Alternator/generator/regulator problems of the 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe

Six problems related to alternator/generator/regulator have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Failure Date: 05/01/2000

No summary listed for above vehicle.

2 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Failure Date: 11/24/1998

Generator assembly failed resulting in noise.

3 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Failure Date: 03/01/1998

Starter failed. Yh.

4 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Failure Date: 06/26/1997

No summary listed for this vehicle.

5 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Steering gets loose when warm, maybe somthing wrong with variable assit system, can cause dangerous lane changes.

6 Alternator/generator/regulator problem

Vehicle will not start intermittenly due to a short that dealer could not determine where it was. This defect caused battery to die, consumer had replaced batteries 3-4 times. Also, alternator and door locking mechanism were replaced. Defect is still occurring.




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