69 complaints reported

1996 Chevrolet Tahoe SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
69
Crashes
6
Fires
0
Injuries
2

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Oct 1998

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE KEEPS GOING. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE AS OFF YET. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Sep 1998

BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY 5000 MILES OF WEAR AND THE BRAKES WOULD SQUEAK ALL THE TIME. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 1998
Sep 1998

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON DRY ROAD, BEGAN TO PRESS ON BRAKES THEN BRAKES STARTED TO GRAB AND LOCK UP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 1998
Aug 1998

FRONT BRAKES FAILED. QCAW

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET CHEVROLET, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 1998
Jun 1998

BRAKES WERE MUSHY WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH AND CAUSED A COLLISION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 1996
Jun 1998

WHEN ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Jun 1998

WHEN PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP IN TIME. THE PROBLEM CONSTANTLY OCCURS. THE HIGHWAY SPEED IS 55MPH. WEATHER CONDITIONS DO NOT MATTER. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 1998
May 1998

HORN DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT SHOULD. BRAKES STOP SO QUICKLY THAT IT CAN CAUSE A CAR TO OVERTURN. THEY SEEM TO LOCK UP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET CHEVROLET, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
May 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP AND MASTER CYLINDER LOSES FLUID.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 1996
Mar 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALMOST RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Mar 1998

ABS BRAKES FAILED. ALSO, BRAKE DRUMS OVERHEATED/WARPED, CAUSING VIOLENT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING A THIGHER SPEEDS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 1998
Mar 1998

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Jan 1998

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, RES\ULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 1997
Nov 1997

BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 1997
Nov 1997

#EA94-038, IN SNOWY WEATHER WHEN APPLYING THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES THE BRAKES FAIL, ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER SAID THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKES IS POOR . *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 1997
Oct 1997

BRAKE PEDAL SOFT WHEN APPLYING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Oct 1997

DURING HEAVY BRAKING THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES START TO FADE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS . CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRUCK HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER 5 TIMES ABOUT THE BRAKES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Oct 1997 Crash

DRIVING THE TRUCK ON A ICY HILL AND HAD CHAINS ON THE REAR WHEELS, PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKES, HAD NO STEERING AND THE TRUCK KEPT GOING UNTIL IT HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. *AK CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TO STOP ON AN ICY HILL BECUASE THE ROAD WAS BLOCKED, AND HE STARTED TO BACK UP SLOWLY, WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE DID NOT SEEM TO RESPOND TO BRAKING OR STEERING AND THE CHAINS WERE DIGGIN IN AND CONSUMER CAME TO STOP AFTER HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE.*JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 1997
Oct 1997 Crash

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, THE VEHICLE BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Oct 1997

DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH WENT TO SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP,VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO SLIDE. DEALER DID . THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 1997
Oct 1997

HYDRAULIC SEAL LEAKS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 1996
Sep 1997

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY APPLED BRAKES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PEDAL KEPT GOING DOWN, AND BY THE TIME HE REACHED SAFETY THE RESERVIOR WAS EMPTY , HE HAD NO BRAKE FLUID, HE HAD NO BRAKES . *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 1997
Jul 1997

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 20 MPH THE CONSUMER HAD PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES BECAUSE WHEN SHE TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 1997
Jul 1997

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOTICED A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, AND RIGHT AFTER THAT THE POWER BRAKES FAILED WHICH LEFT THE DRIVER WITH NO BRAKES. *AK BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED. *YH

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 1997
Jun 1997

IN REFERENCE 94V-038, THE VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WHEN APPLYING THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AND CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER AND VALVES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1996 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 1997

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The 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe has 69 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC complaints on file. 6 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.