2008 Chevrolet Tahoe locks problems

Filed Apr 21, 2015 · Electrical, Locks · 103,000 miles · KS

Passenger side door lock started having problems. Would work occasionally. Now, it won't work at all. Has to be manually pulled up to unlock and pushed down to lock. I noticed over 450 complaints from others about the actuators going out on theirs too. Seems to be a problem.

Filed May 23, 2014 · Locks · 50,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the front driver and passenger side exterior door handles were fractured. In addition, the chrome peeled off of the front passenger side interior door handle. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer twice and the exterior door handle was replaced each time. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000. Rk

Filed Oct 7, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · PA

A few years ago all three door locks went at the same time on my 2008 tahoe. I told my dealer this seems very unusual. Asked if there is a recall and he shrugged his shoulders. I am not sure of the exact date other than to tell you it was a few years ago. A few months ago left blinker wont work. Took to dealer again. Said to bring it back as they needed more time to work on it and think I needed an entire new fuse box. Saturday oct. 5, 2013 headlights came on while parked in parking lot. Next day it was totally dead. Tried charging it and headlights came on and would not shut off. Had to disconnect fuses and battery. Weird messages keep popping up on dashboard such as check tire pressure. It will say rear but actually it is the front. Sometimes it isn't any tire that is low. Called chevy customer service and asked why there is no recall and they said it is your responsibility to do so. I researched edmunds.com and found 454 messages from people who have the same electrical problems. Chevy said to contact you.

Filed Jul 27, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 18,000 miles · MD

Rear passenger door electric lock actuator failed resulting in no way to open the door without manually unlocking it from the inside. In the even of an emergency, there would be no way to open the door from outside of the vehicle or from the lock switch on the driver door. In addition, there is no key lock on this door from the outside. I have learned that this is a very common problem on 2008 chevrolets, which has cost consumers a huge amount of money in addition to subjecting them to serious safety concerns. I was the victim of a theft when a passenger did not manually lock the door and several days later when I was parked in a parking garage someone entered my vehicle and stole personal property. This would not have occurred if the lock actuator had functioned properly and locked the door when I locked the others. To date, chevrolet has acknowledged this issue but refused to do anything to correct it without an approximate charge of $300 - $400 per door.

Filed Jun 23, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 52,000 miles · TX

Power locks are failing for second time after replacing. The actuators do not last over 2 years. Each door costs $300 to repair. There are thousands of posts on the internet with this problem in multiple models and years. This needs to be a recall.

Filed Jun 18, 2013 · Body, Electrical · KS

This is the 3rd time this happens to my vehicle and I get it repaired. When I got my tahoe with 0 miles it already had this problem and I had it fixed, I thought no big deal of it. Then with time I find out it is a common problem with my vehicle. I did some research and this is a very common and pricey problem. The door locks on my tahoe go out, they don't go up or down automatically and this is an issue to me because I have children in the back with an unlocked car. Three of my doors are currently out and I don't have $940 to fix it. My passengers are not safe because the door locks are a major problem. Please help us out!

Filed May 22, 2013 · Locks · 47,000 miles · WI

The locking mechanism on my chevy tahoe 2008 ltz no longer works on the drivers door , drivers side passenger door and right side passenger door. The electronic lock/unlock door mechanism no longer locks or unlocks the doors as well as the key remote no longer locks or unlocks the doors. The drivers side passengers door handle came loose and had to be replaced. This vehicle has only 47,000 miles. This is with no doubt is a safety issue.

Filed May 1, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 85,000 miles · TX

The door locks have gone out on my 2008 tahoe approximately 6 months ago. Our children cannot open the doors to get in our out of the vehicle. The only door that will currently work is the driver door, which only works with the key. The tahoe has a factor installed alarm system / key fob system, and does not control the doors to lock or unlock. You have to use the key to unlock the driver door, then manually open the passenger and rear doors from the inside, as well as manually lock them from the driver side.

Filed Mar 11, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 45,000 miles · KY

The locking mechanism on my chevy tahoe 2008 ltz no longer works on the passenger side door. The electronic lock/unlock door mechanism no longer locks or unlocks the passenger door as well as the key remote no longer locks or unlocks the front passenger door. It sounds like from reading the other numerous complaints regarding this issue I can expect the rest of the door locks to quit operating at some point. This is obviously a real safety concern.

Filed Feb 25, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 65,289 miles · OK

The company I work for purchased four 2008 tahoes new. All have had door lock problems. Mine just happened on both driver side doors and it cost $741 to have fixed today at chevy dealer. I believe the other 3 tahoes were under warranty at the time, but not sure. The tahoe I drive was not under warranty. As others have said, you cannot unlock the rear doors since there is no key, and the manual button is not near the pillars so you cant reach it from the front doors. Its a bad situation if you needed to access the rear doors.