2012 Chevrolet Tahoe — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 253 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)61 (24.1%)Official recall records for this system: 31, covering model years 1995–2021.
• Body & structure37 (14.6%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2000–2003.
• Electrical system13 (5.1%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 2005–2021.
• Engine9 (3.6%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2021–2024.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)7 (2.8%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Brakes6 (2.4%)Official recall records for this system: 21, covering model years 1998–2024.

Other / uncategorized: 100 classifications (39.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (19,890 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: brakes, air bags (restraint system) and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (252 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, air bags (restraint system) and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (212 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (37,939 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (110 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and brakes.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 124reports included a mileage
• 71,671average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 298 records for 1995 298
2. 1996 330 records for 1996 330
3. 1997 450 records for 1997 450
4. 1998 310 records for 1998 310
5. 1999 674 records for 1999 674
6. 2000 762 records for 2000 762
7. 2001 1,041 records for 2001 1,041
8. 2002 1,009 records for 2002 1,009
9. 2003 1,276 records for 2003 1,276
10. 2004 1,258 records for 2004 1,258
11. 2005 1,078 records for 2005 1,078
12. 2006 955 records for 2006 955
13. 2007 2,470 records for 2007 2,470
14. 2008 1,921 records for 2008 1,921
15. 2009 1,728 records for 2009 1,728
16. 2010 1,909 records for 2010 1,909
17. 2011 2,130 records for 2011 2,130
18. 2012 1,913 records for 2012 1,913
19. 2013 2,035 records for 2013 2,035
20. 2014 1,707 records for 2014 1,707
21. 2015 3,258 records for 2015 3,258
22. 2016 2,038 records for 2016 2,038
23. 2017 1,719 records for 2017 1,719
24. 2018 1,379 records for 2018 1,379
25. 2019 1,071 records for 2019 1,071
26. 2020 911 records for 2020 911
27. 2021 1,945 records for 2021 1,945
28. 2022 1,522 records for 2022 1,522
29. 2023 1,293 records for 2023 1,293
30. 2024 804 records for 2024 804
31. 2025 499 records for 2025 499
32. 2026 220 records for 2026 220

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 8mention a crash
• 1mention a fire
• 10mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,726
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 5
• Owner complaints NHTSA 178

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0521 in 11 records
• P0300 in 9 records
• P0420 in 5 records
• P0430 in 5 records
• P0442 in 5 records
• P057B in 5 records
• P057C in 5 records
• P0011 in 3 records
• P0751 in 3 records
• C0569 in 2 records
• P0340 in 2 records
• P061B in 2 records

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.