1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Problems & Recalls

THE PREVIOUS OWNER SAID THE BRAKES WORE QUICKLY BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW QUICKLY UNTIL WE HAD ISSUES AND GOT THE REPAIR INFORMATION. NEW BRAKES ABOUT EVERY 4 MONTHS ARE NEEDED. ONCE THEY START WEARING THE PADS AND ROTORS ARE GONE WITHIN A DAY. THIS TIME I NEARLY RAN INTO SOMEONE THEY DETERIORATE...

I STOPPED TO GET GAS ANC CUT MY TRUCK OFF. I GOT BACK IN IT AND CUT IT ON AN DROVE ABOUT 30 YARDS I NOTICED A SMELL LIKE BURNING WIRES. SO I CUT IT OFF GOT OUT CHECKED THE OUTSIDE THE SMELL IS ONLY ON THE INSIDE. THEN I POPPED THE HOOD AN SMELLED THE SAME SMELL. I PUSHED IT AND PARKED IT. MY CLICKER...

Mileage: 178,000

MY 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN C-2500 IS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE AND MAKING ENGINE VERY "HOT". THIS HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.I TOUCH THE ENGINE HOOD AND FEEL THAT IT'S VERY, VERY HOT. I JUST WENT HOME TO PREVENT ANY FIRE OR ACCIDENT. MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S NOT ORDINARY FOR THI...

Mileage: 76,900

DECEMBER 2009, REPLACED RUPTURED BRAKE LINES ABOVE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. SEVERELY RUSTED. JULY 15, 2012, RUPTURED BRAKE LINE BY THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD AND FIRE WALL. SEVERELY RUSTED. FUEL LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE IS ALSO SEVERELY RUSTED. LEAK CAN CAUSE FIRE. BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING DRI...

Mileage: 223,000

DECEMBER 2009, REPLACED RUPTURED BRAKE LINES ABOVE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. SEVERELY RUSTED. JULY 15, 2012, RUPTURED BRAKE LINE BY THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD AND FIRE WALL. SEVERELY RUSTED. FUEL LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE IS ALSO SEVERELY RUSTED. LEAK CAN CAUSE FIRE. BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED DURING DRI...

Mileage: 223,000

THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED AM VEER DISAPPOINTED MY SON WAS INJURED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHERS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACT AND CONFIRMED THAT REMEDY REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:03V159000(VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WA...

Mileage: 99,000

ERRATIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN ERRATIC CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. STARTED IN 2006 AND ENDED IN 2009. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL. *TR

Mileage: 178,784

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FULLY LOADED, THE CONTACT NOTICES THAT THE VEHICLE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER. HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC 15 TIMES AND THEY HAVE MADE NUMEROUS REPAIRS, INCLUDING VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE STEERING UNIT, STEERING SENSORS...

Mileage: 8,464

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FULLY LOADED, THE CONTACT NOTICES THAT THE VEHICLE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER. HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC 15 TIMES AND THEY HAVE MADE NUMEROUS REPAIRS, INCLUDING VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE STEERING UNIT, STEERING SENSORS...

Mileage: 8,464

HOOD LATCH ON 1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN KEEP FAILING, HOOD FLIES UP WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN TWO YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 154,600

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IT BURST INTO FLAMES. OUR DOGS WOKE US UP. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED 7 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE ENGINE AND UNDERSIDE OF THE C...

Mileage: 164,000

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE ON RAINY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DELAY FEATURE ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED SPORADICALLY. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER) AND GM RECALL NUMBER 03023 IN FEBRUARY OF 2002. THE RECAL...

Mileage: 219,990

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WA...

Mileage: 125,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A WALL. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR B.F. GOODRICH TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THE FRONT END OF...

Mileage: 132,000

I HAVE LOST STEERING AND BRAKING ON 1996 6.5 TURBO DIESEL SUBURBAN THREE TIMES NOW I DRIVE NORMALLY. I AM 42 AND HAVE A FAMILY OF SEVEN. WHEN BRAKING THE POWER BOOSTER HAS ZERO PRESSURE AND IT IS VERY HARD TO STOP AND AT THE VERY SAME TIME ALL POWER STEERING IS LOST. I THOUGHT THE POWER STEERING P...

Mileage: 102,856

I HAVE LOST STEERING AND BRAKING ON 1996 6.5 TURBO DIESEL SUBURBAN THREE TIMES NOW I DRIVE NORMALLY. I AM 42 AND HAVE A FAMILY OF SEVEN. WHEN BRAKING THE POWER BOOSTER HAS ZERO PRESSURE AND IT IS VERY HARD TO STOP AND AT THE VERY SAME TIME ALL POWER STEERING IS LOST. I THOUGHT THE POWER STEERING P...

Mileage: 102,856

1997 CHEVEROLET C1500 SUBURBAN INTERMITTENT WIPER MOTOR FAILURE TO WORK PROPERLY. CAUSES LACK OF VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS OR DURING WINDSHIELD CLEANING OPERATIONS. WIPERS WILL CEASE TO WORK CONTINUOUS AND PROBLEM IS SPORADIC. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

I HAVE A 1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN WITH A 7.4 ENGINE. FOR THE MOST PART ITS BEEN A GOOD VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES ARE ANOTHER STORY. THE SUBURBAN HAS BEEN THROUGH 2 SETS OF FRONT BRAKES, AND NONE IN THE REAR. BEING CONCERNED, THE 3RD MECHANIC TO REALLY SPEND TIME FIGURING OUT THE PROBLEM, FOUND OUT THE BRAK...

Mileage: 115,000

1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN IN-TANK FUEL SENDING UNIT FIRE: BOUGHT VEHICLE USED WITH 88000 MILES. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE / BURN UP OF THE UNIT INCLUDED INTERMITTENT FUEL PUMP AND FUEL GAUGE FAILURE, HAD PUMP REPLACED BY PATRICK GMC, PROBLEM PERSISTED, HAD DEALER WOLF CHEVROLET CHECK FUEL PRESSURE...

Mileage: 98,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ABS PROBLEMS. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP AT SLOWER SPEEDS THE ABS ACTIVATED CAUSING GREATER STOPPING DISTANCES. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER...

Mileage: 153,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING 1997 SUBURBAN BRAKING MALFUNCTIONS. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT TWO SENSORS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THE CURRENT ONES WERE CORRODED. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOM AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL FOR THE 1998-2002 VEHICLES. *NM

IN JULY/AUGUST 2005 I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ACTIVATION OF THE ABS AT VERY LOW SPEEDS OF 5-10 MPH IN 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. I TOOK THE CAR TO REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT THE FRONT BRAKE UNITS, CALIPERS, ETC., WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DID THIS. ALSO ,FOUND OUT THAT THE ABS U...

Mileage: 58,000

IN JULY/AUGUST 2005 I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ACTIVATION OF THE ABS AT VERY LOW SPEEDS OF 5-10 MPH IN 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. I TOOK THE CAR TO REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT THE FRONT BRAKE UNITS, CALIPERS, ETC., WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DID THIS. ALSO ,FOUND OUT THAT THE ABS U...

Mileage: 58,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V159000 CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT WAS HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT HER OWN EXPENSE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V379000 CONCERNING THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED DUE ...

Mileage: 131,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V159000 CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER MOTOR. THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. NO REPAIRS WERE DONE . *AK

Mileage: 150,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. SHE RECEIVED RECALL 05V379000 NOTICE FOR A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO REGARDING THE ABS SYSTEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN IS EXPERIENCED THE SAME ABS BRAKE PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APP...

DT: THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED AND APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE ABS PULSATED. THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AS INDICATED IN A CURRENT RECALL ON THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED BOTH WHEEL SPEED SENSORS ON THE FRONT BRAKES. THAT CORRECTED ...

Mileage: 75,044

ABS BRAKES PROBLEMS ON MY 1997 CHEVY TAHOE 4DR 4-WHEEL DRIVE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE SINCE I OBTAINED THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. THEY WOULD GRUNT & GROAN, SKIP AND ACT ERRATIC. ON ICE AND SNOW, I WOULD ACTUALLY GO FASTER WHEN I WOULD APPLY THE BRAKES AND SLIDE MUCH FASTER THAN A CAR ...

Mileage: 100

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS RESULTED IN A CRASH, AND THERE WERE ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE BRAKES JUST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. BEFORE THE CONSUMER COULD GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED, HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES WERE C...

Mileage: 105,000

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME APART ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CONSUMER HAS WRITTEN TO BRIDGESTONE. THEY WOULD NEED THE TIRE TO BE SENT TO THEM TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE SEPARATION. CONSUMER REFUSED TO SEND THE TIRE TO THE MANUFACTURER. *AK THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE V...

DT: CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL ON SIDE MIRROR SWITCH ,AND HAD REPAIR WORK DONE. BUT, FELT THERE WERE STILL HOT WIRES ON DRIVER'S SIDE. THIS MAY BE A FIRE HAZARD. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ABOUT IT, AND THEY WOULD NOT REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 130,000

DT: THIS MORNING HIT THE BRAKES COMING DOWN THE HILL AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN, COULD NOT CONTROL STEERING AND BRAKES DIDN'T WORK EITHER. THE ELECTRIC AND POWER FAILURE, COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE. IT HASN'T BE CHECKED BY DEALER YET.*AK

Mileage: 138,000

DT: THIS MORNING HIT THE BRAKES COMING DOWN THE HILL AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN, COULD NOT CONTROL STEERING AND BRAKES DIDN'T WORK EITHER. THE ELECTRIC AND POWER FAILURE, COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE. IT HASN'T BE CHECKED BY DEALER YET.*AK

Mileage: 138,000

NHTSA COMPLAINT # 03V159000 - CHEVROLET HAS RECALLED CERTIAN VEHICLES WITH AN INTERMITTENT WINDSHIEL WIPER PROBLEM. MY 1997 2WD SUBURBAN IS NOT NCLUDED. 1996 ALL SUBURBANS ARE AND 1997 4WD SUBURBANS ARE. I HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE 1996 AND 1997 4WD.

Mileage: 80,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND OCCASIONALLY FAIL. DANGEROUS DURING RAINSTORMS. THIS 1997 SUBURBAN VIN# [XXX] DOES NOT SHOW UP ON RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 03V159000. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Mileage: 127,000

I BOUGHT A USED SUBURBAN AND SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE STEERING. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS SUDDENLY TO THE RIGHT. I REALLY HAVE TO KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN ON A ROAD WITH ALOT OF TWISTS AND TUR...

WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES TO MY 1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN, THE ABS KICKS ON AND PULSATES EXTENDING THE STOPPING DISTANCE TREMENDOUSLY. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS FOR RECENT YEAR SUBURBANS, BUT NOT AS FAR BACK AS THE 1997 MODEL.

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND IT BLEW THE COUPLING ON THE HEATER HOSE WHILE DRIVING THIS PAST SATURDAY. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE REPAIR WAS 93.00. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MOTOR THAT ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CHEVROLET DEALER SAID THAT THERE PROBABLY SHO...

Mileage: 142,000

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT RECALL 03V159000 FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS...

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V159000 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT RECALL REPAIRS HAD BEEN PERFORMED PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAD NEVER TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO ANY DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS. ...

THE BRAKES VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY AND HESITATE WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WHILE ENGAGED. THE MANUFACTURER IS CHARGING THE CONSUMER FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR RECALL 03V159000 BECAUSE THEIR RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE RECALL WAS CLOSED OUT IN 98. THIS RECALL WAS ISSUED IN 2003. THE DEALERSHIP INSP...

THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

Mileage: 180,000

NO ACCIDENTS. STEERING HAS BEGUN INSTANCES OF LOSS OF CONTROL. INFORMATION PROVIDED DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS INDICATES THE RECIRCULATING BALL STEERING BOX MAY HAVE A TENDENCY TO SLIP. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERMITTANT FAILURE MODE EXPERIENCED DURING DRIVING. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 101,836

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY ON THEIR ON. DEALER WAS AWARE THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25-30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

Mileage: 136,000

NHTSA RECALL 03V159000 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. AFTER HAVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD AND COVER REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL#03V159000 WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE, BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

Mileage: 126,000

THERE WAS RECALL ISSUED JUNE 19, 2003 FOR OUR VEHICLE 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, GM RECALL NO. 03023 FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL AND HAD OUR WIPERS FAIL ON US DURING A TRIP ON A HIGHWAY THAT IS KNOWN FOR ITS ACCIDENTS. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND EVENTUALL...

THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 108,000

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 89,000

WHILE DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE REPLACED UNDER A RECALL, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *JB

Mileage: 144,000

. *AK1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DEFECT NOT ALL 97 SUBURBANS INCLUDED MINE IS EXCLUDED & THEY HAVE STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES CHEVROLET WILL NOT REPAIR WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE MOTOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NO. 30V159000

TRANMISSION FAILED AFTER BUYING USED AT 75000 MILES. I CALLED GM AND CHECK FOR RECALL INFO. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER BUYING NEW AND HAD THE TRANS REDONE. EVERY 15000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AGAIN. THEN IT BROKE A THIRD TIME. FORTUNATLEY I HAD THE EXTEND...

Mileage: 85,000

BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. ALSO, POWER STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE, AND MADE THE STEERING WHEEL DIFFICULT TO TURN. CONSUMER WAS AWARE IF THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONING IN CONJUGATION WITH THE STEERING PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 90,000

BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. ALSO, POWER STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE, AND MADE THE STEERING WHEEL DIFFICULT TO TURN. CONSUMER WAS AWARE IF THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONING IN CONJUGATION WITH THE STEERING PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 90,000

FIRST TIME APPLIED BRAKES AT INTERSECTION, EXTENTED STOPPING. BRAKES CHECKED OK, REPLACED BRAKES ANYWAY. SIX MO. LATTER, SECOND TIME, DRIVING 25 MPH. DRY, CLEAN PAVED ROAD. APPLIED BRAKES, ANTI-LOCK COMES ON, BRAKES FAILED, CAUSED ACCIDENT. TRAVELED AT LEAST 2 AN A HALF CAR LENGTH BEFORE INPACT. SU...

Mileage: 150,000

I BOUGHT A USED 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. IT WAS IN EXCELLENT-LOOKING SHAPE AND LOW MILES. I HAVE HAD IT NOW FOR 3 YEARS. I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD TO HAVE IT WORKED ON. I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, BATTERY CABLES, AND STARTER; AND HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT TWICE. I ALSO HAD TO H...

Mileage: 88,000

I BOUGHT A USED 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. IT WAS IN EXCELLENT-LOOKING SHAPE AND LOW MILES. I HAVE HAD IT NOW FOR 3 YEARS. I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD TO HAVE IT WORKED ON. I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, BATTERY CABLES, AND STARTER; AND HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT TWICE. I ALSO HAD TO H...

Mileage: 88,000

THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP HAS FAILED AGAIN ON MY 1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN, 6.5 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE HISTORY FROM MY DEALERSHIP SHOWS THIS WILL BE THE 6TH FUEL INJECTION PUMP TO BE INSTALLED ON THIS VEHICLE, ALL OF WHICH ARE COVERED BY GM'S 120,000 FACTORY WA...

Mileage: 128,300

WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *MR *SC *JB

Mileage: 71,000

BRAKES. *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD AND COVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWNPOUR. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

Mileage: 99,880

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 99,000

MY VEHICLE WAS FITTED WITH THE FIX FOR INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE FIX WAS WARRANTED FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR 12KMILES. NINE MONTHS LATER, ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN IN COLORADO, WITH A BLIZZARD BLOWING, THE W/W DECIDED TO STOP WORKING, I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND BEAT ON THE W/W WITH A WATER BOTTLE AND...

I OWN A1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT. WE ASKED A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO FIX THE DOORS TO CLOSE PROPERLY, WHICH THEY CLAIMED TO DO. I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DID NOT LINE UP AND THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STRIKE PLATE. EVIDENTLY THAT MEANS THEY USED A SLEDGE HAMMER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ...

I OWN A1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT. WE ASKED A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO FIX THE DOORS TO CLOSE PROPERLY, WHICH THEY CLAIMED TO DO. I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DID NOT LINE UP AND THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STRIKE PLATE. EVIDENTLY THAT MEANS THEY USED A SLEDGE HAMMER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ...

I OWN A1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT. WE ASKED A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO FIX THE DOORS TO CLOSE PROPERLY, WHICH THEY CLAIMED TO DO. I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DID NOT LINE UP AND THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STRIKE PLATE. EVIDENTLY THAT MEANS THEY USED A SLEDGE HAMMER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ...

I OWN A1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT. WE ASKED A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO FIX THE DOORS TO CLOSE PROPERLY, WHICH THEY CLAIMED TO DO. I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DID NOT LINE UP AND THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STRIKE PLATE. EVIDENTLY THAT MEANS THEY USED A SLEDGE HAMMER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ...

I OWN A1997 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT. WE ASKED A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO FIX THE DOORS TO CLOSE PROPERLY, WHICH THEY CLAIMED TO DO. I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DID NOT LINE UP AND THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE STRIKE PLATE. EVIDENTLY THAT MEANS THEY USED A SLEDGE HAMMER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ...

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM INJECTORS FAILED TWICE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE STALLED. THE PART WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES,HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Mileage: 130,000

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN, THE STEERING FAILED. *AK *JB

FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT 12,000 MILES. SINCE 1997 HAD BEEN REPLACED SEVEN TIMES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED, BUT PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. ALSO, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 12,000

FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT 12,000 MILES. SINCE 1997 HAD BEEN REPLACED SEVEN TIMES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED, BUT PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. ALSO, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 12,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK *MR

Mileage: 11,000

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WANDER AND JERKED TO THE LEFT. THERE WAS RECALL 03V527000 FOR THE STEERING GEAR BEARING, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK THIS OCCURRED DUE TO THE SENSOR CONTROLLING POWER ASSIST (EVO SENSOR/EXHAUST VAL...

Mileage: 75,000

WHEN TURNING RIGHT, STEERING SEEMS TO ASSIST MORE, CAUSING ABRUPT OVERSTEER. HAPPENS INTERMITANTLY.*AK

Mileage: 106,000

1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN FUEL TANK SAFETY CONCERNS ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP FAILURE, WIRING HARNESS INSIDE TANK MELTED PER CERTIFIED MECHANICS AT MOTOR CAR MALL, PERALTA, NM IS THERE NO CIRCUIT PROTECTION? *AK

EXPERIENCING UNINTENDED POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE WHEN MAKING TURNS (TUPICALLY TO THE RIGHT), LOSING COTROL OF STEERING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT BEFORE IT RECOVERS.

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE. IT MOVES VERY EASILY UP OR DOWN WITHOUT USING THE ADJUSTMENT LEVER. *AK

HEATER AND AC CONTROLS WENT OUT TWICE. FACTORY REPLACED THEM @ $125, THEN 9 MONTHS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. FACTORY SAID IT WAS UNDER 12 MONTHS, BUT I HAD DRIVEN OVER 12,000 MILES SO IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER. WINDSHEILD WIPER MODULE GOES BAD. WIPERS WILL SUDDENLY STOP OR WONT TURN ...

Mileage: 60,000

HEATER AND AC CONTROLS WENT OUT TWICE. FACTORY REPLACED THEM @ $125, THEN 9 MONTHS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. FACTORY SAID IT WAS UNDER 12 MONTHS, BUT I HAD DRIVEN OVER 12,000 MILES SO IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER. WINDSHEILD WIPER MODULE GOES BAD. WIPERS WILL SUDDENLY STOP OR WONT TURN ...

Mileage: 60,000

HEATER AND AC CONTROLS WENT OUT TWICE. FACTORY REPLACED THEM @ $125, THEN 9 MONTHS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. FACTORY SAID IT WAS UNDER 12 MONTHS, BUT I HAD DRIVEN OVER 12,000 MILES SO IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER. WINDSHEILD WIPER MODULE GOES BAD. WIPERS WILL SUDDENLY STOP OR WONT TURN ...

Mileage: 60,000

HEATER AND AC CONTROLS WENT OUT TWICE. FACTORY REPLACED THEM @ $125, THEN 9 MONTHS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. FACTORY SAID IT WAS UNDER 12 MONTHS, BUT I HAD DRIVEN OVER 12,000 MILES SO IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER. WINDSHEILD WIPER MODULE GOES BAD. WIPERS WILL SUDDENLY STOP OR WONT TURN ...

Mileage: 60,000

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. AT RANDOM, A 500 TO 1500 RPM INCREASE IN ENGINE SPEAD FOR UP TO SEVERAL SECONDS ACCOMPANIED BY THICK BLACK SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF RAW DIESEL FUEL. HAS OCCURRED IN DRIVE, NEUTRAL, REVERSE, AND PARK. HAS OCCURRED WITH CRUISE CONTROL TURNED OFF. HAS OCCURRED WITH THE CR...

Mileage: 160,000

"CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT COMES ON AFTER SHORT HIGHWAY DRIVE (ABOUT 30 MINUTES). THEN TRANSMISSIONS SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR, ASSOCIATED WITH A HARD CLUNK WHEN FINALLY IT SHIFTS. DEALER HAS REPLACED A "SPRING" WITH A HEAVIER DUTY ONE, BUT FIX IS TEMPORARY. CODE 1870 SHOWS ...

Mileage: 83,000

THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH RELAY IN THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE, WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO PUSH THE DIP STICK UP OUT OF THE DIPSTICK TUBE. THEN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ESCAPED. TRAVELING DOWN THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HIT THE ...

Mileage: 77,400

MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS IN DASH INCLUDING SHORTING IN FUSE PANEL, HEADLIGHTS, HEATING CONTROLS, WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROLS, SOUND SYSTEM, AND INTERIOR LIGHTING CONTROLS, LEADING TO ERRATIC OR FAILED OPERATION OF SUCH CONTROLS WITH VISIBLE SIGNS OF WIRING DAMAGE AND COMPLETE MELTDOWN (I.E. HE...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES GRINDING/RUMBLING WHILE IN HIGHEND TORQUE SITUATIONS (I.E. GOING UP SLIGHT GRADES NOT STEEP ENOUGH TO CAUSE DOWNSHIFT). STOPS WHEN I BUMP ACCELERATOR. REPLACED U-JOINTS, BUT DID NOT FIX. WAS TOLD BY GM TECH IT WAS PROBABLY TORQUE CONVERTOR FAILING.*AK

TIRE EXPLODED AT 40 MPH ON A CLEAR PAVED ROAD. *LA THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT WHEN THE TIRE FAILED. *SCC *JB

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ALMOST CAUSED TWO ACCIDENTS. *MR THE OTHER VEHICLE'S, ESPECIALLY THE TRUCKS, THOUGHT THAT THE CONSUMER WAS FLASHING THE LIGHTS FOR THEM TO ALLOW HIM TO PASS AND WAS RUN OFF OF THE ROAD EACH TIME. *SC *JB

Mileage: 20,000

THE TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE PDM DRIVER OVERHEATING AND SHUTTING OFF THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE ENGINE MOTOR TO SHUT OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. *NLM

Mileage: 124,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THIS CAUSED LOST OF STEERING AND BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES IN A HALF AN HOUR. *AK THE CONSUMER NOTED HE WAS NOT TOWING ANYTHING AT THE TIME WHICH COULD'VE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THERE WAS A LOST OF STEERING AND ...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION IT ACCELERATED AND REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK *MR

Mileage: 160,000

AT 40 MPH VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX 245/1675R. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS. *AK

Mileage: 122,105

WIRE HARNESS CAUGHT ON FIRE IN FUEL TANK WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

VEHICLE CONSTANTLY JERKS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AT ANY SPEED OVER 30 MPH. IT IS VERY HARD TO KEEP ON THE ROAD. IT STARTED AT APROX 15,000 MI. I HAVE CHANGED TIRES AND THAT DID NOT HELP. A LOT OF MY CO-WORKERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRUCK TOO. IF YOU ASK SERVICE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAUSES TH...

Mileage: 15,000

WE HAD TWO BATTERIES LEAK ACID, CAUSED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO REPAIR WIRES AND HOSES THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE LEAKING BATTERY ACID. WE WONDER IF THE DEALERSHIP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA WAS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BATTERIES TO GENERATE REPAIR BILLS FOR THEIR BUSINESS. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX RADIAL A/T TIRE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 67 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE, CAUSING TIRE TO BLOW OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. FIRESTONE, SIZE# LT 245/75R16, DOT# UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT FUEL PUMP FAILED DUE TO ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS INSIDE THE GAS TANK MELTING AGAINST THE PICKUP TUBE. THE PROBLEM WAS MADE APPARENT BECAUSE OF CONSTANT FUSES BLOWING OUT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT FUEL PUMP FAILED DUE TO ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS INSIDE THE GAS TANK MELTING AGAINST THE PICKUP TUBE. THE PROBLEM WAS MADE APPARENT BECAUSE OF CONSTANT FUSES BLOWING OUT.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD - NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. P1870 ERROR CODE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THIS SITE ANDMANY OTHER INTERNET SITES. GM TECHNICIANS ARE ALL FAMILIAR AND THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. GM SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS - IT APPEARS TO...

Mileage: 110,000

FUEL PUMP WIRING INSIDE THE FUEL TANK SHORT CIRCUITED, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED MY SUBURBAN TO BLOW UP, SINCE I HAD JUST FILLED IT WITH OVER 30 GALLONS OF GAS THAT MORNING. MY FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH A NEW WIRING ASSEMBLY AND FLOAT MECHANISM. MY MECHANIC SAID THE SHORT CIRCUIT WAS MORE...

Mileage: 79,275

FUEL PUMP WIRING INSIDE THE FUEL TANK SHORT CIRCUITED, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED MY SUBURBAN TO BLOW UP, SINCE I HAD JUST FILLED IT WITH OVER 30 GALLONS OF GAS THAT MORNING. MY FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH A NEW WIRING ASSEMBLY AND FLOAT MECHANISM. MY MECHANIC SAID THE SHORT CIRCUIT WAS MORE...

Mileage: 79,275

FUEL PUMP WIRING INSIDE THE FUEL TANK SHORT CIRCUITED, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED MY SUBURBAN TO BLOW UP, SINCE I HAD JUST FILLED IT WITH OVER 30 GALLONS OF GAS THAT MORNING. MY FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH A NEW WIRING ASSEMBLY AND FLOAT MECHANISM. MY MECHANIC SAID THE SHORT CIRCUIT WAS MORE...

Mileage: 79,275

HAD FUEL PUMP FAILURE. WHEN SERVICED, THE ELECTRICAL WIRES INSIDE THE GAS TANK WERE BURNED AND THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED INSIDE THE TANK. THE INSULATION ON THE GRAY WIRE WAS MELTED OFF AND THE WIRE WAS BURNT. WAS VERY LUCKY THAT IT DID NOT EXPLODE. IF THE TANK HAD BEEN EMPTY, IT WOULD HAVE BECAUSE OF...

Mileage: 112,300

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A TURN POWER STEERING WHEEL HAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN IT. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

STEERING WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT SHAFT PITMAN BROKE.*AK

TRANSMISSION BINDED IN FIRST GEAR AND SLIPPED IN MIDDLE GEARS. IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS COOLANT AND/OR WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE COLOR WAS A DARK GREEN/YELLOW COLOR. WHEN TRANSMISSION PULLED OFF THERE WAS MUCH METAL, BEARINGS, AND A 2 TO 3 INCH BOLT FROM THE VALVE BODY. ALSO FOUND CRAC...

Mileage: 132,370

STEERING WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY TURNS DURING TURNING MANEUVERS AT SLOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE A QUICK TUG ON STEERING WHEEL AND THEN RETURNS BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION. *TT

Mileage: 115,000

HARD TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT KEY SWITCH INTO ACCESSORY POSITION AND THEN MOVE SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO START VEHICLE. *TT

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ERRATIC STEERING ABILITY, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *JB

AT SPEEDS OF OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS LEFT AND RIGHT INTERMITTENTLY. I THEN HAVE TO CORRECT AND/OR OVERSTEER TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD. THIS FIRST BEGAN IN 1999, AT APPROX 30,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *NLM

Mileage: 30,000

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. *JB

Mileage: 4,200

GRACO CHILD SAFETY SEAT FAILED ( MODEL/8446LVIN). *MR *SCC *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 60/70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING, WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *JB

Mileage: 66,000

WHEN THE VEHICLE MADE A TURN STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECAME LOOSE, AND THE VEHICLE JERKED INTO THE NEXT LANE. STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AFTER IT JERKED. THE PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENED WHEN A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN WAS MADE. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT EVO SENSOR WAS GOING OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ...

Mileage: 40,000

THE POWER STEERING FAILED, WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *JB

Mileage: 66,000

THESE TRUCKS WITH THIS STEERING PROBLEM ARE VERY DANGEROUS FOR DRIVERS, PASSENGERS & OTHER MOTORISTS AROUND THESE VEHICLES.IF NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED YET BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

Mileage: 53,900

CONSUMER STATES "THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AFTERWARDS. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT FLOWING THROUGH FREELY, BECAUSE OF DESIGN. *NLM

Mileage: 80,000

THE INJECTIONS WERE DEFECTIVE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM BUT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE.*JB *TS

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE TRAVELING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICE BY DEALER TECHNICIAN NOTICE FUEL DRIVER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY CLOSED THE BUCKLE WILL LOOSEN. ALSO CENTER AND REAR SEAT BELTS LOOSEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *TS

Mileage: 10,000

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY CLOSED THE BUCKLE WILL LOOSEN. ALSO CENTER AND REAR SEAT BELTS LOOSEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *TS

Mileage: 10,000

TRANSMISSION STARTING FAILING AT 50,000 (CODED SLIPPAGE). GOING DOWN HIGHWAY AND BLEW TRANNY FLUID ALL OVER THE PLACE LEAVING US STRANDED. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. STEERING HAS MOMENTARY OVERSTEER, CAUSING THE FEELING OF SLIPPING ON ICE (SAFETY CONCERN AS NO CONTROL OVER VEHI...

Mileage: 54,000

TRANSMISSION STARTING FAILING AT 50,000 (CODED SLIPPAGE). GOING DOWN HIGHWAY AND BLEW TRANNY FLUID ALL OVER THE PLACE LEAVING US STRANDED. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. STEERING HAS MOMENTARY OVERSTEER, CAUSING THE FEELING OF SLIPPING ON ICE (SAFETY CONCERN AS NO CONTROL OVER VEHI...

Mileage: 54,000

ABS FAILURE, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURE. THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE VIA .I BELIEVE THE LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN MISPLACED WHILE IN TRANSITION FROM DIMMS TO ARTEMIS VIA TRAN TECH EMPLOYEES. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITION FAILED. THERE WAS A VIOLENT GEAR CHANGE BE...

ABS FAILURE, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURE. THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE VIA .I BELIEVE THE LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN MISPLACED WHILE IN TRANSITION FROM DIMMS TO ARTEMIS VIA TRAN TECH EMPLOYEES. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITION FAILED. THERE WAS A VIOLENT GEAR CHANGE BE...

ABS FAILURE, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURE. THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE VIA .I BELIEVE THE LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN MISPLACED WHILE IN TRANSITION FROM DIMMS TO ARTEMIS VIA TRAN TECH EMPLOYEES. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITION FAILED. THERE WAS A VIOLENT GEAR CHANGE BE...

ABS FAILURE, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURE. THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE VIA .I BELIEVE THE LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN MISPLACED WHILE IN TRANSITION FROM DIMMS TO ARTEMIS VIA TRAN TECH EMPLOYEES. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITION FAILED. THERE WAS A VIOLENT GEAR CHANGE BE...

ABS FAILURE, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURE. THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE VIA .I BELIEVE THE LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN MISPLACED WHILE IN TRANSITION FROM DIMMS TO ARTEMIS VIA TRAN TECH EMPLOYEES. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITION FAILED. THERE WAS A VIOLENT GEAR CHANGE BE...

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OWNERS OF THE SUBURBAN AND TAHOE LINE SAY THAT THEIR POWER ASSIST HAS FAILED ALSO AND HAD TO ENDURE COSTLY/OVER PRICED REPAIRS. DT

DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING BOLT SHEERED OFF INTO REAR AXLE GEARS. DT

TREAD SEPARATED WITH NO WARNING ON HIGHWAY. TIRE PRESSURE AT MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED 80 PSI. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENLY COME ON WITH OUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. *MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMULAR MAKES & MODLES, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN#. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD FAIL TO TURN ON, PAUSE, OR STOP WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. SOMETIME TURNING OFF/ON WOULD SOLVE PROBLEM OTHER TIME WOULD REQUIRE MANUALLY MOVING THE WIPE ARMS. AT THE LAST RESORT STOP OPEN HOOD AND TAP ON WIPER MOTOR HOUSING NEXT TO WIRRING HARNESS WOULD CAUSE THE WIPERS TO ...

FAULTY ABS SYSTEM WITH SENSOR CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY AT SLOW SPEEDS RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. NLM

I HAD BRAKE TROUBLE ON THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE. MANY BRAKE PADS, TWO MASTER CYLINDERS, MANY SHOES AND DRUMS. THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT WEIGHT IS TOO GREAT FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP. PLEASE CALL. MY ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY BRAKE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP WHERE I LIVE IN K...

I HAD BRAKE TROUBLE ON THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE. MANY BRAKE PADS, TWO MASTER CYLINDERS, MANY SHOES AND DRUMS. THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT WEIGHT IS TOO GREAT FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP. PLEASE CALL. MY ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY BRAKE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP WHERE I LIVE IN K...

I HAD BRAKE TROUBLE ON THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE. MANY BRAKE PADS, TWO MASTER CYLINDERS, MANY SHOES AND DRUMS. THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT WEIGHT IS TOO GREAT FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP. PLEASE CALL. MY ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY BRAKE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP WHERE I LIVE IN K...

WHILE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY WITH OUR 32 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER ATTACHED THE VEHICLE HITCH BROKE. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45000 MILES OF TOWING THE TRAILER ON THIS HITCH. IT APPEARS THAT THE WELDS WERE NOT DEEP ENOUGH ON THE LEFT SIDE. I HAVE REPLACED THE HITCH WITH THE SAME PART NUMBER AT A CHEVR...

WHILE DRIVING SIDE VIEW MIRROR MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE "ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. FIRST TIME AT 52,000 MILES IN JULY '01, SECOND TIME AT 55,076 MILES IN SEPT. '01, THIRD TIME AT 63,196 MILES IN JUNE '02 AND FOURTH TIME AT 63,766 MILES IN JULY '02. FIRST TIME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION CODE, BUT TRANSMIS...

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE "ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. FIRST TIME AT 52,000 MILES IN JULY '01, SECOND TIME AT 55,076 MILES IN SEPT. '01, THIRD TIME AT 63,196 MILES IN JUNE '02 AND FOURTH TIME AT 63,766 MILES IN JULY '02. FIRST TIME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION CODE, BUT TRANSMIS...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK WHEN TURNED ON IN RAIN STORM. HAS TO STOP ON HWY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY WORKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NEXT TIME STARTED VEHICLE WIPER AND WASHERS WOULD NOT WORK. CHECKED AGAIN A FEW MILES LATER AND BOTH WORKED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME DURING A THREE DAY TRIP.*...

INTAKE GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT, CONSUMER FEELS THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL SLAM INTO GEAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED VEHICLE NEEDED A VALVE COVER. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMORE. DEALER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK.*JG

MY STEERING JUMPS TO THE LEFT UNEXPECTILY AS IF SOMEONE GRABS THE WHEEL AND TURNS IT FAST . NLM

MY STEERING JUMPS TO THE LEFT UNEXPECTILY AS IF SOMEONE GRABS THE WHEEL AND TURNS IT FAST . NLM

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. READ THECOMPLAINTSTATION.COM AND FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL INCIDENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE. NEXT FAILURE WAS FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET RESULTING IN COOLANT LOSS.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. READ THECOMPLAINTSTATION.COM AND FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL INCIDENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE. NEXT FAILURE WAS FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET RESULTING IN COOLANT LOSS.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. READ THE COMPLAINTSTATION.COM AND FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL INCIDENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE. NEXT FAILURE WAS FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET RESULTING IN COOLANT LOSS. NLM

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. READ THE COMPLAINTSTATION.COM AND FOUND NUMEROUS IDENTICAL INCIDENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE. NEXT FAILURE WAS FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET RESULTING IN COOLANT LOSS. NLM

ENGINE QUIT JUST LIKE SHUTTING OFF OF IGNITION SWITCH. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE FUEL PUMP. WHILE REMOVING THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY NOTED THAT THE ATTACHING PLUG FOR THE FUEL PUMP HAD ARCED DESTROYING THE PLUG, AND THE WIRE SUPPLYING THE POWER TO THE PUMP HAD ALL THE INSULATION BURNED OFF AND ...

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP OR JUST TO REDUCE THE SPEED ON VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES WOULD NOT ACTIVATE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER DROPPED FUEL TANK OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE AND STARTED CHANGING FUEL PUMP NOTICED THAT CONTACT WIRES FOR FUEL PUMP WERE CHARRED AND MELTED. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

SUDDEN COMPLETE FAILURE OF POWER BOOST WITH LOSS OF EASILY OBTAINABLE BRAKING BY FEMALE DRIVER. NO ACCIDENT THANK GOD. *AK

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE THE HANDLING IS LIKE "DRIVING ON ICE." DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND REPLACED STEERING SENSOR TWICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE BRAKING SYSTEM STARTS TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE AS IF DRIVING ON COBBLESTONE ROAD THEN BRAKING SYSTEM SHAKES VIOLENTLY FROM FRONT OF CAR THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN ONLY WHEN TEMPS ARE VERY HIGH IN THE 100 DEGREE RANGE AS WE GO TO THE DESERT OFTEN. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. THE VIBRATIONS...

TREAD INTACT SEPARATED FROM SIDE WALLS & WHEEL, TIRES INSPECTED LAST MONTH DURING A ROTATION AND BRAKE JOB. *AK (DOT NUMBER: URBM053271 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16) (DOT NUMBER: URBM053271 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY RAN SO HOT THAT IT MELTED THE INSULATION ON ONE OF THE LEADS AND THE CONNECTOR GOING TO IT, THAT LEAD IN TURN HAD STARTED TO WELD ITSELF TO THE OTHER WIRES, CREATING A POTENTIAL DIRECT SHORT BETWEEN THESE WIRES INSIDE THE FUEL TANK.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY HARD AND MAKE A LOUD "CLUNKING" NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO FORWARD GEARS AFTER ABOUT THE FIRST 100 MILES. IT WAS TAKEN IN TWICE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK IT IN IT WAS GETTING EXTREMELY BAD, IT WAS NO...

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY HARD AND MAKE A LOUD "CLUNKING" NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO FORWARD GEARS AFTER ABOUT THE FIRST 100 MILES. IT WAS TAKEN IN TWICE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK IT IN IT WAS GETTING EXTREMELY BAD, IT WAS NO...

STEERING WHEEL OVER COMPENSATES WHEN MAKING A TURN. DEALER HAS REPLACED SENSOR SEVERAL TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

STEERING WHEEL OVER COMPENSATES WHEN MAKING A TURN. DEALER HAS REPLACED SENSOR SEVERAL TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

I STARTED EXPERENCING PROBLEM AT APPOX. 12000 MILES WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURLLY,SOME AFTER AT APPOX. 20000 MILE I HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, ( I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FAULT) IT WAS THE RIGHT TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27668 MILE I HAD TO PAY 1/2 THE C...

SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED OVERSTEERING IN TURNS, VEERS INTO TURNS, INTERMITTENT. *AK

SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED OVERSTEERING IN TURNS, VEERS INTO TURNS, INTERMITTENT. *AK

THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. IT IS NOT AS WIDE SPREAD AS G.M. WOULD LIKE ME TO BELIEVE. I KNOW OTHERS IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE IDENTICLE VEHICLE AS ME WITH NO PROBLEMS. G.M. BLAMES THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE GAS ADDITIVES. I AM THE ONE WHO IS STRANDED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I BOUGHT A...

TREAD ON THREE OF FOUR TIRES IS STARTING TO SEPERATE AND TIRES ARE CUPPING. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH STEERING WENT OUT/VEHICLE VEERED TO RIGHT, AND NO ACCIDENT. STEERING SENSOR WAS REPLACED. ON 27 JUNE 2001 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN STEERING WENT OUT, VEHICLE VEERED TO RIGHT AGAIN. NO ACCIDENT, DEALER REPLACED STEERING SENSOR. DEALER STATED HE HAS REPLACED LOTS OF S...

THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GM AND CHEVROLET TRUCK TRANSMISSIONS. HARD SHIFTING IS EXPERIENCED FOLLOWED BY " ENGINE LIGHT ON PANEL. A CODE 0F 1870 IS REPORTED WHEN IT IS SERVICED. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY TO FIX IT. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY P...

THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GM AND CHEVROLET TRUCK TRANSMISSIONS. HARD SHIFTING IS EXPERIENCED FOLLOWED BY " ENGINE LIGHT ON PANEL. A CODE 0F 1870 IS REPORTED WHEN IT IS SERVICED. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY TO FIX IT. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY P...

I PURCHASED THIS SUBURBAN USED FROM VALENCIA NISSAN WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT. THEY STATED THE TIRES WERE NEW AT THAT TIME. ON THE INDICATED DATE, I WAS TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER ON THE FREEWAY AT 60MPH, THE TRUCK STARTED TO RATTLE THEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. I SAFELY STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER. ...

I THINK CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY FOR THIS FACTORY DEFECT WHICH COST ME $160. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

I HAVE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM 1999 STATING NHTSA INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM IN 1997 TO 1999 GMC VEHICLES. YOUR DATA BASE SHOWS NO COMPLAINTS, BUT THE ARTICLE STATED 76 COMPLAINTS IN 1999 AND 4 CRASHES. THERE MUST BE MORE BY NOW, AND THE REPLACEMENT ELECTRONICALLY VARIABLE ORIFICE THAT WAS REPLAC...

JURKS INTO SECOND GEAR WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND INTERMITTENTLY, INFORMED BY 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND DEALER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

POWER STEERING HYDROBOOST UNIT SURGES, MAKES STEERING WHEEL JERK IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.*AK

TRUCK STALLS, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY DEFECT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS WITHOUT SUCCESS. ACCIDENTS AVOIDED THUS FAR, BUT NEXT TIME, I MAY NOT BE SO FORTUNATE. PLEASE POST THESE COMMENTS, TO WARN OTHER CONSUMERS. GMC IS DENYING RESPONSIBILITY, H...

TRUCK STALLS, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY DEFECT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS WITHOUT SUCCESS. ACCIDENTS AVOIDED THUS FAR, BUT NEXT TIME, I MAY NOT BE SO FORTUNATE. PLEASE POST THESE COMMENTS, TO WARN OTHER CONSUMERS. GMC IS DENYING RESPONSIBILITY, H...

TRUCK STALLS, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY DEFECT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS WITHOUT SUCCESS. ACCIDENTS AVOIDED THUS FAR, BUT NEXT TIME, I MAY NOT BE SO FORTUNATE. PLEASE POST THESE COMMENTS, TO WARN OTHER CONSUMERS. GMC IS DENYING RESPONSIBILITY, H...

OUR SUBURBAN IS 3 1/2 YEARS OLD AND JUST WENT OVER THE 50,000 MILE MARK WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON IT. WE HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SEAT COMING LOOSE. IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED ONCE BUT CAME LOOSE AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THE CAR WAS EVER IN A CRASH THE...

HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS; SLIPPAGE IN TRANS. PRODUCING HEAT/SMELL; MUCH METAL/DEBRIS IN BOTTOM OF TRANS. FROM FAILING COMPONENTS; MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IN PRODUCTION/ASSEMBLY.*AK

SENDING UNIT IN FUEL TANK SHORTED OUT. *AK CONSUMER STATES IGNITION SWITCH ALSO FAILED. *SLC

SENDING UNIT IN FUEL TANK SHORTED OUT. *AK CONSUMER STATES IGNITION SWITCH ALSO FAILED. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO STEERING SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FUEL PUMP DOES NOT LAST AS LONG AS MOST OTHER FUEL PUMPS LAST. CONSUMER HAS ALREADY CHANGED FUEL PUMP TWICE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *AK THE PREMATURE AND FREQUENT FAILURES OF THE FUEL PUMP IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *YH

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY ABRUPTLY FROM GEAR TO GEAR AFTER CAR IS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR A LENGTH OF TIME (USUALLY 10 MILES OR MORE). DEALER HAS CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION AND EVERYTHING APPEARS FINE (NO ERROR CODES) BUT CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEM. LOOKS LIKE THE ECM IS BAD BUT BECAUSE THE CODES...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MORE ASSIST TO STEERING AT 30 MPH WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC SOLENOID RELAY AS POSSIBLE CAUSE OF POWER ASSIST TO STEERING ASSEMBLY. *YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MORE ASSIST TO STEERING AT 30 MPH WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC SOLENOID RELAY AS POSSIBLE CAUSE OF POWER ASSIST TO STEERING ASSEMBLY. *YH

ARE THERE ANY RECALLS OR KNOWN FAILURES OF THE HEAD GASKET IN THE SUBURBANS. I AHVE HAD MANY VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN 100K MILES AND NEVER A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. THIS SUV IS USED FOR LIGHT DUTY TO AND FROM WORK, 60 MILES R/T.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD OVERSTEER WHILE MAKING A TURN . DEALER STATED EVO SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

1. BATTERY LEAKED ACID WHILE IDLE AND ULTIMATELY FAILED. LEAK CORRODED POSITIVE POWER CABLE AND UNDERCOATING. 2. ERRATIC STEERING WHILE DRIVING - STEERING POSITION SENSOR REPLACED FIRST TIME. 3. STARTER FAILED 3 TIMES - COMPLETE LOCK-UP 4. U-JOINT FAILED TWICE - SEALED/NON-GREASABLE POOR ACCESS...

1. BATTERY LEAKED ACID WHILE IDLE AND ULTIMATELY FAILED. LEAK CORRODED POSITIVE POWER CABLE AND UNDERCOATING. 2. ERRATIC STEERING WHILE DRIVING - STEERING POSITION SENSOR REPLACED FIRST TIME. 3. STARTER FAILED 3 TIMES - COMPLETE LOCK-UP 4. U-JOINT FAILED TWICE - SEALED/NON-GREASABLE POOR ACCESS...

1. BATTERY LEAKED ACID WHILE IDLE AND ULTIMATELY FAILED. LEAK CORRODED POSITIVE POWER CABLE AND UNDERCOATING. 2. ERRATIC STEERING WHILE DRIVING - STEERING POSITION SENSOR REPLACED FIRST TIME. 3. STARTER FAILED 3 TIMES - COMPLETE LOCK-UP 4. U-JOINT FAILED TWICE - SEALED/NON-GREASABLE POOR ACCESS...

1. BATTERY LEAKED ACID WHILE IDLE AND ULTIMATELY FAILED. LEAK CORRODED POSITIVE POWER CABLE AND UNDERCOATING. 2. ERRATIC STEERING WHILE DRIVING - STEERING POSITION SENSOR REPLACED FIRST TIME. 3. STARTER FAILED 3 TIMES - COMPLETE LOCK-UP 4. U-JOINT FAILED TWICE - SEALED/NON-GREASABLE POOR ACCESS...

POWER STEERING IS UNRELIABLE, SURGE/INCREASE IN STEERING POWER IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID ALIGNMENT WAS PROBLEM, NOT SO. SECOND TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, THIS FIXED PROBLEM FOR 4 MONTHS. ...

POWER STEERING IS UNRELIABLE, SURGE/INCREASE IN STEERING POWER IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID ALIGNMENT WAS PROBLEM, NOT SO. SECOND TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, THIS FIXED PROBLEM FOR 4 MONTHS. ...

POWER STEERING IS UNRELIABLE, SURGE/INCREASE IN STEERING POWER IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID ALIGNMENT WAS PROBLEM, NOT SO. SECOND TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, THIS FIXED PROBLEM FOR 4 MONTHS. ...

POWER STEERING IS UNRELIABLE, SURGE/INCREASE IN STEERING POWER IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID ALIGNMENT WAS PROBLEM, NOT SO. SECOND TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, THIS FIXED PROBLEM FOR 4 MONTHS. ...

THE FIRST TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WAS RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT THE SUBURBAN, IT PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, BUT THEY EVENTUALLY ALIGNED THE TIRES ( WHICH THEY SAID IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE TO DO THAT FOR A BRAND NEW VEHICLE). OVER THE MONTHS AFTER THE ALIGNMENT, I DID ...

WE HAD CAR LOOKED AT, SMALL LEAK IN POWER STEERING FIXED,DIDN'T HELP..FOUND NO MAJOR WEAR ON ANY STEERING PARTS.... INTERESTING, SISTER HAS SAME CAR, WITH SAME PROBLEM, HERS DOES THIS 'CATCH' FEELING, TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT! I ALSO FEEL THE 'CATCH' IF DRIVING OVER AN UNEVEN SPOT ON ROAD GOING STRAIG...

ABS ENGAGES AT SLOW SPEED IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONALLY FOLLOWING BRAKING WHEN CORNERING. DECREASE IN BRAKING DISTANCE ALSO NOTICED AS IT FEELS AS IF SLIPPING OCCURS IN BRAKES. GRINDING NOISE ALSO ATTENDANT TO THIS SITUATION. DEALER SERVICE REPLACED SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY. BRAKES HA...

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN GOING AROUND A BEND VEHICLE LOST STEERING. DEALER STATED EVO SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT BRAKE LINE COLLAPSED, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO JERK TO LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

LEFT SIDE OF DRIVER'S SEAT TILTS BACK AND FORTH WHICH MAY CAUSE DRIVER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAYS A RUNNER ON THE BOTTOM OF SEAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK

LOSS OF STEERING POWER AND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING FOR UP TO 4-5 SECONDS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK

INTRMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING WHEEL SLIGHTLY VEHICLE OVERSTEERS. DEALER IS INSPECTING VEHICLE.*AK

THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL SENDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. BUT WHAT WAS TROUBLING WAS THE STATEMENT FROM THE MECHANIC THAT WE WERE LUCKY IT DID NOT EXPLODE. I KEPT THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED AND THE EVIDENCE IS CLEARLY THERE THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE EXPLODED. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT OTHER OWNERS OF T...

THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL SENDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. BUT WHAT WAS TROUBLING WAS THE STATEMENT FROM THE MECHANIC THAT WE WERE LUCKY IT DID NOT EXPLODE. I KEPT THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED AND THE EVIDENCE IS CLEARLY THERE THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE EXPLODED. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT OTHER OWNERS OF T...

BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD SEPARATED BELTS CAUSING NOISE WHILE DRIVING (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT LT 245/75R16 M+S) TIRES. NLM

THE CONNECTION AND WIRES THAT RUN THE FUEL PUMP HAD BURNED AND MELTED, DUE TO THIS FAILURE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *SLC

COMPLAINT CONCERNS CAR BATTERIES. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS I HAVE HAD BATTERY FAILURES WITH TWO BATTERIES LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, A DELCO ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1996 CHEVROLET CAR & THE 2ND A EVERSTART WALMART REPLACEMENT BATTERY. BATTERY FAILURES IN TRAFFIC STALLED VEHICLE. *AK

EA00013; BATTERY LEAKS ACID: VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FOR THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE OF A LEAKING BATTERY. FIRST TIME WAS IN MARCH OF 1999, AT 29,000 MILES. BATTERY WILL BE REPLACED AND REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SEPARATION & CRACKING, EVEN ON SIDEWALLS (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

WHILE DRVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FELT VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND STOPPED TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG. DISCOVERED THAT A SECTION OF TREAD (4X4) HAD COME OFF RIGHT FRONT TIRE. REPLACED WITH SPARE, AND CONTINUED TO NEXT TOWN. WAS UNABLE TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT, AND CONTINUED TRIP WITHOUT SPARE. O...

ONGOING / ERRATIC PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED STEERING SENSOR. YEAR LATER PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ONGOING / ERRATIC PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING SYSTEM CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED STEERING SENSOR. YEAR LATER PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE ON VACATION HAD TWO TIRES BLOW OUT ON I75 JUST SOUTH OF ATLANTA. HAD TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES FROM THE FIRESTONE DEALER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ATLANTA. THEY SAID THIS TIRE WAS NOT IN THE RECALL LIST BUT IT CAME APART JUST LIKE THE OTHERS. IT WAS A VERY, VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE THE TIRES THAT BLEW ...

STEERING SUDDENLY JERKED TOWARD THE DIRECTION OF PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL EMERGENCY BEFORE IT TURNS INTO CAUSING FATALITIES LIKE THE TIRE SITUATION.*AK

LEFT FRONT TIRE BELT SEPARATED AT 65MPH, VEHICLE STOPED, TIRE REPLACED AND UPON EXAMENING REMAINING TIRES, RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF BELT SEPERATING. CONSULTED FIRESTONE DEALER IN HOUMA, AND WAS TOLD THE SEPERATION WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARDS. REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES ON 21/MAY/2000 WITH ANOT...

STEERING TENSION CHANGES DRASTICALLY CAUSING OVERSTEERING, STEERING ALSO LOCKS UP WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.*AK

TIRE ON HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE VEHICLE - U.S. GOVERNMENT OWNED TAG NO. I258844; TIRE IS IN EVIDENCE LOCKER; TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE AT HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED OF 65 MPH - SPEED SET BY CRUISE CONTROL; TREAD WRAPPED AROUND WHEEL AXEL, BUT DID NOT GO FLAT; LEFT REAR TIRE ALSO REPLACED AFTER INSP...

ERRATIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A FLAT, EVEN ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH, THE STEERING RESISTANCE JUST DISAPPEARED FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS WAS FRIGHTENING BECAUSE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING FOR THOSE FEW SECONDS AND I DRIFTED A LITTLE INTO THE OTHER LANE. MY HUSBAND AND I EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PRO...

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD TRAVEL FROM LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT STEERING WHEEL BEING TURNED, SENSOR WAS GONE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE TREAD SEPERATED FORM THE TIRE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES JERKS OUT OF MY HANDS AS IF I'VE HIT A PATCH OF ICE. ALSO FEEL THE TRUCK BOUNCING WHILE DRIVING AS IF THERE IS A BUBBLE IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER ABOUT 7 TIMES WITH NOT RESOLUTION. HAD THE TRUCK CHECKED AT GOODYEAR DEALER 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE...

STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES JERKS OUT OF MY HANDS AS IF I'VE HIT A PATCH OF ICE. ALSO FEEL THE TRUCK BOUNCING WHILE DRIVING AS IF THERE IS A BUBBLE IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER ABOUT 7 TIMES WITH NOT RESOLUTION. HAD THE TRUCK CHECKED AT GOODYEAR DEALER 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE...

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BATTERY ACID LEAK FROM POS. TERMINAL RESULTING IN CORRODED WIRES AND BRAKE LINE.

BATTERY ACID LEAK 1997 SUBURBAN

BATTERY ACID LEAK FROM POS. TERMINAL RESULTING IN CORRODED WIRES AND BRAKE LINE.

BATTERY ACID LEAK 1997 SUBURBAN

SHAKING, VIBRATIONS, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS.( DOT NUMBER: VN11BAB TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

WHILE TRAVELING LESS THAN 5 MPH IN A "ROLLING BACKUP" THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON OUR SUBURBAN LITERALLY EXPLODED. I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY, AND FOUND A VERY LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THE ROAD, AND NO INDICATION OF ANY KIND OF PUNCTUR...

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN THERE IS SOME OVERSTEERING DUE TO A BAD POWER STEERING: HYDROBOOST UNIT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE STALLED . DEALER CHECKED AND NOTICED FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AT SPEEDS ABOVE 30 MPH THE STEERING BECOMES UNSTABLE/LOOSE ESPECIALLY IN TURNS WHEN THE VEHICLE JERKS SUDDENLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE TURN. THE VEHICLE ALSO WANDERS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CAUSES OVERSTEERING WHEN CHANGING LANES. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION WHEN TOWING CAUSING THE TRAILER ...

POTENTIAL FOR FUEL TANK TO EXPLODE. FUEL PUMP CONNECTED OVERHEATED, AND THE GREY WIRE MELTED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY CONNECTOR TO FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS TOO SMALL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM.*AK

PE00020, STEEL TEX AT WHICH WERE ORGINIALS ON THE 1997 CHEVROLET SUBARBAN, TIRE SIZE LT24575R16, DRIVER ON AUG 20, 1998 AT 9,000 MILES AND PASSENGER TIRE ON JUN, 1999 AT 19,980 MILES; THERE WAS A LONG CRACK DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE WHICH SEEMED THAT TIRE WAS SEPARATING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER ...

BATTERY ACID LEAK FROM POSTIVE POST; DAMAGE TO AC LINE, BRAKE LINES & FRAME

VEHICLE STOPPED/LOST ALL POWER DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. ONCE STOPPED AND IN "PARK" COULD RESTART. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WITH NO WARNING. UPON DEALER INVESTIGATION, BATTERY ACID LEAK WHICH DESTROYED CABLES WAS REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP 1 1/2 MONTHS PRIOR FOR SAME PROBLEM...

VEHICLE STOPPED/LOST ALL POWER DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. ONCE STOPPED AND IN "PARK" COULD RESTART. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WITH NO WARNING. UPON DEALER INVESTIGATION, BATTERY ACID LEAK WHICH DESTROYED CABLES WAS REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP 1 1/2 MONTHS PRIOR FOR SAME PROBLEM...

REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE BELTS CAUSING ENTIRE TREAD TO PEEL FROM CASING RESULTING IN SERIOUS ROLL OVER ACCIDENT.( DOT NUMBER: 0500 TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR WAS FAULTY, CAUSING STEERING TO FLOAT FEELING LIKE A MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING FOR A SECOND. CONSUMER WROTE CHEVROLET A LETTER.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT EVERY OTHER TIME DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT WILL BECAME LOOSE AND TECHNICIAN WILL TIGHTED IT. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL QUIT WHILE BEING ON.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT EVERY OTHER TIME DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT WILL BECAME LOOSE AND TECHNICIAN WILL TIGHTED IT. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL QUIT WHILE BEING ON.*AK

WAS DRIVING 65MPH AND VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. PULLED OVER & CHECKED THE TIRES. NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD LOST TREAD. EXCHANGE TIRE WITH SPARE TIRE. TOOK TIRE TO FIRESTONE & RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT. DOES NOT HAVE THE TIRE OR DOT NUMBER. 1997 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. FIRESTO...

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES OVERHEATED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO CRASH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT BRAKES OVERHEATED. MECHANIC SAID THAT IN STOP AND GO SITUATIONS BRAKES WILL OVERHEAT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS WAS VERY SCARY, AND WAS CONCERNED THAT COULD NOT STOP A VEHICLE. *AK

FUEL PUMP CLOGGED UP AND BURNED TWICE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK

ABS SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATING DUE TO DEFECT IN SNAP RING OF TRANSMISSION. THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL AT SLOW SPEED CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO THINK THE REAR TIRES WERE SLIDING, THEREFORE THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD WORK. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THE SNAP RING IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS MISPOSITIONED CAUSING THE OUTPU...

ABS SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATING DUE TO DEFECT IN SNAP RING OF TRANSMISSION. THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL AT SLOW SPEED CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO THINK THE REAR TIRES WERE SLIDING, THEREFORE THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD WORK. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THE SNAP RING IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS MISPOSITIONED CAUSING THE OUTPU...

ABS SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATING DUE TO DEFECT IN SNAP RING OF TRANSMISSION. THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL AT SLOW SPEED CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO THINK THE REAR TIRES WERE SLIDING, THEREFORE THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD WORK. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THE SNAP RING IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS MISPOSITIONED CAUSING THE OUTPU...

ODI # ON LAST REPORT: 720833. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

POSITIVE POST OF THE BATTERY TERMINAL WAS SCREWED IN TOO FAR, AND IT DEVELOPED A SLOW LEAK INSIDE OF THE TERMINAL, TO FELL OFF.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

APPARENT UNREPAIRABLE DANGEROUS STEERING SITUATION, BATTERY PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO MERCHANTABLE FOR PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS OFFERED FOR SALE. *AK

APPARENT UNREPAIRABLE DANGEROUS STEERING SITUATION, BATTERY PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO MERCHANTABLE FOR PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS OFFERED FOR SALE. *AK

APPARENT UNREPAIRABLE DANGEROUS STEERING SITUATION, BATTERY PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO MERCHANTABLE FOR PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS OFFERED FOR SALE. *AK

WHILE DEPESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENTED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

OUR SUBURBAN NOW HAS ITS 3RD BATTERY IN 3 YEARS. THE ORIGINAL BATTERY'S POST BROKE OFF LEAKING ACID, DESTROYING STARTER WIRING, CAUSING ASSOCIATED FRAME DAMAGE. THE DEALER DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PREEXISTING PROBLEMS WITH SUBURBAN VEHICLES OF THIS TYPE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT REFUSE...

OUR SUBURBAN NOW HAS ITS 3RD BATTERY IN 3 YEARS. THE ORIGINAL BATTERY'S POST BROKE OFF LEAKING ACID, DESTROYING STARTER WIRING, CAUSING ASSOCIATED FRAME DAMAGE. THE DEALER DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PREEXISTING PROBLEMS WITH SUBURBAN VEHICLES OF THIS TYPE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT REFUSE...

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY FOR AN HOUR SOON AFTER MAKING A STOP VEHICLE SHIFT GEARS HARD FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. DLR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR ALTERNATOR WENT OUT TWICE. VEHICLE FAILED TO START BACK UP. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED BATTERY TO BURN OUT AND VEHICLE DIED. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. BOUGHT BATTERY FROM DEALERSHIP & IT WAS INSTALLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR ALTERNATOR WENT OUT TWICE. VEHICLE FAILED TO START BACK UP. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED BATTERY TO BURN OUT AND VEHICLE DIED. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. BOUGHT BATTERY FROM DEALERSHIP & IT WAS INSTALLED.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED...ALMOST REARENDED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD LOSE STEERING POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EA00 013/BATTERY LEAKS ACID: BATTERY LEAKAGE FROM POSITIVE POST RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. *AK THE BATTERY FAILED AGAIN AND WAS REPLACED BY A NEW ONE. *YH

I SAW ON TELEVISION THAT THE NTSA WAS LOOKING INTO A PROBLEM WITH LEAKY BATTERIES ON THE CHEVROLET SUBURBANS. MY BATTERY DID LEAK CAUSING A POWER FAILURE. IT ALSO LEAKED DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT EATING AWAY WIRES AND TAKING ALL THE PAINT OFF THE INNER FENDER WELL AND PARTS OF THE FR...

YESTERDAY I READ IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING GM SUV'S AND BATTERY LEAKS. I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD AS HAVING HAD THIS PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY THE LEAK WAS DETECTED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND NO ONE WAS HURT. ALTHOUGH, THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHI...

EA-99-011; WHILE DRIVING AND UPON ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT OR A RIGHT HAND TURN, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. PROBLEM WAS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. ALSO, NOTICED PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL ,CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL LEFT AND RIGHT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THEY COME ON/OFF. *AK

CHEVROLET DID NOT PAY FOR ANY OF THE REPAIRS. THEY OFFERED TO PAY HALF, WHEN I DID NOT ACCEPT , THEY WITHDREW THE OFFER. AT THE TIME MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP THERE WERE 3 OTHERS IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY ALL HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THE...

ONGOING PROBLEM; DEALER'S AWARE- NO FIXING PROBLEM- WHILE DRIVING EXHIBITS A LOOSE BEHAVIOR AT VARIOUS SPEEDS LIKE DRIVING ON ICE. *AK

ENGINE WOULDN'T START. TOWED TO DEALER. STARTED AND DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM. STATED IT WAS PROBABLY FUEL PUMP SINCE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. FINALLY FAILED AFTER SURGING AND DYING DURING DRIVE. FOUND "BURNED" (SAID DARKENED INSULATION) WIRING HARNESS WHICH DAMAGED OTHER COMPONENTS FROM FUEL P...

ENGINE WOULDN'T START. TOWED TO DEALER. STARTED AND DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM. STATED IT WAS PROBABLY FUEL PUMP SINCE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. FINALLY FAILED AFTER SURGING AND DYING DURING DRIVE. FOUND "BURNED" (SAID DARKENED INSULATION) WIRING HARNESS WHICH DAMAGED OTHER COMPONENTS FROM FUEL P...

ALL SEAT BELTS ARE UNBALE TO STAY TIGHTENED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT MELTED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING CAR TO STALL ON THE ROAD.TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED/ TRANS RECONDITIONED, POWER STEERING BOX LEAKING/ REPLACED. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED,AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED. NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS FIXED. WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO DEFECT. BATTER...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVING 65 MPH AND TOWING A BOAT ON INTERSTATE WHEN TRANSMISSION "WENT OUT" (UNDER 50,000 MILES) ALMOST CAUSING COLLISION. EMPLOYEE OF DEALERSHIP ADVISES GM HAS HAD PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSIONS OVERHEATING BUT NO RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETINS. PURCHASED NEW TRANSMISSION WITH SUPPOSEDLY "CORRECTED" PRO...

PLEASE NOTE THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM IN STEERING THAT ALLOWS STEERING PRESSURES TO CHANGE WHILE TURNING WHEEL, IT IS AN ODD FEEL THAT IS NOTICED AT LOW SPEEDS

THE DELCO FREEDOM 676 BATTERY POST BREAKS OFF, DELCO AND DEALER ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. BUT NEITHER WOULD ADMIT THIS UNTILE I INFORMED THEM A CAR BATTERY STORE DEALER HAD MADE ME AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. ONE MONTH LATER I RAN INTO A LADY WITH THE SAME BATTERY AND PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP AND SHE W...

THE DELCO FREEDOM 676 BATTERY POST BREAKS OFF, DELCO AND DEALER ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. BUT NEITHER WOULD ADMIT THIS UNTILE I INFORMED THEM A CAR BATTERY STORE DEALER HAD MADE ME AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. ONE MONTH LATER I RAN INTO A LADY WITH THE SAME BATTERY AND PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP AND SHE W...

VEHICLE STEERING WOULD BE VERY UNSTABLE AND GIVE WAY IN TURNS AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY LOOSE AND WOULD BE TIGHT IN A LEFT TURN AND NORMAL IN RIGHT TURNS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD STEERING GEAR BOX. I LOOKED UNDER THE PLASTIC SHROUD FOR THE STEERING INPU...

THE FAILURE MANIFESTED ITSELF BY MEANS OF OVERSTEERING TO THE POINT OF LOSING TRACTION AND SKIDDING ON RH OR LH FRONT WHEEL DEPENDING IN WHICH DIRECTION I WAS TURNING. IT USUALLY HAPPENED AT APPROX. 30 MPH. IT IS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS "TAKING OVER" THE STEERING. THIS OCCURRED MANY TIMES UNTIL I HAD...

THE FAILURE MANIFESTED ITSELF BY MEANS OF OVERSTEERING TO THE POINT OF LOOSING TRACTION AND SKIDDING ON RH OR LH FRONT WHEEL DEPENDING IN WHICH DIRECTION I WAS TURNING. IT USUALLY HAPPENED AT APPROX. 30 MPH. IT IS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS "TAKING OVER" THE STEERING. THIS OCCURED MANY TIMES UNTIL I HAD...

FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT COMPLETELY BURNED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER) NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TO TURN ENGINE OFF. THEN SWITCH PARKING PAWL TO NEUTRAL, AND RESTART ENGINE. *AK

NO SUBBARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUBBARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUBBARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED GRINDING AT 5 MPH IN FIRST GEAR ONLY. THE SUBURBAN WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED, THE TRANSMISSION WAS GRINDING IN ALL GEARS AND AT ALL SPEEDS. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON 1ST THEN A VARIOUS OTHER PROBLES BEGAN OCCURING AS WE TRIED TO GET OUR VEHICLE HOME. WHEN WE GOT IT TO THE DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP WE WERE TOLD THAT THE #2 FUEL INJECTOR HAD STARTED LEAKING AND FILLED THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH GAS. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 4 MONTHES LATER ...

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON 1ST THEN A VARIOUS OTHER PROBLES BEGAN OCCURING AS WE TRIED TO GET OUR VEHICLE HOME. WHEN WE GOT IT TO THE DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP WE WERE TOLD THAT THE #2 FUEL INJECTOR HAD STARTED LEAKING AND FILLED THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH GAS. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 4 MONTHES LATER ...

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHILCE NOT TO START AFTER IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN, AND THEN PARKED, A SHORT DISTANCE FRON CONSUMERS HOME. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR BUT FOUND NO REMEDIES. NLM

STERERING WHEEL ROTATION SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK WHILE DRIVING. THIS FAMILY HAS THREE SUBURBANS ALL THE SAME YEAR/MODEL AND THEY WHERE ALL REPAIRED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. NLM

SUBJECT VEHICLE HAS PULLED, SEVERELY, TO THE RIGHT SINCE PURCHASE. THE SALEMAN SAID AN ALIGNMENT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REALIGNED THREE OR FOUR TIMES, THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE CASTOR ADJUSTED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO...

SUBJECT VEHICLE HAS PULLED, SEVERELY, TO THE RIGHT SINCE PURCHASE. THE SALEMAN SAID AN ALIGNMENT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REALIGNED THREE OR FOUR TIMES, THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE CASTOR ADJUSTED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO...

EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE ENGAGED BY ITSELF SPORADICALLY. ALSO EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS, 3 SETS OF PADS WORE OUT FROM 8,000 MILES TO 48,000 MILES OF WEAR/ ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO DEFECTIVE HUB. ALSO, 2 BRAKE SENSORS AND 2 SETS OF BRAKE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MOST REPAIR...

EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE ENGAGED BY ITSELF SPORADICALLY. ALSO EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS, 3 SETS OF PADS WORE OUT FROM 8,000 MILES TO 48,000 MILES OF WEAR/ ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO DEFECTIVE HUB. ALSO, 2 BRAKE SENSORS AND 2 SETS OF BRAKE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MOST REPAIR...

EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE ENGAGED BY ITSELF SPORADICALLY. ALSO EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS, 3 SETS OF PADS WORE OUT FROM 8,000 MILES TO 48,000 MILES OF WEAR/ ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO DEFECTIVE HUB. ALSO, 2 BRAKE SENSORS AND 2 SETS OF BRAKE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MOST REPAIR...

STEERING SENSOR REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO STEERING JERKING AND DIRECTIONAL PROBLEMS, NOT ABLE TO RECTIFY, FINALLY CONSUMER HAD THE STEERING SENSOR TAKEN OUT TO REMEDY PROBLEM (DESIGN). *MJS

BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE; BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED COMPLETELY TO FLOOR; SMALL AMOUNT OF BRAKING CAPABILITY REMAINED; LOUD MECHANICAL"CRUNCH" SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH CHASSIS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES AREN'T WORKING BECAUSE THE FRONT BRAKES ARE NOT STRONG TO STOP THE TRUCK,THIS ALSO CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

DEFECTIVE BATTERY LEAKED ONTO THE BRAKE LINE WHICH CAUSED NO BRAKING ABILITY AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEFECTIVE BATTERY LEAKED ONTO THE BRAKE LINE WHICH CAUSED NO BRAKING ABILITY AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE BEEN EXPERENICING ONGOING BRAKE FAILURE WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN WET/SNOWY ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. *AK

I HAD THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED, (DEALER STATED IT WAS NEEDED), AND EVER SINCE, I HAVE NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO COME FROM DRIVESHAFT. I HAD THEM ( DEALER ) CHECK, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIRES, OR PERHAPS A BEARING. THIS NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO GETTING U-JOINTS, HOWEVER I ALSO HAD CUPP...

I HAD THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED, (DEALER STATED IT WAS NEEDED), AND EVER SINCE, I HAVE NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO COME FROM DRIVESHAFT. I HAD THEM ( DEALER ) CHECK, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIRES, OR PERHAPS A BEARING. THIS NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO GETTING U-JOINTS, HOWEVER I ALSO HAD CUPP...

I HAD THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED, (DEALER STATED IT WAS NEEDED), AND EVER SINCE, I HAVE NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO COME FROM DRIVESHAFT. I HAD THEM ( DEALER ) CHECK, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIRES, OR PERHAPS A BEARING. THIS NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO GETTING U-JOINTS, HOWEVER I ALSO HAD CUPP...

I HAD THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS REPLACED, (DEALER STATED IT WAS NEEDED), AND EVER SINCE, I HAVE NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO COME FROM DRIVESHAFT. I HAD THEM ( DEALER ) CHECK, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE TIRES, OR PERHAPS A BEARING. THIS NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO GETTING U-JOINTS, HOWEVER I ALSO HAD CUPP...

THERE IS A GRINDING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SLIDES, DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *SLC

BATTERY GOES DEAD OVERNIGHT. *SLC

TIRES(NO MAKE OR SIZE) ARE WEARING AND ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, DEALER ROTATED AND ALIGNED TIRES, FRONT WHEEL COVER WAS LOOSE, DEALER FASTENED THE WHEEL WELL FLAP. *SLC

TIRES(NO MAKE OR SIZE) ARE WEARING AND ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, DEALER ROTATED AND ALIGNED TIRES, FRONT WHEEL COVER WAS LOOSE, DEALER FASTENED THE WHEEL WELL FLAP. *SLC

THERE IS A GRINDING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SLIDES, DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *SLC

BATTERY GOES DEAD OVERNIGHT. *SLC

TIRES(NO MAKE OR SIZE) ARE WEARING AND ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, DEALER ROTATED AND ALIGNED TIRES, FRONT WHEEL COVER WAS LOOSE, DEALER FASTENED THE WHEEL WELL FLAP. *SLC

TIRES(NO MAKE OR SIZE) ARE WEARING AND ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, DEALER ROTATED AND ALIGNED TIRES, FRONT WHEEL COVER WAS LOOSE, DEALER FASTENED THE WHEEL WELL FLAP. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VERY HARD, AND VEHICLE COULD POSSIBLY LOSE CONTROL. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

THE FUEL SENDING UNIT INSIDE THE FUEL TANK SHORTED OUT AND SPARKING, CAUSING 3 FUEL PUMPS TO GO OUT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE PLUG. NLM

THE FUEL SENDING UNIT INSIDE THE FUEL TANK SHORTED OUT AND SPARKING, CAUSING 3 FUEL PUMPS TO GO OUT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE PLUG. NLM

CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 8 FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES LT24575R16 BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION, BULGES AND BELTS COMING THROUGH TIRE, ONE OF THE TIRES ONLY GIVE 5 MILES BEFORE IT POPPED, BRAKE LINE LEAKAGE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION (4/00).

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH REAR WHEEL BRAKES SYSTEM NOT WORKING. VEHICLE BEEN INSPECTED/REPAIRED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, FOUR ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND TURND MORE THEN TWICE EACH. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH REAR WHEEL BRAKES SYSTEM NOT WORKING. VEHICLE BEEN INSPECTED/REPAIRED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, FOUR ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND TURND MORE THEN TWICE EACH. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

EXCESSIVE FRONT DISC PAD WEAR - VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT WHEN BRAKING - DESCRIPTION IS THE SAME FOR EACH INCIDENT - PADS REPLACED AND DRUMS TURNED AT 9948 AND 33000 MILES - OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAKES. *AK

EXCESSIVE FRONT DISC PAD WEAR - VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT WHEN BRAKING - DESCRIPTION IS THE SAME FOR EACH INCIDENT - PADS REPLACED AND DRUMS TURNED AT 9948 AND 33000 MILES - OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAKES. *AK

STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IS NOT POSITIVE, HAS A FLOATING.. WANDER THAT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NO STEERING, AND WHEN YOU TRY TO RECOVER, IT OVER CORRECTS AND SWAYS. *AK

ENGINE KNOCKING OCCURS AT COLD TEMPERATURES 35F OR BELOW SOUNDS COME FROM LOWER ENGINE RODS POSSIBLY OR CRANKSHAFT . --DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH PROBLEMS

ENGINE KNOCKING OCCURS AT COLD TEMPERATURES 35F OR BELOW SOUNDS COME FROM LOWER ENGINE RODS POSSIBLY OR CRANKSHAFT . --DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH PROBLEMS

WHEN TRAVELING ON WET PAVEMENT ABOUT 10-15 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRADUAL STOP, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK *YC

WHILE STOPPING, APPLYING BRAKE, HEARD A CLUNK NOISE AND FELT A JARRING. AFTER PARKING, TRIED TO PUT INTO REVERSE AND COULD NOT. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD BUT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. NOW UNABLE TO GET INTO GEAR AND IT DOES NOT SHIFT. NO REVERSE. THE BRAKE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT WITH A GRINDING ...

WHILE STOPPING, APPLYING BRAKE, HEARD A CLUNK NOISE AND FELT A JARRING. AFTER PARKING, TRIED TO PUT INTO REVERSE AND COULD NOT. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD BUT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. NOW UNABLE TO GET INTO GEAR AND IT DOES NOT SHIFT. NO REVERSE. THE BRAKE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT WITH A GRINDING ...

WHILE STOPPING, APPLYING BRAKE, HEARD A CLUNK NOISE AND FELT A JARRING. AFTER PARKING, TRIED TO PUT INTO REVERSE AND COULD NOT. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD BUT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. NOW UNABLE TO GET INTO GEAR AND IT DOES NOT SHIFT. NO REVERSE. THE BRAKE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT WITH A GRINDING ...

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL IS GOING TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT OR WHEREVER THE STEERING TAKES THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED STEERING WHEEL SENSOR. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED ELECTRICAL FAILURES, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER NOT RECTIFIED. MJS

BRAKES FAIL, UNABLE TO BE RECTIFIED OR IDENTIFIED. MJS

LEFT REAR CARGO DOOR OF CHEVROLET SUBURBAN NEVER OPENED QUITE RIGHT. YOU HAD TO PUSH IN ON THE DOOR, PULL THE LATCH, AND THEN OPEN IT. OVER TIME IT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OPEN. TIP TOP CHEVROLET IN FAIRBANKS, AK, WON'T FIX IT. I BELIEVE IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING RIGHT THE STEERING RELEASES PRESSURE AND THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES TO THE RIGHT ABOUT THREE INCHES, AND THEN THE PRESSURE GETS RESTORED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD DART TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT ESPECIALLY GOING AROUND A CURE. THE STEERING WOULD HAVE A MOMENTARY EFFECT OF HAVING NO RESISTANCE ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR INTERMITENTLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO OVERSTEER AND MADE IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN T...

EXPERIENCE ERRATIC STEERING. STEERING SYSTEM MAKES ERRATIC JOLTS IN EITHER DIRECTION. SYSTEM WAS BLED, BUT STILL PERSISTS. FEELS LIKE POWER STEERING IS UNSTABLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE REAR BRAKES AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO PUTTING ALL THE BRAKING RESPONSIBILITY ON THEM. *AK

THIS WAS A MAJOR ACID DISCHARGE NOT A LEAK! ALL REPAIRS AS YET UNDER WARRANTY. 1 IN 10 VANS TO THE GARAGE REPORTED TO HAVE THIS DEFECT. GARAGE ONLY REPLACED THE OTHER BRAKE LINE WHEN WE OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT. WHEN WE OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT.

THIS WAS A MAJOR ACID DISCHARGE NOT A LEAK! ALL REPAIRS AS YET UNDER WARRANTY. 1 IN 10 VANS TO THE GARAGE REPORTED TO HAVE THIS DEFECT. GARAGE ONLY REPLACED THE OTHER BRAKE LINE WHEN WE OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT. WHEN WE OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT.

DRIVING AT 70MPH NOTICED SMOKE IN REAR VIEW MIRROR STARTED TO STOP ENGINE QUIT AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FILLED WITH SMOKE. GOT VEHICLE STOPED AND PASSENGERS OUT TRIED TO PUT FIRE OUT WITH TWO EXTIGUISHERS BUT SPREAD TO FAST.

THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC STEERING PROBLEMS. WHEN CHANGING LANES AND OR TURNING CORNERS , THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JUMP SIDEWAYS . *AK

DURING A NORMAL BRAKING PROCEDURES SEVERE VIBRATION WILL OCCUR WHICH WILL SHAKE DASHBOARD AND ENTIRE VEHICLE. *AK

BRAKES SURGE / PULSATE WHEN COMING TO A STOP WHICH RESULTS IN SMOKING WHEN BRAKING. *YC

THE STEERING SYSTEM WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YC

THERE IS AN UNANTICIPATED STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE LOST POWER. NO PRIOR WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY WOULD MAKE SQUEAKY NOISES & THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, EVERY 3 MONTHS, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. *AK

THE FAILURE IS THE VARIABLE RATIO STEERING WHICH IS MEANT TO BE HIGH EFFORT\LOW RATIO ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHES A CERTAIN SPEED (10-20 MPH ? )(OR GEAR?) WHAT OCCURS IS THE STEERING WILL INTERMITTENTLY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE HIGH EFFORT -'CRUISING' RATIO AND THE LOW SPEED -LOW EFFORT -QUICK RAT...

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN WET WEATHER THE ABS LOCKS UP AND VEHICLE SKIDS FOR AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH PRIMARY BRAKE LINE, WENT OUT, CAUSING CONSUMER NOT TO HAVE ANY BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING SENSOR HAS FAILED AGAIN THIS TIME AT 38,000 MILES. PRESENTLY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *AK

CONDITIONS WERE SNOW AND ICE. BOTH TIMES I HAD RECENTLY SWITCHED BETWEEN 2WD & 4WD. I DON'T RECALL WHICH POSITION DRIVE WAS IN. BOTH TIMES DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL PRODUCED VERY LITTLE BRAKING EFFECT, WITH ONE TIME MY CAR WENT THRU A BUSY INTERSECTION (I THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE ACCIDENT).

OUR CHEVY SUBURBAN HAS JUST OVER 50,000 MILES AND IS PAST THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. ON A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS, THE TRUCK STARTED TO JERK FIERCLY INTO GEAR. WHEN I ACCELERATED, THE TRUCK WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST THAT DID THE REPAIRS ADVISED US THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD GONE OUT,...

TRANSMISSION: TORQUE CONVERTER BLEW UP.....FUEL PUMP FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, WIRING OVERHEATED AND INSULATION MELTED OFF INSIDE FUEL TANK .....STEERING: ERRATIC WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURN

TRANSMISSION: TORQUE CONVERTER BLEW UP.....FUEL PUMP FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, WIRING OVERHEATED AND INSULATION MELTED OFF INSIDE FUEL TANK .....STEERING: ERRATIC WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURN

TRANSMISSION: TORQUE CONVERTER BLEW UP.....FUEL PUMP FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, WIRING OVERHEATED AND INSULATION MELTED OFF INSIDE FUEL TANK .....STEERING: ERRATIC WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURN

ADD TO PRIOR TRANSMISSIONS, (ADDING PHONE AND FAX #S

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND THE ABS SYSTEM WILL KICK IN. CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK

POWER BRAKES WENT OUT AND VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO STOP. MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGED ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SUBURBAN BRAKES, WOULD NOT COMPENSATE OWNER

ALTHOUGH THEIR WERE NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES INVOLVED IN REFERENCE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER/ FUEL PUMP, THE LOST OF POWER BRAKES CAUSED ME TO ALMOST VEER INTO A BRICK BUILDING. I HOPE THE INFO PROVIDED WILL DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE.

ALTHOUGH THEIR WERE NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES INVOLVED IN REFERENCE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER/ FUEL PUMP, THE LOST OF POWER BRAKES CAUSED ME TO ALMOST VEER INTO A BRICK BUILDING. I HOPE THE INFO PROVIDED WILL DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE.

ALTHOUGH THEIR WERE NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES INVOLVED IN REFERENCE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER/ FUEL PUMP, THE LOST OF POWER BRAKES CAUSED ME TO ALMOST VEER INTO A BRICK BUILDING. I HOPE THE INFO PROVIDED WILL DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE.

REAR SHAFT SEALS ARE LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE BRAKE DRUMS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN BRAKE LOSS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

TIRES LOCKED UNDER HARD BRAKING ON DRY AND WET PAVEMENT WHILE ON 2-WHEEL DRIVE MODE ON PAVED ROADS. *AK

ABS SYSTEM IS FAULTY, DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM FOUND. NLM

STEERING PULLING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *AK

EA95026, BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO THE FLOOR AND NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSEDA CRASH. 3 OCCURRENCES WHERE THE OCCUPANT HAD TO TOW VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER REPLACE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER IN...

EA95026, BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO THE FLOOR AND NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSEDA CRASH. 3 OCCURRENCES WHERE THE OCCUPANT HAD TO TOW VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER REPLACE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER IN...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD WANDER WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH OR MORE AND OVERSTEERING WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER CHANGING LANES OR MAKING TURNS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND SOME REPAIRS WERE MADE ON GEAR BOX, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PASSING ON INFORMATION CONCERNING NHTSA INVESTIGATION. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD WANDER WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH OR MORE AND OVERSTEERING WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER CHANGING LANES OR MAKING TURNS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND SOME REPAIRS WERE MADE ON GEAR BOX, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PASSING ON INFORMATION CONCERNING NHTSA INVESTIGATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT, AND VEHICLEJERKS SEVERELY. *AK

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT SLOWDOWN TO MODERATE SPEEDS, STEERING WHEEL SEVERLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

I HAVE OWNED A 86,93,95,AND 97 SUBURBAN. SO SUBURBAN STEERING IS VERY FAMILIAR TO ME. THE 1997 SUBURBAN STEERING IS UNSAFE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED THE VARIABLE ASSIST FAILED PULLING AN RV TRAILER. WHENEVER A VEHICLE PASSED OUR SUBURBAN THE STEERING HAD SO MUCH OVERSTEER THAT IF TURNED...

WHILE DRIVING STEERING RESISTANCE HOLDS, RESULTING IN DANGEROUS OVERSTEER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

POWER STEERING KEEPS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN FEELING TIGHT AND SLOPPY. AT CERTAIN POINTS THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO BE PULLED FROM MY GRASP, AND OVERSTEERING OCCURS. STEERING ALSO SOMETIMES MAKES A MOANING NOISE. ALSO, BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 20,000 MILES. LAST TIME I HAD BRAKES REPLACED AT...

POWER STEERING KEEPS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN FEELING TIGHT AND SLOPPY. AT CERTAIN POINTS THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO BE PULLED FROM MY GRASP, AND OVERSTEERING OCCURS. STEERING ALSO SOMETIMES MAKES A MOANING NOISE. ALSO, BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 20,000 MILES. LAST TIME I HAD BRAKES REPLACED AT...

POWER STEERING KEEPS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN FEELING TIGHT AND SLOPPY. AT CERTAIN POINTS THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO BE PULLED FROM MY GRASP, AND OVERSTEERING OCCURS. STEERING ALSO SOMETIMES MAKES A MOANING NOISE. ALSO, BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 20,000 MILES. LAST TIME I HAD BRAKES REPLACED AT...

FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT RESULTS IN IMMEDIATE AND DRAMMATIC LOSS OF NORMAL POWER STEERING CONTROL WHEN ENGAGING IN TURNS. THE LOSS OF RESISTENCE RESULTS IN IMMEDIATE OVERSTEER WHICH, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IS VERY DANGEROUS, SOMETIMES CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DROP A WHEEL FROM PAVEMENT. MY WRITING IS PR...

WHEN MAKING A TURN THE WHEEL LOOSENS UP AND THEN WILL KICK BACK IN . *AK

WHEN CHANGING LANES OR TURNING CORNERS STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE, AND DRIVER LOSES CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS CHANGED THE ECM CHIP AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHEN CHANGING LANES OR TURNING CORNERS STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE, AND DRIVER LOSES CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS CHANGED THE ECM CHIP AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT 35 TO 40 MPH. *AK

EA9901 ERATIC POWER STEERING; WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT OR MORE OFTEN ON CURVES THERE IS SLIP IN THE STEERING. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.

STEERING GOES SOFT UNEXPECTEDLY IN TURN, RESULTING IN TENDENCY TO OVERSTEER, POSSIBLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *AK

BATTERY LEAKING, POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW. *YC

SECOND TIME THAT FUEL INJECTION FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND CAUSE CANNOT BE FOUND. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

IE98079, WHILE DRIVING STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE "TOO LOOSE" WHICH MAY RESULT A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

STEERING FRONT SENSOR HAS BECOME DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED TWICE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

I PURCHASED MY 1997 3/4TON 4X4 SUBURBAN IN OCT 97. AFTER ONLY TWO MONTHS HAVING IT,IN DECEMBER, 1997 I BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES SQUEAKING. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE FRONT PADS. THEN 2MONTHS LATER,IN FEBRUARY, 98 SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I BECAME CONCERNED AS...

I PURCHASED MY 1997 3/4TON 4X4 SUBURBAN IN OCT 97. AFTER ONLY TWO MONTHS HAVING IT,IN DECEMBER, 1997 I BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES SQUEAKING. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE FRONT PADS. THEN 2MONTHS LATER,IN FEBRUARY, 98 SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I BECAME CONCERNED AS...

PREMATURE DISC BRAKE FAILURE AND VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT .

PREMATURE DISC BRAKE FAILURE AND VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT .

THE SEAT BELTS IN THE THIRD ROW OF THE SUBURBAN DO NOT SELF ADJUST. ALSO, THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY WITH CHILD SAFETY SEATS. THESE SEAT BELTS WERE AFTER MARKET SEAT BELTS, INSTALLED BY THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PUMP, TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT, RESULTING IN STALLING WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE TWICE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRES & BEING OVERLOADED. ALSO, FUSE BOX CAUGHT FIRE TWICE & HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE TWICE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRES & BEING OVERLOADED. ALSO, FUSE BOX CAUGHT FIRE TWICE & HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP OVER 4 TIMES DUE TO THE REAR AXLE LEAKING. MECHANIC HAD THEM REPLACED. *AK

THE BRAKE PADS HAD WORN DOWN EXCESSIVELY, CAUSING GRINDING NOISES, LIKE METAL TO METAL. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER'S TO CHECK & HAVE THEM REPAIRED/REPLACED. *AK

HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 6 COMPLAINTS DIERCTLY CONNECTED WITH FRONT STEERING, CONTROLABILITY, POOR HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND 2 INSTANCES OF TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE VEHICLE HAS 2 TIMWES SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL DOES ...

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT ONTO ANOTHER LANE. SOMETIMES WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT ONTO ANOTHER LANE. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 17 TIMES AND NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WITH BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS CLOSED THE FILES ON THE SUBURBAN. *AK *ML

FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING LOSS OF POWER BRAKE AND STEERING.

BRAKE ( MASTER CYLINDER ) FAILED. *YC

REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT.

SEAT BELT FAILED.

CD PLAYER / RADIO FAILED. *YC

BATTERY FAILED. YH

BRAKES FAILED,DIFFERENT DEALERS ATTEMPTED DIFFERENT REPAIRS BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN CORRECTED, ONE ACCIDENT RESULTED DUE TO FAULTY BRAKES. YH

AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSOR FAILED TWICE, FIRST FAILURE AT TIME OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. *YC

HOOD LATCH IN CAB FAILED. YH

VEHICLE HAS A STEERING DEFECT CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERSTEER. YH

FAILURE/ LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING OR CHANGE OF STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT.

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE DIESEL FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND THE TRUCK TURNED OFF. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE REARENDED A CONVERSION VAN. UPON IMPACT WITH THE VAN, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE. THE CONVERSION VAN WAS STATIONARY. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

NO SUMMARY

TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED / WARRANTED AFTER LITERALLY EXPLODING. THERE IS NO OTHER BRAND TO CHOOSE FROM FOR THIS SIZE AND STYLE VEHICLE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE GM'S WARRANTEE RATIO OF THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT AND, IF APPLICABLE, DEMAND THEY UPGRADE TO A "HEAVY DUTY" TRUCK CALIBER COMPONENT. ...

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS IN A FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT THE INJURIES THAT CONSUMER'S WIFE SUSTAINED WERE NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN INVESTIGATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THE STEERING WHEEL WILL TURN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION, AND WILL KEEP TURNING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THAT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AND IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO BE DRIVING.THE DEALER STATES THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO. *AK

AS CONSUMER TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL SHE SOMETIMES REACHES A SPOT LIKE A( BLACK HOLE) WHERE SHE LOSES CONTROL MOMENTARILY. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. *AK

ELECTRICAL CONNNECTION TO THE FUEL PUMP IN THE FUEL TANK OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE INSULATION OF THE WIRES TO MELT WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE .

PULLS LEFT WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD OR WHEN BRAKING. MULTIPLE SERVICE ATTEMPTS. STILL NOT FIXED. DEALER CANNOT FIX, GM WON'T REPLACE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

PULLS LEFT WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD OR WHEN BRAKING. MULTIPLE SERVICE ATTEMPTS. STILL NOT FIXED. DEALER CANNOT FIX, GM WON'T REPLACE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

CATEGORY: AXLE & DIFFERENTIAL; DESCRIPTION: FLUID LEAK AT FRONT LEFT DIFFERENTIAL GEAR BOX, VARIOUS FIXES HAVE BEEN TRIED INCLUDING VENT CONE NUT, GMS NUT, VENT TUBE, RESEAL GEAR BOX, TIGHTEN HOSE CLAMP, REPLACED SPLIT O'RING; NOTES: LOOKS LIKE THE DEALER WASN'T ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE REAL PROBL...

ROOF RACK DESIGN DOES NOT OPERATE APPROPRIATELY, CONSUMER UNABLE TO SLIDE THE RETAINING BARS WITHIN THE ROOF RACK IN A NORMAL FASHION.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM. INTERMITTENTLY WHENEVER VEHICLE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN WET CONDITIONS, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD OCCUR. ALSO, WHENEVER BRAKES WERE USED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO GO ...

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM. INTERMITTENTLY WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN WET CONDITION THE BRAKES WOULD DELAY IN STOPPING. ALSO, WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE USED IN AN EMERGENCEY SITUATION THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO GO UNTIL VEHICL...

DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP, THE WIRING IN THE FUEL TANK MELTED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING FAILS WHEN DRIVING. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN NEGOTIATING A TURN, THE STEERING IS HARD, THE SSS FAILS, CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE, RESULTING IN OVERSTEERING, CAUSING SWERVING OR LOSS OF CONTROL.

AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. AFTER TURNING A CURB, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD GO LIMP OR SLACK. DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE EVO BUT PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. *AK

THE POWER STEERING ON RIGHT TURNS OVERSTEERS. IT IS LIKE A SUDDEN SURGE OF POWER STEERING. SINCE IT IS INTERMETANT IT IS A SUPRISE AND HAS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASION THE SUPRISE WAS ENOUGH TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE SUBURBAN. WE HAD IT IN ONCE FOR REPAIR BUT THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTING. IT HAS BE...

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, WOULD HEAR A LOUD NOISE , LIKE CLUNKING OR BANGING SOUND. AFTER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN RIGHT AWAY. WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION DUE TO NO BRAKING POWER. *AK

THE ALTERNATOR HAD BURNED OUT AND THERE WAS NO POWER GENERATING FROM THE BATTERY. VEHICLE DIED OUT. THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HAD TO HAVE THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED. *AK

MICHELIN TIRES LEAK EVERYTIME THE WEATHER GETS COLD.

THE LOW SPEED POWER ASSIST INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVATES AT CRUISE SPEED WHEN MAKING COURSE CORRECTIONS SUCH AS TURNING TO FOLLOW THE ROAD, TURNING TO PASS AND TURNING TO CORRECT FOR SIDE WIND.

PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE COMPUTER CHIPS AND ALL ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY.

PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE COMPUTER CHIPS AND ALL ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY.

ABS FAILED DURING A PANIC STOP. VEHICLE'S REAR LOOSES ROAD ADHESION AND SWINGS TO THE RIGHT, THEN THE LEFT SIDE STARTS TO SKID AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGINS TO WOBBLE.

DESIGN OF VEHICLE CAUSES IT TO MAINTAIN SPEED AND RPM AFTER FOOT IS TAKEN OFF ACCELERATOR.

DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED, THREE TRANSMISSION REPLACE DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP , NEW TRASMISSION DOING THE EXACTLY SAME THING.

THE ADDED FEATURE BATTERY GAURD MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

OWNER HAS EXPERIENCED ABS PROBLEMS.

VEHICLE STEERING SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY FAILS WHILE IN MOTION. ON ONE OCCURRANCE WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH STEERING FAILED AND VEHICLE MOVED TO THE LEFT HALF A LANE WIDTH; DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL.

VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN SPEED EXCEEDS 35 OR MORE MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP MORE THEN THREE TIMES. CONDITION STILL UNRESOLVED. VEHICLE PUT CONSUMER AT RISKS WHEN USED. *AK

BRAKES LOCKED SUDDENLY AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY BECAUSE OIL WAS PUT IN THE MASTER CYLINDER.

BRAKE PADS FAILED.

WHEN SEAT BELTS ARE USED FOR CHILD SAFETY SEATS, THEY DO NOT RETRACT FULLY BEFORE THE LOCKING MECHANISM ENGAGES. THIS DOES NOT ALLOW THE SAFETY SEAT TO BE SECURELY FASTENED.

BRAKE PADS WORE PREMATURELY, AND THE CALIPERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE ROTORS. THE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM/ CALIPERS AND THE FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BRAKE PADS WORE PREMATURELY, AND THE CALIPERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE ROTORS. THE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM/ CALIPERS AND THE FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE OIL COOLING ASSEMBLY FAILED, ALLOWING OIL TO SPILL INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM.

VARIABLE EFFORT STEERING KICKS IN/OUT, CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE BACK PRESSURE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE EFFECT INVOLVES MOMENTARY OVERSTEER AS IF SOMEONE HAS GRAPPED THE STEERING WHEEL AND MOVED IT 4-5 INCHES TOWARD INSID EOF CURVE. IF DRIVEN ON ICY ROADS, COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTRO...

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN THE DASHBOARD AREA.

HAD TO APPLY BRAKES AFTER GOING 50-55MPH ON ICE. VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON & SPUN AROUND & REAR HIT GUARDRAIL. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN. VEHICLE'S FRONT PUSHED BACK INTO TIRES. VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

HAD TO APPLY BRAKES AFTER GOING 50-55MPH ON ICE. VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON & SPUN AROUND & REAR HIT GUARDRAIL. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN. VEHICLE'S FRONT PUSHED BACK INTO TIRES. VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

HAD TO APPLY BRAKES AFTER GOING 50-55MPH ON ICE. VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON & SPUN AROUND & REAR HIT GUARDRAIL. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN. VEHICLE'S FRONT PUSHED BACK INTO TIRES. VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

BRAKES ARE ALMOST NONEXISTENT WHEN DRIVING IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. THEY MAKE A VERY DEEP SOUND AND THE VEHICLE SKIDS AND THE PEDAL LOCKS UP. IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE THEY ARE SQUISHY.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT ANY MPH FROM 2-3 TO 65 MPH ON A PANIC STOP THE CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND HE DOES NOT THINK IT IS THE ABS. DEALER HAD CHECKED OTHER VEHICLES AND COMP...

THE ABS BRAKES HAS CAME ON 561 TIMES IN ONE YEAR AND THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX THE BRAKE 5 TIMES, AND THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKES. WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE THE TRUCK WAS GOING 10MPH. THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP AT THAT SPEED. THE DEALER ST...

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTED STOP LAMP ASSEMBLY WHICH CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT BURNED THE WHOLE INTERIOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE FIRE MOUNTED STOP LAMP ASSEMBLY BULB HAD BURNED OUT, DEALER REPLACED BULB. FIRE SMOTHERED ITSELF ...

LOSS OF ABS BRAKES , RESULTING IN A REAREND COLLISION. BRAKES WENT FLOOR,ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON AFTER INCIDENT. DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE SOES AND PADS. *AK

LOSS OF ABS BRAKES , RESULTING IN A REAREND COLLISION. BRAKES WENT FLOOR,ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON AFTER INCIDENT. DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE SOES AND PADS. *AK

DOOR LOCKS AND LATCHES ARE DEFECTIVE ON ALL FOUR DOORS. OWNER NOTES DOOR ALMOST CAME OPEN BECAUSE OFTHE PROBLEM. WHEN LOCKS ARE PULLED UP THEY ARE HARD TO PUSH DOWN. POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING 20 MPH UPON AVOIDING HITTING A PATCH OF ICE CONSUMER THEREFORE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FORCING THE OCCUPANT ARMS AND HANDS TO BE FORCED OFF THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED TH...

WHEN TRAVELING 20 MPH UPON AVOIDING HITTING A PATCH OF ICE CONSUMER THEREFORE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FORCING THE OCCUPANT ARMS AND HANDS TO BE FORCED OFF THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED TH...

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THER IS PRESSURE IN THE BRAKES, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BRAKES LOCK AND DO NOT RELEASE IMMEDIATELY.

UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TRAVELING DOWN AN INCLINE, CONSUMER NOTICED THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE SHOES AND PADS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DE...

UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TRAVELING DOWN AN INCLINE, CONSUMER NOTICED THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE SHOES AND PADS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DE...

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND RUNNING INTO A DITCH. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES DOES NOT STOP, AND THE WHEELS LOCK. THE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK

BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING BRAKES MAKE LOUD NOISE AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP APPLIED BRKAES, PUSHED COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE COULD GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, BUT THE NOISE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. *AK

BRAKES FAILED.

APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS DO NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, JUST SOMETIMES. WHEN THIS PROBLEM DOES OCCUR, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK *SLC

DRIVING THE SUBURBAN ABOUT 30MPH AND VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED, APPLIED FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, AND THE PEDAL JUST WENT DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE HIT THE BACK OF TRUCK. *AK *SLC

LEAKING BRAKE FLUID SHORTED ELECTRICAL WIRES, CAUSING ABS TO FAIL.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 55 MPH STEERING LOST POWER FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS TO 10 SECONDS. DURING THIS TIME CONSUMER CANNOT CONTROL VEHICLE, IT BEGINS TO WANDER FROM SIDE TO SIDE, IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL, NEEDS TO APPLY BRAKES. EVENTUALLY POWER COMES BACK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 2ND TIME, DEALER ...

FROM NORMAL USE/OVERTIME THE TAILGATE DOOR LATCH HAS BECOME INOPERATIVE. IT DOESNT HOLD. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. OWNER PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ENGINE ON NUMBER OF OCCASIONS STOPPED RUNNING, CUTTING OFF POWER TO THE WHEEL, STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES.

INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM. FUEL PUMP REPLACED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUES.

INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM. FUEL PUMP REPLACED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUES.

SPEED SENSITIVE POWER STEERING DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, IT HAS LITTLE IF ANY ROAD FEEL, THE VEHICLE FLOATS WHEN DRIVEN IN WIND OR AROUND TRUCKS AND OTHER TRAFFIC. CONSUMER FEELS THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSTABLE, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

FULE PUMP ASSEMBLY RAN SO HOT THAT IT MELTED THE INSULATION ON ONE OF THE LEADS GOING TO IT, THAT LEAD IN TURN HAD STARTED TO WELD ITSELF TO THE OTHER WIRES, CREATING A POTENTIAL DIRECT SHORT BETWEEN THESE WIRES INSIDE THE FUEL TANK.

CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF, WENT INTO STORE THEN HEARD A STORE PAGE THAT THERE WAS A TRUCK ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. (FIRE DEPT. INCIDENT #97013984 RIVERSIDE FIRE DEPT., CITY OF RIVERSIDE 3601 NINTH STREET RIVERSIDE CA 92501, GARY FIEGENER 909-782-5804). *AK CONSUMER HAS...

THERE IS A PIN HOLE IN THE REAR FUEL FEED HOSE, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED THE REAR FUEL FEED HOSE. *AK

NEW ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORIFICE STEERING SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION WELL DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THERE IS A LACK OF ROAD FEEL AT MOST SPEEDS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, LACK OF NORMAL STEERING RETURN TO CENTER AFTER STEERING. *AK

VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY NECESSITATING BRAKING. HOWEVER, ABS BRAKES FAILED; ENGINE STALLED, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURY. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER EMITTED POWDER.

THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS, AND WHEN BRAKING THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. ALSO, THE FLOORBOARD LIFTS UP AND WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED; THE FLOORBOARD FALLS BACK DOWN, AND THERE IS A STRONG ODOR PRESENT WHEN TOWING SOMETHING. *AK

THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS, AND WHEN BRAKING THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. ALSO, THE FLOORBOARD LIFTS UP AND WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED; THE FLOORBOARD FALLS BACK DOWN, AND THERE IS A STRONG ODOR PRESENT WHEN TOWING SOMETHING. *AK

THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS, AND WHEN BRAKING THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. ALSO, THE FLOORBOARD LIFTS UP AND WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED; THE FLOORBOARD FALLS BACK DOWN, AND THERE IS A STRONG ODOR PRESENT WHEN TOWING SOMETHING. *AK

DRIVING ALONG AND STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, LIGHT CHANGED AND VEHICLE PROCEEDED APPROXIMATELY 5MPH. VEHICLE AHEAD STOPPED, TRIED TO STOP, APPLIED BRAKES, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF STANDING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT WINDOWS WILL NOT OPEN WHEN ENGINE IS OFF.

DOOR LATCH FAILED CAUSING DOOR TO SWING OPEN.

CONSUMER COMPLAINT THAT DOOR IS TOO HEAVY TO CLOSE WITHOUT EFFORT.

CONSUMER COMPLAINT THAT THE REAR SEATS ARE DIFFICULT TO MOVE.

VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN SPEED IS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. SOMETIMES, UPON APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND THERE ARE NO BRAKES AT THAT TIME. *AK

NEW ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORIFICE STEERING SYSTEM HAS A DESIGN PROBLEM, IT DEMONSTRATES LACK OF ROAD FEEL AT MOST SPEEDS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY A LACK OF NORMAL STEERING RETURN TO CENTER AFTER A TURN. *AK

SIDE DOOR IS NOT LOCKING/CLOSING. *AK

DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE WHICH WILL CAUSE BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR MIRRORS TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

THE OWNERS WANTS THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG TO BE DISCONNECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED DAUGHTER.

REAR BRAKES DRUM FAILED, CAUSING SEVERE SHAKE IN DASH AND STEERING WHEEL.

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE DEMONSTRATES A SEVERE SHAKE.

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED , STEERING FAILED, VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY STABLE ON THE THE HWY, CONTINUES TO PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT, IN FOR REPAIR, NO PROBLEM FOUND, VARIABLE STEERING SYSTEM. *AK

'VARIABLE EFFORT STEERING' DOES NOT TIGHTEN UP THE FASTER YOU DRIVE, ALSO STEERING IS TOO SENSITIVE.

GAS TANK LEAK.