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2005 Chevrolet Tahoe fuel system problems

30 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
30 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 30% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 27 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

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 injuries and lots of medical bills because he did not have insurance at the time of injury

July 2019 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. While adding fuel to the fuel tank, the fuel pump shut off and the fuel spilled out. The contact stated that the failure occurred each time the vehicle was fueled. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 122,836.

Reported at 122,836 miles, December 2018

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