NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
THE AC CONDENSOR WENT OUT. I'VE RESEARCHED AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER 2015 TAHOE OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. GM KNOWS THEY HAVE A FAULTY CONDENSOR BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND PULLING A CAMPER, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ALSO APPLIED THE CAMPER BRAKE. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED AFTER APPLYING EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE VEHICLE AND CAMPER BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT VISITED COLORADO SPRINGS CHEVROLET (670 AUTOMOTIVE DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80905, (719) 387-1072) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW VACUUM PUMP WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT BOUGHT THE PUMP AND INSTALLED IT THEMSELVES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT NOTICED THE BREAKS WHERE NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING AND TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT AND PUMPING TO STOP, CONTINUED TO NOTICE A GREAT EFFORT AND DISTANCE TO STOP AND BREAKS NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING DUE TO A FAULTY BREAK PUMP PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURER'S ERROR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE COMPLETE LOST OF BREAKS. TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND HAD TO REPLACE THE BREAK PUMP FOR $526.
AT SLOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF TWICE NOW, ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF LOS ANGELES TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING US TO WRECK! WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR THAT AND A POPPING IN THE STEARING WHEEL AND THEY TOLD US NOTHING WAS WRONG. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT!
WHILE GOING AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES STIFF AND LOCKS UP RESULTING IN THE BRAKES NOT WORKING AT ALL. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST HIT MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, PARKING LOTS, AND DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT LINES AS WELL AS ALMOST CAUSING ME TO ROLL THROUGH RED LIGHTS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED RANDOMLY OVER THE PAST YEAR (2018) AND HAS RECENTLY BECAME MORE COMMON.
OUR STRUTS WENT OUT AT 60K MILES. WE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND WE BOUGHT IT FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP WITH ONLY 1 OTHER OWNER. WE HAD TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AND IT COST $1500. WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN. MY HUSBAND'S SILVERADO HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A MONEY PIT AS WELL. THESE EXPENSIVE CARS SHOULD LAST.
2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKING PROBLEMS. *LD THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. *JS
I INITIALLY NOTICED DIFFICULTY WITH BRAKING WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT A VERY LOW RATE OF SPEED. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARD, WITH FULL WEIGHT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER I WAS IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC AND THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN HARD AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. THIS ISSUE DID NOT OCCUR DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, ONLY AT LOW RATES OF SPEED AND WITH FREQUENT, REPETIVE STOPPING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE OR IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM WITH DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THE PROBLEM WAS LIKELY DUE TO 'OVER USE' OF THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE IS DESIGNED TO BE 'PUMPED' RATHER THAN COMPRESSED FOR MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS. I TOOK THE VEHEHICLE TO A SECOND CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM PUMP AND THIS SEEMS HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE. I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS DUE TO FEAR THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAS 54,000 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM A DEALERSHIP.
HAVING ISSUES WITH BRAKING. OCCASIONALLY AT HIGH SPEEDS, BUT MORE OFTEN DURING LOWER SPEEDS. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO DEPRESS AND MEANWHILE THE VEHICLE IS STILL MOVING, NOT ALLOWING YOU TO STOP. HAPPENS ALSO GOING IN REVERSE. HAD A COLLISION, HIT THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE YESTERDAY MORNING DURING RUSH HOUR, 3/18/2019. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO 15 MPH, DUE TO A RED LIGHT, BUT BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT BRAKE, BECOMING VERY STIFF, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BRAKE, AND STOPPED DUE TO THE COLLISION. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. FRONT BODY SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY TAHOE. POLICE REPORT HAS BEEN FILED. WE BOUGHT THIS TAHOE IN FALL OF 2017, AND FEBRUARY 2017, TOOK INTO THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE BRAKING ISSUES, NOTHING WAS FOUND OR DONE TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. TAHOE IS BACK AT DEALERSHIP AS OF TODAY, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND, ACCORDING TO CHEVY TECHS
BRAKES FAILED WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. BRAKES WERE HARD AND WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. CHEVROLET'S SERVICE BULLETIN INDICATED THE VACUUM PUMP FAILURE WILL CAUSE THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ANOTHER LINE TO BE CONSIDERED "CONTAMINATED" CAUSING THEM TO NEED TO BE REPLACED. CLEARLY UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM.
THE VEHICLE LOST BRAKING ABILITY AT LOW SPEED. IT FIRST OCCURRED WHILE IN A PARKING LOT AND THE PEDAL WAS STIFF AND COULD NOT BE PUSHED IN TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF A FAULTY VACUUM PUMP AFTER A WEB SEARCH HAS TURNED UP THAT THIS SITUATION IS HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY TO OTHER OWNERS AND THERE IS ALSO A CLASS ACTION SUITE FILED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED.
WHEN TRAVELING SLOW, LIKE PULLING INTO GARAGE, BRAKES WILL OCCASSIONALLY LOSE POWER MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HAVE ALMOST BACKED INTO A CAR BECAUSE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. HAVE SEEN ON HERE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SO I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR TAHOE AS WELL. ALSO OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN YOU HAVE TO SLAM THE BRAKES. SEEMS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT MOST RECENTLY ON 03/06/19 WHILE PULLING IT INTO THE GARAGE.
BRAKE VACUUM PUMP FAILURE, EVERY SO OFTEN I AM UNABLE TO BREAK AND IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO STEP ON THE BREAKS. I HAVE TAKE I TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY ARE CHARGING ME $1100 TO GET IT FIXED!!!
IN 2018 I BOUGHT THIS 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE.AND LIKE ONE MONTH AFTER I START HAVING PROBLEMS. THE POWER STEERING STOP WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL BE HARD TO TURN.I TOOK THE TAHOE TO THE PLACE WHERE I BOUGHT IT.THEY DIDN'T TAKE RESPONSABILITY THE THING IS I END PAYING NEAR OF $3.000 TO FIXIT I HAVE RECEIPT.MY QUESTION IS THE TAHOE HAS A RECALL FOR POWER STEERING. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET MY MONEY BACK?.THANKS
AND 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE AND SUBURBAN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A BASE RADIO AND AN INTERNAL AMPLIFIER. THE RADIOS IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND AS A RESULT, THERE WOULD BE NO AUDIBLE CHIME TO NOTIFY THE DRIVER IF THE DOOR IS OPENED WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION OR NO AUDIBLE SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATING THE SEAT BELTS WERE NOT BUCKLED. AS SUCH, THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD (FMVSS) NUMBERS 114, "THEFT PROTECTION AND ROLLAWAY PREVENTION," AND 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION."
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ENGINE AND STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. ONCE THE CONTACT ARRIVED HOME, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. DAVIS CHEVROLET (2277 S LOOP W, HOUSTON, TX 77054) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
VACUUM PUMP: BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY STIFF AND HARD TO BRAKE WHEN TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEEDS, BUT IT IS VERY SPORADIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I HAVE TO APPLY EXTRA FORCE TO THE BRAKES TO TRY AND STOP THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN AUGUST 2016 AND EXPERIENCED THIS A FEW MONTHS AFTER BUYING MY TAHOE IN EARLY 2017. THE DEALEARSHIP SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES OR RECALLS AT THE TIME I CALLED. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE MY TAHOE, BUT WITH CAUTION AT SLOWER SPEEDS SINCE I DID NOT KNOW IF OR WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO BRING MY TAHOE IN FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS AFTER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND BEGAN HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME STIFF BRAKE ISSUE AT THE CAR WASH RECENTLY ON 02/16/19 AND WHEN PARALLEL PARKING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS IN BOTH CASES. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP ON 02/18/19 FOR AN ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING RECALL (UNREALTED TO THIS ISSUE) AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO THEM. AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP WAS FAULTY AND IT WAS REPLACED.
LOSS OF BRAKING POWER AT SLOW SPEEDS GOING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO DEPRESS AND MEANWHILE THE VEHICLE IS STILL MOVING. ALSO THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD TO DEPRESS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNINGS WITH THE ELECTRONIC START BUTTON. I ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR ON A PARKING LOT WHEN BACKING INTO A SPACE WITH A CAR IN THE SPOT BEHIND ME. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT TRAFFIC SIGNAL. I FIRST NOTICED THIS APPROX. A YEAR AGO, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A TEMP. FLUKE OF SOME KIND, BUT IT HAPPENED SPORADICALLY SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. WHEN THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AT THE MALL ON 2/16/19, THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW.... BETTER REPORT THIS BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS.
INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHERE EXCESSIVE FORCE APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL IS REQUIRED TO STOP VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION OR KEEP THE VEHICLE IN A STOPPED STATE. THIS PRIMARILY SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC WHERE FREQUENT STOPS AT IDLE SPEED IS COMMON. CONTACTED GM DEALER FOR RESOLUTION AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLES VACUUM PUMP WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER A SPECIAL WARRANT IF THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER 70000 MILES. CONSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLE WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THIS AND WARRANTY WOULD NOT BE HONORED.
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS I AM UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY APPLYING THE BRAKE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN GOING IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. THE BRAKE PEDAL JUST GETS HARD AND DOESNT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID IT IS A BAD MECHANICAL BRAKE VACUUM PUMP THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE SAFTEY CONCERN AS I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE THAT WAS WALKING ACROSS THE STREET, BECAUSE I COULDNT STOP THE TRUCK. GM NEEDS TO ACCEPT ACCOUTABILITY AND RECALL THIS FAULTY PART
WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE, THE DOME LIGHT FLASHES WHEN APPLYING BRAKE OR TURNING ON LEFT TURN SIGNAL.
WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED OR TURN SIGNAL USED THE MIDDLE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH
THE SUSPENSION ON MY 2015 CHEVY TAHOE MAKE THE TRUCK VERY BOUNCY. I HAVE APPROX. 75,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD I FEEL EVERY BUMP IN THE ROAD AND WHEN GOING INTO CURVES IT FEEL LIKE I MAY LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SUSPENSION ON THIS VEHICLE I FEEL THAT CHEVY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE.
WHEN BRAKING AT 1 TO 5 MPH, BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES HARD TO PRESS. IT FEELS LIKE THE ABS SYSTEM IS BEING ACTIVATED.
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 95 ON OUR WAY HOME FROM NC. WE HAD JUST OPENED THE SUN ROOF IN TILT MODE AND A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER HEARD A LOUD GUNSHOT LIKE NOISE. WE REALIZED THE SUNROOF HAD SHATTERED. GLASS FELL ALL IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE CARS TRAVELING ALL AROUND US, BUT WE NEVER SAW ANY DEBRI FLYING OUR WAY SO IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THIS HAPPENED.
MY AC CONDENSER IS CRACKED AND LEAKING FREON AND IS NOT BLOWING COOL AIR. I'VE READ MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL TAHOE AND AM WONDERING WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL WHEN SO MANY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE CONDENSER. NOW I'M HAVING TO FORK OUT $1200 TO FIX IT ON A NEWER MODEL TAHOE WITH LOW MILES AND IT'S REDICULOUS WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THE SAME THING! PLEASE GIVE IT A RECALL!
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. AS A RESULT, IT HAS TAKEN ALL OF MY PHYSICAL EFFORT TO PRESS THE PEDAL HARD ENOUGH TO GET THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY, THESE INSTANCES HAVE OCCURRED WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT SLOWER SPEEDS (DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND AT STOP LIGHTS). THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INTERMITTENT AND I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE ON DEMAND. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE SYSTEM FAILURE.
INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS FLASH WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKES, AND WHEN ACTIVATING LEFT TURN SIGNAL. HAZARD DURING DARKNESS, NUISANCE DURING DAYLIGHT .
WHILE DRIVING 10MPH OR LESS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP THE BRAKES ARE VERY ARE AND STUFF WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO STOP NOR WHILE REVERSING! I'VE ALMOST HIT SOMEONE WALKING AND SOMEONE CAR! I RAN INTO OUR INDUSTRIAL FAN IN OUR GARAGE BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOP. WE ALMOST LOST OUR LIVES TWICE WHILE MY 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THERE BECYWE COULDN'T BREAK. I'VE CALLED DEALERSHIPS AND GM BOUT PROBLEMS AND THEY STATED THAT THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT BUT IT'S NOT RECALL AND THAT CAN NOT REIMBURSE ME ESPECIALLY IF I KET A THIRD PARTY FIX IT. I'M UNEMPLOYED AND PAY A NOTE ON THIS VEHICLE. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW! ALSO THE REAR CAMERA NEVER WORK IT BARELY WORK IT'S A VERY SMALL ONE THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WILL INSTALL THE REGULAR ONE IN THAT EVERY TAHOE HAS BECAUSE MINE HAS A DEFECT AND IT'S NOT THE TOUCHSCREEN THAT ALL TABLES HAVE AND NO PARTS FOR THIS ONE BUT GM WOULDN'T AGREE WITH IT THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING TO THE BACK UP CAMERA AND IT KEEP GOING IN AND OUT AND HAS TO HAVE UPDATED MY LINK RADIO. THAT'S DANGEROUS. AS WELL AS THE BRAKE CABLE KEEP SLIPPING AND CAUSING MAJOR SQEAKING WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS SPEED BUMPS AND ETC. AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS STILL NOT FIXED I'VE TAKING IT SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE MAJOR SHAKE AND VIBRATION FROM IT WHILE AT LIGHTS OR STILL AND THEY'VE CHANGED THEM OUT SHAVED THEM DOWN STILL NO HELP SO THEY WERE STILL WAITING ON GM TO COME OUT WITH A PART TO FIX IT. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED NOW THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND REPLACED I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND WE ARE SCARED THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. THE BRAKE ISSUE HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR AND EVENTUALLY IT GOTTEN WORSE AND COULDN'T STOP AT ALL. BRAKE PUMP AND VACUUM PUMP. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR US TO LOOSE OUR LIVES FOR IT TO BE FIXED. I'VE HAD SOMEONE TO FIX THE BRAKE ISSUES AND IT COST A LOT AND GM WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME PLEASE HELP I HAVE PROOF AND RECEIPTS OF EVERYTHING.
THE 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE HAS HARD BRAKE PEDALS WHEN MOVING IN LOW SPEEDS. THE NEED FOR INCREASED EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS HIGH OCCURRENCES IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC AND HIGH OCCURRENCES OF FAILURES AT LOWER SPEEDS. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT THE GMC SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN DALLAS, GA FAILED TO REPORT ISSUES WITH THE BREAKS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LAWSUITS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND GM ISSUED A SERIES OF SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THE BREAK PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE BULLETINS, FLUID MAY BE FOUND IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND/OR THE BOOSTER VACUUM LINE DURING A NORMAL DIAGNOSTIC.
TAHOE WOULD NOT STOP.. EVERYTIME PUT IN REVERSE BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD AN WILL NOT STOP. HAD IT CHECK OUT AN WAS TOLD IT WAS VACUUM PUMP. FORWARD AN BACK... WAS TOLD ALSO THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL HAS DONE SAME...JUST GOT IT IN AUGUST.. I HAVE PUT 4000 ON IT..
I HAVE 77K MILES IN MY CHEVY TAHOE. RECENTLY, MY BRAKES FAILED ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD AND I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. IF THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME IT COULD OF BEEN SERIOUS RESULTING IN MAJOR INJURIES. MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD APPROX 20 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN I CONTACTED OUR LOCAL GM DEALER I WAS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND GET IT TOWED. I'VE RESEARCHED THAT MANY OF THIS YEAR AND MODELS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE BRAKES. CALLING IT THE FAULTY VACUUM PUMPS. WHAT IS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING IS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018 I FELT VIBRATION IN MY BRAKES AND THE TECH RECOMMENDED TO REOLACE MY FRONT BRAKES WHICH I DID. MY VEHICLE IS NOW GETTING REPAIRED BUT IN THE MEANTIME THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THE MODELS OUT ON THE SAME ROADS YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS DRIVE ON, TOTALLY UNSAFE. GM NEEDS TO RECALL AND MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR ALL OF US.
AT LOW SPEEDS MY BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GET EXTREMELY HARD TO PUSH DOWN CAUSING THE CAR TO BE DIFFICULT TO STOP. AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNING IT BACK ON IT SEEMED FINE. A FEW WEEKS WENT BY WITH NO ISSUES AND THEN IT RETURNED WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AND IT SEEMED TO BE WORKING FINE. ANOTHER 3 DAYS PASSES AND THEN BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD AND CAN BARELY STOP THE CAR CAUSING A CLOSE COLLISION. THE SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUSH TO MAKE THE CAR STOP. DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME CAREFULLY DUE TO NEEDING TO STEP ON THE BRAKES EXTREMELY HARD. REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND STILL NOT WORKING. REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP AND LINE TO FIX THE ISSUE. THIS CAUSED MANY CLOSE CALLS AS THE FIRST TIME I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND ALMOST HIT THE WALL. THE OTHER TIMES I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD TOWING AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT THE STOP SIGN.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT SLOW SPEEDS AROUND TURNS WE EXPERIENCE A LOSS OS POWER STEERING AND TOTAL VEHICLE POWER. THIS IS A CURRENT RECALL WHICH THE LOCAL DEALER IS HAS CHECKED AND SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A BOOMING SOUND SUDDENLY OCCURRED DUE TO THE SUN ROOF EXPLODING. SHARDS OF GLASS FELL INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE SUN ROOF WAS IN THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CASEY CHEVROLET (11700 JEFFERSON AVE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.
WHEN APPLYING BRAKE AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 5 MPH) THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL WITH BRAKE PRESSED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. EVENTUALLY STOPS BUT THIS HAPPENS IN DRIVE AND REVERSE...SCARY WHEN PARKING AND ANOTHER CAR OR OTHER OBJECT IS IN FRONT OF YOU. NO NOISE OR DASH DISPLAY INDICATOR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED THAT THERE WAS A GPS MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE FAILURE THAT EXPIRED IN 2017, BUT THE CONTACT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. THE BULLETIN INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS REPAIRING THE GPS AT THAT TIME. THE CONTACT DID NOT FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. WESELOH CHEVROLET (5335 PASEO DEL NORTE, CARLSBAD, CA 92008, (760) 208-1943) WAS CONTACTED AND CLAIMED TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
SINCE MAY THE BRAKES HAVE NOT WORKED INTERMITTENTLY AND TO STOP THE CAR I HAD TO PRESS DOWN AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. EARLY ON I HAD THE FLUID LEVELS AND BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FINE SO I WAS NOT SURE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL I SAW A BULLETIN FROM YOUR OFFICE. I THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED IT AS LOW OUTPUT FROM THE VACUUM PUMP. IT COST NEARLY $700 TO REPLACE AND IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE PUT ON RECALL AS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THE BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. I ALMOST HAD A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE PULLED FROM THE WATER WHEN LAUNCHING MY BOAT.
VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH I03 INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. SYSTEM HAS GONE BLANK TWICE. WITHOUT SYSTEM, SAFETY HAZARD WARNINGS ARE INOPERABLE. THERE IS A RECALL BULLETIN BUT DEALER IS REFUSING TO ASSIST.
EVERY TIME I PRESS THE BRAKE OR USE MY DIRECTIONAL ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH. ITS EXTREMELY DISTRACTING WHEN I DRIVE AT NIGHT. I DID'T KNOW I COULD REPORT THIS HERE. I SPOKE WITH MY DEALER LAST YEAR AND HE TOLD ME IT WOULD BE VERY INVOLVED TO FIX SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS UP. HE SAID IF IT DOESNT BOTHER YOU THAT MUCH IT WOULD BE BETTER TO LEAVE IT. :(
2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GM SAFETY RECALL. *LD *JS
THE MAGNETIC RIDE STRUTS ON MY TAHOE LTD ARE FAILING. SEEMS TO BE A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. THE DISCUSSION BOARDS ARE FULL OF FAILURES BEGINNING IN THE 30,000 MILES. THEY ALSO APPEAR TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE STRUT ON A CHEVROLET. SAME STRUT AS A CADILLAC ESCALADE OR A GMC YUKON DENALI. WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE A HIGH FAILURE RATE. ALSO FOUND ON HIGHER END GMC AND CHEVROLET PICKUPS.
TAMARA RECALL. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, UNDER 5MPH, A HEAVY AMOUNT OF PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO BRAKE PADS AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP.
FAILURE IN BRAKE VACUUM PUMP CAUSED MY BRAKES TO IMPROPERLY WORK THIS ME REAR ENDING ANOTHER CAR. BRAKE FELT LIKE A ROCK AND PUSHED BACK AGAINST MY FOOT. I WAS IN MOTION AT ROUGHLY 15MPH AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW TO ROUGHLY 8MPH AT A DISTANCE OF ROUGHLY 10 YARDS. THIS WAS DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. PROBLEM HAD BEEN INTERMITTENT AT VERY LOW PARKING LOT SPEEDS.
THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEPRESS AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO STOP. SEEMS LIKE THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS FAILING TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS SO I WANTED TO DOCUMENT ONE MORE CASE TO PUSH GM FOR A RECALL. MY FAMILY ALMOST HAD A BAD CRASH THE OTHER DAY DUE TO THIS AND NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. ABS IS NOT ACTIVATING TO CAUSE THIS, IT IS MORE A LACK OF BOOST IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. WE ONLY HAVE 40,000 MILES ON OUR TRUCK.
THE VEHICLE IS VERY BOUNCY AND HARD TO STEER. TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP THEY ADVISED IT NEEDED NEW SHOCK ABSORBERS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG 2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE LTZ, SURBURBAN LTZ, CADILLAC ESCALADE AND GMC DENALI THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS FAILING TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF.
VEHICLE BRAKES BECOME HARD TO PRESS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE AND SOMETIMES WHEN MOVING SLOWLY IN PARKING LOTS. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND MOST RECENTLY AS OF NOVEMBER 25, 2018
I JUST HAD THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP REPLACED ( $750.00 ) NOW I SEE THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM . BRAKES WERE HARD TO PUSH DOWN AT TIMES .
2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE WAS PARKED ON MODERATELY SLOPED DRIVEWAY. ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WAS IN "PARK" POSITION. VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ROLLED BACK SEVERAL FEET, AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. OTHER VEHICLE ALSO OWNED BY ME. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. NOT INFLUENCED BY DRIVER. AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT IS MY BELIEF THE APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION/SOFTWARE. I DID FIND WHERE THERE WAS A RECALL #14192 FOR THIS ISSUE.
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, PARTICULARLY AT LOW SPEEDS AND GOING IN REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO PRESS AND DELAYS THE BRAKING. I SAW IN THE NEWS THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS OR SIMILAR PROBLEM. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO MY DEALERS 2 DIFFERENT TIMES. ONCE THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE NEXT TIME THEY MADE SOME REPAIR BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT BUT EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING WHEN IT HAPPENS. GOING IN REVERSE ON A SLOPE (OUT OF A DRIVEWAY) IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING. HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. I HAVE APPROX 95,000 ON MY VEHICLE.
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