Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Visibility | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-35 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE ABRUPTLY APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A PRECEDING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 170,000.
RUSTED BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT AND I HAD WRECK. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY ON HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,597.
DRIVING THE 70 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT. THE ROAD WAS SMOOTH, FLAT AND CLEAR OF DEBRIS. CHUNKS OF RUBBER FLEW IN THE AIR BEHIND ME HITTING UNFORTUNATE MOTOR CYCLES TRAVELING BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE PULL OVER FROM THE PASSING LANE TO THE SHOULDER. THE OUTER SIDE WALL WAS COMPLETELY GONE WITH THE TREAD AND INNER SIDE WALL IN TACT. I PUT MY SPARE ON AND CONTINUED MY TRIP. THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED 18 MOS AGO. I WILL NOT PUT MY TRUST IN COOPER TIRES AGAIN. *TR
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOWER SPEEDS THE ABS SYSTEM ON THE 1994 K2500 4X4 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS ACTIVATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. TO THIS DATE THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT QUITE A FEW CLOSE CALLS. *AK
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 — this page | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.