2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

A POP WAS HEARD UNDER THE ENGINE AREA AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THE CAR BEGAN TO IDLE VERY ROUGH. IT WOULD NOT RUN PROPERLY AND HAD TO PULL OFF THE STREET INTO A GAS STATION. INSIDE THE CAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE STABILITRAK SERVICE SOON LIGHT WERE ON. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES WE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, WE DECIDED TO MOVE AGAIN AND THE IDLING WAS WORSE. THE STABILITRAK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WERE FLASHING ON AND OFF. WE BEGAN TO MOVE BUT THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY BAD AND SHIFTING VERY HARD AFTER A FEW FEET OF MOVEMENT. WE DROVE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST FIRESTONE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. FIRESTONE CALLED TO NOTIFY US THAT THE CYLINDER #1 WAS EITHER STUCK/FROZE AND THAT WE WOULD NEED TO OPEN THE CYLINDERCOVER TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG. THE NEXT DAY FIRESTONE NOTIFIED US THAT THE CYLINDER ROD WAS BROKEN AND THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A CYLINDER REPLACEMENT ON THE CAR. THE CAR ONLY HAD 88K MILES AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, THIS IS TOO EARLY TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS ON A CAR WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES. I FOUND SOME ARTICLES ON-LINE WHERE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH GM AND THAT THE 20007-08, 5.3L V8 ENGINES, THE FIRST WITH THE FLEX FUEL SYSTEM, ARE STARTING TO FAIL AT THE 80K PLUS MILES RANGE. WE HAVE HAD OUR SERVICE PERFORMED AT OUR LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND THE CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WELL. IT IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR THAT SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED ON A CAR WITH LOW MILES AND GOOD MAINTENANCE RECORDS. FIRESTONE HAS FIXED THE CAR FOR $2,600.00 DOLLARS, AND CAR RENTAL FEES. THIS ENGINE FAILURE IS A DEFECT AND A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND WE AS CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM GM IF THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT FILED A FORMAL RECALL ON THIS MODEL YEAR ENGINE. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS CONDITION IF YOUR DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LOOSES THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE PLASTIC RING AROUND THE IGNITION SWITCH DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE HORN FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

ALL SIDE AIRBAGS CURTAINS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.THE DASH BOARD HAS A LONG CRACK NEARLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE CRACKS AND SOME AREAS COLLAPSED. THE PASSENGER SIDE TOP SURFACE CRACKS EXTENDED TO THE AIR BAG HOUSING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I WANT TO ADD TO THE KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CRACKED DASHBOARDS ON THIS SERIES OF GM TRUCKS. I HAVE A CRACK JUST ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE SECOND CRACK IS ABOVE THE GAUGE PANEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. MY CONCERN IS THE CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I FEAR THAT IF IN A CRASH, THE PLASTIC ON THE DASH WILL FRAGMENT AND SEND SHARP PIECES FLYING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

DASH CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THIS IS A VERY COMMON DEFECT IN GM SILVERADOS, TAHOES, SUBURBANS, YUKONS AND AVALANCHES. AT THIS POINT THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT THE HIGH MAJORITY OF CRACKS ON ALL AFFECTED DASHES ARE AGAINST/NEXT TO PASSANGER AIR BAG. IF DEPLOYED DASH FRAGMENTS WILL BECOME PROJECTILES. AS TIMES GOES ON SEVERAL OTHER CRACKS HAVE APPEARED AND AT THIS TIME GM HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS

HEAVY GASOLINE FUMES AFTER VEHICLE DRIVEN A SHORT DISTANCE. FUMES APPARENT AT STOPS, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING AND PARKED. NO TRACE OF FUMES OR INCIPIENT LEAKAGE UNDERHOOD, HOWEVER THERE IS WEEPAGE ON THE UPPER-INBOARD AREA OF THE TANK ITSELF. A VERY DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAVE BROKEN ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015. REPLACEMENT DOOR HANDLE ALSO BROKE.

DASH CRACKED AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND NUMEROUS OTHER PLACES. PLASTIC PIECES CRACKING AND FALLING OFF WHERE IT USED TO BE ATTACHED.

OIL CONSUMPTION OF AT LEAST A QUART BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, MISFIRING AT IDLE CAUSING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, STABILITY TRACK CONTROL SERVICE LIGHT. CHEVROLET TELLS ME THERE IS NOT EVEN 1 SERVICE BULLETIN OR RECALL NOTICE ON MY TAHOE. *TR