1999 Chevrolet Suburban complaints

WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE IN THE LEFT LANE, CONSUMER HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT HAS BEEN GETTING NO ASSISTANCE IN THE MATTER, CONSUMER HAS HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *JB

ERRATIC STEERING - VEHICLE WANDERS IN LANE AND HAS NO TACTILE FEEDBACK TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MOVING LEFT OR RIGHT. STEERING SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS BEEN TESTED SEVERAL TIMES. PROBLEM IS VERY INTERMITTENT. ON LAST OCCURENCE SIMPLY STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT RETURNED THE STEERING TO NORMAL. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 35MPH PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN MINORPROPERTY DAMAGE. DEALER HAS PERFORMED 9 BRAKE JOBS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CHEVROLET HAS AGREED TO REPURCHASE VEHICLE. *SLC

THE SIDE MOUNTED POSITIVE BATTERY POLE LEAKED ACID ONTO VARIOUS ELECTRICAL WIRES AND CAUSED SEVERE COROSION OF THE AIR CONDITIONING LINES AND "BURNED" THE PAINT FROM THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE R FRONT WHEEL WELL. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LYNN SMITH CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENDED TO HIS WIFE'S CAR SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER.*AK

MOISTURE DEVELOPS IN BRAKE DRUMS WHICH CAUSES ONE OF THE BRAKES TO GRAB EXTREMELY HARD . *AK WHILE RAINING OR IN VERY DAMP CONDITIONS, BRAKES GRAB AND IN ONE CASE IT CAUSED 2 PEOPLE TO BUMP THEIR HEADS TOGETHER, DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL BRAKING AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER DRAG THE BRAKE EACH MORNING FOR 125 FEET, AFTER MANY CALLS AND AN INCIDENT WHERE A HORSE WAS INJURED WITH A RUPTURED STOMACH, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE RUPTURE, BUT CONSUMER STATES THE ABRUPT JERKING FROM THE BRAKES WAS NOT PLEASANT FOR THE HORSE, DEALER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ORDERING A NEW 2001 SUBURBAN FOR CONSUMER BECAUSE THESE HAVE DIFFERENT BRAKING SYSTEMS. *SLC

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN THIS SIZE OF VEHICLE THAT THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED AND THAT THE DOORS CRIMPLED SO BAD THAT THE PASSENGERS WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN A TIMELY MANNER. PLEASE CONTACT ME CONCERNING THIS. THANK YOU. *AK

SEAT BACK ADJUSTMENT LEVER FRAYS SEAT BELT. THE LEVER THAT IS USED TO RELEASE THE SEAT BACK FOR ADJUSTMENT OFTEN CATCHES THE SEAT BELT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PUT ON. PULLING ON THE BELT HAS CAUSED THE BELT TO FRAY SLIGHTLY. I SWAPPED THE LEVERS SIDE-FOR-SIDE CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, THE DRIVERS LEVER WAS LABELED R AND THE PASSENGER LEVER WAS LABELED L. I BELIEVE THEY WERE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. *AK

DOOR CAN NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN DOOR CAME OPEN. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK MR. MCCARTHY IS A MEDIATOR FOR THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, A HEARING WAS HELD IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINT AND THE DOOR LATCHES WERE FOUND TO BE UNSAFE, THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH 3 OUT OF 4 DOORS, MR. MCCARTHY ORDERED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. *SLC

BRAKE PROBLEM; WHEN SHE APPLYING BRAKES THEY GRIND, AND VEHICLE WILL STOP SLOWLY.*AK

BRAKES HAVE CONTINALLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. REPEATED ( SIX) REPAIRS HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. IT GETS WORSE WITH MILAGE AND WHEN DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON HAD THIS CHECKED CAME UP WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. TOOK TO DEALER SAID THAT CHEVY SAYS THAT IT IS BETTER TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN LOOKING AT THE TRANMISSION. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS TAKEN IN AND FOUND THAT THE EXHAUST DONUTS WERE BURNED UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 52000 MILES AND AT 64000 MILES WE ARE REPLACING THE SAME ONES AGAIN, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEMS AND WE END UP REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS,

WHEN DRIVER HIT BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL WAS LEAKING OIL ONTO DRUM BRAKES. *AK DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

DID NOT SEE RED LIGHT DRIVING SOUTHBOUND AT INTERSECTION OF ROCKWELL AVENUE AND NW 50TH STREET. HIT DRIVERS SIDE OF FORD F350 EXTENDED CAB PICK-UP TRUCK TRAVELLING EAST BOUND ON NW 50TH. APPLIED BRAKE AND STARTED TO TURN LEFT TO AVOID COLLISION JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. ESTIMATED SPEED AT IMPACT 35-40 MPH. AIR BAGS (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DID NOT DEPLOY. CONCERNED THAT AIR BAGS MALFUNCTIONED OR DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

CONSUMERS ARE BEING RIPPED OFF AND IN DANGER DUE TO THESE VEHICLES. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

LOST ALL POWER STEERING AFTER MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN - COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL.THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE SUBURBAN. WE HAD JUST COME OUT OF THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS IN TO PIGEON FORGE TENN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

ABS WOULD PREMATURLY ENGAGE WHENEVER VEHICLE RUNS OVER A SMALL BUMP IN ROAD. ALSO, HAS TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. VEHICLE BEEN AT DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED AND THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THEIR FRONT BRAKE PADS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 16000 MILES, THE SITUATION WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED FROM THE FACTORY, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THESE PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY AN ENGINEERING AND/OR DESIGN FLAW. NLM

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT WENT TO FLOOR , BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. THIS HAD TO BE REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE BRAKES RESPONDED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 MORE TIMES FOR BRAKES SQUEELING. *YH

LEFT SIDE REAR BRAKES WEAR OUT EVERY 23OOO MILES. INTERMITTENTLY ON WET PAVEMENTS, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BRAKES LOCK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS OF BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK THE BRAKE WAS INADEQUATE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *YH

WHILE TOWING A TRAILER AT 55MPH, BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE REAREND AND OIL BLEW OUT ALL OVER THE BACK OF MY CAR AND THE TRAILER. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR OCCURRENCES.

TIRE FAILURE RESULTED FROM TREAD SEPARATING IN ITS ENTIRETY FROM THE TIRE CARCASS. THIS WAS PRECEEDED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY VIBRATION, FOLLOWED BY LOUD BANGING NOISES FROM THE FLAILING TREAD, AND FINALLY, WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED, DEFLATOIN OF THE TIRE CARCASS. THERE ARE NO PUNTURE OR DAMAGE EVIDENT, AND THE REMAINS HAVE BEEN CHECKED BY BOTH A MICHELIN TIRE DEALER AND THE CHEVROLET (SELLING) DEALER. THERE IS NO HISTORY OF DAMAGE TO THIS OR ANY OF THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. INFLATION PRESSURES WERE USED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS RANGE OF PRESSURES, AND WERE SET AT 50PSI FRONT AND 60PSI REAR. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE DESTRUCTIVE DELAMINATION OCCURRED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES F AND CLEAR. TRAVEL WAS ON INTERSTATE 10. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A108 TIRESIZE: 2.45/75/16)

THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUED BRAKE SHUTTER AND UNEVEN BRAKING. UNEVEN ROTOR WEAR.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL FAIL TO OPERATE ON A RANDOM BASIS. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT IS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT FIND A MALFUNCTION. PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR WHILE DEALER IS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

BATTERY ACID LEAKED FROM THE BATTERY AND RAN DOWN THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND CAUSED THE STEEL LINE TO RUPTURE. THE BRAKES WENT THE FLOOR AND DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AS I BACKED OUT OF THE CARPORT. *AK

RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING BLOCK LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY NEED REPLACED AND THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THIS. *SLC

STEERING SEEMS LOOSE AND SLOPPY, VEHICLE WANDERS, SAME AMOUNT OF INPUT PRODUCES DIFFERRENT RESULTS AT DIFFERENT TIME. ALMOST LIKE TIE ROD ENDS ARE BAD. 3 TRIPS TO DEALER - ONCE SAID IT WAS JUST SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING; ONCE @ 38,510 MILES REPLACED EVO SENSOR; AGAIN @ 39,846 MILES ALIGNED AND REMOVED KNOCKOUT SAYING THAT SHOULD FIX. STILL WANDERS, FEELS SLOPPY, AND MAKES ME WONDER IF I'M IN FULL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT PULLS TO LEFT, AND SOMETIMES TO RIGHT. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN A BUMP IN ROAD IS HIT. DEALER HAS WORKED ON THIS VEHICLE A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINS OF SOFT PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL ALSO PULSATES WHEN BRAKING, DEALER HAS SWITCHED ROTORS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, REPLACED OUT OF ROUND ROTORS, REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS TWICE, AND RESURFACED ROTORS AND DRUMS, DEALER ROTATED TIRES AND VEHICLE STILL PULLED. STEERING WHEEL FOUND OFF CENTER. CENTER SEAT RECLINER HANDLE BROKE, DEALER REPLACED HANDLE. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL LEAK. DRIVER DOOR POWER SWITCH LOOSE IN DOOR. REVERSE LOW PLANETARY GEAR WAS BROKEN CAUSING A GRINDING NOISE AT LOW GEAR, VALVE BODY AND GEAR WERE SCORED DUE TO METAL IN TRANSMISSION. AIR PUMP REPLACED DUE TO BEING VERY NOISY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST BRAKES AFTER APPLYING THEM TO SLOW DOWN. WAS TENTH TIME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED. HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 25MPH. MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE ISSUE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED, TOW DRIVER NOTICED PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS FAILED, LEAKED BRAKE FLUID ONTO BRAKES. RESULT--NO REAR BRAKES. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL IS NORMAL. HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK

THE STEERING GRABS WHEN TURNING RIGHT, VERY DANGEROUS. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT SAME TIME. GMC HAS FAILED ON THIS MODEL . *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR . SNAPS YOUR NECK. *AK

AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK FULL STRONG FUMES FROM GAS TANK WILL ENTER INTO VEHICLE, POSSIBLY CAUSING HEALTH RISK.*AK

OWNER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH CORRECTION ACTION FOR RECALL (00V-122), PART ONLY COMES IN ONE COLOR WHICH DOES NOT MATCH THE INTERIOR OF TRUCK, THE PART WOULD ALSO CAUSE SAME TYPE OF INJURY. *CJ

FUEL INJECTORS ARE DEFECTIVE, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT RANDOM. THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX ONLY THING DEALER CAN DO IS CLEAN INJECTOR. *AK

TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING AND PULLS HARD TO THE LEFT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, ALTHOUGH SOME MODIFICATIONS HAVE HELPED THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO PULL LEFT, HARD LEFT, ESPECIALLY IN A PANIC BRAKING SITUATION, MODIFICATIONS INCLUDED ROTORS MACHINED, REPACKED WHEEL BEARINGS, PADS DEGLAZE, NEW FRONT BRAKE PADS INSTALLED, FRONT ROTORS SWITCHED. CJ

TRANSFER CASE WENT OUT, THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO ORDER ONE. INITIALLY HE WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE 90 DAYS, THEN HE WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER MAKING THEM. I DEPEND ON 4X4, THT WAS THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS, A SINGLE MOM WITH THREECHILDREN. PLEASE HELP.*AK

2 FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P245/75R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER STATED HE COULD TELL BY THE VEHICLE'S HANDLING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES, DOT # V611 B1A. *SLC

EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE MAKES A GRINDING AND CRUNCHING SOUND. IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY.BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. ALL TOGETHER VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR BRAKES ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES. BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRAVELING AT 45MPH WITH NO WARNING. EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE USED TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR SERVICE ONLY FIRST TIME. DEALER HAS BEEN NICE ABOUT IT, CONSUMER WANTS A NEW VEHCILE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND EXPERIENCED OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS DUE TO COLD WEATHER. CONSUMER EXITED VEHICLE TO RESOLVE PROBELMS. AS VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, A FIRE STARTED POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRIC HEATED DRIVER'S SEAT WHICH WAS TOLD BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. ABOUT 5 DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT, CONSUMER NOTICED SEAT WAS GETTING EXTREMELY HOT INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS NO CHANCE TO TAKE VEHICLE IN TO DEALER.*AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE PULLING MY TRAVEL TRAILER AT APROXIMATELY 60MPH. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE HAD GOOD PRESSURE AND ACTUALLY NEVER BLEW (IT STILL HAS GOOD PRESSURE). THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE GOOD AND I CAN NAME NO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS SHOWING NO SEPARATION OF WEAR PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE TRIP. WE HAD BEEN TRAVELING ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS. THANK YOU. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE. BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE RAN DOWN BATTERY CABLE AND CORRODED HYDRAULIC LINE, CAUSING FAILURE (INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ASSESSMENT).*AK

AT 973 MILES VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIECING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK SOMETIME BRAKES HANG UP AND SMOKE WHEN APPLYING. *YH

THE POSITIVE POST OF THE BATTERY FAILED AND BATTERY ACID DRENCHED AREA NEAR AND UNDER THE DAMAGED BATTERY. NLM

CONSUMER HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE: FRONT END PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE DRIVING, THERE ARE FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS, IT HAS BEEN ALIGNED, HOWEVER STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. ENGINE IS BURNING ANTIFREEZE, WHEN CHECKED SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED THE OIL WAS DOWN 2 QUARTS, VAPOR RECOVERY TANK WAS EMPTY, ANTIFREEZE/WATER LEVEL IN ANTIFREEZE IN RADIATOR WAS DOWN 1 QUART, HEAD GASKETS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND BURNING THE ANTIFREEZE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, COOLANT LEVEL IN RADIATOR DROPPED ONCE THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS A MINUTE AMOUNT OF EXHAUST GASES COMING OUT OF THE FILLER NECK OF THE RADIATOR AND THE WATER LEVEL SLOWLY DROPPED IN THE RADIATOR. VEHICLE PULLS DRASTICALLY TO THE LEFT WHILE BRAKING, DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND REAR SHOES AND HAS REFACED ROTORS AND DRUMS, PULLING STILL EXISTS, DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE PROPORTIONING VALVE. TRANSMISSION MAKES A TICKING NOISE. A SPECIALIST LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, IT CHARGES AT 15.1 VOLTS DIRECT CURRENT WHICH IS OVERHCARGING THE BATTER, EVEN AFTER VEHICLE RAN FOR 15 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL CHARGING AT 14.71 VOLTS, THE BATTERY HAS FAILED 4 TIMES, IT HAS LEAKED AND CORRODED, CHECK GAUGES LIGHT CAME ON AND ALL GAUGES WENT CRAZY. VEHICLE IDLES HIGH, DEALER REPLACED IDLER AIR CONTROL VALVE. DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WILL NOT TURN SIDE TO SIDE, DEALER REPLACED FAULTY MIRROR SWITCH. *SLC

I WAS ON VACTION WITH MY FAMILY DRIVING ON MOUNTAINOUS ROADS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. I BEGAN TO FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND NOTICED THE CONSOLE SHAKING. I SLOWED THE SUBURBAN DOWN TO 15 MPH AND I COULD FEEL THE REAR END WOBBLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST TIRE STORE AND THE INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF LOOSING ITS TREAD. I VERY CAREFULLLY DROVE TO THE NEAREST FIRESTONE DEALER AND HAD TO PAY A PRORATED PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE SINCE THIS PARTICULAR TIRE HAD NOT BEEN OFFICALLY RECALLED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE OTHER FIRESTONE MODELS WITH TIRE SEPARATION ISSUES AND I AM FORTUNATE THAT I CAUGHT MY TIRE PROBLEM BEFORE A COMPLETE LOSS OF TREAD OCCURED AT 55 MPH WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A019 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO HER LANE, HITTING HER HEAD-ON, AND PUSHING VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER LANE. VEHICLE HIT TELEPHONE POLE, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. CHEVROLET HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK