Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1994)

872 consumer complaints on file.

#715779December 8, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853832December 7, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH & WAS SLOWING DOWN, APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL & IT WENT TO FLOOR. ABS BRAKES FAILED. FINALLY CAUGHT & JERKED VEHICLE. WAS HARD TO CONTROL. VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED. THIS WAS THE 2ND OR 3RD TIME IT HAPPENED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & BRAKING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715599December 3, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
UNDER PANIC STOPS, THE BRAKES ACT LIKE "ANTIBRAKES" NOT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. MY SON AND I BOTH HAVE IDENTICAL 1994 SUBURBANS AND WE BOTH SHARE THE SAME PROBLEM OF POOR BRAKING, WHEN WET OR UNDER PANIC SITUATIONS. MY SON HAD A ACCIDENT WITH MINE WHEN THE BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP HIM IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION, RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS SUBURBAN OWNERS, AND THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING. THE BRAKES ARE SCARY, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH HEAVY VEHICLE. I SPOKE TO CHEVROLET AND THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT YET, THAT A NATIONAL RECALL MIGHT COME NEXT YEAR. I THINK SOMETHING THIS DRASTIC SHOULD HAVE A PRIORITY TO THE PUBLIC.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848120November 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED . HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549698November 23, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS PRIOR TO RECALL (98V-150). MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853033November 17, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION OR THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714828November 15, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT RETRACTION SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK ON DRIVER SEAT, AND OCCASIONALLY FAILS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE PART THAT FAILS IS THE RETURN OF THE SHOULDER BELT. LEAVING THE SHOULDER BELT LOOSE AND OF LITTLE VALUE. ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, THE SHOULDER HARNESS SOMETIMES FAILS TO TIGHTEN UP BUT THEN DURING THE RIDE IT WILL MAKE A ZIPPING SOUND AND RETRACT AND TIGHTEN TO A PROPER FIT. AS FOR THE ABS, THEY KICK IN AT TIMES WHEN NOT NEEDED, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL, BUT SEEMS AS IF THE BRAKES DO NOT GRAB AS THEY MIGHT. EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME SANDY AREAS ON OUR GRAVEL ROAD, AND IF I TOUCH THE BRAKES THE ABS SOMETIMES KICKS IN, AND DOES NOT LET UP WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714282November 3, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714195November 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714121October 30, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WHETHER LIGHT OR HEAVY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WILL LOCK UP AND SKID, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER THREE WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL. BRAKING ACTION IS APPARENT IN THE OTHER WHEELS, BUT THE RIGHT REAR WILL LOCK UP CONTINOUSLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851911October 27, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATES UNEXPECTEDLY, AND WHILE BRAKING THE ENGINE IRACES HIGH. THE RPMS ARE HIGH, AND THE FRONT WHEELS ARE SQUEALING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. OCCUPANT NEEDS TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE RPMS RETURN TO NORMAL. PREVIOUSLY, HAD A TON OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, BUT SAID IT MAY BE ELECTRICAL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851755October 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THE WIPER'S DON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713640October 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUOUSLY STARTED AND STOPPED, EVENTUALLY STOPPING ALTOGETHER WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD WERE REPLACED AT OWNER COST TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ACTIVATION OF ANTILOCK BRAKES PRODUCE VEHICLE SURGES AND/OR GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES AND/OR DO NOT STOP VEHICLE. PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1993. ALSO, ON DESCENTS OF MUDDY, SNOWY AND/OR ROCKY ROADS, ANTILOCK BRAKES WHILE ACTIVATED INCREASE SPEED OF VEHICLE AND WILL NOT THE STOP VEHICLE UNLESS THE ANTILOCK FEATURE IS DEACTIVATED BY RELEASING AND THEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. PROBLEM OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS (3MPH THROUGH HIGHWAY SPEEDS). NORMAL BRAKING IS OK. BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT NORMAL INTERVALS AND FRONT ROTORS HAVE ALSO BEEN RELACED - NEITHER REPLACEMENT CORRECTED OR IMPROVED THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM'S OPERATION OR RESPONSIVENESS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851247October 20, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER. GM SAYS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECAL OF OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MODEL AND PROBLEMS *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851123October 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, THE BRAKES THEN RELEASE AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ABS COMPLETELY FAILED AT 102,000 MILES. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712737October 3, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IF VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS EVEN SLIGHT BUMB IN PAVEMENT BRAKES WILL RELEASE. BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING CAPABILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL BRAKES RESET. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PANIC BRAKING FOR THIS TO OCCUR. ON THIS OCCASION DRIVER IN FRONT MADE SUDDEN STOP. BRAKES APPLIED, HIT SLIGHT BUMP IN ROAD AND BRAKES RELEASED SO REAR-ENDED DRIVER. WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IF BRAKES HAD NOT FAILED OR IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849701October 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712629October 1, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
STEERING WHEEL DID NOT MOVE TIRES AT ALL. THE CAR DRIFTED TO RIGHT AND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO LEFT, NOTHING HAPPENED. STEERING WHEEL COULD BE SPUN WITHOUT AFFECTING TIRE MOVEMENT. DEALERSHIP THAT HAD REPLACED IDLER ARM STATED THEY COULD NOT TELL IF CAUSE OF WRECK WAS THEIR FAULT BUT WOULD FIX CAR AT THEIR COSTS. MY FEAR IS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO OTHERS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849063September 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING 30MPH AND APPLYING ABS BRAKES, THEY PROCEEDED TO LOCK UP. VEHICLE WOULD SKID A BIT, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WOULD HAPPEN EVERY OTHER MONTH OR SO. IT'S AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR FOUND, EVEN AFTER BEING TEST DRIVEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712440September 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
ABS SYSTEM FAILED-IT STARTS TO KICK IN, THEN RELEASES, SENT US INTO INTERSECTION AND NEAR MISSES WITH CARS-PAID TO HAVE BRAKES REPLACED, DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM (TOLD IT MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH ABS COMPUTER SYSTEM); WIPERS OCCASIONALLY BEGIN SLOWING AND WORK INTERMITTENTLY; DIFFERENTIAL WAS OUT WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING AGAIN 2 YEARS LATER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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