Just got back the Z71... after two weeks

[ugachs24]

I finally got my Tahoe back after two weeks of being at the stealership. Its an 08 with around 70k miles on her. I had it towed in because I was getting ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, LOW OIL PRESSURE, and SERVICE BRAKES SOON on a trip from New Orleans to Atlanta. When they opened it up there was little coolant in the reservoir, the oil level was way too high, and the transmission fluid was a quart low. Ended up having a had a bad oil pump, it had blown a head gasket, had a bad master cylinder, and a bad transmission seal.

Luckily all of it was covered under warranty but those are some major problems for a well maintained highway driven truck. I just thought I would share my experience, thank god for these power train warranties, check those fluids!

The thing is it hasn't had any real problems besides these and they all hit at one time. It's a little scary...

 

[emann_01]

hate to say it but it almost sounds like a lemon...if anything else goes wrong i would be suspicious

 

[73shark]

Antifreeze in the oil is very hard on the bearings. Probably what led to the oil pump's demise. I'd be really leery of keeping the engine w/o an overhaul.

 

[BlueAc]

Good luck with everything!!!

I just test drove an '07 Suburban Z71, I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on Monday.

 

[ugachs24]

Oh theres no question about it I'm trading her after all that work. I've been looking at leftover 2008 and '09 Yukons this week. I know none of those are common problems except for the transmission seal. I consider myself pretty lucky that after 4 Tahoes this is the only one with problems.