, AND ALSO A SHAKE WHEN BRAKING, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT TWO TIMES, AND HE HAS REPLACED THE PADS, AND THEN THE DRUMS AND ROTORS. HE SAID THAT THE FACTORY ROTORS WERE NO GOOD BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BE TURNED SO HE INSTALLED AFTER MARKET ROTORS AND DRUMS.THE SECOND TIME. THE BRAKES WORKED FINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN BEGUN DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SEVERE STEERING PROBLEMS, BULLETIN ISSUED HOWEVER PARTS NOT AVAILABLE (STEERING PUMPS), GEAR BOX REPLACED HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY PROBLEM, CONDITION CAUSES TIRES TO CUP.

WIRES ON OUTSIDE OF FUEL PUMP ARE FUSED. SECOND TIME IN 20,000 MILES. AFTER MANY HOURS OF TRACKING DOWN PROBLEM, DEALERSHIP IS STUMPED, SAYS IT IS A FLUKE. THEY ORIGINALLY FOUND A BLOWN FUSE UNDER HOOD, A FAULTY FUEL RELAY WHICH BLEW THE FUSE, AND NOW A FAULTY FUEL PUMP WIRING ASSEMBLY WHICH THEY CLAIM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING. SEEMS RATHER UNUSUAL SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AROUND FOR THE SAME THING IN A LITTLE OVER A YEARS TIME.

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL THE VEHICLE WILL BE IN DRIVE, AND WHEN PUTTING IT IN REVERSE IT WILL BE IN NEUTRAL. WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE WILL BE IN DRIVE.THE RPM METER WORKS, AND THE CONSUMER CAN SEE WHEN SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. *AK

ON DEC 24, 1997 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHICAGO, ILL, MY SISTER IN LAW AND I WERE ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM THIER COMPANY X-MAS PARTY. THERE FIRST REAL STORM OF THE YEAR WINTER THAT IS. ON OUR WAY BACK WE COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE WARM THE WINDOWS WERE FROSTED RIGHT UP MY SISTER IN LAW WAS HELPNIG ME SCRAP THE ICE OFF THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ALL WINDOWS WERE FROZ IN THE INSIDE WITH THREE KIDS IN BACK COVERED WITH BLANKETS. I THOUGHT MAY BE I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I REALLY DROVE IT ANYWHERE. WE WENT REALLY SLOW ALL OTHER VEHICLES WERE GOING SLOW OR ALREADY OFF ROAD STUCK I HAD THE VEHICLE IN 4WD SO WE PLOWED RIGHT THROUGH EVERYTHING. WE GOT HOME AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND HE WAS IN ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH MY BROTHER I WANTED MY CHILD IN MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BEING SO BAD I FIGURED HE IS SAFER IN A BIGGER VEHICLE. WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT OUT HE STARTED THE VEHICLE UP AND DID NOT BELIEVE ME NOR MY BROTHER. A FEW DAYS LATER WE LEFT AND SURE ENOUGH ON OUR WAY HOME TO MICHIGAN NOT BUT A FEW MILES THE HEAT QUIT WORKING . WE STOPPED ABOUT 5 HOURS LATER TO WARM UP AND EAT WE WENT BACK OUT VEHICLE HAD HEAT AGAIN NOT FOR LONG THOU. WE THEN IN RETURN BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY. THEY REPLACED THE CONTROL HEAD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IF MORE INFO PLEASE RIGHT OR CALL PLEASE HELP US!

ON 3/24/98 MY 1997 CHEVROLET TAHOU WAS 10 MONTHS OLD WITH 5400 MILES ON IT WHEN THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DASH WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND WAS TOTALLY DISTROYED. WHEN THE FIRE STARTED IT WAS LATE ON MY WAY HOME FROM A MOVIE WITH MY WIFE . WE SMELLED SMOKE AND I STOPPED BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. WE HAD GONE A LITTLE DISTANCE WHEN FIRE STARTED FALLING AT MY FEET, I RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT SOME SMALL TREES TO TRY TO STOP THE TRUCK THEN TRUNED ACROSS THE ROAD AND FINILLY HIT A TREE BIG ENOUGH TO STOP THE TRUCH. WHERE I GOT OUT AND HAD TO PULL MY WIFE OUT AND CALLED 911 ON MY CEL PHONE. MY WIFE HAD HIT HER HEAD AND WAS A LITTLLE OUT OF IT AND PASSED OUT ON THE GROUND. SHE PASSED OUT AGAIN JUST BEFORE THE MEDICS GOT THERE. THE TRUCK CONTENUIED TO BURN UNTILL THE FIRE DEPT. GOT THERE TO PUT IT OUT. GM CLAIMS THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY OTHER CLAIMS OF CHEVROLET TRUCKS CATCHING FIRE FROM THE DASH IN '97 OR ANY OTHER LATER YEAR TRUCKS AND WOULD NOT TAKE ANY RESPONCEALILITY FOR THE FIRE. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ANY THING LIKE THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. R.W. PARKER

THE PLAY IN THE STEERING INCREASES AND BECOMES LOOSE WITH HIGH SPEEDS. THE VES SYSTEM IS WORKING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT IS SUPPOSE TO DO. TRUCK WILL BE CHECKED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON JAN.25-1999. *AK.ET.

HAD COME TO A STOP, WAS MAKING LEFT TURN, STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE & COULD NOT MAKE TURN. VEHICLE COULD GO STRAIGHT. BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. NOTICED TENSIONER BELT HAD BROKEN. HAD NO WARNING THAT IT BROKE. *AK

BATTERY FAILED DUE TO POSITIVE POST SEPARATING FROM CASE. THIS CAUSED BATTERY ACID TO LEAK ONTO FRONT BRAKE LINE CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL. CHEVROLET CONTACTED AND NOTIFIED BUT NOT CONCERNED WITH POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM. HAD SPEED BEEN INCREASED, THE POSSIBILITY OF DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY WAS IMMINENT. SEVERAL MECHANICS IN LOCAL AREA STATED THAT ACDELCO BATTERIES HAVE A HISTORY OF THIS TYPE FAILURE.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR DOWN QUICKLY, AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND SHAKES . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. WHE APPLIED BRAKES, THEY WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. IT WAS HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO STOP VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AIR CONDITION COMPRESSOR FELL APART.

GAS TANK HAS FAILED TWO TIMES RESULTING IN GASOLINE EXPULSION.

VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN DRIVING ON FLAT SMOOTH ROAD AND TURNS TO THE LEFT FAR TOO EASILY.

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS BROKEN AWAY FROM ONE OF THE WELDS ON THE SEAT FRAME, WHICH CAUSES THE SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH. THE MANUFACTURER/DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, WILL NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR COLLISION AT ABOUT 70MPH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMAPCT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEATBACK COLLAPSED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTATCED . *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MANUFACTURER / DEALER ARE NOTIFIED AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 35 MPH AND WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, WHEN RAINING CONSUMER HAS TROUBLE STOPPING AND LOSES CONTROL OF VEHICLE SOMETIMES.AKCONSUMER STATED FRONT AND BACK BRAKES WERE REPLACED TWICE.*JB

THE STICK SHIFT COMES OUT OF GEAR WITH BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. TWO YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO VEHICLE IN GEAR ALMOST RUNNING OVER ANOTHER CHILD.

ABS BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. ALSO REPLACED RING AND PINION GEAR AND FRONT DRIVE AXLE.

REAR WHEELS SHAKE AND SHIMMY. DEALER HAS REPLACED DRIVESHAFT TWICE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. ALSO, DEALER PACKED DRIVESHAFT WITH GREASE WHICH ALSO DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM.

BRAKE FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CAUSING THE DRIVER TO RUN A STOP LIGHT.

VEHICLE STALLING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER AFTER REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY PUMP STALLING CONTINUES.

GAS TANK IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD 30 GALONS BUT ONLY HOLDS ABOUT 24 GALLONS.

GAS TANK FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKING.

ABS BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION . *AK

VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED W/A REAR STABILIZER BAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY.

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT HAS MOVEMENT IN IT WHILE TRUCK IS IN MOTION. *AK

WHEN TAKING TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE WITH 20,000 THE BRAKE PADS WERE SHOT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

BRAKES SOAKED WITH OIL FROM REAR END.

DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION DOES NOT INCLUDE REAR STABILIZER BAR, RESULTING IN POOR STABILITY.

ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP DURING A 25-30 MPH PANIC STOP. *AK

HAVE SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING, WHILE DRIVING TENSION ON WHEEL WOULD DECREASE & WOULD LOSE CONTROL; WOULD SWERVE OFF ROAD; SPEED WOULD VARY; HAPPENS ON STRAIGHTAWAYS, BUT OFTEN ON CURVES; HAPPENS INTERMITTENLY; TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED WORKING LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE GEAR SHIFT HIT BY PASSENGER AND WENT COMPLETEY BACK TO PARK. THIS CAUSED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO LOCK UP AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FIVE TIMES FOR PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES PULLING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BENDS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE SEAT TO BE IN A COCKED POSITION. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SEAT TWICE PRIOR TO THIS. ALSO REPLACED LEAKING MASTER CYLINDER/LEAKING POWER STEERING PUMP. *AK

WHEN SLOWING DOWN THE BRAKES WILL NOT ENGAGE. WHEN BRAKES DO ENGAGE THEY LOCK UP. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

DEROGATE PRESSURE DEVELOPED IN BRAKING SYSTEM (ON DAMP RAINY DAY.) PROBABLE CAUSE: TOTAL LOSS OF APPARATUS . POTENETIAL RESULT: CRASH. *AK

EA94-038; UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ANY TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY SOFT, RESULTING IN BRAKE FADE AWAY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES THERE IS AIR IN THE MASTER CYLINDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS TENSION ON THE WHEEL . WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO TO TURN, THE TENSION LOOSENS AND JERKS TO THE LEFT. THE DEALER HAS ORDERED THE PARTS TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

AIR CONDITION SURGES.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AND COME TO A STOP SIGN THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP, GOT OUT TO CHECK THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE FLUIDS WERE LEAKING ON THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. *AK

OWNER HAS 4-WHEEL ABS BRAKES, HAS DIFFICULTY IN BRAKING, THERE SEEMS TO BE EXCESSIVE PLAY IN BRAKES, PEDAL MUST BE PRESSED 2-3 INCHES BEFORE BRAKES RESPOND. ALSO PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT BELT HAS PROBLEMS RETRACTING. *AK *JB