Reliability & cost of ownership

Chevrolet Tahoe Reliability & Common Problems

How reliable is the Chevrolet Tahoe? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars where on file — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.

Chevrolet Tahoe problems by model year

167 recall entries and 10,030 owner complaints on file across 32 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.

Year Recalls Complaints NCAP stars Full report
2026 Tahoe328No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2025 Tahoe1525.0AI reliability outlook →
2024 Tahoe3694.0AI reliability outlook →
2023 Tahoe52334.0AI reliability outlook →
2022 Tahoe41974.0AI reliability outlook →
2021 Tahoe164644.0AI reliability outlook →
2020 Tahoe3574.0AI reliability outlook →
2019 Tahoe21094.0AI reliability outlook →
2018 Tahoe31054.0AI reliability outlook →
2017 Tahoe41754.0AI reliability outlook →
2016 Tahoe82564.0AI reliability outlook →
2015 Tahoe146594.0AI reliability outlook →
2014 Tahoe3904.0AI reliability outlook →
2013 Tahoe42334.0AI reliability outlook →
2012 Tahoe31784.0AI reliability outlook →
2011 Tahoe54474.0AI reliability outlook →
2010 Tahoe4314No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2009 Tahoe5284No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2008 Tahoe4528No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2007 Tahoe41,175No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2006 Tahoe4114No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2005 Tahoe7292No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2004 Tahoe5466No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2003 Tahoe7511No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2002 Tahoe6448No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2001 Tahoe8511No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
2000 Tahoe10282No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
1999 Tahoe3552No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
1998 Tahoe4262No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
1997 Tahoe2410No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
1996 Tahoe5283No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →
1995 Tahoe8246No overall rating on fileAI reliability outlook →

Most-complained-about components

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Chevrolet Tahoe, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.

  • air bags1,551 complaints
  • electrical system1,495 complaints
  • unknown or other1,351 complaints
  • service brakes, hydraulic907 complaints
  • structure896 complaints
  • power train844 complaints
  • service brakes828 complaints
  • engine814 complaints