2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE

Redesigned by Automotive Amateurs

Comfort Rating: 4 Performance Rating: 2 Interior Rating: 3 Reliability Rating: 3 Safety Rating: 3 Technology Rating: 3 Value Rating: 2

I traded my '07 Tahoe for a new one and am regretting it. My seat heater takes 20+ minutes to heat up, the backup camera looks as if there is dense fog outside with poor color, the "newly designed" transmission skips gears shifting upward and downward. The throttle hesitation is so apparent it makes you think twice before passing another car unless road is completely clear. The water pump needed replacement at 17k miles! The outside temperature reader is 15-20 degrees off on warm days, but they say you need to drive the car over five miles without stopping...hmmm. I do like the seat coolers, steering wheel warmer and the stereo speakers can carry pretty good bass. All of the issues are claimed (by GM) to be part of the new design. After owning two Suburbans and two Tahoes, they have lost a loyal customer for good. Don't waste over $60k on a poorly engineered SUV.

Love my Tahoe

Comfort Rating: 5 Performance Rating: 5 Interior Rating: 5 Reliability Rating: 5 Safety Rating: 5 Technology Rating: 5 Value Rating: 5

Super great truck/SUV, very impressive and we find new things the vehicle communicates every day! Love it.

Never Again!

Comfort Rating: 3 Performance Rating: 3 Interior Rating: 1 Reliability Rating: 2 Safety Rating: 4 Technology Rating: 1 Value Rating: 1

Costumer support from General Motors in non existent. If the dealership can't give you an answer to your problem calling GM customer service will really deflate any confidence you have in GM. The engine shakes at idle. Answer shim the motor mounts. When that doesn't work check the shims. When that doesn't work maybe take a couple out. That is GM's answer. I loose 3 miles to the gallon on cruise control. Vehicle stays in V8 90% of the time even on flat surfaces. Last thing is I have memory seats that go back and the steering wheel raises when the vehicle is shut off. When I unlock the door to enter the seat goes to my driving position before entry making it difficult to get in. If I get in with the door unlocked the seat stays in the exit position so when you drive off you have to fumble with the buttons near the floor in the dark and hold the #1 until the seat returns to the drive position. Sorriest excuse for a car company. Never went foreign but I think it is time.

2015 LTZ WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES!!!

Comfort Rating: 5 Performance Rating: 4 Interior Rating: 5 Reliability Rating: 5 Safety Rating: 5 Technology Rating: 5 Value Rating: 4

This SUV was not my first choice for hubby, but I had the opportunity to drive it long distance for a dance competition and this SUV delivered beyond expectations! The stunning chocolate/mahogany interior and ease of interior appointments were great and easy to use. The comfortable ride made a long trip tolerable. Agree that the 3rd seat option is cozy at best, and limited trunk area when it is used. Luckily it is not used often. If you are looking for a nice ride, comfort and feeling somewhat safe when driving, this is the SUV to have! Actually, really love it!

Chevy has Raised the Bar

Comfort Rating: 5 Performance Rating: 4 Interior Rating: 5 Reliability Rating: 5 Safety Rating: 5 Technology Rating: 4 Value Rating: 5

I've owned this Chevy Tahoe LT 4x4 for 15 months, and logged about 20k miles. It's a great vehicle. I own two other high end new import cars, both with window stickers over $100k. I prefer to drive my Tahoe. It's quiet, comfortable, and great to drive. I drive in all conditions, and haven't found one that the Tahoe feels out of place in. I tow a 6,500 boat regularly too. My only negative would be for off road, I'd need to take off the front lower air dam to improve the ground clearance, but I've seen that it comes off pretty easily. I get, at best 21mpg hwy and 15mpg city, so the EPA numbers are a bit off from my experience. In other cars, I usually beat the EPA numbers.

General Manager

Comfort Rating: 5 Performance Rating: 5 Interior Rating: 5 Reliability Rating: 5 Safety Rating: 5 Technology Rating: 5 Value Rating: 5

2015 Failed Transmission at about 4K miles

Comfort Rating: 4 Performance Rating: 2 Interior Rating: 1 Reliability Rating: 1 Safety Rating: 2 Technology Rating: 1 Value Rating: 1

I bought this LS 2015 Tahoe new in Sept 2015. I thought this Tahoe would give me confidence and safety on the road in Dallas, TX. I really like the SUV in the first 3K miles or so. I took it easy on the SUV in breaking it in. In the first couple of weeks after I got it from Reliable Chevrolet in Richardson, TX the driver door rattles. I took it back in and the dealer fixed in the same day. But this shouldn't happened in the first place on such an expensive SUV. I own two Acura MDXs, but wanted a bigger truck for towing of a boat in the near future. At around 3K-4K miles I noticed that the SUV make a "clunk" metallic sounds intermittently when I stop and start at stop sign. It also started to shift weird and at times slip into "neutral" after I accelerate at stop light. When this happens the Tahoe lost acceleration and the RPM goes to 3.5-4K. I almost got hit from behind a few times. I had to let of the gas peddle and wait for the RPM to return to about 1K before a gear would catch and the SUV move again. I brought the it in for the dealer to check it out and have the oil change around 4.5K mile. My dealer service advisor told me that they find nothing wrong with the Tahoe. They said there was no code. I told them that I am not wasting my time to bring the SUV in for no reason. I took the SUV back to the dealer after a few days later after I had a close call with my family in the SUV. It came to a stop light on a down hill street and I felt the transmission shift a somewhat weird. When the light turn green, I press the gas peddle lightly to go, but the engine rev-up and RPM go way up to about 4-5K but the Tahoe just sat there. Luckily no one hit me from behind. I had to shift it to park and then shift it back past DRIVE to M1 to get the Tahoe to move. I got home and tried to back it into my garage, it didn't catch a reverse gear to backup. I gave it some gas, it abruptly jerk back and almost slammed into my garage. Upset and scare of drive the Tahoe is an understatement at this point. I took it back to my dealer the next day to have it inspect and fix. The dealer gave me a Traverse for a loaner. I left the Tahoe with them for almost two weeks. They said they had to replace the 3,4,5,6, reverse, and the input rod. The input rod was broken. I looked up this rod, it is a major bar of metal that would take a super force to break. I am not a transmission engineer, but replacing four gears and reverse out of a six gear transmission seems excessive and stupid. They should replace the whole transmission. They still don't know what caused the transmission to wrecked all of those gears and clutch. I am not scare to drive my "safety" SUV. GM is giving me the run around instead of addressing this SAFETY issue. I will have to push a Texas Lemon law soon if GM does not make it right for me. I am tire of being the SAFETY Beta tester for them. When this transmission cause a problem of locking up on an on ramp or in the middle of a high speed slowdown and accelerate on a highway. You can imaging what kind of a wreck that may be. I am sharing my experience with the readers of the website and hope that the new Tahoe potential buyer to consider carefully before buying one. Oh and when GM service rep calls about by issue after I went on social media site and voice my concern about the safety of drive my Tahoe, she always warn me about the call being record. The next time I too will warn them that I will have the conversation record also to see what happen. I will update this post as I work through GM warranty. I will report the good, bad and ugly. Update March 14, 2016 The dealer service department finally acknowledge that there was something wrong with the power train or transmission. I learned that GM warranty controls how the dealer repair the SUV by only authorizing certain fixes. When it was done (repaired, not really) the service advisor at the dealer told me that they had to replace gear 3,4,5,6 and reverse, some cluthes, and an input rod on the transmission. They called it fix and I took the SUV back. Within a couple of days driving it acted up again, very similar to before, slipping into neutral and not shifting out of first and second or third gear. It jsut feel stuck in between gear at time. I finally got in touch with the GM warranty person that I was working with, she told me to take it back to the dealer to let them check it out. I did that what she asked. The dealer kept my SUV for a couple of days and then called to tell me that they cannot find any code or problem. I took it back and drove it to Houston, TX from Dallas, TX on Mach 4, 2016 for vacation. The SUV slip to neutral on the drive down. It does not move forward or reverse while I tried to park the SUV at a hotel parking lot. I had to let of the gas peddle each time and wait for a gear to catch. I have problem with it every time I drive it.

Very expensive for nothing

Comfort Rating: 5 Performance Rating: 4 Reliability Rating: 5 Safety Rating: 5 Technology Rating: 1 Value Rating: 1

Weird things with this truck. I got it new and and made my husband give me back my 2012 gmc acadia. The electronics are so confusing and need so much attention it is silly. It is a car, for goodness sake. They Are hard to use. And too many require a subscription to use. Do not make a whole app for weathr if after my tirla I need to pay for it! Misleading. Major design flaw is the back storage area is not flat and tilts out toward the back of th car. I have lost quite a few gallons of milk because they fall out when the hatch is opened. Who designed it? Overall way too expensive for a bunch of nonsense electrical features that are difficult to learn to use and stupis storage area.

Best Chevy Ever

Comfort Rating: 5 Performance Rating: 5 Interior Rating: 5 Reliability Rating: 5 Safety Rating: 5 Technology Rating: 5 Value Rating: 5

outstanding

Performance Rating: 5