Six problems related to alternator/generator/regulator have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
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Generator assembly failed resulting in noise.
Starter failed. Yh.
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Steering gets loose when warm, maybe somthing wrong with variable assit system, can cause dangerous lane changes.
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.