Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (2009)

162 consumer complaints on file.

#10919854October 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914372October 6, 2016
AIR BAGS
DASH AROUND AIRBAG IS CRACKED ALONG WITH ABOVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IT APPEARS IT IS IDENTICAL TO ALL OTHER DASH CRACKS IN BOTH LOCATION AND TYPE ON 07-13 TAHOES/SUBURBANS/AVALANCHES. OBLIVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT COUPLED WITH THE TAKATA RECALL COULD CREATE AN EXPLODING DASH WITH EXTRA BRITTLE SHRAPNEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910313September 28, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BACKED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MY DASH CRACKED AND SPREAD ACROSS THE FRONT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893788August 7, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH HAS RECENTLY CRACKED AROUND AIR BAG AND ABOVE GAGES. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID TOO BAD. WE CAN REPLACE FOR $2000.00.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893273August 4, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10887860July 22, 2016
AIR BAGS
A CRACK SUDDENLY APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE AIRBAG THE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE BEEN GETTING RANDOM SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGES ON MY DASH DISPLAY AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT FREQUENTLY NOT GO ON WHEN I HAVE A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881954July 1, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE IT DEVELOPED CRACKS ALL ALONG THE DASHBOARD. THE CRACKS GOT BAD ENOUGH THAT RECENTLY A LARGE PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD FELL OUT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET CHEVROLET TO HELP PAY FOR REPLACING IT BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE ENTIRE BILL ALONE. I AM WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK AND THAT HAVING ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EXPOSED WILL CAUSE HARM TO MYSELF OR THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10881517June 29, 2016
AIR BAGS
MY 2009 SUBURBAN HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE DASH THAT CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. I ALSO HAVE NEW CRACKS THAT GO FROM THE NATURAL DASH SEAM TO THE AIRBAG COVER/ENCASING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS PRESENTS THE QUESTION: IF THE AIRBAG NEEDS TO DEPLOY, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BROKEN DASH PUNCTURES IT AND IT DOESN'T PERFORM AT ALL -OR- WHAT IF THE CRACKED DASH BECOMES SHRAPNEL AND HARMS THE PASSENGERS? IT WAS CLEARLY AN UNFINISHED DESIGN SINCE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE DASH IS COMPLETELY HOLLOW, IT FLAPS UP AND DOWN ONCE CRACKED. IT'S NO WONDER THEY HAVE CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS, THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT UNDER THERE. THESE VEHICLES ARE MADE TO TOW, GET THROUGH ALL SORTS OF WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS, AND HAUL A LARGE GROUP. BUT THE DASH CAN'T WITHSTAND IT? PROBLEMATIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10875063June 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. CONCERNED OF LOOSE PLASTIC IN CASE OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864448May 11, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKING DASHBOARD. 2ND CRACKING DASHBOARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863435May 5, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASH ON 2009 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEXT TO THE AIRBAG PANEL. DASH HAS ALSO CRACKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. CONCERN IS THAT IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY THE DASH BOARD MAY BREAK APART AND BECOME SHRAPNEL CAUSING ADDITIONAL INJURY, PERMANENT DISABILITY, OR DEATH TO THE PASSENGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859983April 17, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND HAS SHARP EDGES ALONG THE CRACKS. I'M AFRAID IN AN IMPACT THOSE SHARP PIECES WILL BE FLYING AT ME AND MY PASSENGERS OR COMPLETELY IMPEDE THE AIRBAGS FROM INFLATING AS THEY SHOULD. IT STARTED WITH ONE CRACK, NOW CRACKED ON SEVERAL PLACES, IT SEEMS THE MORE I DRIVE IT ON CITY ROADS THE WORSE IT GETS. THE DASH MIGHT JUST FALL ONTO MY LAP ONE DAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850337March 18, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKED DASH MAY DAMAGE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IF ACTIVATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846460March 14, 2016
AIR BAGS
THERE IS A CRACK IN THE DASH RIGHT IN THE CORNER OF WHERE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS PIECES OFM THE DASH MAY COME OFF WITH IT. GM DENIES THERES A PROBLEM AND WONT RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10818068January 5, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED IN 3 PLACES WITH THE LARGEST CRACK ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10818169January 5, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY GOES INTO "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MODE ("LIMP MODE") WITH CONSOLE MESSAGE "TRACTION CONTOL DISABLED, SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER REDUCED". GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE LOWER THAN 25 DEGREES FARENHEIT. SHUTTING DOWN VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND RESTARTING LEADS TO NORMAL OPERATION, HOWEVER VEHICLE WILL GENERALLY REPEAT SAME PROBLEM WITHIN 5-15 MINUTES IF OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS COLD ENOUGH (BELOW 25 DEGREES FARENHEIT) . ERROR CODE P1235 (THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR 1-2 CORRELATION...) IS SET, BUT MAY NOT PERSIST IN MEMORY. GM IS PROVIDING OWNERS WITH ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES UNDER CSC-10047220-3332 (BULLETIN NO. 11273), HOWEVER NOT ALL VINS ARE INCLUDED. VEHICLE HAD THROTTLE BODY (INCLUDING SENSOR) REPLACED IN 2010 AND APPEARS TO BE EXHIBITING EXACT PROBLEMS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN, HOWEVER GM DEALER AND GM ARE NOT EXTENDING PROTECTION FOR THIS VEHICLE. DEALER IS RECOMMENDING ANOTHER NEW THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND/OR THROTTLE BODY (INCLUDING SENSOR), ALONG WITH COMPUTER RESET. THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS (DRASTIC SUDDEN DECELERATION IN TRAFFIC).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10811050December 17, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH ON SUBURBAN HAS DEVELOPED MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT COULD POSE A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE EVENT AN AIRBAG MAY FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807874December 1, 2015
ENGINE
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. VEHICLE USE 2 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 3000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOW MANUFACTURER DEFECT BUT YET THEY ARE MAKING ME PAY FOR THE REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762398September 9, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD ON MY VEHICLE STARTED CRACKING AND JUST GETS WORSE YEAR AFTER YEAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733855July 14, 2015
ENGINE
AS I'M SLOWING DOWN MY CAR SHOOTS OUT ALMOST INTO TRAFFIC. IT WORE DOWN BOTH MY FRONT AND REAR BREAK PADS. ALSO BURNS OIL. I HAVE TO ADD A FULL BOTTLE O OIL EVERY COUPLE O WEEKS. HAS SMOKED FROM EXHAUST REAL BAD ONE TIME BEFORE I KNEW TO ADD OIL. NOW SINCE YESTERDAY JULY 13, 2015 IT SAYS TO SERVICE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL IS OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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