Chevrolet Suburban Complaints

9,782 consumer complaints on file.

#738379December 27, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
LOUD NOISES FROM MUFFLER. 600 CASES CHEVROLET NOT WILLING TO FIX. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738256December 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE FOR 1+ YEARS AND FOR 18,000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS DONE ALL HE CAN DO AND THE CHEVROLET TEACHNICAL SERVICE PEOPLE HAVE NOT RESPONDED FOR HELP AND EVALUATION. THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO NOT BE REPAIRABLE ATTHIS POINT OF TIME. BRAKING AT ANY SPEED PULLS THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738282December 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHEN USING BRAKES THE CAR WILL STOP FOR BRIEF MOMENT THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL PULSATE AND THE BRAKE STOP WORKING,THEN I HAVE TO TAKE MY FOOT OF THE BRAKES AND HIT IT AGAIN./ ON THE SET BELT WHEN THEY ARE BUCKLED AND YOU MOVE FORWARD THEY WILL NOT RETRACT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738159December 22, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLAMPS HAVE FAILED ON 2 OCCASIONS: 1. WHILE DRIVING AT DUSK HEADLIGHTS WERE SWITCHED ON, BUT FAILED TO POWER ON. LIGHT SWITCH WAS CYCLED WITHOUT RECOVERY OF HEADLAMPS. DAYLIGHT HEADLAMPS DID NOT FAIL AND WORKED WHEN SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. TRIP WAS COMPLETED WITH LIGHT SWITCH TURNED OFF USING DAYLIGHT HEADLAMPS. 2. ON SECOND OCCURANCE LIGHT SWITCH WAS SWITCHED ON AND HEADLAMPS DID NOT COME ON. SWITCH WAS CYCLED AND HEADLAMPS CAME ON WHEN SWITCH WAS IN MARKER LIGHT POSITION. SWITCH WAS TURNED TO HEADLIGHT POSITION AND HEADLAMPS TURNED OFF. TRIP WAS AGAIN COMPLETED WITH DAYLIGHT HEADLAMPS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738160December 22, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
WHEN GASOLINE TANK IS FILLED (OR NEAR FULL) A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IS NOTICED AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ODOR IS STRONGER ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF FILLER CAP/TUBE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND FOUND NO PROBLEM, ATTRIBUTED IT TO POSSIBLY A LOOSE GAS CAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876917December 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING 75MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. VEHICLE VIBRATED. PULLED TO SIDE., AND CHECKED TIRES. NOTICED TREAD HAD PEELED OFF. PUT SPARE ON. BROUGHT ANOTHER TIRE TO REPLACE SPARE. 2ND TIRE LEFT REAR BLEWOUT, SAME THING HAD HAPPENED. THEN, 3RD TIRE, RIGHT FRONT, SAME PROBLEM. THREW AWAY FIRST TIRE. KEPT OTHER TWO TIRES THAT BLEW OUT SAME DAY. VEHICLE WENT OFF ROAD TO THE LEFT & THEN BACK TO THE RIGHT. DRIVER SUFFERED BACK INJURIES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION OF THIRD TIRE. BRIDGESTONE PUELER APT (AFTER MARKET) LT 265/75R16. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#738042December 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS HEAT CRACKED SO REPLACED--MIGHT BE MANUFACTURE'S DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737934December 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS ENGAGES AT SLOW SPEED IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONALLY FOLLOWING BRAKING WHEN CORNERING. DECREASE IN BRAKING DISTANCE ALSO NOTICED AS IT FEELS AS IF SLIPPING OCCURS IN BRAKES. GRINDING NOISE ALSO ATTENDANT TO THIS SITUATION. DEALER SERVICE REPLACED SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY. BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACED PREVIOUSLY AT 70,000 MILES, WHICH I CONSIDER TOO EARLY ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737950December 18, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
WE HAD CAR LOOKED AT, SMALL LEAK IN POWER STEERING FIXED,DIDN'T HELP..FOUND NO MAJOR WEAR ON ANY STEERING PARTS.... INTERESTING, SISTER HAS SAME CAR, WITH SAME PROBLEM, HERS DOES THIS 'CATCH' FEELING, TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT! I ALSO FEEL THE 'CATCH' IF DRIVING OVER AN UNEVEN SPOT ON ROAD GOING STRAIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876655December 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY PULL HARD TO LEFT OR RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL TURNS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737886December 16, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW. THEY HAVE 30,000 MILES ON THEM. IN THE RECENT MONTHS ONE OF THE THEM HAS DEVELOPED A BULGE IN THE TREAD. ANOTHER IS OUT OF ROUND AND THERE IS AN AWFUL BOUNCE AT 45 MPH. THERE IS LEFT A LOT OF TREAD AND SHOWS NO REAL SIGNS OF WEAR. I AM WORRIED ABOUT TREAD SEPERATION. (DOT NUMBER: VDOR1WT145 TIRESIZE: 235 85RX16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737793December 14, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPER DELAY CIRCUIT BOARD FAILED. THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE ON JAN 12, 1994, THEREFORE IT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL CAMPAIGN #98V150001, AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE BOARD AS PART OF THE RECALL. I REPLACED THE BOARD MYSELF. THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY AN NHTSA-APPOINTED ENGINEER, IF YOU DESIRE. SINCE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS CONDITION EXISTS FOR MORE THAN THE LIMITED DATES MENTIONED IN THE RECALL, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU EXPAND THE CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAVE LIVES. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN YOU ORIGINALLY THOUGHT - SEE THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS - ODI #S: 735172 734175 864283 862133 844514 711482 839471 838820 838386 848120 707007 843175 838540 707212 830912 841155 543656 830459 707179 713640 479355 516020. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876442December 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING 40-45 MPH HAD TO BRAKE SUDDENLY AND BRAKES MADE AN ELECTRICAL VIBRATING HIGH PITCHED NOISE. SEVERAL OCCURRENCES HAPPENED DURING WET OR SNOWY WEATHER. DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE BRAKES WORKED FINE MOST OF THE TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737706December 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THESE 3 CASES OF AN ABS FAILURE OCCURRED ON DAMP ROADS. TWO CASES INVOLVED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRES BEING OVER LEAVES ON THE ROAD WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ALL THE CASES INVOLVED TRYING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. NORMAL PRESSURE(NOT A PANIC STOP) WAS APPLIED TOBRAKES, AND ALL 3 CASES WERE AT A SPEED OF 5MPH OR LESS. WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN, THE CAR BASICALLY WOULD NOT STOP WITHIN ANY REASONABLE DISTANCE. WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS ABS SYSTEM(KELSEY-HAYES) EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 1994. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK!!!! IF THE ABS EVER KICKS IN, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. WE HAVE HAD ONLY 1 ACCIDENT SINCE 1994(CAUSED BY THE ABS), BUT HAVE HAD NUMEROUS NEAR-MISSES. I HAVE EVEN LOOKED INTO DISCONNECTING THE ABS, BUT THERE IS SIOME INTERLOCKING OF THE ABS TO THE TRANSMISSION OR OTHER SYSTEMS THAT PREVENT YOU FROM DOING THAT. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALERS, MANUFATURER, AND THE NTHSA. THE DEALERS AND THE MANUFACTURERS ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WOULD INVOLVE REPLACING THE WHOLE KELSEY-HAYES SYSTEM NOT JUST A MODIFICATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737675December 11, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE TODAY, PRIOR TO TODAY, IT HAD BEEN BLOWING/BURNING SEVERAL ELETRICAL FUSES (15 SO FAR) FOR THE COURTESY LIGHTS AND BURGLAR ALARM. THE FIRE WAS UNDER THE FRONT DASHBOARD, ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737639December 11, 2000
TIRES
ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY, I WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH ON A WELL PAVED SURFACE STREET WHEN LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND VEER TO THE LEFT SUDDENLY. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND SLOWLY SLOW DOWN BEFORE THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BUT IT DID NOT COMPLETELY DETACH FROM THE TIRE. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE TREAD STAYED ATTACHED TO THE STEEL BELTS AND THIS CAUSING A SLAPPING OF THE DETACHED PORTION OF THE TREAD AGAINST THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN ABOUT 300 FEET WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE TIRE WAS STILL FULLY INFLATED WHEN THE TOW TRUCL DRIVER CMAME TO PUT ON MY SPARE TIRE. THE FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY ADJUSTMENT OR ALLOWANCE TOWARD REPLACING THE TIRE OR THE REMAINING 3 OTHER TIRES. SINCE I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE FIRESTONE DEALER'S ANSWER AND FELT THAT THE OTHER 3 TIRES COULD ALSO BE HAZARDOUS, I BOUGHT FOUR TIRES FROM GOODYEAR TO BE SAFE. THE ONLY REASON I AM WRITING IS SO THAT THE NHTSA WILL BE AWARE THAT THE TIRE SEPARATION PROBLEM ON FIRESTONE TIRES IS ALSO PRESENT IN THE 16 INCH SIZES. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ISSUE A WARNING TO OWNERS OF THIS SIZE TIRE ALSO SO AT LEAST THOSE DRIVERS CAN BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TIRES THAT COULD KILL THEM OR THEIR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS IF A TREAD SEPARATION SHOULD OCCUR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. I KNOW THAT IF THE SEPARATION HAD OCCURRED ON MY VEHICLE JUST ONE MILE EARLIER WHEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DOING 65 MPH, I COULD EASILY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO PREVENT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR FATALITY TO MYSELY, MY OCCUPANTS, OR PERHAPS OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THAT DAY. AGAIN, PLEASE NOTIFY THE DRIVERS OF VEHICLES WITH THE 16 FIRESTONE TIRES THAT THEY ARE ALSO AT EXTREME RISK, NOT ONLY THE 15 INCH TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 235-85-R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235-85-R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876251December 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
AFTER GETTING HOME AND CLOSING CAR DOOR, REAR/RIGHT PASSENGER'S QUATER WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING, WINDOW WAS NOT CRACKED OR LOOSE. CONTATCED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT WINDOW WAS NOT PART OF WARRANTY,AND THAT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS CONSUMER PAYS FOR IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876273December 11, 2000
STEERING
WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN GOING AROUND A BEND VEHICLE LOST STEERING. DEALER STATED EVO SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876307December 11, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ALL THE LIGHTS INCLUDING DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. THEN, 5 MINUTES LATER, LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AFTER PLAYING AROUND WITH THE BUTTONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876225December 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE DRIVING FRONT BRAKE LINE COLLAPSED, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO JERK TO LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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