1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE REAR SIDEWALL COMPLETLY GONE. THERE WAS NO INJURIES. TIRE WAS A B.F.GOODRICH, RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A ,#P245/75R16 ,109S M+S . TCONSUMER HAS CONTACTED B.F.GOODRICH. *AK

WAS BRAKING VEHICLE & THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. MADE CONTROLLING OF VEHICLE HARD. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT BRAKE ROTORS WERE CAUSING THE SHAKING PROBLEM. MECHANIC TOOK THE BRAKE ROTORS OFF & INFORMED OWNER THEY WERE MADE OF TIN. ROTORS WERE REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE.*AK FRONT AND BACK BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *YH

PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 CHEVROLET, TAHOE, TIRE SIZE P26575R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAVE 11 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THAT ON ALL FOUR TIRES SMALL CRACKS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE TREAD LINE. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE PIECES OF THE TREAD WAS MISSING. .*AK

WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WELL WITHIN THE TAHOE LIMITS, THE TAHOE BROKE DOWN AT 13,800 MILES ON 5/10/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, IT WAS REPAIRED. BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 14,531 MILES ON 5/14/99 IT WAS IN THE SHOP UNTIL 5/21/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, THEN REPAIRED. THEN IT BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 15,319 MILES ON 5/29/00 REPAIRED BY THE DEALER EACH TIME. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE WENT ON VACATION THIS YEAR AND GOT BACK HOME. WE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE BACK AREA. WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE REAR END , WE WERE AT 33,915 MILES ON 8/17/00, THEY HOWEVER WOULD NOT REPAIR IT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY (3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES). WE HAD TO AUTHORIZE AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED, AND UNDER PROTEST WE DID. WE HAD TO GO HAVE THE TRAILER AND TAHOE WEIGHED AND GET A CERTIFICATE TO SHOW WE WERE NOT OVERWEIGHT. WE DID AND WERE WITHIN TOWING REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED AND PROPER WEIGHT DISTRUBUTION HITCH ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE ALL OUR WORK ORDERS IF NEEDED FOR FUTHER INSPECTION. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE OR MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE.*AK

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STRONGLY RESISTED ANY MOVEMENT, CONSUMER REALIZED THAT SOME HOW THE 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WERE ENGAGED AND AT NO TIME WERE EITHER TURNED ON, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THESE FAILURES COULD POSSIBLY BE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, AND BRAKES HAD TO BE PUMPED TO STOP A LITTLE. THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING, AS WELL. DEALER FOUND ALOT OF BATTERY ACID THAT BADLY CORRORED BOTH BRAKE LINES. DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO CLEAN AWAY THE RUST, BUT IT WAS STILL WAS THERE.*AK

VEHICLE IS PULLING, FEELS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. WHEN AT 35MPH VEHICLE GOES A MILE BEFORE IT KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR. WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. *AK

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCING CRACK LINES ON THE TREAD LINE, TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRESTONE RECALL. *MJS

BATTERY HAS LEAKED ACID ONTO BRAKE LINE, CAUSING ALL FLUID TO LEAK, AMD A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. DEAELR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE BATTERY ACID CORRODED THE BRAKE LINE. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15-20MPH, AND VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RELEASED, THROWING CHILD TO REAR OF THE CARGO AREA OF TRUCK. CHILD'S LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW. DEALER SIDE COULDN'T HELP THE CONSUMER & TO SEND LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT OF GMC. *AK