Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS & SIGNALS WOULD NOT WORK IF STEERING WHEEL & COLUMN WAS TILTED. SOMETIMES HEADLIGHTS/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS & SIGNALS WOULD GO HAY WIRE. VEHICLE IS AT THE SHOP. *AK
SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED WHEN THE SHAFT ROTATING THE PUMP BECAME LOOSE. YH
TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR 4-WD PROBLEM, AND WHEN VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP IT HAD NO POWER STEERING. DEALER CALIMS FAILURE WAS DUE TO COLD WEATHER STARTS. POWER STEERING UNITS SHOULD NOT FAIL WITH ONLY 44000 MILES . COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF IT HAD FAILED WHILE ON THE ROAD. DEALER CHARGED $350.00 TO REPAIR AND DISMISSED CONCERN THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF ~25/MPH. STEERING WHEEL JUST TURNED BUT TIRES DID NOT MOVE. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT A MISSING NUT ON CENTER LINK TO PITMAN ARM. REPLACED NUT AND SET FRONT TORQUE TO CHEVROLET SPECIFICATIONS. I AM CONCERNED THAT CHEVROLET HAS NOT GIVEN ME A SUFFICIENT EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE STEERING WENT OUT. I BELIEVE CHEVROLET IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OCCURING IN OTHER TAHOE/SUBURBANS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, BECAUSE I WAS VERY LUCKY IN NOT CAUSING ANY ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES.
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN STEERING WHEEL RETRACTING ROD CAME LOOSE AND VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. HIT A TREE AFTER LEAVING ROAD. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. NOTICED UNDER HOOD NUT & BOLT WAS LEFT OUT FROM MANUFACTURER. *AK
VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC 4-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCHED FROM 2-WHEEL TO 4-WHEEL DRIVE BY ITSELF.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP AND MASTER CYLINDER LOSES FLUID.
AIR CONDITION DEFLECTOR FAILED.
POWER STEERING FAILED.
STEERING SHAFT CONNECTING BOLT WAS MISSING, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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