2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE SERVICE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 30 MPH, BUT THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SLOWER. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 10 MPH. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE, BUT THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, AND RPM GAUGE WOULD MALFUNCTION. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 206,530.

I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO AVOID A PERSON THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. I DROVE OFF, DOWN A HILL AND UPON REACHING THE STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD VERY LIMITED BRAKING AND STOPPED 3/4 OF THE WAY INTO THE INTERSECTION. THANK GOODNESS THERE WASN'T ANY CROSS TRAFFIC. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE METAL LINES HAD RUPTURED AND THAT ALL THE LINES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WANTS $2,800.00 TO REPLACE THESE BIO-DEGRADABLE BRAKE LINES. ONE WOULD WONDER WHY THE MUFFLER IS STILL ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED TO THE POINT OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE COST DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE INVESTIGATION THAT IS ON-GOING NEEDS TO INCLUDE MORE MODEL YEARS THAN WHAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED. IT MAY THEN SHED LIGHT ON HOW WIDE SPREAD THIS PROBLEM REALLY IS. I AM UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT METAL BRAKE LINES SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER THEN A MUFFLER. GM IS TAKING THE STANCE THAT THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS IN "SALT STATES". IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, DON'T THEY SELL THESE VEHICLES IN "SALT STATES?" THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THIS IS SERIOUS. UPDATED 09/24/14. *JB

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS, FREQUENT, AND PERSISTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE APPROXIMATE DATE GIVEN WAS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING WHERE IT BLEW ONLY HOT AIR. TWO "REPAIRS" AT THE DEALER AND TWO SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS FINALLY REVEALED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE REAL SAFETY ISSUES THAT CONTINUE ARE WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT HAS AT TIMES AFFECTED THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER (CONTINUOUS PROBLEM), OIL PRESSURE GAUGE (CONTINUOUS PROBLEM), AND NO DASH LIGHTS AT NIGHT. COMPUTER ANALYSES AND RESETS HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE, AS EVIDENCED BY TESTIMONIALS ON FORUMS AND COMPLAINTS. THE DANGER IN THIS IS LIGHTS GOING OUT TO A BLANK DASH AT NIGHT, ENGINE PROBLEMS THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE LACK OF A FUNCTIONING OIL GAUGE, AND INACCURATE OR NO SPEED READINGS. SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE CONTROL PANEL SYSTEM AT THE LEAST. THANK YOU. *TR

I WAS LAUNCHING MY BOAT ON A BOAT RAMP TO A LAKE.WHEN BACKING UP TO THE WATER I PRESSED MY BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE TRUCK IN THE FORWARD GEAR TO GET OUT OF THE WATER. THE BREAK LINE WAS LEAKING. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE LINES WHERE RUSTED OUT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED BECAUSE IT WAS RUSTED OUT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF WARNING TO OTHER TAHOE OWNERS AND A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED AND WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V045000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIGNAL SOCKET AND THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06E026000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000.