1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS COOLANT AT FRONT AND REAR. TALKED TO TECHNICANS AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY DO THESE ALL THE TIME. THEY HAD TWO IN THE SHOP THE MORNING THAT I WAS TALKING TO THEM. I ASKED IF THE REPLACEMENTS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD LAST LONG ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE TO GET OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE TWO GM VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ONE IN WARRANTY AND ONE OUT OF WARRANTY. UGH.*AK

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS HAD HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO MENTION. DEALER AND GM HAVE BEEN CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES ON ISSUE. THEY HAVE NO FIX AND WILL NOT HELP WITH PROBLEM. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AM WORRIED LIGHTS WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. NO ONE WILL ASSURE ME THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN. I WANT IT FIXED AND NEED HELP!*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH ON WET PAVEMENT VEHICLE WAS T-BONED WHICH PUSHED VEHICLE INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND AIRBAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. FRONTAL AND SIDE DAMAGE.*AK

PITMAN AND IDLE ARMS ARE STARTING TO VIBRATE AGAIN WITHIN 30,000 MILES. FIRST TIME DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. CONSUMER WAS WAITING TO HEAR FROM DEALER.*AK

OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. GM/CHEV. WOULD LIKE ME TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY FOR $280.00 EACH TIMES 2 OR $580.00. I CHECKED WITH AUTO PARTS RECYLCLERS THEY CAN'T KEEP THEM IN STOCK. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. THE ADHESIVE WILL NOT STAND UP TO TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS.

PROBLEM: BATTERY ACID IS LEAKING FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL. THE ACID RELEASED FALLS ON PRESSURIZED A/C LINES AND THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINES AND FITTING CONNECTING THE BRAKE HOSE. THIS IS THE SECOND BATTERY TO BE REPLACED IN MY VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND IN WHEN DISCONNECTING THE FIRST BATTERY (3/2001) FOR CHARGING. ACID RELEASED FROM THE ORGINAL BATTERY WAS CONTAINED AND NEUTRALIZED IMMEDIATELY. THIS SECOND INSTANCE WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL, ACID WAS FOUND ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. EXTENSIVE CORROSION HAS OCCURED ON ALL METAL PARTS BELOW THE BATTERY. DEALERS HAS STATED THIS PROBLEM IS PRELAVENT IN ALL 1999 CHEVROLET WITH CONTINUOUS HEAD LIGHT OPERATION. TWO GM DEALERS HAVE STATED THEY ARE SEEING LEAKING BATTERIES IN ONE OR TWO VEHICLES PER DAY. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT HALLOWELL CHEVROLET IN CLOVIS, CA, STATED THAT GM HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW BATTERY DESIGN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR 8 TO 10 MONTHS. THE UNCONTROLLED RELEASE TOXIC SUBSTANCES POSES BOTH AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY HAZARD. ONE FAILED BATTERY MAY BE AN EXPECTED PROBABILITY, ALTHOUGH THE PREVALENCE OF THE NUMBERS SCENE AT TWO DEALERS AND TWO INSTANCES IN MY VEHICLE, WARRANT AND REQUIRE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION AND OVERSIGHT. THE LEAKING ACID IS AFFECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (NOT A SEAFETY PROBLEM, ULNESS THE ESCAPING R-134/

SUSPENSION LIFT ON UPPER CONTROL ARM BOLTED TO FRAME IS TORN ON BOTH SIDES. VEHICLE ISN'T A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THIS IS AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

ERRATIC POWER STEERING ASSIST. STEERING WHEEL INPUT OF APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT RESULTS IN UNWANTED ADDITIONAL LEFT TURN. MOST NOTICABLE AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40MPH.*AK

BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED SINCE CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER REPLACED SOME PARTS DEALING WITH BRAKES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. BRAKES ALSO WOULD LOCK UP WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING.*AK