This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that while being off and in park position, the vehicle rolled away independently. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a parked car and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the manual shift detent lever and park pawl actuator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12,996. Updated 4/30/15 updated 10/23/2015
The new 2015 Tahoe have a push button ignition. I pushed off the ignition with the car in drive (forgot to put in park), exited the vehicle and realized the car was rolling down the hill. I quickly jumped in and applied the brakes to stop the car. I was surprised that even though the car is in drive when the car's ignition is turned off, the transmission disengages and the car is in neutral! this is a big hazard. There should either be a fail safe and not allow the car to turn off in drive or automatically place the car in park when the ignition switch is pressed. (this is what happens on a recent model Mercedes.)
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that the gear was stuck in four-wheel drive. The dealer repaired the vehicle by downloading computer software, but the failure recurred twice. The contact stated that the failure occurred after the vehicle was repaired according to NHTSA campaign number: 14V374000 (power train). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.
4th and most dangerous of 4 incidents in 3 weeks of ownership of 2015 Chevy Tahoe lt. Without driver instruction or interference the 2015 Tahoe shifted itself into 4WD despite dial on 2wd. Steering difficult, car jerked, engine revved differently and trouble in reverse. No warning signals on display and I didn't know what was happening. Drove.5 mi., pulled over restarted, and then "4 wheel drive, dismiss" on display over steering wheel (no seat vibration, flashing lights as with lane drifting). Tried to "undismiss", consulted manual and ensured dial was in 2wd. Cut ignition off, restarted, same light. Test drove another 1 mi. To see if warning display malfunction...car jerked and steering as if non-power steering. Called dealership (rick hendrick's city Chevrolet, charlotte, nc) and svs tech had never heard of such an issue and consulted other techs (on hold 15 min). Finally svs mgr said car unsafe to drive but to drive it home 'slowly" and they would tow to dealership and get me a loaner. Svs mgr, on 3rd phone call after I threatened to notify ntsb, said he was calling a GM "program mgr" to see about my car's "dangerous issue". after the car rolled when ignition turned off (radio and dash lights off too) and it hit a dumpster B/C we had not put it in park, yet ignition still turned off (luckily no one hurt but significant paint damage), key fob wouldn't program seats/mirrors, mylink wouldn't pair to my phone and now to learn there is a recall for rolling B/C car shifts into neutral? I am still driving loaner, no word from svs mgr, I refuse to drive the car again and gsm said I'd have to go to GM direct for a "buy back". the 1-800-222-1020# he gave me useless). Help!
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that when the vehicle was placed in all wheel and four wheel drive, the service indicator illuminated. In addition, the vehicle jerked while making a turn. The failures occurred daily. The vehicle was inspected three times and the contact was informed that the program transmission was defective and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact emailed the manufacturer ten days ago, but has not heard back. The failure mileage was 100.
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- Albuquerque, NM, USA