Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1999)

720 consumer complaints on file.

#838680June 1, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS FUMES IN VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND TIGHTENED GAS CAP. CONSUMER STILL SMELLING GAS FUMES. ON MAY 28TH, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THIS WAS TO DUE TO A STRIPPED BATTERY CABLE. BATTERY AND BATTERY CABLE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545711May 20, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES HAVE CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCED PULLING WHILE BRAKING ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION ON ONE INCIDENT, UNABLE TO RECTIFY. MJS (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836180May 13, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
LOOSE FUEL LINE, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK, WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF THERE IS A SOURCE OF IGNITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837292April 30, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS OPERATE ERRATICALLY. WHEN NEEDED THEY FLICKER ON AND OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705811April 20, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I JUST HAD THE SAME EXACT 1999 SUBURBAN GO BACK UNDER THE LEMON LAW WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. VIN #[XXX]. THE PROBLEM STARTED RIGHT AWAY AND IT TOOK ME ALMOST 6 MONTHS TO GET RESULTS. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT COURSE OF ACTION I SHOULD TAKE NOW. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836850April 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY ENGINE JUST SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836855April 19, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND STOPPED, TURNED OFF ENGINE, AND SMOKE SMELLS BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER THEY OPENED THE HOOD AND FIRE WAS EVERY WHERE. AAA TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERS SAID NOT TO TOUCH VEHICLE UNTIL SOMEONE FROM FROM MANUFACTURER WILL COME OUT TO LOOK----ALLEN GWYNN CHEVROLET--818-240-5720
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836476April 5, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WAS SLOWING DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 20MPH & GETTING READY TO PARK HEARD THE BRAKE SENSOR WARNING SOUND. HAD NO BRAKES AFTER WARNING SYSTEM SOUNDED. THE BRAKES FAILED AT 12,000 MILES. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN 6/98. DEALERSHIP SAID BRAKES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY & WOULD NOT REPAIR THEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705286April 5, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
MY NEW SURBURBAN AND SEVERAL OF THOSE THAT I LOOKED AT HAVE WINDSHIELD VISUAL DISTORTIONS. EXAMPLE: VEHICLES LOOKS TALLER AND SKINNIER OR SHORTER AND WIDER THAN THEY ARE. IT HAS A NUMBER OF THESE OPTICAL RIPPLES. THE DISTORTION, LIKE A CARNIVAL HOUSE OF MIRRORS, MAKES ME DIZZY AND CONFUSES SPEED JUDGEMENTS--VEHICLES SUDDENLY SEEMS BIGGER AND CLOSER, OR SMALLER AND FARTHER AWAY. OUTSIDE LEFT HAND REARVIEW MIRROR LIKEWISE HAS RIPPLE EFFECT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836383April 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
THE BRAKES ARE SQUEALING VERY LOUDLY, INDICTATING THE ROTORS ARE GETTING HOT.MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AT APPROXMATLEY 5806 MILES BECAUSE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THEN FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT 9000. ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT AT ABOUT 13,000. DEALER CLAIMS THE VEHICLE IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704776March 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS MALFUNCTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN WET CONDITIONS, BRAKES PERFORM IN A VERY IRREGULAR MANNER, THEY ARE NOT PREDICTABLE OR OFFER RELIABLE PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT USE. BRAKES PULL HARD RIGHT, EVEN AFTER SEVERAL TIME TO FIX. I HAVE REPORTED ABS PROBLEMS, AND TOOK 4 ATTEMPTS BEFORE DEALER TRIED TO REPAIR BECUASE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE ABS FAILURE OCCURRENCE. STEEERING CHATTER WHEN BRAKING FROM TIME TO TIME, REAR DRUMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND TURNED. REAR DRUMS CHATTERED UNTIL TURNED. WARPING OCCURRED TO REAR DRUMS. THIS VEHCILE IS UNSAFE AND I HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN MY PURCHASE, AND AM PURSUING THE RESPONSIBLE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE UNDERNEATH THE LEMON LAWS OF WASHINGTON STATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704293March 11, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKING, NO FIX AFTER 5 ATTEMPTS WITH DEALER AND BRAKING SPECIALIST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703868March 1, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ENGINE ACCELARATES AT ANY GIVEN TIME, EXCESSIVE RPMS , CAUSING ACCIDENTIN PARKING GARAGE. IN DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR HIGH ACCELERATION , STILL WITH NO REAL ANSWER AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#835084February 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. ALSO, BRAKES ARE SMOKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543418January 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
FRONT BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE RIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED INDICATING THAT THE ANTI LOCK FEATURE ACTIVATED, VEHICLE SWERVED APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET TO THE RIGHT, BRAKES HAVE WORKED PRIOR AND AFTER THIS ONE OCCASION CORRECTLY, CONSUMER STATES HE HAS TWO 1999 SUBURBANS AND ONE 1995 THAT ALSO EXPERIENCE BRAKE PROBLEMS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831618December 2, 1998
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TO TRIGGER THE LOCKING MECHENISIM ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR CONSUMER HAS TO STICK FINGER IN THE LOCK LATCH BEFORE ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829803November 18, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30-35 MPH AND ACCIDENTLY REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING NECK INJURY/SHOULDER INJURY AND BACK INJURY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#829633October 28, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE JUST DIES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#538730July 24, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKES, ONCE WARM, PULL RADICALLY TO THE LEFT SENDING VEHICLE INTO THE ON-COMING LANES OF TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537692July 2, 1998
TIRES
THE STANDARD SPECIFIED TIRES FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE INCOMPATIBLE FOR ITS WEIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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