Chevrolet Suburban Complaints

9,782 consumer complaints on file.

#720360March 20, 2000
SEATS
THE FRONT SEAT FRAME HAS A BROKEN WELD, AND IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720395March 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS FAILED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE. TOM JUMPER SAID 'TOO BAD.' $1100 IN PARTS/LABOR FOR ABS BRAIN & PRESSURE REG. IS BIG REPAIR FOR 68K MILES! WAS IT PATCHED TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO SELL? VERY UNACCEPTABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858777March 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TO TURN ENGINE OFF. THEN SWITCH PARKING PAWL TO NEUTRAL, AND RESTART ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720260March 17, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CLICK ON AND APPLYING THE BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP THE CRUISE CONTROL SPEED. VERY SCARY, HAPPEND TWICE AND I TOOK TO DEALER WHERE THEY CHANGED A "STRIPPED NUT" ON BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858505March 14, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AT ANY SPEED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720104March 14, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUBBARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720105March 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
ABS - AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILURE IS IDENTICAL TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID:98V150001. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858411March 13, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN & USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WHEN THEY SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. LATER, THEY CAME BACK ON & THEN STOPPED ALTOGETHER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC FAILED TO LOOK AT WIPERS. INDICATED NO RECALL ON VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO PRIVATE MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED A PROBLEM WITH THE SOLDER JOINT IN WIPER & IT WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719963March 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SUSPENSION, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
BRAKE ROTORS WARPED BUT DEALER INSISTS THEY ARE FINE AT 5000 MILES. NOW AT 6500 MILES AND THEY ARE WORSE. AIR CONDITIONER PUMP SEALS BLOWN OUT. ENTIRE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED BY DEALER DUE TO EXCESSIVE CREAKING, 3 TIMES, TO NO AVAIL, STILL EXCESSIVE CREAKING. LOOKING FOR LEMON LAW PROCEDURE, DEALER HAS BEEN NO HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719891March 9, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#719900March 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION STARTED GRINDING AT 5 MPH IN FIRST GEAR ONLY. THE SUBURBAN WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED, THE TRANSMISSION WAS GRINDING IN ALL GEARS AND AT ALL SPEEDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858012March 6, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE TRAVELING AND USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719601March 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OUR DEALER CLAIMS OUR VEHICLE IS FLOODING-ARE THERE SIMILAR CASES? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719578March 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OVER THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKES AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAVE NOT OPERATED RELIABLY. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON AN IRREGULAR OR WET STREET (EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS, BELOW 30MPH), AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING EFFECT VANISHES MOMENTARILY. THIS DEFINATELY INVOLVES THE ABS SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC VIBRATION OF THE PEDAL WHEN THE SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. ABS ACTIVATION DURING THESE EPISODES IS INAPPROPRIATE, INEFFECTIVE, AND DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719580March 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
OVER THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKES AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAVE NOT OPERATED RELIABLY. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON AN IRREGULAR OR WET STREET (EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS, BELOW 30MPH), AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING EFFECT VANISHES MOMENTARILY. THIS DEFINITELY INVOLVES THE ABS SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC VIBRATION OF THE PEDAL WHEN THE SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. ABS ACTIVATION DURING THESE EPISODES IS INAPPROPRIATE, INEFFECTIVE, AND DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551128February 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHILCE NOT TO START AFTER IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN, AND THEN PARKED, A SHORT DISTANCE FRON CONSUMERS HOME. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR BUT FOUND NO REMEDIES. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719433February 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS VEHICLE WAS USED AS A PASSENGER VEHICLE, NEVER PULLED ANYTHING MORE THAN A SMALL TRAILER WITH RIDING MOWER, OR DIRT BIKES. IT WAS NOT USED TO PLOW SNOW OR OFF ROAD. IT WAS A LARGE FAMILY SEDAN THAT WAS USED ON THE HIGHWAY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719477February 29, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON 1ST THEN A VARIOUS OTHER PROBLES BEGAN OCCURING AS WE TRIED TO GET OUR VEHICLE HOME. WHEN WE GOT IT TO THE DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP WE WERE TOLD THAT THE #2 FUEL INJECTOR HAD STARTED LEAKING AND FILLED THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH GAS. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 4 MONTHES LATER WHEN THE #5 INJECTOR STARTED LEAKING. BOTH TIMES THE DEALER TOLD US THAT WE WERE LUCKY THAT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T START ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9000320February 28, 2000
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES
HITCH TOWING PLATFORM HAS A CRACK, CRACK DISCOVERED PRIOR TO COMPLETE FAILURE (FACTORY INSTALLED TOWING PLATFORM). *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551138February 28, 2000
STEERING
STERERING WHEEL ROTATION SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK WHILE DRIVING. THIS FAMILY HAS THREE SUBURBANS ALL THE SAME YEAR/MODEL AND THEY WHERE ALL REPAIRED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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