26V289000
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
Front or rear wheel lockup increases the risk of a crash.
2016 CHEVROLET TAHOE
8 safety recall campaigns, 2 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 349 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
2 campaigns covering the 2016 CHEVROLET TAHOE carry NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it2stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints349
Complaints citing a crash25
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 8
16V256000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
Inadequate welds may allow the control arm to separate from the bushing, compromising steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
21V245000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
A broken pretensioner cable reduces the effectiveness of the driver's seat belt, increasing the risk of injury.
19V761000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Unintended activation of the driveline-protection system will cause unintended braking on the wheel on the opposite side of the failed sensor, causing the vehicle to pull to one side unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V645000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
As the vacuum level drops, the brake assist decreases, increasing braking effort, extending the distance required to stop the vehicle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
18V291000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
If the pretensioner cable becomes fatigued or breaks, the driver may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 85SERVICE BRAKES
- 47POWER TRAIN
- 44UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 29ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 20STEERING
- 19ENGINE
- 19SUSPENSION
- 14FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 CHEVROLET TAHOEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.