2015 Chevrolet Tahoe problems
NHTSA has received 894 complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, and 22% of them involve brakes. Next are electrical system (15%) and steering (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 894 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 43 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 29 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 557 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 | 86 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 64 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 104 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 119 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 87 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 40 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 27 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 19 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 557 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 60,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 77,000 miles (135 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 43 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 29 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 32 model years of the Chevrolet Tahoe with enough data (585 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 14 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.
Tl* the contact called on behalf of her son who was the vehicle owner/driver of a 2015 chevrolet tahoe. While driving at approximately 45-50 MPH, the vehicle crashed into a tree. The contact was concerned that the collison may have been related to existing recalls on the vehicle. The driver was fatally injured. The contact was the mother of the driver. The contact stated that while her son was driving between 45-50 MPH, he lost control of the vehicle, jumping a curb, and crashed into a tree.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH the contact crashed into another vehicle causing that vehicle swerve into the opposite lane and crash into three other vehicles. The air bags failed to deploy and the contacts seat belts failed to lock. Medical attention was required for the passengers of the other vehicle for unknown injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic.
I have a 2015 chevy tahoe.it has put my family in harms way a dozen times in the last 3 months.the vehicle shows a "stabilitrak" warning..then the steering wheel locks,the engine and all electrical shuts down,and you loose complete control over the vehicle at highway speeds.it has almost killed us.GM and our local chevy dealership are doing nothing about it.the chevy mechanics keep telling us there is nothing wrong with it.we are honeslty afraid the vehicle is going to kill us or someone else.
2015 tahoe with 120000, transmission is shuttering and slipping unbelievable. Pretty much everytime it shifts it doesn't know what it wants to do. This is completely unexceptable