1999 Chevrolet Tahoe Powertrain (other) Problems

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR STOPPED MOVING. IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION IT WAS AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THIS WAS TERRIFYING, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT LIKE I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND THE CAR POPPED INTO GEAR AND SHOT FORWARD. I NOW HAVE NO REVERSE AND UNSURE WHICH GEARS MIGHT WORK, AS I IMMEDIATELY GOT IT HOME. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN ON A LIMITED INCOME AND NO AM FACING POSSIBLY HUGE EXPENSES FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS THAT I NOW HAVE READ HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ON MY CAR FOR YEARS! I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW GM/CHEVROLET DOESN'T SEE TRANSMISSION ISSUES AS A SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS HAD WAY TOO MANY COMPLAINTS. HAVING NO WARNING AND THE INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR IN AN INTERSECTION COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC!! ALOS WHEN CALLING A LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY SHOULD BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT ANY TSB'S AS TO INFORM CONSUMERS. I JUST THANK GOD MY FAMILY IS SAFE, HOWEVER AM NOW OUT OF A CAR. THANKS GENERAL MOTORS/CHEVROLET, LOOKS LIKE YOURE LOSING ANOTHER LOYAL CUSTOMER.

NHTSA ID

11011702

Incident

Jul 30, 2017

Mileage

190,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED ON A NORMAL ROAD DURING NORMAL BRAKING. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 3/17/2006 - THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED INT HE ABS RECALL. THE CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE IN THE DRIVELINE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR UNIVERSAL JOINT IN THE DRIVESHAFT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10150153

Incident

Nov 4, 2004

Mileage

107,660 mi

DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND BOTH AXLES CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH.*AK

NHTSA ID

758066

Incident

Feb 10, 2002

WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED THE CAR CONTINUES AT CURRENT SPEED FOR 5 TO 8 SECONDS BEFORE DECELERATING. THE TACHOMETER READING DOES NOT DROP DURING THIS TIME. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND DRIVING AROUND TOWN SPEEDS. IT'S SCARY. IT WILL DECELERATE AND THE TACHOMETER READING DROP WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BUT I'M NEVER SURE.*AK

NHTSA ID

757644

Incident

Dec 29, 2001

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK REPAIRED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT. THE TRUCK HAD 823 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT "NEW" LATER ON FOUND OUT IT WAS A "DEMO". ARBITRATION DID NOTHING. WE STILL HAVE THE SHAKING TRUCK. OUT OF DESPIRATION FROM THE VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY, CAUSING ME TO PASS BLOODY STOOLS, I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF. IT SEEMS TO HAVE CURED THE PROBLEM. NOW THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL IS OUT, I CAN SEE THAT IT IS BENT AND THE AXLES CRYSTALIZING DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING. CHEVROLET DEALERS NOW SAY THAT I HAVE "VOIDED" MY 3 YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. SEVERAL CHEVROLET SERVICE CONSULTANTS RUDE AND THREATENING TO HANG UP ON ME. I DID HAVE A VERY GOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN TO LATELY WHO WAS SHOCKED AT MY ORDEAL AND AGREES WITH ME THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM NOW TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR MY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES ON MY "WARRANTIED" VEHICLE. I DO NOT WISH TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY TIME, DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING THIS TRUCK, BUT PERHAPS THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE AKNOWLEDGED BY CHEVROLET AND SOMEHOW REIMBURSED BY THEM. IF I HAD NOT CHANGED THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF, I FEEL THAT IT SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND DEATHS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF CHEVROLET NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS. I FEEL THAT BEFORE WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK, SOMEONE REALLY ROMPED IT THROUGH THE DESERT. IT HAD REALLY LARGE TIRES ON IT THAT WE HAD THE DEALER CHANGE TO WHAT WAS RECCOMENDED ON THE DOOR PANEL. WE ASKED A MECHANIC WHO WORKS ON TRUCKS ALL THE TIME HOW THE AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL COULD HAVE GOTTEN BENT LIKE THAT. HIS RESPONSE WAS, "THEY PROBABLY DROVE IT OFF A CLIFF". THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS TRUCK. THEY HAVE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF OUR COMPLAINTS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT. THERE WERE NO RECORDS BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. PERHAPS THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES AND DIDN'T HAVE TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE TRUCK IN DEPTH, PLEASE CALL ME AT THE NUMBER I LISTED BEFORE.*AK

NHTSA ID

749788

Incident

Apr 3, 1999

VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGH SPEEDS, AND PULLS TO THE SIDE WHEN BRAKING FROM LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT HUB LEAKED GREASE ON THE PAD AND BRAKE DRUM RENDERING THE BRAKES USELESS, THE CAUSE WAS A SEAL LEAKING, FOUR MONTHS LATER CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AGAIN, MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS HAD LEAKED GREASE/OIL ON BOTH REAR BRAKES RENDERING THEN USELESS AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE REAR AXLE BE REPLACED ENTIRELY WHICH WOULD PROBABLY ELIMINATE THE BRAKE FAILURE, HOWEVER DEALER STATED THAT THEY ONLY REPLACED THE AXLE SEALS.*JB

NHTSA ID

562083

Incident

Aug 31, 1999

WHEN TAKING OFF OR STOPPING THERES A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM REAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE LUBED. *AK

NHTSA ID

888293

Incident

Mar 3, 2001

THE FLOATING DRIVESHAFT WAS INADEQUATELY LUBED CAUSING A POPPING NOISE AT THE DRIVESHAFT YOKE, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. NLM

NHTSA ID

560722

Incident

Mar 20, 2000

THE 10/22/00 DEFECT WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER IN MICHIGAN. IT WAS FIXED AND WE GOT THE VEHICLE BACK ON 10/27/00. ON OUR TRIP BACK TO INDIANA ON 10/30/00, THE DIFFERENTIAL FLUID WAS FLYING OUT AND IT STARTED THE HIGH PITCH HUMMING AGAIN. THAT WAS BASICALLY TWICE IT WENT OUT IN ONE WEEK! AS OF THIS DATE, 11/2/00, IT IS BACK TO A DEALER IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. *AK

NHTSA ID

735606

Incident

Oct 22, 2000

ALL OF THE GEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWO TIMES. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS AT 10000 MILES. DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED THAT PROBLEM EXISTED BECAUSE WEIGHT LIMIT WAS EXCEEDED. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXCEEDING WEIGHT LIMIT. *AK RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL AND ANOTHER SEAL ON DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. *YH

NHTSA ID

871779

Incident

Aug 3, 1999

WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WELL WITHIN THE TAHOE LIMITS, THE TAHOE BROKE DOWN AT 13,800 MILES ON 5/10/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, IT WAS REPAIRED. BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 14,531 MILES ON 5/14/99 IT WAS IN THE SHOP UNTIL 5/21/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, THEN REPAIRED. THEN IT BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 15,319 MILES ON 5/29/00 REPAIRED BY THE DEALER EACH TIME. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE WENT ON VACATION THIS YEAR AND GOT BACK HOME. WE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE BACK AREA. WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE REAR END , WE WERE AT 33,915 MILES ON 8/17/00, THEY HOWEVER WOULD NOT REPAIR IT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY (3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES). WE HAD TO AUTHORIZE AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED, AND UNDER PROTEST WE DID. WE HAD TO GO HAVE THE TRAILER AND TAHOE WEIGHED AND GET A CERTIFICATE TO SHOW WE WERE NOT OVERWEIGHT. WE DID AND WERE WITHIN TOWING REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED AND PROPER WEIGHT DISTRUBUTION HITCH ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE ALL OUR WORK ORDERS IF NEEDED FOR FUTHER INSPECTION. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE OR MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE.*AK

NHTSA ID

731018

Incident

Aug 17, 2000

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55 AND 75 MPH AND WHEN VEHICLE IS SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE ENTIRE VEHICLE SEVERELY VIBRATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE DRIVESHAFT ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHR DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

865294

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

722055

VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR FROM A REDLIGHT VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO DRIVESHAFT BEING LOOSE . THE REMEDY REMEDY IS TO GO IN AND PUT GREASE ON SPLINES OF THE OUTPUT SHAFT TO TAKE OUT THE SLACK OF THE CONNECTION. *AK

NHTSA ID

859489

Incident

Mar 29, 2000

PINION BEARING FAILED AT LESS THAN 2000 MILES. DRIVERS SIDE DOOR MIS-ALIGNED. BAD SEALS AT CONNECTIONS FOR TRANMISSION COOLIN GLINES. CLUNK WHEN ACCEL. FROM STOP AND SHIFTING HARD. REOCCURRING NOISE IN PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD. REOCCURRING FAN TYPE NOISE UNDER HOOD. REOCCURRING FAILURE OF EXHAUST GASKETS.

NHTSA ID

716824

Incident

Dec 27, 1999

LOUD CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVESHAFT IS ENGAGING DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE CHANGED FLUID IN DIFFERENTIAL, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

716300

Incident

Nov 13, 1999

LOUD BANG/CLUNK NOISE WHEN STOPPING OR STARTING TO MOVE

NHTSA ID

708444

Incident

Jul 1, 1999

CAR HAS CLUNKING SOUND WHENEVER YOU ACCELERATE FROM STOP

NHTSA ID

701804

Incident

Dec 21, 1998

DRIVESHAFT AND REAR END VIBRATIONS CAN NOT BE RECTIFIED.

NHTSA ID

542571

VEHICLE CLUNKS IN THE REAR WHEN STARTING FROM STOP. DEALER LUBED THE SLIP YOKE AND REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT, WHICH DID NOT SOLVED THE CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER BELIEVES MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT RELEASED A REMEDY.

NHTSA ID

540811

Incident

Jul 13, 1998