2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BATTERY, AC DELCO 72 MONTH BATTERY CRACKED 26 MONTHS INTO THE WARRANTY SPILLING ACID ONTO THE WASHER FLUID BOTTLE MOUNTED BELOW THE BATTERY. THE ACID MELTED THE O-RINGS IN THE PUMP ASSEMBLE FOR THE FRONT AND REAR WIPERS CAUSING A LEAK. THE PUMP ASSEMBLES HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $200. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND AC DELCO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCIDENTAL DAMAGE. SOMEONE SHOULD PAY FOR REPAIRS ON MY VEHICLE. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE Z71. AT 40,500 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY, REGISTERING SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A STANDSTILL AND REGISTERING A VARIETY OF SPEEDS (NONE OF WHICH ARE CORRECT) WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. MY DEALERSHIP INSISTS THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN ON VARIOUS WEB SITES WHERE THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OWNERS OF TAHOE AND YUKON THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM...IT IS UNSAFE. *NM

SO MANY... WHERE DO I START? 1) AT 9,000 MI. INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS REPLACED DUE TO A POPPING FEELING IN THE STEERING, AT 16,000 MI. IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. 2) AT 9000 MILES THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY TACH MOTOR MAKING A BUZZING/RATTLING SOUND, STARTED MAKING NOISE AGAIN AT 13,000 MILES TOOK TO DEALER AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. 3) HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF ON TURNS HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES SINCE IT HAD 9000 MI. 1ST 2 TIMES REPLACED A PLUG ON ALTERNATOR AND SAID IT WAS FIXED, WAS NOT THEN SAID THE FOUND A BAD CONNECTOR STILL DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS CONTACTED GM AND THEY WERE NO HELP. 4) EXHAUST HAS BEEN POPPING SINCE NEW AND SOMETIMES AFTER COOL DOWN SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED 5) ENGINE MAKES A NOISE WHEN WARMED UP TOOK IN FOR SERVICE AT 12000 MILES AND THEY CLEANED OIL PUMP PICKUP TUBE AND SAID THE OIL PRESSURE WAS NOT CORRECT. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM TOOK BACK IN AT 15000 AND THEY STATED NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NOISE WAS NORMAL. 6) THE BRAKES PULSATED WHEN NEW TOOK BACK AT 59 MI. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT AND IT WOULD GET BETTER. STARTED AGAIN AT 9000 MI. AND THEY TURNED THE ROTORS. BRAKES STARTED MAKING A CRACKING NOISE IN THE FRONT TOOK IN 3 TIMES FOUND NO PROBLEM YET WHEN I PICKED THE VEHICLE UP THE LAST TIME AT 15,000 MI THE NOISE WENT AWAY ONLY TO COME BACK A WEEK LATER. 7) WHEN IDLING THE VEHICLE VIBRATES BAD!!!! DASH WILL RATTLE AND YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL WHEN THE A/C WAS ON YET IT'S WORSE WHEN THE A/C IS OFF. NOW THAT A/C IS MAKING A TERRIBLE NOISE FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INSIDE THE CLIMATE CONTROL BOX AREA. 8) ENGINE HAS A MISS AT IDLE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, SMOKE FLOWED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE HOOD WAS RAISED. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE FUSE BOX THAT WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH WATER. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE ENTIRE WIRING FOR THE VEHICLE WAS REPLACED. ONCE THE CONTACT TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE, THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE AUDIBLE WARNINGS BUZZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING SYSTEM, BUT THERE WAS NO REPAIR.

SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY BEGAN TO REGISTER INCORRECT MPH. 0 MPH SOMETIMES IS 30 MPH OR 40 MPH OR UP TO 70 MPH. THIS HAPPENS SUDDENLY YOU WILL LOOK DOWN AND IT WILL SHOW YOU ARE GOING 110 MPH WHEN YOU ARE REALLY GOING 60-70 MPH. TOOK IT INTO THE DEAL AND WAS TOLD THEY HAVE HAD MORE THAN SEVERAL OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. COST TO REPAIR WAS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $500, WAS TOLD NO RECALL HAS TAKEN PLACE, BUT THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS A DEFECT AND WE SHOULD KEEP THE RECEIPT. WE DECIDED AT THIS POINT TO HOLD OUT AND SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL AS THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS CORRECTLY APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE TIME AT THIS POINT. *NM

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE BROKE SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. IT WENT TO A "0 SPEED" OF 40 MPH. IN OTHER WORDS, WHILE MOVING AT 25 MPH MY SPEEDOMETER READ 65 MPH. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN AND WAS FORCED TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY BECAUSE I WAS A HAZARD TO OTHER TRAFFIC. THIS WAS THE SECOND SUCH INCIDENT. IN JANUARY 2005 THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS TRAVELING AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH. I SLOWED FOR TRAFFIC AND AS I ACCELERATED BACK TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT MY SPEEDOMETER READ OVER 100 MPH. I DID NOT KNOW MY SPEED AND WAS FORCED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF A MAJOR FREEWAY. THAT SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT ONLY LASTED 32194 MILES AND 15 MONTHS. BESIDES THE OBVIOUS DANGER IN HAVING A SPEEDOMETER FAIL SUDDENLY, THERE IS THE INHERENT CONCERN THAT EVEN IF I WAS INVOLVED IN EVEN A MINOR FENDER-BENDER, THE POLICE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT WOULD INACCURATELY FIND I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH ABOVE MY ACTUAL SPEED AND THE BURDEN WOULD BE ON ME TO PROVE OTHERWISE. AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TASK. *NM

MY ODOMETER STOPPED FUNCTIONING ON MY 2004 TAHOE Z71. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO ALL OF THE TAHOE'S AND THEY WERE BACK LOGGED TRYING TO GET THE PARTS. IT TOOK OVER A WEEK TO GET MY TAHOE BACK. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY REPAIRED MY CLUSTER. THE HOUR METER HAS 279 HOURS LESS NOW THAN IT DID WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN. THE MILEAGE HAD 4 MORE MILES ON IT. I CALLED AND ADVISED THE DEALER THAT THE HOUR METER HAD 279 HOURS LESS AND ASKED HIM IF THEY REPAIRED THE CLUSTER OR REPLACED IT? HE SAID THEY REPAIRED IT. SO I CALLED MY BROTHER IN-LAW WHO'S BEEN A MECHANIC FOR CHEVY FOR OVER 29 YEARS. HE SAID THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUSTER AND JUST REPROGRAMMED THE MILEAGE AND HOURS. WHY WOULD THE DEALER MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT TO ME AND TELL ME THAT THEY REPAIRED THE CLUSTER WHEN THEY MUST HAVE REPLACED IT? ALSO, WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN A RECALLED BY CHEVY? IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AND IS HAPPENING TO ALL THE TAHOE'S. I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN IT HOME, SO I CAN NOT TELL YOU IF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY CORRECTED.*JB