Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1999)

720 consumer complaints on file.

#745387May 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888108May 14, 2001
TIRES
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN 1999 THERE WAS VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINATION, RIGHT REAR OF TIRE HAD A SECTION OF TREAD PEELING OFF AND THERE WAS A BUBBLE FORMING WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE, SIZE - LT245/75R16 WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE, AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO OTHER FAILURES, A TIRE MAN EXAMINED THE TIRES AND STATED THAT ALL OF THEM HAD BROKEN PLACES IN THE STEEL BELTS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887489May 4, 2001
STEERING
WOULD BE DRIVING AND VEHICLE WOULD BE HARD TO CONTROL. STEERING IS ERRATIC. FEELS AS IF VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE. WOULD TURN STEERING WHEEL AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THEN, SUDDENLY WOULD WHIP AROUND LIKE IT WAS FREE WHEELING. PROBLEM WAS STEADILY GETTING WORSE AFTER TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP.*AK CONSUMER STATES HAPPENS MAINLY WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT, IT IS NOT THAT THE TIRES DON'T TURN, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT IS IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT IT JERKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887341May 3, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL TIRES ON FIRESTONE, TPC 2012MS, LT245/75R16 LRE, 23553-UR-BM 05326. PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGING TO VEHICLE.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744724April 30, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
THE LATCH THAT KEEPS THE RIGHT REAR TAILGATE DOOR OPEN BROKE. THIS PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM REMAINING OPEN WHILE YOU ARE ADDING OR REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE TRUNK SPACE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887055April 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE PULLS LEFT AND RIGHT AND CHATTERS VIBRATES. CONSUMER HAD BRAKES REPLACED 5 TIMES IN LAST 30,000 MILES. DEALER HAS INVESTED TIME IN TRYING TO RECTIFY VEHICLE, SUCH AS CHECKING TIRE AND WORKING ON FRONT END. IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A EMERGENCY SITUATION VEHCILE WILL DIVE INTO ANOTHER LANE. DEALER HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A REMEDY AT THIS POINT. *AK AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING IN FRONT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START IN THE AM, HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560912April 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE IN THE LEFT LANE, CONSUMER HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT HAS BEEN GETTING NO ASSISTANCE IN THE MATTER, CONSUMER HAS HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744563April 25, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
ERRATIC STEERING - VEHICLE WANDERS IN LANE AND HAS NO TACTILE FEEDBACK TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MOVING LEFT OR RIGHT. STEERING SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS BEEN TESTED SEVERAL TIMES. PROBLEM IS VERY INTERMITTENT. ON LAST OCCURENCE SIMPLY STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT RETURNED THE STEERING TO NORMAL. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886312April 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 35MPH PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN MINORPROPERTY DAMAGE. DEALER HAS PERFORMED 9 BRAKE JOBS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CHEVROLET HAS AGREED TO REPURCHASE VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744148April 17, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THE SIDE MOUNTED POSITIVE BATTERY POLE LEAKED ACID ONTO VARIOUS ELECTRICAL WIRES AND CAUSED SEVERE COROSION OF THE AIR CONDITIONING LINES AND "BURNED" THE PAINT FROM THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE R FRONT WHEEL WELL. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LYNN SMITH CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENDED TO HIS WIFE'S CAR SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743983April 13, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN THIS SIZE OF VEHICLE THAT THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED AND THAT THE DOORS CRIMPLED SO BAD THAT THE PASSENGERS WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN A TIMELY MANNER. PLEASE CONTACT ME CONCERNING THIS. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#885835April 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MOISTURE DEVELOPS IN BRAKE DRUMS WHICH CAUSES ONE OF THE BRAKES TO GRAB EXTREMELY HARD . *AK WHILE RAINING OR IN VERY DAMP CONDITIONS, BRAKES GRAB AND IN ONE CASE IT CAUSED 2 PEOPLE TO BUMP THEIR HEADS TOGETHER, DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL BRAKING AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER DRAG THE BRAKE EACH MORNING FOR 125 FEET, AFTER MANY CALLS AND AN INCIDENT WHERE A HORSE WAS INJURED WITH A RUPTURED STOMACH, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE RUPTURE, BUT CONSUMER STATES THE ABRUPT JERKING FROM THE BRAKES WAS NOT PLEASANT FOR THE HORSE, DEALER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ORDERING A NEW 2001 SUBURBAN FOR CONSUMER BECAUSE THESE HAVE DIFFERENT BRAKING SYSTEMS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743854April 11, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
SEAT BACK ADJUSTMENT LEVER FRAYS SEAT BELT. THE LEVER THAT IS USED TO RELEASE THE SEAT BACK FOR ADJUSTMENT OFTEN CATCHES THE SEAT BELT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PUT ON. PULLING ON THE BELT HAS CAUSED THE BELT TO FRAY SLIGHTLY. I SWAPPED THE LEVERS SIDE-FOR-SIDE CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, THE DRIVERS LEVER WAS LABELED R AND THE PASSENGER LEVER WAS LABELED L. I BELIEVE THEY WERE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885547April 10, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DOOR CAN NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN DOOR CAME OPEN. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK MR. MCCARTHY IS A MEDIATOR FOR THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, A HEARING WAS HELD IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINT AND THE DOOR LATCHES WERE FOUND TO BE UNSAFE, THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH 3 OUT OF 4 DOORS, MR. MCCARTHY ORDERED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885561April 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE PROBLEM; WHEN SHE APPLYING BRAKES THEY GRIND, AND VEHICLE WILL STOP SLOWLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743420April 2, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES HAVE CONTINALLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. REPEATED ( SIX) REPAIRS HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. IT GETS WORSE WITH MILAGE AND WHEN DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743208March 28, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON HAD THIS CHECKED CAME UP WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. TOOK TO DEALER SAID THAT CHEVY SAYS THAT IT IS BETTER TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN LOOKING AT THE TRANMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743209March 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS TAKEN IN AND FOUND THAT THE EXHAUST DONUTS WERE BURNED UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 52000 MILES AND AT 64000 MILES WE ARE REPLACING THE SAME ONES AGAIN, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEMS AND WE END UP REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884369March 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVER HIT BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL WAS LEAKING OIL ONTO DRUM BRAKES. *AK DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742904March 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DID NOT SEE RED LIGHT DRIVING SOUTHBOUND AT INTERSECTION OF ROCKWELL AVENUE AND NW 50TH STREET. HIT DRIVERS SIDE OF FORD F350 EXTENDED CAB PICK-UP TRUCK TRAVELLING EAST BOUND ON NW 50TH. APPLIED BRAKE AND STARTED TO TURN LEFT TO AVOID COLLISION JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. ESTIMATED SPEED AT IMPACT 35-40 MPH. AIR BAGS (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DID NOT DEPLOY. CONCERNED THAT AIR BAGS MALFUNCTIONED OR DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0

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