general problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe

Five problems related to other fuel system have been reported for the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe based on all problems reported for the 2008 Tahoe.

1 Other Fuel System problem

Failure Date: 01/15/2020

When traveling above 30 mph then decelerating, once the car gets to around 15-20 mph it jumps forward. It's similar to when you drive a stickshift and take your foot off the clutch and the car jumps forward as if it might stall. It doesn't happen regularly. If I decelerate very quickly, then it does not do it. If I decelerate slowly then it does not do it. It has to be somewhere in between and the car is confused between staying in gas mode or switching to hybrid mode and auto stop. The car then jumps forward when confused.

2 Other Fuel System problem

Failure Date: 08/07/2015

Dash, radio lights not working.

3 Other Fuel System problem

Failure Date: 02/13/2013

Around feburary of this year my vehicle begin to idle out of control and was attempting to gun off evertime I tried to put it in drive, according to gm they were already aware of the issues and said they had an extended warranty on the throttle body for my 2008 chevy Tahoe. My car did exactly what gm said it would do to confirm it was the throttle body but the gm service department denied the issue claiming it was a loose vacum hose and would not replace the throttle body. My vehicle still does not operate as it should which I know is due to the throttle body issue. Thousands of owners have confirmed the same issue and obviously gm knows about the issues but chooses to go around it by calling it an extended warranty which makes the replacement conditional. I am 100% sure that I and milllions of Tahoe owners know this she be a recall and not a so called extended warranty to get around the expense of making a recall. When the issue occured I went flying down the freeway with minimal ability to slow the vehicle down, I had to drive my vehicle to the shop by riding my breaks because the vehicles throttle body would not let the trucks rpm go below x3000. Gm is continuing to ignore this serious issue and will untill someone dies instead of taking responsiblilty and making the recall to prevent the loss of life.

4 Other Fuel System problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2010

Takata recall. Between 2010/2011 side curtain airbags (front and back), deployed while operating vehicle in optimum driving conditions, after a passing over a pothole in the roadway. I was traveloing with my then 13 year old son and 8 year old daughter. Imeediately took the vehicle into the dealership only to wait over a month, without a vehicle, and never given the option of a rental or loaner vehicle. As "Chevrolet" investigated the on-board computer data, it falsely read that airbags deployed due to "rollover event" data was sent to the vehicles srs system. Chevrolet then deemed that I was driving over 95 mph (which is impossible due to the rev limiter), and I had oversized wheels on my vehicle. Wheel diameter and size were not the factor, as they were within 5/32" of oem stock dimensions. I was charged for "troubleshooting", as wewll as labor for the removal of the side airbags, and they declined the claim. Additionally, I have had to reyturn to the dealership to again "warranty" the ecm, bcm, window regulator (twice), as well as charging system faults. My extended warranty was again denied saying it was not within the parameters of the coverage. Full extended warranty, bumper to bumper and this was not covered? also, the dashboard front cowl is cracked (known defect, no recall), chrome peeling off interior door handle, as well as stabilitrak" computer errors and issues (known issue, no recall).

5 Other Fuel System problem

Failure Date: 07/07/2008

As stated on previous consumer reports the mpg on the chevy Tahoe 2008 is false I can't get no more than 13 miles to the gallon & 15 miles on the highway. This is false advertisement on GMC.


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