1995 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

I RECENTLY READ OF YOUR INVESTIGATION OF TAHOE BATTERY LEAKAGE. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN POWER FAILURE. MY BRAKES FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY, AND WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR I WAS TOLD THAT ACID FROM THE BATTERY HAD LEAKED ONTO THE BRAKE LINE AND DESTROYED IT. ALL THE FLUID WAS LOST. THE BRAKE LINE, RIGHT FRONT HOSE AND (OF COURSE) BATTERY WERE REPLACED. SOMEONE SHOULD TELL GM THAT IT IS NOT TOO SMART TO PUT LEAKY BATTERIES OVER A BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN (AND STILL IS) DEALER MAINTAINED AND SERVICED. *AK

THE BATTERY LEAKED BATTERY ACID. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS CORRODDED BY THE ACID AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ACID ALSO LEAKED ONTO THE INNER FENDER AND THE BRAKE LINE. THE ACID REMOVED THE PAINT FROM THE FENDER WHICH BEGAN TO RUST. THE BRAKE LINE APPEARS CORRODDED BUT HAS NOT FAILED YET.

MY BATTERY FAILURE WAS SAME AS POWER FAILURE THAT NEWSPAPER SAID NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING. I STILL HAVE BATTERY WHICH WILL SHOW WHY VEHICLE LOSES POWER. I ALSO KNOW OF ONE MORE EXACT SAME FAILURE WITH A SUBURBAN WHICH PROBABLY HAS'NT BEEN REPORTED. THE CARGO DOOR HINGES ARE ANOTHER FAILURE THAT GMC REFUSES TO ADDRESS AND BLAMES IT ON POOR MAINTINENCE BY THE OWNER. *AK

RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT RISER FAILURE TO LOCK IN POSITION UNDER HARD STOP, DEALER SAYS ITS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR TAHOES AT $450. *AK

FIRE STARTED UNDER DRIVER'S POWER SEAT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SEAT BELTS ALWYAS GETS CAUGHT. REPLACED ONCE BY THE DEALER REFUSE TO ADMIT DESIGN FLAW. WILL NOT REPALCE THE DAMAGED SEATBELTS. THE SEAT BELT INTEGRITY IS BEING COMPROMISED. *AK

DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S COST. OWNER BELIEVES THAT IT IS A DEFECT. *AK *ML

NHTSA CAMPAIGN#95V124000 INDICATED A WIRING DEFECT ON THE HIGH MOUNTED STOP LIGHT FOR 1995 CHECROLET TAHOE. MINE FAILS.I TOOK THE TRUCK TO JERRY HAMM CHEV. IN JACKSONVILLE ON 5/4/00 TO HAVE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FIXED FOR THE SECOND TIME,AND ASKED THEM TO ALSO REPAIR THE HIGH-LIGHT. THEY REFUSED,STATED THE RECALL WAS NOT IN THEIR DATABASE. I PROVIDED THEM WITH A PRINTED COPY OF YOUR CAMPAIGN,AND THEY STILL REFUSED. THEY ALSO MADE ME PAY FOR THE ABS MODULATOR REPAIR ON 02/22/99 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT TAHOES WERE HAVING ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURES. I DON'T THINK THE ABS MODULATOR (HEART OF THE ABS) SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE FAILED AT 47,000 MILES. THE ONLY THING THEY DID WAS SPLIT THE COST OF THE PART AFTER I COMPLAINED AND INDICATED I WAS CALLING CHEVROLET

PASSENGER'S SIDE LAP RESTRAINT IS JAMMED. BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT OF THE RETRACTOR SO THAT IT CAN BE USED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BOTH PASSABGER AND DRIVER SEAT FRAMES/TRACKS HAVE FAILED. SEATS ROCK EXCESSIVELY AND PASSANGER SEAT SOMTIMES RELEASES AND SLIDES FOWARD. 3 FRIENDS THAT HAVE CHEVY TAHOE'S HAVE HAD THEIR SEAT FRAMES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES (ONE PERSON HAS HAD 6 NEW SEATS) I BELIEVE THAT THIS AMOUNT OF FAILURES CONSTITUTES A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND IS UNQUESTIONABLY A SAFETY HAZARD (PASSANGER SEAT SLIDING FOWARD WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ABRUPTLY, I ALMOST SENT MY GIRLFRIEND THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW). I AM ONLY 175LBS AND MY SEATS FRAMES HAVE NO REASON TO FAIL. PLEASE CHECK ANY DEALER REPAIR HISTORY FOR THIS MAKE AND YOU MAY FIND AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUT OF FAILURES. *AK