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    Traction Control light blinking off and on

    Did a search, no help. today driving on the interstate, my traction control light began to blink off and on for a while, then it stopped. Any idea why this might be happening?
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    Hub went out, Cruise control wont work

    My pass side hub went out 1500 miles ago at 233k miles. Of course the cruise was knocked out immediately, ABS light came on and the traction control was shut down. drove it home, put a new hub on it, ABS and traction control lights went off, but the cruise still doesnt work. This is the 2nd...
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    Possible blown head gasket, 01 hoe, 5.3

    So, drivers side, seems i found the source of my coolant leak. The pro's. If its blown its been blown for..........Ooooh 40-50k miles........drips a few drops of coolant over night. Never overheats, no coolant in the oil. Its simply a blown coolant passage. Or who knows. Anyway, has anyone...
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    Coolant leak, water pump??

    I have a small coolant leak from the front of my engine, 5.3L 2001 The truck does NOT over heat, it has plenty of power, no signs of a blown head gasket at all, simply a small coolant leak. Im going to assume the gasket at the watr pump has failed, or the water pump housing has cracked...
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    Insurance is trying to total out my Tahoe

    Due to my 200k miles they stated my tahoe is only worth 7500. I got rearended 2 weeks ago on I55 in st louis in rush hour, i was stopped in a traffic jam and this gal.......well.......clipped me going 70 mph (swerved at the last second) destroyed the pass side of the truck (2nd time this has...
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    Seafoam + Vacuum line = Check Engine light

    I know this is probably nothing, but after fixing my "dying at stops and turning around' problem by cleaning out the throttle body, I figured I may as well get the rest of the intake cleaned out with seafoam, as there was a lot of carbon buildup in there as well. The only vacuum port that I...
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    01 Tahoe, 5.3L dies at slow speeds, backing up, turning around, etc

    My tahoe dies all the time for no reason. Usually it happens at very slow speeds, idiling, give it gas to turn, back up, pull forward, or sometimes when rolling up to a stop sign it dies. It always starts back up immediately and if i am sitting still, it will idle till I run out of gas and never...
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    01 Tahoe Towing question

    Hey guys, im getting ready to move 7 hours away from Kansas to an hour south of St Louis. This will be the first time I will be towing anything with my tahoe. Its the 5.3 2x4. Anyway, im on the uhaul website and wondering what class hitch they put on these tahoes. It says on the label by the...
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    Several 01 Problems. Cruise, vehicle dies, etc

    First off, yesterday my front drivers wheel hub went out. Other than the loud grinding noise of a bearing going out, the ABS light came on, then the traction control was turned off, then the cruise stopped working. No biggie, I figured it was all related and the replacement of the hub would fix...
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    What have some of you guys done for better mileage?

    My 01 tahoe currently has 126k miles on it, i put about 50-60k miles on a year, however this is my work vehicle, company pays for fuel, and a vehicle perdiem, so pretty much they are buying it for me. The company opted for the new Fram Airhog filters in the name of getting better mileage...
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