1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

FAILURE CAUSED STEERING AT SPEED TO BE DANGEROUSLY SENSITIVE AND STEERING WOULD TORQUE TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN DECELERATING ON AN OFF-RAMP WHEN SENSOR TRIED TO SWITCH LEVEL OF STEERING ASSIST, AS IF RUNNING OFF ROAD ONTO SHOULDER. DEALER STATES THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY HAVE SEEN AND REPLACED SENSOR OUT OF WARRANTY. WAS NOT OBVIOUS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS UNTIL I REALIZED THE VEHICLE HAD SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING. MOST DRIVERS WOULD NEVER REALIZE FAILURE HAD OCCURED. SIGNIFICANT PROBABILITY OF CONTRIBUTING TO A LOSS OF CONTROL ACCIDENT.

EXCESSIVE WEARING OF BRAKE PADS, BRAKE SHOES DUE TO THE INTERMITTENT ENGAGEMENT OF THE POWER BOOSTER WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE WHEN IT FIRST HAD THIS PROBLEM TO TWO DIFFERENT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I COULD NOT PROVE THE BOOSTER'S PREMATURE TRIGGERING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, IN OTHER WORDS THEY TOLD ME IF WE DON'T SEE IT AS BEING BROKEN WE AREN'T FIXING IT.. THEY DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTANCE OF A SAFETY BULLETING SAYING IN FACT THAT THE POWER BOOSTER WAS PRONE TO FAILURE. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE OUT THE BRAKE PADS TWICE AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I REPLACED ALL PARTS WITH GMAC FACTORY PARTS AND REPLACED THE POWER BOOSTER WITH A GM REBUILT POWER BOOSTER. *AK

WHILE DEPRESSING BBRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THAT PEDAL WAS AT FLOORBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION*AK

I WAS 20 MILES FROM HOME GOING 64 MPH, ON A SLIGHT CURVE. I HEARD AND FELT THE BACK TIRE BLOW THE TIRE WALL FROM THE POINT OF TIRE WEAR TO THE CENTER. I WAS SHOCKED AT THE DAMAGE.. THE TAHOE LEANED SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT, BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT. I HELD THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT AND STRAIGHT. AND EASED THE TAHOE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TAHOE WAS HARD TO CONTROL, BUT WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW THE TAHOE LEANED SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TAHOE, I DISCOVERED THE TIRE HAD SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE TIRE COMPLELEY COLLASPED. THE SIDE WALL COMPLETELY BLOW AWAY. THIS TIRE WAS A FULL SIZE SPARE WITH ONLY 4000 MILES ON IT. SQUARE CHUNKS WHERE REMOVED FROM PART OF THE SIDEWALL. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF TEARS IN THE TIRE. FROM THE POINT OF THE TREAD TO THE CENTER.. I CALLED MY HUSBAND ON THE CELL PHONE; HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIAL (HE'S AN ATTORNEY). HE DROVE THE 20 MILES TO THE SITE AND HE WAS SHOCKED AT THE DAMAGE. WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK THE WHEEL ITSELF WAS DAMAGED. AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT KNOW IF THE REAR AXLE IS DAMAGED, IT WILL BE CHECKED OUT TOMORROW. IT'S AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW. NO ONE HAD SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THIS WAS NOT A FLAT, IT WAS AN ENTIRE BLOWOUT. WE STILL HAVE POSSESSION OF THE DEFECTIVE TIRE AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND AT THE DEALERSHIP.*AK (TIRESIZE: P2451/76R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P2451/76R1 )

THE BATTERY POSITIVE LEAKED ONTO THE BRAKE LINE WHICH IN TURN ATE THROUGH THE BRAKE LINE AND A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKES WITHOUT WARNING HAPPENED. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40MPH WHEN WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THEY WENT SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR AS I WAS STOPPING AND THEN DROPPED TO FLOOR AND I WENT THRU THE MIDDLE OF A INTERSECTION (I THANK GOD THAT TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT). I SEE THAT IN THIS DATA BASE THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HURT OF KILLED BEFORE GMC DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE PURCHASED 8 NEW GM VEHICLES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY ARE GOING TO TREAT CUSTOMERS, I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE VEHICLE WILL BE FOR SALE AS SOON AS IT IS FIXED AND ANOTHER BRAND WILL BE CONSIDERED. *AK

ABS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL GOES HARD, THEN BRAKES WILL WORK. ONCE ABS FAILED COMPLETELY. *AK ABS FAILED AGAIN GOING THROUGH A 4 WAY STOP, LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT THE TIME. *SLC

MY TAHOE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIRS 6 TIMES FOR A KNOCKING OR CRUNCHING NOISE WHEN TURNING STOPPING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. THE DEALER HAS CHANGED BOTH REAR SPRINGS,SHACKLES, U-BOLTS AND RE-TOURQUED THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS, TRANS CROSS MEMBER BOLTS, FUEL TANK MOUNTING STRAPS AND BRACKETS TO PROPER SPECS. THE VEHICLE CONTIUES TO MAKE THIS NOISE. *AK

BATTERY POST BROKE LOOSE FROM BATTERY AND BATTERY ACID LEAKED FROM BATTERY ONTO FRAME MEMBERS AND ELECTRICAL WIRE HARNESS DIRFECTLY BELOW BATTERY WITH CONSIDERABLE CORROSION TO INSULATION. DEALER REPLACED DEFECTIVE BATTERY UNDER WARRANTY WITH SAME BATTERY MODEL, BUT ACCNOWLEDGED THAT GM HAD REDESIGN A NEW BATTERY (PLANTINUM) DUE TO HEAT AND VIRBRATION PROBLEMS FROM 1995 TO CURRENT ON TRUCK AND SUV'S. DEALER SAID THAT GM HAD NOT RECALL ON EXISTING BATTERYIES OR ANY POLICY TO REPLACE AT OWNER REQUEST THE OLD DEFECTIVE DESIGNED BATTERIES WITH THE NEW REDESIGNED PLANTINUM MODEL. DEALER INC CA, , IN MONTANA AND AAA ACKNOWLEGED THAT THESE BATTERIES ARE FAILING IN LARGE QUANTIES. I FILLED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ON FAILLURE OF GM TO RECALL AND TO OFFER NEW MODEL BATTERY TO OWNERS WITH FAILUES....TODAY NO RESPONSE ON CORRECTIVE ACTION RECEIVED FOR GM. GM MAGAIZNE ARTICLE ALSO WROTE ON NEW IMPROVED DELCO PLANTINUM BATTERY'S IMPROVED DESIGN FOR BOTH HEAT AND AFFECTS OF VIBRATION. FAILURE OF BATTERY APPEARENTLY IS CAUSE BY GM HAVING ADDED THE SECOND BATTERY CABLE TO THE POSITIVE POST WHICH FAILS UNDER NORMAL ROAD VIBRATION DUE TO THE EXTRA STRESS ON THE POST ASSEMBLY. OUR DEALER DID NOT REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO THE FRAME PROTECTIVE COATINGS OR THE WIRING HARNESS.

TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. UPON DEALER DIAGNOSIS THEY FOUND TRANSMISSION HARNESS CHAFED WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THIS COMPONENT IS NOT EXPOSED TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS. BECAUSE IT IS WIRING WITH NO EXPOSURE, THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE SHOULD NOT DETERIORATE UNLESS SUBJECTED TO EXTREME HIGH TEMPERATURES OR RUBBING. *AK

POWER STEERING IS ERRATIC ON CURVES, MOSTLY TO THE LEFT. TENDS TO OVERSTEER SUDDENLY WHEN ENGAGED. VERY TRICKY WHEN ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOT OPTIMAL,I.E., RAIN. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY SO IT CAN CATCH YOU OFFGUARD. DANGER OF AN ACCIDENT IS IMMINENT IF NOT CORRECTED SOON.