2005 Chevrolet Tahoe

THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME. WE NOTICE RUSTING ON THE FRAME AND AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND LARGE HOLES IN THE FRAME RAILS. THIS VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. WE STILL HAVE A LOAN ON IT AND DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A 8 YEAR OLD VEHICLE CAN HAVE THAT MUCH RUST ON THE FRAME WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE(49,254). THERE HAS TO BE MORE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM. NOT SURE WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. *TR

TACHOMETER NEEDLE FELL TO 0 WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PREVIOUS SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED WITH A MILEAGE LIMIT ON THE REPAIR. DEALERSHIP WOULD REPLACE PART, HOWEVER, I WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR LABOR HOURS. CURRENTLY, THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS BECAUSE REPAIR LABOR WOULD HAVE COST IN EXCESS OF $400. ALSO, SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT IS NOW EXTREMELY DIM AND SOMETIMES DOES NOT LIGHT UP AT ALL. THERE IS A RECALL OUT FOR OTHER 2005 TAHOES, HOWEVER, MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED EVEN THOUGH I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I CALLED AND SPOKE WITH GM TODAY AND THEY SAID THAT BOTH ITEMS WOULD BE THE SAME AREA AND THAT NEITHER COULD BE FIXED UNDER A TSB OR A RECALL. BOTH PROBLEMS ARE KNOWN TO NHTSA AND GM, BUT GM IS NOT WILLING TO FIX THESE KNOWN PROBLEMS DUE TO A MILEAGE ISSUE. *TR

JUST AFTER COMING OFF OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY,SLOWING DOWN AS I WAS APPROACHING A SET OF LIGHTS,THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE,AND WENT TO THE FLOOR ON MY 2005 CHEVY TAHOE. THE ROTORS,PADS AND CALIPERS HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED 6MTHS PRIOR,SO I KNEW THEY WERE NOT THE PROBLEM. I FIGURED EITHER THE MASTER CYLINDER WENT, OR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKE LINES. THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE LIGHT WERE ON. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION TO COME TO A STOP. TURNS OUT,ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT AT THE REAR,CAUSING THE FLUID TO LEAK OUT,AND THE LOSS OF MY BRAKES. LUCKILY I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.VEHICLE IS ONLY 8YRS OLD,WITH JUST TURNING 100000 MI. IN MY OPINION, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING THIS SOON. *JS

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY TAHOE I BOUGHT NEW. LAST YEAR IN 2012 THE FUEL LINES COMING OUT OF THE FUEL PUMP ROTTED OUT AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE PUMP. EARLY THIS YEAR (2013) THE TRANSMISSION LINES ROTTED OUT AND ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED, IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR (2013) THE BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. LUCKY FOR ME I WAS JUST LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS GM VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD EVER BUY A GM VEHICLE AGAIN. *JS

I TOOK MY 2005 CHEVY TAHOE IN FOR A SERVICE LITE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE UNDER DASH CONNECTORS FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR THE AIRBAGS WOULD NOT WORK IN AN ACCIDENT, AT A COST OF JUST OVER $500.00. I ASKED WHAT THE EXACT PROBLEM WAS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CONNECTOR WAS LOOSE AND NOT MAKING CONNECT. I THEN DID SOME BASIC RESEARCH ON THE WEB LOOKING FOR RECALLS AND SUCH AND FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS OF COLLISIONS INVOLVING 05 TAHOES WHERE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING 35MPH. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT GM ALREADY HAD AN UPGRADED CONNECTOR SET TO REPLACE THE BAD ONES AS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SEEN MORE THAN ONCE. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT GM KNOWS THAT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IS AT FAULT, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND MADE AN UPGRADED REPLACEMENT PART AND HAVE NO PROBLEM CHARGING CONSUMERS $500.00 TO REPLACE THE PARTS. IN THE MEANTIME PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THE VEHICLES AND I GUESS, HOPING THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE IN SEVERAL CRASHES. I HAVE NO WAY TO CHECK WHAT VEHICLES / MODEL YEARS THOSE CONNECTORS WERE USED ON BUT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BEFORE MORE ACCIDENTS BECOME FATAL. MY WIFE WAS SAVED BY HER AIRBAG BEING DEPLOYED IN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT, I AM GLAD WE DID NOT FIND OUT THE HARD WAY THIS ONE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HER. *TR

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

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 CHEVY TAHOE WHEN SHE LOST THE BRAKES. SHE SAID THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SHE WAS NOT IN ANY TRAFFIC BUT THE CAR DID NOT STOP VERY QUICKLY. I THEN DROVE THE CAR VERY CAREFULLY TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE STATION ABOUT 2 MILES AWAY. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT ONE OF OUR REAR BAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID TO BE LOST. THE REAR BRAKES HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE WITH THE MECHANIC, HE SHOWED ME ALL THE RUST UNDER THIS CAR. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE OTHER BRAKE LINE WERE ALSO VERY RUSTED AND COULD FAIL. I REPLACED BOTH REAR BRAKE LINES WITH MATERIAL THAT WILL NOT RUST. IT WAS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE JOB AND ALSO VERY COSTLY. PLEASE LET OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE TO CHECK THEIR BRAKE LINES. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN TRAVELING FAST ON A HIGHWAY. THE CAR ONLY HAS 53K MILES AND HAS BEEN GARAGED FOR MANY YEARS. IT AMAZING AT HOW MUCH RUST IS ON THIS VEHICLE. I HOPE GM WILL USE MATERIAL THAT DOES NOT RUST IN FUTURE AUTOMOBILES LIKE THIS!!! *TR

DROVE 2 MILES TO STORE NEARBY. PARKED VEHICLE WENT INSIDE STORE. WHEN LEAVING I WAS TOLD I COULD NOT USE THIS EXIT BECAUSE OF VEHICLE FIRE. FIRE INVESTIGATOR TOLD ME FRONT LEFT WHEEL BEARING OVERHEATED CAUSING BEARING GREASE TO ACT AS ACCELERANT CAUSING TOTAL VEHICLE FIRE. VEHICLE COMPLETELY ENGULFED WITHIN ONE AND ONE HALF MINUTES. VEHICLE TOTAL LOSS. *TR