1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK REPAIRED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT. THE TRUCK HAD 823 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT "NEW" LATER ON FOUND OUT IT WAS A "DEMO". ARBITRATION DID NOTHING. WE STILL HAVE THE SHAKING TRUCK. OUT OF DESPIRATION FROM THE VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY, CAUSING ME TO PASS BLOODY STOOLS, I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF. IT SEEMS TO HAVE CURED THE PROBLEM. NOW THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL IS OUT, I CAN SEE THAT IT IS BENT AND THE AXLES CRYSTALIZING DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING. CHEVROLET DEALERS NOW SAY THAT I HAVE "VOIDED" MY 3 YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. SEVERAL CHEVROLET SERVICE CONSULTANTS RUDE AND THREATENING TO HANG UP ON ME. I DID HAVE A VERY GOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN TO LATELY WHO WAS SHOCKED AT MY ORDEAL AND AGREES WITH ME THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM NOW TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR MY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES ON MY "WARRANTIED" VEHICLE. I DO NOT WISH TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY TIME, DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING THIS TRUCK, BUT PERHAPS THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE AKNOWLEDGED BY CHEVROLET AND SOMEHOW REIMBURSED BY THEM. IF I HAD NOT CHANGED THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF, I FEEL THAT IT SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND DEATHS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF CHEVROLET NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS. I FEEL THAT BEFORE WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK, SOMEONE REALLY ROMPED IT THROUGH THE DESERT. IT HAD REALLY LARGE TIRES ON IT THAT WE HAD THE DEALER CHANGE TO WHAT WAS RECCOMENDED ON THE DOOR PANEL. WE ASKED A MECHANIC WHO WORKS ON TRUCKS ALL THE TIME HOW THE AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL COULD HAVE GOTTEN BENT LIKE THAT. HIS RESPONSE WAS, "THEY PROBABLY DROVE IT OFF A CLIFF". THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS TRUCK. THEY HAVE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF OUR COMPLAINTS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT. THERE WERE NO RECORDS BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. PERHAPS THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES AND DIDN'T HAVE TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE TRUCK IN DEPTH, PLEASE CALL ME AT THE NUMBER I LISTED BEFORE.*AK

EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. MECHANIC ADVISED THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THIS WAS DONE BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED AFTER LESS THAN 5,000 MI. ADVISED THIS TIME THAT ROTORS ARE WARPED AGAIN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, PROBABLY DUE TO "THE WAY I DRIVE". I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH OTHER VEHICLES. AFTER ASKING THAT THEY LOOK FURTHER FOR A CAUSE, I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. AFTER PUSHING A LITTLE HARDER, I AM FINALLY ADVISED THAT THE ROTORS ON THIS YEAR/MODEL ARE PRONE TO WARPING AND SHOULD BE REPLACED, BUT ARE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I PUCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY. I AM TOLD THAT THE GM REPLACEMENT PART WILL BE IDENTICAL TO ORIGINAL. REAR BRAKES WERE SCREECHING @27489 MI (I PURCHASED AT 23326 MI). TOLD THAT SHOES NEAD REPLCMT DUE TO WEAR. I, NOR ANYONE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAVE HEARD OF REAR BRAKE SHOES WEARING OUT AT THIS LOW MILEAGE. *AK

AT ANY SPEED, BRAKES ONLY WORK IF PEDAL IS PUSHED TO FLOOR, NEED LOTS OF STOPPING TIME. DEALER SAID THAT WAS THE WAY TAHOE'S WORK. FINALLY REPLACED THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY USED AN UPGRADE THAT THEY SAID TAHOES HAVE FOR THE 2000 YEAR. ALSO BOTH BACK DRUMS CRACKED.*AK

VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGH SPEEDS, AND PULLS TO THE SIDE WHEN BRAKING FROM LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT HUB LEAKED GREASE ON THE PAD AND BRAKE DRUM RENDERING THE BRAKES USELESS, THE CAUSE WAS A SEAL LEAKING, FOUR MONTHS LATER CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AGAIN, MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS HAD LEAKED GREASE/OIL ON BOTH REAR BRAKES RENDERING THEN USELESS AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE REAR AXLE BE REPLACED ENTIRELY WHICH WOULD PROBABLY ELIMINATE THE BRAKE FAILURE, HOWEVER DEALER STATED THAT THEY ONLY REPLACED THE AXLE SEALS.*JB

ALL THE ENGINE OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE ENGINE IN A SPAN OF FIFTEEN MINUTES DURING A THREE MILE DRIVE. NLM

WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES, THEY DON'T SEEM TO STOP QUICK ENOUGH. I HIT MY BRAKES ON THE HIGHWAY TO EVOID AN ACCIDENT, THEY FIRST LOCKED UP, THEN LET GO, I HAD TO PULL TO THE SHOOULDER TO EVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WOULD JERK VEHICLE TO LEFT AND RIGHT AT ANY SPEED. TOOK VEHICLE DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER TO REPLACE CONNECTOR, THAT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. TOWED TO DEALER, WHO FOUND POWER BOOSTER HAD FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, NO PRIOR WARNING, MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS 27000. *AL

WHEN TAKING OFF OR STOPPING THERES A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM REAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE LUBED. *AK