1999 Chevrolet Tahoe Exterior lighting Problems

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND APPLYING THE BRAKES BRAKE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL FAILED, CONSUMER REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BOARD SWITCH AT CONSUMER'S OF $125.00. *AK

NHTSA ID

10091934

Incident

Sep 13, 2004

ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS REPLACED, THESE INCLUDED:ALTERNATOR REPLACED TWICED, BATTERY REPLACED, INJECTORS PLUGGING TREATED THREE TIMES, TAIL SHAFT LEAKING - REPLACED, INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, STEREO REPLACED, TALL LAMP CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACED (BOTH, INTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED TWICE - UNSURE IN CURRENT MILEAGE READINGS ARE CORRECT, HEAD LAMPS CONTINUE TO FLICKER WHIL EDRIVING REPLACED THREE TIMES, WATER PUMP REPLACED, BALL JOINTS REPLACED, AND STERRING COMPONENTS REPLACED. CONTINUAL PROBLEMS AND NO ANSWERS.

NHTSA ID

762295

Incident

Apr 9, 2001

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS HAD HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO MENTION. DEALER AND GM HAVE BEEN CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES ON ISSUE. THEY HAVE NO FIX AND WILL NOT HELP WITH PROBLEM. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AM WORRIED LIGHTS WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. NO ONE WILL ASSURE ME THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN. I WANT IT FIXED AND NEED HELP!*AK

NHTSA ID

757278

TRUCK WAS TAKEN IN REPEATEDLY FOR BRAKES, TRANSMISSION, AIR CONDITIONER AND HEADLIGHTS PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR IT WAS UNDER "CHEV SPECS" OR WE WERE EXPERIENCING ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. WATER PUMP BEGAN LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED 2200 MILES OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM, LINES-CALIPERS, EVERYTHING HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE "FOREIGN FLUID CORRODED" THE SYSTEM. NO ONE HAS TOUCHED THE BRAKES BUT THE DEALER. WE REPEATEDLY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES TAKING TOO LONG TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HAVING A SPONGY FEEL AND ABSOLUTELY NO CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD STOP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. OVERALL, THE BRAKES JUST DID NOT FEEL SAFE AND WE REPORTED THIS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BATTERY EXPLODED AND LEAKED BATTERY ACID EVERYWHERE DAMAGING OTHER ENGINE PARTS. TRANSMISSION IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL/REPLACEMENT EITHER AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE BATTERY EXPLODING OR MERE COINCIDENCE CONSIDERING WE HAVE ALWAYS COMPLAINED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND YOU COULD PUSH THE TRUCK WHILE IN PARK A FULL FOOT. THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS ALWAYS LEAKED AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 2 HR AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHT ALWAYS HAS WATER IN IT. DETAILED COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OF AZ AND FL, AS WELL AS COPIES SENT TO THE DEALER, MANUFACTURER AND LEASING COMPANY INVOLVED. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE SHODDY PRODUCT THAT ROLLED OFF THEIR ASSEMBLY LINE AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONDUCT BUSINESS SURROUNDING CONSUMER COMPLAINTS GENERATED AS A DIRECT RESULT FROM POOR WORKMANSHIP AT ONE OF THEIR FACTORIES. THERE IS A LONG LIST OF "COSMETIC" DEFECTS AS WELL. FOR INSTANCE, THE CUSTOM LEATHER SEATS THAT WE PAID EXTRA FOR ARE WEARING HOLES IN THEM; THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE IS CRACKED, DRINK HOLDERS ARE RUSTING, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

NHTSA ID

750538

Incident

Feb 14, 2001

TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS KEEP BLOWING OUT. REPLACED BULBS AND WIRING HARNESS ON THREE OCCASIONS WITHIN NINE MONTHS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACE THEM. BUT, PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.

NHTSA ID

886042

Incident

Apr 1, 2000

BRAKES FAILED, REPLACED AND CONTINUE TO MAKE NOISE AND PULL. MJS

NHTSA ID

550053

Incident

Apr 8, 1999

WHEN WE TOOK DELIVERY OF VEHICLE, WE NOTICED IT WAS SITTING AT AN ANGLE TO THE GROUND (IT SAGGED DOWN 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES ON THE LEFT REAR) IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE BODY WAS TWISTED. WE WERE ASSURED THAT ANY PROBLEM WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. WE TOOK BACK THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES, 4 TIMES WE GOT A RENTAL VEHICLE TO USE. THE FIRST TIME WE LEFT THE VEHICLE, THEY CHANGED THE GAS TANK BECAUSE IT HAD A 9 GAL. DENT IN IT ALTHOUGH THE SKID PLATE HAD NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER; THE BUMPER WAS MISALIGNED; THE TAILLAMP WAS PROTRUDING AS WELL AS THE REAR-LOWER PORTION OF THE PASSENGER'S REAR WINDOW(TOO MUCH GLUE) AND THE TIRES WERE CUPPING. THEY HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO ALIGNED AND BALANCE TIRES, HOWEVER WE HAD A GOODYEAR DEALER REBALANCE THOSE SAME TIRES TO GET THE VIBRATION OUT TO NO AVAIL. COURTESY SWAPPED DIFFERENT RIMS AND TIRES FROM ANOTHER TAHOE. NOW IT VIBRATES EVEN MORE! WE WERE TOLD TO BE @ COURTESY ON 6/14/99, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A MACHINE THAT WOULD PINPOINT THE SOURCE OF THE VIBRATION. WHEN WE GOT THERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MACHINE AND INSTEAD SENT A MECHANIC ON A ROADTEST WITH US. WE WERE POINTING OUT THE VIBRATION TO HIM. HE THEN TOOK US OUT IN ANOTHER '99 TAHOE, THIS TIME THE RIDE WAS SMOOTH, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT HAD A LOW SPEED VIBRATION(WHICH IT DID NOT). WE WERE THEN TOLD THAT THEY COULD WORK SOME FIGURES ON ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE CALLED THE NEXT DAY AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE GAVE THEM $2,500.00 MORE DOLLARS, WE COULD GET THE IDENTICAL VEHICLE ON THEIR LOT. FIRST OF ALL, WE SPENT MORE THAN THE STICKER PRICE AND HAD THE ADD-ONS TAKEN OFF WITH NO CREDIT GIVEN TO US FOR THAT. SECOND OF ALL WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS A NEW VEHICLE W/ ONLY A FEW MILES ON IT. AFTER WE GOT IN THE TRUCK TO GO HOME(AFTER IT WAS PAID FOR), WE NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD 732 MILES ON IT!!! THEY SOLD A DAMAGED DEMO AS A NEW VEHICLE. MOST OF THE MILES PUT ON THIS TRUCK ARE FROM RUNNING IT UP TO PHOENIX AND BACK. WE HAD PRE-ARRANGED SERVICE TIMES AND WERE TURNED AWAY SEVERAL TIME

NHTSA ID

707588

Incident

Apr 21, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF WITHOUT INDICATION. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

836771

Incident

Nov 23, 1998