Chevrolet Suburban Complaints

9,782 consumer complaints on file.

#751432August 30, 2001
TIRES
TIRE BLEW OUT- NO APPARENT REASON, PHOTOS AVAILABLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P26570R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895377August 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL BRAKE BOOSTER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING POOR BRAKING ABILITY, AND RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895407August 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES THEY WOULD GET HARD. BRAKES GET HARDER AS DAY WEARS ON. VEHICLE WOULD BUCK IF STOPPED AT LIGHT OR SIGN. MAKES A SWOOSHING SOUND. CAN FEEL BRAKE PEDAL FIGHTING BACK. HAVE TAKEN TO INDPENDENT MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED BRAKE POWER BOOSTER WAS GONE AND WAS LEAVING NO POWER BRAKES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562817August 28, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILS SUDDENLY AND REPEATDLY.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562823August 28, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS MISFIRING DUE TO INJECTORS FAILURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751307August 28, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 98043, BULLETIN SEQUENCE NUMBER 150 DISCRIBES THE PROBLEM EXACTLY. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V150001 COVERS VEHICLE MADE FROM AUG 1994 TO MAY 1996. OUR VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION ON THE DOOR PANEL WAS MADE IN APRIL OF 1994. WE HAVE ANOTHER VOQ SUBMITTED ON OUR OTHER VECHILE AS WELL CONCERNING THE SAME PROBLEM. THAT ODI NUMBER OS 751305.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751313August 28, 2001
SEATS
DRIVER'S SIDE, SECOND ROW SEAT DOES NOT HOLD ANY BRAND/STYLE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. DEALER'S SERVICE CENTER HAS CONFIRMED THIS PROBLEM, DENIES ANY DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895279August 28, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE OVERHEATED AND CAUSED PLASTIC SOCKETS THAT BULBS WERE IN TO MELT. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE SEALER PARTS DEPARTMENT THAT OVER 400 OF THESE HAVE BEEN SOLD, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS IS AN INDICATION OF A DESIGN FLAW. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751242August 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT BRAKE GOT HOT, SMOKED, AND SQUEALED. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM BACK TO CHEVROLET DEALER (FRYE CHEVROLET, AUGUSTA, KANSAS) 4 DIFFERENT TIME IN THE LAST 5000 MILES. STILL GETS HOT AND SQUEALS. THEY CANNOT (OR WILL NOT) REPAIR?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895202August 27, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND HEARD A NOISE. PULLED OVER AND STOPPED VEHICLE. GOT OUT /CHECKED TIRES , AND NOTICED RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL HAD BLOWNOUT FROM INSIDE OUTWARD. TREAD REMAINED INTACT ON TIRE. NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P23575R15 WITH 14,000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751092August 24, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TIRE AIR PRESSURE CHECK 4 DAYS BEFORE, 55PSI FRONT 80 REAR, HOT DESERT ROAD, PULLING 14FT TRAILER, FELT VIBRATION CHECKED TIRES 2 TIMES COULD NOT SEE DEFECT, FELT PROBLEM FRONT END OF CAR VIBRATION NOT FELT AT 50 TO 55. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V611BTA289 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751094August 24, 2001
TIRES
NOT TOWING TRAILER, FELT VIBRATION PULLED OVER TO CHECK TIRE COULD NOT SEE DEFECT WENT 3MILES TIRE SHOP, TIRE SEPARATION, I HAD BLOW OUT ON ANOTHER SUBURBAN 1 WEEK BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE TIRE BLEW, TIRE REPLACE WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE AT DEALER IN PALMDALE CALIF.*AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: LT24575R4S)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750982August 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751014August 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
BATTERY LEAKED ACID AND CAUSED ELECTRICAL FAILURE, ALTERNATOR FAILURE, WIRE SHORT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750926August 22, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
CRUNCHING & VIBRATION FROM DIFFERENTIAL, I THINK. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED BY TWO SEPARATE DEALERS. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO REPLICATE? ANY INFO. WOULD BE APPRECIATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559311August 21, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, PARKING BRAKE, SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS IN OPERATION AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE AND ON ONE OCCASION CAUSED INTHE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRACTION, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IN MAY OF 2000 THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD CONTACTED CHEVROLET WHO STATED THEY WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY WRITING A NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS LATER TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT VEHICLE BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND IF THAT CAN NOT BE DONE CONSUMER REQUESTS TO BE REFUNDED FOR THE ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750853August 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
VEHICLE STALLS/ELECTRICAL RESETS WHEN ENGAGING REVERSE OR DRIVE REGARDLESS IF VEHICLE IS COLD OR HOT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894836August 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL A HISSING NOISE IS HEARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003584August 20, 2001
TIRES
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A FIRESTONE STEEL TEX LT245/75R16, THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND COMPLETELY DELAMINATED, CAUSING A BLOWOUT, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING RUPTURE OF SOME FLUID LINE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894761August 20, 2001
TIRES
TWO FIRESTONE R4S TIRES HAVE FAILED ON VEHICLE, THE LEFT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A BLISTER AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH, TIRE SIZE IS LT245/75R16 AND THE DOT NUMBER IS V611B1A, CONSUMER STILL HAS TIRES FOR OBSERVATION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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