Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1998 record →
BRAKE ROTORS BECAME WARPED AT 15,000, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO BE INOPERATIVE. IT ALSO MAY REDUCE BRAKING ABILITY AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. REPLACED ROTORS 3 TIMES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
IN PASSING LANE (55-65MPH) WHEN ANOTHER STARTED BACKING UP. TAHOE REARENDED VEHICLE. DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. NO INJURIES. *AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITION, NORMAL BRAKING SITUATION, THE PEDAL TRAVELS COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE IS A LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *AK DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS BAD. *SLC
LOCATION OF POWER WINDOW CONTROL PANEL ON DRIVERS SIDE DOOR PANEL PLACED WHERE IF DRIVERS LEG TOUCHES THE RIGHT POWER WINDOW SWITCH THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW CAN BE OPENED INADVERTENTLY. POWER WINDOW CONTROL PANEL SHOULD BE RELOCATED HIGHER. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN ROUNDING AND CORNER AND ONES KNEE REST ON THIS PANEL.
STEERING BOLT FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
STEERING LOOSE, SUDDENLY MOVES WITH LESS EFFORT. VEHICLE HAS SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING.
FRONT DRIVE SHAFT LEAKING OIL.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR BROKE, CAUSING GLASS TO SHATTER AND IINJURED PASSENGER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
WHENEVER VEHICLE IS STARTED OR AT A STOP, CAN HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE DRIVELINE. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC KNEW WHAT PROBLEM WAS. USED A "SPECIAL" LUBRICANT TO CORRECT PROBLEM. VEHICLE STILL HAS THE CLUNKING NOISE. *AK
REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT FAILS.
VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES CONSTANTLY.
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM DASH, SURGES FROM A/C, LIGHTS SWITCHES ON/OFF AND INSTRUMENT PANEL BECOMES HOT TO TOUCH.
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND IN PANIC STOPS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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