2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid Problems

I WAS DRIVING WHEN ONE OF THE LIFTERS COLLAPSED , I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE I SUBMITTED ANOTHER COMPLAINT A WHILE AGO AND HADN'T HEARD NOTHING , NOW MY BACK HATCH WONT OPEN MY DOORS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DON'T LOCK WITH THE BUTTON OR REMOTE I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT PUT MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE SINCE I GOT IT , IT HAS AN OIL ISSUE IT FOWLS OUT THE NUMBER 1 PLUG ALL THE TIME ,IVE CHANGED THE OIL SENSOR AND SENDING UNIT , THE SPIDER GEAR IN THE REAR END SHREDDED WHICH THERE KNOWN FOR HAD TO HAVE THAT REBUILT ,I HAD THE NEW VALVE COVER PUT ON , CV JOINT IS LEAKING , PAID OVER $2200 TO HAVE THE COLLAPSED LIFTER FIXED , MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN SAYING OIL GAGE, ALREADY REPLACED THAT ONCE MY CLOCK WONT WORK ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN MY DRIVEWAY

COLLAPSED LIFTER NUMBER 7 , REGULARLY FOWLS OUT THE NUMBER ONE PLUG, SPIDER GEAR IN THE REAR END SHREDDED HAD TO BE REBUILT , REPLACED VALVE COVER BECAUSE OF OIL ISSUE , REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT , REPLACED BACK WIPER, PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCKS DONT WORK WITH BUTTON OR REMOTE , CLOCK QUIT WORKING, ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN

1# TAKATA INFLATORS REPLACEMENT PART IS AVAILABLE WITH NEW PART NUMBER.. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE IT INSISTING IT'S SAFE IT'S 100F EVERY DAY HERE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT .. THEY BOOST BIG CLAIMS IT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE..WHICH IS LAUGHABLE AT BEST IT SEEMS LIKE HIGH HEAT IS A ISSUE FOR THESE AIR BAGS BEING BAKED AT 140F FOR MOST OF THE DAY WE DEMAND A NEW AIR BAG WITH THE NEW PART NUMBER AS THEY SELL TO THE PUBLIC FOR $450 #2 INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES PEELING RAZOR LACERATION HAZARD.. SHARP PEELING OF DOOR HANDLE COATING IS SHARP (LACERATION HAZARD RESULTING FROM SHARP EDGES IN THE CHOME PLATING ON INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES) THE VEHICLE HAS THE ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS ATTACHED PHOTOS OF DOOR HANDLES GM AND GM DEALERS REFUSE TO FIX IT AS THEY CLAIM IT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING A DOOR HANDLE IS NOT A KNIFE ... OR RAZOR BLADE WE KNOW THE RISK OF THOSE WHEN THEY ARE HANDLED NOT A DOOR HANDLE ITS NOT NORMAL FOR A DOOR HANDLE TO BE "SHARP" OR BECOME SHARP.. SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIX THIS DEFECT .. 3 OF THE 4 DOOR HANDLES ARE PEELING WITH SHARP EDGES VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 89K MILES I HAVE TO ALWAYS CAREFULLY EXIT AND LET PASSENGERS KNOW ABOUT THE SHARP DOOR HANDLES THIS CREATES AN UNNECESSARY HAZARD FOR CUTS TO THE HAND OR ARM... THE MANUFACTURE DATE IS 01/08 YEAR 2008 MODEL 2007 HAS SEEN ACTION WE WOULD LIKE ACTION ON OTHER YEARS AS WELL POSSIBLE FULL RECALL EA10-004..

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALSO AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG.

I WAS DRIVING WHEN ONE OF THE LIFTERS COLLAPSED , I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE I SUBMITTED ANOTHER COMPLAINT A WHILE AGO AND HADN'T HEARD NOTHING , NOW MY BACK HATCH WONT OPEN MY DOORS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DON'T LOCK WITH THE BUTTON OR REMOTE I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT PUT MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE SINCE I GOT IT , IT HAS AN OIL ISSUE IT FOWLS OUT THE NUMBER 1 PLUG ALL THE TIME ,IVE CHANGED THE OIL SENSOR AND SENDING UNIT , THE SPIDER GEAR IN THE REAR END SHREDDED WHICH THERE KNOWN FOR HAD TO HAVE THAT REBUILT ,I HAD THE NEW VALVE COVER PUT ON , CV JOINT IS LEAKING , PAID OVER $2200 TO HAVE THE COLLAPSED LIFTER FIXED , MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN SAYING OIL GAGE, ALREADY REPLACED THAT ONCE MY CLOCK WONT WORK ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN MY DRIVEWAY

COLLAPSED LIFTER NUMBER 7 , REGULARLY FOWLS OUT THE NUMBER ONE PLUG, SPIDER GEAR IN THE REAR END SHREDDED HAD TO BE REBUILT , REPLACED VALVE COVER BECAUSE OF OIL ISSUE , REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT , REPLACED BACK WIPER, PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCKS DONT WORK WITH BUTTON OR REMOTE , CLOCK QUIT WORKING, ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY FROM STOP TO AUTO START TRANSITION FEATURE. MODULES HAS BEEN UPDATED TO LATEST VERSION. PROBLEM STILL ACCUMULATING HYBRID BATTERIES SOC 60% BATTERY TEMPERATURE INLET 81F OUTLET 107F 340VOLT TOTAL CHARGE IN THE EVENT OF PROBLEM ACCURED. AUX TRANS PUMP AND MODULE REPLACED NEW. HYBRID BATTERY COOLING FAN REPLACED NEW. PROBLEM STILL EXIST DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM OR THEY DONT WANT TO DEAL. IN THE EVEN OF SHUT OFF I LOOSE BRAKE POWER AND STEERING POWER WHICH I CAN NOT STOP OR STEER THE VEHICLE TO PULL OVER THIS RESULTS IN SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

I WAS DRIVING WHEN ONE OF THE LIFTERS COLLAPSED , I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE I SUBMITTED ANOTHER COMPLAINT A WHILE AGO AND HADN'T HEARD NOTHING , NOW MY BACK HATCH WONT OPEN MY DOORS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DON'T LOCK WITH THE BUTTON OR REMOTE I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT PUT MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE SINCE I GOT IT , IT HAS AN OIL ISSUE IT FOWLS OUT THE NUMBER 1 PLUG ALL THE TIME ,IVE CHANGED THE OIL SENSOR AND SENDING UNIT , THE SPIDER GEAR IN THE REAR END SHREDDED WHICH THERE KNOWN FOR HAD TO HAVE THAT REBUILT ,I HAD THE NEW VALVE COVER PUT ON , CV JOINT IS LEAKING , PAID OVER $2200 TO HAVE THE COLLAPSED LIFTER FIXED , MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN SAYING OIL GAGE, ALREADY REPLACED THAT ONCE MY CLOCK WONT WORK ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN MY DRIVEWAY

COLLAPSED LIFTER NUMBER 7 , REGULARLY FOWLS OUT THE NUMBER ONE PLUG, SPIDER GEAR IN THE REAR END SHREDDED HAD TO BE REBUILT , REPLACED VALVE COVER BECAUSE OF OIL ISSUE , REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT , REPLACED BACK WIPER, PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCKS DONT WORK WITH BUTTON OR REMOTE , CLOCK QUIT WORKING, ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN

MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN WHAT'S RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE LUNGING ME FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOR THE HYBRID BATTERY ALSO CAME ON. THE RESULT IS THE CAR SHAKING AND SHUTTING OFF MORE THAN ONCE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ONCE WAS IN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. IT SHUT OFF WHEN COMING OUT OF A BANK PARKING LOT AND TURNING ON TO A BUSY STREET.

VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES GO IN REVERSE WHEN IN DRIVE GEAR AND VICE VERSA. VEHICLE WILL DIE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN, STOP LIGHT AND/OR PARKING LOTS. VEHICLE JERKS VIOLENTLY UPON ACCELERATION. SUSPENSION POPS, STABILITRACK SERVICE, HYBRID SYSTEM SERVICE, BRAKE SERVICE ALL ILLUMINATED ON DASH ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOLLOWING THE VIOLENT JERKING AND DYING UPON ACCELERATION.

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY FROM STOP TO AUTO START TRANSITION FEATURE. MODULES HAS BEEN UPDATED TO LATEST VERSION. PROBLEM STILL ACCUMULATING HYBRID BATTERIES SOC 60% BATTERY TEMPERATURE INLET 81F OUTLET 107F 340VOLT TOTAL CHARGE IN THE EVENT OF PROBLEM ACCURED. AUX TRANS PUMP AND MODULE REPLACED NEW. HYBRID BATTERY COOLING FAN REPLACED NEW. PROBLEM STILL EXIST DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM OR THEY DONT WANT TO DEAL. IN THE EVEN OF SHUT OFF I LOOSE BRAKE POWER AND STEERING POWER WHICH I CAN NOT STOP OR STEER THE VEHICLE TO PULL OVER THIS RESULTS IN SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR, AND THE STEERING PUT VERY HARD, SO I CAN'T GO FOR NOTHING ON LEFT OR RIGHT SO I WAS VERY LITTLE TO HAVE CRASHED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR HATCH DOOR FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,475.

REAR DOOR LOCKS (ACTUATORS) STOPPED WORKING. FIRST PASSENGER REAR LOCK FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THIS HAPPENED AFTER WARRANTY COVERAGE HAD ENDED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD GM ISSUE ESPECIALLY WITH 2008-09 GM SUV TYPE OF VEHICLES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ACTUATOR MOTOR FAILS. IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ELECTRICAL FAILURE IS DUE TO A VERY INEXPENSIVE ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR IS USED FOR THE LOCKING MECHANISM. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM WONDERING WHEN GM WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

1# TAKATA INFLATORS REPLACEMENT PART IS AVAILABLE WITH NEW PART NUMBER.. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE IT INSISTING IT'S SAFE IT'S 100F EVERY DAY HERE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT .. THEY BOOST BIG CLAIMS IT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE..WHICH IS LAUGHABLE AT BEST IT SEEMS LIKE HIGH HEAT IS A ISSUE FOR THESE AIR BAGS BEING BAKED AT 140F FOR MOST OF THE DAY WE DEMAND A NEW AIR BAG WITH THE NEW PART NUMBER AS THEY SELL TO THE PUBLIC FOR $450 #2 INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES PEELING RAZOR LACERATION HAZARD.. SHARP PEELING OF DOOR HANDLE COATING IS SHARP (LACERATION HAZARD RESULTING FROM SHARP EDGES IN THE CHOME PLATING ON INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES) THE VEHICLE HAS THE ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS ATTACHED PHOTOS OF DOOR HANDLES GM AND GM DEALERS REFUSE TO FIX IT AS THEY CLAIM IT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING A DOOR HANDLE IS NOT A KNIFE ... OR RAZOR BLADE WE KNOW THE RISK OF THOSE WHEN THEY ARE HANDLED NOT A DOOR HANDLE ITS NOT NORMAL FOR A DOOR HANDLE TO BE "SHARP" OR BECOME SHARP.. SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIX THIS DEFECT .. 3 OF THE 4 DOOR HANDLES ARE PEELING WITH SHARP EDGES VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 89K MILES I HAVE TO ALWAYS CAREFULLY EXIT AND LET PASSENGERS KNOW ABOUT THE SHARP DOOR HANDLES THIS CREATES AN UNNECESSARY HAZARD FOR CUTS TO THE HAND OR ARM... THE MANUFACTURE DATE IS 01/08 YEAR 2008 MODEL 2007 HAS SEEN ACTION WE WOULD LIKE ACTION ON OTHER YEARS AS WELL POSSIBLE FULL RECALL EA10-004..

CRACKS ON MY DASH AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE DRIVER BEZEL AREA. IT SEEMS THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF I WERE TO EVER BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE CRACKS ARE GETTING WORSE.

VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES GO IN REVERSE WHEN IN DRIVE GEAR AND VICE VERSA. VEHICLE WILL DIE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN, STOP LIGHT AND/OR PARKING LOTS. VEHICLE JERKS VIOLENTLY UPON ACCELERATION. SUSPENSION POPS, STABILITRACK SERVICE, HYBRID SYSTEM SERVICE, BRAKE SERVICE ALL ILLUMINATED ON DASH ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOLLOWING THE VIOLENT JERKING AND DYING UPON ACCELERATION.

WHEN I START MY 2008 LTZ TAHOE THE SERVICE SUSPENSION SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME I START MY VEHICLE. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM?

WHEN DRIVING AROUND AND AT A STOP LIGHT THE ENGINE WILL GO INTO AUTO STOP. WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL THE VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND THEN LURCH FORWARD. VEHICLE WILL ALSO GET A HIGH IDLE BETWEEN 1500 RPM AND 2200 RPM AND FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THOSE RPMS. ALSO WHEN IDLING BELOW 1,000 RPMS THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND DOWN AS IF PRESSURE IS BEING APPLIED TO THE GAS PEDAL BUT THERE IS NO PRESSURE BEING APPLIED AT ALL. BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR QUITE SOMETIME AND I FIGURED IT WAS JUST SOME BAD FUEL BUT IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. ALSO HAVE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. I HAVEN'T TAKEN TO DEALER YET BECAUSE I AM WAITING ON THE SUPPLIES FOR THE AIR BAG RECALL SO THEY CAN WORK ON THE VEHICLE WHILE REPLACING THE AIR BAG. *TR

WHEN STARTED (USUALLY THE SECOND TIME OF THE DAY AFTER BEING DRIVEN TO WORK AND THEN HAVING SAT ALL DAY) THE VEHICLE COUGHS AND RUNS ROUGH FOR A SECOND. THEN THE THROTTLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO INPUT FOR A VARIABLE PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN IT DOES RESPOND IT MAY RESPOND TO PREVIOUS INPUT CAUSING UNANTICIPATED ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD TO USE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE TO AVOID A CRASH. THROWS NO CODES. DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE IT ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE REPRODUCED IT. IN ADDITION, AN INDEPENDENT SHOP SAYS THAT ON START/RESTART THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE STARTER/TRANSMISSION (THE ELECTRIC MOTOR IN THE TRANSMISSION IS USED AS A STARTER). DEALER DENIES HEARING THIS ALTHOUGH THE INDEPENDENT SAYS IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME. *TR

I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON A 2008 CHEVY TAHOE HYBRID. I WAS ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER WHEN THE ENGINE MOVED TO ALMOST WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. I TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES BUT THE POWER OF THE VEHICLE WAS TOO MUCH. I MOVED INTO THE CENTER TURN LANE TO NOT HIT ANYONE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE THROTTLE WAS STILL ALMOST WOT. I WAS LESS THAN A HALF MILE FROM THE DEALER WHEN THIS OCCURED. THE VEHICLE LURCHED INTO THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT WITH THE SMELL OF BURNING BRAKES. I ASKED THE TECHNICIAN TO COME OUTSIDE. HE NOTICED THE FLOOR MAT WAS WEDGED INBETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS HAD CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO KEEP COMING ON. THERE ARE NO PEGS OR CLIPS TO KEEP THE FLOOR MAT FROM SLIDING UNDER THE PEDAL. VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING A HUGE VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC AND V8 POWER AND IT WON'T STOP. *TR