Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 26 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.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND CAR JUST STOPPED GOING AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS I GOT THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO GEAR AND DROVE TO DEALER THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE AND THE WAS NO INDICATION OF PENDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HAVE TO PUT IN NEW TRANSMISSION THIS IS THE SECOND ONE IN THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS 119,900 ON IT. *TR
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION IN MY '99 TAHOE. THE FIRST INCIDENT LEFT ME STRANDED AT 50K MILES. LUCKY I HAD AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPAIR SHOP HAD TO DO A FULL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE WHICH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A WEAK RINGREVERSE GEAR? THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN, ONLY NOW I HAVE 170K MILES. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE ENGINE TO GO FIRST. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS HAPPENED THIS TIME AS WELL.
FUEL LEAKS FROM THE CENTRAL PORT INJECTIONS INTO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERATIVE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE PCM WAS REPLACED. A MISFIRED IN THE 3 CYLINDERS AND 3 INJECTOR WERE REPLACED. *SC *JB
WINDSHIELD WIPERS, JUNK, TRANSMISSION JUNK,TRANSFER CASE JUNK AND REAR END JUNK. HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITH 1997 4X4 SUBURBAN, KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEMS NOW. THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED FOR YEARS. MAY START BUYING FOREIGN AT LEAST THEY STAND BY WHAT THEY BUILD. MUST WE WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE ARE INJURED. *JB
WHEN DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP THE 99 TAHOE LURCHED FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN STOPPED. I HAD TO HOLD THE BRAKE DOWN HARD TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THAT LIGHT THE AUTOMOBLE WORKED FINE. AFTER WORK THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY HOME. THIS HAPPENS EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON OR WHEN THE CAR SITS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE DEALER HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE PROBLEM BUT WHAT HE CAME UP WITH WAS THAT THE WIRING HARNESS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION HAD SHORTED OUT CAUSEING THE PCM MODUAL TO BURN UP. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A SAFTY HAZARD. THE CAR IS IN THE DEALER NOW GETTING THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE PCM MODUAL REPLACED AND REPROGRAMED. I CANNOT FIND ANY RECALL NOTICES FOR THIS PROBLEM. I ASKED FOR THE OLD PARTS TO BE RETURNED TO ME.I WILL PICK THE CAR UP TODAY 09/01/04 WITH THE BILL AT OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.*AK
VEHICLE STARTED SURGING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD,ALSO HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS.ALSO HAVE WIPER PROBLEMS. *AK
CLUNK IN REAR SUSPENSION WHEN STARTING AFTER A FULL STOP. DEALER HAS LUBRICATED DRIVESHAFT YOKE, REPLACED U-JOINTS. I LUBRICATED DRIVESHAFT YOKE MYSELF, FOUND IT WELL-LUBED, NOT THE PROBLEM. NOONE KNOWS HOW TOM FIX IT.*AK
THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SIX MONTH AGO ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER, SIX MONTH LATER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE DEALER REBUILT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AT THE OWNER EXPENSE. *JB THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT AND HAD BEEN SERVICED PRIOR TO PURCHASE WHICH INCLUDED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THE VEHICLE LEAKED FLUID, FOUND FRONT PUMP LEAKING DUE TO THE BEARING FAILURE(BOTH WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED), WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD GET WARM, A LOUD RATTLING NOISE WOULD BE HEARD, THE A/C WOULD GET WARM, THE FAN WOULD STOP BLOWING(FOND TERMINAL BURNT/WIRING REPAIRED), THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED UPON ACCELERATION(FOUND THE INPUT CARRIER BEARING COMING APART AND METAL THROUGHOUT/THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED). *SC
TRANSMISSION ON 1999 CHEVY TAHOE I TOOK TO ELLIOTT CHEVROLET 3 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WAS NOT A RECALL BUT I WAS INFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE THAT THERE WAS ON SOME PART AND IT WAS COVERED. I COULD NOT GET THE DEALER TO COVER THIS. *PH
WHILE DRIVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND GEAR PROPERLY. *NLM
THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE DAUGHTER ACCIDENTAL KNOCK THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPED OFF INTO THE CONSUMER HOUSE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
EXHAUST PIPE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. PIPE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTINUES TO FALL OFF. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT EXHAUST FUMES WHEN OPERATING VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING.*AKTHE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS A NOISE EMMITING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. *JG
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
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.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, NO PRIOR WARNING, MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS 27000. *AL
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. NLM
TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. UPON DEALER DIAGNOSIS THEY FOUND TRANSMISSION HARNESS CHAFED WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THIS COMPONENT IS NOT EXPOSED TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS. BECAUSE IT IS WIRING WITH NO EXPOSURE, THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE SHOULD NOT DETERIORATE UNLESS SUBJECTED TO EXTREME HIGH TEMPERATURES OR RUBBING. *AK
THE VEHICLES DRIVETRAIN CAUSES VIBRATION. NLM
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
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STRONGLY RESISTED ANY MOVEMENT, CONSUMER REALIZED THAT SOME HOW THE 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WERE ENGAGED AND AT NO TIME WERE EITHER TURNED ON, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THESE FAILURES COULD POSSIBLY BE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *SLC
VEHICLE IS PULLING, FEELS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. WHEN AT 35MPH VEHICLE GOES A MILE BEFORE IT KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR. WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. *AK
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
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.
WHENEVER SHIFTING FROM DRIVE OR PARK INTO REVERSE, THE LIGHT WOULD INDICATE IT'S IN REVERSE, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS NOT IN REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLIATE PROBLEMS, BUT NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS IDENTIFIED TO DATE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND COMING TO A STOP, THEIR IS A BANGING NOISE AND TOO MUCH PLAY WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE, AND WITHIN THE SLIP YOKE OF THE TRANSFER CASE, IT BINDS.
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