1994 Chevrolet Suburban complaints

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAS ACTIVATED AND CREATED A DANGEROUS SKID ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS. I AM AN EXCELLENT DRIVER AND USED AVOIDANCE MANOVEURS TWICE TO AVOID COLLISIONS. THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO CONSISTENT CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE THE ACTIVATION OF THE ABS /SKIDDING...BUMPY ROADS(I HAVE SKIDDED BOTH ON DRY RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND DRY UNPAVED MOUNTAIN ROADS) AND,SECOND, RAINY PAVED SURFACES THAT WOULD NOT ORDINARILY INDUCE A SKID. WET WHITE PAINTED LINES AT INTERSECTIONS ARE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS. WHAT I CANT UNDERSTAND IS THAT AS OF 01/04/2000, YOU ALREADY HAVE 463!!! REPORTS ON YOUR WEBSITE OF THIS VEHICLE/YEAR/SYSTEM FAILURE AND YET, NO RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES FOR POOR BRAKING ABILITY. NLM

THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP (POHANKA CHEVROLET IN VA) 25, YES, 25 TIMES SINCE 1994. I HAVE NOW JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE SECOND COMPUTER SYSTEM IN 2 YEARS. I WILL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF VISITS TO THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE EXPENSIVE COSTS I HAVE INCURRED. HAS THERE BEEN SIGNIFICNAT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WHAT RECALLS (OTHER THAN WINDSHIELD MOTOR AND ONE OTHER RECALL). MY MECHANIC FEELS THAT CHVROLOET MAY BE AWARE OF THE COMPUTER PROBLEMS IN THIS CAR BECASUE OF ITS URGENT REQUIREMENT TO SEND BACK THE COIL OF THE ORIGINAL. *AK

ONGOING /INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM; WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD HAVE A DELAY IN STOPPING DISTANCE, AND INTERMITTENTLY PEDAL WOULD HARDEN OR GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RESOLVED.

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, TOWING A TRAVELER TRAILER WEIGHING 7,000 POUNDS, AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM KICKED IN, BUT SUBURBAN TRAVELED ABOUT ANOTHER 45 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING IF PEDESTRIANS WERE IN THE CROSSWALK. *AK

WHILE USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY QUIT, AFFECTING CONSUMER'S VISIBILITY. *AK

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WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH & WAS SLOWING DOWN, APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL & IT WENT TO FLOOR. ABS BRAKES FAILED. FINALLY CAUGHT & JERKED VEHICLE. WAS HARD TO CONTROL. VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED. THIS WAS THE 2ND OR 3RD TIME IT HAPPENED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & BRAKING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK

UNDER PANIC STOPS, THE BRAKES ACT LIKE "ANTIBRAKES" NOT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. MY SON AND I BOTH HAVE IDENTICAL 1994 SUBURBANS AND WE BOTH SHARE THE SAME PROBLEM OF POOR BRAKING, WHEN WET OR UNDER PANIC SITUATIONS. MY SON HAD A ACCIDENT WITH MINE WHEN THE BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP HIM IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION, RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS SUBURBAN OWNERS, AND THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING. THE BRAKES ARE SCARY, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH HEAVY VEHICLE. I SPOKE TO CHEVROLET AND THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT YET, THAT A NATIONAL RECALL MIGHT COME NEXT YEAR. I THINK SOMETHING THIS DRASTIC SHOULD HAVE A PRIORITY TO THE PUBLIC.

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED . HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS PRIOR TO RECALL (98V-150). MJS

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION OR THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTION SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK ON DRIVER SEAT, AND OCCASIONALLY FAILS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE PART THAT FAILS IS THE RETURN OF THE SHOULDER BELT. LEAVING THE SHOULDER BELT LOOSE AND OF LITTLE VALUE. ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, THE SHOULDER HARNESS SOMETIMES FAILS TO TIGHTEN UP BUT THEN DURING THE RIDE IT WILL MAKE A ZIPPING SOUND AND RETRACT AND TIGHTEN TO A PROPER FIT. AS FOR THE ABS, THEY KICK IN AT TIMES WHEN NOT NEEDED, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL, BUT SEEMS AS IF THE BRAKES DO NOT GRAB AS THEY MIGHT. EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME SANDY AREAS ON OUR GRAVEL ROAD, AND IF I TOUCH THE BRAKES THE ABS SOMETIMES KICKS IN, AND DOES NOT LET UP WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE. *AK

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WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WHETHER LIGHT OR HEAVY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WILL LOCK UP AND SKID, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER THREE WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL. BRAKING ACTION IS APPARENT IN THE OTHER WHEELS, BUT THE RIGHT REAR WILL LOCK UP CONTINOUSLY.

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATES UNEXPECTEDLY, AND WHILE BRAKING THE ENGINE IRACES HIGH. THE RPMS ARE HIGH, AND THE FRONT WHEELS ARE SQUEALING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. OCCUPANT NEEDS TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE RPMS RETURN TO NORMAL. PREVIOUSLY, HAD A TON OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, BUT SAID IT MAY BE ELECTRICAL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THE WIPER'S DON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUOUSLY STARTED AND STOPPED, EVENTUALLY STOPPING ALTOGETHER WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD WERE REPLACED AT OWNER COST TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ACTIVATION OF ANTILOCK BRAKES PRODUCE VEHICLE SURGES AND/OR GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES AND/OR DO NOT STOP VEHICLE. PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1993. ALSO, ON DESCENTS OF MUDDY, SNOWY AND/OR ROCKY ROADS, ANTILOCK BRAKES WHILE ACTIVATED INCREASE SPEED OF VEHICLE AND WILL NOT THE STOP VEHICLE UNLESS THE ANTILOCK FEATURE IS DEACTIVATED BY RELEASING AND THEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. PROBLEM OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS (3MPH THROUGH HIGHWAY SPEEDS). NORMAL BRAKING IS OK. BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT NORMAL INTERVALS AND FRONT ROTORS HAVE ALSO BEEN RELACED - NEITHER REPLACEMENT CORRECTED OR IMPROVED THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM'S OPERATION OR RESPONSIVENESS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER. GM SAYS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECAL OF OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MODEL AND PROBLEMS *AK *YC

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, THE BRAKES THEN RELEASE AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ABS COMPLETELY FAILED AT 102,000 MILES. *AK *YC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IF VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS EVEN SLIGHT BUMB IN PAVEMENT BRAKES WILL RELEASE. BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING CAPABILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL BRAKES RESET. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PANIC BRAKING FOR THIS TO OCCUR. ON THIS OCCASION DRIVER IN FRONT MADE SUDDEN STOP. BRAKES APPLIED, HIT SLIGHT BUMP IN ROAD AND BRAKES RELEASED SO REAR-ENDED DRIVER. WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IF BRAKES HAD NOT FAILED OR IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT. *AK

STEERING WHEEL DID NOT MOVE TIRES AT ALL. THE CAR DRIFTED TO RIGHT AND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO LEFT, NOTHING HAPPENED. STEERING WHEEL COULD BE SPUN WITHOUT AFFECTING TIRE MOVEMENT. DEALERSHIP THAT HAD REPLACED IDLER ARM STATED THEY COULD NOT TELL IF CAUSE OF WRECK WAS THEIR FAULT BUT WOULD FIX CAR AT THEIR COSTS. MY FEAR IS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO OTHERS.

WHILE TRAVELING 30MPH AND APPLYING ABS BRAKES, THEY PROCEEDED TO LOCK UP. VEHICLE WOULD SKID A BIT, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WOULD HAPPEN EVERY OTHER MONTH OR SO. IT'S AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR FOUND, EVEN AFTER BEING TEST DRIVEN. *AK

ABS SYSTEM FAILED-IT STARTS TO KICK IN, THEN RELEASES, SENT US INTO INTERSECTION AND NEAR MISSES WITH CARS-PAID TO HAVE BRAKES REPLACED, DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM (TOLD IT MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH ABS COMPUTER SYSTEM); WIPERS OCCASIONALLY BEGIN SLOWING AND WORK INTERMITTENTLY; DIFFERENTIAL WAS OUT WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING AGAIN 2 YEARS LATER.

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN SWITCH IS TURNED ON. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES WOULD COME ON. THIS CAUSES DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY IN RAIN. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC. TESTED WIPERS & REPLACED THE PULSE MODULE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. CONSUMER HAS TO PUMP THE BRAKES, AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. REPEATED SERVICE CHECK HAVE NOT INDICATED WHAT CAUSE IS. *AK

WINDSHEILD WIPERS STOP FUNCTIONING DURING PERFORMANCE. CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MJS

MY BROTHER BOUGHT THIS SUBURBAN NEW AND WE ACQUIRED IT IN 1997. I AM AWARE OF THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THIS VEHICLE. THE PAINT BEGAN PEELING SOON AFTER WE TOOK POSESSION. I WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD DO NOTHING. I SEE MANY CHEVY TRUCKS & SUBURBANS WITH PEELING PAINT MOSTLY ON THE HOOD AND FRONT FENDERS, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE ALL OVER. I HAVE SEEN INFORMATION IN CONSUMER REPORTS IN REGARDS TO THIS BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING IN YOUR DATABASE. I FEEL THIS IS A WIDESPREAD WELLKNOWN PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP ME?

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WHEN TURNED ON TO BE USED, FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY. BEEN TO DEALER & INFORMED THE WIPER MODULE WENT OUT & NOT RECALLED. *AK

BRAKES HAVE FAILED TO STOP AT STOP LIGHTS/STOP SIGNS. DEALERS SAY THAT IS JUST HOW THE BRAKES WORK.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SPORADICALLY. DEALER SAYS THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER RECALL FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME DEFECT. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN #. MJS

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TROUBLE STOPPING VEHICLE RESULTING IN FADING DUE TO POSSIBLE RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE (99V-025). MJS

GENERAL MOTORS STATES THAT MY VEHICLE ISN'T COVERED BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER RECALL FOR 94-95 CHEVY'S, ALTHOUGH THE FAULT IS THE SAME AND THE MECHANICS WHO PERFORMED THE PART REPLACEMENT STATED THAT THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS IDENTICAL "IN FAILURE" AS VEHICLES COVERED BY THE RECALL.

VEHICLE EXPERINECED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ALMOST CAUSING COLLISION WHILE MAKING A HARD STOP AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. *YC

BRAKES LOCKED UP AT HIGH SPEED DUE TO MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. LEAKAGE OCCURRED, PEDAL STARTED GOING DOWN TO FLOOR. PROBLEM REOCCURRED. INSTALLED 3 MASTER CYLINDERS AND BLED SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES--BRAKES STILL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. DEALER AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT OR HOW TO REPAIR IT. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED THE WIPERS BECOME INOPERATIVE, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY.ALSO, NHTSA RECALL 98V150001/MFR RECALL 98065 DEAL WITH SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME DEFECT DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHEN ITS RAINING & ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY WOULD LOCK UP. CAN HEAR NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON ROUGH ROUGH ROAD. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO MECHANIC TO CHECK PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD WHICH MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER TURN ON / OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY . RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE DUE TO VIN # *AK

AT TIMES WHEN PEDAL IS APPLIED THERE IS A DEPRESSED FEELING BEFORE THE BRAKES RESPOND, THERE IS A NOISE, AND THEN THE SYSTEM WILL REACT, AND SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON DRY PAVEMENT / WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KICKS IN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. *ML

INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BECOME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE/ MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE IN A PANIC STOP THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE OPERATING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN OR WHENEVER NEEDED. DEALER NOFITED, AND INFORMED C ONSUMERTHAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK