2016 Chevrolet Tahoe Power Train Problems
- 9
- 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 9 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 5 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train · Unknown Or Other
Transmission seems to be slipping while in drive. Revs high but doesn't shift into gear nearly leaving me strained at an intersection after traffic light changed. Would struggle to get up to speed while shifting through the gears. I bought vehicle used with approximately 85k miles in april 2019 and previous owner had all the maintenance completed as required. The vehicle has roughly 90k miles on now. Vehicle has…
ODI 11255295
Power Train
While driving down a city street, transmission slips and/or does not catch on acceleration. Jerking motion as it searches to catch gears. Faint burning smell.
ODI 11191732
Engine · Power Train
Vehicle has a rough idle and trying to die while in gear drive or reverse it is more noticeable and worse when vehicle is stopped in gear
ODI 11114371
Power Train
I put our tahoe into park and went into a convenience store. Unfortunately, when i came back my tahoe was gone. It had rolled down and out of the parking lot into an electric pole guide wire. But, after much research, video replay and trying to duplicate the problem, i think i might understand happened. You can actually put the gear shift lever in a position where it thinks its in park, without the transmission…
Crash reported
ODI 11035957
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
Vehicle stutters and loses power and lunges after coming to a complete stop and taking off ususally between 2nd and 3rd gear and 3rd and 4th gear. Has been idling rough as if it is missing or out of time. Veh has had a power surge and accelerated independently. Has down shifted from 4th to 2nd while travelling up hill and veh slowed and would not shift again. Veh has to be turned off and restarted.
ODI 11015956
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Steering
Tahoe has been in the shop 9 times in one year, "service 4wd", "slow to 3mph to shift to 4wd low" and "service stabilink". Vehicle has tried to pull to the right while driving at highway speed, almost causing loss of control. Gmc has replace several shorts in electrical system ( while never finding cause).
ODI 11074456
Power Train
On 3 separate occasions, the 2016 tahoe i am driving has jumped from drive to neutral while driving down the road at speeds between 45-60 mph. On one occasion, i was fortunate to avoid a major accident while merging on the interstate. I have since turned the vehicle in. Gm dealerships in baton rouge, la refuse to fix the vehicle. I have seen quite a few complaints on this same issue and hope that gm steps up to the…
ODI 10893352
Power Train
While driving on highway , when needing to accelerate to pass vehicle using medium to medium heavy acceleration, instead of transmission kicking down to passing gear, it hangs up into neutral and engine revs up to and pass redline before i was able to release accelerator pedal. After letting off accelerator when the engine winds down to around 3500 revs it severely engages into gear with a loud bang and jolts the…
ODI 10862760
Power Train
While traveling on the pa turnpike 3/31/16 apprx.3:00 pm, i experienced total transmission failure. Only after seeing smoke emitting from the vehicle, would the heavy traffic allow me to pull to the shoulder. I put the trans into park and back into drive, allowing me to move appx 100 yards to a safer pull off. The vehicle is at the dealer and gm has been contacted case # 8-1908837872. No further contact by me to gm,…
Fire reported
ODI 10853482