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Seat Belts
04/01/2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V122000 (SEAT BELTS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS SINCE 2003 FOR OTHER REPAIRS AFTER THE TECHNICIAN WAS ASKED TO REPAIR ANY OUTSTANDING RECALLS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS AND THEY WOULD ARRIVE IN APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
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Service Brakes
03/01/2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKES WOULD SEIZE AND RELEASE WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.
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Service Brakes
12/20/2016
99 TAHOE - SEVERAL TIMES REPEATIDLY - HIT BRAKES- SUV STARTS STOPPING THEN BRAKES PULE & NO STOP-SEVERAL TIMES CAME SO CLOSE REAR ENDING VEHICLE IN FRONT DUE TO PULSING BRAKES NOT STOPPING !!!!!CALLED CHEVROLET ON RECALL BULLETIN - SAYS NOT MY VEHICLE !!!! I GET INTO ACCIDENT -WILL BE SUEING CHEVROLET WITH BULLETIN RECALL BUT NOTHING DONE !!!! SAY' OUT OF MY POCKET !!!!!
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Service Brakes
12/01/2000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ABS WOULD ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND CAUSING THE STOPPING DISTANCE TO BE INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS SENSORS FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT THE CONSUMER STATED THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD NOT ACTIVATE AT 21,000 MILES. *TR
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Electrical System
05/22/2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC UNDER THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS MELTING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WIRES BEGAN TO MELT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 218,000.
