1999 Chevrolet Tahoe Transmission Problems

While driving in traffic with your family, your Tahoe suddenly lost all power and felt like it was in neutral in the middle of an intersection. Without warning, it then jolted forward as if hit from behind and popped back into gear. You've now lost reverse gear and are unsure which other gears are working. This transmission failure requires professional repair, likely involving internal transmission components or fluid system replacement.

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND CAR JUST STOPPED GOING AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS I GOT THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO GEAR AND DROVE TO DEALER THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE AND THE WAS NO INDICATION OF PENDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HAVE TO PUT IN NEW TRANSMISSION THIS IS THE SECOND ONE IN THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS 119,900 ON IT. *TR

DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASING / DRIVE TRAIN CAUSING SUDDEN INABILITY TO DRIVE VEHICLE. NO ABILITY TO CHECK TRANSFER CASING OIL WITHOUT GOING UNDER VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION IN MY '99 TAHOE. THE FIRST INCIDENT LEFT ME STRANDED AT 50K MILES. LUCKY I HAD AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPAIR SHOP HAD TO DO A FULL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE WHICH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A WEAK RINGREVERSE GEAR? THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN, ONLY NOW I HAVE 170K MILES. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE ENGINE TO GO FIRST. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS HAPPENED THIS TIME AS WELL.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, JUNK, TRANSMISSION JUNK,TRANSFER CASE JUNK AND REAR END JUNK. HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITH 1997 4X4 SUBURBAN, KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEMS NOW. THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED FOR YEARS. MAY START BUYING FOREIGN AT LEAST THEY STAND BY WHAT THEY BUILD. MUST WE WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE ARE INJURED. *JB

WHEN DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP THE 99 TAHOE LURCHED FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN STOPPED. I HAD TO HOLD THE BRAKE DOWN HARD TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THAT LIGHT THE AUTOMOBLE WORKED FINE. AFTER WORK THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY HOME. THIS HAPPENS EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON OR WHEN THE CAR SITS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE DEALER HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE PROBLEM BUT WHAT HE CAME UP WITH WAS THAT THE WIRING HARNESS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION HAD SHORTED OUT CAUSEING THE PCM MODUAL TO BURN UP. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A SAFTY HAZARD. THE CAR IS IN THE DEALER NOW GETTING THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE PCM MODUAL REPLACED AND REPROGRAMED. I CANNOT FIND ANY RECALL NOTICES FOR THIS PROBLEM. I ASKED FOR THE OLD PARTS TO BE RETURNED TO ME.I WILL PICK THE CAR UP TODAY 09/01/04 WITH THE BILL AT OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.*AK

VEHICLE STARTED SURGING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD,ALSO HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS.ALSO HAVE WIPER PROBLEMS. *AK

TRANSFER CASE FOR THE 4X4. THIS WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM TO REPAIR. GM NEEDS TO GET A GRIP ON ALL PROBLEMS WRONG WITH THIS TAHOE. GRINDING NOISE WHEN ENGAGING THE 4X4 YOU THOUGHT THE BOTTOM OF THE SUV WAS TO DROP OUT. ALSO THE KNOCKING IN THE AXLE WHEN YOU START FROM A STOP.*AK

CLUNK IN REAR SUSPENSION WHEN STARTING AFTER A FULL STOP. DEALER HAS LUBRICATED DRIVESHAFT YOKE, REPLACED U-JOINTS. I LUBRICATED DRIVESHAFT YOKE MYSELF, FOUND IT WELL-LUBED, NOT THE PROBLEM. NOONE KNOWS HOW TOM FIX IT.*AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SIX MONTH AGO ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER, SIX MONTH LATER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE DEALER REBUILT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AT THE OWNER EXPENSE. *JB THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT AND HAD BEEN SERVICED PRIOR TO PURCHASE WHICH INCLUDED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THE VEHICLE LEAKED FLUID, FOUND FRONT PUMP LEAKING DUE TO THE BEARING FAILURE(BOTH WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED), WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD GET WARM, A LOUD RATTLING NOISE WOULD BE HEARD, THE A/C WOULD GET WARM, THE FAN WOULD STOP BLOWING(FOND TERMINAL BURNT/WIRING REPAIRED), THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED UPON ACCELERATION(FOUND THE INPUT CARRIER BEARING COMING APART AND METAL THROUGHOUT/THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED). *SC

TRANSMISSION ON 1999 CHEVY TAHOE I TOOK TO ELLIOTT CHEVROLET 3 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WAS NOT A RECALL BUT I WAS INFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE THAT THERE WAS ON SOME PART AND IT WAS COVERED. I COULD NOT GET THE DEALER TO COVER THIS. *PH

WHILE DRIVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND GEAR PROPERLY. *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME. THE DAUGHTER ACCIDENTAL KNOCK THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPED OFF INTO THE CONSUMER HOUSE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND BOTH AXLES CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH.*AK

WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED THE CAR CONTINUES AT CURRENT SPEED FOR 5 TO 8 SECONDS BEFORE DECELERATING. THE TACHOMETER READING DOES NOT DROP DURING THIS TIME. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND DRIVING AROUND TOWN SPEEDS. IT'S SCARY. IT WILL DECELERATE AND THE TACHOMETER READING DROP WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BUT I'M NEVER SURE.*AK

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK REPAIRED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT. THE TRUCK HAD 823 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT "NEW" LATER ON FOUND OUT IT WAS A "DEMO". ARBITRATION DID NOTHING. WE STILL HAVE THE SHAKING TRUCK. OUT OF DESPIRATION FROM THE VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY, CAUSING ME TO PASS BLOODY STOOLS, I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF. IT SEEMS TO HAVE CURED THE PROBLEM. NOW THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL IS OUT, I CAN SEE THAT IT IS BENT AND THE AXLES CRYSTALIZING DUE TO THE VIOLENT SHAKING. CHEVROLET DEALERS NOW SAY THAT I HAVE "VOIDED" MY 3 YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. SEVERAL CHEVROLET SERVICE CONSULTANTS RUDE AND THREATENING TO HANG UP ON ME. I DID HAVE A VERY GOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN TO LATELY WHO WAS SHOCKED AT MY ORDEAL AND AGREES WITH ME THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM NOW TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR MY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES ON MY "WARRANTIED" VEHICLE. I DO NOT WISH TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY TIME, DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING THIS TRUCK, BUT PERHAPS THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE AKNOWLEDGED BY CHEVROLET AND SOMEHOW REIMBURSED BY THEM. IF I HAD NOT CHANGED THE DIFFERENTIAL MYSELF, I FEEL THAT IT SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND DEATHS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF CHEVROLET NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS. I FEEL THAT BEFORE WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK, SOMEONE REALLY ROMPED IT THROUGH THE DESERT. IT HAD REALLY LARGE TIRES ON IT THAT WE HAD THE DEALER CHANGE TO WHAT WAS RECCOMENDED ON THE DOOR PANEL. WE ASKED A MECHANIC WHO WORKS ON TRUCKS ALL THE TIME HOW THE AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL COULD HAVE GOTTEN BENT LIKE THAT. HIS RESPONSE WAS, "THEY PROBABLY DROVE IT OFF A CLIFF". THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS TRUCK. THEY HAVE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF OUR COMPLAINTS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT. THERE WERE NO RECORDS BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. PERHAPS THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES AND DIDN'T HAVE TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE TRUCK IN DEPTH, PLEASE CALL ME AT THE NUMBER I LISTED BEFORE.*AK

VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGH SPEEDS, AND PULLS TO THE SIDE WHEN BRAKING FROM LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT HUB LEAKED GREASE ON THE PAD AND BRAKE DRUM RENDERING THE BRAKES USELESS, THE CAUSE WAS A SEAL LEAKING, FOUR MONTHS LATER CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AGAIN, MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS HAD LEAKED GREASE/OIL ON BOTH REAR BRAKES RENDERING THEN USELESS AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE REAR AXLE BE REPLACED ENTIRELY WHICH WOULD PROBABLY ELIMINATE THE BRAKE FAILURE, HOWEVER DEALER STATED THAT THEY ONLY REPLACED THE AXLE SEALS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, NO PRIOR WARNING, MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS 27000. *AL

WHEN TAKING OFF OR STOPPING THERES A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM REAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE LUBED. *AK

THE FLOATING DRIVESHAFT WAS INADEQUATELY LUBED CAUSING A POPPING NOISE AT THE DRIVESHAFT YOKE, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. NLM

THE DIFFERENTIAL COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING. NLM

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. NLM

TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. UPON DEALER DIAGNOSIS THEY FOUND TRANSMISSION HARNESS CHAFED WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THIS COMPONENT IS NOT EXPOSED TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS. BECAUSE IT IS WIRING WITH NO EXPOSURE, THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE SHOULD NOT DETERIORATE UNLESS SUBJECTED TO EXTREME HIGH TEMPERATURES OR RUBBING. *AK

THE VEHICLES DRIVETRAIN CAUSES VIBRATION. NLM

THE 10/22/00 DEFECT WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER IN MICHIGAN. IT WAS FIXED AND WE GOT THE VEHICLE BACK ON 10/27/00. ON OUR TRIP BACK TO INDIANA ON 10/30/00, THE DIFFERENTIAL FLUID WAS FLYING OUT AND IT STARTED THE HIGH PITCH HUMMING AGAIN. THAT WAS BASICALLY TWICE IT WENT OUT IN ONE WEEK! AS OF THIS DATE, 11/2/00, IT IS BACK TO A DEALER IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. *AK

ALL OF THE GEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWO TIMES. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS AT 10000 MILES. DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED THAT PROBLEM EXISTED BECAUSE WEIGHT LIMIT WAS EXCEEDED. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXCEEDING WEIGHT LIMIT. *AK RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL AND ANOTHER SEAL ON DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. *YH

WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WELL WITHIN THE TAHOE LIMITS, THE TAHOE BROKE DOWN AT 13,800 MILES ON 5/10/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, IT WAS REPAIRED. BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 14,531 MILES ON 5/14/99 IT WAS IN THE SHOP UNTIL 5/21/99 WITH REAR END PROBLEMS, THEN REPAIRED. THEN IT BROKE DOWN AGAIN AT 15,319 MILES ON 5/29/00 REPAIRED BY THE DEALER EACH TIME. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE WENT ON VACATION THIS YEAR AND GOT BACK HOME. WE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE BACK AREA. WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE REAR END , WE WERE AT 33,915 MILES ON 8/17/00, THEY HOWEVER WOULD NOT REPAIR IT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY (3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES). WE HAD TO AUTHORIZE AND PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED, AND UNDER PROTEST WE DID. WE HAD TO GO HAVE THE TRAILER AND TAHOE WEIGHED AND GET A CERTIFICATE TO SHOW WE WERE NOT OVERWEIGHT. WE DID AND WERE WITHIN TOWING REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED AND PROPER WEIGHT DISTRUBUTION HITCH ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE ALL OUR WORK ORDERS IF NEEDED FOR FUTHER INSPECTION. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE OR MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE.*AK

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STRONGLY RESISTED ANY MOVEMENT, CONSUMER REALIZED THAT SOME HOW THE 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WERE ENGAGED AND AT NO TIME WERE EITHER TURNED ON, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THESE FAILURES COULD POSSIBLY BE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *SLC

VEHICLE IS PULLING, FEELS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. WHEN AT 35MPH VEHICLE GOES A MILE BEFORE IT KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR. WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55 AND 75 MPH AND WHEN VEHICLE IS SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE ENTIRE VEHICLE SEVERELY VIBRATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE DRIVESHAFT ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHR DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR FROM A REDLIGHT VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO DRIVESHAFT BEING LOOSE . THE REMEDY REMEDY IS TO GO IN AND PUT GREASE ON SPLINES OF THE OUTPUT SHAFT TO TAKE OUT THE SLACK OF THE CONNECTION. *AK

LOUD CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVESHAFT IS ENGAGING DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE CHANGED FLUID IN DIFFERENTIAL, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

LOUD BANG/CLUNK NOISE WHEN STOPPING OR STARTING TO MOVE

WHENEVER SHIFTING FROM DRIVE OR PARK INTO REVERSE, THE LIGHT WOULD INDICATE IT'S IN REVERSE, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS NOT IN REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLIATE PROBLEMS, BUT NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS IDENTIFIED TO DATE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND COMING TO A STOP, THEIR IS A BANGING NOISE AND TOO MUCH PLAY WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE, AND WITHIN THE SLIP YOKE OF THE TRANSFER CASE, IT BINDS.

CAR HAS CLUNKING SOUND WHENEVER YOU ACCELERATE FROM STOP

VEHICLE CLUNKS IN THE REAR WHEN STARTING FROM STOP. DEALER LUBED THE SLIP YOKE AND REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT, WHICH DID NOT SOLVED THE CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER BELIEVES MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT RELEASED A REMEDY.