2000 Chevrolet Tahoe Complaint Log

TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE 29 IN MISSOURI AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH, HAVING DRIVEN FOR TWO HOURS IN 65 DEGREE WEATHER, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED, AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY NAVIGATE THE TAHOE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM ITSELF ON THE OUTER SIDE. THERE IS NO SIGN OF A BLOW-OUT; WE HAVE KEPT THE TIRE AND TAKEN PICTURES TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE SITUATION DIAGNOSED. HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A TIRE MALFUNCTION OF THIS TYPE IN OUR LIVES. AS I WAS DRIVING ON AN UPHILL GRADE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, PRESUMABLY THIS MADE IT EASIER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE TO A STOP BEFORE I COULD HAVE ROLLED DOWN A SLIGHT EMBANKMENT. PLEASE ADVISE. . .THIS SERIOUS MALFUNCTION COULD EASILY CAUSE SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH! THANK YOU. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

UNABLE TO GET EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE DOWN FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND WERE UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT BUT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT, BUT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *YH

DRIVERS DOOR TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM A SEMI AT AN INTERSECTION AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK

THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 6 OTHER CHEVROLET SPORTS/UTILITY VEHICLES (IE TAHOE OR TRUCK) ABS MODULES, AND BELIEVED THAT THE MODULES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THIS IS A FAIRLY SMALL DEALERSHIP. CHEVROLET DISMISSED MY REPORT BECAUSE THE TRUCK AND TAHOE WERE DIFFERENT MODELS. HOWEVER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE TAHOE/SUBURBAN AND TRUCKS ARE THE SAME BASIC VEHICLE, EXCEPT FOR THE CHASIS.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES SEEMED TO LOSE GRIPPING POWER WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT A POT HOLE THE BRAKE WOULD RELEASE UNDER MEDIUM SPEED. WEATHER CONDITION HAS NO AFFECT ON THE BRAKES. *JB

THIS TIRE BLEW UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 4 CHILDREN ON 87NORTH. I WAS ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR ALTHOUGH I WAS PETRIFIED. THE TOW GUY COULD NOT CHANGE THE TIRE BECAUSE THE EXPLOSION RUINED THE HOIST MECHANISM TO ACCESS THE SPARE TIRE. WE WERE FLATBEDDED TO A REAPIR SHOP. WE HAD TO BUY A TEMPORARY TIRE. THE NEXT DAY WE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH MICHELIN TIRES, NEVER WANTING TO OWN FIRESTONE TIRES AGAIN. EVERYONE WHO SAW THE TIRE SAID I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THE CAR DIDN'T FLIP AND THAT WE DID NOT INCUR SERIOUS INJURIES. I WAS VERY THANKFUL THAT A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SITUATION DID NOT RESULT IN SEVERE INJURIES. THIS TIRE WAS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THIS SO THEY DON'T GET HURT. I HAVE REQUESTED THAT FIRESTONE REIMBURSE US $666.83 FOR THE EXPENSES INVOLVED IN THIS ORDEAL. SINCERELY, LISA QUATTROCCHI. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

PE00 020; CONSUMER NOTICED THAT DRIVERSIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM ALL SIDES. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE, P265/70R16, DOT 8X72WL2311011300 DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

HEARD A POP SOUND, VEHICLE TRACKED SIDEWAYS, PRECEEDED TO SHOULDER THROUGH TRAFFIC, TIRE SIDEWALL WAS SHREDDED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH ON HIGHWAY ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS RIGHT REAR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE TIRES WITH 33,000 MILES, SIZE UNKNOWN TREAD BEGAN TO PEEL AWAY FROM TIRE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT OF TIRE PEELING WHILE TRAVELING BUT THE TIRE DEALER POINTED OUT IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD.(TIRE SIZE (265R16) *YH

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, WARPED FRONT ROTORS CONTINUOUSLY. *AK

DELCO BATTERY FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES STARTED MAKING NOISE. HAD NOT CONTACT DEALER. *AK

THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR.THE ABS SYSTEM APPEARED TO BE IN OPERATION.THE ACCIDENT STOPPED VEHICLE.*AK

DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALLS 00V345000 AND 00V343000. *AK *SLC

HEAD ON COLLISION, IMPACT ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE, HIT AND SHEARED IN HALF A WOODEN UTILITY POLE, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT ON EITHER SIDE, BUMPER IS CURLED UNDER FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT SEAT BELT CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN WHILE PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT. *AK

A SUMPING SOUND WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

HEATING SYSTEM IN THE BACK OF VEHICLE WAS NOT PROPERLY HEATING VEHICLE, THROWING OUT COLD AIR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THERE WAS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING OF VEHICLE .*AK

CONSUMER WAS IN TWO ACCIDENTS. ONE IN NOVEMER OF 2000 AND THE OTHER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN EITHER INCIDENT. CONSUMER DESCRIBED THE INCIDENTS TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF GENERAL MOTORS. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED, IN THE FIRST ACCIDENT THERE WAS ONE INJURY, IN THE SECOND ACCIDENT, THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. *JG

SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AT 50 OR MORE MPH. ON ONE OCCASION IT ALMOST CAUSED VEHICLE TO TIP OVER. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON 2 OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. *AK PRIOR TO THE VIBRATION PROBLE, AIR BAG SENSOR, BOTH REAR WINDOW MOTORES AND PEELING DAS-BOARD HAD BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED BRAKE SENSORS AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF VIBRATION BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *YH

DRIVING ON CLEAR PAVED ROAD 30 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY FELT FLAT. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND FOUND TIRE COMPLETELY FLAT AND RIPPED OPEN AT TREAD LINE ABOUT HALF OF THE FULL CIRCLE OF THE TIRE. WE CHANGED TO SPARE AND IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO FIRESTONE RETAILER IN SCOTTSDALE AND SHOWED HIM TIRE. HE CLAIMED WE HAD RUN ON IT AND CAUSED TREAD SEPERATION. WE RAN ABOUT THIRTY FEET AFTER FEELING TIRE GO FLAT.TO PULL OFF ROAD AND SAFELY STOP ON SIDE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING 50 YEARS AND EXPERIENCED SEVERAL FLATS UNDER FAR WORSE CONDITIONS AND NEVER HAD A TREAD SEPERATE FROM THE SIDEWALL LIKE THIS.I WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU THE TIRE SO THAT YOU MAY SEE IF THIS IS FAULTY MANUFACTURE AND IF WE CAN GET RID OF THESE TIRES AND GET SOME REPLACEMENT COST. WE DONT FEEL SAFEW DRIVING ON THEM. THANK YOU ALLAN AND BARBARA STANLEY (DOT NUMBER: 114S M+S TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

FROM THE TIME OF OWNERSHIP THERE WERE CONCERNS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM,WHEN PEDAL IS MASHED IT WOULD GO ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED,BUT STILL DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM THERE WAS STILL NO PEDAL, WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS THE WAY NEW VEHICLES ARE BEING MADE, SECOND OCCURRENCE UNABLE TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE HE MADE AN AWFUL NOISE AND HAD RUN COMPLETLEY OFF THE AND HIT THE DIRT BFORE STOPPING.*JB

BRAKE SQUEL AND THUMPING/VIBRATION, VIBRATION/THUMPING WORSE WHEN TOWING SMALL JETSKI. LATEST DEALER VIST 1/08/02 STATES THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. FEEL IS AS THOUGH THE ANTI-LOCK MECHANISM IS DEPLOYING PREMATURLY. NO COMPUTER CODES OR ABS LIGHTS DURING THUMPING.*AK

BRAND NEW 2000 TAHOE Z71 4WD SUV WITH 7000 MILES ON IT. AT APPROXIMETALY 35 MILES PER HOUR, THE TIE ROD FELL OFF CAUSING VIOLENT STEERING PROBLEMS. I MANAGED TO AVOID HITTING ANYONE AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL MECHANICS. *AK

THIS TIRE HAD A MAJOR BLOW OUT THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. SIDE WALL HAD A MAJOR SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE INSIDE. NOTHING WAS HIT. THE VEHICLE CROSSED 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC BEFORE CONTROL WAS ESTABLISHED. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN PICKED UP THE 2 DAYS BEFORE AND THE AIR PRESSURE CAN NOT BE VERIFIED. TIRES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE UNDER INFLATED.*AK (DOT NUMBER: PD70 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

FRONT CRASH AT 60 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PRIOR TO ACCIDENT VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, AIRBAG LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ON. *AK

FACTORY ROOF RACK CAME OFF WHILE HAULING LIGHTWEIGHT KYACK.*AK

CHILD WAS ADJUSTING MIDDLE ROW SEAT, CHILD'S LEFT HAND WAS GUIDING SEAT, AND WAS BEING GUIDED DOWN WITH CHILD'S RIGHT HAND. CHILD'S FINGER WENT INTO A PART ON HEAD REST, AND HEAD REST AUTOMATICALLY RETRACTED ON CHILD'S MIDDLE FINGER, CAUSING LACERATION TO CHILD'S FINGER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE HEAD RESTS WERE DANGEROUS DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPRING LOAD METAL TO METAL PINCH POINT. *YH

PE OO 020. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT A SHAKING NOISE. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD UNEVEN TREAD WEAR, AND THEY WERE PEELING. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS #AT, P265/7516. SHE CONTACTED FIRESTONE, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE HAS TO WAIT UNTIL TIRES WERE RECALLED. *AK

RIGHT FRONT TIRE (NO MAKE OR MODEL PROVIDED) EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OFF THE ROAD, COME BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY, AND CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE BACK RIGHT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AS WELL, DURING THE CRASH THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED A NO DEPLOYMENT, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED DUE TO THE INCIDENT. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *SLC

LEFT REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH LOST CONTROL AND CAR FLIPPED, HIT AN INBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, HOOD RELEASED, CUTTING CONSUMER TO THE BONE.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO A DEALER (TONY'S CHEVROLET) BECAUSE IT IS UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE ENGINE DIES WHEN PUT INTO GEAR AFTER BEING STARTED. IT ALSO RUNS VERY ROUGH AND "CHUGS" WHILE IDLING OR WHILE DRIVING, AS IF IT IS GOING TO DIE. THE DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS A TIMING PROBLEM THAT WILL BE FIXED WHEN A NEW SOFTWARE CARD IS AVAILABLE (APPROX. SEPT. 1). THEY CLAIM THAT NO DAMAGE IS BEING DONE TO MY CAR. CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE CLAIM THAT THEY THEY HAVE NO REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM IN TAHOES. AFTER TALKING TO TONY'S, CHEVROLET C.S. SAID THAT IT IS A TIMING PROBLEM, OFF BY 12%, AND THAT IT WILL BE REPAIRED WITH A NEW SOFTWARE CARD. I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS NOT CAUSING HARM TO THE CAR. I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS INCREASING MY GAS CONSUMPTION. I FEEL UNSAFE AND UNCOMFORTABLE IN THIS NEW (6 MONTHS OLD) AND EXPENSIVE VEHICLE. IT IS TOTALLY UNRELIABLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT BEING OUT AT NIGHT OR THIS WINTER WITH A VEHICLE THAT MAY NOT RUN.

WHILE DRIVING COULD SMELL FUEL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS, BUT SMELL WILL STILL BE THERE. NO LEAK HAD BEEN FOUND. HOWEVER, TECHNICIAN SAID THAT CAUSE OF THE SMELL HAD BEEN A BURNING ON DIFFERENTIAL.*AK

WE DID NOT HAVE ACCIDENT, BUT WITH NEWS ABOUT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES WE DO NO WANT TO REPLACE THE BAD TIRE WITH THE SAME THING. WE HAVE ORDERED A DIFFERENT BRAND OF NEW TIRES FOR THE TAHOE BECAUSE WE THINK THEY MUST BE UNSAFE. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE COST OF THE TIRES THAT WE ARE REMOVING? *AK( DOT NUMBER: W273 WMB TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

WHEN TURNING LEFT AT SLOW SPEEDS, MY WIFE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE. WHEN SHE TURNED THE WHEEL FURTHER TO THE LEFT, THE VEHICLE HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, MY WIFE WAS IN NORTH CONWAY NH,SO SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP (CREST AUTO WORLD, NORTH CONWAY, NH, (603) 356-5401). THE SERVICE REP AT CREST AUTO WORLD FOUND THAT THE MAIN ENGINE HARNESS HAD WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN AND WHEN MY WIFE TURNED THE WHEEL, THE HARNESS WAS SEVERED, THUS REMOVING ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE REP FOUND THAT THE HARNESS WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY. MY DEALERSHIP IN VA BEACH WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALERSHIP IN NORTH CONWAY NH REPAIRED THE WIRES IN THE HARNESS AND RECOMMENDED THAT WE HAVE THE ENTIRE HARNESS REPLACED WHEN THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO VA BEACH. *AK

WHEN BACKING UP OR DRIVING AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS AND TURNING, THE POWER STEERING WILL NOT WORK, DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED PROBLEM USUALLY OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SITTING STILL AND TRYING TO TURN FOR A PARKING SPACE, THERE WOULD BE NO POWER ASSIST AT THAT TIME.*JB

THE TIRE WAS DISCOVERED DEFECTIVE WHEN IT WAS SPIN BALANCED AFTER A TIRE ROTATION. ORIGINALLY IT WAS ON THE REAR, BUT WHEN MOVED UP FRONT A VIBRATION WAS NOTICED. IT WAS CHECKED AND BALANCED, BUT COULD NOT BE BALANCED. IT APPEARED WARPED AND WOBBLED WHILE ON THE BALANCER. THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE EARLY ON, BUT WASN'T NOTICED UNTIL IT WAS PUT UP FRONT. TRIED PUTTING ON OVER 4 OZ. OF WEIGHT ON EACH SIDE, BUT STILL WOULDN'T BALANCE. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE INITIAL SIGNS OF BELT SEPARATION? (TIRESIZE: 265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/70R16 )

CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS IN THE THIRD SEAT, AND SEAT BELT ON COMMENCED TO TIGHTEN DOWN ON THE CHILD. UNABLE TO RELEASE THE RETRACTOR, CUT THE SHOULDER BELT TO FREE THE CHILD. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO REPLACE THE BELT UNLESS CONSUMER PICKED UP THE CHARGES. *AK

VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL DOORS/WINDOWS. WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE AND TWO REAR WINDOWS WILL NOT GO DOWN AT ALL. HE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE PRESSING ON BRAKES VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD.*AK

INCIDENT OCCURRED ON CONCRETE CITY STREET. BRAKES APPEARED TO FAIL WHILE BRAKING ON UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE. *AK

THERE APPEARS TO BE A MALFUNCTION WITH THE CONNECTOR OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM LOCATED UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT. THIS MALFUNCTION CAUSES THE AIR BAG SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN, IT IS FREQUENT, KNOWN BY CHEVROLET, AND SEEMS TO BE DIFFICULT TO REPAIR SINCE AFTER 4 TIMES OF TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO SERVICE, THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE SOLVED. *AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS A HALF INCH BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING, DEALER SAYS THE SEAT MEETS SPECS BUT CONSUMER DOESN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING WHILE THE SEAT MOVES. NLM

PURCHASED VEHICLE 5/27/00 WAS RETURNED FOR SERVICE 6/6/00 AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON RECEIVED VEHICLE BACK 6/9/00, 6/11/00, AIRBAG LIGHT BACK ON AGAIN, BACK TO DEALER 6/12/00, RECEIVED VEHICLE BACK 6/23/00 SO FAR THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT THE AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY FOR NO REASON WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON.*AK

DEALERSHIP DAMAGED BODY WHILE REPLACING ENGINE, WAS ALERTED TO THE OBVIOUS DAMAGE AND REPAIRED. *AK

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE BACK A THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. TWO OF THEM INFORMED ME THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE CAN DO. WALLACE LUNDGREN AT LEAST KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK AND APPARENTLY TRIED TO DUPLICATE THE SYMPTOMS. THESE PROBLEMS ARE OCCURING INTERMITTANTLY AND ME BEING AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN KNOW HOW HARD INTERMITANT PROBLEMS ARE BUT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY I BELIEVE THAT A VEHICLE THAT INTERMITANTLY HAS NO BRAKES SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT LUNDGREN CHEVROLET GAVE ME A 2000 SUBURBAN AS ALONER AND GUESS WHAT NO BRAKES INTERMITTANTLY. ALSO MY SERVICE MANAGER FRED SCHARNBERG HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HIS NEW 2000 SUBURBAN. I BELIEVE G.M IS ABOUT TO HAVE A VERY BIG PROBLEM WHEN THESE VEHICLES START KILLING PEOPLE BECAUSE THE CAN'T STOP. *AK