1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

DT: A LOW SPEEDS ON SNOW OR LOOSE GRAVEL THE ABS WILL NOT LET VEHICLE STOP AT REASONABLE DISTANCES.*AK

OCCASIONALLY WHILE BRAKING ON DRY AND CLEAR PAVEMENT MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE WILL APPEAR TO ACTIVATE THE ABS SYSTEM. THIS OCCURS AT LOW SPEED AND EXTENDS THE STOPPING DISTANCE OF THE VEHICLE. FIRST OBSERVED ABOUT JANUARY 2005. *SC *JB

DURING THE PAST 6-9 MONTHS, MY VEHICLE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP FROM SLOWER SPEEDS. THE RESULT IS A SEVERELY INCREASED BREAKING DISTANCE AND THREAT FOR IMPACT. THIS HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES

AC DELCO BATTERY LEAKAGE TWICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. BOTH AS A RESULT OF ACID LEAK FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL.

DT: THE VEHICLE ABS ENGAGED AT LOW SPEEDS AND HE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. TWO WHEEL SENSORS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION IN MY '99 TAHOE. THE FIRST INCIDENT LEFT ME STRANDED AT 50K MILES. LUCKY I HAD AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPAIR SHOP HAD TO DO A FULL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE WHICH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A WEAK RINGREVERSE GEAR? THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN, ONLY NOW I HAVE 170K MILES. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE ENGINE TO GO FIRST. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS HAPPENED THIS TIME AS WELL.

MY 1999 CHEVY TAHOE HAS A CONDITION WHERE IF THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 3.7 MPH BUT LESS THAN 10 MPH, I GET UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) ACTIVATION. NO ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSE BY THIS YET, BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY CLOSE MANY TIMES.

SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE (DEALER DEMO) IN LATE 1999, FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED FOUR TIMES AND REPLACED ONCE DUE TO WARPING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT FRONT BRAKES ARE DOING ALL THE BRAKING. IT SEEMS THE REAR BRAKE ADJUSTERS DO NOT HOLD ADJUSTMENT FOR MORE THAN A FEW APPLICATIONS OF THE BRAKES. THE REAR PADS HAVE NEVER BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WORN DUE TO A LACK OF APPLICATION TO THE DRUM. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THE ADJUSTERS CLEANED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE BRAKES HAVE WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY TO HAVE THE REAR BRAKES LOSE ADJUSTMENT AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTEY ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE TAKES MUCH MORE EFFORT TO STOP ITS MOTION. ATHE REPLACEMENT COST OF THE FRONT PADS AND TRUING OF THE ROTORS HAS BEEN EXPENSIVE. THE COST FAR HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR MOST VEHICLES IN THIS CLASS. A VERY NEAR ACCIDENT WAS BARELY AVOIDED THIS PAST WEEK DUE TO A LOSS OF STOPPING POWER AS THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT ASSIST THE FRONT DISCS. ALSO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE. WHEN FIRMLY APPLIED A FEW WEEKS AGO, ON A SLIGHT GRADE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL.

CONTACT STATES: POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE ON 1999 CHEVROLET, TAHOE. THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WASN'T WORKING . *AK

ABS INTERMIDENTLY WORKING AT SLOW SPEEDS. MECHANIC THOUGHT CLEANING OFF THE ABS SENSORS WOULD HELP. INSTEAD MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE PADS, ROTORS,CALIPERS AND SLIDES AND WHEEL CYLINDER. MY 1999 TAHOE ONLY HAD 65,890 MILES ON 2/14/05 WHEN REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. COST $785.00 AND IS WELL DOCUMENTED. MECHANIC IS GM CERTIFIED AND WAS SURPRISED AT THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS NEEDED.