1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HEATER ON, STARTED SMOKING/SMOLDERING, BURNED THROUGH SEAT LEATHER. *JB

1) WHILE STOPPING, AN UNWANTED ACTIVATION OF THE ABS SYSTEM OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH. 2) OUR VEHICLE ALMOST CRASHED INTO BACK OF VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE OUR VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN THE EXPECTED DISTANCE. 3) DEALER CLEANED ABS SENSORS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10MPH ON DRY ASPHALT, THE ABS ACTIVATED AND THE BRAKES PULSATED QUICKLY AND ROUGHLY. THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE I WAS NOTIFIED THERE IS NO RECALL. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000 PERTAINING TO THE HYDRAULIC ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

BRAKES SLIPPAGE AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TRYING TO COME TO A STOP. NO WARNING. DEALERSHIP TELLS ME IT IS ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSORS THAT HAVE BEEN CORRODED WHICH IS COVERED FOR SOME VEHICHLES UNDER RECALL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH OR AT ANY LOW SPEED UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THERE WAS NO BRAKE ACTION WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE RESIDES AND HAS BEEN OPERATED IN A SALT BELT STATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR THE INCIDENTS. THERE WAS A RECALL # 05V379000 REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK WHICH DESCRIBED THE EXACT ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. THE RECALL INCLUDED VEHICLES FROM 2000 THROUGH 2002 ONLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE THE VIN.

05V379000 IN REGARDS TO THIS RECALL I HAVE A 1999 SUBURBAN THAT SUFFERS THE SAME ISSUE AND CALLED GM AND THEY SAY IT DOES NOT FIT PARAMETERS HOWEVER IT DOES SUFFER FROM LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION. *JB

THE VARIABLE EFFORT STEERING ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN C1500 IS FAILING TO ATTENUATE DURING ALMOST ALL TURNS FROM TANGENT. I GET ALMOST FULL POWER ASSIST AT ROAD SPEEDS FROM 45 TO 70 MPH; THIS CAN BE QUITE UNNERVING EVEN AT SLIGHT STEERING WHEEL INPUTS. USUALLY THERE IS A "BREAK POINT" AT WHICH THE ATTENUATION IS NORMAL UP TO THAT POINT, BUT BEYOND THE BREAK POINT, THE WHEEL BECOMES QUITE "LIGHT". WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE STEERING INPUT TORQUE AT THE WHEEL IS DECIDEDLY "TOO MUCH" AND MORE STEERING THAN NECESSARY ENUSES. ON DRY PAVEMENT, I HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD THE REAR TIRES SLIDING DURING INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE DRIVING. ON WET PAVEMENT, EVEN WITH NEW TIRES AND PROPER INFLATION, THIS IS GETTING QUITE SCARY. *NM

ABS ACTIVATING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED ON DRY PAVEMENT AT VERY LOW SPEED (ALMOST STOP) PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ABS ACTIVATED, CAUSING A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED A HUB BEARING AND A SPEED SENSOR. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

CONTINUAL FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP, WIRING HARNESS SOCKET HEATING UP TO THE POINT WHERE THE PLASTIC AROUND THE MALE PORTION OF THE ELECTRIC CONNECTORS IS MELTING. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON 3 SEPARATE FUEL PUMPS OVER THE LAST YEAR. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG 99 SUBURBANS. *NM