Chevrolet Suburban 2500

Owners filed 167 complaints across 17 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban 2500. The 2001 drew the most (34).

Model years17
Complaints167
Recalls1
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Chevrolet Suburban 2500 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

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 2500 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20117
0——Air BagsRoutine
20105
1——Air BagsRoutine
20091
0——Air BagsRoutine
20087
0——Air BagsRoutine
20062
0—1Electrical SystemRoutine
20056
011TiresRoutine
200420
011Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/PanelRoutine
200321
0——Service BrakesRoutine
200233
0—1Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
200134
0—2Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
20007
0——Service BrakesRoutine
199912
0—1Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
19981
0——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
19971
0——TiresRoutine
19961
0——TiresRoutine
19954
0——TiresRoutine
19945
0—2Service BrakesRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.