10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
48,500 miles

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problem #4

Mar 252023

Tahoe

  • miles
While barely moving, (about 2 mph), in a parking lot & preparing to make a sharp left turn, knuckle of driver's side wheel assembly suddenly broke, causing the wheel assembly to collapse, wheel top tilted inward and bottom tilted outward, causing major damage to upper and lower control arms, tie rod and significant body damage to two body parts at the wheel opening. Mechanic reported that there had been very excessive -??play-?? before the collapse At 86,000 miles, this is a very low-mileage for this degree of wear and complete failure, on a full-size, PPV SUV, with many heavy-duty features, designed to tolerate high stress usage. FORTUATELY, the car was barely rolling. If this had happened 5 minutes later, I would have been driving 65 mph and this would have caused a catastrophic wreck, could have involved several other cars, and could have injured or even killed many people. I am now very concerned about the condition of the knuckle on the passenger side. It could be developing microscopic cracks that would only be observable with X-ray. ESPECIALLY with this defect being on a very popular police model, Highway Patrol PPV vehicle, more failures will endanger many people.

- Jefferson City, MO, USA

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problem #3

Jan 052020

Tahoe

  • 55,000 miles
Dashboard cracked in two different places. First near air bag and second near steering wheel. My steering wheel makes a squeaking noise ever so often. Took it in to Chevrolet shop and they found nothing wrong.

- San Diego, CA, USA

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problem #2

Aug 242018

Tahoe

  • 76,000 miles
As I was driving on 176th getting ready to turn on spanaway loop my wouldn't complete the right turn or stop so I had a head on collision with another truck and my air bags didn't deploy.

- Tacoma, WA, USA

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problem #1

Mar 192018

Tahoe

  • 63,000 miles
I was driving West bound on 176th St and as I approached the light I could not brake or turn my car to the right in which I had a head on collision with another vehicle. On in packed my airbags did not deploy! the driver of the other vehicle even told the officer he was trying to turn, his eyes were as big as a cows clearly he was in distress. Luckily neither of us were injured.

- Spanaway, WA, USA

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