1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ABS BRAKES FAILED. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING. HE MANAGED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE PARKED IN THE SPACE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER , AND THEY REPLACED THE ABS SENSOR, WHICH RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY NOW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 CONCERNING THE HYDRAULIC ANTILOCK BRAKES. *AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED RECALL 05V379000, BUTT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THIS OCCURRED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. THE BRAKES CONTINUALLY PULSATED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING OR PARKED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE LAST TIME THEY FOUND THAT BOTH ABS HUBS WERE BAD. DUE TO THE EXPENSE NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. *AK UDATED 12/27/05. *JB

IN REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION OF GM TRUCKS AND SUVS FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS AT LOW SPEED. AS I SLOW DOWN OR HAVE TO STOP ON CLEAR/DRY ROADWAYS, I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE NOT TO SMASH INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY GOING PAST THE STOP SIGN. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE SINCE DECEMBER, 2004 AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. IT USED TO HAPPEN JUST ONCE IN AWHILE, NOW IT HAPPENS 99% OF THE TIME WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR NEED TO STOP(AT A SPEED OF UNDER 10). I'M HAVING TO DOUBLE PUMP THE BRAKES AND STILL PRAY IT WILL STOP IN TIME. MOST REPAIR PLACES WANT TO REPLACE THE HUBS FOR A VERY HIGH PRICE OF $500 PER WHEEL OR MORE. I AM A MICHIGAN RESIDENT LIVING IN A "SALT BELT" STATE AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE 1999 YEAR CHEVY TAHOE ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE RECALL FOR REPAIRING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AND THEN DETERMINE IF IT SHOULDN'T BE COVERED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST AND HAS CONTINUALLY GOTTEN WORSE. SHE REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM , TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AND DISCOVERED A RECALL RECALL 05V379000 FOR A DIFFERENT YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ABS SENSORS DUE TO CORROSION. *AK 11/29/2005 - *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED IN JANUARY 2004 WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THEY MADE A RATTLING SOUND. ON 01-27-2005 HE HAD THE FRONT WHEEL SENSORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFORMED DUE TO THE ACCUMULATION OF RUST ON THEM. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK (12/08/05) THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED NEAR MISSES DUE TO THE BRAKES GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF CORROSION UNDER THE WHEEL SENSORS. *SC UPDATED 11/29/2005. THE CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL CAMPAIGN # 05V379000. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM BUT FOUND THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN NUMBER. THE PROBLEM STARTED APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO. THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK (12/08/05) WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WOULD ACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD REQUIRE MORE DISTANCE TO STOP CAUSING SEVERAL NEAR MISSED ACCIDENTS. *SC

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT ABS PROBLEM. NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKES WAS ISSUED. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK

I HAVE 1999 CHEV TAHOE THAT APPEARS TO BE COVERED BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 05V-379. I SPOKE TO CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS EXPERIENCING ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS, MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VIN IS [XXX]. *JB UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS WILL ACTIVATE AT SPEEDS HIGHER THAN 3 MPH, BUT LESS THAN 10 MPH. THERE WAS PULSATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE BELIEVED IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL FOR THE ABS SYSTEM.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SENSORS. THE ABS WAS ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEEDS. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY REPLACED THE ABS SENSORS. ALSO, THE ROTORS AND HUBS WERE REPLACED, ALLOWING THEM TO ACCESS THE SENSORS. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2005. SHE WAS HAVING THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED TODAY. *AK