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Chevrolet Tahoe · 2005

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V070000·2014-02-11

    Monroe Truck Equipment Recalls Sure Power Battery Equalizers and Converters

    Monroe Truck Equipment is recalling specific Chevrolet and Ford vehicles equipped with Sure Power battery equalizers or DC-DC converters due to a fire risk caused by a defective potting compound.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, FORD TAHOE, F-350, C7500NA, F-450 SD
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2005Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2005; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system
  • DP15004 Defect Petition · air bags

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2007 · body 212 complaints, median 65,000 mi
  • 2021 · powertrain 74 complaints, median 62,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2011 · body 63 complaints, median 64,000 mi
  • 2008 · body 61 complaints, median 78,000 mi
  • 2010 · body 60 complaints, median 70,950 mi

Technical service bulletins

2,034 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.7/5
  • 2025: 4.0/5 · 46 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2024: 3.7/5 · 63 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2023: 3.2/5 · 211 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2022: 3.4/5 · 184 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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