2011 Chevrolet Tahoe Electrical System Problems
- 13
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 13 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
Driving on highway at night. Go to high beams and motor immediately begins to rev up/down, and run erratic. Switch beams to normal position=it stops. When depressing key fob to open and close doors, it only works frequently. Bizarre electrical issue....
ODI 11217541
Air Bags · Electrical System
'TAKATA RECALL'
Fire reported
ODI 11172043
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
Ignition lock actuator bind making turning the key difficult and causing the ignition to get stuck in the start position even when turning the car off.
ODI 11145225
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
While driving approximately after 30 minutes, the vehicle would have power issues causing erratic behavior. Example, while traveling on interstate at about 70mph the issues would happen when pressing the brakes or turning on a blinker, the vehicle's door looks cycled several times, it would create a startling pop immediately through the speakers, the radio cut off and restarted. While attempting to pull off…
ODI 11105156
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Stabilitrak and abs light comes on while driving, the door locks go crazy, radio goes in and out and you lose the ability to accelerate. Engine acts like it wants to die out. The first time i had it taken in, they said it was a sensor so i paid $600 to have it fixed. 6 months later it started doing the same thing so the same sensor was replaced again. One month later my tahoe is doing the exact same thing and now…
ODI 11113357
Electrical System
Car is shutting off when driving down the road especially at night to radically the lights will turn off engine will shut off door locks won't engage and disengage has happened twice at 70 miles an hour almost had accidents. Hand electrical system check battery alternator by gm certified mechanic and all checked out fine. I am concerned this vehicle has a bad ignition switch which has been recalled on other models…
ODI 10968667
Air Bags · Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
2 issues--- 1st--dashboard has cracks in it, which 1 crack is on the passenger side. It could be a safety hazard and cause the airbag to explode causing great harm to a person. These cracks are in the same position as many other consumers who have made complaints. 2nd--engine shuts down while driving; no steering or brake control. Radio shuts off & on, all dash components flicker on and off, gauges turn off, door…
ODI 10871101
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
Stability control warning light began flashing. Instrument panel including all gauges stopped working. Stopped the vehicle, waited and restarted it. Instrument panel and gauges began working. From then on instrument panel and all gauges worked only intermittently. After a few weeks gauges stopped working completely. I was unable to determine, speed, amount of fuel, could not tell if the turn signals were working,…
ODI 10860959
Electrical System
Our tahoe accelerated on it's own 3 or 4 times at different speeds. In each situation putting on the brakes would not stop the vehicle. I was forced to enter high speed traffic and get into a center turn lane just missing an accident. I put the chevy tahoe in neutral which allowed the engine to race to a point it could/would have blown. I was able to turn off the ignition but was in the middle of the road. My wife…
ODI 10721573
Electrical System
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet tahoe. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign id number: 14v827000 (electrical system) and stated that the part was not available to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact was not experiencing a failure. Updated 5/19/15*cn
ODI 10704466
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
While i was driving on 678 highway my traction control and stabilik turned off and the engine mode light turned causing my truck drop in speed from 55 to 40. Had to pull over and shut the truck off and was able to make it home. *tr
ODI 10559199
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
I was driving when the suddenly the engine power was reduced and traction control stability track came on and said to service engine i was going 70 and the speed dropped down to 40. I have no idea why this happen i'm going to see if the dealer will fix problem tomorrow. *tr
ODI 10494517
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the vehicle independently decelerated. The contact mentioned that the abs, loss of power, check engine and the traction control warning lamps were illuminated immediately after the failure. In addition, the contact mentioned that the failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the…
ODI 10459535