1999 Chevrolet Suburban complaints

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES.

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES FELT LIKE A SPONGE. VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP AT WILL, AND THERE WAS HESITATIONS. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH MY CAR WAS EVIDENT FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR. THE CAR WOULD BUCK OR HESITATE WHEN ENTERING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOPPED POSTION. IT WENT FROM OCCASIONALLY HAPPENING TO OCCURRING MANY TIMES A DAY. IT WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE DEALERS MECHANICS UNTIL THEY DROVETHE CAWR AND IT HAPPENED TO THEM. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH A TANKER TRUCK AS I PULLED OUT OF A COFFEE SHOP PARKING LOT. I HAD MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH ME. I WENT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF THE LOTAND THE CAR MOVED FORWARD, THEN HRSITATED/BUCKED AND THE I COULD FEEL THE TRANMISSION CATCH AND THE CAR PROCEEDED. HAD THE TRANMISSION LET GO, AS THE MECHANICS TOLD US WAS A REAL POSSIBILITY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN BROAD-SISED BY THE TANKER TRUCK. AND THE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY ME FOR PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER SUBURBAN OWNERS AND HAVE HEARD TOTHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THETRANMISSION. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. *AK

WE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT ON A VACATION (7/6/00) ON NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY;SIX CHILDREN AND WIFE WERE IN CAR AT 55 MILES PER HOUR; I WAS ABLE TO SAFETY GET CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. MY DEALER REPLACED TIRE WITH MATCHING TIRE. IT TURNS OUT ALL TIRES ARE THE RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES VERIFIED BY A FIRESTONE DEALER. I AM ON A WAITING LIST FOR REPLACEMENTS. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SAME TIRES ON OTHER SUBURBANS AROUND MY AREA AND ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT FORD. A SLOWER REACTION ON MY PART COULD HAVE MEANT MY 6 CHILDREN HURT. THOUGHT I WOULD FINALLY REPORT TO SOMEBODY FOR RECORD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

DASH CRACKED, WAS REPAIRED AND CRACKED AGAIN. NLM

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

AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ON FRONTAL INTERSTATE SPEED IMPACT. DEALER DISCLAIMED SERIOUSNESS. DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT ANY ADULT IN THE CAR... HOWEVER, THERE WERE CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS IN BACK. KEEP SPARE SET OF KEYS IN HAND AT ALL TIMES.

DRIVING FREEWAY SPEEDS WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIFT RIGHT W/O TURNING WHEEL. VEHICLE SWERVED RAPIDLY BACK AND FORTH. HIT LEFT MEDIAN BARRIER & SHOT ACROSS 4 LANES. CRASHED INTO RIGHT CEMENT BARRIER HEADON. SUV TOTALED. *AK

TWO OF THE FIRESTONE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *MJS

V1 WAS DRIVING AND FRONT DRIVER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE IS A FIRESTONE ATX TIRE. (CLAIM# 43-R546-775) *MW

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE TO THE FLOOR, PEDAL IS SOFT. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. SHE WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED IN FRONT OF HER ,AND SHE COULDN'T STOP IN TIME. AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. *AK

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM IS WEARING OUT EXCESSIVELY. WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT WHEN APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & HAD THE PEDAL REPAIRED. BRAKES WERE REPAIRED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. *AK

APARENTLY THE REAR AXLE BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OR CONTROL HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE,CAREENING OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLING OVER COMING TO REST ON ITS TOP. MY WIFE THE DRIVER SUFFERED HEAVY BRUSIES,CUTS AND BUMPS.

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT ROTORS AND PADS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ANY SPEED OF TRAVELING VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE WHEN APPYING BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT NO PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT, ALONG WITH A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK

THREE OF THE FOUR FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R45 LT245/75R16 TIRES HAVE FAILED IN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THE ROAD. ALL HAD TREAD SEPERATION. I NOTICED A VIBRATION AND HAD THEM REPLACED BEFORE THEY BLEW OUT.( DOT NUMBER: VN1181A479 TIRE SIZE: T245/75R16 )

EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON LEFT REAR TIRE WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. PUT SPARE ON. THE FIRESTONE DEALER TREATED THE EVENT LIKE "IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME". DID NOT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. ALLUDED TO MAYBE I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIR IN TIRES. TOLD HIM TO GO CHECK, BUT HE DECLINED. STILL DID NOT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. HAD TO PURCHASE A ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY FOR THE NEW TIRE. THIS SURE DID NOT MAKE ME HAPPY!!( DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

ON 8/29/00 MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HWY 19 BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND COLLINSVILLE MS, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 P.M. WHEN WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF VEHICLE TROUBLE OR MALFUNCTION THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND MISTERIOUSLY WHEN OUT OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENTLY HITING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND RUNNING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND OVER TURNING AND COMING TO REST ON UPSIDE DOWN. THANKLY MY WIFE WAS WEARING HER SEATBEAT WHICH PROBABLY SAVED HER LIFE. ACCORDING TO THE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN THAT WAS AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND AND EYEWITNESS THE REAR AXLE ON OUR VEHICLE BROKE CAUSING A SUDDEN AND TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO GENERAL MOTOR CORPORATION REGARDING THIS ACCIDENT BUT HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE AS OF YET. THIS WAS VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT THAT HAS THE APPEARENCE OF A MANUFACTOR'S DEFECT. IT COULD HAVE ENDED IN TOTAL DEVISTATION HAD MY 3 YEAR SON OR MY 5 MONTH SON BEEN IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OR IF MY WIFE HAD NOT BEING WEARING A SEAT BELT . NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS ACCIDENT NEEDS TO BE THROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BY GM AND THE NHTSA. PLEASE CONTACT TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS INCIDENT.

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: TWO DIFFERENT BLOWOUT/TREAD SEPARATIONS. FIRST, WAS A LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS GOING FLAT, AND TREAD SEPARATION. SECOND, LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT/TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH DRIVER/ONE PASSENGER IN A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LT245/75R16, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. *AK

TREAD SEPARATION AND TIRE BLOW OUT( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

THE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENTIRE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT COMPLETLY. THE POLICE SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A FAILURE BEFORE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE CURRENT FIRESTONE TIRE DEFECTS. THIS VEHICLE IS USED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN WITH AND THERE WERE 4 OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE CAME APART. THE OUTER TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE INNER CORDS. THIS TIRE IS NEW AND THE AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SHOWED CUPPING, NOW ALL 4 TIRES SHOW SIDEWALL CRACKING AND TREAD CRACKING (BOTH ON THE TREAD FACE AND SIDEWALL). TIRE LIFE I ALMOST OVER AT LESS THAN 24000 MILES DESSPITE PROPER INFLATION AND ROTATION CCNDDUCTED SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. DUNLOP TIRES INSTALLED ON ANOTHER VEHICLE AT SAME ADRESS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME ANDD WITH MUCCH GREATER MILEAGE SHOW NONE OF THESE SIGNS.( DOT NUMBER: URBM053261 TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

TWO TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION, FORTUNATLY ROUGH RIDE NOTICED, TIRES REPLACED WITH COOPER TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 245/70R )

CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET THE HORN BUTTON TO HONK EASIER, DEALER REFUSES TO MAKE CHANGE. *SLC

AUTOMOBILE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND WOULD NOT RELEASE WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF ENGINE. VEHICLE STUCK AT 60MPH OUT OF CONTROL!!! VERY DANGEROUS AND LUCKY IT DID NOT RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR FATALITY.

VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD, CROSSING TRAFFIC LANES. VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER, CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER CONTACTED, NONE WILL REPAIR. FIX IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC, BUT DEALER WILL NOT DO IT. *AK

BRIDGESTONE DUELER HT TIRES P265/75R16 DOT 7BW8PDA028 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING $3500 IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

THE TIRE BLEW WHILE TURNING LEFT ON AN UP HILL CURVE. APPROXIMATELY 95% OF THE FRONT SIDEWALL SHREDDED. NO VISABLE DEFECTS IN THE SIDEWALL OR TREAD. THIS OCCURED AFTER 3.5 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS DRIVING AT SPEEDS FROM 55 - 75.( DOT NUMBER: VN11BAB TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

BATTERY MELTED, FRIED CABLE ASSEMBLY UNIT. CALLED DEALER SERVICE WHICH STATED THAT THIS HAPPENED ALOT WITH SUBURBANS AND AC DELCO BATTERIES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HIS VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. HE PULLED OVER, AND LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BUBBLES AND STARTED TO SEPARATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TIRE WAS FIRESTONE STEEL RADIAL #LT245/75R16 LOAD RANGE E MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO. TIRE WAS TURNED IN TO FIRESTONE AND REPLACED. *AK

LOCK ON TAILGATE HAS FAILED 4 TIMES. NEITHER UPPER GLASS OR LOWER METAL TAILGATE CAN BE OPENED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT ELIMINATES ONE POINT OF EGRESS IN CASE OF ACCIDENT. THIS WOULD BE THE FASTEST WAY OUT FOR 3RD SEAT PASSENGERS. *AK

I HAD A BLOWOUT. THE TREAD CAME AWAY FROM THE TIRE BUT ONLY AFTER HOLDING ON LONG ENOUGH TO RUIN MY EXHAUST ASSEMBLY, FENDER RR QUARTER PANEL AND DOOR, AND NERF STEP UP BAR. *AK( DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

CONSUMER BELIEVES THE DESIGN OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ON VEHICLE IS UNSAFE, THERE IS NO TACTICLE FEEDBACK AND CONSUMER CANNOT TELL WHEN THE ENGINE IS GOING TO KICK IN UNTIL IT DOES. NLM

THE ENGINE RPM WILL AT TIMES INCREASE WHILE BRAKING. ONE TIME THE ENGINE SPEED UP SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL. THE ENGINE RPM WILL AT TIMES PULSATE WHILE COASTING IN GEAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE NEW. *AK

VECHICLE CONTINUED TO PULL AND DRIFT TO RIGHT EVEN WHEN CROWN OF ROAD IS FALLING TO THE LEFT. PROBLEM WHILE BRAKING DID NOT OCCUR WHILE APPYLING NORMAL BRAKING PRESSURE DURING NORMAL STOP. HOWEVER ON THE DAY OF MY ACCIDENT I APPLIED NORMAL PRESSURE AND THE OLD PROBLEM REOCCURED DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND THEN WHILE APPLYING EXCESSIVE BRAKE PRESSURE THE STEERING JERKRD TO THE RIGHT CAUSING ME TO HIT THE TRUCK AHEAD OF ME..CAR E L MOESBRA. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE MAR 2000 CONCERNING DIFFERENTIAL ODOR GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING A SEVERE NAUSEOUS FEELING TO ANY ONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL GOING UNRESOLVED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE PLASTIC KNOB ON THE SEAT BELT CATCHES ON THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LATCH PROPERLY. *ET

WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AT 5-10 MPH THERE WAS MOVEMENT IN STEERING WHEEL, STEERING WHEEL MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AND NO MOVEMENT OF THE WHEELS. VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED T DEALER, DEALER STATED PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A NUT WHICH FELL OFF FROM PITMAN ARM, CAUSING THE STEERING RACK AND PINION TO FALL OFF TRACK, PARTS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. EA-99-011. *AK

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING VEHICLE. DEALER HAS RESURFACED AND TURNED ROTORS/DID AN ALIGNMENT/CHANGED CALIPERS, AND BRAKE PADS THREE TIMES, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE TRACKS, WHICH IN TURN, CAUSED SEAT TO ROCK IN MOTION. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN TRUCK INTO DEALER 9 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. REAR BOLTS THAT HELD THE TRACKS TO SEAT FRAME FELL OUT. *AK

ERRATIC STEERING BEHAVIOR. VEHICLE WANDERS EXCESSIVELY ON THE HIGHWAY AND WILL UNEXPECTEDLY PULL OR VEER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THIS OCCURS, CONSIDERABLE CORRECTIVE STEERING EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO RESUME AND MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT COURSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR. DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND BEARINGS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

EVERY TIME CONSUMER HITS A BUMP DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR RATTLES, AS IF IT IS COMING OFF THE HINGES. CONSUMER IS AFRAID SOME DAY THIS DOOR WILL FLY OPEN AND FALL OUT. DEALER SAYS THIS IS SOMETHING CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *AK

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WANDERED FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER LANE, AND THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS MADE WITHOUT A CHILD SAFETY LOCK. THIS DEFECT ENABLED CONSUMER'S CHILD TO UNLATCH SEATBELT/OPEN REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, AND FALL OUT. CHILD SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

THE TRUCK HAS HAD A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END SINCE IT WAS DELIVERED I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DELIVERING DEALER WITH 845 MILES ON IT FOR SERVICE. THE VEHICLE STAYED AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 11 DAYS THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO BE TRUED IT WAS THEN REINSTALLED. THE ORIGINAL FACTORY TIRES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FRONT END WAS ALIGNED. THIS SAME PROCEDURE HAS BEEN REPEATED A 2 OTHER DEALERS TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. LATE IN 1999 THE TRUCK WAS AT DAY'S CHEVROLET AND THE SERVICE MANAGER BEN LARUE SHOWED MY HUSBAND A SIMILAR 1999 UP ON A LIFT THAT THE TORISON BAR SUPPORT AND ASSEMBLY COULD BE BENT WITH A PAIR OF VICE GRIPS THE METAL IS INFERIOR. THE FRONT END OF THE THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN BRAISED AT THE TORISION BAR ASSEMBLY IT HAS HAD THE ENDS OF THE TORISON BARS GROUNDED DOWN AND RETURNED TO US AS FIXED. CHEVORLET HAS JUST HAD THEIR LAST REPAIR ATTEMPT AND THEY TOOK THE FRONT END APART AND PACKED WITH GREASE TO CORRECT THE NOISE AND VIBRATION IT DID NOT WORK. WE STILL HERE THE NOISE IN THE FRONT END IT STILL VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IS VERY ANNOYING. THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 8,000 MILES ON IT EVERY TIME WE TAKE IT IN WE ARE TOLD THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT STILL WILL SLIP AT LOW SPEEDS UP A STEEP INCLINE IT WILL ALSO ROLL WHEN PUT IN PARK. THE BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE I REPORTED THIS ON THE FIRST TIME BACK FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS LEAKED ON THE LEFT SIDE AT THE 2ND DOOR AND

DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO PULL TO THE RIGHT DURING APPLICATION. YH THE RESTRAINT TIGHTENS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER UNTIL IT BECOMES UNCOMFORTABLE TO THE CONSUMER, THE SEAT-SHOULDER HARNESS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE REPLACEMENT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *SLC

DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, DURING APPLICATION. YH