1996 Chevrolet Tahoe Engine cooling Problems

“While driving at usual speed of 35 MPH,down a steep hill my wife was terrified when suddenly the engine failed, steering and braking became difficult and, in her mind, nothing was working. She missed a number of cars at the bottom of the hill and pulled into a vacant gas station. The engine started for me after she called me on her cell phone and it was difficult to understand what had happened but the same thing happened to me driving and I understood the stress that she endured. …”

“While driving to work I was going over a bridge on I-95 when the trucks RPM's maxed out and the truck drifted to a stop. I have replaced the head gaskets about 3 weeks prior to this happining now I am out a car. When I took it to the mechanic he said that for some reason the engine blew. I take care of my cars and check all the fluids twice a week. How can I get this fixed. The truck only has 83,698 original miles on it. This engine should have lasted another 50,000 to 60,000 miles.”

“The vehicle was parked for 9 hours with the engine off before the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department determined the fire started from the engine. Please provide any additional information.”

“Intake manifold leaks can lead to any number of very serious, and expensive, problems. While the part itself isn't costly, the labor to repair it is very intensive, and has been quoted around $800 usd (give or take a couple hundred depending on the vehicle). This is in addition to any other costly problem(s) the intake manifold gasket leak may have produced. We are demanding accountability from general motors. A nationwide backorder should be reason enough for GM to assemble a recall. …”

“Exhaust y pipe sheared off, common in this type of vehicle. Very expensive because parts include y pipe two catalletic converters and three o2 sensors.”