1999 Chevrolet Tahoe

ATTORNEY WRITING ON THE BEHALF OF 4 ACCIDENTS IN WHICH HE STATES WERE CAUSED BY TREAD SEPARATION, THIS PARTICULAR POLICE REPORT STATES THE RIGHT REAR BF GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A, P245/75R16, 109S M AND S TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THERE WAS ONE FATALITY AND ONE INJURY, THIS POLICE REPORT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT GIVES SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN IN FRONT, AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT OTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF.*AK

WHEEL BEARING SIEZED UP, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A LIGHT POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INURED AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I HAVE A 99 TAHOE THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I HIT A CAR WHILE DOING 40MPH THAT HAD PULLED OUT INFRONT OF ME. MY AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND MY SAFETY BELT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL HARD. UPON REVIEW OF MY SAFETY BELT, I NOTICED THAT IT IS ROUTED INCORRECTLY AT THE TOP HOLDER. IT BINDS ON ITSELF PREVENTING IT FROM RETRACTING. MY PASSENGER SIDE IS ROUTED CORRECTLY AND WORKS PERFECTLY. I SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY BECAUSE OF THIS AND AM QUITE CONCERNED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND UNEXPECTEDLY, THE OPPOSING VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE MASSIVE LEVEL OF IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 99 TAHOE DOWN A 4 LANE ROAD, A DRUNK HAD PULLED OUT INFRONT OF ME. I HAD SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND SWERVED TO AVOID HIM BUT STILL HIT HIM PRETTY HARD IN HIS REAR QUARTER PANEL. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, I HAD SUFFERED A DOUBLE HEMATOMA TO MY BRAIN AND HAD BRAIN SURGERY TO STAY ALIVE. MY COMPLAINT WITH MY TAHOE IS 1) MY AIRBAG IN MY STEERING WHEEL DID NOT DEPLOY. I THINK IF IT DID, MY INJURY WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. 2) I QUESTION THE STOPPING ABILITY IF MY ANTI DIVE FRONT BRAKES. I WAS ON THE BRAKES HARD WITH THE VEHICLE NOSING DOWN BUT I THINK MY STOPPING DISTANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHORTER. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WERE INJURED. THAT VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THERE WERE NO DETAILS ABOUT THE INJURIES SUSTAINED. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF FIVE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE GRILL, BUMPER AND BOTH FRONT FENDERS. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THE SEATBELT WAS WORN. THE THREE OTHER VEHICLES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, ALTHOUGH NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000 FOR THE SERVICE BRAKES: HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

BRAKES ACTED FUNNY AT STOPS - WOULD SLOW DOWN THEN KEEP MOVING UNTIL I SLAMMED ON BRAKES. HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FINE. ON FRIDAY 11/10/06, I WAS MOVING MY 1999 CHEV TAHOE LT 4X4 - TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP WHEN I PUT THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR TO MISS A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE RAN INTO A BUILDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING AND INJURIES TO ME, THE DRIVER AND ONLY PASSENGER. *NM

MY ANTI LOCKING BRAKES SEEM TO BE ENGAGING WHEN I BREAK AT SLOW SPEEDS. I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN SLOW TRAFFIC WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BREAKS, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THIS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE ON THE WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING, ALMOST CAUSING ANOTHER WRECK...THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING TODAY. IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME, JUST SOMETIMES. I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS UNTIL I BEGAN DOING RESEARCH.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A FRONTAL COLLISION. *NM COUNCIL FOR THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AIR BAGS NEED TO BE TESTED AT CHEVROLET'S EXPENSE. *TC *JB

DURING A FRONT END COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE RAN THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK THE BRAKES WERE CHECK 9 DAY PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. *NM

THIS WAS A VERY HEAVY FRONT END COLLISION. THE VISUAL DAMMAGE EST. IS 10,000 DOLLARS AND STILL RISING THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INTERNAL DAMAGE EST. I CALLED GM AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY BUSY AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THIS FAILURE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS WOULD COST THE TO MUCH MONEY TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. THE REP FROM GM TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD TELL IF THE WRECK WAS BAD ENOUGH BY THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WRECK OVER THE PHONE WITH OUT EVEN SEEING THE WRECK. THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND HUFFINES CHEVROLET WHICH IS A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET BODY SHOP SAID THAT THIS WAS WAY TO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND THEY SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF. BUT COPRORATE GM SAID THAT IT WAS NOT AND THEY COULD TELL THAT WITHOUT SEEING THE VEHICLE. GM ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER VEHICLE IN THE ACCIDENT TOOK ALL THE IMPACT, WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE VEHICLES HOW WOULD THEY NOW THIS? I STILL HAVE 10,000 DOLLARS OF FRONT END DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT IS WAY TO MUCH IF THE OTHER VEHICLE TOOK ALL THE IMPACT. THEY REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS OK THAT THEY DID NOT GO OFF BECAUSE THE REST OF THE SAFTEY EQUIPMENT WORKED "I.E. SEATBELTS, CRUMPLE ZONES" BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM DID NOT WORK AND THIS WOULD HAVE KEPT MY 7 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE FROM HITTING THE DASH BOARD! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM LARGE OR SMALL. THANK YOU!*AK

FRONT COLLISION AT 25-30 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH ON WET PAVEMENT VEHICLE WAS T-BONED WHICH PUSHED VEHICLE INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND AIRBAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. FRONTAL AND SIDE DAMAGE.*AK

VEHICLE HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15-20MPH, AND VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RELEASED, THROWING CHILD TO REAR OF THE CARGO AREA OF TRUCK. CHILD'S LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW. DEALER SIDE COULDN'T HELP THE CONSUMER & TO SEND LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT OF GMC. *AK

MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS INJURED RESULTING FROM A SIDE COLLISION TO OUR 1999 CHEVY TAHOE. THE TAHOE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 - 60 MPH. THE PICKUP STRUCK THE TAHOE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE SIDE WINDOW IN THE CARGO AREA WAS BROKEN BY THE IMPACT AND THE TAHOE SPUN AROUND. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THE TAHOE WERE WEARING SAFETY BELTS WITH SHOULDER HARNRESS. MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT APPEARS TO HAVE CAUSED THE 60/40 REAR SEAT TO SHIFT A FRACTION OF AN INCH ALLOWING THE SEATBELT HARNESS TO RELEASE WHERE IT ATTACHES BELOW THE SEAT. WHEN THE SEATBELT CAME APART HE WAS THROWN TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH THE BROKEN SIDE REAR WINDOW. HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOOT SEVERING TENDONS, LIGAMENTS AND NERVES. NONE OF THE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE HURT AS THEIR SEATBELTS HELD SECURE. IT APPEARS THE ATTACHMENT WHICH SECURES THE BUCKLE TO THE SMALLER REAR SEAT REQUIRES A MORE SUBSTANTIAL ATTACHING PIN. THE 2000 MODEL TAHOE HAS A BOLT AND NUT THAT SECURES THE BUCKLE ATTACHMENT WHEREAS THE 1999 MODEL HAS A SMALL PIN WITH A FLIMSY PRESS CAP HOLDING IT IN PLACE.

CONTACTED GMC , THEY WOULD NOT COME OUT TO INSPECT VEHICLE AS REQUESTED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK