Chevrolet Tahoe / 1995
1995 Chevrolet Tahoe problems
Owners have filed 296 complaints about the 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe with NHTSA. Seats account for 26.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of service brakes, hydraulic at 18.2%.
Complaints296
Crashes31
Fires5
Injuries40
Deaths3
What owners report breaking
Seats 26.4% · 78
Service brakes, hydraulic 18.2% · 54
Electrical system 12.5% · 37
Air bags 6.8% · 20
Visibility 5.7% · 17
Power train 5.4% · 16
Seat belts 4.4% · 13
Structure 3.7% · 11
Severity
Of those complaints, 31 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire, 40 report an injury and 3 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 28 model years of the Chevrolet Tahoe in this data, 1995 sits 21st by complaint volume. 2007 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 4 in the last three years against 7 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 120,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The design of the seat mounting is unsafe. The seat is mounted to a weak cross brace instead of the main seat frame rails. This design is doomed to repeated failures and is unsafe. If the seat was mounted by the main frame rails there would be no problems. Chevrolet should redesign the slide bracket to mount to the proper mounting points. Seats
Lower seat riser failed on drivers seat, dealer replaced while under warranty but a few hundred miles later seat frame made noises and found frame had cracks in it. Vehicle was then out of warranty and dealer would not replace seat frame. I also know of one other person who has had same problem with their Tahoe. Seats
While driving the vehicle and applied gas the front driver seat act like rocking chair, making it unsafe to drive the vehicle. Consumer states went into our web site and found several people with the same problem. Dealer said nobody has complained on this problem. Please provide further information. Ts Seats
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
Checking NHTSA for open recalls…
Other Chevrolet Tahoe years
1996 390 complaints · 24.1% service brakes, hydraulic 1997 515 complaints · 23.1% service brakes, hydraulic 1998 315 complaints · 24.1% service brakes, hydraulic 1999 677 complaints · 38.7% service brakes, hydraulic 2000 341 complaints · 29.9% service brakes, hydraulic 2001 607 complaints · 23.7% service brakes, hydraulic