Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1994)

872 consumer complaints on file.

#9000236March 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY LEAKS (POS) TERMINAL ONTO BRAKE LINES AND AIR CONDITION LINES ETC. REPLACED BATTERY, FLUSHED AREA WITH WATER, NOTICED RUST ON BRAKE LINES FITTINGS AND OTHER PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551519March 23, 2000
TRAILER HITCHES
TWO CRACKS DISCOVERED IN THE HITCH RECEIVER TRAILER PLATFORM. *MJS
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
#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
#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
#719145February 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718834February 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS DEFECT I AM APPALLED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS I NORMALLY DO WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER (THEY DID A TEST AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THEM, THE VEHICLE NOT STOPPING UNTIL 30-35 FEET AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED) THAT THE ABS SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ACCORDING TO GM. UNBELIEVABLE! *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#856599February 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856463February 8, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. NO WARNINGS, IT JUST QUITS. DEALER PUT ON A NEW FUEL PUMP, CONSUMER THINKS ITS THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL PUMP, AND FEELS IT IS UNSAFE FOR VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY FREEWAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718319February 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING QUITS/DIES/SHUTS OFF THEREBY CAUSING THE LOSE OF STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF AUTHORIZED CHEVY DEALR JIM STUTZMAN CHEVROLET IN WINCHESTER VIRGINIA SINCE OCTOBER OF 1999. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE HAD THEIR MECHANIC TEST DRIVE IT AND HE HAS EXPERIANCED THE PROBLEM WHEN THEY HOOK IT UP TO THE COMPUTER "IT" SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THEM THAT I NEVER SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A CHEVY DIESEL AND "WHAT DO I WANT TO DO HOW MUCH MONEY DO I WANT TO SPEND AND THEY WILL JUST START CHANGE OUT PARTS " I AM IN FEAR OF MY LIFE EVERY TIME I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL. I SPENT $350 DOLLARS JUST LAST WEEK HAVING A PART CHANGED THAT THEY "THOUGHT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM " THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AS IT HAPPENED 2 HOURS AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP ON MY WAY HOME. THIS VEHICLE WEIGHS ALMOST 4000LBS. I HAVWE BEEN VERY LUCKY SO FAR. WHAT WILL AHPPEN TO ME WHEN I AM ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME AND IT DIES? OR LIKE THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS ON A CURVEY MOUNTAINOUS ROAD AND IT DIED AND I ENDED UP IN A FIELD AND HAD TO BY SOD FOR THE LADY WHOSE LAWN I ENDED UP IN. WHAT IF HER CHILDREN HAD BEEN PLAYING IN THE YARD OR I WAS APPROCHING A SCHOOLCROSSING? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN WRECKS AND INJURIED OR KILLED AND THEY WEREN'T LUCKY ENOUGHT TO SURVIVE THE FIRST INCIDENT? PLEASE HELP ME RESLOVE THE MANUFACTORERS DEFECT BEFORE IT KILLS ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I AM NOT ABLE TO TRADE IT IN OR BY A NEWONE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BECAUSE OF A DEFECT LIKE THIS . THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855803January 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON DRY CONDITIONS AND TRVELING 10MPH. WHILE TURNING CONSUMER FOUND OUT HE HAD COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE. NO ONE WAS HURT. DEALER NOT CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717636January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 30 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT THE ABS FAILED ,RESULTING IN A CRASH. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HEPPENED WITH THIS VEHICLE, RESULTING IN 2 CRASHES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717217January 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
IN DRY ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-5 NORTHBOUND WE NOTICED THAT TRAFFIC WAS STOPPING AHEAD OF US AND APPLIED BRAKES. WE HAD ALREADY SLOWED TO APPROX 50MPH BEFORE BRAKING . THE VEHICLE NOSE DIPPED AS WE SLOWED TO STOP, THEN THE ANTI LOCK MECH RELEASED THE BASE BRAKES AND WE WERE THROWN UPRIGHT AS WE CONTINUED FORWARD INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF US AFTER A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE DURING WHICH TIME WE WERE AWARE THAT WE WERE NOT BEING SLOWED BY THE ANTI- LOCK SYSTEM. WE HAD NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES HAD AN UNUSUAL STOPPING DISTANCE IN THE PAST, BUT BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL AS WE WERE TOLD BY OUR DEALER. THE BRAKES HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVICED IN DECEMBER. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE DISTANCE FOR ANY PROPERLY WORKING BRAKE SYSTEM TO STOP US IN TIME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#550237January 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES FOR POOR BRAKING ABILITY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716860January 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAS ACTIVATED AND CREATED A DANGEROUS SKID ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS. I AM AN EXCELLENT DRIVER AND USED AVOIDANCE MANOVEURS TWICE TO AVOID COLLISIONS. THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO CONSISTENT CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE THE ACTIVATION OF THE ABS /SKIDDING...BUMPY ROADS(I HAVE SKIDDED BOTH ON DRY RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND DRY UNPAVED MOUNTAIN ROADS) AND,SECOND, RAINY PAVED SURFACES THAT WOULD NOT ORDINARILY INDUCE A SKID. WET WHITE PAINTED LINES AT INTERSECTIONS ARE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS. WHAT I CANT UNDERSTAND IS THAT AS OF 01/04/2000, YOU ALREADY HAVE 463!!! REPORTS ON YOUR WEBSITE OF THIS VEHICLE/YEAR/SYSTEM FAILURE AND YET, NO RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716667December 30, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP (POHANKA CHEVROLET IN VA) 25, YES, 25 TIMES SINCE 1994. I HAVE NOW JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE SECOND COMPUTER SYSTEM IN 2 YEARS. I WILL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF VISITS TO THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE EXPENSIVE COSTS I HAVE INCURRED. HAS THERE BEEN SIGNIFICNAT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WHAT RECALLS (OTHER THAN WINDSHIELD MOTOR AND ONE OTHER RECALL). MY MECHANIC FEELS THAT CHVROLOET MAY BE AWARE OF THE COMPUTER PROBLEMS IN THIS CAR BECASUE OF ITS URGENT REQUIREMENT TO SEND BACK THE COIL OF THE ORIGINAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854398December 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ONGOING /INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM; WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD HAVE A DELAY IN STOPPING DISTANCE, AND INTERMITTENTLY PEDAL WOULD HARDEN OR GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RESOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853042December 16, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, TOWING A TRAVELER TRAILER WEIGHING 7,000 POUNDS, AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM KICKED IN, BUT SUBURBAN TRAVELED ABOUT ANOTHER 45 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING IF PEDESTRIANS WERE IN THE CROSSWALK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853934December 9, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY QUIT, AFFECTING CONSUMER'S VISIBILITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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