10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
66,077 miles

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problem #6

Dec 162020

Tahoe

  • 148,964 miles
Well my air bag light stay on never goes over and my driver seat belt does not even lock at all. Then I keep hear this popping noise that come from hub and shocks and nothing on my dash works 1st it started off by I couldnt see what gear I was in. My driver seat U push the button to go forward it moves the seat back. My heat blower has something wrong with and it has something to do with this purple wire on the floor bored. Now my truck cant get on the free way because every thime I get on the freeway and on the free way four more then 10-15 min my truck just shuts off. My heated seated only stay on for 1 to 2 min and then keeps shutting off. My back seats dont let down at all. Then at the bottom of my truck where the oil pan is for some reason there is always alot of oil all over at the bottom like someone just dip my truck in a big bowl of oil. Then when my ignition where the yellow black and red wire go to the top of my ignition the black plug is real lose and can't replace at all. And with everything on now with my income im already out of $5,000 already for parts and labor this is mu only car I have and I really need my car right now dont have money to go buy a new truck or car. I really need my truck it mean alot to me.

- Spanaway, WA, USA

problem #5

Jan 012011

Tahoe

  • 83,000 miles
My control panel lights and heat and air control knobs are going out. My back seat seatbelt sometimes want latch and my 3rd row seating will not latch to the bracket. My stearing is bad it will not line up and thats just the begining of the problems that should not happen. My grandkids ride in this vehicle.

- Suwanee, GA, USA

problem #4

Mar 222013

Tahoe

  • 137,000 miles
My wife and 3 sons and 2 other kids were on their way to a baseball tournament. She was stopped while a driver in front of her was making a U turn. She was hit by another driver in the rear mostly on the drivers side corner of our Tahoe. That car went under our Tahoe and knocked our truck sideways. The other vehicle that hit her was traveling at approx. 50mph. My 11 year old son was seat belted in the third row seat on the drivers side where the impact was located. Upon impact his seat belt came unfastened causing him to hit the seat in front of him.

- Lexington, KY, USA

problem #3

Jun 202009

Tahoe 8-cyl

  • miles
Rear & third row seating seat belts do not attach all the time proper & outer casing of receiving end falls apart for no reason.

- Gilbert, AZ, USA

problem #2

Jul 252005

Tahoe 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Caller received a recall on the seat loop in the second seat in vehicle, and the dealer could not fix it without keeping it over night. Caller did not have recall number. Manufacturer offered no help, caller was on phone with them for 45 minutes. Caller wanted a rental vehicle, but they would not give him one.

- Lenexa, KS, USA

problem #1

Apr 142004

Tahoe 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • 27,500 miles
The rear seatbelt in my 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe allows me to insert the metal buckle between parts of the buckle and the actual receiving end wich it belongs leading me to believe my children are safely buckled in. I had to stop suddenly and my four year-old child was thrown out of his car seat because the buckle was improperly fastened. Because my child is in a booster seat it nearly impossible to reach over and visibly see whihc "hole" the metal buckle was inserted into. Fortunately my son just experienced minor bruising, but it could have been much worse.

- Centennial, CO, USA