2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

MY 2015 TAHOE LTZ, WITH 73,000 MILES, STARTED RIDING ROUGH AND HAD NOTICEABLE BOUNCE AS I DROVE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THE REAR SHOCKS WERE BAD/LOCKED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED - ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $1700.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHERE EXCESSIVE FORCE APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL IS REQUIRED TO STOP VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION OR KEEP THE VEHICLE IN A STOPPED STATE. THIS PRIMARILY SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC WHERE FREQUENT STOPS AT IDLE SPEED IS COMMON. CONTACTED GM DEALER FOR RESOLUTION AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLES VACUUM PUMP WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER A SPECIAL WARRANT IF THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER 70000 MILES. CONSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLE WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THIS AND WARRANTY WOULD NOT BE HONORED.

BRAKE PEDAL NOT RESPONDING. PUSHING THE PEDAL AT A DRIVETHRU WINDOW AND KEPT MOVING. HAD TO JAM ON THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO FINALLY STOP, PUT IN PARK. LUCKILY NO ONE IN FRONT OF MY TO HIT. ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES; MAINLY WHEN COASTING AND AT SLOW SPEED. BRAKING AT DRIVING SEEMS TO WORK BETTER, STILL SEEMS TO BE OFF THOUGH. WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY RETURN TO WORK, WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FOLLOWING, AND PARK. PARKING WAS DIFFICULT, THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GO DOWN THE BANK! HAD TO USE THE E-BRAKE. THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TONIGHT! I REFUSE TO DRIVE WITH THIS PROBLEM!

ALL OF THE DOME LIGHTS IN MY TAHOE FLASH WHEN I BRAKE OR PUT ON THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH SPECIFICALLY THE 2015 TAHOE.

2015 CHEVY TAHOE, WE PURCHASED TWO MONTHS AGO STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. I WAS TURNING AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY, HIT THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULDN'T MOVE. IT WAS EXTREMELY STIFF, CAUSING ME TO CRASH THE VEHICLE INTO MY UTILITY TRAILER. I PUSHED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THERE WAS ALMOST NO BRAKING PRESSURE AT ALL AND MY SUV JUST KEPT GOING. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY BUT NOW EVERYONE IS SCARED TO RIDE IN IT. I'VE FINANCED A VEHICLE FOR YEARS THAT I'VE HAD POSESSION OF FOR MONTHS, AND IT'S MOST NESSCERY SAFTEY FUNCTION HAS FAILED. I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. I'VE ALWAYS OWNED GM VEHICLES. AS A 31 YEAR OLD FATHER OF 3 SMALL CHILDREN, THIS WAS A VERY LARGE PURCHASE FOR OUR YOUNG FAMILY. NOW I FEEL I MAY HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE MY TRUSTED BRAND TO FIND A SAFE VEHICLE I CAN TRANSPORT THE MOST PRECIOUS CARGO IN. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING . I THEN FIND OUT THIS EXACT ISSUE HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE CRASHES INVOLVING INJURIES. GM IS AWARE THIS IS A PROBLEM, LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED, YET LITTLE OR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. HOW CAN GENERAL MOTORS KNOWINGLY TURN A BLIND EYE AND ALLOW THIS LIFE THREATING SAFTEY ISSUE TO GO ON IN A VEHICLE MARKETED TO FAMILIES?

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A NEAR SUDDEN DETERIORATION IN BRAKING PERFORMANCE. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY STIFF WITH LITTLE OR NO TRAVEL IN PEDAL REGARDLESS OF PRESSURE APPLIED. THIS DETERIORATION IN BRAKING PERFORMANCE BECAME CRITICAL - REQUIRING ALL THE FORCE MY 100LB WIFE COULD MUSTER TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP. THE STIFF PEDAL WAS OBVIOUS WITH THE CAR ON AND OFF, MOVING AND STATIONARY. THOUGH THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AND WAS RECOGNIZED ONLY AFTER THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON I84 (AT 65 MPH!!). OUR MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE VACUUM PUMP AS THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE.

AT LOW SPEEDS, OR IDLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO DEPRESS. LOSS OF POWER BOOST RESULTING IN EXTREME EFFORT TO ACTIVATE BRAKING. THIS HAPPENED WHILE STUCK IN A TRAFFIC JAM TRAVELLING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. PROBLEM LASTED UNTIL TRAFFIC RETURNED TO NORMAL SPEED, WHEN BRAKING RETURNED TO NORMAL. I BELIEVE I HAVE THE SAME VACUUM PUMP PROBLEM BEING CITED BY OTHER OWNERS.

LOST ALL BRAKE BOOST WHILE BACKING A BOAT DOWN A STEEP BOAT RAMP. WAS ABLE TO STOP, BUT I'M SURE A SMALLER PERSON (LIKE MY WIFE) WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. THE REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP. I NOW UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON, KNOWN GM PROBLEM.

CONDENSATION COLLECTING INSIDE OF BOTH HEADLIGHT COVERS. I HAVE PAID $200.00 FOR A TURN SIGNAL REPLACEMENT. NOW GETTING ANOTHER FAILURE WARNING ON SAME HEADLIGHT AND THE DLR IS OUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD DEALER IT WOULD COST 2000.00 TO REPLACE BOTH GASKETS. GM HAS ISSUED SERVICE BULLETIN STATING THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE BEING EXPOSED TO RAIN?? OR CAR WASHING. I NOTICED CONDENSATION WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE

STRUT LEAKING (FRONT DRIVER/ PASSAGE SIDE) AND SHOCKS MALFUNCTIONED (REAR). DRIVING ON A FAIRLY SMOOTH HIGHWAY, DOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY SUV WAS BOUNCING AND EXPERIENCING A ROUGH RIDE. PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT GAS STATION AND NOTICED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE SUV TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP (FIRESTONE). THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BOTH STRUTS WERE LEAKING AND THE SHOCKS APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD OR TOWED ANYTHING (EXCEPT A BIKE RACK). TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP (THIS WAS SATURDAY). THE DEALERSHIP COMFIRMED BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING AND ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1700.00 PLUS A FRONT END ALIGNMENT (DIAGNOSTIC COSTED $138.00). THE ISSUE WITH THE REAR SHOCKS WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND I WAS ASKED TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK ON MONDAY MORNING BUT I WAS IN ROUTE TO A YOUTH SOFTBALL GAME IN ANOTHER CITY. SO MY FAMILY AND I SUFFERED THE ROUGH RIDE AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHICH DIAGNOSED THE REAR SHOCK ISSUE AS A MALFUNCTION AND BOTH SHOCKS NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH A COST OF $1700.00. NOW, THAT IS A TOTAL REPAIR EQUALED $3600.00. GM SHOULD LOOK INTO THE SUSPENSION ISSUE WITH THE TAHOE. IT IS A 2015 TAHOE LTZ. IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WOULD GO OUT ON A VEHICLE WITH THAN 62K MILES. GM LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE.