1999 Chevrolet Tahoe fuel system problems
28 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 4% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires.
What owners wrote
Vehicle stalled out due to a fire started by the fuel pump, which burnt through the gas tank. Wire going to fuel pump shorted out on frame causing fire resulting in damage to the vehicle.
Bought from new 99 tahoe. Has had 2 runaway over speed events. The 2nd was yesterday. It has been having also, loss of power at time when first starting off. It goes away quickly, usually in few seconds. Hear at least one exhaust popping noise during event. Never looses power during long highway travel. Both times the runaway acceleration was after a hard acceleration. Goes into bauck ( loss of power) & then into full acceleration! Last runaway required 3 key off shutdowns to relieve.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe
- Brakes 281 complaints
- Electrical system 50 complaints
- Steering 50 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 39 complaints
- Engine 28 complaints
- Suspension 26 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 25 complaints
- Transmission 25 complaints