Chevrolet Suburban 1500
Owners filed 1,438 complaints across 23 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The 2007 drew the most (190).
Which Chevrolet Suburban 1500 years should you avoid?
Going by 1,438 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Suburban 1500 years to avoid are 2007.
- 2007190 complaints, 2.1× a typical Suburban 1500 year, most often about the airbags.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Suburban 1500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 18 | 3 | — | 1 | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2025Too new | 32 | 1 | — | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2023 | 17 | 1 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof Assembly | Routine | |
| 2011 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2010 | 53 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 55 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 101 | 0 | — | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007Avoid | 190 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 31 | 2 | 2 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 94 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2004 | 182 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2003 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2002 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2000 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 1999 | 74 | 0 | — | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer | Routine | |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 | 1 | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 | — | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Routine | |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | Seat Belts | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.