It has Firestone Wilderness AT tires on it. They are 16 inch and there is no recall on them, but I don't feel safe.
Tie rod fell off at 40 miles per hour on a busy street.
After the tie rod fell off, the vehicle was not steerable. Somehow we got stopped without wrecking or hitting someone or something. I took pictures and there was still grease on the threads of the tie rod. The nut had never been installed.
I filed a report with the National Transportation and Safety Board, and with Chevrolet. I never have received any kind of a response from anyone. What worries me most is am I the only one who never got the nut installed or are there other Tahoe's out there with a possibility of this hapenning to them? Chevrolet was good at fixing it, but what if I had been on Highway 5 driving at 70?
Interesting comments re tie rod. If tie rod link 'twisted' and came out of tie rod, seems the toe-in/out would be so great the tires would be signing/squealing when driving down road, especially turning, etc. Didn't notice this?
Did this happen immediately upon purchase? I can't imagine that, the vehicle is inspected at the dealer, and it would most likely have fallen apart during transport onto/off of the car carrier. IF the car has some miles on it, then you can't blame chevy for it, any used car is subject to some sort of failure sometime, it's just unfortunate that this is what happened to you. Thank goodness you are OK. I've never had any trouble with any of my gm vehicles, and I've owned almost all makes, too.
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