2005 Chevrolet Tahoe

ABS AND TC LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED AT SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE SPEED SENSOR WAS BAD, BRAKES WERE FINE, BUT NO ABS. TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOT OF NOISE (METAL ON METAL, ETC). HAD CAR TOWED, AND THE HUB WAS BAD. WAS TOLD WE WERE LUCKY THE WHEEL DID NOT COME OFF. HAD TO REPLACE HUB ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE PADS. *TR

APPROXIMATELY 5:50 P.M. AS MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. MANY OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE STEERING LOCKED. I WAS ABLE TO CRANK AGAIN TO PULL IT INTO A BUSINESS PARKING LOT. I WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN THE PARKING SPACE AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT UPSETTING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC FOR THIS BUSINESS, BUT COULD NOT CRANK THE CAR TO GET IT COMPLETELY IN THE PARKING SPACE. AS I WAS OUT OF TOWN, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES. WHEN THE GUY CAME TO TOW THE CAR ALL THE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON, STEERING STILL LOCKED AND UNABLE TO START ENGINE UP. THE GUYS AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS TOWED STARTED WORKING ON THE VEHICLE ON FRIDAY MORNING BY CLOSING THEY STILL HAD NOT FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. AROUND LUNCH TIME ON MONDAY THEY REALIZED IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE PART WAS $49.52 BUT THE LABOR WAS COSTLY. I ENDED UP PAYING $476 TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. REALLY DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. CAN'T BELIEVE MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL WHEN IT IS THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS. MY STATEMENT ON THE REPAIR ORDER STATES, "THE CUSTOMER SAYS THE CAR STOPPED AS SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD." *TR

THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, AY THIS TIME I DON'T KNOW WEATHER OR NOT MY AIR BAGS ARE WORKING I ALSO HAVE SIDE AIR BAGS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES NOT WORKING AND WASN'T AWARE THAT AIR BAG NEED SERVICING AT NO TIME. I NEED HELP ON THIS I NEVER OWNED A CAR THAT YOU HAVE TO SERVICE AIR BAGS WITHOUT THE BAGS BEING DEPLOYED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TURNING, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE A STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILED RESULTING IN A LOSS OF FLUID AND BRAKES. I WAS TOLD ALL THE LINES, WHERE THEY CONTACTED THE FRAME, HAD CORRODED. THESE LINES SHOULD NOT FAIL DUE TO AGE OF VEHICLE. ALSO DEALER REPORTED THAT THEY ARE SEEING THIS QUITE A BIT IN CHEVY TRUCKS. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IF IT HAPPENED ON THE OPEN ROAD. ONLY BY CHANCE DID IT OCCUR WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN FOR OTHER SERVICE. A GM AGENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE ON APRIL 7, 20014. *TR

WHEN RELEASING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE I HEARD A LOUD SNAPPING NOISE. I NOTICED THAT THE RELEASE LEVER WAS VERY LOSE AND MY EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD NOT FULLY DISENGAGED. I HAD JUST PICKED MY KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE AT A SLOW SPEED WITH AN ANNOYING CHIME GOING OFF SINCE THE BREAK HAD NOT FULLY DISENGAGED. MY HUSBAND BEING A MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE RELEASE LEVER WHEN HE PULLED ON IT THE LEVER ALONG WITH THE BICYCLE BRAKE WIRE CAME OFF. I COULD NOT BELIEVE GM USED SUCH A CHEAP WIRE. THIS WIRE HAD SNAPPED AND STARTED UNRAVELING. IF I WOULD HAVE PRESSED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AGAIN I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE. WE ORDERED A NEW OEM PART THAT MY HUSBAND WILL BE PUTTING IN. THIS IS ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON OUR TAHOE LAST YEAR OUR TRANSFER CASE WENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING 72000 MILES ON THE SUV. THE TRANSFER CASE HAD TO CHANGE ALONG WITH HAVING OUR TRANSMISSION REBUILT. OUR STABILITY CONTROL MESSAGE WAS GOING ON AND OFF. I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MESSAGE FOR AWHILE NOW. ONLY ONE LIGHT IS WORKING ON THE STEERING WHEEL THESE LIGHTS BURNT OUT ON OUR THIRD YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. A YEAR AGO WHILE DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL THE TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN NO WARNING JUST SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK TO RESTART IT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP CLOSE BY THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BUT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS BRING IT IN. THIS WAS OUR FIRST BRAND NEW CAR PURCHASE BACK IN 2005, WE OWN TWO OTHER CARS THAT WERE PRE-OWNED BOTH BMW THEY ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE NOT HAD HALF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE SEEN WITH OUR TAHOE. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST AMERICAN MADE VEHICLE WE WILL PURCHASE BMW, MERCEDES, OR TOYOTA WILL BE OUR NEXT FAMILY VEHICLE. WE WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER GM. QUALITY AND DEPENDABILITY IS DEFINITELY NOT A PRIORITY. *TR