2008 Tahoe hybrid

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Skinsfan84

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I went and looked at a 2008 Tahoe hybrid, it’s extremely clean new tires, very few issues and 215k miles no rust or issues. It’s 7k which would be ok if it lasts another 50k-80k miles with no major issues.

1. Does the 6.2L have the potential for 300k plus miles?
2. Does the battery have the potential to make it 300k miles?
3. Any other potential pitfalls I’m not aware of?
 

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it's a 6.0 but any of these trucks with afm active on them don't have the potential to hit 300k hybrid or not in my book. it's probably been repaired once already to hit 215k or will need to be soon.


the hybrid battery in these are basically 3rd Gen prius cells in a longer pack. so higher voltage. they are 90s tech nickel metal hydride. the life expectancy is about 120k in a cool location before they start causing bucking and bad drivability. which is ******* everything. it probably has a replacement battery by now if it ran OK on the test drive. Google green cubes for the price of the batterys. they come swap them out for you on site I'm told.


the battery is probably the biggest thing of these hybrids, the afm is really a issue across the board. the tranny unlike the non hybrid ones that need the torque converter replaced around 120-150k before it kills the tranny. these are pretty solid, they don't have a torque converter to go bad. the down side is, most shops won't touch them. they will just tell you they can't get parts. they actually do make parts, there's a guy here that rebuilt his but I'm not sure if he ever got it running. he had to have a dealer program something for him, which is the 2nd down side. most shops don't want to fix these trucks, even the gm dealership are pretty bad about it. I see lots of people have a bad time with them at shops.


if you're mechanically inclined, enjoy interesting tech and willing to pick up a clone tech 2 scanner for if anything goes wrong I really like mine. if you're not, I have a hard to recommending anyone buy one of these Gen trucks with high mileage if they don't know forsure the afm failures has been addressed, hybrid or not.

I got it mine at 130k and it's at 160k now, I enjoy it. but I did ton of searching and knew basically what I was getting into, at least on the hybrid system side. the truck itself has needed more worn out parts than I expected but it's grown on me, I will hopefully hit 300k with mine. time will tell if I can
 

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My transmission has lasted 300,000 miles so far. I've replace my engine once at about 180,000 miles because of the AFM. Replaced the hybrid battery twice. Rebuild from Greenbean Battery lasted longer than the new OEM. I'm now experiencing multiple issues with the electronics onboard and it's currently not drivable. The interior plastic parts are horrible.

But I love mine, and hope to have it back on the road soon.
 

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I got my 2010 HyHoe at 125,000 miles, it made it to about 240K before I had to put a Green Bean replacement Hybrid battery pack in and now it’s still running strong. I did have the valve lifter issue at about 260,000miles and had to have a top over haul, new VLOM. Since then it’s still doing great until a month ago with about 330,000miles. I thought I’d lost the VLOM system again as I had unexplained ticking that I thought was the valves again. I was hesitant to have to do another top overhaul or much less the overall overhaul. Changed oil, flushed it, added additives and hoped that would do it. No such luck. Still ticking but would sometimes not tick. Opened hood while running and thought I heard the ticking form the left side. Started looking with hood open and thought it sounded like I had an exhaust leak. That was exactly what it was!!! Took it to a muffler specialist and $550 later I have a 2010 HyHoe is back to running silky smooth, 4WD, 8 pax vehicle with great mileage. A Big Shoutout to @swathdiver who has helped a lot over the years with advice, code reading, and such when I was living on the Treasure Coast of Florida. Will start a new Thread on my Hybrid Escalade and a couple of issues.
 
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They are a vehicle you’ll love to hate. If you’ve got another vehicle, their benefits are worth their idiosyncratic faults.

The thought of a 10-13 6.0L hybrid that runs cheap, 100+ octane e85 in an Escalade Platinum with its refrigerated / heated seats & LED headlights is appealing.
 

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