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 1995 record →
WHILE TRAVELING, VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN COUNTER CLOCK WISE ONTO THE LEFT BEAM, STRIKING THE CEMENT WALL WITH THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, REPORT STATED THAT BOTH REAR TIES HAD POOR THREAD WHICH INDICATED A POOR ALIGNMENT, CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT OR HYDROPLANED, THERE WERE FIVE INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *TT
WHILE ON A TRIP I FOUND OUT THAT I NEEDED MY TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED. UPON INSPECTION FOUND STEEL STICKING OUT IN SEVERAL PLACES ON TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES AND THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPERATE. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES.
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH IN POURING RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT OUT, RESULTING IN POOR VISABILITY FOR CONSUMER. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ONCE BEFORE, BUT WINDSHIELD WIPERS EVENTUALLY WORKED AGIAN. RECENTLY, WIPERS HAVE GONE OUT, AND HAVE NOT COME BACK ON.*AK
DURING NORMAL OPERATION AIR BAG LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE AND STAY ON. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT IN STEERING COLUMN WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. COST TO CONSUMER WOULD BE $600.00 FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
CONSUMER GOT INTO VEHICLE AND DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT WENT BACK ON HER. THERE WAS A METAL PIECE MISSING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THERE WAS SOME TREAD SEPARATION ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 47OOO MILES MOUNTED ON A 1995 CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN, LT 245 75 R16, DOT# VN1183A075. *AK (FIRESTONE TIRES LT/24575/)R16*JG
FRONT LEFT CORNER OF UPPER FRAME BROKE ON DRIVER SEAT WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. RESULTED IN A SEVERE ROCKING MOTION. INSPECTION LED TO CONCERN OF IMMINENT TOTAL FAILURE. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES AROUND THIS YEAR OF VEHICLE. TOTAL FAILURE WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO LOSS OF PRESENCE OF DRIVER DUE TO DRIVER FALLING BACKWARD INTO REAR SEATS. THIS CORNER OF SEAT TAKES FULL LOAD OF DRIVER ON ENTRY AND EXIT AND SEEMS TO BE PRONE TO FAILURE. I WOULD CONSIDER LOSS OF DRIVER SEAT A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
CRACKS IN HEADS BETWEEN VALVES - 5 OF 8 CYLINDERS. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ALL BRAKE OPERATION HAD FAILED. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT BATTERY FLUID HAD LEAKED ON BRAKE LINES, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. THERE WAS NO CRASH OR INJURY TO REPORT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
A BOLT BROKE FROM THE SEAT THAT IS ATTACHED TO TRACK ANCHORS, CAUSING SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING.*AK *SLC
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING AT ANY TIME. WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO OFF CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO TURN THEM BACK ON. CONSUMER S HAS EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 98 V 150 001. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
METALIC GRINDING ON ACCLERATION....INTERMITTENT, DOES NO OCCURE AT CRUISE SPEED. *AK
DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRAME IS CRACKED AND IS SEPARATING FROM ANCHORAGE WHICH CAUSES SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH UPON ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
A CLUNKING NOISE CAME FROM VEHICLE WHILE IN OPERATION. CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE BEFORE ENTERING STORE. WHEN EXITING STORE, VEHICLE WAS SMOKING VISIBLY. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE BURNED THROUGH FIREWALL, AND BURNED A LARGE HOLE IN DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE IF VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 95V026000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME SEPARATED FROM TRACK AND ANCHOR. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK METAL IN FRAME TORE FROM METAL FATIGUE, METAL IS TOO THIN. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED TOW FRAME WHICH DEVELOPED CRACKS IN/ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME THAT ATTACHES TO THE TRUCK FRAME. NLM
DRIVER SIDE ELECTRICAL SEAT BROKE. SEAT FRAME WELDING WOULD COME APART WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, NO CRACKING OR NOISE. DEALER HAS CALLED THIS A "COMMON PROBLEM" BUT WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE CAUSED LEAKAGES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. REPAIRS WERE MADE BY THE DEALER. *AK BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND THE FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT. *SLC
RIGHT REAR BRAKE FELL APART FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE HAS SEEN IT HAPPEN BEFORE LIKE WHEN WATER OR A ROCK GETS INTO THE BRAKE. RIGHT NOW IT'S LEAKING GAS DUE TO A FAULTY SERVICE REPAIR AND THE HAS "REFUSED" TO FIX IT AND GM SAYS WE HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER DEALER TO FIX IT CORRECTLY. *AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. UPON ACCELERATION OR GOING UP A GRADE VEHICLE WILL SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTINUOUSLY TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER , BUT DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. IN MEANTIME CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHENEVER DRIVING ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. WOULD SOMETIMES STAY ON FOR A WEEK OR EVEN JUST A DAY. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE MECHANIC HAS BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEM.*AK
LEFT SIDE OF DRIVER'S BUCKET SEAT FRAME FAILED DUE TO WEAK MATERIAL. FRAME BROKE FREE OF THE LEFT SLIDER ASSEMBLY. *AK
THIS IS THE 3RD TIME MICHELIN TIRES THAT HAVE BURSTED ON MY VEHICLES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT SERIOUSLY.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO SEPARATION OF LEFT FRONT HUB.*AK *JB
FRONT BRAKE PADS HAVE EXCESSIVE AND UNEVEN WEAR. DRIVER SIDE WEARING MUCH FASTER THAN PASSENGER SIDE. HAVE REBUILT FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.*AK
BATTERY LEAKAGE; HAD TO CUT OUT CABLES, CORRODED THROUGH AIRCONDITIONING LINE. SEE EA00-013.
THE METAL SEAT FRAME HAS FAILED AT THE LEFT FRONT CORNER AND SEPARATED FROM THE POWER SEAT TRACK. INITIALLY THE SEAT APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY LOOSE, BUT THE INSTABILITY OF THE SEAT HAS INCREASED. NOT ONLY IS IT UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THE IF I WERE INVOLVED IN A CRASH, THE SEAT FRAME WOULD FAIL AT OTHER POINTS AND POSSIBLY CAUSE INJURY. I AM THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE AND AM 6'1" AND WEIGH 185 LBS. MY WIFE OCCASIONALLY DRIVES THE VEHICLE BUT SHE WEIGHS LESS THAN I DO. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND I CANNOT ENVISION WHY THE METAL SEAT FRAME WOULD FAIL ABSENT A DEFECT.
LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AND DESTROYED CARRIER AND BEARINGS. CJ
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEVERE PULLING TO LEFT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE DRIVING AT 45-50 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
BRACKET INSIDE DRIVER'S SEAT UNDERNEATH BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO LEAN TO SIDE. *AK *SLC
FRONT BRAKES REPAIRED 10 TIMES. BACK BRAKES JUST DONE. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH ABS SYSTEM. NO HELP FROM CHEVROLET.*AK
WHILE GOING 40MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT SLAMMED ON BRAKES. CHEVROLET'S DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES & ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PUMPED BRAKES 3 TIMES AND ALL WHEELS LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID. THEN INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE. TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKES TO COME OUT OF SKID. VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP & HAD IT CHECKED. NOTICED ROTOR BROKE IN HALF, IT WAS NOT CORRODED. PADS SITTING ON MOUNTING HAD BROKE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. *AK
WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP THE BRAKES FAIL, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHICH HAPPENDED ON 010301 RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCASSION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER ON EACH OCASSION. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE SITUATION. ANY ASSISTANCE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. *AK
FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRES, P245/75R16, DOT VN11B1A045, EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, AFTER DRIVING A SHORTER DISTANCE THE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND THE INNTER LAYER PROTRUDED INTO THE WHEEL WELL CREATING A WHIPPING NOISE, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES. *SLC
THE VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE TODAY, PRIOR TO TODAY, IT HAD BEEN BLOWING/BURNING SEVERAL ELETRICAL FUSES (15 SO FAR) FOR THE COURTESY LIGHTS AND BURGLAR ALARM. THE FIRE WAS UNDER THE FRONT DASHBOARD, ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.
WE TOOK A NOSE DIVE INTO A DEEP DITCH AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE FACIAL DAMAGE WHERE PLASTIC SURGURY WAS NECESSARY. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE.*AK
THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED, THE TIRES HAD 5000 MILES ON THEM, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACED TIRES (STEELTEX A/T LT 245/75R16). NLM
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE FROM TRACKS . MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
UNIT IS SAME PROBLEM AS CAMPAIGN NO 98043, KERRY CHEVROLET REFUSES TO ADD UNIT TO CAMPAIGN EVEN WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEMS STATING THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS MADE ON A DIFFERENT DAY OR ON A DIFFERENT LINE THAN THE ONES INVOLVED IN THE RECALL FOR THE WINDOW WASHER PROBLEMS. *AK
AIRBAG EXPERIENCED FALSE DEPLOYMENT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED BURN INJURIES FROM THE DEPLOYMENT. *SLC
PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ENGINE OIL PAN FAILURE, FAULTY POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS. BROKEN PLASTIC PARTS ON THE SEAT BELTS, FROZEN EMERGENCY BRAKE AND GLAZED BRAKE PADS. POOR DEALER SERVICING. ABS BREAKS WENT SKIDISH 3 TIMES AND STILL NO FIX. LOST CONTROL. *AK
VEHICLE USED FOR EMERGENCY FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS COMPONENT FAILED TO OPERATE DURING RAINY WEATHER. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
AFTER MARKET TIRE. TREAD ON THE LEFT RIGHT TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT TIRE (LT245 75 R16). *SLC
NO SUMMARY (DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A494 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)
SOME VIBRATION THEN TOTAL TREAD SERERATION WITH DAMAGE TO SIDE OF VEHICLE AND RUNNING BOARD (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: LT245/75 R)
RECALL 98V150001; WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, WILL QUIT DURING OPERATION. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SAME DEFECT.*AK *SLC
FIRESTONE FR680 TIRES P235 75 R15 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FENDER. *SLC
FIRESTONE STEEL TEX AT TIRE LT245 75 R16 EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT. *SLC
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