Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the rear liftgate could not be opened electronically or manually. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that the door latch failed due to defective material. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 80,806.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the lift gate failed. As a result, whenever the contact attempted to open the lift gate it would not lock in place. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who decided to grease the latch and the lift gate finally locked. The failure recurred and the vehicle was not repaired again. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included on any recalls. The failure mileage was 94,000. Updated 10/24/12 *cn updated 11/08/2012
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the rear liftgate glass window became loose. The dealer was notified of the failure who stated that there were no recalls for the failure and offered no assistance. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 125,000.
The rear tailgate lock stopped functioning which prevents the rear window or the tailgate to be opened. There is not a manual way to open the tailgate or window from the inside either.
We have a 2005 chevy tahoe and we recently encountered a problem - the liftgate will not unlock. We discovered that is no manual key entry and there is no internal unlock system. This is a major safety issue : repeat: there is no internal unlock system which is a huge safety issue in the event of an emergency exit needed - especially with the third seat installed. The only way to unlock the liftgate is via remote key - but the lock does not respond to the remote key so the liftgate cannot open. There are tremendous amounts of complaints posted on the internet forums and we can not believe that there is no recall on this horribly unsafe situation - not to mention equipment failure. What is being done about it? Thank you.
The chevrolet tahoe tailgate lock do not have an emergency release inside the car. The tailgate actuator has stop functioning on my car and there no way for me to open the door. Not even trying to open with a key, because there is no key option to open the door on this model on the outside tailgate. Since, chevrolet failed to place a release inside the car. I feel that this is a serious life or death issue. If my kids are in the car trying to escape a fire or car submerged under water. There will be no way for them to escape. This item need to be corrected and fixed. I'm finding several incidents on the internet were the locking unit has failed. This is a serious safety issue.
I had noticed that on my 2005 chevy tahoe I was not able to open the tailgate it seemed to be locked, I tried to unlock it manually and it would not unlock from driver door when you hit to unlock everything manually. I also cannot push the button and open the glass manually either. Nor can I open it from crawling inside the truck to try to push the tailgate open. So if there was a accident there seems to be no way of getting out through the back entrance which is scary. I have tried multiple times to open it and it will not open, I cannot for any reason use the back tailgate anymore which I find a inconvenience and was one of the reasons I bought the truck in the first place.
2005 chevy tahoe tailgate locking mechanism fails-unable to lock or unlock tailgate using fob or power lock button, could pose safety problem in event of accident.
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