Chevrolet Suburban Complaints

9,782 consumer complaints on file.

#10180687January 25, 2007
PARKING BRAKE
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON MY SON-IN-LAW'S 2002 CHEV. SUBURBAN. NEITHER OF US KNEW THIS UNTIL WE TOOK OUR VEHICLES IN FOR A STATE INSPECTION STICKER & IT FAILED INSPECTION. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM BUT GMC DID NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. WE BOTH, HAD THE REPAIR DONE AT OUR EXPENSE.
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#10180655January 24, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER ON 04 TAHOE STOPPED WORKING. *NM
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#10180668January 24, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. SPEEDOMETER IS SOMETIMES JERKY, AND WILL READ HIGHER SPEEDS THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE. THIS ISN'T THE TYPICAL SMALL ERROR THAT MOST HAVE, THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. THEN, WHEN COMING TO A FULL STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STAY STUCK AT A CERTAIN SPEED, AND ONLY READ FROM THERE ON OUT, MAKING THAT MPH THE AMOUNT OVER BEING READ. *NM
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#10179123January 19, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
NO EVENT LEADING TO FAILURE. HEARD CLUNK - TRANMISSION WENT OUT 48,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS NEVER TOWED ANYTHING. REPLACED TRANSMISSION - SHOP NOW SAYS REAR DIFFERNTIAL ALSO BAD.
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#10179004January 18, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
04 SUBURBAN SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER SAID 120 MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. THEN GOT STUCK ND WOULD DROP SLOWLY. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. IT SITS ON ZERO. *JB
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#10178895January 17, 2007
PARKING BRAKE
I WAS UNABLE TO HAVE MY 2002 SUBURBAN INSPECTED. THE PARKING BRAKE BAND ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE BRAKE DRUM THIS DECEMBER. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 92K MILES. MY FATHER-IN-LAW HAS THE SAME YEAR/MAKE VEHICLE AND HE HAD TO HAVE HIS PARKING BRAKE REPLACED, BUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. HIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 76K MILES. CHEVROLET HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT THAT THIS MODEL VEHICLE IS PRONE TO THIS PROBLEM, YET WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT. *NM
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#10178899January 17, 2007
STEERING:LINKAGES
I PURCHASED A NEW 2002 SUBURBAN. MY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAS BEEN REPLACED/REPAIRED AT LEAST 5 TIMES SINCE I DROVE IT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAS BEGUN TO MAKE NOISES AGAIN, INDICATING IT IS TIME FOR YET ANOTHER SERVICE TRIP. *NM
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#10178920January 17, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN (FAILURE MILEAGE: 132000) AT 25 MPH THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL AND CAN WAVER BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT TIMES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START. THE VEHICLE IS ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL NUMBER 05V155000 FOR FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, CERTAIN TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH FUEL MODULE RESERVOIR ASSEMBLIES THAT CONTAIN FUEL PUMP WIRES CONNECTORS MAY OVERHEAT UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS. *JB
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#10178740January 15, 2007
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
COATING OF RADIO BUTTONS IS PEELING OR COMING OFF. *JB
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#10178509January 12, 2007
TRAILER HITCHES
THE FACTORY TRAILER HITCH ON MY 2003 CHEVY SUBURBAN BROKE WHILE I WAS TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER. THE WELDS WERE IMPROPERLY DONE. THE "U" BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SQUARE RECEIVER TORE AS IF WEAK METAL. *JB
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#10178516January 12, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. *JB
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#10178576January 12, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
OUR SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND WOULD EITHER SHO US GOING MUCH SLOWER OR MUCH FASTER THAN WE REALLY WERE. WE WERE HOPING THAT IT WAS JUST A SENSOR, BUT IT WAS THE WIRING IN THE DASH, THEY REQUIRED THAT WE SEND IN THE WHOLE FRONT MODULE AND THEY SENT US A NEW ONE WITH OUR OLD ODOMETER MILES ALREADY SET. THEY ALSO REQUIRED THAT WE SEND IN THE OLD ONE. OUR MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THEY HAD JUST HAD TO REPLACE A PICKUPS SPEEDOMETER AS WELL. SAME YEAR, AND SIMILAR MODEL. *NM
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#10178431January 11, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL OUT FOR THE CHEVY SUBURBAN ABS SYSTEM. HOWEVER, OURS ISN'T APPARENTLY COVERED, YET, IS EXHIBITING THE EXACT SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES. IT'S GOING TO COST US OVER $1000 TO GET SOMETHING FIXED THAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL. *JB
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#10178295January 10, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS MY 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE TRUCK WOULD RESTART. THE CHEVY DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE CONDITION. IT DOES NOT TRIGGER A CHECK ENGINE SIGNAL. IT USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER LONG PERIODS OF FREEWAY DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. THIS IS NOT A LOW FUEL ISSUE. I SUSPECT IT IS A CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILING AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET. *JB
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#10178325January 10, 2007
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON A 2004 CHEVY SUBURBAN. AFTER ABOUT 1 HOUR OF TRYING, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RELEASE THE SPARE TIRE HOIST ON THE VEHICLE. SINCE I COULD NOT ACCESS THE SPARE TIRE, I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALSO COULD NOT GET THE SPARE TIRE TO RELEASE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE "BAD" HOIST. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO USE THE SPARE HOIST SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AGREED. THE DEALER ALSO SAID IT WAS MY FAULT FOR ABUSING THE HOIST (DRIVING ON DIRT ROADS) AND NOT PROPERLY SERVICING THE HOIST. NO WHERE IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES IT TALK ABOUT SPARE TIRE HOIST MAINTENANCE. THE TOTAL COST FOR A FLAT TIRE WAS OVER $400 AND 7 HOURS OF MY TIME. *JB
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#10178104January 8, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. SPEEDOMETER ACTS VERY ERRATICALLY, OFTEN INDICATING INCORRECT SPEED. THE PROBLEM CAUSING THE SPEEDOMETER TO FAIL ALSO SEEMS TO AFFECT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. 2004 GMC K1500 Z71- SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC ALSO. *NM
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#10177977January 6, 2007
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
SPEED VARIATION, AND SOMETIMES CEASE, OF OPERATION OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. POSSIBLE DISCREPANCY WITH TURN SIGNAL LEVER, SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED BY, AND SOMETIMES CORRECTED WITH WIGGLING WITH THE LEVER. *JB
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#10177826January 4, 2007
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
ORIGINAL DATE WAS IN 2005 WHEN I COMPLAINED REGARDING THE CLICKING NOISE WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS BEING TURNED TO THE LEFT. SERVICE PERSONNEL STATED THEY HAD LUBRICATED THE STEERING WHEEL BOLTS. WELL AFTER RECEIVING THE VEHICLE BACK ON 12/01/06 FOR 30K MILE INSPECTION THE CLICKING NOISE IS NOW BACK, BUT WORSE WHEN REVERSING NOT ONLY HAS THE CLICKING NOISE RETURNED, BUT WHEN REVERSING HAVING MY STEERING WHEEL TURN LEFT I CAN FEEL THE TIRES SLIDING. AFTER TALKING TO SAME PERSONNEL IN SERVICING SHE IS BEING TOLD NOT TO LUBRICATE OR LOOSEN THE BOLTS OF THE STEERING WHEEL SINCE IT WILL NOT IMPROVE THE SITUATION. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE PERSONNEL SHE JUST RECEIVED (01/04/06) A NOTICE STATING THAT CHEVROLET IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM UNFORTUNATELY THEY (CHEVROLET/GMAC) WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO MAKE A PART THAT WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM. I EXPLAINED TO VERONICA OF MY FEARS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, BUT SHE STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE. I DID NOTIFY THE SERVICE PERSONNEL AS WELL AS THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP (WHERE THE WORK IS BEING DONE AND WAS PURCHASED FROM) THAT MY FEAR OF HAVING TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN OR REVERSING HAVING THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED LEFT WHAT IS THE GUARANTEE THAT THE TIRES WILL NOT SLIDE MAYBE HITTING SOMETHING FROM BEHIND. BOTH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT CHEVROLET WOULD NOT SAY IT WAS SAFE FOR SOMEONE TO DRIVE WHEN IN FACT IT ISN'T. NOTHING CAN BE DONE REGARDING THIS ISSUE SINCE THERE IS NO PART ON THE MARKET TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. MY COMPLAINT IS BASICALLY I FEEL THAT SINCE THERE ISN'T A PART CURRENTLY MADE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM MAKING A LEFT TURN OR REVERSING THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY FIVE CHILDREN. *NM
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#10177715January 3, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 SUBURBAN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING, SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC, SOMETIMES IT GETS STUCK OTHER TIMES IT READS EXTREMELY HIGH ALSO BATTERY GAUGE IS DEAD. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS WEB FORUMS WITH COUNTLESS THREADS DEDICATED TO COMPLAINTS ON 2003 GM INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS. WHOLE CLUSTER MUST BE REPLACED, AS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT KNOW YOUR SPEED. *JB
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#10177598January 2, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC, READS INCORRECTLY, SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK AT ALL.
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