Chevrolet Suburban Complaints (1995)

469 consumer complaints on file.

#11482363September 1, 2022
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER DID NOT HONOR THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE RECALL REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960010March 10, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED FLAMES NEAR THE TRANSMISSION AREA. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD AND DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 236,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905637September 11, 2016
WHEELS
MY TWO REAR GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT LT245/75/R16 HAD RUBBER TREAD SEPARATION AT 3257 MILES, AND 3420 MILES. OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 95* TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND 55 MPH. PULLING AN EMPTY FLATBED TRAILER AT THE TIME. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10762084September 8, 2015
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN EQUIPPED WITH COOPER DISCOVERER H/T TIRES, SIZE P235/75R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519328June 11, 2013
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH FIRESTONE STEEL TECH RADIAL A/T TIRES, LINE SIZE: LT245/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE SPARE TIRE ALSO FAILED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,432. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519336June 11, 2013
WHEELS, STRUCTURE:BODY, TIRES
SPARE TIRE INSTALLED ON VEHICLE TO REPLACE TIRE REMOVED FOR VALVE STEM CUT. USED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH MINIMAL MILEAGE ACCUMULATED. TIRE WAS IN BRAND NEW CONDITION WITH NO VISIBLE TREAD WEAR. THE TIRE FAILURE AND TREAD BENT THE REAR QUARTER PANEL WHEN IT FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE AND TREAD WERE LEFT AT THE FIRESTONE REPAIR FACILITY PROVIDING THE REPLACEMENT. TIRE SIZE LT24575R16 STEELTEX RADIAL A/T. TIRE MFG DATA LEFT WITH TIRE AT REPLACEMENT SERVICE CENTER. TRAVEL WAS ON THREE LANE I-78 EAST ON SUNNY AFTERNOON AT 55 MPH ACROSS FROM THE TOLLBOOTHS ON WESTERN LANES.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508317April 15, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LEAK AT REAR DRIVER SIDE, IT STOP WHEN TRUCK IS PUT IN PARK. I'M AFRAID OF A FIRE COULD START!!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503235March 16, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I JUST RECENTLY BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY 2000 CHEVY MALIBU AND IT PROMPTED ME TO BEING RESEARCHING COMMON ISSUES WITH CHEVROLET VEHICLES. IN MY RESEARCH I CAME UPON AN INTERESTING FACT THAT SEVERAL MAKES AND MODELS SEEM TO HAVE INTERMITTANT TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONALITY AND HAZARD LIGHT ISSUES. IN MY CASE MY 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN (WHICH I LOVE MIND YOU) WAS BEING CHECKED FOR A TRAILER TO BE HOOKED UP. WHEN THE PERSON PERFORMING THE INSPECTION ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS IT CAUSED A MALFUNCTION WITH ALL OF MY TURN SIGNALS, BREAKS, HAZARDS(NO EQUIPMENT WAS ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK SO NO IT WASN'T A FAULTY CONNECTION TO THE TRAILER, THAT HAD NOT BEEN ATTACHED YET.) AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF MESSING WITH SIGNALS AND PUSHING BUTTONS IT FINALLY RESET TO NORMAL. THIS FUNNY WIRING PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME I TRY TO TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS. UP TO THIS POINT I HAVE NOT HAD A NEED TO USE THEM BUT I AM AWARE THAT THEY WILL NOT WORK IF I ATTEMPT TO. MY ADVISE TO ANYONE READING THIS IS IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR TURN SIGNALS MESS WITH THE HAZARD LIGHT BUTTON BEFORE YOU GO REPLACING FLASHERS AND BULBS. IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES OF PUSHING THE HAZARD BUTTON AND TURNING THE SIGNALS ON AND OFF BEFORE THEY STARTED TO WORK AGAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH CHEVY THAT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BE ADDRESS NOW THAT I AM FINDING IT TO SEEM SO COMMON A PROBLEM. I WAS EVEN MORE DISAPOINTED TO LEARN THAT MY MALIBU HAS ISSUES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OTHERS WITH THAT MAKE AND MODEL AND THOSE ISSUES ARE IGNORED AS WELL. A SIDE NOTE IF YOU READ MY OTHER COMPLAINT. THE 1996 CHEVY S10 MY SPOUSE AND I WERE GOING TO TRADE THE MALIBU FOR ALSO HAS FUEL ISSUES. WHAT A BUMMER I USED TO REALLY LIKE CHEVY. CHANNEL 9 NEWS ANYONE. "NHTSA IT SHOULDN'T TAKE SOMEONE DYING BEFORE YOU MAKE THEM FIX IT. IF IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CAN BE PROVEN IS NOT NORMAL WARE THEY SHOULD HAVE TO FIX IT." *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489285December 19, 2012
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT SUSTAIN HIM PROPERLY WHEN LEANING FORWARD SUDDENLY, AS THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE NECESSARY REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446849February 6, 2012
VISIBILITY
THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY THE PRIOR RECALLS WITH GRADUAL INCREASING DIFFICULTIES (ACTION NUMBERS EA97022 AND EA02006). I CONTACTED THE DEALER WITH THE RECALL INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PART HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BY THE RECALL BUT DID NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT DATE. THEY NOTED THAT BECAUSE THE PART HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND IT HAD BEEN OVER 1 YEAR THEY ARE NO LONGER UNDER ANY FURTHER OBLIGATION. MY PROBLEM NOW IS THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS THE SAME DEFECT PROBLEMS AND CREATES THE SAME HAZARDS AS THE ORIGINAL PART THAT WAS COVERED IN THE RECALL. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT FIXED BUT WANTED TO FILE A COMPLAINT THAT REPLACEMENT IS JUST AS DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS AS THE ORIGINAL PART THAT WAS RECALLED. IF THE REPLACEMENT PART IS RECALLED, I WOULD LIKE A REIMBURSEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10409260June 28, 2011
SEAT BELTS
MY 95 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS ALOT OF SAFETY ISSUES. THE SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. WE WERE INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THEY DID NOT LOCK AND ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY BROKE I HAVE 5 SMALL CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO BE RESTRAINED WITH THE SEATBELTS AND THEIR CAR SEATS WONT STAY PUT THIS VEHICLE HAS NO LATCH SYSTEM SO NO WAY TO SECURE THE CAR SEATS. I HAVE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND AM FINDING NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BUT THEIR ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. ALSO THE SEAT TRACKS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE ARE BROKEN AND WHEN STOPPING SUDDENLY THEY POP REALLY LOUD AND THE SEAT MOVES. ALSO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW OR DON'T WORK AT ALL. ALSO THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I MEAN EVERYTHING STEERING BOX TIE ROD ENDS YOU NAME IT BEEN REPLACED BUT THE TRUCK STILL WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND KEEPS GETTING WORSE TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY ARE NOT FINDING ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE SAME PROBLEMS I THINK CHEVY NEEDS TO START RECALLING SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348288August 9, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, APPROACHING A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS HITCHED TO A BOAT TRAILER. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WITHIN A HALF A MILE AFTER REPEATEDLY ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO UNHITCH THE BOAT TRAILER FROM THE VEHICLE, AND RESUMED WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS HAD BROKEN IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ALSO, ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THE BRAKE LINE EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE RUST WITH LOSS OF PRESSURE. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10296234December 17, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
MY 1995 DIESEL SUBURBAN BEGAN RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH. ONE MORNING JUST AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SURGED UP TO 3000 RPM AND JUMPED FORWARD. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND COAX IT BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY. RESEARCH WITH MY LOCAL DIESEL EXPERT SHOWED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A FAILING INJECTOR PUMP AND FURTHERMORE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE PUMPS. THE PROBLEM IS NOW EASILY REPRODUCED SIMPLY BY SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND RUNNING THE TRUCK. IT WILL START, AND THEN REV TO 3000+ RPM ON IT'S OWN, THEN BACK TO NORMAL. IT WILL DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. NOT ONLY IS THIS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR ($2000 IN PARTS ALONE) BUT IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS. HAD I BEEN AT A STOPLIGHT WITH A PEDESTRIAN OR ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND IT SURGED I COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED SOMEONE. CONSIDERING THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN BY MY MECHANIC, THE POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES AND THERE IS A TSB ON THIS FUEL PUMP (01349A) I AM STUNNED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MANDATORY RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285453September 27, 2009
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10272616June 2, 2009
SEATS
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME ON MY 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS BROKEN AND I'M HEARING A TREND OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME YEAR / MAKE VEHICLE. THIS COULD BE A HAZARD BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS WHEN THEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AND THE SEAT BECOMES UNSTABLE. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER COULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MATERIAL USED TO MAKE THE SEAT FRAME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10260060February 26, 2009
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRES, SIZE LT245/70/R16. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALLS WERE SEPARATED ON ALL THE TIRES. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04T003000 (TIRES) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE THE RECALL IN THEIR DATABASE; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND THE CONTACT STILL HAS THEM IN HIS POSSESSION. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254995January 14, 2009
VISIBILITY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN OPERATING WHILE THE SWITCH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. SHORTLY AFTER, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND REMAINED IN THE UP POSITION ON THE WINDSHIELD. THEY REMAINED IN THAT POSITION THE REST OF THE DAY. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN AND STOPPED OPERATING ON THEIR OWN WHILE IN THE OFF POSITION. SHE CALLED A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATING TO HER VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 302,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 301,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10217090February 6, 2008
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE ABS SPEED SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS EITHER DISCONNECTED OR MISSING. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR PROPERLY, BUT SHIFTED FROM SECOND TO THIRD OR THIRD TO OVERDRIVE WHILE REVVING UP. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED, SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 193,767 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 193,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187071April 4, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
(1) HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKING SYSTEM 3 TIMES IN LAST 4 MONTHS (2) VEHICLE KEEPS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAVE BEEN ACTIVATING FOR NO REASON (3)REPLACED ROTORS, CALIPERS AND BRAKE PADS 3 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS (4)WHEN STARTING FROM START POSITION BRAKE CALIPERS STAY A LITTLE CLOSED AND EVENTUALLY LOOSEN UP ONCE THE VEHICLES PICKS UP SPEED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171821October 25, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FELL ASLEEP AT WHEEL, CRASHED AT SPEED OF 60-65 MPH, HIT EMBANKMENT FIRST AND THEN 24" DIAMETER TREE PLUS OTHER SMALLER TREES, FRONT OF VEHICLE COMPRESSED APPROX. 38 INCHES INCLUDING BUMPER, NEVER APPLIED BRAKES DUE TO SLEEPING, AT IMPACT DRIVER'S CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL AND HEAD HIT DASH, AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED, VEHICLE TOTALED AND DRIVER HOSPITALIZED WITH HEAD/CHEST TRAUMA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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