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2005 Chevrolet Tahoe fuel/propulsion system problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe4% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
4%
share of all complaints
122,418 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The brakes and steering locked up throwing me into a telephone pole and almost going out of the windshield slam sideways against the tree and not one of the airbags deployed my son was driving at the time if it were me I'd been dead because I have a brain tumor and cannot hit my head he has several…

    filed Jan 13, 2020

  • Fuel back flows out the gas tank on the ground no matter the fuel level. Fuel will dump onto the ground at varying degrees. Multiple reports by the forums. I will be submitting this link so others can post to prove this is not a one time thing

    filed Sep 30, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Tahoe years

YearReportsShare
2024 Tahoe610%
2023 Tahoe84%
2022 Tahoe1710%
2021 Tahoe9121%
2020 Tahoe35%
2019 Tahoe2525%
2018 Tahoe77%
2017 Tahoe85%
2016 Tahoe145%
2015 Tahoe518%
2014 Tahoe33%
2013 Tahoe31%
Tahoe fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.