1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

TAILGATE RUSTED THROUGH FROM THE INSIDE OUT WHERE THE LATCH/RELEASE MECHANISM IS WELDED INSIDE THE TAILGATE.*AK

ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CAUSING EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. NO INDIACTIONS OF EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS IE. ABS DASH LIGHT, BRAKES IN GOOD CONDITION, VEHICLE JUST NYS SAFETY INSPECTED.*AK

NOTICED VIBRATIONS THROUGH STEERING WHEEL AND AUTOMOBILE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT.HAD TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED.TECH NOTICED THAT THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BROKEN BELT. REPLACED TIRE. SAME PROBLEM OCURRED AT 37933 MILES WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE,BUT THIS TIME TIRE WENT FLAT.SAW A PUNCTURE HOLE BUT NO EVIDENCE OF NAIL OR ANYTHING ELSE. NOTICED BUKGE ON SIDE OF TIRE WHEN INFLATED WITH AIR. *AK

THE DISCS AND THE CYLINDER HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. IF WE DRIVE IN THE NEARBY SMOKEY MOUNTAINS THE BRAKES BEGIN TO SMOKE SOON AFTER STARTING DOWNHILL WHERE MORE BRAKING THAN USUAL IS REQUIRED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE GMC DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE TAHOE THAT THE BRAKES ON THE 1996 VEHICLE WERE TOO SMALL AND HAVE SINCE BEEN UPGRADED ON LATER VEHICLES. YET THEY CHARGE US TO REPLACE THE BRAKE DISCS OR CYLINDER. WE BASICALLY CAN NOT DRIVE IN ANY MOUNTAIN AREAS WITH JUST PASSENGERS, MUCH LESS PULLING ANYTHING.*AK

VEHICLE HIT A TREE HEAD-ON AT 40MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK THERE WERE THREE INJURIES. *SLC

COMPUTER CHIP FAILED, AND VEHICLE WILLNOT START AT ALL. DEALERSHIP REPLACED COMPUTER CHIP, AND NOTED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS, AIRCONDITIONER, AND COMPUTER BRAIN WERE ALL REPLACED. *SLC

HOOD LATCH RELEASED WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH. HOOD WRAPPED OVER WINDSHIELD AND OBSCURED FORWARD VISION COMPLETELY.*AK

ACCIDENT RON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A SUDDEN STOP IN TRAFFIC. WE WERE A LEAST AT AN EIGHT SECOND FOLLOWING DISTANCE. WHEN WE TRY TO STOP THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE LOCKED UP. OUR TRUCK SLAMMED INTO A FULL SIZED TRUCK WHICH THEN IN TURN CRASHED INTO A MINIVAN. DAMAGES TOTALED OVER $15,000 THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE.

FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. MECHANICS AT DEALERSHIP MENTIONED TO CONSUMER THAT THEY REPLACED THIS COMPONENT ALL THE TIME, IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE DRIVER PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL.VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 96V057000 DUE TO VIN. *AK