1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

BRAKES FAILED AT 19,443 MILES. BOTH PADS AND RIGHT ROTOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT STAND BEHIND WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SERVICE BULLETINS OUT ON BOTH THE BRAKES AND ROTORS.

VEHICLE STALLED OUT DUE TO A FIRE STARTED BY THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH BURNT THROUGH THE GAS TANK.*AK WIRE GOING TO FUEL PUMP SHORTED OUT ON FRAME CAUSING FIRE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *YH

THE BATTERY IN MY 1999 TAHOE HAS STARTED LEAKING FROM THE POSTIVE POST AND HAS DONE $ 480 DAMAGE TO THE CABLES AND STARTER MOTOR. THE SERVICE REP SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE. I HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE JUST 10 DAYS BEFORE, AND NOTHEN WAS SAID ABOUT A LEAK. REAILABLE SAID THAT THE BATTERY IS A 6 YR. BATTERY, BUT WHEN IT IS PUT INTO A NEW VEHICLE THE WARRENTY IS FOR 3 YRS OR 36,000 MILES. HE SAID THAT DELCO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SIDE POST BATTERYS AND THEY ARE CHANGING OUT A LOT OF THEM, BUT BECAUSE I HAVE OVER 36,000 MILES, I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR MY WORK. WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT NEED A TUNE UP FOR 100,000 MILES AND IT HAS A MAINTANCE FREE BATTERY. HERE IT IS 28 MONTHS LATER AND ONLY 59,000 MILES AND THE BATTERY HAS DONE $480.00 OF DAMAGE, AND I FIND OUT IT IS HAPPING A LOT WITH DELCO BATTERYS. THIS CAN BE A HAZARD, BECAUSE THE ACID GETS ON DRIVEWAYS AND KIDS PLAY THERE. WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, I ASK FRO A GM EXTENTED WARRENTY. I PAID $540.00 FOR THIS AND NOW I FIND OUT THAT I GOT SOME OTHER WARRENTY, NOT THE GM ONE AND IT DOESN'T COVER BATTERYS. WHAT IS THE CONSUMER SUPPOSE TO DO. I HAVE HAD THE REGULAR MAINTANCE REQUIRE BY GM DONE AT RELIABLE AND ONLY 10 DAYS EARILER IT WAS IN THEIR SHOP FOR OIL CHANGE AND GREASED AND I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS DAMAGE. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WILL BE APPRECIATED. TO MAKE THING WORSE, I WAS CHARGED $34.95 BY RELIABLE TO RUN A DIAGNOSIS TEST TO DETERMINE THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING FROM THE POST. THE SERVICE REP RAISED THE HOOD WHEN I CARRIED IT IN AND SAID IT IS LEAKING FROM THE POST, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH DELCO BATTERYS. I DON'T SEE WHY A TEST WAS THEN RAN.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, THE FORCE TO THE SIDE IMPACT POSSIBLY CAUSED THE SEAT BRACKET TO BEND CAUSING THE SEAT BUCKLE ATTACHMENT BAR TO POP FREE FROM THE HOLDING PIN, THIS RESULTED IN THE BACK SEAT CONSUMER TO SOMERSAULT OVER THE BACK SEAT INJURING HIS FOOT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS AN UNSAFE DESIGN. *SLC

THE VEHICLE WILL LOCK OR UNLOCK ITSELF WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE, MAKING IT UNWISE TO LEAVE ANYTHING OF ANY VALUE IN THE VEHICLE, NOT TO MENTION THE INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING THE VEHICLE STOLEN.

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED CAUSING PULSATIONS UNDER BRAKING CONDITIONS. WORSENS WITH WEAR.

HAD TO STOP QUICKLY. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT EVEN GETTING CLOSE TO SQUEELING THE TIRES AT ALL. WAS ABLE TO STOP, BUT NOT VERY QUICKLY. BRAKES SMELLED FOLLOWING THE STOP. ASKED THE DELEAR ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND GOT NO GOOD EXPLAINATION. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WEAK BRAKES!*AK

UNIROYAL TIGER PAW TIRES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

ALL OF THE GEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWO TIMES. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS AT 10000 MILES. DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED THAT PROBLEM EXISTED BECAUSE WEIGHT LIMIT WAS EXCEEDED. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXCEEDING WEIGHT LIMIT. *AK RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL AND ANOTHER SEAL ON DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. *YH

THIS VEH. HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES AND PROBLEM IS THE SAME. AT HIGH SPEEDS THE FRONT END VIBRATES. WHEN YOU GO AROUND A CURVE AT CERTIN SPEED AND HIT A BUMP YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME . ONE TIME I LOST PARTIAL CONTROL INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT 75MPH. THEY HAVE BLAMED THE TIRES (ALTHOUGH THEY REPLACED THEM 5 TIMES) THEY HAVE REALIGNED THE FRONT, BALANCED THE TIRES ENDLESSLY AND TRIED EVERYTHING THEY COULD THINK OF AND ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. THIS IS TRULY A DANGEROUS TO HAVE ON THE ROAD AND IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE ONE OF THESE DAYS. *AK