2019 Chevrolet Tahoe
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Power train is the leading concern among 106 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 21st highest complaint count among 26 Tahoe model years with reports.
Of the 2019 reports, 8 involved a crash. 6 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Power train, transfer case (4-wheel drive)Do not drive until repairedMay 7, 2026
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2026 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Suburban, and Tahoe, and GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles with four-wheel (4WD) or all-wheel drive (AWD), and certain 2015-2020 Suburban, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Yukon, Yukon XL, and Tahoe vehicles. A component missing from the drivetrain transfer case may cause the front and/or rear wheels to lock up without warning to the driver.
Front or rear wheel lockup increases the risk of a crash.
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicle until the remedy is completed. Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the transfer case assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 18, 2026. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. GM's number for this recall is N262557620. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 7, 2026.
Campaign 26V289000 on NHTSA.gov
Service brakes, hydraulic, antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip, wheel speed sensor/tone ringOct 24, 2019
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, and GMC Yukon, and 2014-2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 vehicles equipped with a 5.3-liter engine, a 3.08-ratio rear axle and four-wheel drive. If a wheel-speed sensor fails, while the vehicle is traveling between 41 and 60 mph in four-wheel or automatic mode, the Electronic-Brake Control Module (EBCM) software may activate the driveline-protection system.
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.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the EBCM, free of charge. The recall began December 11, 2019. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-630-2438 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N192261050.
Campaign 19V761000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints
106 reports, newest first.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jul 12, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 03-04-24 Engine sputtering Scanned vehicle and codes P2635 fuel pump low fuel/performance was detected. Ordered fuel pump and fuel pump module.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jul 12, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 9-8-23 customer states vehicle hard to start and doesn't accelerate scan vehicle for codes found codesp2635 fuel pump performance vehicle has low fuel pressure recommend replace fuel pump 10-31-23 Sputters & won't accelerate CEL correction: replace high pressure fuel pump test drive vehicle work complete.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jun 26, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 7-30-23 Stalled & Died twice replaced Fuel Pump 3-08-24 Unit died at stop light CEL replaced fuel pump
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jun 26, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 7-8-2023 Unit stumbles & CEL on Replaced fuel pump 11-17-23 Units stumbles & CEL on Replaced fuel pump
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jun 13, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 6/5/24 The vehicle continues to stall out and shut off in the middle of the street. Start violently shaking and gas pedal does not work.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jun 13, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. unit had to be towed in to repairer twice in 4 days. Both times for stalling out.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Jun 13, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 1/2023 Vehicle stalled while idling - Replaced Fuel Pump 8/2023 Vehicle stalls while idling - Replaced Fuel Pump
Other or unspecified, Engine, Jun 5, 2024
the vehicles have a serious defect that causes the air conditioning systems to crack and leak refrigerant, lose pressure, and fail to function properly to provide cooled air into the vehicles. These failures lead owners and lessees to incur significant costs for repair, often successive repairs as the repaired parts prove defective as well. As summer temperatures in many regions soar into triple digits, this leaves Escalade, Sierra, Suburban, Tahoe, Silverado, Sierra and Yukon owners with vehicles they say are undriveable due to concerns about child, pet, and driver safety. I would hope GM will cover this AC problem since I am just outside of my certified warranty and have kept up with all maintenance requirements per manual. See link below that I have found to be a common problem with the condenser. I am not a happy customer here, definitely deters me from buying another Chevy/GMC if GM does not cover the cost under warranty. Per link below you have to constantly contact GM to argue this common problem to get them to agree to cover it. I had it diagnosed by Hoselton Fairport NY last Tuesday, they wanted $400 just to touch my AC to start the diagnosis and to put a $40 can of Freon in it. It didn’t hold after 3 days. I had my brakes done. 2019 Chevy Tahoe. Also lawsuits going on about faulty condenser. If anyone else has this issue I would definitely suggest contacting GM CS before forking over $1200+. It was a bit of a [XXX] with all the phone [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, May 31, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. Driver: will not accelerate past 9 mph Tech: code P0068 throttle body and code P0089 high pressure fuel pump and P0101 mass air flow sensor.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, May 31, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. Unit stumbles at red lights Check engine light is on
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, May 31, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. Driver : Sputtered then died. Turned on after 10 minutes.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, May 31, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. Check engine light displayed on dash. Vehicle started sputtering and stalled. Had to be towed in to shop.
Other or unspecified, May 1, 2024
The a/c compressor on my 2019 Tahoe with 60,000 miles no longer works. It will not blow cold air out and was not discovered until it was super hot outside. This should not be happening to a vehicle that I've had less than 5 years and with the average amount of miles on. Since Bumper to bumper warranty is now only 3years or 36,000 miles it is also out of warranty, leaving me to fix on my own dime. The vehicle has not been inspected by anyone other than myself. There were no warning lamps or messages or symptoms prior.
Other or unspecified, Apr 10, 2024
Water is leaking through my back hatch on the left side(passenger side) The roof is wet and staining with water spots
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Apr 8, 2024
This vehicle is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department. We are submitting complaints for multiple Tahoe's that have stopped during operation causing extreme danger to our staff and other drivers in the city. The cause is always bad fuel pumps and our units have had to have the pumps replaced in some cases multiple times. 1-26-24 Unit broke down today started after several tries.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Apr 8, 2024
8-7-23 Vehicle stalled out while driving 1-17-24 occasionally the unit wont start
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Apr 5, 2024
The vehicle just turned off and locked up while driving and the check engine light was on that presented Code P2635 and P018B
Other or unspecified, Mar 18, 2024
The Tahoe has this error that comes up on the dash "trailer brake system" and it doesn't stop. It keeps coming up and it is hard to drive with the constant beeping.
Electrical system, May 22, 2023
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that the infotainment center lighting and instrument panel lighting was flickering. The instrument panel display switched from the mileage and RPM display to the radio settings that was displayed. There was an abnormal sound of buttons being pushed coming from the display and center console. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to identify the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
Electrical system, May 12, 2023
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that on numerous occasions she noticed that when the vehicle was moist from inclement weather or after a car wash, the infotainment system, instrument cluster electrical features inadvertently malfunctioned. The contact stated that she heard an abnormal sound on the touch screen indicating buttons were unintentionally being depressed. Additionally, the contact stated that the instrument panel was independently reset and became glitchy either while driving or the following day after the vehicle had been parked. No warning lights were illuminated. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the failure was unfamiliar and to take the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed. The failure mileage was approximately 44,670.
Seat belts, Apr 10, 2023
The bolt that mounts the third row seat belt near the base of the seat broke so the bottom of the seat belt is no longer attached.
Electrical system, Mar 28, 2023
The instrument cluster. I found a bulletin that describes my problem word for word along with multiple complaints online with the same issue. The PRNDL does not indicate the transmission position Multiple service messages on the Driver Information Center and multiple MILs illuminated The radio does not display the temperature No audible feedback or IPC indicator when the turn signals are operating DTC U0155 (Lost Communication with Instrument Cluster)
Visibility, Jan 23, 2023
Sunroof randomly exploded/shattered while driving 65 mph on the highway. The noise sounded like an explosion/gunshot had gone off in my car. Nothing hit the sunroof and the sunroof did not have any cracks present at the time.
Steering, Jan 17, 2023
Vehicle lost power steering while driving. Steering became difficult and unsafe while family was in vehicle.
Other or unspecified, Oct 30, 2022
Transmission went out right at 70,000 miles!! I purchased my truck Jan 2021 certified from a chevy dealership. I have the app and everything connected to my phone. Not once did I ever get notified that anything was wrong. My truck has been broken down for a month now. I look up info to found out there's a whole lawsuit for our Transmissions!! How was this not a recall item?? The warranty won't cover it which is absolutely ridiculous. So now I'm out of a truck. With a huge bill to replace my Transmission. Literally I can send you a picture of my "chevy app" it says Transmission is 100% good to go. It's BROKEN DOWN. If maybe my app would of worked correctly I could of had my truck in the shop before the Transmission went down in the middle of me driving. There was absolutely no warning signs at all. I keep all the maintenance on my vehicle. Not one sign. I took it to a chevy dealership to get looked at. They just said it's the transmission.