1990 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Problems & Recalls

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO HAVE TIRES BALANCED DUE TO VIBRATION AND WAS ADVISED TIRES WERE SEPARATING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT PART OF ANY RECALL, SO CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES, 2 WEEKS LATER CONSUMER REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE TIRES WERE ON RECALL, SO CONSUMER FILLED...

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO SHOP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT TIRES WERE SEPARATING, WHICH WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER EXPENSE AFTER BEING TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT APART OF ANY RECALL, THE TIRES THAT CONSUMER PURCHASED, HOWEVER WERE ON RECALL, CONSUMER HAS BEEN U...

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO SHOP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT TIRES WERE SEPARATING, WHICH WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER EXPENSE AFTER BEING TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT APART OF ANY RECALL, THE TIRES THAT CONSUMER PURCHASED, HOWEVER WERE ON RECALL, CONSUMER HAS BEEN U...

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE, TREAD WAS FLAPPING UP AGAINST INNER FENDER WELL. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER , AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE TIRE FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, LT23585R16, DOT VN0RTXK127. DEALERSHIP ...

THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT ON I 95 WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 70 MPH. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH FROM THE LEFT LANE THEN BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS LUCKY THAT NOBODY WAS BESIDE ME AT THE TIME. WHEN I PULLED OFF THE ROAD I SAW THAT THE WHOLE TREAD WAS GONE OFF TH...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL QUIT RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS SAME DEFECT AS RECALL 98V150001, BUT MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY, I WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH ON A WELL PAVED SURFACE STREET WHEN LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND VEER TO THE LEFT SUDDENLY. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND SLOWLY SLOW DOWN BEFORE THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BUT IT DID NOT COMPLETELY D...

ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY, I WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH ON A WELL PAVED SURFACE STREET WHEN LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND VEER TO THE LEFT SUDDENLY. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND SLOWLY SLOW DOWN BEFORE THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BUT IT DID NOT COMPLETELY D...

TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING TIRE TO BLOWOUT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2M2 JBA TIRESIZE: 255/70R15)

TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING TIRE TO BLOWOUT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2M2 JBA TIRE SIZE: 255/70R15 )

AFTER BRAKING 2 TO 3 TIMES THE BRAKES STAGGER, SHUDDER GRABBING AND STICKING, SEEMS LIKE THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM IS HAPPENING EACH AND EVERY TIME BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE FIREHAWK (235/75R15) TIRE SUSTAINED A TREAD SUSTAINED A TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER, FIVE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED INJURIES (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIX DIFFERENT FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WITHIN 20,000 MILES. THIS ALWAYS OCCURED ON A HIGHWAY IN TEXAS. THE DATES WERE 10/96, 10/96, 5/97, 12/98, 3/99, & 6/99.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 321150R15 )

PE 00 020/TRIE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH, RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION ON A 1990 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT; P235/75R15; DOT# UNAVAILABLE. DRIVER / TWO PASSENGERS INVOLVED, NO INJURY REPORTED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHE...

TRUCK ACCERERATED SOUNDED LIKE OVER 100 MPH BUT WAS GOING SLOW SPEEDCOULD NOT STOPR TRUCK TURNED OFF IN STREET AND JUMPED OUT CAR REAR END BROKE AND U-JOINT. VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

MIDDLE SEAT SEATBELTS ON BOTH SIDES, LOCK UP AND CANNOT BE USED. REPLACED 3 TIMES, 1ST UNDER WARRANTY, HAVE SINCE PAYED FOR IT TWICE, AND THEY LAST LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WE CURRENTLY USE THE CAR WITHOUT PASSENGERS IN THE MIDDLE SEAT USING THE SEATBELTS, CAUSE WE CANNOT A...

SEATBACK RECLINING MECHANISM BROKE WHILE OWNER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE. SEATBACK IS CURRENTLY RECLINED ALL THE WAY BACK, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. DEALER SAYS IT WAS AGE AND FATIGUE. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. NLM

THE DRIVER SEAT SNAPPED (BACKREST). *ET

DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. NLM

THE DRIVER SEAT SNAPPED (BACKREST). *ET

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES TO THE FLOORBOARD IN ORDER TO STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND PULLING A TRAILOR, VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN ACCELERATING, AND THEN FIRE STARTED NEAR FIREWALL OF RIGHT HAND SIDE OF ENGINE, RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. CAUSE OF FIRE UNDETERMINED. *AK *ML

LAST WEEK NOTICED VIBRATION (SHDDER) COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIRES OR BALANCING. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES (EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT WORN OUT). STILL HAD SHUDDER, SO NEXT DAY TOOK IT TO CHEVROLET DEALER IN LIVERMORE. TOLD HIM THE SYMPTOMS AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 6...

RETRACTABLE SEATBELTS REPEATEDLY FAIL. BELTS TWIST AND GET JAMMED IN RETRACTING PART ATTACHED TO FLOOR OF VEHICLE. CAN'T ALWAYS UNJAM, THEREBY LEAVING PASSENGERS UNBELTED. HAVE BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTACTED GM IN TROY, MICHIGAN. SEATBELTS CONTINUE TO FAIL. DEALERSHIP, O'DO...

TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO LEAKING OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.

I WAS ENTERING THE I-205 SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP OFF OF MILL PLAIN BLVD IN VANCOUVER, WA WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY APPLIED HER BRAKES. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY MY BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT LIMP ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDDLE STAYED LIMP A...

ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE OVER 2YRS AGO (#93V187000). THE RECALL REMEDY FAILED. THE BOLTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATS FAILED TO HOLD THE SEAT.

RETRACTABLE SEAT BELT FAILURE.

DRIVE TRAIN/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED.

DRIVE TRAIN/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED.

DRIVESHAFT CLINKING CONTINUALLY, UNABLE TO RESOLVE.

SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK DUE TO JAMMING.

ELECTRICAL WIRING IGNITED IN STEERING COLUMN.

RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED, REPAIRS FAILED (SEAT BACK COLLAPSED) RESULTING IN ACCIDENT/INJURY.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) (93V187)

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE LIGHT COMES ON , THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

TIRE JACK FAILED TO LIFT VEHICLE TO CHANGE TIRE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 55 TO 60 MPH THE ABS LIGHT COME BLINKING ON AND OFF. THEN WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE IT DOESN'T FEELS LIKE IS WORKING AS IF SHE STEPPED ON BRAKES HARDER, THE BRAKES MAKES A METAL NOISE. MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED, AND CONSUMER HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH...

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FADE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE EFFICIENTLY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

JACK INCLUDED WITH VEHICLE FAILS TO LIFT FRONT END.

OCCASIONALLY DURING NORMAL BRAKING THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR. *AK

MIDDLE SEAT LAP BELT IN CENTER WILL NOT TIGHTEN IF A CSS IS PLACED IN IT OR AN INDIVIDUAL. WOULD LOOSEN UP AFTER VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. WHEN CSS IS IN SEAT, WOULD TILT OVER. *AK

INTREIOR SYSTEMS;SEAT TRACK ANCHORS AND SEATS: HAD RECALL WORK DONE IN JULY 1995FOR SEATBACK. ON FEB. 20,1996 TOOK VEHICLE BACK BECAUSE THE LEFT SEATBACK WAS LOOSE. JUNE 2, 97, THE SEATBACK BROKE AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE IN AND THEY GAVE HIM TWO BOLTS TO REPAIR THE SEAT . EACH TIME THERE WAS A CHARGE ...

PAINT BEGAN TO PEEL OFF VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARD, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER BOLT BROKE, SEAT BACK FELL, AND DRIVER MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

BACK SEAT BOLT BROKE.

TRANSMISSION FLUID EXPELLED FROM EITHER THE VENT HOSE OR FILL TUBE ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST, CAUSING FIRE.

WELDING ON SEAT BRACKET WAS INSUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE SEAT, RESULTING IN METAL FATIGUE AND FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TWO FRONT SEATS BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING THE SEATS TO RECLINE PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (93V-187); WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND ITS BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE TANSMISSION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

EA94-029 ACTIVE, ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED 55MPH, WHILE TOWING A VEHICLE. TT

INVOLVED IN RECALL 93V187000, DEALER MADE REPAIRS BUT THE SEATBACK COLLAPSED AGAIN. TT

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT

SEAT RECLINER BOLTS ARE LOOSE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACK, SERVICE BULLETIN WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TT

SEATBELT RETRACTOR LOCKS UP AND BUCKLE DOES NOT FASTEN. TT *JB

SEATBELT RETRACTOR LOCKS UP AND BUCKLE DOES NOT FASTEN. TT *JB

SEATBELT RETRACTOR LOCKS UP AND BUCKLE DOES NOT FASTEN. TT

HAD SEAT RECALL DONE IN FEBRUARY, SAT IN DRIVERS SIDE SEAT AND BOLT BROKE. TT

ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE A COMPLETE STOP REAR ANTI LOCK BRAKES GO OUT. TT

VEHICLES SEAT/SEAT FRAMES FAILED. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *DH

ABS: WHENEVER TOWING BOAT TRAILER, APPLY BRAKES; NO REAR BRAKES; FRONT BRAKES LOCKS UP DURING WET WEATHER; SLIDES; EXTENDED STOPPING. TT

AFTER RECALL WORK WAS DONE, SEATBACK COLLAPSED ALLOWING SEATBACK TO FALL REARWARD, WHEN BOLTS SHEARED OFF, 93V187000, 91-C-19. TT

DRIVER SEAT COLLAPSED PRIOR TO/TWICE AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (93V-187). TT & *AK