Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1994)

872 consumer complaints on file.

#839135June 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE IS STALLING AND JERKING. IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837585June 8, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHENEVER IT'S RAINING OR SNOWING & THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE TO BE USED, THEY WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. WOULD STOP VEHICLE & GET OUT TO JIGGLE THEM IN HOPE THAT THEY WOULD WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545962June 4, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. (98V-150000) NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707212June 4, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR WITH OUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPING FOR NO REASON. I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL IN SEPTEMBER 1998, AND HAVE BEEN TRYING WITH NO LUCK TO GET THE MANUFACTURER TO FIX IT. BUT THEY SAY OUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT ON THE LIST. THIS IS VERY FUSTRATING TO NOT BE LISTENED TO. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE DELIBERATELY PUTTING CUSTOMERS AT RISK BY NOT LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE DIE FROM A DEFECTIVE WIPER THAT WASN'T ON THE VIN LIST???*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838820June 3, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED IN A RAIN STORM. THERE IS A RECALL ON MAKE/MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707179June 3, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
THEY HAVE RECLLED OTHER 1994 SUBURBAN THE DEALER SAID MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE LIST IT COST M $70.FOR MY REPAIR .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838731June 2, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707123June 2, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT STAY WORKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707099June 1, 1999
INTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THIS SWITCH FAILED WHILE PARKED, THANK GOODNESS. A BURNING ODOR BECAME OVERWHELMING WHILE PUTTING ON SEATBELTS TO DRIVE AWAY. IT WAS NIGHT, SO I COULD NOT TELL FOR SURE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. MY NEXT INSTINCT WAS TO TURN THE CAR OFF IN HOPES OF PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WAS MELTED TO THE POINT THAT THE SWITCH, BEZEL AND WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR WERE DESTROYED. I HAVE RECEIVED TWO RECALL NOTICES ON THIS VEHICLE FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ONE FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, AND ONE FOR THE WIPER MOTOR WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE ENTIRE WIRING SYSTEM IS SUSPECT IN THIS VEHICLE. WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES WE NOW HAVE THREE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. OBVIOUSLY PER MY REPORT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES CAUSED BY THE SWITCH BURNING UP. HOWEVER, HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THAT THE SWITCH MELTED, SHE VERY WELL MAY HAVE ENDED UP WITH A DASH BOARD FIRE ON THE ROAD WITH 5 CHILREN. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE FREQUENCY OF THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT WITH OTHER SUBURBANS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES. AS AN ENGINEER IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, I KNOW DARN WELL THAT THET THERE IS NO SUCH THINK AS A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE ON ANY TYPE OF FAILURE AND THIS VEHICLE IS PROVING TO BE A LOSER WHEN IT COMES TO WIRING AND SWITCHES. SORRY FOR BEING SO LONG WINDED. *99V025000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707007May 30, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURES, MORE THAN ONCE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN A DOWNPOUR. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS SUBJECT TO A RECALL, BUT WHEN WE TOOK IT IN FOR THE REPAIRS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM FIXED BY THE RECALL. WE WERE CHARGED $132.15 FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838540May 27, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED WHILE IN USE WHICH, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL ON 1994 SUBURBAN, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN # ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838443May 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN MOTOR WENT OUT. NOW THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706594May 17, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WIPERS ARE INTERMITENT. I KNOW OF SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. CHEVROLET SAID IT IS NOT ON RECALL HOWEVER, THEY HAVE RECALLED SOME VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706446May 12, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:REAR
BRAKES LOCK IN WET WEATHER, CAUSING VIOLENT LURCH, ALSO BRAKES FAIL WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON ROUGH SURFACE, RESULTING IN POOR STEERING CONTROL AND GOING THRU INTERSECTION. WIPERS INTERMITTENT - SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT COME ON. GRINDING NOISE IN REAR-END HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE NEW, DEALER CHECKED ONCE THEN IGNORED IT, THEY WERE ALSO NOTIFIED ON THE BRAKES BUT "COULD FIND NO PROBLEM"!!??!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545433May 10, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, ON ONE INCIDENT NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD,THEN WIPERS COMPLETELY STOPPED. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837496May 5, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHEN TRAVELING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERATIVE REDUCING DRIVERS'S VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED WIPER MOTOR. RECALL 98V15000 CONCERNS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER,THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706096April 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
BRAKING SYSTEM SEEMS TO FAIL ON BUMPY AND WET CONDITIONS. BRAKES A UNDERPOWERED FOR THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLE AND OVERHEAT WHILE TOWING. REPLACED MASTER CYL TWICE DUE TO LEAKS. I AM TOLD AT A CAR SHOW CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FAILURES I HAVE FOUND ON THIS SIGHT AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. LIVES ARE AT STAKES AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT, NOT THE CONSUMER. DEALER TOLD ME TO UPGRADE BRAKES TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM 96 AND UP WOULD COST ME 1400.00. NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE EVEN THE DEALERSHIP. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN. THE BRAKES SYSTEMS IN THESE 94 SHOULD BE RECALLED. ASK ANY MECHANIC WHO HAS WORKED ON THESE BRAKE SYSTEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545241April 28, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL FOR INTERMITTENT WIPER FAILURE NOT PERFORMED DUE TO VIN., RECALL 98V150000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837028April 22, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL 98V150000; WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION,CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545108April 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURES WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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