2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

INSTRUMENT PANEL - CLUSTER DEVICE -- PANEL/ SPEEDOMETER WENT DEAD. GM SERVICE DEALER TOLD US, " THE ENTIRE TRUCK COULD DIE AND STOP WORKING AS A RESULT. " *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING SHE SMELLED FUEL. WHEN SHE REACHED HER DESTINATION, SHE NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS SPILLING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. THIRTY SECONDS AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, THE FUEL STOPPED LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO REPAIRS SHOPS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE LINE FROM THE TANK TO THE CROSSOVER AND THE MOTOR HAD RUBBED TOGETHER WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HER TO REPORT THE PROBLEM TO NHTSA. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

1. THE REAR LIFTGATE WAS PERIODICALLY STICKING IN THE LOCKED POSITION EVEN WHEN UNLOCKING THE CAR WITH THE KEY FOB OR THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTONS. 2. THE REAR LIFTGATE IS NOW STUCK PERMANENTLY IN THE LOCKED POSITION MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE REAR AREA OF THE CAR. THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE AS REAR PASSENGERS MAY BECOME TRAPPED IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, SINCE THERE IS NO MANUAL UNLOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE REAR LIFT GATE. 3. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN YET. *TR

AS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY OTHERS, IT APPEARS THAT CHEVROLET'S PROBLEMS REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IN THEIR LIGHT TRUCKS EXTEND BEYOND THE 2003 AND 2004 MODEL YEARS FOR WHICH THEY WERE "OFFERING" TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 70,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER IN OUR SUBURBAN ALSO BEGAN READING ERRATICALLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND HAS NOW PEGGED ITSELF AND IS STUCK AT 120 MPH. FORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY INCIDENTS WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE CHEVROLET MAY HAVE A CONTINUING PROBLEM AND MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY COMPONENT. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WHILE I WAS SEARCHING FOR OTHER INCIDENT REPORTS ON THIS MATTER, I DISCOVERED THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM MAY BE MASKED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS APPLICABLE TO NUMEROUS DIFFERENT MODELS AND YEARS. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO COMPILE THE REPORTS FOR ALL MODELS OF THE SUBURBAN, YUKON AND SILVERADO TRUCKS AND THEIR GMC CLONES FOR THE 2003 TO 2005 OR 2006 MODEL YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU COMBINE THESE DIFFERENT MODELS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM IS QUITE LARGER THAN IT MIGHT APPEAR FOR EACH OF THESE MODELS SEPARATELY.

2005 CHEVY SUBURBAN ODOMETER IS FAULTY. IT STOP WORKING PROPERLY ON MY CHEVY TRUCK. IT OVERSHOOT THE SPEED ALL THE WAY TO MORE THAN 120MILES/HR WHEN I DO NOT GO OVER 30MILES/HR. GM NEEDS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT. NEEDS TO HAVE RECALL. IT IS SAFETY OF GENERAL PUBLIC. PLEASE FORCE THEM TO RECALL FOR THE ODOMETER. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. FAILURE OF THE ABS / TRACTION CONTROL COMPUTER (GM PART NO.15234605). FAILURE OCCURRED AT 62,000 MILES DUE TO CORROSION INSIDE THE MODULE. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN STEERING GEAR FAILURE X5. THE STEERING GEAR AND INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT HAS FAILED 5 TIMES SINCE 2006. VEHICLE HAS 85K MILES ON IT. *LN

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT HEAD BROKE OFF. 1ST BOLT INITIALLY THEN SECOND BOLT NEXT TO IT BROKE AS WELL. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO MOTOR OR AFTERMARKET PARTS ADDED THAT WOULD AFFECT THIS PART AND CREATE FAILURE. EXHAUST GAS ENTERS THE UNDERHOOD AREA . THE EXHAUST MAKES A BLACK PLUME UP SIDE OF MOTOR. CONCERNED THAT THE LEAK COULD WORSEN LEADING TO EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE ESCAPING HOT EXHAUST GAS COULD LEAD TO FIRE. IN ADDITION, I WOULD THINK THE EPA WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT EFFECTS ON VEHICLE EMISSIONS. THE LEAKING EXHAUST GAS IS NOT PASSED THROUGH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE LEAKING GAS IS ALSO NOT SAMPLED BY THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND COULD EFFECT THE SENSORS INPUT TO THE VEHICLE COMPUTER. I SEE BY DOING SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCHES ON THIS TOPIC THAT THE BOLT FAILURE AND LEAKING EXHAUST MANIFOLD PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE BROKEN BOLTS YET. *TR

2005 CHEVY SURBURBAN SPEEDOMETER (55,549 MILES) IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SPEED VARIES WHEN CAR IS IN USE MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL SPEED IS AT TIMES/AND SOMETIMES THE SPEED DROPS TO ZERO AND STAYS IN THIS SETTING. *LN

MY 2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS 79,985 MILES AND THIS WEEK WHILE DRIVING ROUTE 95 (70 MPH HIGHWAY IN THE SOUTH) FROM NEW JERSEY TO SOUTH CAROLINA MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED SHOWING A MUCH HIGHER SPEED THEN I WAS TRAVELING. I WAS USING MY GPS AT THE TIME AND IT SAID I WAS DOING 69 MPH WHILE MY GAUGE SHOWED A CONSTANT CLIMB TILL IT REACHED 120 MPH AND FLAT LINED BEYOND THAT POINT. THIS WAS A 1600 MILE ROUND TRIP AND IF I HAD NOT HAD MY GPS WITH ME I WOULD NOT KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW I WAS GOING. I WAS WAITING FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO GO WRONG. WHILE IN SOUTH CAROLINA I WENT TO RECALLS ON THE INTERNET WITH 2005 GM SUV'S AND FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, YET GM (CHEVROLET) HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING THAT I COULD FIND. I RETURNED HOME TODAY AND CALLED MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND EXPLAINED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS AND GAVE ME AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT MONDAY 1/3/2011 TO BRING IN THE SUV. SINCE THIS CAR IS OUT OF SERVICE I AM HOLDING MY BREATH AS TO WHAT THE BILL COULD BE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING, I COULD BE NOT LOOKING AT THE GAUGE AND BE RUNNING RIGHT INTO A HIGH SPEED ERROR AND PUTTING MY FAMILY IN HARMS WAY. CAN ANYONE HELP? *TR