2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

MY LIFTGATE ACTUATOR FAILED, MY CAR WAS NOT LOCKABLE I WAS TOLD BY GM THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF MY CAR IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED NOT IN STOCK NOT ORDER ABLE. I WAS TOLD TO ORDER IT ON LINE I DID INSTALLED AND FAILED IN 11 DAYS. THE PART WAS SOLD BY DOORMAN MADE IN CHINA. I BUY AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS AND I'M TOLD BY AN AMERICAN COMPANY TO BUY SOMETHING MADE IN CHINA DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? *TR

HELLO THE 2006 TAHOE HAS A SERVICE AIRBAG SOON ACTIVATED . IT IS A FOUR WHEEL DR VEHICLE. *TR

THE REAR LIFT GATE SOLENOID GOES BAD WHICH PREVENTS REAR WINDOW AND DOOR FROM UNLOCKING. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ONLINE AND HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE ON 05 AND 06 TAHOE, SUBURBAN, HUMMER AND YUKONS WHICH I'M ASSUMING ARE USING THE SAME PART. THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY PASSENGER REAR TIRE HAD A BLOW OUT. THE BRAND OF THE TIRE IS LION HART 20". TIRES ARE LESS THEN A YEAR OLD AND HAVE LESS THEN 10K MILES ON THEM. ALL TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THE SYSTEM STABILTY DISABLED LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. THERE HAS BEEN NO DAMAGES SO FAR AND NOTHING HAS GIVEN OUT OR BROKEN BUT THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AND NO MECHANIC CAN FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

LEFT TO LAS VEGAS FROM LOS ANGELES 7/2/14JUT BEFORE GETTING TO LAS VEGAS THE VEHICLE FELT SHAKING OR TREMBLING BUT I ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROAD. AS TIME WENT BY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IT BECAME MORE NOTICEABLE TO ME AND MY WIFE . I CALLED THE GM DEALER IN VALENCIA CA AND WAS TOLD IT COULD BE THE TIRE WEIGHTS SO I WENT TO JIFFY LUBE FOR INSPECTION AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE ON THE TIRE WEIGHTS. DRIVING BACK ON SUNDAY AT 6:30 AM ABOUT 20 MILES FROM BAKER THE TREMBLING GOT VERY BAD TO THE POINT I DECELERATED BUT TO NO AVAIL. IT GOT TO THE POINT I CALLED THE GM DEALER AGAIN AROUND 7:30 AM AND DURING THE CONVERSATION THE DRIVER REAR TIRE BLEW UP. I SENT THE TIRE TO MICHELIN AND FILED CLAIM BUT THEY DENIED IT ON THE BASIS THAT IT HIT AN OBSTACLE WHICH IS A COMPLETE FABRICATION OF THE EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE TIRE BLOWING UP. I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION BUT I AM TRYING TO LOCATE A GOVERNMENT OR STATE DEPARTMENT WHO WILL INSPECT THE TIRE AND GIVE ME AN HONEST RESULT. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE TIRE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT CAME APART FROM THURSDAY TO SUNDAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT OFFICE [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BOUGHT A 2006 TAHOE DECEMBER 2005. HAS 75000 MILES ON NOW. SMELLED GAS IN GARAGE, DROVE 5 MILES GOT OUT OF CAR SMELLED GAS REALLY STRONG. CALLED GARAGE TO COME AND GET CAR, FOUND 2.5 GALLONS OF GAS ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK. FUEL PUMP TOP AND LINES RUSTED, REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND GAS TANK STRAPS. CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW, KEPT IN HEATED GARAGE, WHEN DROVE IN BAD WEATHER WAS WASHED, PLUS THE UNDER CAR CYCLE THE SAME DAY THEN PUT IN HEATED GARAGE, CAR WASH 1/2 MILE FROM HOME. *TR

HAVE OWNED THIS TAHOE SINCE NEW AND HAVE HAD GENERALLY GOOD SERVICE WITH IT. I MADE A TRIP FR MAINE TO DELAWARE, SUNDAY MAR 9, 2014. WEATHER CLEAR. AT END OF TRIP I CAME UPON A RED LIGHT. PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND NOTHING HAPPENED. WENT TO FLOOR. TRIED PUMPING, AND GOT A 1% RESP AND WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. TRIED EMER BRAKE. WENT TO FLOOR ALSO! NO TRAFFIC ON THIS SUNDAY SO I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD OR CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PARK THE CAR, I LIFTED THE HOOD AND SAW B FLUID SPLATTER EVERYWHERE. AT THIS POINT, THE EMERGENCY LIGHT INFORMATION ON THE DASH APPEARED: CK BRAKES, AND THE RED CIRCLE APPEARED FOR AB BRAKES! BUT THIS INFORMATION DID NOT APPEAR AS THE B FLUID PRESSURE WAS DECLINING RAPIDLY, WHEN IT MAY HAVE HELPED ME DECIDE TO PULL OVER. THE CHEVY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS RUST AND OXIDATION UNDERNEATH ON FRAME. BUT THIS CONDITION HAD NOTHING TO DO W/ CAUSING THE B FLUID LEAK. THE FLUID WAS COMING FROM ONE OF THE LINES LEADING FR THE B FLUID RESERVOIR. EITHER A CRACK DEVELOPED OR IT SEPARATED FROM THE PROTRUDING LINE EXTRUDING FROM THE RESERVOIR AND THE BRAKE PRESSURE FORCE SQUEEZED ALL OF THE FLUID OUT THRU THIS SMALL HOLE/CRACK. THIS WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND NOT A FAILURE CAUSED BY SALT, OXIDATION OR WEAR AND TEAR. I THANK THE STARS FOR THE SAFE CONCLUSION OF THIS UNFORGETTABLE EVENT ESP AFTER DRIVING 500 MILES FR MAINE TO DELAWARE. WHEN I CALLED GM CUST SVC IN DETROIT, ([XXX]) GM OFFERED NO HELP AND THE SIMPLE REPAIR BILL AT THE GM DEALER WAS $3400.00!!!!! THE CAUSE WAS EITHER>>> MATERIAL FAILURE OR POOR DESIGN OR POOR WELDING/SOLDERING. IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY OXIDATION OR CORROSION. GM WAS ARROGANT AND ONLY REPEATED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, WHICH EXPIRED IN 2011. I HOPE NO OTHER TAHOE OWNERS EVER SUFFER THIS TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH AND FULLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED PUMPING THE BRAKES HELPED SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE SERVICE BRAKE AND ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK NEXT TO THE BRAKE RESERVOIR AND AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, DID NOT RESPOND, EITHER. HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE LIFTED THE HOOD, HE DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC FOUND ONE OF THE TUBES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR HAD CRACKED ALLOWING THE PRESSURE TO SPRAY FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN RAPID LOSS OF BRAKING POWER.

I CAME OUT TO PUT SOME ITEMS IN MY TAHOE, I PRESSED THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON MY REMOTE TO OPEN THE LIFT GATE AND TO MY SURPRISE I COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR OR THE WINDOW! *TR