1994 Chevrolet Suburban complaints

EA 95 026/POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE: WHEN APPLYING BRAKE IN A SUDDEN/EMERGENCY SITUATION AND A WET/DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, IT CAUSES FRONT WHEEL TO SQUEAL AND LOCK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

REPEATED FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKES. CAR GLIDES AN EXTRA SEC BEFORE BRAKES ENGAGE IN A SHUDDERING LOCK UP. BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS AND CLOSE ON MANY MORE. 2 CHEVY DEALERS SAYS NOTHING ABNORMAL, CAN'T RECREATE PROBLEM. *AK

SEVERAL PREVIOUS CLOSE INCIDENTS, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST ACCIDENT. HOPEFULLY WHEN I CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER & DEALER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE FAULTY WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ONCE AND FOR ALL, BEFORE ANY MORE INCIDENTS CAN TAKE PLACE.

CONSUMER WAS ON THE HIGHWAY SLOWING DOWN TO BRAKE FOR TRAFFIC & PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP. ABS LIGHT OR NO OTHER WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER SEEMED TO REPAIR VEHICLE, BUT IT HASNT BEEN DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN. ALSO, TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE STRAINING WHEN STARTING TO TAKE OFF. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE OUT, BUT FOUND EVERYTHING TO BE OKAY. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS FAILURE; WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A SUDDEN/EMERGENCY SITUATION ABS WOULD BRIEFLY ENGAGE, AND THEN RESUME THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, CAUSES LOSS OF BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES BRAKING SYSTEM LOCKS UP AND RELEASED STOP AND REPEATS THE CYCLE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE. WOULD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OR NOT COME ON AT ALL. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

VERY DANGEROUS, VISIBILITY VERY, VERY POOR ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATES WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOP!!!*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE/MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

NHTSA RECALL 99V025000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98065 CONCERNING DEFECTIVE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. RECEIVED RECALL LETTER, BUT LOST IT. DEALER WILL NOT DO THE RECALL REPAIRS UNLESS CONSUMER HAS THE LETTER. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WILL NOT SEND OUT A DUPLICATE LETTER. *AK

WHILE ENGAGING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY WOULD STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT INDICATION. *AK *ML

ON RAINY DAY WENT TO SLOW DOWN, BRAKE PEDAL MADE CLICKING NOISE AS I APPLIED PREASURE. THEN IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE MOVED FOWARDS INTO THE BACK OF A STOPPED CAR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. A MECHINC AT SEARS GARGE SAID HE THOUGH THE 1994,S AND 1995,S HAD PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER ACICIDENTS HAVE OCCURED SINCE 1994 INVOLVING ABS SYSTEM ON SURBUBANS? THANK YOU. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS HANGING OUT OF THE RETRACTOR, AND WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE MECHANISM. PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN A DOWNPOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL JUST STOP WORKING. IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO FUNCTION AGAIN, CONSUMER HAS TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE AND WIGGLE THEM AROUND. CONSUMER FEELS THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR FOR THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING NUT WELDED ONTO FRAME OF THE SEAT BROKE AWAY FROM THE BOLT. IT MADE THE SEAT TILT BACK WHILE DRIVING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPPERATE FOR PERIODS OF TIME. *AK

ABS OVER RIDE DOES NOT STOP VEHICLE, RUN INTERSECTIONS, CROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC, LOST CONTROL. *AK

UPON MAKING A GRAUDAL STOP OR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT, VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. EA95-026.*AK

BRAKE DISENGAGED, VEHICLE COASTED FORWARD, REAPPLIED THE BRAKES AND CAR BRAKED PROPERLY, SOMETIME IN DAMP WEATHER AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF SITTING THE BRAKES GRABS VIOLENTLY.

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES OPERATION WILL CONTINUE ON ITS OWN, AND SOMETIMES DRIVER HAS TO TAP ON THE WIPER MOTOR BEFORE OPERATION CONTINUES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 GM/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING DUE TO VIN, AND WOULD NOT BE SERVICED FREELY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THEY HAD TO BE TURNED ON&OFF TO START WORKING. CONSUMER'S VIN# DIDN'T MATCH THE RECALL. *AK

PREVIOUS RECALL FOR DEISEL STALLING, HAS HAD 4 INJECTION PUMPS AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ENGINE STALLS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. CHEVROLET HAS REPLACED PUMP 3 TIMES SINCE INTIAL RECALL, AND STILL THEY DON'T WORK AND VEHICLE STILL STALLS WITHOUT WARNING.

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THEY DO NOT HOLD SNUG UP AGAINST THE OPERATOR, RATHER THEY HANG LOOSELY IN FRONT OF THE USER. *AK

BRAKE LIGHT RECALL, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX MANDITORY RECALL

TRAVELING AT 30MPH THEN HAVING TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP DUE TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH FULL FORCE. A VERY LOUD GROWLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, NOR DID IT APPEAR TO SLOW DOWN. THE RESULT WAS COLLISION DESTROYING THE VEHICLE THAT WAS REAR-ENDED.

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, NOR DUPLICATE IT. GNC OFFERS NO HELP. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKES, AND COULD FEEL VIBRATION FROM THE FRONT. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE DURING HEAVY RAINFALL AT NIGHT, AND BRAKE FAILUR.: VEHICLE AHEAD ABLE TO MOVE TO AVOID COLLISION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY 1997 TO PRESENT - I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN COMPONENT PROBLEM AND I HAVE BEEN NEEDLESSLY ENDANGERING MY FAMILY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS! WHY WASN'T THIS [XXX] THING RECALLED? THEY DID RECALL VEHICLES MANUFACTURED TWO MONTHS LATER WITH THE SAME FAULTY COMPONENTS! *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE NOT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE LAST OCCASION RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION ALTHOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP IF THE BRAKES HAD WORKED PROPERLY. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER IS OF NO HELP BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAIL SPORADICALLY AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE COMPUTER TEST SHOWS NO DEFECT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM TO COMPLAIN AND THEY HAVE AN OPEN FILE ON THIS (NO. 990468281) BUT HAVE NOT OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHICH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ARE IGNORING. THE ANTI LOCK SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ABS PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STOPPING POWER, WHICH INCREASES THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO, BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES, ROTORS WERE TURNED BECAUSE OF WARPING. PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS CONTINUES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER FAILED. *MJS

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A HURRY IT CAR GATHERS SPEED--HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN 5 TIMES--TAKEN IT TO DEALER 5 TIMES--4TH TIME THEY SAID LEAKY BACK SEAL--BEFORE THAT THE DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG..5TH TIME I REAR ENDED A VAN- ALMOST LIKE NO BRAKES AT ALL. NO I WAS NOT PUMPING THE BREAKS! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH ANY OTHER CHEV. SUBS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *AK

BRAKES DO NOT WORK WHEN HITTING A BUMP AND APPLYING BRAKES AT SAME TIME. HAS TAKEN AUTOMOBILE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK *ML

BATTERY LEAKS (POS) TERMINAL ONTO BRAKE LINES AND AIR CONDITION LINES ETC. REPLACED BATTERY, FLUSHED AREA WITH WATER, NOTICED RUST ON BRAKE LINES FITTINGS AND OTHER PARTS.

TWO CRACKS DISCOVERED IN THE HITCH RECEIVER TRAILER PLATFORM. *MJS

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CLICK ON AND APPLYING THE BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP THE CRUISE CONTROL SPEED. VERY SCARY, HAPPEND TWICE AND I TOOK TO DEALER WHERE THEY CHANGED A "STRIPPED NUT" ON BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY.

WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AT ANY SPEED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ABS - AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILURE IS IDENTICAL TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID:98V150001. *AK

HITCH TOWING PLATFORM HAS A CRACK, CRACK DISCOVERED PRIOR TO COMPLETE FAILURE (FACTORY INSTALLED TOWING PLATFORM). *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS DEFECT I AM APPALLED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS I NORMALLY DO WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER (THEY DID A TEST AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THEM, THE VEHICLE NOT STOPPING UNTIL 30-35 FEET AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED) THAT THE ABS SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ACCORDING TO GM. UNBELIEVABLE! *AK

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. NO WARNINGS, IT JUST QUITS. DEALER PUT ON A NEW FUEL PUMP, CONSUMER THINKS ITS THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL PUMP, AND FEELS IT IS UNSAFE FOR VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY FREEWAY. *AK

THE ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING QUITS/DIES/SHUTS OFF THEREBY CAUSING THE LOSE OF STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF AUTHORIZED CHEVY DEALR JIM STUTZMAN CHEVROLET IN WINCHESTER VIRGINIA SINCE OCTOBER OF 1999. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE HAD THEIR MECHANIC TEST DRIVE IT AND HE HAS EXPERIANCED THE PROBLEM WHEN THEY HOOK IT UP TO THE COMPUTER "IT" SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THEM THAT I NEVER SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A CHEVY DIESEL AND "WHAT DO I WANT TO DO HOW MUCH MONEY DO I WANT TO SPEND AND THEY WILL JUST START CHANGE OUT PARTS " I AM IN FEAR OF MY LIFE EVERY TIME I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL. I SPENT $350 DOLLARS JUST LAST WEEK HAVING A PART CHANGED THAT THEY "THOUGHT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM " THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AS IT HAPPENED 2 HOURS AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP ON MY WAY HOME. THIS VEHICLE WEIGHS ALMOST 4000LBS. I HAVWE BEEN VERY LUCKY SO FAR. WHAT WILL AHPPEN TO ME WHEN I AM ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME AND IT DIES? OR LIKE THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS ON A CURVEY MOUNTAINOUS ROAD AND IT DIED AND I ENDED UP IN A FIELD AND HAD TO BY SOD FOR THE LADY WHOSE LAWN I ENDED UP IN. WHAT IF HER CHILDREN HAD BEEN PLAYING IN THE YARD OR I WAS APPROCHING A SCHOOLCROSSING? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN WRECKS AND INJURIED OR KILLED AND THEY WEREN'T LUCKY ENOUGHT TO SURVIVE THE FIRST INCIDENT? PLEASE HELP ME RESLOVE THE MANUFACTORERS DEFECT BEFORE IT KILLS ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I AM NOT ABLE TO TRADE IT IN OR BY A NEWONE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BECAUSE O

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON DRY CONDITIONS AND TRVELING 10MPH. WHILE TURNING CONSUMER FOUND OUT HE HAD COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE. NO ONE WAS HURT. DEALER NOT CONTACTED. *AK

TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 30 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT THE ABS FAILED ,RESULTING IN A CRASH. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HEPPENED WITH THIS VEHICLE, RESULTING IN 2 CRASHES. *AK

IN DRY ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-5 NORTHBOUND WE NOTICED THAT TRAFFIC WAS STOPPING AHEAD OF US AND APPLIED BRAKES. WE HAD ALREADY SLOWED TO APPROX 50MPH BEFORE BRAKING . THE VEHICLE NOSE DIPPED AS WE SLOWED TO STOP, THEN THE ANTI LOCK MECH RELEASED THE BASE BRAKES AND WE WERE THROWN UPRIGHT AS WE CONTINUED FORWARD INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF US AFTER A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE DURING WHICH TIME WE WERE AWARE THAT WE WERE NOT BEING SLOWED BY THE ANTI- LOCK SYSTEM. WE HAD NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES HAD AN UNUSUAL STOPPING DISTANCE IN THE PAST, BUT BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL AS WE WERE TOLD BY OUR DEALER. THE BRAKES HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVICED IN DECEMBER. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE DISTANCE FOR ANY PROPERLY WORKING BRAKE SYSTEM TO STOP US IN TIME. *AK