Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1996)

370 consumer complaints on file.

#531280February 22, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
BRAKE REAR AXLE SEALS FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#529878February 4, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CONTINUE TO LOCK UP AFTER REPAIRS MADE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#517591January 30, 1998
SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM NOTICEABLE VIBRATION WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW. DEALER ALSO REPLACED FRONT/REAR ABS BRAKES/TIRES/DRIVESHAFT AND REAR AXLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#818043January 27, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
BRAKES: JULY 22, ON FREEWAY 66MPH TRAFFIC STOPPING, APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE CAME TO STOP BARELY ON SOME ONE'S BUMPER. OCTOBER 29, AT MCDONALD'S PULLED UP TO WINDOW , BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, SCRAPED SIDE OF WALL WITH FRONT GRILL GUARD. STOPPED PUT IN PARK, PUT PARKING BRAKES ON, GOT HOME/CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE IN, AND THEY TESTED IT AND SAID REAR DRUMS WERE BROKEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#818517January 21, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP ON WET PAVEMENT THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE SKIDDING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819998December 16, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
DRIVING AT 50 MPH OR LESS ,THE ABS BRAKES WILL GRAB AND PULL AND LOCK UP IN WET CONDITIONS.THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THEREFORE, DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBELM. DEALER HAS REPLACED BOTH CALIPERS IN THE FRONT. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE BRAKING, PROBLEM CAN BE HELPED BY TURNING OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTING MOTOR. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819961December 15, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS,THE VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED BRAKES AND TURNED ROTORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819925December 11, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR, AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819826December 8, 1997
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
OWNER CLAIMS THAT SHE WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND IT FELL OFF COMPLETELY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#527848December 4, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKES DO NOT STOP VEHICLE PROPERLY, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819717December 4, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP ON WET PAVEMENTS AND IN COLDER THAN NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SLIDE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820271December 2, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED & THE BRAKES (ABS) ARE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD GO LEFT OR RIGHT. IF WEATHER IS WET/SLIPPERY, VEHICLE WOULD SPIN SIDEWAYS AFTER BRAKES APPLIED. TOOK TO DEALER & DEALER AGREED THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS WITH BRAKES.. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819547December 1, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
UPON MAKING A GRADUAL OR SUDDEN STOP AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. ALSO,THE VEHICLE IS NOT TRACKING, CAUSING INCREASED AMOUNT OF STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819499November 26, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH, PUSHED BRAKES, WENT TO FLOOR . NO BRAKESAND LOST ALL STEERING. DEALER SAID HYDRAULIC UNIT WENT OUT WHICH CONTROLLED ABS AND POWER STEERING. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819351November 21, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED DRIVER EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819290November 20, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDALTO FADE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES ABS KICKS IN BEFORE IT SHOULD AND THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS MUSHY, DEALER REPLACED BOOSTER ASSEMBLY AND FOUND AIR IN SYSTEM ON ONE OCCASION CAUSING PEDAL TO BE HARD. WIPER BLADES REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819277November 19, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
GRINDING NOISE DEVELOPS IN BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM. DEALER'S COMMENTS: SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED (TWO REPLACEMENTS). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819206November 18, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN NORMAL OPERATION. OWNER HAS HAD BRAKE LINES/CALIPERS/ROTORS AND PADS PUT ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO COLLISION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#818565November 7, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STILL TRAVEL. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN TO COME TO A STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#818567November 7, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD , THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STILL TRAVEL . CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE PEDAL AGAIN THE VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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