Chevrolet Suburban Complaints

9,782 consumer complaints on file.

#717798January 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ONE MORNING. NOTICED UNUSUAL FLUID UNDER VEHICLE BENEATH BATTERY. UPON REMOVING BATTERY, EVIDENCE OF MAJOR LEAK WHICH CAUSED VISIBLE DAMAGE TO BATTERY CRADLE INCLUDING PEELING OF PAINT AND CORROSION DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717744January 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION
ERING VIBRATION,LEAKY BATTERY,CORRODING A/C LINES,ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FRONT BRAKE DISC .AT PASSENGERS SIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717755January 23, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854131January 22, 2000
SEATS
SEAT TRACK AND ANCHORS BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. SEAT HAD TO BE REWELDED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855341January 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT UP AHEAD. WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE JUST KEPT ON GOING. REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855173January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS THE SYSTEM DOES NOT RESPOND, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN THREE COLLISIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#855186January 20, 2000
PARKING BRAKE
VEHICLE WAS WARMING UP AND OUT OF GEAR WHEN EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD ,DOWN A HILL, AND HITTING A TREE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855189January 20, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ENGINE DOES NOT RETURN TO IDLE WHEN LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855205January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH REAR WHEELS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY LOCK UP WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT 30 MPH OR LESS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855229January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES DON'T STOP VEHICLE WHEN CONSUMER TRIES TO STOP. IT ONLY HAPPENS ON SLIPPERY SURFACES, MAKES A METAL-AGAINST-METAL SOUND. CONSUMER SAYS THE DEALER IS WAITING FOR WORD ON THE INVESTIGATION WITH US, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855239January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE BEEN EXPERENICING ONGOING BRAKE FAILURE WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN WET/SNOWY ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855250January 20, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP FAILURE; THREE FUEL PUMPS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER. REPAIRS WERE DONE UNDER WARRANTY. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
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
#717573January 19, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON ANY SLICK ROAD SURFACES AT SPEED OF 10 MILES PER HOUR , WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT STOPSIGN. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KICKED IN. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT TURN ON IN THE CONTROL PANEL. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO READJUST ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY IN A FEW SECONDS AFTER IT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED. BUT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT DO THIS. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS KICKED IN WITHIN A SIX MONTHS PERIOD SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE FIRST INCIDENT INVOLVED A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCENARIO. THE FIRST TIME THE ROADS WERE SLICK AND THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, DESPITE THE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS VEHICLE HIT A SLICK SPOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND SLIDE COMPLETE ACROSS THE THREE LANE HIGHWAY, INWHICH I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FARTHEST LANE. THERE WERE ABOUT 4 OTHER CARS THAT HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND BASICALLY COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO AVOID THE VEHICLE THAT WAS SKIDDING THROUGH THE HIGHWAY. MY ANTILOCK BRAKES KICKED IN WITH A LOUD THUG. AND THE ANTILOCK LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON TOO. BUT IT NEVER READJUSTED ITSELF AFTER THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN INTO REPAIR TO RESET THE ABS. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED IN JULY 1999 AND WAS REPAIRED IN EARLY AUGUST. THIS SECOND INCIDENT DID NOT WARRENT THE ABS TO KICK IN. I BELIEVE THAT THE ABS ARE OVERLY SENSITIVE AND NEED TO BE REPROGRAMED. I HEARD ON A NEWS REPORT THAT THE CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WAS BEING RECALLED FOR ITS FAULTY ABS BRAKES FROM 1999 THROUGH 1992. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE 1992 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN IS BEING RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I CALLED ABOUT REPAIRS SAID THE RECALL WAS FOR VEHICLES STARTING IN 1994, NOT 1992. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS RESOLVED . PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE RESULTS. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717490January 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT, TIRES, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
I HAD THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED, (DEALER STATED IT WAS NEEDED), AND EVER SINCE, I HAVE NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO COME FROM DRIVESHAFT. I HAD THEM ( DEALER ) CHECK, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIRES, OR PERHAPS A BEARING. THIS NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO GETTING U-JOINTS, HOWEVER I ALSO HAD CUPPING ON A RIGHT FRONT TIRE, AND THEY REPLACED A MODEL, OR SOMETHING. I SAW ON THE NTSA BULLETIN NO. 9610 OF JAN 4, 2000 , THAT 1997 SUBURBANS HAD A COMPONENT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717461January 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT
FAILURE OF MANUFACTURER TO FIX REOCCURING PROBLEM WITH BRAKING AND ALIGNMENT OF VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855004January 14, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHEN OPENING THE DOOR THE LATCH LOCKS SO THAT THE DOOR CANNOT BE SHUT. OWNER HAS TO TAKE A SCREW DRIVER TO FLIP THE LATCH DOWN IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE DOOR. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854942January 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM GRABS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE AND THEN THEY RELEASE AND GRAB. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854954January 13, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
SEATBACK RECLINING MECHANISM BROKE WHILE OWNER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE. SEATBACK IS CURRENTLY RECLINED ALL THE WAY BACK, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. DEALER SAYS IT WAS AGE AND FATIGUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854963January 13, 2000
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. CONSUMER'S SON WENT TO SIT IN THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT WHEN HE PULLED THE SEAT BELT FROM THE FLOOR, THE INERTIA REALED IT, AND LOCKED IT 6 INCHES WITHIN THE SEAT BELT. PASSENGER WAS NOT ABLE TO UNLOCK SEAT BELT. CONTACTED THE DEALER. NOT UNDER WARRANTY, CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT. IT IS A SEALED UNIT AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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