2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

FIRE HAZARD EXPLOSION HAZARD ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. WHILE IN MOTION PRESSURIZED FUEL LINES AT THE FURL PUMP CAN UNEXPECTEDLY FAIL DUE TO CORROSION RESULTING IN FUEL BEING PUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE ONTO THE UNDER SURFACES OF THE VEHICLE AND THE ROADWAY. AS MUCH AS 25 GALLONS OF FUEL CAN BE EXPELLED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION WITH NO WARNING TO THE DRIVER OTHER THAT A RAPIDLY DIMINISHING OF AMOUNT OF FUEL REMAINING AS SHOWN BY THE FUEL GAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN THE FAULT OCCURRED BUT IT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL THE VEHICLE EXITED THE HIGHWAY AT WHICH TIME A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS NOTICED. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE EXITED A POOL OF GASOLINE WAS OBSERVED UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. DURING THE REPAIR IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL POMP IS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE TANK AND COULD BE OBSERVED WITHOUT REMOVING THE TANK FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON REMOVAL IT WAS FOUND THE PUMP MOUNTING LACATION WAS IN A WELL MOLDED INTO THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK. THE WELL WAS FULL OF SAND AND DUST WHICH WAS CLEANED OUT REVEALING A MASS OF RUST ON THE STEEL FUEL PUMP SUPPORT AND LOCKING RING AS WELL AS THE STEEL PRESSURE AND RETURN LINES. THE LEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN THE PRESSURE LINE LINE INSIDE THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE QUICK CONNECT BOTH STEEL FUEL LINES DISINTEGRATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISCONNECT THE PLASTIC LINES FROM THE TANK.REPAIRS INCLUDED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP, BOTH PLASTIC FUEL LINES AND QUICK CONNECTS.THESE COMPONENTS ARE IDENTICAL.TO THOSE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME CORROSION AS THE ORIGINALS DUE THE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE PUMP PLACEMEN TON THE TANK AND THE FAILURE TO SHIELD THE COMPONENTS FROM BEING COVERED WITH SAND AN DUST, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS IN WINTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 07/12/17*LJ *CN

TAKATA RECALL - OUR VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ON 07/06/2016,WE WENT TO RENEW REGISTRATION AT DMV AND THEY WOULD NOT GIVE OF TAGS TO PLACE ON PLATE DUE TO AIRBAG RECALL. I HAD TO GET A TEMPORARY RED CARD FOR VEHICLE WHICH EVENTUALLY WOULD EXPIRE. SINCE AUGUST 2016 EVERY OTHER MONTH I CALLED PUENTE HILLS DEALER AND CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER TO GET VEHICLE SERVICED. EITHER ONE HAD INFORMATION AS WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS. IT IS NOW 04/04/2017 AND STILL NO PARTS AND NO TAGS FOR MY VEHICLE. LAST NIGHT I GOT PULLED OVER FOR NO TAGS. I PROVIDED RECEIPT OF PAYMENT FOR REGISTRATION AND ALL DOCUMENTS ON RECALL AND TEMPORARY REGISTRATION, THE OFFICER WAS NICE ENOUGH TO LET ME GO. HE DID MENTION VEHICLE CAN BE TOWED AWAY. I CALLED PUENTE HILLS CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING TO SCHEDULE SERVICE FOR RECALL AND RENE RODRIGUEZ TOLD ME PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX ANY VEHICLES ON THIS RECALL DUE TO NO PARTS SINCE THE RECALL NOTICE 07/2016. I ALSO SPOKE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP ME. THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO GET IN WRITING FROM DMV WHY I CAN NOT GET MY TAGS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL PUMP EXPERIENCED A LEAK DUE TO CORROSION AND THE MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURER THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM FUEL PUMP MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 161,000.

TAKATA RECALL. BETWEEN 2010/2011 SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS (FRONT AND BACK), DEPLOYED WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE IN OPTIMUM DRIVING CONDITIONS, AFTER A PASSING OVER A POTHOLE IN THE ROADWAY. I WAS TRAVELOING WITH MY THEN [XXX] SON AND DAUGHTER. IMEEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO WAIT OVER A MONTH, WITHOUT A VEHICLE, AND NEVER GIVEN THE OPTION OF A RENTAL OR LOANER VEHICLE. AS "CHEVROLET" INVESTIGATED THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER DATA, IT FALSELY READ THAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DUE TO "ROLLOVER EVENT" DATA WAS SENT TO THE VEHICLES SRS SYSTEM. CHEVROLET THEN DEEMED THAT I WAS DRIVING OVER 95 MPH (WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE REV LIMITER), AND I HAD OVERSIZED WHEELS ON MY VEHICLE. WHEEL DIAMETER AND SIZE WERE NOT THE FACTOR, AS THEY WERE WITHIN 5/32" OF OEM STOCK DIMENSIONS. I WAS CHARGED FOR "TROUBLESHOOTING", AS WEWLL AS LABOR FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE SIDE AIRBAGS, AND THEY DECLINED THE CLAIM. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE HAD TO REYTURN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO AGAIN "WARRANTY" THE ECM, BCM, WINDOW REGULATOR (TWICE), AS WELL AS CHARGING SYSTEM FAULTS. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS AGAIN DENIED SAYING IT WAS NOT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE COVERAGE. FULL EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUMPER TO BUMPER AND THIS WAS NOT COVERED? ALSO, THE DASHBOARD FRONT COWL IS CRACKED (KNOWN DEFECT, NO RECALL), CHROME PEELING OFF INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, AS WELL AS STABILITRAK" COMPUTER ERRORS AND ISSUES (KNOWN ISSUE, NO RECALL) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DASHBOARD HAS CRACK 6 INCHES LONG ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL OCCURED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE WITH REFECTIVE SUNVISOR IN WINDOW

CRACKS CAN GROW AND TURN INTO LARGE HOLES THAT EXPOSING THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC PARTS UNDERNEATH.

ENGINE HAS VERY LOUD VALVE TYPE TAPPING NOISE AT IDLE AND IN GEAR. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND ENGINE IS BURNING EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES.

RECALL ON 5/27/2016 WHEN MAY I EXPECT SERVICE TO B COMPLETED DEATHS ARE CLIMBING

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS. IS THIS SAFE AND WILL NOT CAUSE ANY MALFUNCTION TO THE CORRECT OPERATION OF THE AIRBAGS? KINDLY DO THE NEEDFUL TO CHECK ON THIS ISSUE. THANKS.