Transmission started to shift real hard from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd gears after driving on highway for 30 minutes. Drove this way for 3 years. Had trans rebuilt june 2003 at 68k miles and went on road trip 900 miles and problems started while on my vacation trip. Had to have the valvebody replaced at the cost of $400 while on vacation. I was told that was why my transmission burned up time. Brakes started when the dealer replaced a leaking master cylinder. I brought it back for a spongy / low pedal and was told there was nothing wrong and there was nothing gm would do about it. Still stuck with spongy / low pedal
1997 Chevrolet Tahoe transmission complaints
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The brakes ABS system activates at every stop when the car downshifts from 2nd to 1st gear and when parking. Speed sensors have been replaced twice at dealership and still a problem.
While driving at highway speed consumer heard a grinding noise. The oil and RPM needles started fluctuating back and front . Also, when this occurred consumer pulled over to investigate. When vehicle was put into reverse it failed to go backwards, hesitated, then jerked into first gear. Prior this incident,transmission was replaced for this same issue.
The automatic transmission failed.
While driving and without warning the 4-wheel drive would intermittently shut on and off. Dealer notified. Ts
After driving 30 miles at highway speed, I stopped to exit the highway. When I began to turn left, I heard a loud clank in the rear of the vehicle. I continued for about 5 more miles and parked the vehicle. After allowing the vehicle to rest for approx. 8 hours, I backed the vehicle out and began driving home. The drive was approx. 30 miles at 75-80 MPH. Iafter stopping to exit the highway, the transmission made a loud whinning noies as though it was slipping, the engine reved to about 3000rpm befor ethe transmission would shift. This happen ever time I excellerated from a stop or from slow coasting (3 more times in 6 miles). When I arrived home, I checked the fluid level, it was fine and there was no discoloration of the oil or any abnormal smell. When I attempted to back the vehicle, it would not go into reverse, I would drive forward, but the slipping continued when it was road tested by the repair shop. I loaded the vehicle on a trailer and trailered it to a repair shop. The following was found to have failed. The sunshell failed causing debris to be circulated through the transmission. The reverse gear did not function anymore, the torque converter was contaminated with debris and had to be replaced as it could not be cleaned locally. Sprage and numerous gears and bands were damaged as a result. Total cost of repair with labor and tax....$2453.17. There was no warning or condition that lead up to the failure. The vehicle only has 65,600 miles on it. Pretty sad performance for a tranmission designed for this type vehicle.
Vehicle will not go in reverse, it jerks and changes over slowly and grinds. Transmission has failed for the fourth time . Dealer has been putting in new transmissions. Transmission seems to fail every 15,000 miles. Dealer was notified. *ak
Engine starving, engine check light on. Had fuel injectors cleaned in august 2001. This time #6 fuel injector failure. Car is not old, not abused and many items failing ie: parts of transmission. In the past year have had many major repaires.
On or about 7/6/02, my wife was loading our three children into the tahoe (which was parked and running with the AC on due to the heat). After putting the three year old and the four year old in the car, but before securing them in the car seats, the 3 year old went to the drivers seat. He then shifted the car from park to drive without depressing the brake (he is 2 feet tall and can not reach them). The car moved forward striking a retaining wall, causing minor cosmetic damage. Fortunatly, no one in or out of the car was injured, although this could have easily not been the case. I am very concerned about this, and would like it looked into. I have been able to duplicate this event (shifting without depressing the brake) every time I have attempted it since the crash incident. I reported the incident to tom, the service manager at tate chevy in annapolis, md, who advised that he was aware of this happening once or twice a year with chevy vehicles. He advised me to have the car checked during our next routine service, or to bring it in to specifically have this problem looked at. I plan to do this as soon as possible, but certainly would prefer chevyrolet to comp the cost of this safety repair. Thank you for your help.
After driving for 20 to 25 miles then coming to a stop. When you take off again car slams into gear from 1st to 2nd. We currently have $1,100. In service bills and still have not been able to have the problem fixed. In doing research found many other gmc owners have the exact same problem. We feel this should be investigated and hopefully recalled as a factory defect.
The drives seat bolts I believe are broken/gears get stuck in park constantly/right side head gasket had to be replaced due to massive leak of coolant/sound system makes whinnin gnoise on rear speakers and cd is inoperative/defective
While putting vehicle in park rear end fell apart. Gears broke and axle released. Vehicle started to roll backward and could not be stopped. Dealer contacted. Please add VIN.
While driving at 65 MPH, and without warning, vehicle started to lose speed. Rpms went higher than normal. All gears, except 1st and 2nd, failed to work. Please provide further information.
Transmissions problems common on chevrolet tahoes 1996-1998.
While driving on the interstate at 65 MPH RPM went up to 3000 and the vehicle started to slow down,pulled to the side of the road you could smell something that was burnt I made it to a garage had it checked out I was told that the converter was burnt it got hot and blew trans fluid out the overflow and that at the least the converter would need replaced.
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While driving transmission began to slip and engine check light came on vehicle slowed down in highway traffic had to coast to nearest service station and had vehicle towed to dealership was told that transmission needed to be replaced. Also, fuel pump had failed simultaneously since incident fuel pump has been replaced 3 times and counting.
Consumer experienced premature transmission failure.
Consumer slowed down at a light, and when trying to go vehicle started to jolt/ and made a loud noise. Contacted dealer, and dealer wanted to replace transmission.
Suddendly and without warning driver heard a loud "bang, after driving a few hundred more feet the vehicle would not shift into second gear or into reverse, vehicle towed to dealership for transmission failure.
Rear differential/spider gears came apart during normal driving, parts shot out of transmission case, major rupture, has happenned on numerous other tahoes, astro vans, s10s, etc, that all have the same rear end
Failure of sunshell and 2-4 band assembly.
Consumer had seen vehicle leaking oil. Took vehicle for repairs and technician found out that oil leakage was coming from rear axle, and could not be sealed.
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Transmission failure, no foward or reverse, with no previous warning.
Ongoing problem with slip yoke since vehicle was purchased, gm claims common characteristic but has no means of repair at current time(3 yrs now) claims that it is safe. Today, the rear axle went out luckily I had just gotten off the freeway, and only going about 5 MPH.pleade advise on any other cases.
The turn signals quit working at the dealer and they never did pin-point it. The 4wd system engaged on it's own at 75 MPH and the trans, cut out resulting in no power and then it returned but the 4wd system was gone. The barkes failed and then started working ok. The parking brake was in need of adjustment every 2000 miles. The ABS would kick in for no reason.
The ABS system would kick in for no reason and didn't matter what the road surface was. The vehicle would pull excesively to the crown of the road, if you took your hands off the sterring wheel, you would end up in a ditch in less than two seconds. The cruise control would work when it wanted to, same as the horn. The brakes would pulsate. It went through one of the front pads every ten thousand miles; the other three padshad over 50% left. The transmission would shift way to early from first to second; causing the vehicle to alomost quit accelerating because of the lack of power.
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