Chevrolet Suburban Complaints

9,782 consumer complaints on file.

#830631November 12, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830552November 10, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING. WHEN TURNING ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS,THEY DON'T WORK. THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO RECALL NUMBER 98V1500000. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830572November 10, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM. INTERMITTENTLY WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN WET CONDITION THE BRAKES WOULD DELAY IN STOPPING. ALSO, WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE USED IN AN EMERGENCEY SITUATION THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO GO UNTIL VEHICLE CAME TO 5-10 MPH THEN IT WOULD GRAB, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOCK-UP. AFTER THE LOCK-UP, THE BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD POP LOOSE WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830587November 10, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP, THE WIRING IN THE FUEL TANK MELTED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830459November 9, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY, THE VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. (MFR DOES HAVE A RECALL ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS 98V150000, BUT VIN # IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL) NEVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700389November 7, 1998
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING FAILS WHEN DRIVING. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN NEGOTIATING A TURN, THE STEERING IS HARD, THE SSS FAILS, CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE, RESULTING IN OVERSTEERING, CAUSING SWERVING OR LOSS OF CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700376November 6, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
FLEXIBLE FUEL HOSE RUBS ON 4WD TRANSFER CASE SUPPORT, WEARING A HOLE THROUGH IT. PRESSURIZED FUEL THEN SPRAYS ON HOT EXHAUST PIPE. EXTREME FIRE HAZARD, ALTHOUGH MINE DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE. OTHER VEHICLES FOUND WITH SAME PROBLEM. ONLY APPLICABLE TO 4WD MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830160November 5, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
HAD APPLIED BRAKES AT 30MPH VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY. BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT & WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. ENTIRE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED & NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830118November 4, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK ONE WEEK AND THE NEXT WEEK THEY DON'T WORK DUE TO AN OVERHEATED CIRCUITBOARD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830129November 4, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS HOT AND DRIES OUT IT OPERATES PROPERLY, BUT WHEN IT'S WET THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT OPERATE. DEALER CANNOT PERMENANNTLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830131November 4, 1998
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. AFTER TURNING A CURB, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD GO LIMP OR SLACK. DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE EVO BUT PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700273November 3, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVER'S' SIDE FRONT BRAKE CALIBER LOCKS WHEN HOT. THIS IN TURN WILL RESULT IN PREMATURE WEAR/FAILURE OF THE BRAKE PADS. IF THE VEHICLE SITS FOR A WHILE THE PRESSURE IN THE CALIBER LESSENS AND THE WHEEL TURNS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542355October 30, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
HYDROBOOST UNIT LEAKS FLUID CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, DUE TO PRESSURE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829712October 29, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
RA95026; POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE; BRAKES FEEL REAL SPONGY AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE TAKES TWICE AS LONG. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS, NO INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. DEALER STATED THAT THE SYSTEM IS WORKING NORMALLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524510October 28, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 25 MPH AND 3-CAR LENGTHS BEHIND VEHICLE IN FRONT, CONSTRUCTION CAUSED LANE MERGING AND SUBSEQUENT ABRUPT STOPPING. UPON BRAKING, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR WITH ONLY MILD RESISTANCE. BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID A MINOR COLLISION, EVENTHOUGH THERE WAS ADEQUATE DISTANCE TO DO SO. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829633October 28, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE JUST DIES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700175October 28, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE STEERING WHEEL SPINS TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE RIGHT IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. VEHICLE WAS DEEMED UNSAFE AND WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. BRAKES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION SO THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM WAS BLED TO DETERMINE IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. AFTER BRAKES WERE BLED THERE WAS NO CHANGE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE FOLLOWING PARTS IN ORDER AS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. THE FRONT BRAKE LINES REPLACED, NO CHANGE. FRONT CALIPERS REPLACED, NO CHANGE. REAR BRAKE KIT AND PROPORTIONING VALVE ASSEMBLY CHANGED, THE UNSAFE SWERVE PROBLEM WAS ELIMINATED. TOTAL COST $ 1000.00
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700151October 27, 1998
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
THE POWER STEERING ON RIGHT TURNS OVERSTEERS. IT IS LIKE A SUDDEN SURGE OF POWER STEERING. SINCE IT IS INTERMETANT IT IS A SUPRISE AND HAS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASION THE SUPRISE WAS ENOUGH TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE SUBURBAN. WE HAD IT IN ONCE FOR REPAIR BUT THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTING. IT HAS BECOME WORSE AND WE HAVE TAKEN IT BACK AGAIN FOR A REPAIR. THE SERVICE MAN SAID HE HAS HAD THREE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700101October 26, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
I WAS ENTERING THE I-205 SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP OFF OF MILL PLAIN BLVD IN VANCOUVER, WA WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY APPLIED HER BRAKES. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY MY BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT LIMP ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDDLE STAYED LIMP AND ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DIDN'T PANIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON FOR THE DRIVER TO SLAM ON HER BRAKES--THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF HER AND THERE WAS NO ONE PULLING IN FRONT OF HER, AND WE WERE ENTERING THE I-205 ON-RAMP. THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN OUR VEHICLES. I FIGURED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WOULD MOVE ON AS WE WERE ON THE FREEWAY ON-RAMP. SHE THEN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE FREEWAY ON RAMP. AT THIS POINT THE SPEED WAS PROBABLY LESS THAN 20 MPH. AS I WAS REACHING FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, MY SUBURBAN BUMPED INTO THE BACK OF HER 1987 ACURA. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE BRAKES ON MY SUBURBAN WORKED FINE. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDDLE AFTER BOTH VEHICLES CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP FROM THE IMPACT MOTION. I THEN PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE AND IT WAS GOOD. I BACKED UP A BIT AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. I DROVE FORWARD A BIT AND UNTO THE SHOULDER AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THE SKY WAS SUNNY. I COULDN'T EVEN FATHOM THE BRAKES FAILING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT SINCE THEY FAIULED ONCE THEY COULD FAIL AGAIN ABD POSSIBLY WITH MORE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES. I TOOK THE SUBURBAN TO VANCOUVER CHEVROLET FOR A BRAKE CHECK AND EXPLAINED TO THE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY SAID THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING DOWN AND REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING DOWN MEANS. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL AFTER I GOT HOME AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND IT WAS GOOD. I HAD NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH A LIMP BRAKE PEDDLE ON THE SUBURBAN BEFORE. I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PEDDLE. THERE NEVER WAS ANY SPONGINESS OR ANY ANY INDICATION OF A BRAKE PEDDLE PROBLEM PRIOR TO THIS INCIDE
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829394October 23, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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