1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

CONTACTED GMC , THEY WOULD NOT COME OUT TO INSPECT VEHICLE AS REQUESTED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. ALSO, ABS LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND NOISES, SUCH AS BRAKES "CHATTERING" WHILE BRAKING. DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND SHOES/DRUMS AND MASTER CYLINDER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE TOP. THE CAR ONLY SLOWED DOWN UNTIL I HIT THE VEHICLE INFRONT OF ME. I HAVE REPORTED THE BRAKES FAILURE TO THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY. THE DEALER'S RESPONSE IS THAT THIS IS NORMAL. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE & OWNER NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL PUMP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT TOP OF FUEL PUMP'S ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WAS CAUSING THE LEAKAGE. FUEL LEAKAGE PROBLEM IS REPAIRABLE. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED NOTICED FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THE TOP OF FUEL PUMP, THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, WAS CAUSING IT TO LEAK. PROBLEM WAS REPAIRABLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND VEERED OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WAS SOFT AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATION. IN ADDITION, STEERING WHEEL PULLED BACK AND FORTH, DUE TO ROTOR FAILURE. *AK *YH

WE PURCHASED THE 1999 TAHOE IN JUNE, 1998. WE HAD THE ROTORS TURNED IN DECEMBER 1998 AND THEN REPLACED AUG. 1999. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A NEW VEHICLE, LET ALONE ONE THAT COSTS AS MUCH AS THE TAHOE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS GOING TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING VERY GOOD, ESPECIALLY AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 40 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE BLED IN THE SUMMER OF 1999. THAT SEEMED TO HELP FOR A WHILE. BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO REAPPEAR. WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO OUR DEALER. THEY THEN REPLACED THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. THAT SEEMED TO HELP. BUT I FEEL THE BRAKE SYSTEM STILL IS NOT A GOOD SYSTEM WHEN YOU MUST PRESS THE PEDAL DOWN SO FAR TO GET A GOOD STOP. THE MANIFOLD GASKETS ALSO HAD TO ALREADY BE REPLACED. FOR A FAIRLY NEW AND EXPENSIVE VEHICLE, WE HAVE HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. (WE HAD A 1995 CHEVY SUBURBAN BEFORE, AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. WE REALLY LIKED THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON IT AND WISH WE HAD NEVER TRADED FOR THE TAHOE.) ONE THING I NOTICED ON YOUR RECALLS, ON THE 1998 TAHOES, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ROTORS AND BRAKING SYSTEM. SINCE OUR TRUCK WAS BUILT EARLY IN MAY 1998, AND LISTED AS 1999, COULD WE HAVE POSSIBLY INHERITED THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE 1998 TAHOE? I WOULD LOVE TO PURCHASE A 2000 TAHOE, BUT HESITATE BECAUSE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM THEY MAY HAVE. PLEASE INFORM ME IF THERE COULD BE A RECALL ON OUR MODEL AND YEAR. I FEEL THE 1998 RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 1999 SINCE EVERYTHING ON THE VEHICLES ARE THE SAME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 40 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER HIT OTHER VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN THE SIDE OF CAR. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER FELT AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *AK

VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR FROM A REDLIGHT VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO DRIVESHAFT BEING LOOSE . THE REMEDY REMEDY IS TO GO IN AND PUT GREASE ON SPLINES OF THE OUTPUT SHAFT TO TAKE OUT THE SLACK OF THE CONNECTION. *AK