2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHENEVER HE MADE A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH OR MORE, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OR HEAR THE NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. THEY ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO SAFETY DEFECTS. THE COST OF REPAIR FOR THIS FAILURE WOULD BE $200 AND THERE WERE NO WARRANTY OR RECALLS. THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,276 UPDATED 04/16/10. *LJ UPDATED 07/14/10.*JB

WHEN I PULL THE DOOR HANDLE OUT TO OPEN THE DOOR IT DOES NOT GO BACK IN. THEREFORE, THE DOOR DOES NOT LATCH CLOSED AND IT FLIES OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN WITH THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING ON THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR (WHICH IS RARELY USED). BETWEEN THE 2 DOORS, THEY HAVE FLOWN OPEN THREE TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THANK GOODNESS THE INDIVIDUALS HAD THEIR SEATBELTS ON AND WERE NOT THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. I VISITED A CHEVY DEALER AT WHICH TIME THE SERVICE PERSON OILED THE HANDLE. IT DID NOT HELP NOR DID IT CHANGE ANYTHING THIS INDIVIDUAL STATED SEVERAL TIMES "I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AT ALL" AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT GM FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE REPAIR COSTS. UPON CONTACTING GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPLAINING THAT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD DENY MY CLAIM AND ARE UNWILLING TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I AGAIN EXPLAINED THAT THIS DEFECT COULD IN FACT KILL SOMEONE AND THEY DID NOT SEEM TO CARE. I WAS TOLD IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC AND THE REPAIRS. THE FACT THAT THE DOORS DO NOT LATCH SHUT AND FLY OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AT ANY SPEED IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING INTO GETTING IT REPAIRED VIA A LOCAL MECHANIC. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND CERTAINLY DO NOT FEEL SAFE HAVING A PASSENGER WITH ME. I CURRENTLY HIT THE HANDLE BACK IN EVERY SINGLE TIME I ENTER THE VEHICLE. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW UNSAFE THIS IS. THANKFULLY THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEATHS OR INJURIES YET. HOPEFULLY NO ONE ELSE THAT OWNS A TAHOE HAS EXPERIENCED ANY. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. *TR

THE VOLTAGE METER BOTTOMED OUT WHILE DRIVING BACK IN 2008. IT ALTERNATED BETWEEN REGISTERING CORRECTLY AND THEN INCORRECTLY UNTIL DEC 2009 WHEN IT BOTTOMED OUT AND STAYED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT STATE MY BATTERY IS IN BECAUSE OF THIS. I'VE HAD IT CHECKED OUT TWICE BY THE DEALER. THE FIRST TIME, IN DEC 2008, THE METER WORKED JUST FINE AND THE REPAIRMAN COULD NOT GET IT TO BOTTOM OUT DURING AN 18 MILE TEST DRIVE. THE NEXT DAY, IT DROPPED BELOW THE LAST READING POSSIBLE ON THE GAUGE AND I DROVE IT RIGHT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TAHOE HAD OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT FILED BACK IN 2008. *TR

ON THIS DATE THE SPEEDOMETER AND BATTERY GAUGE BEGAN TO GO HAYWIRE, AT FIRST THEY BEGAN TO JUMP UP SO IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS DRIVING FASTER THEN I WAS DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I DROVE MY TAHOE THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT GETTING HIGHER AND HAS MAXED OUT OVER 120 MPH, AND THE BATTERY METER WELL OVER 19 VOLTS AND THEY DO NOT MOVE ANYMORE. I NOW HAVE TO RELY ON A PORTABLE GPS IN MY CAR TO ESTIMATE HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING. I SEE THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THIS, BUT I AM 3,000 MILES OVER THE 80,000 REQUIRED TO GET A REPLACEMENT GAUGE CLUSTER. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. SPEEDOMETER FAILURE AT AROUND 80,000 MILES. I'VE BEEN RUNNING ON THE SPEED INDICATOR OF MY GPS FOR THE LAST 20,000 MILES. SPEEDOMETER FAILURES, DUE TO FAULTY EQUIPMENT, SHOULD BE REPAIRED IN A RECALL BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE "SILENT" RECALL ISSUED IN 2007 NEVER MADE IT TO ME AND IT WAS ONLY FOR CARS UNDER 70,000 MILES. SPEEDOMETERS ARE "SAFETY" EQUIPMENT. THEY SHOULDN'T FAIL AS OFTEN AS THE 2004 MODEL YEAR GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLES ARE FAILING. THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVING TO SPEND FOUR-HUNDRED TO SIX-HUNDRED DOLLARS ON A REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE GENERAL MOTORS RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE Z71. 69K MILES. DRIVER'S POWER SEAT AND BOTH FRONT SEAT HEATERS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. FOUND BURNED ORANGE WIRE IN CONNECTOR AT REAR OF DRIVER'S SEAT BURNED AND CONNECTOR MELTED AT ORANGE WIRE LOCATION. ALSO SAW AREA ON ORANGE WIRE THAT APPEARED TO BE A LOCATION WHERE WIRE WAS PINCHED BY SEAT ADJUSTER MECHANISM. REPAIR OF WIRE AND RELOCATION OF HARNESS AWAY FROM SEAT MECHANICAL PARTS CURED THE PROBLEM. *TR

I BOUGHT NEW A 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. IT IS KEPT GARAGED 99% OF ITS LIFE. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I STARTED SMELLING GASOLINE ON WINDLESS DAYS WHENEVER I WOULD EXIT THE CAR AFTER ANY TRIP. AT THE TIME IN 2006 I THOUGHT IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THERE TO BE A GAS LINE THAT WAS RUSTED AND I THOUGHT THAT SOMEHOW A LINE MUST HAVE CRACKED. I WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND HAD HIM CHECK IT OUT. HE CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND TOLD ME THAT THE GASOLINE RIGHT WHERE THEY EXITED THE FUEL TANK WERE BADLY RUSTED AND THATS WHERE THE GAS WAS COMING FROM. HE BROUGHT ME INTO HIS SHOP AND WITH THE CAR UP IN THE AIR, HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME USING 2 MIRRORS BECAUSE IT WASN'T POSSIBLE TO SEE BY LOOKING UP AS TO HOW BADLY THE 3 LINES HAD RUSTED. AT THIS TIME THE CAR ONLY HAD ABOUT 12000 MILES ON IT. HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WHERE THE FUEL LINES CAME OUT OF THE TANK THAT IT WAS SHAPED LIKE A BOWL AND THAT EVEN IF I WAS JUST WASHING IT, THERE WOULD STILL BE A FAIRLY LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER THERE. THIS CAR WAS MY PRIDE AND JOY. I NEVER DROVE IT IN WET WEATHER AND I NEVER DROVE IT DURING THE WINTER. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MUCH GAS WAS COMING OUT AND MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE THAT ONE SPARK WITH ALL THOSE FUMES AND GAS AND I'D BE A DEAD MAN. I ALWAYS KEPT THE GAS TANK FULL, IT NEVER WENT BELOW 2/3 OF A TANK. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE HAD REPAIRED 7 OR 8 OF THESE ON OTHER CHEVROLET LARGE SUV'S INCLUDING A COUPLE OTHER TAHOES A COUPLE SUBURBANS AND 2 OR 3 DENALI'S. HE TOLD ME THAT HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH BUT HE WAS AWARE THAT THESE OTHER CARS WERE COVERED BY A RECALL BUT THAT FOR SOME REASON THE TAHOE WASN'T EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL HAD THE SAME GAS TANK. I SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT OFF WRITING THIS LETTER. AT ANY RATE IT COST ME 750.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS SEEMS VERY MUCH LIKE A DESIGN PROBLEM. I HAVE TO WONDER WHY THE TAHOE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL AS THE ARE ALL THE SAME. *TR