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1994 Chevrolet Suburban complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1994 record →

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 14, 1995MN

POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 14, 1995CA

ANTILOCK SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY-HAVING PROBLEMS STOPPING AFTER STANDING ON BRAKES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 12, 1995TN

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK-UP. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash
Filed Dec 11, 1995OH

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 35MPH, ON THREE OCCASIONS MADE ATTEMPT TO SLOW/STOP, BRAKES WOULD GRAB, THEN RELEASE ALLOWING TO CONTINUE ROLLING FORWARD. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Dec 11, 1995CA

ABS: APPLIED BRAKES, ABS KICKED IN, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; TOTAL BRAKE LOSS, CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 5, 1995NY

ABS, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Dec 4, 1995TX

ABS BRAKES DO NOT WORK IN EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 4, 1995OH

WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SLOWS TRUCK DOWN IT DOESN'T STOP IT . TT

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Dec 4, 1995DC

THE ENGINE QUITS RUNNING, LOSING POWER. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 29, 1995TX

POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS BRAKES, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 29, 1995AZ

POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS SYSTEM, EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 28, 1995CA

POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT PE95-023. TT CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BECAUSE THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PRESSURE THAT WAS REQUIRED AND POOR BRAKING ACTION, CONSUMER WAS ASSURED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING AS DESIGNED, SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON TWO OCCASIONS THE FIRST TIME THE REAR BRAKES WERE ADJUSTED AND THE SECOND TIME WAS TOLD THEY WERE WORKING AS DESIGNED.*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 21, 1995LA

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. TT CONSUMER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, DEALER UNHOOKED ABS, HOWEVER CALLED CONSUMER BACK IN NEXT DAY TO HOOK IT BACK UP, CONSUMER CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 20, 1995TX

#PE95025 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKE DIDN'T STOP THE CAR IT SLOWED IT DOWN . TT *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 17, 1995FL

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MAILED, PEDAL FADED OUT, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light
Filed Nov 17, 1995WV

ABS WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY COMES ON. TT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND REMAINS ON FOR 2-30 SECONDS. *YH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 17, 1995NM

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL DURING HEAVY BRAKING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. *DSH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 15, 1995PA

DUE TO THE DESIGN OF ABS SYSTEMS, IT ACTIVATES ON BUMPY ROAD CONDITIONS WITH MODERATE BRAKING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. *DSH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 13, 1995TX

ABS BRAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 8, 1995TX

POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE ABS BRAKES PE95-023 CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 7, 1995NY

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING, SYSTEM DOESN'T RESPOND BUT WILL VIBRATE IN FRONT THEN RESPOND.TT CONSUMER HE HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, HE POOT HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE BRAKES MADE A HUMMING NOISE, THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING SO CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES HARDER AND THE BRAKES LOCKED, BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT WAS WET CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED.*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 7, 1995NJ

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 7, 1995PA

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE WHEN APPLIED BRAKES, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ALSO MAKES A GRINDING NOISE INTERMITTENTLY. TT

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Nov 7, 1995FL

AFTER ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT ANY SPEED, DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP, WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. TT *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 6, 1995TX

THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED BY NOT ENGAGING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 6, 1995NJ

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 6, 1995PA

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING HAS LONG AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.(EA95-026). TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 2, 1995TX

POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHILE GOING OVER A BUMP. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 2, 1995FL

PE95-023-DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ALOT WHILE DRIVING BRAKES LOCK UP, THIS IS WORSE IN RAIN. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 2, 1995TX

THE TRUCK HAS ABS. ON A BUMPY ROAD THERE ARE NO BRAKES PRESENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 1, 1995FL

POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL, EXTREME BRAKE FADE, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS APPEAR NOT TO BE THE RIGHT SIZE FOR THAT SIZE VEHICLE. TT *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 31, 1995NJ

ABS, BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY FAILS, ON WET OR DRY SURFACE, WHEN APPLIED HAVE PEDAL FADING. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 31, 1995TX

WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKE THE BRAKE DON'T STOP THE TRUCK IT SLOWS IT DOWN . TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Oct 31, 1995TX

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 35 MPH. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash
Filed Oct 30, 1995CA

WHILE ATTEMPTED TO STOP BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 30, 1995CA

POOR PERFORMANCE ON ANTILOCK BRAKES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 30, 1995OK

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE GRINDING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Oct 27, 1995MO

ABS BRAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 27, 1995TX

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. TT CONSUMER HAS HAD AT LEAST THREE VERY CLOSE CALLS, ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS ON WET AND BUMPY ROADS, VERY HARD TO STOP ON RAINY DAYS, CONSUMER STATES THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO PUMP THE BRAKES, CONSUMER STATES IT SEEMS AS IF THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND ENDS UP SKIDDING OUT OF CONTROL, AND IT ALSO MAKES A NOISE WHEN THEY FAIL, CONSUMER STATS SHE KNOWS SHE IS NOT SUPPOSE TO PUMP BRAKES.*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 27, 1995NJ

ABS: BRAKE SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE FOR WEIGHT OF VEHICLE; AFTER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 27, 1995MI

ABS: APPLY BRAKES; NO PUMPING; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; REAR BRAKES LOCK UP; MAKE GRINDING NOISE; LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING; NO WARNING; NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 24, 1995TX

BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN ROADS ARE SLIGHTLY SLIPPERY, CAUSING EXTENDING STOPPING DISTANCE. *DSH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Oct 23, 1995CA

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. HAD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED THREE TIMES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Oct 20, 1995CA

EA95-026, ACTIVE BRAKE FAILURE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 15 MPH. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash
Filed Oct 17, 1995MD

VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. CONSUMER WAS IN ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLE. TT

Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageCrash1 injured1 killed
Filed Oct 13, 1995CA

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONT CRASH AT APPROX. 35MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER SHOULDER/LAP BELT FAILED TO RETRACT, RESULT DRIVER HIT STEERING COLUMN AND WINDSHIELD. LOSS OF UNBORN CHILD. TT WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRAC. *YH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured1 killed
Filed Oct 13, 1995CA

EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE, UPON APPLICATION OF BRAKE, THEY GRAB THEN RELEASE, RESULT ALLOWED TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVER MISCARRIED CHILD. TT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD THE DRIVER IN PLACE DURING THE ACCIDENT. *YH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 12, 1995LA

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY FAILS CAUSING LONG AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TT

Fuel System, GasolineFire
Filed Oct 12, 1995CA

CAR WAS PARKED CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT IT WAS DETERMINED BY CHEVROLET THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHORT BEHIND THE DASH AND CONSIDERED VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS, CHEVROLET IS REPLACING THE VEHICLE. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 11, 1995DC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES BRAKE PROBLEM (ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT). *AK

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