2005 Tahoe - weird (non) acceleration

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gardiam1

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Greetings all - I'm looking at a 2005 Tahoe to replace my '96. When I test drove the 2005 today, the owner advised me of a strange quirk. When the traction control is on, sometimes the truck won't accelerate away from a stop - it just idles along. If you turn off the traction control, it accelerates just fine. Has anybody run across this behavior, and if so, what did it take to correct it?

A bigger question: The Tahoe's airbag light is on, as is the "check engine light". It has 134k miles, is in great physical shape, and the engine is sound. The seller is asking $4,500 firm. Should I even consider buying this? I don't mind having things fixed if I can end up paying $6,500 or so.

Thanks for your thoughts and questions.
 

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I wouldn't pull the trigger until you run a scanner on it and see if it's just simple stuff or not, could be a barrel of monkeys, traction control issue could be a transmission wire harness problem
 

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