2005 Chevrolet Tahoe

2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE BURNED IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SEAT WARMER WAS SOURCE OF FIRE. SEAT WARMERS HAVE NOT BEEN IN USE SINCE LAST WINTER. THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY OFF AND KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION. VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. MY GARAGE INCURRED SIGNIFICANT SMOKE DAMAGE. LUCKILY THE FIRE BURNED OUT DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN BECAUSE WERE CLOSED. *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

2005 CHEVY TAHOE. SPEEDOMETER STARTED READING HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD. I GO 60 AND SPEEDOMETER READS 90. WHEN I STOP SPEEDOMETER STAYS AT 30. GM HAS RECALLED 03-04 BUT NOT 05 MODELS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL DEALERS AND SEVERAL CHAT ROOMS AND SEVERAL OF THE 05'S ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CALLED GM THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS EVERYONE ELSE. THEY SAID I HAD TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE VEHICLE THEN THEY WOULD REVIEW AND DECIDE IF THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT IS OBVIOUS A PROBLEM WITH THE 05 MODELS. GM SHOULD REPAIR THESE. *TR

DEVICE, NOW REPORTED BY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO BE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL THERMOSTAT,LOCATED DIRECTLY OVER DRIVER'S HEAD IN 2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE CONTINUOUSLY (WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING) EMITS 100+/- MILLIGAUSS OF ELECTRICAL CHARGE. MY EXPOSURE TO THIS DURING FIRST WEEK OF MY OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE AFTER MY JULY 21, 2008, PURCHASE CAUSED ME TO HAVE DEBILITATING HEADACHES AND TINNITUS; ALSO, MY MEMORY SEEMS TO BE LESS SHARP THAN BEFORE EXPOSURE. TWO CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND I IDENTIFIED THE DEVICES CAUSING HIGH RADIATION EXPOSURE TO MY HEAD,AND SELLING DEALER DISCONNECTED THERMOSTAT;DISCONNECTING THERMOSTAT RESULTS IN FRONT DEFROSTER,AND ALL HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS BEING RENDERED VIRTUALLY UNCONTROLLABLE. ORIGINALLY SELLING DEALER OFFERED TO RELOCATE THE THERMOSTAT AWAY FROM MY HEAD,BUT DEALER LATER RETRACTED THAT OFFER. CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE OF THE THERMOSTAT EMITTING HIGH LEVEL OF RADIATION AND REPORTED TO ME THE THERMOSTAT/DEVICE IS PERFORMING ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATION AND MAY NOT BE RELOCATED. WITH THERMOSTAT CONNECTED,I GET DEBILITATING HEADACHES AND TINNITUS,THE RELATED LONG TERM PHYSIOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF WHICH I DO NOT KNOW. IF THE THERMOSTAT IS DISCONNECTED,MY INABILITY TO CONTROL TEMPERATURE AND AIRFLOW INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT RENDER THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNDER MANY WEATHER CONDITIONS. POSTSCRIPT: IT OCCURS TO ME THAT THE RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM THE TAHOE THERMOSTAT SEEMS MANY TIMES HIGHER THAN THE RADIATION EXPOSURE ASSOCIATED WITH CELL PHONE USAGE;AND THE THERMOSTAT RADIATION IS EMITTED CONTINUALLY WHILE DRIVING. I AM INFORMED THAT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SEVERAL YEARS AGO,VOLVO OFFERED FOR SALE IN EUROPE,A RETROFIT PACKAGE TO GROUND OUT HIGH RADIATION LEVELS IN ITS VEHICLES. *TR

MY 2005 LEASED CHEVY TAHOE HAD APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING. THE CAR PERFORMED NORMALLY RIGHT UP TO THE MINUTE THE TRANSMISSION LET GO. I WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN A GEAR EXPLODED AND THE CAR WAS LEFT WITH ONLY FIRST AND THIRD GEAR. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A DEALER AND GM REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE WE HAD NOT TAKEN THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS FURIOUS BECAUSE AFTER INSPECTING THE TORN DOWN TRANSMISSION, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THERE WAS NO ABUSE TO THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE GEAR HAD SHATTERED INSIDE THE HOUSING (I HAVE PICTURES OF THE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION). I FIRST CALLED THE GM SERVICE 1800 NUMBER AND THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. AFTER A WEEK OF SPEAKING TO AGENTS AND SUPERVISORS, I WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER DISTRICT MANAGER. I CONTACTED HIM AND AFTER INVESTIGATING, HE OFFERED TO PAY HALF THE COST (TOTAL COST ESTIMATED TO BE $3200). I LET THE CAR SIT AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 21 DAYS WHILE I FOUGHT WITH THESE PEOPLE. FINALLY, THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE DEALERSHIP LABOR. THEY ALSO SAID THEY WOULD GUARANTEE THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION THEY WERE INSTALLING FOR ANOTHER 100,000 MILES - THAT WAS OF NO CONCERN TO ME SINCE IT IS A LEASED VEHICLE I WILL BE GETTING RID OF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! I PAID APPROXIMATELY $450 FOR THE REPAIRS AND PICKED UP MY VEHICLE AFTER 28 DAYS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU ARE WILLING TO STICK TO YOUR ARGUMENT AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE SITTING IN THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP, YOU CAN BARGAIN BECAUSE THEY KNOW DEEP DOWN IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD LAST LONGER ON A $38,000 VEHICLE. IF I WASN'T 8 MONTHS PREGNANT AT THE TIME, I WOULD HAVE LET THE VEHICLE SIT THERE UNTIL THEY PAID FOR EVERYTHING. PS - IT WAS A BOY!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REMAIN AT 50 MPH, EVEN IF SHE WAS NOT ACCELERATING. THE GAUGE NEVER DISPLAYED ZERO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD OCCASIONALLY DISPLAY 120 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND WOULD SLIP INTO GEAR HARD. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT THREE TIMES. EVEN AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED, THE SPEEDOMETER STILL MALFUNCTIONED. IT BECAME STUCK AT 120 MPH AND NEVER DECREASED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V055000 (POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT EXCEEDED 70,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION DUE TO A PENDING CLASS ACTION SUIT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,583.