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1999 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints

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 →

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Sep 19, 2002OH

CONSUMER REPLACED TWICE BRAKE PADS CAUSED BY THE ROTORS WHICH WENT BAD, CAUSING LOSS OF REAR BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AKI

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Sep 18, 2002NV

EXHAUST PIPE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. PIPE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTINUES TO FALL OFF. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT EXHAUST FUMES WHEN OPERATING VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING.*AKTHE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS A NOISE EMMITING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. *JG

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Sep 9, 2002TX

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SHUTDOWN. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN NOTICED FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Aug 13, 2002KS

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 35 MPH IN A SUDDEN STOP THEY GRABBED AND THEN RELEASED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Aug 12, 2002OH

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES COME ON INTERMITENTLY WHEN COMMING TO A SLOW CONTROLLED STOP IN ANY WEATHER CONDITION. I PULLED THE FUSE THE CONTROLS THE ABS SYSTEM TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE I FIGURE IT IS A COSTLY REPAIR AND ISN'T UNDER WARANTY ANY LONGER. YESTERDAY I READ IN THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER DRIVING SECTION ABOUT OTHER MOTORIST HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM ON 1998 CHEVY TRUCKS. I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY PROBLEM. THE ARTICLE SUGGESTED THAT WE CONTACT YOU BECAUSE NO ONE INCLUDING THE DEALER HAS BEEN ABLE TO DIGANOSE THIS PROBLEM. THEY SUGGESTED A FAILURE OF AN INCLEMENT WEATHER SENSOR. I AM CONCENED BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A HEAVY VEHICLE AND ABS ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL A VEHCILE BETTER IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. I CAN PROVIDE THE VIN IF YOU NEED IT I JUST DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW AT WORK.*AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Aug 7, 2002CA

IGNITION SWITCH IS UNABLE TO BE SWITCHED OFF DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 7, 2002PA

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES OPERATED POORLY. THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN DRIVING SPEEDS OF 50 AND OVER, THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER WAS STUCK OUT, ALSO 2 FRONT HUBS AND A SENSOR WERE REPLACED, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER.*JB

Tires › Tread/Belt1 injured
Filed Aug 7, 2002AZ

REPLACEMENT TIRES ON CHEVROLET, TAHOE, 1999, 32X11.50R15LT113Q. WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH DASHBOARD STARTED TO SHAKE. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO SHAKE. ONE MINUTE LATER THE REAR LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT TOWARD THE CABLE BARRIERS AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER HIT THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE RIGHT AND SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES, AND HAD GONE UP A SMALL BANK AND INTO A WALL. ($7500+ WORTH OF DAMAGE) THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THE TIRE LOOKED TO BE DEFECTIVE, THE TREAD HAS SEPARATED THROUGHOUT OVER HALF OF THE TIRE AND THERE IS A STRAIGHT SLIT GOING ACROSS HALF OF THE TIRE, BF GOODRICH. *SCC

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Jul 15, 2002GA

BATTERY ACID LEAKS FROM POSITIVE POST, CAUSING CORROSION IN BRAKE LINE.*AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Jul 7, 2002WA

POWER ASSIST WOULD CAUSE TOO MUCH ASSIST CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE SUDDENLY. FAILED PART WAS SENSOR AT BOTTOM OF STEERING COLUMN. PART FAILURE COMMON ACCORDING TO DEALER PARTS SALESMAN.

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Jul 6, 2002MN

WE WOULD DRIVE THE TAHOE UP NORTH AROUND 150 MILES PARK THE TAHOE CAMP FOR 2 DAYS NOT USING THE TAHOE DURING THE 2 DAYS PACK UP TO GO HOME AND THE TAHOE WON'T START IT TURNS OVER TRYING TO START BUT DOES'NT IT'S GETTING GAS, 3HOURS LATER THE TAHOE WILL START,THIS ALSO HAPPENED ABOUT 5WEEKS AGO,WE HAD IT HAULED TO A DEALER ,THEY WHET TO PUT IT ON A SCOPE TO CHECK IT BUT THE TAHOE STARTED,WHEN IT'S WORKING THE SCOPE CHECK SHOWS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TAHOE, ??????*AK

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed Jun 27, 2002WI

HEATER/AIR COND. FAN SWITCH FAILS TO ACTUATE FAN INTERMITENTLY, CAUSES WINDOWS TO FOG UP DURING RAIN OR COLD, IN WINTER CAN NOT DEFROST WINSHIELD. HAVE NOTICED SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER TAHOE'S FROM 1998 AND 1999 PRODUCTION YEARS. CREATES HAZERDOUS VISABILITY DURING DRIVING.*AK

Tires › Tread/BeltCrash1 injured1 killed
Filed Jun 26, 2002AZ

ATTORNEY WRITING ON THE BEHALF OF 4 ACCIDENTS IN WHICH HE STATES WERE CAUSED BY TREAD SEPARATION, THIS PARTICULAR POLICE REPORT STATES THE RIGHT REAR BF GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A, P245/75R16, 109S M AND S TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THERE WAS ONE FATALITY AND ONE INJURY, THIS POLICE REPORT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT GIVES SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash
Filed Jun 25, 2002NH

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WAS HARD, RESULTING IN A FOUR CAR COLLISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed Jun 21, 2002MN

THREE INDIVIDUALS AT MY WORK HAVE HAD THE KNOB FAIL WHICH PREVENTS THE DEFROSTER FROM WORKING CREATING A HAZARD WITH ICED WINDOWS. DEALER WAS SMUG AND NOTED THAT THEY REPLACE LOTS OF THESE. THE FAILURE OF THE KNOB IS INTERNAL TO THE MODULE AND PREVENTS AN EASY INEXPENSIVE FIX. REPAIR IS 285.00.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection SystemCrash
Filed Jun 13, 2002CA

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO 30, AND CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK. CHEVROLET STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE TYPE OF GAS BEING USED, CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS FAILED 6 TIMES, THE FUEL INJECTION CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER.*JB

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed May 31, 2002KY

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT STARTS SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES HAS TO WAIT 1 TO 4 HOURS BEFORE IT STARTS. CONTACTED DEALER. KEYS WERE NOT PROGRAMMED FOR CAR. REPROGRAMMED VEHICLE, PROBLEM REOCCURRED 1 YEAR LATER.*AK

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed May 26, 2002CA

ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS REPLACED, THESE INCLUDED:ALTERNATOR REPLACED TWICED, BATTERY REPLACED, INJECTORS PLUGGING TREATED THREE TIMES, TAIL SHAFT LEAKING - REPLACED, INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, STEREO REPLACED, TALL LAMP CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACED (BOTH, INTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED TWICE - UNSURE IN CURRENT MILEAGE READINGS ARE CORRECT, HEAD LAMPS CONTINUE TO FLICKER WHIL EDRIVING REPLACED THREE TIMES, WATER PUMP REPLACED, BALL JOINTS REPLACED, AND STERRING COMPONENTS REPLACED. CONTINUAL PROBLEMS AND NO ANSWERS.

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed May 14, 2002MA

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO LEFT, THEN LETTING IT GO IT WILL NOT GO BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION, VEHICLE KEEPS TURNING LEFT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL.*AK

Air BagsCrash2 injured
Filed May 3, 2002TX

THIS WAS A VERY HEAVY FRONT END COLLISION. THE VISUAL DAMMAGE EST. IS 10,000 DOLLARS AND STILL RISING THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INTERNAL DAMAGE EST. I CALLED GM AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY BUSY AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THIS FAILURE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS WOULD COST THE TO MUCH MONEY TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. THE REP FROM GM TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD TELL IF THE WRECK WAS BAD ENOUGH BY THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WRECK OVER THE PHONE WITH OUT EVEN SEEING THE WRECK. THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND HUFFINES CHEVROLET WHICH IS A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET BODY SHOP SAID THAT THIS WAS WAY TO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND THEY SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF. BUT COPRORATE GM SAID THAT IT WAS NOT AND THEY COULD TELL THAT WITHOUT SEEING THE VEHICLE. GM ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER VEHICLE IN THE ACCIDENT TOOK ALL THE IMPACT, WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE VEHICLES HOW WOULD THEY NOW THIS? I STILL HAVE 10,000 DOLLARS OF FRONT END DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT IS WAY TO MUCH IF THE OTHER VEHICLE TOOK ALL THE IMPACT. THEY REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS OK THAT THEY DID NOT GO OFF BECAUSE THE REST OF THE SAFTEY EQUIPMENT WORKED "I.E. SEATBELTS, CRUMPLE ZONES" BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM DID NOT WORK AND THIS WOULD HAVE KEPT MY 7 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE FROM HITTING THE DASH BOARD! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM LARGE OR SMALL. THANK YOU!*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Apr 29, 2002MI

THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS (WITHOUT WARNING) WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE REACHES 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Apr 17, 2002KY

THERE IS A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK IS EXPANDABLE AND CAUSES THIS POPPING SOUND. NLM DEALER REMEDIED PROBLEM AND FOUND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM TO BE THE PROBLEM. *SLC

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 3, 2002TX

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 22, 2002NC

FRONT COLLISION AT 25-30 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Mar 13, 2002GA

WHEN TURNING RIGHT, STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK AND VEHICLE WILL ROCK AND SWERVE DUE TO EVO SENSOR MODULE. HAD EVO SENSOR REPLACED. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE EVO SENSOR CONTROLS THE POWER STEERING PUMP, THE SENSOR IS LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE FIREWALL ON THE CABIN SIDE. *TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Mar 12, 2002NY

*AKANTI LOCK BRAKING HAS CAUSED 2 ACCIDENTS, TWICE REARENDING OTHER MOTORISTS. TRUCK HAS BRAND NEW BRAKES ROTORS & DRUMS AT THE TIME.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 11, 2002NV

BRAKES ON RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE KEEPS WEARING DOWN METAL TO METAL. HAD REPLACED 5 TIMES. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Feb 11, 2002GA

DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND BOTH AXLES CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH.*AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Feb 4, 2002FL

VEHICLE FAILS TO SLOW DOWN WHEN ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED. WHEN RELEASNG THE ACCELERATOR I NOTICE THAT TACHOMETER REMAINS AT THE SAME RPM. AT FIRST THIS TROUBLE WAS INTERMITTANT BUT HAS PROGRESSIVELY FAILED MORE OFTEN UNTIL NOW IT IS CONTINOUS. THE ONLY WAY TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN IS BY BRAKING USING THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES. WHEN THE ENGINE BRAKING WAS WORKING OK, ABOUT TWO SECONDS AFTER TAKING YOUR FOOT OF THE ACCELERATOR IT WOULD SLOW DOWN PROPERLY. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ON 2/22/2001 AND HE SUPPOSEDLY TOOK IT FOR A TEST RUN, HOWEVER, THE ODOMETER IN AND OUT WERE IDENTICAL, 26528 MILES. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM AGAIN, THEIR LATEST RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY ALL DO THAT AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO HAVE IT CORRECTED. I FEEL THAT IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED SHORTLY IT WILL CAUSE PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE BRAKING WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.*AK

Power Train
Filed Feb 1, 2002OR

WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED THE CAR CONTINUES AT CURRENT SPEED FOR 5 TO 8 SECONDS BEFORE DECELERATING. THE TACHOMETER READING DOES NOT DROP DURING THIS TIME. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND DRIVING AROUND TOWN SPEEDS. IT'S SCARY. IT WILL DECELERATE AND THE TACHOMETER READING DROP WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BUT I'M NEVER SURE.*AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 29, 2002WI

FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT OUT FROM SPOOL MECHANISM. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATED PASSENGER SEAT BELT/SHOULDER STRAP DOES NOT PULL OUT OF FLOOR MOUNT.*SLC

Child Seat
Filed Jan 29, 2002NC

TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE TETHER ANCHORS INSTALLED T CHILD SEAT. DEALER USED FRONT TIE DOWN BRACKETS AFTER OWNER'S MANUAL READ DO NOT USE FRONT SET OF TIE DOWN BRACKETS TO INSTALL ANCHORS. DEALER ALSO INDICATED MANUAL WAS WRONG.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jan 27, 2002NY

DRIVERS AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Jan 24, 2002CA

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS HAD HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO MENTION. DEALER AND GM HAVE BEEN CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES ON ISSUE. THEY HAVE NO FIX AND WILL NOT HELP WITH PROBLEM. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AM WORRIED LIGHTS WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. NO ONE WILL ASSURE ME THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN. I WANT IT FIXED AND NEED HELP!*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor System
Filed Jan 24, 2002SD

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS COOLANT AT FRONT AND REAR. TALKED TO TECHNICANS AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY DO THESE ALL THE TIME. THEY HAD TWO IN THE SHOP THE MORNING THAT I WAS TALKING TO THEM. I ASKED IF THE REPLACEMENTS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD LAST LONG ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE TO GET OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE TWO GM VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ONE IN WARRANTY AND ONE OUT OF WARRANTY. UGH.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 14, 2002PA

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH ON WET PAVEMENT VEHICLE WAS T-BONED WHICH PUSHED VEHICLE INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND AIRBAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. FRONTAL AND SIDE DAMAGE.*AK

Steering › Linkages › Arm › Idler and Attachment
Filed Dec 27, 2001TX

PITMAN AND IDLE ARMS ARE STARTING TO VIBRATE AGAIN WITHIN 30,000 MILES. FIRST TIME DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. CONSUMER WAS WAITING TO HEAR FROM DEALER.*AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Dec 21, 2001IL

OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. GM/CHEV. WOULD LIKE ME TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY FOR $280.00 EACH TIMES 2 OR $580.00. I CHECKED WITH AUTO PARTS RECYLCLERS THEY CAN'T KEEP THEM IN STOCK. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. THE ADHESIVE WILL NOT STAND UP TO TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS.

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Dec 10, 2001CA

PROBLEM: BATTERY ACID IS LEAKING FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL. THE ACID RELEASED FALLS ON PRESSURIZED A/C LINES AND THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINES AND FITTING CONNECTING THE BRAKE HOSE. THIS IS THE SECOND BATTERY TO BE REPLACED IN MY VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND IN WHEN DISCONNECTING THE FIRST BATTERY (3/2001) FOR CHARGING. ACID RELEASED FROM THE ORGINAL BATTERY WAS CONTAINED AND NEUTRALIZED IMMEDIATELY. THIS SECOND INSTANCE WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL, ACID WAS FOUND ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. EXTENSIVE CORROSION HAS OCCURED ON ALL METAL PARTS BELOW THE BATTERY. DEALERS HAS STATED THIS PROBLEM IS PRELAVENT IN ALL 1999 CHEVROLET WITH CONTINUOUS HEAD LIGHT OPERATION. TWO GM DEALERS HAVE STATED THEY ARE SEEING LEAKING BATTERIES IN ONE OR TWO VEHICLES PER DAY. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT HALLOWELL CHEVROLET IN CLOVIS, CA, STATED THAT GM HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW BATTERY DESIGN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR 8 TO 10 MONTHS. THE UNCONTROLLED RELEASE TOXIC SUBSTANCES POSES BOTH AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY HAZARD. ONE FAILED BATTERY MAY BE AN EXPECTED PROBABILITY, ALTHOUGH THE PREVALENCE OF THE NUMBERS SCENE AT TWO DEALERS AND TWO INSTANCES IN MY VEHICLE, WARRANT AND REQUIRE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION AND OVERSIGHT. THE LEAKING ACID IS AFFECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (NOT A SEAFETY PROBLEM, ULNESS THE ESCAPING R-134/

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Arm
Filed Dec 7, 2001CA

SUSPENSION LIFT ON UPPER CONTROL ARM BOLTED TO FRAME IS TORN ON BOTH SIDES. VEHICLE ISN'T A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THIS IS AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Nov 16, 2001TX

ERRATIC POWER STEERING ASSIST. STEERING WHEEL INPUT OF APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT RESULTS IN UNWANTED ADDITIONAL LEFT TURN. MOST NOTICABLE AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40MPH.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 8, 2001FL

BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED SINCE CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER REPLACED SOME PARTS DEALING WITH BRAKES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 15, 2001CA

ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. BRAKES ALSO WOULD LOCK UP WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 1, 2001TX

THIS 1999 TAHOE IS ABOUT TO UNDRGO THE FIFTH BRAKE JOB. THE FIRST FOR WAPRED ROTORS OCCURRED AT 1300 MILES, THE SECOND AT 18000 MILES, THE THIRD AT 23000 MILES, THE FOURTH AT 26000 MILES AND NOW, THE FIFTH AT 36500 MILES. EACH TIME I HAVE HD TO FIGHT WITH DEALERSHIP TO GET ANYTHING DONE. CHEVROLET INSIST NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THESE VEHICLES. A VEHICLE THIS EXPENSIVE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS MANY PROBLEMS. "NORMAL DRIVING" DOES NOT CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM. I HAVE LOST DAYS FROM WORK HAVING THIS FIXED AGAIN AND AGAIN. I WILL CERTAINLY THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE BUYING ANOTHER CHEVROLET.*AK

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Sep 28, 2001CA

FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRING IN THE DOOR CAUSED A FIRE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 05-4614-070. *SLC

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Sep 28, 2001CA

FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRING IN THE DOOR CAUSED A FIRE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 05-4614-070. *SLC

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Sep 26, 2001MI

WHILE MERGING AND ACELERATING VEHICLE LOSES STEERING CONTROL, FORCING VEHICLE INTO A GUARDRAIL. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

Tires › Tread/BeltCrash
Filed Sep 25, 2001AZ

DRIVING 70 ON FREEWAY AND TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING BLOWOUT, TAHOE DID TWO 360'S HIT GUARDRAIL AND ANOTHER REAR TIRE STARTED TO SEPARATE AS WELL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75/R16)

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Sep 24, 2001MD

AT 14 MILES THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON STOPPING AT SPEEDS OVER 4-=50 MPH. DEALER RESURFACED ROTORS(FRONT)CLEANED CAILPERS(WARRANTY). AT 27,500 DEALER AGAIN TURNED ROTORS, REPISCED FRONT PADS, CLEANED AND ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum
Filed Aug 27, 2001CA

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

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