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 1999 record →
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE IS A FUEL LEAKAGE, AND WHEN STOPPING AND TAKING OFF, CONSUMER IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES, AND THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM. BUT THE PROMBLEM RETURNED. *AK
VEHICLE CLUNKS IN THE REAR WHEN STARTING FROM STOP. DEALER LUBED THE SLIP YOKE AND REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT, WHICH DID NOT SOLVED THE CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER BELIEVES MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT RELEASED A REMEDY.
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.
Full record for the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe → · Every Tahoe year → · How the figures are calculated →