NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 11, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 293
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 14V070000
- Reported
- February 11, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Tahoe, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V417000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 794
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Tahoe, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 05V103000
- Reported
- March 18, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 707
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Power train: manual transmission: shift pattern indicator
- Campaign
- 05V055000
- Reported
- February 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,194
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Tahoe, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006 Tahoe, 14 other models
2005 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 293 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on August 10, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (3%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the electrical system (43%), followed by the power train (8%) and the air bags (6%).
1 of the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (242 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System126
- Power Train24
- Air Bags19
- Steering19
- Structure18
- Service Brakes17
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2008 | 47 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 28 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 47. 27% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 10th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 293 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted