Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
MY BRAKES DIDNT STOP ME WHEN I PUSHED ON THEM AND IT CAUSED ME TO SLIDE INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME WHICH DAMAGED MY RADIATOR AND LEFT SIDE FRAME OF VEHICLE.I HAVE NO WARNING DEVICES INSTALLED AND MY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY ANYONE
SERVICE STABILITY LIGHT COMES ON AND MY TAHOE WILL NOT MOVE. BRAKES ARE HOLDING, HAVE REPLACED ABS MODULE, ABS VALVES, ALL BRAKES AND ROTORS, MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER. AND STILL, I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM! VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO MIDWAY MOTORS A CHEVEROLET DEALER AND STILL NO ANSWER, AND IT'S THROWING THE VERY SAME CODES CO131 REAR DUMP VALVE FAILURE! THESE PROBLEMS AROSE AFTER DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED AWAY AS IT WOULD NOT MOVE EVEN WHEN PLACED IN NEUTRAL. TOTAL BRAKE LOCK DOWN!
RUSTED REAR BRAKE LINE RUPTURED SUDDENLY CAUSING A LOSE OF BRAKES, AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKES THE FRONTS STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE ABS MODULE LOCKED THE REAR BRAKES OUT, MAKING THE TRUCK ONLY HAVE FRONT BRAKES. EVERY STEEL LINE ON THE TRUCK WAS SO RUSTED THAT YOU COULD GRAB THEM AND SNAP THEM BY HAND, I HAD TO REPLACE EVERY LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS MODULE, FROM THE ABS MODULE TO THE FRONT WHEELS, BOTH LINES FROM THE ABS MODULE TO THE REAR RUBBER LINES, AS WELL AS BOTH STEEL LINES ON THE REAR AXLE. THIS IS A KNOWN COMMON PROBLEM, I'VE REPLACED 100S OF THESE LINE SETS OVER THE YEARS. YOU CANT REPLACE THE BLOWN LINE, IF YOU TRY TO REPLACE THE BAD LINE (OR THE BAD SECTION) IT BUILDS MORE PRESSURE THEN BLOWS OUT ANOTHER SPOT OR ANOTHER LINE. IF YOU REPLACE ALL THE TEARS IT'LL BLOW A FRONT LINE OUT. WHEN ONE LINE IS BAD YOU MUST REPLACE THEM ALL, THIS WAS ON MY WIFE'S TRUCK, BUT I'VE HAD TO TELL 100S OF CUSTOMERS THE SAME THING. ON THE SAME YEARS OF VEHICLES (99-06) GM VEHICLES I WARN PEOPLE WHO ASK ABOUT BUYING THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKE LINES, FRAMS, AND TO INSPECT THE BODY AND BODY MOUNTS CLOSELY.
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE SERVICE BRAKES LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS DID THE STABILITY TRACK AND BRAKE FAULT LIGHTS. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS GOING SLOW AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL WITHOUT HAVING A COLLISION. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND A BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN THE FRAME, DUE TO HEAVY CORROSION. THIS OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET IN A 30 MPH ZONE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED ABNORMALLY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKE SYSTAM STARTED LEAKING. *TR
HAVE OWNED THIS TAHOE SINCE NEW AND HAVE HAD GENERALLY GOOD SERVICE WITH IT. I MADE A TRIP FR MAINE TO DELAWARE, SUNDAY MAR 9, 2014. WEATHER CLEAR. AT END OF TRIP I CAME UPON A RED LIGHT. PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND NOTHING HAPPENED. WENT TO FLOOR. TRIED PUMPING, AND GOT A 1% RESP AND WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. TRIED EMER BRAKE. WENT TO FLOOR ALSO! NO TRAFFIC ON THIS SUNDAY SO I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD OR CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PARK THE CAR, I LIFTED THE HOOD AND SAW B FLUID SPLATTER EVERYWHERE. AT THIS POINT, THE EMERGENCY LIGHT INFORMATION ON THE DASH APPEARED: CK BRAKES, AND THE RED CIRCLE APPEARED FOR AB BRAKES! BUT THIS INFORMATION DID NOT APPEAR AS THE B FLUID PRESSURE WAS DECLINING RAPIDLY, WHEN IT MAY HAVE HELPED ME DECIDE TO PULL OVER. THE CHEVY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS RUST AND OXIDATION UNDERNEATH ON FRAME. BUT THIS CONDITION HAD NOTHING TO DO W/ CAUSING THE B FLUID LEAK. THE FLUID WAS COMING FROM ONE OF THE LINES LEADING FR THE B FLUID RESERVOIR. EITHER A CRACK DEVELOPED OR IT SEPARATED FROM THE PROTRUDING LINE EXTRUDING FROM THE RESERVOIR AND THE BRAKE PRESSURE FORCE SQUEEZED ALL OF THE FLUID OUT THRU THIS SMALL HOLE/CRACK. THIS WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND NOT A FAILURE CAUSED BY SALT, OXIDATION OR WEAR AND TEAR. I THANK THE STARS FOR THE SAFE CONCLUSION OF THIS UNFORGETTABLE EVENT ESP AFTER DRIVING 500 MILES FR MAINE TO DELAWARE. WHEN I CALLED GM CUST SVC IN DETROIT, ([XXX]) GM OFFERED NO HELP AND THE SIMPLE REPAIR BILL AT THE GM DEALER WAS $3400.00!!!!! THE CAUSE WAS EITHER>>> MATERIAL FAILURE OR POOR DESIGN OR POOR WELDING/SOLDERING. IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY OXIDATION OR CORROSION. GM WAS ARROGANT AND ONLY REPEATED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, WHICH EXPIRED IN 2011. I HOPE NO OTHER TAHOE OWNERS EVER SUFFER THIS TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH AND FULLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED PUMPING THE BRAKES HELPED SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE SERVICE BRAKE AND ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK NEXT TO THE BRAKE RESERVOIR AND AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, DID NOT RESPOND, EITHER. HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE LIFTED THE HOOD, HE DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC FOUND ONE OF THE TUBES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR HAD CRACKED ALLOWING THE PRESSURE TO SPRAY FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN RAPID LOSS OF BRAKING POWER.
THIS IS A FLEET VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE DRIVERS. IT HAS BEEN GARAGED SINCE PURCHASED NEW, AND FREQUENTLY WASHED. IT IS INFREQUENTLY USED IN POOR WEATHER, WHEN ROADS ARE SALTED OR BRINED, AND UNDERCARRIAGE IS RINSED AFTER USE IN SUCH CONDITIONS, INTENDING TO AVOID PREMATURE UNDERCARRIAGE RUST. IN THIS EVENT, THE BRAKE PEDAL GRADUALLY LOST PRESSURE WHILE HOLDING AT A STOP AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL IMPERCEPTIBLY. DRIVER INITIALLY THOUGHT SEAT WAS MISADJUSTED FROM PREVIOUS DRIVER AND THAT HIS APPLIED PEDAL PRESSURE WAS RELAXING, THEREFORE HE ADJUSTED THE SEAT AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THIS WAS DURING A SNOWSTORM, SO DRIVING WAS CAUTIOUS ANYWAY. THE PRIOR DRIVER HAD NOTICED THE SAME GRADUAL PRESSURE LOSS RETROACTIVELY WHEN ASKED. WITH 2 MORE HOURS DRIVING (MOSTLY HIGHWAY WITH LITTLE NEED FOR BRAKING), THE PROBLEM WORSENED TO THE POINT THAT BRAKING WAS COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNINGS WERE TRIGGERED. THE PROBLEM IS RUPTURED BRAKE LINES, DUE TO PREMATURE RUSTING. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT FULLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN MINUTES. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED. NO ONE WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WILL SEND OUT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE TAHOE SLOWLY STOPPED AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT RELUCTANTLY. I HAD STOPPED WITHOUT A PROBLEM ONLY SECONDS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. CAUSE OF THE BRAKING PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR SHOP WAS A BROKEN BRAKE LINE. THE REPAIR SHOP ALSO INDICATED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES. AS AN ASIDE, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHO PICKED UP THE TAHOE SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN MANY VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
2006 CHEVY TAHOE, REAR HATCH WILL NOT UNLOCK/OPEN. WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN AS WELL, KEYLESS ENTRY SO I HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS. SAFETY ISSUE AS I HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND THERE IS NO MANUAL WAY TO OPEN THE LATCH FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE OF VEHICLE. JUST SPENT $400 ON A FAULTY ACCELERATION SENSOR THAT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. LOST POWER TO VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. *KB
THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE FRAYED AND BROKE, THIS VEHICLE HAS APPROX 30,000 MILES, THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL. *TR
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