WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALLDUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
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 →
WHEN GOING ABOUT LESS 30 MPH ON UNLEVELED ROAD, THE BRAKES WILL RELEASE. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON THEY WILL BECOME INOPERABLE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL DUE VIN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO, MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
BOTH INCIDENTS WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS AND HAD THE NEED TO STOP QUICKLY DUE TO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE NOT WORKING AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO PULSING OF THE BRAKES, JUST A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A LOUD GROAN. I DID NOT PUMP THE PEDAL, I JUST APPLIED HARDER AND HARDER PRESSURE UNTIL THE PEDAL WAS ON THE FLOOR, AND THE SUBURBAN CONTINUED TO ALMOST FREEWHEEL INTO THE BACK OF VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY NO ONE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED YET. BUT IF A REMEDY IS NOT FOUND I AM SURE IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A CHILD RUNS OUT FROM BEHIND A PARKED CAR, AND IT WON'T JUST BE PROPERTY DAMAGE. I TOOK MY SUBURBAN TO GREY CHEVROLET TO HAVE THEM CHECK OUT THE BRAKES, AND THEY SAID ALL THAT ALL THEY COULD FIND WAS THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS OVERFULL, AND BROUGHT THE LEVEL DOWN TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE. THE BRAKES DO NOT FAIL ALL THE TIME, IT IS INTERMITTENT. DUE TO THAT A PROBLEM IS HARD TO DEFINE. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE MAKE/ MODEL AND YEAR, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN#. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND WASHER SELDOM WORKS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE IS STALLING AND JERKING. IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. *AK
WHENEVER IT'S RAINING OR SNOWING & THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE TO BE USED, THEY WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. WOULD STOP VEHICLE & GET OUT TO JIGGLE THEM IN HOPE THAT THEY WOULD WORK. *AK
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR WITH OUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPING FOR NO REASON. I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL IN SEPTEMBER 1998, AND HAVE BEEN TRYING WITH NO LUCK TO GET THE MANUFACTURER TO FIX IT. BUT THEY SAY OUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT ON THE LIST. THIS IS VERY FUSTRATING TO NOT BE LISTENED TO. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE DELIBERATELY PUTTING CUSTOMERS AT RISK BY NOT LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE DIE FROM A DEFECTIVE WIPER THAT WASN'T ON THE VIN LIST???*AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. (98V-150000) NLM
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED IN A RAIN STORM. THERE IS A RECALL ON MAKE/MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THEY HAVE RECLLED OTHER 1994 SUBURBAN THE DEALER SAID MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE LIST IT COST M $70.FOR MY REPAIR .
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT STAY WORKING. *AK
THIS SWITCH FAILED WHILE PARKED, THANK GOODNESS. A BURNING ODOR BECAME OVERWHELMING WHILE PUTTING ON SEATBELTS TO DRIVE AWAY. IT WAS NIGHT, SO I COULD NOT TELL FOR SURE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. MY NEXT INSTINCT WAS TO TURN THE CAR OFF IN HOPES OF PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WAS MELTED TO THE POINT THAT THE SWITCH, BEZEL AND WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR WERE DESTROYED. I HAVE RECEIVED TWO RECALL NOTICES ON THIS VEHICLE FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ONE FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, AND ONE FOR THE WIPER MOTOR WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE ENTIRE WIRING SYSTEM IS SUSPECT IN THIS VEHICLE. WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES WE NOW HAVE THREE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. OBVIOUSLY PER MY REPORT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES CAUSED BY THE SWITCH BURNING UP. HOWEVER, HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THAT THE SWITCH MELTED, SHE VERY WELL MAY HAVE ENDED UP WITH A DASH BOARD FIRE ON THE ROAD WITH 5 CHILREN. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE FREQUENCY OF THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT WITH OTHER SUBURBANS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES. AS AN ENGINEER IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, I KNOW DARN WELL THAT THET THERE IS NO SUCH THINK AS A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE ON ANY TYPE OF FAILURE AND THIS VEHICLE IS PROVING TO BE A LOSER WHEN IT COMES TO WIRING AND SWITCHES. SORRY FOR BEING SO LONG WINDED. *99V025000. *AK
EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURES, MORE THAN ONCE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN A DOWNPOUR. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS SUBJECT TO A RECALL, BUT WHEN WE TOOK IT IN FOR THE REPAIRS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM FIXED BY THE RECALL. WE WERE CHARGED $132.15 FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED WHILE IN USE WHICH, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL ON 1994 SUBURBAN, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN # ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN MOTOR WENT OUT. NOW THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL. *AK
WIPERS ARE INTERMITENT. I KNOW OF SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. CHEVROLET SAID IT IS NOT ON RECALL HOWEVER, THEY HAVE RECALLED SOME VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
BRAKES LOCK IN WET WEATHER, CAUSING VIOLENT LURCH, ALSO BRAKES FAIL WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON ROUGH SURFACE, RESULTING IN POOR STEERING CONTROL AND GOING THRU INTERSECTION. WIPERS INTERMITTENT - SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT COME ON. GRINDING NOISE IN REAR-END HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE NEW, DEALER CHECKED ONCE THEN IGNORED IT, THEY WERE ALSO NOTIFIED ON THE BRAKES BUT "COULD FIND NO PROBLEM"!!??!!
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, ON ONE INCIDENT NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD,THEN WIPERS COMPLETELY STOPPED. *YC
WHEN TRAVELING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERATIVE REDUCING DRIVERS'S VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED WIPER MOTOR. RECALL 98V15000 CONCERNS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER,THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BRAKING SYSTEM SEEMS TO FAIL ON BUMPY AND WET CONDITIONS. BRAKES A UNDERPOWERED FOR THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLE AND OVERHEAT WHILE TOWING. REPLACED MASTER CYL TWICE DUE TO LEAKS. I AM TOLD AT A CAR SHOW CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FAILURES I HAVE FOUND ON THIS SIGHT AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. LIVES ARE AT STAKES AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT, NOT THE CONSUMER. DEALER TOLD ME TO UPGRADE BRAKES TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM 96 AND UP WOULD COST ME 1400.00. NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE EVEN THE DEALERSHIP. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN. THE BRAKES SYSTEMS IN THESE 94 SHOULD BE RECALLED. ASK ANY MECHANIC WHO HAS WORKED ON THESE BRAKE SYSTEMS.
RECALL FOR INTERMITTENT WIPER FAILURE NOT PERFORMED DUE TO VIN., RECALL 98V150000.
RECALL 98V150000; WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION,CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURES WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
THE WINDSHIELD FLUID RESERVOIR HAD BEEN REPLACED AND LINES CHECKED, BUT STILL IS LEAKING . HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, WINDSHIELD FLUID WILL BE SEEN LEAKING ONTO FLOOR AFTER VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND ENGINE IS OFF, FLOWING NOT JUST DRIPPING A 1/4 OF RESERVOIR WILL EMPTY SOMETIMES. POSSIBLY , THIS IS CONNECTED TO RECENT RECALL FOR "CRACKED WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR" WHICH CAUSES WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO RECENTLY EXPERIENCED WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES ONE TIME 1/10/99. *AK
GM HAS A RECALL ON THESE TRUCKS FOR THIS PROBLEM (98V150000) BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TRUCK DOES NOT FALL IN THE S/N RANGE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE PROBLEM
DRIVER'S SEAT CUSHION BROKE FROM ITS ANCHOR, MAKING CONTROL OF VEHICLE DIFFICULT. *AK
WHEN THE PROBLEM ORIGINALLY STARTED ABOUT 2 YRS AGO, WE IGNORED IT. THEN, WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP (NOT THE SELLING DEALERSHIP). DURING A TEST DRIVE, THE EVENT OCCURRED, AND THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL," AND THAT OTHER SIMILAR MAKES DID THE SAMETHING. THE EVENT THAT HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES, THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND, AND THE BRAKES DON'T "TAKE". THE VEHICLE CONTINUES ALONG ITS COURSE, NOT SLOWING APPRECIABLY FOR A WHILE. THE BRAKES WILL EVENTUALLY GRAB, AND THEN THE VEHICLE STOPS. THE SERVICE REP SAID WE JUST NEEDED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE DRIVE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
WINDSHIELD MOTOR REPLACED DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT TURNING ON, NOT TURNING OFF AND MALFUNCTIONING OF THE INTERMITTENT FEATURE. WIPER MOTOR IS BEING REPLACED UNDER RECALL, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VIN NOT INCLUDED. (98V-150)
ABS ENGAGED DURING MODERATE BRAKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A "COAST" SITUATION RESULTING IN A REAR-END COLLISION WITH VEHICLE AHEAD. WITNESS 1 VERIFIED BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING. WITNESS 2 VERIFIED HEARING ABS ENGAGE, BUT ALSO STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES PREVIOUSLY (NOT RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS), BUT DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AFTER ACCIDENT, AT INSURANCE COMPANY REQUEST, BUT AGAIN, NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. HAVE ASKED FOR GMC SERVICE REP. TO INSPECT VEHICLE. DEALER COMMITTED TO CONTACT FACTORY REP. AND HAS STATED FACTORY REP. WILL CONTACT US THIS WEEK TO DRIVE VEHICLE FOR EXTENDED PERIOD. CURRENTLY WAITING TO HEAR FROM FACTORY REP., BUT DEALER DOES NOT EXPECT HIM TO FIND ANY PROBLEM. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE DUE TO THE RANDOMNESS OF APPLYING BRAKES AND HAVING VEHICLE GO INTO "COAST" MODE. DUE TO NUMBER OF TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE FACT THAT IT FINALLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES, WE FEEL THAT GMC SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY. FIRST, NECESSARY REPAIRS SHOULD BE MADE TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE. SECOND, GMC HAS A FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPENSATE FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE MALFUNCTION OF THE FACTORY EQUIPMENT. RESEARCH INTO THIS SITUATION HAS FOUND INFORMATION INDICATING GMC IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.
ABS SYSTEM FAILS WHILE DRIVING UNDER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS (GRAVEL,RAIN,RR TRACK) CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO ACTIVE, MAKES NOISE AND THE PEDAL TO GOES TO THE FLOOR, ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.
WIPER MOTOR FAILED CAUSING WIPER TO STOP WHILE IN USE.
MY WIFE PLACED K2500 SUBURBAN IN PARK IN GARAGE. REMOVED 9 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER FROM CAR SEAT, OPENED FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR AND STEPPED FROM TRUCK. THE TRUCK SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD NOISE AND BEGAN BACKING OUT OF LEVEL GARAGE, DRAGGING THEM TO DRIVEWAY. THEY GOT CLEAR OF TRUCK AND IT WENT DOWN STEEP DRIVEWAY ACROSS ALLEY AND UP NIEGHBOR'S STEEP DRIVEWAY THROUGH BRICK TRASH STRUCTURE AND INTO NEIGHBORS HOUSE. AT TIME OF RECOVERY ENGINE WAS RUNNING WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR WAS NEVER FULLY IN PARK TO BEGIN WITH, HOWEVER THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT TIME BETWEEN VEHICLE BEING PLACED IN PARK AND BEGINNING OR ROLL BACKWARDS. IN ADDITION, AT TIME IT BEGAN TO ROLL, NO ONE WAS IN THE TRUCK AS MY WIFE WAS STANDING NEXT TO IT, AND WAS CAUGHT BY THE OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR. HER RIGHT LEG WAS CAUGHT BY DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE AFTER BEING KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER PULSE MODULE ASSEMBLY FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO YEAR BUILT.
INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY WOULD NOT WORK OR STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME BACK ON, AND SOMETIME THEY WOULD NOT. THE DELAY BOARD AND MODULE WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. SUBURBAN NOT INCLUED IN RECALL. *AK
THREE CARS IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY, I APPLIED BRAKES WITH FULL PRESURE FROM MY FOOT (I DID NOT RELEASE PRESURE AT ANY TIME), MY SUBURBAN DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH WITH EXTENCIVE FRONT END DAMAGE. THE ROADWAY WAS WET AND THE SPEED WAS 35 MPH. DRIVER WAS ONLY OCCUPANT AND WAS WEARING A SEATBELT, MINOR NECK INJURY.
WHEN CONSUMER TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY STARTED WORKING THEN STOPPED WITHOUT A REASON. *AK
I CONTACTED THE DEALER ON 01-22-99 TO EVALUATE THIS RECURRING PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED OF A PRODUCT RECALL. THEY CHECKED THE VIN, BUT MY VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, (MICHELLE HOLDEN AND RENEE JOHNSON) WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE SIMPLY WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SINCE THE RECALL WAS LIMITED TO SPECIFIC MODELS. THE PROBLEM ISN'T SPECIFIC MODELS, IT IS A SPECIFIC PART NUMBER. THE PULSE MODULE (PART#12463017) IS DEFECTIVE. THIS DEFECTIVE PULSE MODULE SHOULD BE RECALLED INSTEAD OF ALLOWING GM TO LIMIT THE RECALL TO SPECIFIC MODELS OF VEHICLES. THE TECHNICIAN I SPOKE WITH INFORMED ME THAT S-10 MODELS, VARIOUS PICKUPS AS WELL AS SUBURBANS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH WIPERS ACTING ERRATIC. THE CURRENT RECALL IS LIMITED TO POST 1994 MODELS, AND I PERSONALLY KNOW OF ANOTHER VEHICLE (1993 PICKUP) THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE FAULTY PULSE MODULE SHOULD BE RECALLED ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH WILL COVER MORE THAN THOSE FEW VEHICLE MODELS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THANK YOU
DRIVING THROUGH A WET PARKING LOT AT 10-15 MPH , APPLIED BRAKES , ABS STARTED FUNCTIONING AND BRAKE PEDAL SUNK TO FLOOR . VEHICLE CONTIUED TO ROLL WITH BRAKE PEDAL ON FLOOR . STOPPED VEHICLE WITH E-BRAKE AND FENCE .
CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT MANY GM TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITIES BUILT FROM 1994 THROUGH 1996 WERE RECALLED DUE TO POTENTIAL WIPER SYSTEM FAILURE DUE TO CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS IN THE WIPER SYSTEM. WHEN I EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM, I PROMPTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALER FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD, HOWEVER, THAT THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM INDICATED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS COVERED BY THE RECALL. I BELIEVE A MISTAKE WAS MADE IN IDENTIFICATION OF ALL VINS AFFECTED BY THE PROBLEM AND THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR, AT MY EXPENSE, IS $102.
BRAKE SYSTEM RELEASES AFTER APPLICATION IN PANIC STOP SITUATIONS. FROM THE NUMBER OF OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED ON THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. THE DEALERS IN THE HOUSTON AREA SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND IT IS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THIS IS A POOR EXCUSE. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A NON-ABS BRAKE SYSTEM THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE. VEHICLE STALLS WHEN REACHING 85 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECALL NUMBER 95I005000. *AK
NUMEROUS FAILURES AND POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE WITH THIS VEHICLE, DEALER SAYS IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE "BAD BRAKES" " THEY ARE UNDERSIZED FOR THE VEHICLE, BUT WE WON'T FIX THEM"
DOORS AT THE BOTTOM HAVE ROTTED OUT, SEAM ON THE BOTTOM, ALL OF THE PAINT IS OFF AND RUSTING OUT FROM THE INSIDE. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. ALSO ABS BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ABS LIGHT COMES ON PREMATURELY. DEALER CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WILL ENGAGE EVEN WHEN THERE ARE SMALL BRAKING BUMPS AT INTERSECTIONS AND WHEN NEEDING TO STOP SUDDENLY. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM THRU CUSTOMER SERVICE HOT LINE PREVIOUSLY AND WERE TOLD THIS WAS A NORMAL OPERATION.TODAY(12/01/98) THE SUBURBAN DID NOT STOP CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION WITH A LEXUS WHICH IN TURN HIT A BMW.ANTI LOCK BRAKES THAT ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY UNDER THESE TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT RELIABLE NOR SAFE.
WHEN DRIVING THE SEAT WILL ROCK FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT AND ONLY WHEN SHORT DRIVERS ARE DRIVING. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING TWICE BECAUSE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. *YH
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