This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
While driving or idling, vehicle displays error messages stating "reduced engine power", "stabilitrak system disabled" and "service traction control." The engine power reduces and the vehicle hesitates upon acceleration. It is difficult to get the vehicle to accelerate, especially in lower gears. Sometimes the vehicle completely loses power in the middle of driving and all control of the vehicle is lost. This has occurred both on city streets and major highways. Purchased the vehicle used about 5 months ago and it began doing this at after about two weeks of ownership. Took it to a Chevrolet dealership and they said the throttle body was sticking and needed to be replaced. The problem seems to be getting worse over the last few weeks. The vehicle is now stalling on a regular basis (about 1-3 times every time it is driven). The problem is worse when it rains a lot outside. I am afraid to drive the vehicle with my children inside because I have lost power on in the middle of a major interstate twice.
Door handles are peeling and caused my child to get a cut and bleed, lights on inside of the truck keep turning on and off seem spoke electrical shortage
The power lift gate for my car is not working properly. It does one of several things, works correctly when it wants to. Doesn't open at all when prompted, opens half way then shuts on its own, opens all the way and shuts on its own, or opens at random times when after just locking and securing the car. Also when open and prompted to close with the button/S, it will either close, not close or close half way and re open. Today my power lift gate decided to open suddenly on its own when I locked the car and stepped about 2 feet away, in just that moment a passing car in the parking lot was coming by and had to suddenly stop to avoid hitting my now raising power lift gate. Need less to say he was inches from hitting the corner of the gate with the front windshield of his car.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. While driving approximately 35 mph, the contact noticed a burning odor from the front of the vehicle. The windshield wiper fluid function failed and the radio continued to function after the contact shut the vehicle off. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but the failures recurred. The contact also mentioned that the battery warning light would illuminate intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 10V240000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.
My tire monitoring system went out and now my keyless entry remote does not work. This same thing has happened to my daughter's and her husband's vehicle that he drives for work and they are all 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. This is quite an expensive repair and I feel that 3 people that own the same make model and year that something must be faulty.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact observed the plastic ring around the ignition switch detached from the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the dashboard was fractured on the driver side of the vehicle and the horn failed. The failure recurred continuously. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000.
Oil consumption of at least a quart between oil changes, misfiring at idle causing check engine light, stability track control service light. Chevrolet tells me there is not even 1 service bulletin or recall notice on my Tahoe.
I have 3 issues. Low power which read a lot of people have the same issue (bad torque converter).bad oil loss. Which everyone seems to have.which the won't fix. Transmission slipping which everyone is having and is not the transmission it's electrical. I was told to send a complaint in to you guys. I have read alot on this car and these are very common problems with the 07 Tahoe and I have all 3.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The contact mentioned that the battery was replaced on six occasions, but the failure recurred. In addition, the door locks independently locked and the lights on the instrument panel flashed intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the negative cable hot 1.5 ample and two volt drop positive cables were replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 9,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The odometer on these vehicles last just long enough to get out of the factory warranty and then they go out. Mine went out with approximately 110K miles. With this portion of the instrument cluster not lit you can not see your odometer miles nor what gear you are in. By reading online I found that there are a lot of cases just like mine. GM needs to have a recall on this. It is not the consumers fault that GM has faulty equipment in these vehicles. Thanks for your time and consideration.
Vehicle electrical system repeatedly shuts off while driving. Loss of critical components that are required to control vehicle. No warning whatsoever...
While driving it he vehicle it shuts off, all of the gauges go to zero the power steering goes out and I am no longer able to accelerate until I restart the car. The lights inside and out go off and on. The doors lock and unlock continuously, . in the past year this has happened 3 or 4 times.
My 2007 Tahoe sputtered and hesitated as I approached a stop sign. As I stopped stability control / traction control dashlights appeared as well as the check engine, they both blinked and dash read service stabilitrak, and service traction control. As I pulled from stop sign the tranny slammed into 2nd gear with a bang and I was barely accelerating pulled over and shut the car off. When I tried to restart it just turned over. It took a few tries to get it to start, and when it did I smelled a strong smell of unburned fuel from the exhaust. I will contact GM to file complaint as my Tahoe has only 97K on it. Hopefully it's covered by warranty.
I was stopped at a stop sign when all the lights on the dashboard went out and smoke started coming out of the ignition switch. I turned the vehicle off and removed the key. The smoke stopped but the dashboard started making weird ticking noises.
While driving on I-75 in Florida coming from Kentucky (relocating my mother in law), I and a friend who was taking a turn driving smelled an odor similar to sulfur or natural gas. Within 10-15 minutes, smoke started coming out of the front driver engine compartment. Driver immediately pulled to the emergency lane as a fireball exploded from the same area as the smoke. We both dove out of the vehicle on the passenger side. The entire vehicle with nearly all the contents burned, all the way down to the tires.
They unlock or lock by itself, seats start moving around, radio will act up, the lcd for the dvd player stops working some times, air conditioning won't work on some vents, side mirrors, back trunk door won't work, lights in the car goes dim some times while driving, there is a brand new battery in there, some times once in a while it won't start.
Smell of burning plastic in passenger compartment. Windows, mirrors and door lock controls stopped working on driver door control panel. Removed driver side door panel and discovered one of the plugs to the door controls was melted and discolored. Unplugged. No fuses were tripped.
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