Four problems related to engine failure have been reported for the 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
While driving at usual speed of 35 mph,down a steep hill my wife was terrified when suddenly the engine failed, steering and braking became difficult and, in her mind, nothing was working. She missed a number of cars at the bottom of the hill and pulled into a vacant gas station. The engine started for me after she called me on her cell phone and it was difficult to understand what had happened but the same thing happened to me driving and I understood the stress that she endured. The chevy agency(chase motors in middleboro mass was nice and curtious and stated that the problem had been fixed at no coast to us. The identical thing happened again ? time between and again the chase chevy replaced the part and stated that this had been fixed and would not happen again. It is happening again and my wife states that she will never drive the car again. In talking to a representative at GMC he stated that although that was dangerous at 40 mph to happen they did not consider that a safety issue.
Engine failure-shims under bearings.
Engine failed.
Engine failure, cause unknown.