1995 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

I HAD A 1995 CHEVROLET PICK UP WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, WHILE BACKING UP, THE DRIVER SEAT BOTTOM BROKE AWAY FROM WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE SEAT TRACK. I ONLY WEIGH 160 LBS., SO IT ISN'T A WEIGHT OR ABUSE ISSUE. I FEEL CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS THE SECOND TIME AROUND. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE IN A TRAFFIC SITUATION?. THIS IS DEFINETLY A SAFETY ISSUE, SUDDENLY, YOUR DRIVING FROM THE REAR SEAT LYING ON YOUR BACK!.*AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BOLT BROKE LOSE, CAUSING DRIVERS SEAT TO BE UNSTABLE, AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BOLT CONNECTING DRIVERS SEAT TO POWER ADJUSTABLE SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY TORE THROUGH THE SHEET METAL ANCHOR PLATE ON THE SEAT CAUSING THE SEAT TO TIP BACKWARDS ABRUPTLY. MY FATHER OWNS AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND IS AWARE OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER CHEVROLET TRUCKS AND SUV'S. I CONTACTED GM'S CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER TO INQUIRE IF A RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS APPARENTLY COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS ADVISED GM HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL NOR A SERVICE BULLETIN AND DID NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TS *NLM ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****760793

THIS REPORT REGARDS A CHEVROLET TAHOE 4 DOOR TRUCK WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. DURING THE PAST 16 MONTHS BOTH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ( THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT DOORS) HAVE SNAPPED OFF RENDERING THAT DOOR INOPERABLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT SINCE THE POSSIBLITY EXISTS THAT THESE DOOR HANDLES COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME IN AN EMERGENCY. I HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO REPLACE THESE DOOR HANDLES AT MY EXPENSE AND I WAS INFORMED BY THE CHEVROLET DEALER ( HUSTEDT CHEVROLET OF FLORAL PARK, N.Y.) THAT THE DOOR HANDLE FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. *AK

ON 3/13/2001 WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE I STRUCK OFF ROAD. I WAS TRAVELING APROX. 40-45 MPH WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY AND SLID APROX. 75 FEET ON ROAD AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE OFF ROAD FOR ANOTHER 50 FEET WHEN I COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. ABS SYSTEM NEVER KICKED IN,AND THE VEHICLE SLID UNCONTROLLED UNTIL COLLISION WITH INJURIES TO MYSELF WHEN THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD MY BODY AND ALLOWED ME TO TRAVEL FORWARD STRIKING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING WITH A FRONTAL IMPACT AND SUDDEN DECELERATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE HE STOPPED ON THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE DRIVERS SEAT MOUNTINGS FAILED. *YD

HORN WOULD SOUND WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS VIBRATED (EXAMPLE: DOOR IS SHUT, HOOD POPPED OPEN, ADJUSTMENT OF STEERING COLUMN). HAD THIS PROBLEM 2 TIME PREVIOUSLY, A GM AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP LOOK AT SITUATION AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITHOUT GOING INTO A DETAIL DIAGNOSTIC. PULLING THE FUSE FOR THE HORN WOULD NOT STOP THE HORN FOR SOUNDING. FINALLY HAD TO PULL THE HORN RELAY LOCATED IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD TO STOP HORN FROM SOUNDING. FINALLY HAD A DETAILED DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND THE ONLY THING THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG. SUPPOSEDLY THE AIRBAG EXPANDS WHEN IT THE AREA AROUND IT HEATS UP, WHICH IN TURN APPLIES PRESSURE ON THE HORN RING, ERGO THE HORN GOES OFF EVEN WHEN THE FUSE WAS REMOVED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM DURING THEIR 2 HOURS OF DIAGNOTICS. RECOMMENDED SOULTION REPLACE AIRBAG / HORN RING $638.00 (PARTS ONLY). SUPPOSEDLY NEW AIRBAG HAS A NEW DESIGN TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN.

THIS WAS MANUFACTERED AT THE DECATUR, ILLINOIS FIRESTONE PLANT IN 1998, LT265/75 R16, DOT 7BW8 PDA148 N07R; EXPLOSIVE BELT FAILURE AT 72MPH SHOT BELTS INTO THE WHEELWELL OF TRUCK WITH PROPER INFLATION AND MAINTENANCE (35-40PSI). *AK (DOT NUMBER: 7BW8PDA148 TIRESIZE: L265/75R16)

OPENED DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT RELEASE DOOR / AFTER REPAIR FOUND TO BE HANDLE BROKE WHERE TWO PIECES OF METAL FORGED IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS

THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSING BREAKER TO OVERHEAT AND LOCKS AND SEATS TO BE INOPERATIVE.*YD