1998 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

FRONT END SHIMMY AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. BALANCED AND REBALANCED TIRES, ALIGNED FRONT END 3 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS. FINALLY REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES W/NEW FIRESTONE TIRES. ALIGNED FRONT END W/NEW TIRES. 3 MONTHS LATER, ROTATED AND BALANCED TIRES - FRONT END SHIMMY CONTINUES TO OCCUR. HAVE TRIED ALIGNMENT, BALANCING TIRES, AND NEW TIRES. NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT FRONT END SHIMMY BEGINNING AT 15000 MILES. ALSO INCREASED VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING - ROTORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND VIBRATION THAT SHAKES STEERING WHEEL CONTINUES TO OCCUR WHEN BRAKING. *AK

AT 31,000 MILES THE SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY CHANGE THE STEERING EFFORT AND WOULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL..HAD IT REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEN AT 68,000 MILES IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE RUBS AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THIS CAUSES A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM *AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER PULLEY ASSEMBLY FAILED, BROKE OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, ALSO, MOTOR WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR. *AK

APROX. 4 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THIS VEH. THE CD PLAYER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. IT WOULD NOT PLAY A CD AND WOULD GIVE THE ERR SIGN AND THE OWNERS MANUAL ADDRESSED THIS SITUATION AND SAID TO LET THE PLAYER COOL FOR A WHILE IT MUST BE OVER HEATED. THIS SEEMED STRANGE SINCE MOST OF THE TIME THIS OCCURED WAS WHEN THE CD PLAYER HAD NOT BEEN IN USE. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER CHUCK HUTTON WHO HAS SERVICED THIS VEH. SINCE I BOUGHT IT WOULD SAY THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT WAS HAVING THAT PROBLEM WHEN I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO THEIR DEALERSHIP. WHENEVER THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCURE THE DASH AREA AROUND THE A/C CONTROLS AND RADIO/CASSETTE AND CD PLAYER WOULD GET SO HOT YOU COULD NOT KEEP YOUR HAND ON THE DASH . THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND IT NEVER WAS DUPLICATED AT THE DEALERSHIP. A SERVICE RECORD DATED 12/14/1998 SHOWS THAT THE A/C DRAIN WAS FOUND TO BE PINCHED AND HAD TO BE REPOSITIONED TO PERMIT IT TO DRAIN BUT SINCE THAT TIME THE TRUCK AIR SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED SOME TYPE OF FUNGUS IN IT AND THE SMELL IS TERRIBLE. ON THIS SAME SERVICE REPORT THERE IS A NOTE CONCERNING CHECKING THE CD PLAYER FOR ERROR MESSAGES BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND. CURRENTLY I AM DRIVING A $35000 VEH. WITH A BURNED UP CD PLAYER AND CASSETTE PLAYER THAT THE DEALER SAYS IS OUT OF WARRENTY. I REPORTED THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE UNITS FAR BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPRIED AND WOULD LIKE SOME HELP TRYING TO SEE IF GM HAS HAD MUCH PROBLEM WITH THEIR DELCO AM/FM CASSETTE RADIO W/AUO TONE CONTROL, SPEED CONTROL VOLUME

REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES LOCKING MECHANISM IS RECESSED & TOO CLOSE TO OTHER SEAT BUCKLE RELEASE. 6 -YEAR OLD CHILD, INADVERTENTLY PUSHED ON BOTH LOCKS & RELEASED SEAT BELT BUCKLES ON A 2-YEAR OLD & 6-YEAR OLD. HAD SLAMMED ON BRAKES & 2-YEAR OLD CAME FORWARD & OVER FRONT SEATS & HIT CONSOLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A DITCH. BUT WHEN THE INVESTIGATOR CHECKED THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE / VIBRATE DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE ROTORS WHICH HEATS UP AND WARP. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS TWICE. PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *ML

BRAKES PULSATE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCING VIBRATION IN FRONT END WHEN BRAKING, RIGHT SIDE LOCKED UP WHEN TURNING. *YC