2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

I WAS TAKING MY SUBURBAN IN FOR IT'S ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS NOTIFIED BY MY MECHANIC THAT ONE OF THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LINES (EXITING THE ABS PUMP) WAS LEAKING AND THAT ALL FIVE OF THE PRIMARY BRAKE LINES ARE EXTERNALLY RUSTED AND NEAR BREAKING. ALL FIVE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED RESULTING IN VERY COSTLY REPAIRS. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN AND WE REGULARLY TRAVEL AS A FAMILY. THIS POTENTIAL FAILURE HAS JEOPARDIZED MY CHILDREN'S LIVES AND GM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SELLING AN INFERIOR PRODUCT. THE VEHICLE HAS 88,000 MILES AND IS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. *JS

ABS SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AS PART OF 2006 RECALL CAMPAIGN. SENSORS WERE CLEANED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN 2006 WHEN ISSUE FIRST SURFACED, ONE WEEK PRIOR TO RECALL, CHEVROLET DEALER QUOTED A PRICE OVER $800.00 TO REPLACE HUBS. THEN WHEN RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED, THEY SAID THE HUBS COULD BE CLEANED. IN NOVEMBER 2011 SENSORS FAILED AGAIN AND HUBS (HOUSING SENSORS) WERE REPLACED. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. *TR

VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER RECALL BELOW ON 1/26/2006. ABS SENSOR WAS INSPECTED AND CLEANED, BUT NOT REPLACED. DEFECT COVERED IN RECALL IS NOW BEING DISPLAYED BY VEHICLE (BRAKING DISTANCE IS EXTENDED AT LOW SPEED - CAUSED BY ABS SENSOR MALFUNCTION). VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY NOT DRIVEABLE. APPARENTLY THE SOLUTION IN THE RECALL WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. DEALER AND CHEVROLET REFUSE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. RECOMMEND THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RECALL SOLUTION BE RE-EVALUATED. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: 05V379000 NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: PE05020 MAKE: CHEVROLET MODEL: SUBURBAN MANUFACTURER : GENERAL MOTORS LLC MODEL YEAR : 2001 COMPONENT(S) : SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. *TR

THIS CONCERN HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY BUT CONTINUES TO MOVE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE ABS MODULE IS GOING AND THE PRICE TO FIX IT WAS ABSORBENT. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET AND NHTSA. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2001 SUBURBAN AT 45 MPH. A CAR RAN THE RED LIGHT AND CLIPPED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF MY SUBURBAN CAUSING MY TRUCK TO FLIP, SKID A 1/2 MILE ON IT'S SIDE DOWN THE STREET AND THEN HIT A ELECTRIC POLE BEFORE IT CAME TO REST. NONE OF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED!!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY SUBURBAN IN TOWN AT LOW SPEED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I TRIED TO STOP THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT A COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP IT AFTER A MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL STOPPING DISTANCE. THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THE ADVISOR NOTED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTED AND LEAKING FLUID. ALL THE BREAK LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT COST TO ME. I HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF THIS TRUCK AND THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST AS THEY DID. CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE TREATED THE STEEL BRAKE LINES OR USED A DIFFERENT METAL TO MAKE THEM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM AND POSSIBLE SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO IT. *TR

BRAKE LINE TO LEFT FRONT WHEEL RUPTURED AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTING BRAKE LINES IT IS OBVIOUS THAT EVERY METAL BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED FROM END TO END AND IT APPEARS THAT OTHER METAL BRAKE LINES ARE SEEPING FLUID AS WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NOTICED NO BOLT HEAD ON DRIVERS SIDE REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD, WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THEN FOUND ANOTHER BOLT HEAD IN SKID GUARD DURING OIL CHANGE, THIS WAS FROM THE FRONT BOLT OF SAME EXHAUST MANIFOLD! THE HEADS BROKE OFF CLEANLY FOR NO VISIBLE REASON. FIXED FRONT BOLT BUT REAR ONE REQUIRES EXHAUST MANIFOLD REMOVAL AT COST OF $400.00. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF MORE BREAK! *TR

SINCE MY LAST MAJOR REPAIR WHICH WAS JULY 2010 WHEN MY RADIATOR AND TIMING BELT HAD MALFUNCTION, WHICH I PAID $653.34 FOR REPAIRS, THE SURBURBAN BEGAN TO STALL AFTER MY LAST OIL CHANGE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS 10/04/2011. THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL EACH TIME THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED, THEN IT WOULD STALL COMPLETELY AFTER A COUPLE OF TRIES. NOW, THE 2001 SUBURBAN 1500 VEHICLE OF MINE WOULD HAVE A FUEL LEAKAGE AND THE ENGINE STALLS WITH NO RESTART. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP AFTER MY OIL CHANGE THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED RIGHT AS WE WERE LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, BUT MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TOLD IT WAS DUE TO THE RECENT OIL CHANGE. NOW THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST WITH NO RESTART AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID TO BRING IT BACK WITH A $90 FEE TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE WHICH THEY BELIEVE ITS THE FUEL PUMP. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD'VE BEEN OBSERVED THE DAY OF THE OIL CHANGE WHEN WE INITIALLY OBSERVE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS EACH TIME WE HAVE THE VEHICLE OIL CHANGE A PROBLEM OCCUR THE SAME DAY, INWHICH ITS COSTLY TO US. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST NOW WITH NO START AND THE DEALERSHIP CHARGES US EACH TIME AFTER THE OIL CHANGE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WHICH AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, OCCURS AFTER EACH TIMELY OIL CHANGE. *TR