1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATER FAN SWITCH, CONNECTOR PLUG AND ATTACHED INSULATION TO THE WIRING OVERHEATED AND MELTED, WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

ON 2-11-03, THE CALIFORNIA EPA ANNOUNCED THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO EXTEND THE FUEL INJECTOR WARRANTY ON '96-'01 MODEL YEAR LIGHT TRUCKS, SUVS, TRUCKS & VANS TO 10 YEARS/200,000 MILES. "MALFUNCTIONING FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS (SCPI) CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN AIR POLLUTION". GM WILL FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE VEHICLE OWNERS. THE FUEL SYSTEMS WERE REPLACED WITH THE NEW MFI UNITS. GM SETTLED WITH THE CALIFORNIA EPA TO AVOID A THREAT OF A NATIONWIDE RECALL. I OWN A VEHICLE THAT FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY BUT DO NOT LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. I CONTACTED LOCAL DEALERSHIPS AS WELL AS THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER CARE CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA WERE ELIGIBLE TO BE REPAIRED. ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY GM WITH THE DEFECTIVE SCPI FUEL SYSTEM SHOULD BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ISSUE FOR VEHICLES DRIVEN IN CALIFORNIA. THE FUEL INJECTOR (OEM PART NUMBER 17091432). REPLACING PLUGS, WIRES, DISTRIBUTOR CAP & ROTOR, CLEANING INJECTOR & INDUCTION SYSTEMS DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE BASIC PROBLEM WHICH IS A DEFECTIVE SCPI FUEL SYSTEM. SEE URL (HTTP://WWW.ARB.CA.GOV/NEWSREL/NR021103.HTM) FOR SPECIFICS. *JB

1999 CHEVY TAHOE. 4X4 REAR BRAKE LOCK UP UNCONTROLLABLY DURING FIRST 10 OR SO STOPS, SMASHING OCCUPANTS FORWARD...BRAKES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED, BLED ECT ECT...BUT PROBLEM REMAINS...MONTHS AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS LATER IT STILL DOES IT. *JB

ABS ACTIVATING CONSTANTLY AT LOW SPEED - PRECISE SYMPTOMS OF NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 - CHEVY INDICATES 1999 TAHOES NOT COVERED, ONLY 2000-2002. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ABS ENGAGES AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL #05V379000 CONCERNING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED THE WHEEL WAS CURVED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH A ROADSIDE TREE. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS NOT DETERMINED.

CONSTANT ACTIVATION OF ABS BRAKES DUE TO CORROSION BETWEEN THE FRONT HUB/BEARING ASSEMBLY AND/OR THE SPEED SENSOR BEING DEFECTIVE. THIS ISSUE IS BEING ADDRESSED BY GM ON SOME VEHICLES BUT THEY WON'T FIX MINE BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S NOT IN THE VIN NUMBER RANGE. THE PROBLEM IS VERY REAL AND VERY DANGEROUS. IT STARTED ALMOST 12 MONTHS AGO, AND I WAS TOLD TO WAIT FOR THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST, THEY HAVE ADDED WISCONSIN BUT HAVE SELECTED CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS ONLY THAT THE BULLETIN APPLIES TO. *NM

UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATION AT AROUND 7 MPH. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, THEY SAID THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE CAMPAIGN AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET. *NM

I OWN A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. IT HAS A SEVERE BRAKE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE GOING UNDER 40 AND STEP ON THE BRAKES THE ABS SEEMS TO ACTIVATE MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP UNLESS YOU STAND ON THE BRAKES AND THEN IT STOPS SLOWLY. I HAD A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB DONE AND IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER EVEN THOUGH I TOOK IT BACK 2 MORE TIMES. WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERNET TRYING TO FIND A SITE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG I RAN ACROSS A SITE CALLED WWW.OHIOLEMONLAW.COM. THEY LISTED MY VEHICLE MODEL AND YEAR AS HAVING A RECALL FOR EXACTLY THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. I THEN CHECKED WITH GM AND MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE BOTH AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE RECALL BUT SAID MY VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 1999 TAHOE FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM AS MY 1999 TAHOE THEN I FEEL THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. I ALSO LOOKED UNDER THE NHTSA SITE AND FOUND A RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 05V379000 FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE. MY VIN # IS [XXX] AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER THANK YOU. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ANT-ILOCK BRAKES ARE ENGAGING AT LOW SPEEDS OF 0-5 MPH. THERE IS AN NHTSA RECALL, #05V379000, REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 06/16/06. *JB