2005 Chevrolet Tahoe problems
NHTSA has received 381 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, and 34% of them involve electrical system. Next are fuel system (8%) and brakes (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 381 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 34% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 18
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 309 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 21 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 19 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 51 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 48 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 53 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 37 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 42 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 9 |
| 200k+ miles | 11 |
What the data shows
Of the 309 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 85,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 66,000 miles (106 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 18 complaints mention a fire; 21 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 32 model years of the Chevrolet Tahoe with enough data (170 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Was driving south on highway 77 when my tahoe starting to bounce on the front end then starting fish tailing from white line to white line tried to correct and had no steering. Then went off the right side of road and hit a driveway and flipped end over end then back over headed in the opposite way. There was a person watching the accident happened and he stated that the truck was bouncing going down the road then went out of control and flipped.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. Whenever the vehicle is driven at any speed, the speedometer displays the incorrect mileage. The tachometer also fails to display the correct rpm's. The current mileage was 50,000 and failure mileage was 30,000.
Approximately 1 year ago the gear shift indicator began to be dimmer than the other dash displays. The dealership said nothing was wrong. Since then it is now no longer visible and it is not possible to visually determine what gear the vehicle is in. I have been told that it is not covered under GM recall 05023 (NHTSA 05v055000).