64 complaints reported

2009 Chevrolet Tahoe UNKNOWN OR OTHER

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

Reports
64
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
1

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jul 2017

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2017
Jul 2017

DASH BOARD CRACKED AT DRIVERS SIDE . THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2010
Mar 2017

MY DASHBOARD DEVELOPED A CRACK ABOVE THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS AGO. AN EVEN BIGGER SECOND CRACK DEVELOPED ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. MY VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF. I FEAR THESE CRACKS MAY IMPACT THE ELECTRONICS FOR THE AIRBAG.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE HYBRID, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Mar 2017

CRACKED DASH. CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AT THE EDGE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. LARGER CRACK ON THE DRIVER SIDE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER TIME AND THE CRACKS HAVE GOTTEN LARGER. SINCE I HAVE TO SELECT A DATE, SIMPLY PUTTING TODAYS DATE...

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2017
Jan 2017

DASHBOARD CRACKING STARTING FROM ON TOP OF STEERING WHEEL BY AIRBAG. OTHER CRACKS AROUND THE DASHBOARD.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2011
Jan 2017

MY 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE DASH IS CRACKING WHICH STARTED AT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. NOW THE CRACKS ARE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THERE IS ALSO ONE AREA WHERE THE CRACKS HAVE COME TOGETHER AND CAN EASILY EXPOSE THE TRUCKS COMPONENTS UNDER THE DASH WHICH COULD INCLUDE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I DO NOT PLACE ITEMS ON MY DASH NOR DO I USE ANY CHEMICALS ON THE DASH IT JUST BEGAN TO CRACK.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Nov 2016

DASH CRACKED ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE PARKED OVERNIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY. WAS NOT COMPROMISED PRIOR TO CRACKING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2016
Oct 2016

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2009 IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE NOTICED CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE DASHBOARD ADJACENT TO THE VENT OPENINGS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THESE CRACKS APPEAR SIMILAR TO THOSE REPORTED BY OTHERS. THE DASH HAS BEEN CLEANED ROUTINELY WITH ARMOR ALL, WHICH HAS PRESERVED THE CONDITION OF THE DASHBOARDS ON OUR OTHER VEHICLES. RECENTLY THE CRACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAS BEGUN TO PROPAGATE TOWARD THE STEERING CONSOLE. IT IS NOT JUST UNSIGHTLY BUT CONCERNING, AS OTHERS HAVE RAISED, AS I FEAR THIS MAY IMPAIR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2014
Oct 2016

DASH CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. GM REFUSE TO REPAIR.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Sep 2016

CRACKS FORMING ON DASHBOARD PANEL, PRESENTS THE HAZARD OF PLASTIC DEBRIS EITHER DEFLATING THE AIR BAG UPON IT'S INFLATION OR DEBRIS FLYING INTO THE FACES OF PASSENGERS. TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE IS ALSO CRACKED WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION, THIS WAS RECALLED FOR 2008 TAHOE'S BUT NOT 2009.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2016
Sep 2016

I PURCHASED A 2009 CHEVY TAHOE USED AND A KNEW ABOUT THE CRACKING DASHES SO I MADE SURE THE ONE I PURCHASED DIDN'T HAVE ANY CRACKS. I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY HAD RESOLVED THE ISSUE. WELL, AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS THE OTHER DAY I LOOKED OVER AD NOTICED AND CRACK IN MY DASH RIGHT AT THE AIRBAG. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING AS I HAVE 3 KIDS THAT RIDE IN THAT CAR AND IF THE AIRBAG GOES OFF I'M AFRAID THE PLASTIC WILL ACT LIKE SHRAPNEL AND REALLY HURT SOMEONE. GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND I CONTACTED THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO COME FORWARD ON THIS MATTER AND GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT FAST BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2016
Sep 2016

DASH HAS A 7 INCH CRACK ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF 2009 TAHOE AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2016
Aug 2016

DASHBOARD CRACKS - THE VEHICLES DASHBOARD HAS SEVERAL EXTENSIVE CRACKS. THIS STARTED OCCURRING IN 2011 AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS. NOW A SECTION HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. THE DEALERS REFUSE TO ADDRESS THIS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2011
Jul 2016

BOTH DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE ARE THIS SILVER PLASTIC THAT HAS BEGAN TO PEEL UP JUST ON TOP OF THE HANDLE EXACTLY WHERE YOU GRAB TO OPEN THE DOOR. MYSELF AS WELL SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SLICED THEIR FINGER OPEN PRETTY BAD ON MY DOOR HANDLES. VERY POOR QUALITY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Jul 2016

THE DASHBOARD IN THE TAHOE HAS CRACKED. THE CRACK JUST SHOWED UP OVERNIGHT. WE WENT OUT ONE MORNING TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THE CRACK WAS THERE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Jul 2016

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN THREE PLACES. ONE IN CORNER SURROUNDING PASSENGER AIR BAG. COULD LEAD TO IMPROPER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OTHERS AROUND "HUMP" CORNERS ABOVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. VERY COMMON ISSUE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ. VEHICLE GARAGE KEPT. CRACKS OCCUR IN SAME LOCATION ON HUNDREDS OF CHEVROLET VEHICLES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2016
Jul 2016

MY DASHBOARD HAS A CRACK IN IT....I AM AFRAID IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT ME IN A CRASH (MAY EFFECT AIRBAGS).

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2015
Jul 2016

DASHBOARD CRACKING IN PLACES

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2016
Jul 2016

IN OCTOBER OF 2015, I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE ON A CITY STREET DURING NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, I HEARD A LOUD "POP" NOISE THAT I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT CAME FROM AN OBJECT HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, I NOTICED MY DASHBOARD HAD INEXPLICABLY CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. THE CRACKS ARE RATHER LARGE AND I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL JEOPARDIZE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALLS REGARDING THIS MATTER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2015
Jun 2016

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS LOCATED

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2016
Jun 2016

DASH BOARD CRACKING POSSIBLY EFFECTING AIR BAGS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2013
Jun 2016

DASH HAS CRACKED BY DRIVER SIDE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2015
Jun 2016

CRACKED DASH IN MULTIPLE PLACES

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2011
May 2016

THERE IS A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR. IT EXTENDS FROM DRIVER SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE UP TO THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT ALSO SPLITS IN TWO SEPARATE AREAS OFF THE HORIZONTAL CRACK. ONE ABOUT 2 INCHES PERPENDICULAR TO THE LARGE CRACK NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE AND ANOTHER PERPENDICULAR CRACK CLOSER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE THAT EXTENDS 1-2 INCHES AWAY FROM THE LARGER CRACK. MY CAR HAS BEEN STORED IN THE GARAGE FROM DAY ONE. I DID NOT NOTICE HOW LONG AGO THIS CRACK BEGAN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
May 2016

MY DASH IS HORRIBLY CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2009 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2011

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The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe has 64 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.