1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

HEATER/AIR COND. FAN SWITCH FAILS TO ACTUATE FAN INTERMITENTLY, CAUSES WINDOWS TO FOG UP DURING RAIN OR COLD, IN WINTER CAN NOT DEFROST WINSHIELD. HAVE NOTICED SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER TAHOE'S FROM 1998 AND 1999 PRODUCTION YEARS. CREATES HAZERDOUS VISABILITY DURING DRIVING.*AK

ATTORNEY WRITING ON THE BEHALF OF 4 ACCIDENTS IN WHICH HE STATES WERE CAUSED BY TREAD SEPARATION ON GOODYEAR 16 INCH LOAD RANGE E STEEL BELTED RADIAL TIRES, THIS PARTICULAR POLICE REPORT STATES THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A ROLLOVER IN WHICH THERE WERE 2 INJURIES AND ONE DEATH, CONSUMER HAD STATED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT PRIOR TO THIS ONE, OWNER OF VEHICLE IS SUSAN ANN GILBERT, 5317 N 46TH STREET, PHOENIX AZ 85018, 602-840-2986. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WAS HARD, RESULTING IN A FOUR CAR COLLISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THREE INDIVIDUALS AT MY WORK HAVE HAD THE KNOB FAIL WHICH PREVENTS THE DEFROSTER FROM WORKING CREATING A HAZARD WITH ICED WINDOWS. DEALER WAS SMUG AND NOTED THAT THEY REPLACE LOTS OF THESE. THE FAILURE OF THE KNOB IS INTERNAL TO THE MODULE AND PREVENTS AN EASY INEXPENSIVE FIX. REPAIR IS 285.00.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO 30, AND CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK. CHEVROLET STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE TYPE OF GAS BEING USED, CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS FAILED 6 TIMES, THE FUEL INJECTION CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER.*JB

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT STARTS SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES HAS TO WAIT 1 TO 4 HOURS BEFORE IT STARTS. CONTACTED DEALER. KEYS WERE NOT PROGRAMMED FOR CAR. REPROGRAMMED VEHICLE, PROBLEM REOCCURRED 1 YEAR LATER.*AK

ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS REPLACED, THESE INCLUDED:ALTERNATOR REPLACED TWICED, BATTERY REPLACED, INJECTORS PLUGGING TREATED THREE TIMES, TAIL SHAFT LEAKING - REPLACED, INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, STEREO REPLACED, TALL LAMP CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACED (BOTH, INTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED TWICE - UNSURE IN CURRENT MILEAGE READINGS ARE CORRECT, HEAD LAMPS CONTINUE TO FLICKER WHIL EDRIVING REPLACED THREE TIMES, WATER PUMP REPLACED, BALL JOINTS REPLACED, AND STERRING COMPONENTS REPLACED. CONTINUAL PROBLEMS AND NO ANSWERS.

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO LEFT, THEN LETTING IT GO IT WILL NOT GO BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION, VEHICLE KEEPS TURNING LEFT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL.*AK

THIS WAS A VERY HEAVY FRONT END COLLISION. THE VISUAL DAMMAGE EST. IS 10,000 DOLLARS AND STILL RISING THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INTERNAL DAMAGE EST. I CALLED GM AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY BUSY AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THIS FAILURE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS WOULD COST THE TO MUCH MONEY TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. THE REP FROM GM TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD TELL IF THE WRECK WAS BAD ENOUGH BY THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WRECK OVER THE PHONE WITH OUT EVEN SEEING THE WRECK. THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND HUFFINES CHEVROLET WHICH IS A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET BODY SHOP SAID THAT THIS WAS WAY TO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND THEY SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF. BUT COPRORATE GM SAID THAT IT WAS NOT AND THEY COULD TELL THAT WITHOUT SEEING THE VEHICLE. GM ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER VEHICLE IN THE ACCIDENT TOOK ALL THE IMPACT, WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE VEHICLES HOW WOULD THEY NOW THIS? I STILL HAVE 10,000 DOLLARS OF FRONT END DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT IS WAY TO MUCH IF THE OTHER VEHICLE TOOK ALL THE IMPACT. THEY REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS OK THAT THEY DID NOT GO OFF BECAUSE THE REST OF THE SAFTEY EQUIPMENT WORKED "I.E. SEATBELTS, CRUMPLE ZONES" BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM DID NOT WORK AND THIS WOULD HAVE KEPT MY 7 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE FROM HITTING THE DASH BOARD! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM LARGE OR SMALL. THANK YOU!*AK

THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS (WITHOUT WARNING) WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE REACHES 75 DEGREES OR HIGHER.*AK