Oil consumption of at least a quart between oil changes, misfiring at idle causing check engine light, stability track control service light. Chevrolet tells me there is not even 1 service bulletin or recall notice on my tahoe.
2007 Chevrolet Tahoe engine complaints
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I have 3 issues . Low power which read a lot of people have the same issue (bad torque converter).bad oil loss. Which everyone seems to have .which the won't fix . Transmission slipping which everyone is having and is not the transmission it's electrical. I was told to send a complaint in to you guys. I have read alot on this car and these are very common problems with the 07 tahoe and I have all 3.
Drove car across town (2 miles @ 25 MPH); parked car for 15 seconds. Car started to smoke in engine compartment. Got out, popped hood and engine already on fire. Called 911, fire department arrived within 10 minutes. Car towed. Car totaled by insurance company. Gm contacted, looked at pictures of burnt engine we emailed to them, gm will not physically inspect vehicle, but told us the tahoe was too burnt up to determine cause of fire.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that while driving at 3 MPH, the vehicle stalled after the ignition key was bump inadvertently. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal noise and smelled a burning odor. In addition, the check engine, the tire, the traction, and the rear access warning lights illuminated. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the oil pressure on the vehicle was extremely low. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the lifters needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 104,000.
It was parked at the store parking lot and suddenly it was on fire it was totally destroyed the front, the seats and all the motor and nearest parts.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the oil engine warning light illuminated and that the oil needed to be replenished every 1,500 miles. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the pistons needed to be replaced and that the motor needed to be rebuilt. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the vehicle was placed under an oil consumption test for 100 miles and discovered that the vehicle needed a heavier oil. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Our extra third vehicle tahoe, is driven on the weekends or when the entire family is going out. On october 10th, we notice a knocking noise while driving or sitting idle. We took the car to the dealership on october 11th and was told we needed a new engine or to buy a new vehicle. We took the car to a local mechanic on october 13th for a second opinion and was told the car was 2 quarts low in oil. Which was a major red flag to the mechanic. Now, we have to purchase a new engine.
While driving on I-75 in florida coming from kentucky (relocating my mother in law), I and a friend who was taking a turn driving smelled an odor similar to sulfur or natural gas. Within 10-15 minutes, smoke started coming out of the front driver engine compartment. Driver immediately pulled to the emergency lane as a fireball exploded from the same area as the smoke. We both dove out of the vehicle on the passenger side. The entire vehicle with nearly all the contents burned, all the way down to the tires.
Extreme oil consumption on my 2007 chevy tahoe...have to add oil every time at approximately 1500 - 2000 miles after oil change. This should not be happening. Chevy knows about numerous amounts of complaints on 2007 tahoe's and they do nothing about it. Also have complaints on cracked dashboard...this should not be happening at all. This SUV cost me 50k and we should not be experiencing these problems....help!!!
There is a misfire and stabiltrac light that comes and goes intermittent the dealer don't know what's wrong I've changed out electrical parts all over the truck still cant find. Battery issues from beginning of trucks purchase now I drive today and have water leaking in the doors so much that fill up and spill inside.. I've learned that gm really doesn't care about their customer and its really sad seeing this is my third tahoe and impala ss,, really thinking toyota is gonna get my business unless gm can make things right for their customer.
My chevy tahoe has had an oil consumption issue since purchase in 2007. The oil light will come on after 2500 miles after a recent service and stated that the level is low. Taking it to the dealership multiple times and they continue to state it is "normal" oil consumption. This is not normal operating conditions and needs to be addressed by gm.
While driving 72 MPH on highway stabilitrak light, traction control light and flashing engine light came on and engine bogged down with no power. After almost getting hit by 2 semis I got the truck off the road.. I have read up on this issue and chevy needs a recall on this.. Someone is gonna get killed.
Was driving and when exiting freeway. Truck started shaking really bad and traction /stability control light came on. Engien light has been coming on and off for about a year. All they do is reset system and comes right back on a few days later. It been well taken care of. Bought it in 06 and paid it off in 08. This truck has been giving me many problem since 09. I even have a crake on dash board all the way to air bag since 08. Dealer said no recalls and is due to sun! Bull.... I have been reading on-line and many people have simalier problems.
This is the second incident. Was driving at 45 MPH and made a turn. The tahoe loss power and stalled. The computer read reduced engine power and stability trak off. This is bothersome being that this can happen anywhere at anytime. Afraid of possible accident or worse.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the stability control warning light illuminated, the steering seized and the vehicle stalled simultaneously. The failure was experienced several times. The contact was able to coast onto the shoulder and restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 105,753.
The oil level low light came on in the car. I took the car to my local mechanic. He also has a 2007 tahoe. He told me to take the car to the local chevy dealer. He has seen this many times in the 2007 tahoe, apparently they burn oil and it is due to a defective design of the piston and piston ring. The dealer paid for his tahoe to be fixed. I was told that gm now uses a minimum participation financial calculator and gm would only pay for 45% of the cost to repair, leaving me with a $1,705.10 repair bill. I was able to get the repair cost down to $850. However, this car is defective. I have not even finished paying for the car and the dealer is telling me I need a new engine due to a design flaw. I think gm needs to do the right thing here and repair their flawed 2007 tahoes. Gm clearly knows of the flaw as they redesigned the 2008 piston and piston ring.
Excessive oil consumption, dealer acknowledged the problem with that model year engine, after taking the vehicle in 3 times about this problem the installed oil deflector per tsb, still has not fixed the problem. Vehicle still uses 1.5 quarts of oil every 1000 miles, all maintenance has been done by the book by the dealership I purchased the vehicle from.
As I was driving down the interstate at a controlled speed of 70mph I suddenly noticed the stability and traction icon came on and off every 2 or 3 minutes. As this happened I felt my engine lose power and the steering wheel locked up for a few seconds. This is now happening every day I drive to work or anywhere I drive over 55mph. I have a 4 month old son and I am petrified at would could happen if this does not get recalled or fixed. I have read that service centers can not fix this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle was started to mis-fire. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the piston rings were fracturing and needed to be replaced. The dealer advised the contact that replacing the piston rings would not correct the failure and that the engine would require replacement. The dealer stated they would not rebuild the engine even though just replacing the rings will not correct the problem. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle was consuming excessive oil for a period of three years. The vehicle was scheduled for repairs. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.
2007 chevrolet tahoe. Consumer states several issues with vehicle and request information on recalls, service bulletins, warranties or lemon law *tgw the consumer stated the cruise control down shifted to 2nd while driving at highway speeds and on hills, the starter would hang, there was a noise coming from the AC compressor. The transmission was replaced. However, it continued to hesitate after the vehicle was started, as well as a vibration. There was a clicking noise coming from the differential, the idle needle would rise, while at a stop, the battery drained, the engine stalled, the dash was cracked, there was a problem with the suspension, the tire pressure monitoring system was repaired three times, the passenger side mirror was inoperable, the weather strip had come off the vehicle and there was a clicking noise coming from the u-joint.
I have an 07 tahoe and have read from other people that this is happening to alot of others as well. I had my truck inspected at the chevy dealer in lake elsinore. They said it could be a number of things and thought that cleaning my intake system would fix the problem. It was fine for one day then out of nowhere driving on the freeway my stability trac light comes on and the check engine light and says reduced engine power . I had my wife and kids in the truck and find it funny that I guess this has happened to others with different vehicles but the same year gmc yukons. I had the same problem as one and they were near semi trucks. This is not good even worse when you are no longer under the warranty and the dealer can't tell you exactly what it is but wants to try everything. That is wrong. This is dangerous to have happen and even worse when the dealer wants to say they are not exactly sure but find out from reading about others vehicles like mine with the same problem and no help.
I bought a 2007 tahoe with a mileage of just over 77k, the low oil light came on just as the first oil change was due(3k miles). It was approximately a quart low. The dealership I bought it it had just changed the oil so I thought, "maybe they just didnt put enough in." took it to local station that I get all my work done at to get an oil change. Light came on again before the next oil change was due again almost a quart low. I put more oil in and changed again at 83086. At 86147 light came on again and was 1 1/4 qts low, so I added more oil. Then at 87098 we were leaving to go on a road trip so I checked oil and it was 1/4 qt low. This appears to be a common problem for this year vehicle according to online reports. I shouldn't be having to add this much oil to the vehicle in such a short amount of mileage.
Heavy oil consumption. The car says oil is low about every two weeks or less.
Excessive oil consumption.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated while driving at various speeds her v-8 engine should switch to a v-4 whenever she increased her speed to save on gasoline. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer who advised her that the vehicle was stuck in v-8 and caused the vehicle to misfire. The 8 lifters, manifold, and all of the gaskets surrounding them were repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.
2007 chevy tahoe using 2.5 qts oil every 1500 miles. 5.3l v-8. Oil consumption test done. On to the dealer for the next step.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The vehicle had not been driven for 10 hours when a fire started under the hood and caused the front tire to explode. The entire front of the vehicle melted on the ground. The vehicle was approximately a foot from the house and as high as the two story house. After hearing the explosion, the contacts husband used a garden hose to keep the flames away from the house. An additional vehicle that belongs to the contact was damaged by the fire. There was also property damage to the siding and bricks on the house. The fire department extinguished the fire, filed a report, and stated that the cause was an electrical short. The insurance company towed the vehicle to general motors to conduct an investigation. There were no injuries. The failure and current mileages were 9000.update 09/10/08 *cw updated 09/17/08.
We have had several problems with this vehicle. We've had tires replaced twice, rotors, and brakes resurfaced, and rear-end dropped so the springs could be adjusted. But the biggest problem has been with the roaring in the motor. The dealership has had the vehicle for more than 20 days on and off looking for this noise. I've had it to them 8 times or so trying to find it. The noise didn't start until around 3,000 miles, and gets worse and easier to duplicate with more miles. The first 7 visits they said they didn't know what it was and was clueless to it, but the last visit, and 4 days of it, they and gm decided it was a "characteristic" of the vehicle, and nothing could be done. On the otherhand, one mechanic says it's coming from the drivetrain, but others say it's an improper balance in the motor. Either way I'm paying too much money for whatever it is!
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