Three problems related to battery have been reported for the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe based on all problems reported for the 2007 Tahoe.
Battery began to go dead. I would call road service to get it restarted. This has happened several times and *onstar was notified on most occasions of this happening. *onstar was notified due to the contract I have with them for roadside help. This has happened atleast seven times. (using *onstar for assistance on atleast three of these seven times) I have taken it back to the dealership for help with the problem. They replaced the battery. But the real problem is the car just up and shuts down while driving. This has happened twice(I told the dealer about it)and the thing ,other than the safety factor, I'm afraid to drive the car. I travel and I really need a car. I can't afford a secondary vehicle. My family stated nor can you afford to die either!the chance of taken the life of another person,to me,far exceeds the fear I have of loosing my on life.
Vehicle will not hold programs, I. E. , automatic seat positions, read out on the message center, etc. Also, if using the radio without the engine running, battery goes completely dead in about 30 min. Dealer could find nothing wrong after three hours of inspections, even though the battery drained.
When vehicle's exterior lamp control is in the "auto" position during daylight hours, most of the instrument panel gauges (speedometer, rpm, gas, battery, temperature, oil) are not illuminated and cannot be read without taking one's eyes off the road and focusing on the gauge in question, creating a safety hazard. Various features of the vehicle are specifically designed so that one does not have to remove the eyes from the road (e. G. , radio controls on steering wheel); this goes completely against this objective. One can bypass this problem by switching the exterior lamp control from "auto" to the parking lamp position: this illuminates the gauges but cuts out the daytime running lamps. An improperly designed light sensor seems to be the cause of this problem. When this problem was brought to the attention of the dealer, his service people determined after checking that this was normal operation and there was no defect.