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2005 Chevrolet Tahoe engine problems

The 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe has 20 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 5% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

20

Engine complaints

5%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Tahoe engine complaints by model year167 complaints1993: 1 complaints1994: 3 complaints1995: 3 complaints1996: 27 complaints1997: 14 complaints1998: 23 complaints1999: 29 complaints2000: 12 complaints2001: 19 complaints2002: 26 complaints2003: 29 complaints2004: 48 complaints2005: 20 complaints2006: 4 complaints2007: 79 complaints2008: 29 complaints2009: 15 complaints2010: 11 complaints2011: 12 complaints2012: 9 complaints2013: 13 complaints2014: 2 complaints2015: 48 complaints2016: 18 complaints2017: 24 complaints2018: 21 complaints2019: 28 complaints2020: 10 complaints2021: 167 complaints2022: 73 complaints2023: 119 complaints2024: 28 complaints2025: 18 complaints2026: 11 complaints
Tahoe engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“I WENT TO THE STORE APROX AT 8PM AND GO BACK APROX AT 915PM AND PARK MY CAR. APROX AT 11PM MY NEIGHBORS CALL US AND SAID THAT MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS STARTED APROX FROM THE ENGINE PART. *TR”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · December 28, 2012 · fire

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe have?

NHTSA has 20 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe engine — 5% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.