1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

DT: ON APRIL 23,05 SOUTHBOUND 1-95 IN FLORIDA CALLER WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH IN CENTER LANE AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE CAR. BRAND NEW TIRES. *AK *JB

WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY, LIKE AROUND A PARKING LOT, THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE AND WHEN THE PEDAL IS ENGAGED IT FEELS SPONGY AND THE BRAKES GRAB. *TS ***NAR RECEIVED 10-20-05*** THE CONSUME HEARD THAT GM HAS RECALL BRAKES IN OTHER STATES BUT NOT IN WISCONSIN. *NM

CONTINUAL ACTIVATION OF ABS WHEN COMING TO A STOP; ALSO ACTIVATES WHILE DRIVE MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE; THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. *NM

1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE [XXX] HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING INCREASINGLY SEVERE BRAKE SHUDDER AND ACTIVATION OF ABS SYSTEM AT LOW SPEEDS FOR THE PAST 6 WEEKS. HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME I COME TO A SLOW STOP AND HAS CAUSED DOZENS OF NEAR MISS CRASHES IN CITY TRAFFIC. BROUGHT VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP ON OCTOBER 14, 2005 AND WAS INFORMED THAT ITEM WAS A CORROSION PROBLEM AND PART OF A RECALL. GMC WAS CONTACTED DIRECTLY AND INFORMED ME (AND THE DEALERSHIP) THAT MY VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE AUGUST 2005 RECALL NOTICE AND THAT PROBLEM WAS MY OWN PROBLEM. INSPECTION OF BRAKES BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT DEFECT WAS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER RECALL ITEMS AND INVOLVED A COMPONENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY OPERATING DEFECTIVELY (AS OPPOSED TO PREVENTATIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE PART). RECALL SHOULD BE RE-EXAMINED AND EXPANDED. *NM 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 OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, IT WILL GO ON FOR A COUPLE OF FEET UNTIL IT STOPS. THE DEALER GAVE THE CONTACT AN ESTIMATE OF $4000 TO REPLACE BRAKES. THIS BEGAN TO OCCUR AT 37,000 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, AND HAS 56,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE NOW. HE FEELS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO REPLACE IT AT HIS EXPENSE. HE IS FILING THIS COMPLAINT IN REFERENCE TO THE NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V379000. *AK (11/09/05) THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD ALMOST REAR-END ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIS. *SC

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE, THE STEERING JERKS TO THE RIGHT AND THEN IS OK FOR AWHILE AND THEN JERKS AGAIN TO THE RIGHT. IT IS LIKE SOMEONE JERKS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. *JB

NEWSPAPER SAYS "GM RECALLS 800,000 PICKUPS, SUV'S" BUT WHEN I CALL GM ABOUT MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE BRAKES LETTING OFF AT 4 MPH ( THE ABS SENSORS KICK IN) I AM TOLD MY VEHICLE IS NOT IN THE RECALL. *NM

MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE LS 4 DOOR, 4 WD WAGON IS HAVING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE DUE TO THE ABS ENGAGING WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T. THIS HAS CAUSED 1 ACCIDENT (MINOR) AND 2 NEAR MISSES. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL BUT THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED THE RECALL BUT SAID IT SOMEHOW DID NOT COVER MY VEHICLE. *NM

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AS HE WAS ENTERING THE GARAGE THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. THE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BUT WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE SO HE PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS INDICATING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. THISWAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. RECALL 05V379000 FOR THE 2000-2002 MODELS WAS ISSUED, BUT NOT ON THE 1999 MODEL. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE, AND THIS VEHICLE WAS IDENTICAL TO THE 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE.*AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE HAVE FAILED CAUSING BRAKING PROBLEMS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. GM DID NOT INCLUDE THE 1999 YEAR TAHOE IN THEIR RECALL LEAVING THE COST OF REPAIR UP TO ME. *JB