2011 Chevrolet Tahoe Electrical Problems

Stability trac, ABS, traction control, passenger air bag, locks are locking and unlocking, voltage to high, car will lose power while driving then shut off after alternator replaced, truck is worse also back trailer brake sensor appears to, no engine lights on went to two mechanics and unable to find the problem, very dangerous my car will randomly turn off while driving and cars in back slamming on their brakes to avoid hitting me

NHTSA ID

11588289

Incident

Jan 1, 2024

I was sold a vehicle by a small car dealer who claims to have a dealers license. He advertised the car as having 125,000 miles and that is what the odometer says. After receiving the title and looking it up on car fax I found that the vehicle actually has 255,000 miles on it. Dealer states it was a cash deal and not his problem

NHTSA ID

11515605

Incident

Apr 3, 2023

VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL TURNS ON AND OFF UPON START UP AND WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DRIVER TO NOT KNOW HOW FAST ONE IS GOING, IT THEY HAVE GAS, ETC. THIS IS A COMMON KNOWN ISSUE WHICH AFFECT MANY GM OWNERS AS WELL AS THE GM BRAND.

NHTSA ID

11384589

Incident

Dec 21, 2020

Mileage

86,410 mi

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. GO TO HIGH BEAMS AND MOTOR IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO REV UP/DOWN, AND RUN ERRATIC. SWITCH BEAMS TO NORMAL POSITION=IT STOPS. WHEN DEPRESSING KEY FOB TO OPEN AND CLOSE DOORS, IT ONLY WORKS FREQUENTLY. BIZARRE ELECTRICAL ISSUE....

NHTSA ID

11217541

Incident

Jun 2, 2019

Mileage

114,000 mi

'TAKATA RECALL'

NHTSA ID

11172043

Incident

Jan 2, 2019

IGNITION LOCK ACTUATOR BIND MAKING TURNING THE KEY DIFFICULT AND CAUSING THE IGNITION TO GET STUCK IN THE START POSITION EVEN WHEN TURNING THE CAR OFF.

NHTSA ID

11145225

Incident

Nov 4, 2018

Mileage

135,551 mi

STABILITRAK AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, THE DOOR LOCKS GO CRAZY, RADIO GOES IN AND OUT AND YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO DIE OUT. THE FIRST TIME I HAD IT TAKEN IN, THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR SO I PAID $600 TO HAVE IT FIXED. 6 MONTHS LATER IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING SO THE SAME SENSOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. ONE MONTH LATER MY TAHOE IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AND NOW THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S A SHORT. I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY ARE JUST TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS TO SEE IF IT WORKS, SO NOW I AM OUT OF POCKET OVER $1000 FOR THEM TO KEEP GUESSING WHAT GOING ON.

NHTSA ID

11113357

Incident

Sep 15, 2017

Mileage

78,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY AFTER 30 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE POWER ISSUES CAUSING ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. EXAMPLE, WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70MPH THE ISSUES WOULD HAPPEN WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES OR TURNING ON A BLINKER, THE VEHICLE'S DOOR LOOKS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES, IT WOULD CREATE A STARTLING POP IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE SPEAKERS, THE RADIO CUT OFF AND RESTARTED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE THEN STARTED TO STUTTER LOOSING POWER. STABILITRACK AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER SAFELY PULLED OVER, CUT VEHICLE OFF. RESTARTED VEHICLE, NO ISSUES OR POWER PROBLEMS. PROBLEM WOULD THEN RANDOMLY HAPPEN. RANDOM NO POWER ISSUES - LIKE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. TESTED BATTER - IT WAS OK. PROBLEM BECAME SPORADIC AND RANDOM. DTC SHOWED RANDOM ISSUES WITH ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE (C0710 -STEERING POSITION SENSOR), PARK ASSIST MODULE (U0073, B1325 - DEVICE POWER 1 CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION) AND PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM (B1000- ECU MALFUNCTION) IDENTIFIED GROUNDS TO BE VERY BAD CONDITION AT BATTERY NEGATIVE TO ENGINE AND FRAME, AND DRIVER SIDE UNDER BODY GROUND AT THE FRAME.

NHTSA ID

11105156

Incident

May 18, 2018

Mileage

190,000 mi

CAR IS SHUTTING OFF WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT TO RADICALLY THE LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF DOOR LOCKS WON'T ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE HAS HAPPENED TWICE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR ALMOST HAD ACCIDENTS. HAND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECK BATTERY ALTERNATOR BY GM CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND ALL CHECKED OUT FINE. I AM CONCERNED THIS VEHICLE HAS A BAD IGNITION SWITCH WHICH HAS BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER MODELS OF VEHICLES AND I DO UNDERSTAND SOME CHEVROLET SUVS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE RECALLS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

NHTSA ID

10968667

Incident

Mar 10, 2017

Mileage

23 mi

2 ISSUES--- 1ST--DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS IN IT, WHICH 1 CRACK IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD AND CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO EXPLODE CAUSING GREAT HARM TO A PERSON. THESE CRACKS ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AS MANY OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS. 2ND--ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING; NO STEERING OR BRAKE CONTROL. RADIO SHUTS OFF & ON, ALL DASH COMPONENTS FLICKER ON AND OFF, GAUGES TURN OFF, DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE & DISENGAGE. THIS HAPPENS FOR 3-10 SECONDS AND THEN WILL "RESET" AND FUNCTION NORMAL. I'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT FORUMS TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

10871101

Incident

May 3, 2016

Mileage

56,000 mi

STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. INSTRUMENT PANEL INCLUDING ALL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. STOPPED THE VEHICLE, WAITED AND RESTARTED IT. INSTRUMENT PANEL AND GAUGES BEGAN WORKING. FROM THEN ON INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ALL GAUGES WORKED ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER A FEW WEEKS GAUGES STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE, SPEED, AMOUNT OF FUEL, COULD NOT TELL IF THE TURN SIGNALS WERE WORKING, BACK UP WARNING SOUND WAS NOT WORKING, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. DEALER SAID THE ENTIRE GAUGE PANEL REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS JUST UNDER 50,000 MILES.

NHTSA ID

10860959

Incident

Apr 21, 2016

Mileage

49,000 mi

OUR TAHOE ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN 3 OR 4 TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. IN EACH SITUATION PUTTING ON THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. I WAS FORCED TO ENTER HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND GET INTO A CENTER TURN LANE JUST MISSING AN ACCIDENT. I PUT THE CHEVY TAHOE IN NEUTRAL WHICH ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO RACE TO A POINT IT COULD/WOULD HAVE BLOWN. I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION BUT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR AND WILL TRADE IT FOR ANOTHER BRAND. EACH OF THE TIMES THIS HAPPENED IT WAS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS & THE SPEED CONTROL WAS NOT ON. TURNING OFF THE CHEVY TAHOE ALLOWED IT TO RESTART EACH TIME SO WE COULD GET HOME. GM LIKE ALL CAR COMPANIES DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE IS NOT DESIGNED TO SIGNAL THE CAUSES OF THESE INTERMITTENT TYPES OF PROBLEMS THUS THEY CAN GO ON FOR YEARS BEFORE GETTING FIXED. THIS IS THE FOURTH GM VEHICLE OVER 20 YEARS & ALL HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND UNLESS MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE KILLED GM KEEPS DOING THE SAME POOR JOB.

NHTSA ID

10721573

Incident

May 25, 2015

Mileage

46,366 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V827000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. UPDATED 5/19/15*CN

NHTSA ID

10704466

Incident

Mar 5, 2015

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON 678 HIGHWAY MY TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILIK TURNED OFF AND THE ENGINE MODE LIGHT TURNED CAUSING MY TRUCK DROP IN SPEED FROM 55 TO 40. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10559199

Incident

Jan 7, 2014

Mileage

47,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE SUDDENLY THE ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED AND TRACTION CONTROL STABILITY TRACK CAME ON AND SAID TO SERVICE ENGINE I WAS GOING 70 AND THE SPEED DROPPED DOWN TO 40. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS HAPPEN I'M GOING TO SEE IF THE DEALER WILL FIX PROBLEM TOMORROW. *TR

NHTSA ID

10494517

Incident

Jan 23, 2013

Mileage

62,704 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ABS, LOSS OF POWER, CHECK ENGINE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LAMPS WERE ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE SENSOR AND CABLES WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,000. UPDATED 07/02/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LOSS ALL POWER AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED QUICKLY. UPDATED 07/12/12

NHTSA ID

10459535

Incident

Jun 13, 2011

Mileage

4,000 mi