2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN THE PARK POSITION, THE ROOF-MOUNTED AIR BAGS IN THE FRONT SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO SENT AN INVESTIGATOR OUT TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE INVESTIGATOR CONCLUDED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THE CONTACT NO LONGER WANTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,286.

I OWE A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. I NOTICED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR THAT THERE IS A 2-3 INCH CRACK ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE--RIGHT ON TOP OF WHERE THE AIR BAG IS! I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID "SINCE IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE" GENERAL MOTORS SAID THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE DASH! HOW DO THEY FREAKING KNOW IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT'S ON TOP OF THE AIR BAG??? AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER CRACK! THIS ONE IS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON TOP OF THE DASH! THIS CRACK IS 6-7 INCHES LONG. I TAKE SUPER GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLES, SUN SHADES, REGULAR CONDITIONING, ETC. AND SINCE THE VEHICLE IS 4 YEARS OLD, THERE IS NO REASON (OTHER THAN CRAPPY WORKMANSHIP AND CRAPPY MATERIALS AND CRAPPY ENGINEERING) TO HAVE NOT ONE BUT TWO CRACKS ON A $50,000 VEHICLE! SO I'M GUESSING WHEN MY AIR BAG FAILS ON MY PASSENGER SIDE AND WHEN MY DAUGHTER GETS HURT IN A WRECK BECAUSE THE AIRBAG DOESN'T PROPERLY DEPLOY, THEN IT WILL BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I WILL BE ALL OVER GENERAL MOTORS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. CHECK THE INTERNET. HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME CRACKS HAPPENING. GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS CHOOSING TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND HELP US GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. *TR

2007 TAHOE LTZ. MY TAHOE CAUGHT ON FIRE AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY ON 9/10/10. I SAW SMOKE IN THE BACK OF MY SUV AS I WAS DRIVING. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED IN THE BACK OF THE SUV. FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK END OF THE AUTO. IT TOOK THE FIREMEN 20 MINUTES TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS SAYING IT MUST BE MECHANICAL, WHICH THEY START TO TELL ME THAT TYPE OF FIRE IS NOT COVERED AND THEY ARE NOT COVERING DAMAGES, WHICH THE SUV IS TOTALED. BUT THE FIRE WAS ONLY IN THE REAR OF THE SUV. I'M SURE THIS WILL BE A BATTLE! OTHER THINGS ARE MY WINDSHIELD ALSO COMES ON RANDOM TIMES WITH THE WATER SPRAYING WHENEVER IT WANTS. DOOR HANDLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HANDLE WAS SHARP AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. LETTERING ON BUTTONS DOESN'T SEEM TO LAST. LOT'S OF SEAT BELT PROBLEMS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ WITH 60K MILES ON IT NOW. MY GIRLFRIEND NORMALLY RIDES WITH ME AND HAS CUT HER HAND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS NOW ON MY INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE THAT IS PEELING. IT STARTED WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE, AND NOW ALL 4 DOOR HANDLES ARE PEELING ON THE CAR AND THE METAL THAT IS STILL ON POSES A SERIOUS CUT RISK. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND SO FAR THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN REPLACE THE PARTS BUT AT A COST AND LABOR TO ME, NOT COVERING ANY PORTION. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS IT SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MY TYPE OF CAR MODEL AND I FEEL LIKE GM SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS CRAPPY PART AND REPLACE FOR FREE. *TR

BATTERY DIES OUT OFTEN, HAD IT RECHARGED MORE THAN 5 TIMES SINCE 2007...DASHBOARD CRACKED ON DRIVER SIDE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO ALSO. NOW THE "ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT COMES ON" AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WILL GO REALLY SLOW AND INCREASE SPEED VERY SLOWLY. HAD THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES. DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT. RECENTLY THE CHROME PLATING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE JUST STARTED PEELING FOR NO REASON. IT IS SHARP AS A RAZOR BLADE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY WIFE ALREADY CUT HER FINGER VERY BADLY. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND AN EXTREME HAZARD. *TR

EARLY LAST WEEK, I TOOK MY WIFE'S VEHICLE TO A LOCAL TIRE DEALER CLOSE TO MY HOME TO HAVE FOUR NEW TIRES PUT ON. ONE OF THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS WAS BAD SO I WENT & BOUGHT A NEW ONE SO IT COULD BE REPLACED. WHILE SWITCH WAS ON (ENGINE NOT RUNNING), THE TIRE MAN BEGAN TO RE-TRAIN THE SENSORS. IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THIS & BEING INDOORS & THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE ON (AGAIN ENGINE NOT RUNNING) THE BATTERY RAN DOWN & THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HE HAD TO USE A JUMP BOX TO START THE CAR. DURING THE RUNNING OF THE ENGINE EVERY IDIOT LIGHT CAME ON & STARTED ONE AT A TIME TO GO OUT. AFTER I LEFT I FOUND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WAS CHANGED WAS THE ENGINE HOURS RE-SET TO ZERO. I LOOKED ON-LINE & FOUND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL BLOGS CONCERNING THE SAME AS I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE WITH THE SAME RESULT. SO I CONTACTED GM VIA EMAIL ON THEIR WEB SITE TO TELL THEM THE ABOVE. THEY CALLED ME BACK & CLAIMED THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH. THEY SUGGESTED I TALK TO MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER & FIND OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. I EXPLAINED ALL THE ABOVE TO EDWARDS CHEVROLET IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. THE SERVICE MANAGER ASK IF ANYTHING ELSE WAS GOING ON BESIDES THE ENGINE HOURS? I TOLD HIM NO. HE SAID I SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. THE NEXT DAY THE GM MAN CALLED ME BACK & I TOLD HIM WHAT THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID & HE SAID OK BUT I PROBABLY NEED AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) & I SAID I AIN'T BUYING NOTHING AS NOTHING ELSE WAS GOING ON WITH THE CAR. NOW I HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL CALLS FROM A WOMAN AT GM SAYING SHE HAS TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT EDWARDS AND HE TOLD HER THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AT EDWARDS (EVEN AFTER I TOLD GM THAT EDWARDS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS) & HAPPENED AT A INDEPENDENT DEALER (WHICH I ALREADY STATED) & NOW THE GM WOMAN SAYS I NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. HERE'S WHAT I SEE, THIS IS A GM ISSUE, NOT THE CHEVROLET DEALER OR THE INDEPENDENT TIRE DEALER. I HAVE SAID ALL I AM GOING TO GM ABOUT THIS MATTER & I HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. MAYBE NOW A FORD??????? *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2007 CHEVY TAHOE AND I HAVE CUT MY FINGERS ON BOTH DOOR HANDLES. IT SEEMS THAT THEY USED CHEAP CHROME PLATED HANDLES AND IT IS PEALING. IT IS RAZOR SHARP. I AM JUST GLAD NEITHER MY WIFE OR KIDS GOT CUT. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS AND SEE IF THERE ARE OTHERS. DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 36,000 MILES. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED! THANKS *TR

2007 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ HAS MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. LAST YEAR, I STARTED NOTICING ISSUES IN MAY. CAR EXHIBITED RANDOM STARTING FAILURES (NO STARTER TURNING - LIKE DEAD BATTERY) WHICH WILL RESOLVE AND BEGIN FUNCTIONING ON ITS OWN AFTER TIME PASSED. BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY DEALER WITH NO RESOLUTION. MAJOR FLUCTUATIONS AND ACTIVATION OF THE WARNING LIGHTS IN THE DASH ( ABS, SUSPENSION SERVICE, TRACTION CONTROL, BACKUP ASSISTANCE, CRUISE CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, ALL NEEDLE GAUGES FLUCTUATE RANDOMLY, TRIP COMPUTER INFORMATION DEACTIVATES RANDOMLY) NOTED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. DOOR LOCKS ALSO RANDOMLY LOCK WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING. WINDSHIELD WIPERS PERIODICALLY TURN AND WASHER FLUID IS EXPRESSED. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT ROUGHLY WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE BEING SEEN. ALSO, THE AIR CONDITIONER WILL CEASE COOLING THE AIR DURING THESE TIMES BUT CONTINUE TO RUN THE BLOWER FAN ( JUST UNCOOLED AIR). ALL THESE PROBLEMS WILL COME AND GO RANDOMLY. ALL THESE SYMPTOMS WERE REPORTED AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN SUMMER 2009. MULTIPLE CPU MODULES WERE REPLACED AND THE CAR SEEMED BETTER. NOW THE ISSUES ARE ARISING AGAIN AND MORE FREQUENTLY. THE 2007 TAHOE LTZ WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN YESTERDAY. GM PERSONNEL WERE VERY CONFRONTATIONAL WHEN DISCUSSION THE ISSUES OF A DESIGN/PRODUCTION/MANUFACTURING DEFECT, YET THE SERVICE MANAGER COULD PRACTICALLY RECITE VERBATIM THE ISSUES I WAS HAVING AS I STARTED TO DESCRIBE THE INITIAL PROBLEMS. HE ADMITTED THAT THIS WAS VERY COMMON , AND HE STATED THE BCM COULD BE OUT. THAT ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER MODULES WERE REPLACED ALREADY LAST YEAR. I HAVE HEARD AND READ NUMEROUS SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THIS YEAR TAHOE. SOMEONE WITHIN THE REGULATING AGENCIES NEEDS TO STEP IN AND FORCE A REVIEW. GM ALREADY CHARGED ME $3000+ LAST YEAR TO "FIX" THIS. NOW, THEY ARE ALREADY BALKING AT THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A GM MANUFACTURING OR QUALITY ISSUE CAUSING ALL THESE FREQUENT ISSUES. THE CONSUMER NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.. SOON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR INTERIOR CHROME DOOR HANDLES WERE PEELING AND CAUSING INJURY TO THE PASSENGERS WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO PASSENGERS CUT THEIR HANDS ON THE DOOR HANDLES, INCLUDING HIMSELF. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000.