1993 Chevrolet Suburban complaints

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BACK WHEEL HITS A SMALL BUMP, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, SOMETIMES THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND PULL RIGHTOR LEFT. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

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WHILE DRIVING 30MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. WHEN ON WET SURFACE VEHICLE MAKES NOISES AND SLIDES WHEN TRYING TO STOP. *AK

WHILE MAKING A NORMAL STOP BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN MUCH FURTHER THAN NORMAL AND THE TRUCK BARELY STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH/DRY ROAD SURFACE. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PROLBEM WAS CORRECTED BY A REPAIR SHOP AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

METAL FINISH ON GRILL, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE, IS STARTING TO PEEL OFF. THE GRILL HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. HAS NOT GONE TO DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH LOW GROWLING SOUND AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FREE WHEEL WHEN TRYING TO STOP GOING FROM PAVEMENT TO SLICK OR WASHBOARD ROAD SURFACE. THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS NOT RELIABLE. I DISCONNECTED THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WASN'T RELIABLE. THE DEALER COULD NOT DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS INTERMITTENT. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT AND NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BEFORE I PULLED THE ABS FUSE. CHEVROLET SENT ME A VIDEO ON ABS WHEN I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THEM IMPLYING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ABS WORKED. I KNOW WHEN ABS DOESN'T WORK AND THE CAR FREEWHEELS NEARLY INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF YOU. CHEVROLET SHOULD REPAIR THIS PROBLEM TO PREVENT FUTURE CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES.

REPEATED FAILURES, PARTICULARLY WITH BUMPS OR EMERGENCY BRAKING: PEDAL TO FLOOR, BRAKES "GROAN" EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WITH ONE ACCIDENT.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON DRY PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES WILL APPLY, RELEASE AND REAPPLY. VEHICLE WILL ROLL FORWARDS, AND THE BRAKES RELEASE AGAIN. *AK WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN ROUGH ROAD CAUSING, SUSPENSION TO BOUNCE AND ANTI LOCK TO LOSS BRAKING ACTION. *YH

WHENEVER APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES HARD VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE. THIS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC HAD TEST DRIVEN VEHICLE FOR BRAKES. THE CAUSE OF BRAKE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE CORRECTED. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALER REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE JUST BEFORE FINAL BRAKING. REAR END OF CAR IN FRONT. BRAKES JUST QUIT. BRAKE WERE JUST SERVICED ON THE WEEK BEFORE. SAME APARENT PROBLEM AS RECALL NO 99041 FOR 93 BLAZERS.

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END A STALLED VEHICLE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH OVER A SPEED BUMP, BRAKES FAILED, BRAKES CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING FAILURE. . *YC

DRIVER CAPTAIN SEAT, WHERE THE SEAT MOUNTS TO THE FRAME, FRONT CORNER BROKE . *AK

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. WOULD PUMP PEDAL & ABS BRAKES WOULD REENGAGE TO STOP VEHICLE. WOULD EXPERIENCE A GREATER STOPPING DISTANCE THAN USUAL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HAD BEEN TO MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED ABS BRAKES NEEDED NEW MONITOR. *AK

THE FRONT WHEELS OF ANTI LOCK SYSTEM LOCK-UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE ON SNOW / ICE. *YC

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO LEFT & SWERVE. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES & PROMISED PROBLEM WOULD BE REPAIRED. BUT IT REAPPEARED. *AK

THIS FAILURE IS SIMILAR TO MY PREVIOUS POSTING OF 2 FAILURES. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH WHEN I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY. THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD GROANING SOUND AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP IN A SKID. ONCE AGAIN, THIS ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. AFTERWARDS, THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE VERY SOFT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP , THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF MASTER CYLINDER. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK *ML

ON FIRST FAILURE, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED AT SPEED OF 25 MPH. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AS IT SHOULD HAVE AND ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. ON SECOND FAILURE, APPLICATION OF BRAKES AT 30 MPH RESULTED IN TIRE LOCK AND SKID. ABS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THE FAILURE MODE WAS UNSUCCESSFULL. FAILURES APPEAR TO BE RANDOM.

ANTI-LOCK BREAKS PROVIDE NO/INADEQUATE STOPPING CAPABILITY ON SLIGHTLY SLIPPERY SURFACES. ON SUCH SURFACES, THE ABS PUMP CAN BE HEARD WHEN HOLDING THE BREAK PEDAL FIRMLY BUT THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO STOPPING CABABILITY. I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD OR MISS TURNS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS DUE TO INADEQUATE BREAKING. I WAS DISTURBED TO FIND THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE RECENT RECALL OF 3.5 MILLION OTHER GM LIGHT TRUCKS AS THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ARE EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON MY '93 2WD SUBURBAN. PLEASE HELP AS I FEEL IN JEOPARDY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IN WET AND SNOWY CONDITIONS.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN COLLISION. *YC

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GETS HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED WHEN TIRES ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN PAVEMENT.

HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, ON PANIC STOPS

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TWICE. *YC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS WILL FAIL. THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH TWICE. *AK

THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY SUBURBAN FAILED TO STOP MY VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. I WAS NOT SPEEDING AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE GREAT. I ALSO HAD PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN BOTH VEHICLES. I BRAKED, THE ABS SYSTEM TOOK OVER, AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. I SIMPLY RAN RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS AWARE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP. I DID NOT OCCUR TO ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE GOVENMENT UNTIL NOW. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY INSURANCE COVERAGE GOING UP OR EVEN BEING CANCELLED. MY WIFE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER 12/1/98. EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM AND I WILL FILE ANOTHER COMPLAINT ON HER ACCIDENT. PLEASE SEND ME ANY DOCUMENTATION I'LL NEED TO PROVE MY CASE. ALSO, WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED IN JUNE, EVEN THE CHEVY PEOPLE ADVISED ME TO UNPLUG THE ABS SYSTEM. THEY ALL TOLD ME THAT EVEN THEY HAD UNPLUGGED THEIRS. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT THERE ABOUT THEIR ABS SYSTEM. AND I'M OUT $1000.00 IN INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES TOO. YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, SCOTT A. KUEHL

IWAS DRIVING MY SON TO AN ORTHODONIC APPOINTMENT MID MORNING, GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS. THERE WAS RED LIGHT AHEAD WITH TWO CARS STOPPED. WHEN I BRAKED, MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, AND I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF MINE, WHICH THEN HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. IT FELT LIKE I DID NOT HAVE BRAKES THAT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME AND I GUESS I BLAMED IT ON THE PAVEMENT. NOW THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO ME HUSBAND AND I NOW KNOW THERE IS DEFINATLY A BRAKE PROBLEM. MY HUSBAND HAD UNPLUGGED THE ABS SYSTEM, ON THE ADVICE OF THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. WE'RE BOTH CONCERNED ABOUT OUR INSURANCE AND WOULD LIKE SOME HELP IF THEY TRY TO RAISE OUR RATES. WE'RE ALSO OUT INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE NIGHTS I COULD NOT SLEEP THINKING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MARIBEL KUEHL

I WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED(30 MPH), ON DRY PAVEMENT, AND WAS CONFRONTED WITH A LINE OF VEHICLES THAT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. I ENGAGED THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEN ON MY 1993 SUBURBAN ONLY TO CONTINUE FORWARD AND CONTACT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, IS MARGINAL TO POOR AT BEST RELATIVE TO RESPONSE AND PEDEAL FEEL. REGARDS, PAUL J. LEESER

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN RAINING HARD CONSUMER HAS TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. *YC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN OFF WHILE WIPERS ARE OPERATING, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. WIPER COMPUTER BOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK *YC

ABS BRAKES ENGAGE WHEN BRAKING ON UNEVEN DRY PAVED ROADS UNDER CONDITIONS WHEN ABS IS NOT NEEDED TO STOP TRUCK. THIS CAUSES EXTREMELY LONG STOPPING DISTANCES WHICH HAS CAUSED ONE THREE CAR COLLISION AND ONE VERY CLOSE MISS. DEALER SAID ABS SYSTEM WORKS FINE EVEN AFTER ACCIDENT.

APPLIED BRAKES AT 10MPH ON WET SURFACE AND BRAKES MADE LOUD NOISE, NO BRAKE PRESSURE.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL START IN THE MORNING AND THEN QUIT. *AK

ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED ON DRY ROADWAY, RESULTING IN NO BRAKES ON VEHICLE AND CAUSING COLLISION WITH VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE.

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENTS, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES AND THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED THE FIRST TIME ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DRY DAY , I WAS UNABLE TO BRING MY SUBURBAN TO A STOP WITH PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS CITED FOR UNASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE SINCE NO SKID MARKS OR OTHER EXPLANATION COULD BE GIVEN AT THE TIME. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS AND CLOSE CALLS SINCE THE FIRST ACCIDENT. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM REPLACED AND WERE UNAWARE THAT THE UNIT MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL WE RECENTLY SAW THE RECALL WHICH EXPLAINS PERFECTLY THE TYPE OF INCIDENTS WE HAVE HAD TO TRY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WE DEFINATELY WANT THE NHTSA TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER TO PURSUE THE ANTI-LOCK RECALL ON THE 1993 SUBURBANS. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD EXPIRED. I COMPLAINED BITTERLY TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALL BUT $350 WAS COVERED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH THE GEARSHIFT IN THE OVERDRIVE POSITION. THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT MAINTAIN A LOCK IN THE OVERDRIVE POSITION AND WOULD CONSTANTLY SHIFT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 3RD AND OVERDRIVE GEAR.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, AND THE ABS BRAKES ARE WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

TRAVELLING AT 25 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM CAME ON. THEY DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP. BRAKES MADE A LOUD MOTOR RUNNING TYPE NOISE AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INTERMITTENTLY INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES APPLIED, ABS SEEMED TO START WORKING, THEN A 'RELEASE' SEEMED TO HAPPEN THAT CAUSED VEHICLE TO REQUIRE MUCH LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. THEY SEEMED TO 'RELEASE' AND EVEN THOUGH STANDING ON THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE TOOK MUCH TOO LONG TO STOP. ABS WAS DISCONNECTED 1.5 YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THIS BEING VERY UNSAFE. DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG AND NO FIX. WE FELT VERY UNSAFE AS IT WAS AND IT HAPPENED MANY TIMES. COULD NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN TO SHOW DEALER. THEY SEEMED UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

ABS IS NOT WORKING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CLAIMS NEEDS EHCU UNIT TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHCLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A REAREND ACCIDENT. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED THREE TIMES AND CURRENTLY HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK