10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 1
Average Mileage:
117,460 miles

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problem #4

Sep 022020

Tahoe

  • 268,000 miles
While in motion seat belt would come undone or wouldn't unlock from lock in order to use. Brakes would slip. My boyfriend was killed in an accident because the seat belt malfunctioned which then caused the airbags to malfunction and the brakes stuck so he wasn't able to slow down sufficiently.

- Patterson, LA, USA

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problem #3

Feb 182015

Tahoe 4WD 8-cyl

  • 168,000 miles
Lower right ball joint on vehicle failed causing truck to lose control side swipe a parked car and travel another 70 feet knocking over a stop sign. Drivers side seat belt did not hold me in seat causing me to go forward hitting head on steering wheel. I cracked a molar tooth and both knees were injured hitting the trim piece under instrument cluster.

- Denver, CO, USA

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problem #2

Jun 262006

Tahoe 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 33,840 miles
The safety belt locks up and will not pull out of its base unit so you can't put it on.

- Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA

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problem #1

Apr 222002

Tahoe 4WD

  • miles
Passenger's seat belt mechanism jammed preventing seat belt from working.

- Houston, TX, USA

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