10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
89,857 miles

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problem #1

Dec 032007

Tahoe 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 89,857 miles
Outside temp below freezing so I heated up my 1998 Chevy Tahoe (including heated leather seats on low setting) and when I returned to my vehicle less than 5 minutes later, driver's seat was on fire. Vehicle has less that 90,000 miles and has not been mistreated. I happened to have a drink in my hand so I poured it on the seat to put it out. Had I actually been sitting on the seat, I could have been seriously burned.

- Birmingham, AL, USA

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