2018 Chevrolet Tahoe problems
NHTSA has received 145 complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe, and 16% of them involve engine. Next are drivetrain & axles (14%) and brakes (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 145 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 42,000 miles 47 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 | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 47 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 42,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2018 ranks 27th most-complained-about out of 32 model years of the Chevrolet Tahoe with enough data (86 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Over the last 6 months the brake pedal is hard to push after the truck sits over night. The vacuum bleeds out indicating a vacuum leak in the system. GM and the dealer said this model and year not covered under current recall.
We were in a severe car accident and our airbags did not deploy in our vehicle. We were going about 45 miles an hour and had windshield cracking and severe, severe damage to our vehicle. This was a front side, head on impact.
While driving home, the the FAC, forward automatic crash, indicator light came on, I applied the brakes and watched to my dismay as my vehicle slowed down but would not stop. I applied steady hard pressure until impact with another vehicle in front of me. The FAB, forward automatic braking system never kicked in. I will contact the dealer concerning the above issue.
The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle in a parking lot and returning to start the vehicle, the “Power Steering Assist Fault” message was displayed, and the vehicle was difficult to turn to the right or the left. The contact left the vehicle in the parking lot and after returning to the vehicle later and starting the vehicle, the vehicle had regained power steering assist functionality.
The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that while the vehicle was stationary, there was an abnormal explosion and the rear glass exploded in the rear of the vehicle. The contact believed that the glass had exploded without impact. The contact reached out to a window company and stated that similar vehicles had the same issue. The failure mileage was 139,000.