1997 Chevrolet Tahoe power train problems
58 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe — 14% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Have a 1997 tahoe two door 4x4 with 126,000 miles... Transmission housing cracked yesterday. Upon investigation I see that chevrolet has known about this problem for over ten years and have yet to correct the problem. I am very disappointed with chevy. And their quality of workmanship. I hope…”
filed Aug 14, 2007
“Automatic transmission failure. Extremely common to my 97 chevy tahoe. Required complete rebuild and lots of money. I called probably a dozen transmission repair facilities and almost all said I was lucky I made it to so many miles before this happened as it is very common in this transmission. All…”
filed Jan 28, 2007
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Power Train problems in other Tahoe years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Tahoe | 1 | 5% |
| 2025 Tahoe | 4 | 11% |
| 2024 Tahoe | 7 | 12% |
| 2023 Tahoe | 41 | 20% |
| 2022 Tahoe | 33 | 19% |
| 2021 Tahoe | 83 | 19% |
| 2020 Tahoe | 14 | 25% |
| 2019 Tahoe | 37 | 36% |
| 2018 Tahoe | 19 | 19% |
| 2017 Tahoe | 53 | 31% |
| 2016 Tahoe | 47 | 18% |
| 2015 Tahoe | 55 | 8% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.