2005 Chevrolet Tahoe

WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 77 WHEN MY TAHOE STARTING TO BOUNCE ON THE FRONT END THEN STARTING FISH TAILING FROM WHITE LINE TO WHITE LINE TRIED TO CORRECT AND HAD NO STEERING. THEN WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD AND HIT A DRIVEWAY AND FLIPPED END OVER END THEN BACK OVER HEADED IN THE OPPOSITE WAY. THERE WAS A PERSON WATCHING THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND HE STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS BOUNCING GOING DOWN THE ROAD THEN WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPED. HAD TAHOE SERVICED IN MARCH FOR A POPPING NOISE AT RICHARD KAY SUPERSTORE IN ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE THEY STATED THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. STATED WAS A STEERING SHAFT. THEY REPLACED IT. CALLAWAY WRECKER SERVICE STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE FRONT END THAT WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS. WITH ONE OF THE WHEELS AND WHERE WAS CONNECTED TO THE FRAME. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN WHERE THE BOUNCING CAME FROM WHERE THE TIRE WAS TURNED SIDEWAYS . *JB

I A 2005 CHEVY TAHOE THAT HAS THE 3RD STEERING BALL JOINT MID SHAFT BROKEN AGAIN. I HAD THE LAST TWO REPAIRS DONE AND NEEDS IT AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL VEHICLES AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING, I WAS TOLD TO DEAL WITH IT. THE FACT IS THAT THIS IS A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER WHEN DRIVING AND IN WORRY IF THE STEERING WILL BECOME DISABLED WHEN DRIVING. THIS CONCERN NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT DOES HAPPEN. AT THIS TIME THE PROBLEM IS ONLY A DISTRACTION AND FEELS UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE AN INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS FOR THIS COMMON COMPLAINT BY MANY CHEVY TAHOE,SUB,TRUCK OWNERS. *TR

2005 TAHOE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT BEGAN TO RATTLE AT 20,000 MILES. DEALER REPAIR WAS TO "GREASE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT". THIS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER 30,000 MILES. WHEN I SPOKE TO DEALER ABOUT PROBLEM (OUT OF WARRANTY) THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT "WASN'T A SAFETY PROBLEM, JUST IRRITATING RATTLE BECAUSE GREASE HAD WORKED ITS WAY OUT OF SHAFT AGAIN." THE FIX? REPLACE SHAFT WITH NEW COMPOSITE SHAFT. COST: $240.00. THEN I WAS INFORMED THAT GM KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS (EVEN BEFORE PREVIOUS REPAIR) BUT DID NOT REPLACE THE SHAFT UNDER WARRANTY, SIMPLY APPLIED NEW GREASE TO DEFECTIVE SHAFT. GM WAITS UNTIL WARRANTY EXPIRES TO ADVISE YOU TO REPLACE SHAFT-AT YOUR EXPENSE. I HOPE THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED NOW, BUT SHAME ON GM FOR THIS MANNER OF BUSINESS. AND GM CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY CONSUMERS DON'T RETURN TO THEM? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING SHAFT. IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY ON 03/01/06 WITH 20,385 MILES AT OUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERS REMEDY WAS : "E7700 SHAFT, STEERING INTERMEDIATE REPLACE". THE REMEDY LASTED ONLY ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE THE BANGING NOISE WHEN TURNING RETURNED. IT NOW IS ACCOMPANIES WITH A LOOSE SOUNDING BANGING NOISE WHEN ON BUMPY ROADS. THE PROBLEM HAS INCREASED IN SEVERITY OVER TIME. I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET PICKUP, AND AM EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR SITUATION, ALTHOUGH NOT AS SEVERE AS WITH MY TAHOE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH GM, AND POSES A SAFETY ISSUE AS OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE DESCRIBED STEERING LOCKDOWN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY IT WAS SERVICED AT A GM DEALERSHIP FOR RATTLING NOISE IN THE STEERING. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO APPLY GREASE TO THE STEERING SHAFT BECAUSE THE GREASE SHIFTED DOWN. THIS IDENTICAL NOISE STARTED AGAIN AND WAS BROUGHT BACK TO SAME DEALERSHIP AROUND A YEAR LATER. THE FACTORY WARR. IS UP BUT WE HAVE 3RD PARTY EXT WARR. THEY CHANGED THE STEERING SHAFT AND BEARING THIS TIME AND MY DEDUCTIBLE IS 100.00 DOLLARS. I ASKED THE SHOP WHY THIS WAS NOT DONE ON THE FIRST VISIT AND THEY TOLD ME THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAIL. AT THAT TIME AND ABOUT 1,500,000 OF THIS TYPE HAD THE RATTLING PROBLEM UNTIL GM CAME OUT WITH THIS REVISED SHAFT AND BEARING TO KEEP THE GREASE IN. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND CHANGED BY GM. *TR

THE VEHICLE WE CURRENTLY OWN AND TWO PREVIOUS VEHICLES WE HAVE OWNED ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE FRONT END. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CHEVROLET TAHOES HAVE AND ALTHOUGH IS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY IT DOES POSE A PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. A STEERING SHAFT MUST BE REPLACED AND THE COST FOR THE PART ALONE IS OVER $ 80.00 PLUS LABOR TO INSTALL. THE FIRST VEHICLE WE HAD WE SPENT BETWEEN $ 500.00 TO $ 600.00 BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE SECOND VEHICLE WE SPENT I BELIEVE AROUND $ 150.00 AND THE CURRENT VEHICLE WILL BE THE SAME. THE CHEVROLET PART # IS 19153614. AT ONE POINT IN TALKING WITH A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS WS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT NOTHING CHEVROLET CONSIDERED TO BE "SERIOUS", THEREFORE I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE NOISE AND UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVE UNLESS I WANT TO PAY OUT OF POCKET MYSELF. I DO NOT FEEL A VEHICLE WITH UNDER 50,000 MILES SHOULD HAVE ISSUES SUCH AS THESE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF MULTIPLE YEARS . *TR