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I read the posts and had a lot of the same problems that a lot of you had, noise in the dash, popping when I turned the steering wheel, but all of this is irrelevant to me now because so much on my tahoe failed me on Tuesday morning.
I must tell you though that I truly loved my Tahoe LT, our plan was to pay it off (eventually, as it was $45000.00) and give it to our son when he turned 16 and buy a brand new one. I am still crying over the loss of my Tahoe!
Ok, I was on my way to work in the rain, apparently I hit water in the road, my Tahoe hydroplaned and the back end began coming around on the driver side, I corrected it, or overcorrected as we are assuming and began spinning the other direction. I saw walnut trees coming and the car wouldn't respond to my steering and I guess I was sliding (backwards?) in the mud because the brakes didn't work. I shut my eyes and felt the crash, I hit 5 walnut trees, severing 2 of the first ones I hit, the tahoe then rolled atleast once, landing on the drivers side in the mud. All I saw was a shattered and broken windshield and I knew it was bad. I thought that soon my onstar would activate and I would get help, because I could hear cars driving by.(that's right, not stopping) I then looked for my rear view mirror and couldn't find it, it was outside the windshield! I tried to roll down the passengar window, it wouldn't roll down so I could climb out of it. My center console broke open, everything had fallen on me and out of the tahoe in the crash, it wouldn't close again, it just broke open. I tried to use my talk button for onstar on the steering wheel but I was so disoriented that I couldn't remember you have to say "call" or "dial" I tried saying 911 and emergency, It gave me the weather! I was so terrified, still in my seatbelt. Someone finally stopped and I was able to climb out the rear window which was completely broken out, wiper still working. The first thing I saw was my third row rear seat in the mud! It had been ejected out the back window during the accident. This really scared me, we have 2 kids! everything that was in the rear of the tahoe was thrown out. everything in the dash and console was thrown out of the car. My airbags FAILED, my Onstar FAILED, thank god for my seatbelt. After climbing out I was able to find my rearview mirror, still attached outside of the broken/shattered windshield and push the emergency button. (12 minutes after the wreck!) She couldn't hear me very well, but sent help to my location! Thank god she knew where I was, because I couldn't remember! All of these things went wrong. The driver side roof caved in and the rear left tire when the turned it back right side up was bent horizontal! I contacted GM about all the stuff that went wrong and failed. They were supposed to forward my complaint to the appropriate dept. and get back to me in 48 hours, I haven't heard from them yet! I am terrified to drive, I hurt and can't move my neck or shoulders, but I am still alive. I see the pics of the tahoe and wonder how I am alive today! So, I need to warn you and know if anyone else has experienced such failures. I still wish I could have my Tahoe back, it had every possible feature and I really love it! Hopefully GM cares enough for their car owners to fix these things! My Tahoe rolled onto the onstar antenna, it still didn't activate. It scares me to death!
Thanks millions from a newbie...
Fortunately you are alive and in 1 piece. All those safety items failing is a definite concern.
Was wondering if anyone could help me program my garage door opener on my 1999 Tahoe. I used a friend's manual (Ford F-150) because our buttons look the same, but mine didn't work. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Suzanne
everything looked fine just some blowing snow here and there, back of the truck starts to come around and I hear the engine rev, I quickly hit the 4 wheel drive button and give it some gas
fight the over correction a few times and pull out
I was sweating bullets. and left it in autotrac the rest of the 400 mile trip.
so I almost lost my Z71 Tahoe
I just want to know if anybody has tried one on theirs and recieved similar results or not. If I could bump my mpg to at least 22-23mpg, I think that it would be worth the intial investment of + - $350
Thanks,
James
Question #2 It has a slight oil leak on the front drive shaft, drivers side inboard or output area of the 4wd shaft. Common ? Easy fix ?
Thanks - John
Just thought I would share my tahoe experience with the form for any comments (helpful). I purchased my first Tahoe in July of 2004. It was a 2001 LT with 53K miles. I work out of town so the vehicle is driven by my wife mostly bringing the our 4 children here and there. About two or three weeks after owning the vehicle my wife noticed that the material on the backs of the second and third row seat was beginning to deteriorate. I mean there was no tear it was just disappearing... A really strange thing as if the material was just not durable. Anyway after six months we did not have backs on our seats.
I showed it to my salesman but he was like - your problem man... After that I started looking for alternative for getting the seats repaired..
I finally decided that I would trade the vehicle in for a new Tahoe. I purchased the new Tahoe Feb 25 2005.
Two week after my wife drove the vehicle around guess what problem reappeared?? Yes the seat starting deteriorating again. I showed it to the dealer and this time because the car is less than 30 days old they are going to repair it. Anyone else with this problem?
Thanks,
Tqtclipper
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Are you putting something on them to clean or attempt to protect them?
We haven't had any issues with our 2003. Seats have held up well with 3 kids climbing over them daily.
-jay
The seat backs might be vinyl and just the seating surfaces leather. I don't know if the Tahoe does this but some manufacturer's do this.
Don't know. Ours (cloth with a carpet like back) have held up really well.
I guess judging from the response this is an isolated incident???
Thanks for the feedback.
That's your answer. Your second row seat head rest rubs on the back of your front seat when you fold it down. This is really a 'not so good design' as there is no limiter or something to prevent seat folding if front seat is set too far back.
The fix for this is to remember to move front seats forward enough to allow middle row seat folding. This is quite annoying. Another way to try to help it is to keep passenger's seat in enough forward position to allow middle row seat folding on that side. In this case just remember to have rear row passengers enter and exit through passenger's side door.
Arrie
Then, I'm not sure if I understand what side of the seat back is experiencing this dissappearance of material. Is it on the side where passenger sits or on the backside of the seat back, i.e. is your seat back leather dissappearing or is it the carpet on the backside that has the problem?
Arrie
Joe
Tahoe. Believe it or not all 3 have been good. The 2000 has 70k on it and has
not been in for repair in 3 years. The 2002 has never been in for repair, it only
has 19k miles, but I use it mostly off road, drive a car most of the time. The
2003 Tahoe my daughter drives, has 24k and has only been in the shop once.
She got rear ended some time back, and had to get a new bumper, the car
that hit her, did much much worse, that is why she drives this.
I think the 2000 does so well because it is made to tow trailers, and never has.
But I do tow trailers with my 2002, and it pulls them so easy. One trailer I have
weighs 9000 lbs, and my suburban pulls it without breaking a sweat.
We are waiting on the new suburbans to come out, and will trade in the 2000
for one.
Any one seen what they look like. I have heard mixed messages, but have
not seen a picture.
replace the whole seat cover, for cheaper than dealer, or ebay.
1) I purchased a Tekonsha trailer brake controller that apparently plugs into the wiring harness under the dash. Does anybody know where? My Tahoe did come with the optional trailer package so it is supposed to be there.
2) I really dislike the location of my spare tire. In my small part of Canada (as with many other areas) they use salt and gravel very liberally during winter. The spare tire and wheel are a mess! Has anyone ever tried to use the inside attachment (used on the older 2 door models) on a 4 door model? It looks to be in the same spot as the Jack is mounted now?
Any help appreciated.
We have had a rash transmission failures due to the transmission cooling lines coming off. Apparently they are held in place with a small plastic clip that can break. Has anyone else had similar problems? :sick:
Carl
My name is James (74marine) hobbies are hunting, fishing and spending time with my family. I currently have a used 2003 Tahoe Z71 5.3 engine with leather (not to fond of) but a good deal. I have had a few minor problems with the vehicle nothing major. It is a pleasure to drive, avg mpg 17-19. I am always curious of any problems / cures other owners have had with their Tahoes / Surburbans. Thanks.
I too am a first-time Tahoe owner and love it, but I am struggling with a couple of things. The most important one is a noise coming from the air conditioner. If you are sitting in the front seats, and the a/c is on Low fan, no entertainment running, we can hear the refrigerant rushing through the system. Does anyone understand what I am talking about, and have you found a resolution (besides turning on the radio)? Thanks.