Our 2007 chevrolet tahoe will not start. There have been four occasions where my family and I were getting ready to take a trip and when my husband went to turn the car on it would not start. We have had the vehicle jump started twice and have taken the car to antwerpen chevrolet twice and each time we were told that there was no real problem. It happened again an no one seems to know what the problem is, this has become a big problem for my family and unfortunately we can't seem to get any help from anyone.
2007 Chevrolet Tahoe engine complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that he noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood of the vehicle approximately an hour after he parked. The fire department stated that the cause of the fire could have been electrical. In addition, they disconnected the battery. As of february 27, 2008, the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. There is a defect investigation open for the engine and engine cooling: engine (the federal safety agency action number pe08010). The current and failure mileages were 13,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. On january 12, 2007, the check engine light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they reinstalled the cam shaft clip into the harness, and replaced the cam shaft position sensor. On november 21, 2007, the vehicle was taken back to the dealer because the engine light illuminated again. The cam shaft sensor was replaced again. On january 29, 2008, the engine light illuminated again and the vehicle was difficult to start. In addition, the auto start remote would not work. The dealer replaced the cam sensor again. Since the last replacement, the engine light has not illuminated again. The current mileage was 16,000 and failure mileage was 10,948.
I own a new 2007 chevy tahoe that I purchased on 2/22/07 for $49k. On dec 31st, 2007 I came home from work at 3pm and parked my car in our attached garage (car obviously turned off). At 3:45pm my wife started to smell smoke -- upon entering the garage I noticed that the car was smoking (fire dept thinks its electrical in nature - definitely smelled like it was). I have not had a problem at all with this car and kept up with all maintenance only using the gm dealership for work. We immediately called the fire dept -- when the police and fire made it to the scene the engine burst into flames. My one year old son was sleeping in his room right above the garage. There are a lot of "what ifs" that go through your head if we had not smelled the smoke and the car blew up. Not even taking into account that there was another car right next to the tahoe which was full of gas. Gm has given me the run around and does not feel that my car deserves to be replaced. They are very happy letting my insurance pay for the damage to my house and letting me suffer a $16k loss out of pocket for this incident. I am currently pursuing legal avenues and am in the process of looking at the lemon law that massachusetts has on the books.
After only one month of purchase auto start feature does not work unless you were 3 feet away. The vehicle once sat over night would make a really loud clattering sound when you would turn on the engine. I took the car into the dealer and told them about the problems the dealer indicated that they had to reprogram the software in the tahoe to reprogram auto start. The next morning I was called and informed that they were unable to reproduce the clattering sound and that nothing wrong was detected with the vehicle so that it was ready for pick up. Everything was o.k. For about a couple of months. Auto start wasn't working again. At my third service visit to the dealer I noticed the tires were starting to get wasted towards the inside. The vehicle only had about 5,000 miles on it at the time. When the dealer was informed he indicated that the tires needed to be rotated. After about three tire rotations I noticed the tires getting warn out pretty badly on the inside. He indicated that the problem could be that it needs a front end allingnment only after the vehicle having less than 12,000 miles. The front end alignment was done on the vehicle.to this day that the tires are wasted more on the insides than the outsides.this last month we have had a problem again with the loud clattering sound in the engine when we start the vehicle.it has gotten alot worse I took it into the dealer and they said that they were aware of the problem and that it appears to be oil build up in the air compressor that when it sits for more thatn 3 hours it apparently makes this loud sound when you start the engine. He indicated that chevy is looking into the problem and to this day has not done anything about the problem.I was furious when they refused to do anything about a problem that chevy well knows is a manufacturer defect.
Tl*- the contact stated that while driving the 2007 chevrolet tahoe at 65 MPH the vehicle began to overheat and slowed down to 25 MPH. The vehicle had to be driven slowly for 20 miles off the road to safety, before being towed. There was a large hole in the generator, and the radiator had to be replaced.
We took our vehicle to the dealer for a 3rd time now (look for my other complaint on this website on electrical problems/windshield problems) for the same problem plus a number of multiple other problems. The problem that the dealer can't seem to remedy is the windshield wipers and wiper spray keep coming on all by themselves and cannot be turned off unless you turn the vehicle off and then restart it. They've replaced the windshield wiper module but they still come on randomly. The heated seats sometimes don't work and in order to get them to work you must restart the car. The front passenger window will randomly not roll up or down from the drivers side master switch and will only start working after restarting the vehicle. When I took my car to get serviced (oil change) the mechanic noticed several leaks under the vehicle, one coming from the engine bell housing another from the rack and pinion area and the third from the power steering pump housing area. When we took it to the dealer they cleaned the engine pan (I have before pictures) and added an engine dye and they stated they found no leaks, we'll check it again after a few hundred miles. They also cleaned up the other leaks from the other areas and claimed no leaks. Our mechanic also noticed while rotating the tires that the front right rotors were deeply grooved which answers my question as to why my brakes have been squeaking. He says that with only 10,000 miles it is not normal for them to be grooved, and is definitely a defect with the calipers probably sticking. Showed the dealer and the service writer stated it was normal, that cannot be normal. So now they resurfaced the rotor and the brakes are still squeaking. After bringing my vehicle home from the dealer for repairs the car locked "itself" I did not lock it, the car keys were not even in my hands anymore they were hanging on the key rack. There are definitely some major electrical problems and mechanical problems with this vehicle.
My 2007 chevrolet tahoe that I have had for only 1 month 3 weeks the engine shut down and went into a theft code and on star could not fine the problem. The next time this happen I was driving my truck and the motor shut down and went into a theft code lucky no one was behind me. This happen 9/9/06& 9/28/06.
Reference: near death experiences while driving our brand new (2 week old, chevrolet tahoe ) my family and I have experienced 3 near death situations on two major interstates while driving the two week old 2007 tahoe that I purchased on may 20. I will explain the dangerous experiences we were subjected to in chevrolet tahoe. The chevrolet tahoe I just purchased 2 weeks ago has stalled on three occasions, while I was driving at 65-70 MPH, on a busy interstate. When the incidents occurred there were many motorist on the interstate (at night and during the day) we went to two dealers and spoke with on star four times. The repairs were supposed to be completed but each time the SUV stalled on the interstate causing a possibly fatal incident for my family and other motorist. The 2007 tahoe that I have been sold is clearly dangerous and defective. Now it's friday, june 9, 2006, and I have a brand new 2007 tahoe that is truly malfunctioning; my family needs safe and reliable transportation. *jb
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