1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

WHEN DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER AND TURNING TO LEFT, STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND CAN'T FIX IT.*AK

MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS INJURED RESULTING FROM A SIDE COLLISION TO OUR 1999 CHEVY TAHOE. THE TAHOE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 - 60 MPH. THE PICKUP STRUCK THE TAHOE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE SIDE WINDOW IN THE CARGO AREA WAS BROKEN BY THE IMPACT AND THE TAHOE SPUN AROUND. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THE TAHOE WERE WEARING SAFETY BELTS WITH SHOULDER HARNRESS. MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT APPEARS TO HAVE CAUSED THE 60/40 REAR SEAT TO SHIFT A FRACTION OF AN INCH ALLOWING THE SEATBELT HARNESS TO RELEASE WHERE IT ATTACHES BELOW THE SEAT. WHEN THE SEATBELT CAME APART HE WAS THROWN TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH THE BROKEN SIDE REAR WINDOW. HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOOT SEVERING TENDONS, LIGAMENTS AND NERVES. NONE OF THE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE HURT AS THEIR SEATBELTS HELD SECURE. IT APPEARS THE ATTACHMENT WHICH SECURES THE BUCKLE TO THE SMALLER REAR SEAT REQUIRES A MORE SUBSTANTIAL ATTACHING PIN. THE 2000 MODEL TAHOE HAS A BOLT AND NUT THAT SECURES THE BUCKLE ATTACHMENT WHEREAS THE 1999 MODEL HAS A SMALL PIN WITH A FLIMSY PRESS CAP HOLDING IT IN PLACE.

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING AND SHAKING, AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED FRONT TIRES BECAUSE TREAD CAME APART. SECOND TIME, REAR TIRES DID SEPARATE, AND VEHICLE ALMOST CRASHED. TIRES ARE B.F. GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A . *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE. SHE GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO START IT UP, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HER HUSBAND OPENED THE HOOD, AND BATTERY HAD EXPLODED, AND LEAKED BATTERY ACID ALL OVER THE VEHICLE.*AK

FUSE BURNED OUT AND THERE WAS NO TURN SIGNALS. DEALERSHIP CHANGED THE FUSE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK

THIS IS TO DO WITH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE VERY EASILY THROUGH THE DOOR HANDLE. *AK

TRUCK PULLS TO ONE SIDE, BRAKES SHOES FOUND TO BE CRACKED, MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55 AND 75 MPH AND WHEN VEHICLE IS SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE ENTIRE VEHICLE SEVERELY VIBRATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE DRIVESHAFT ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHR DETAILS.*AK

EA99011, WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING MOVE BACK UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER SAID NEEDS TO REPLACE THE STEERING BOX. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BATTERY LEAK. CAUSED POSITIVE POST TO CORRODE/DISCONNECT. TRUCK IS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD, WITH LESS THAT 15,000 MILES. BATTERY ACID ALL OVER ENGINE AND HOSES. *AK