2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ON MY 2001 SUBURBAN AT 29,000 MILES. THIS WAS MY DADS VEHICLE AND WAS GARAGE KEPT AND DRIVEN ON TRIPS OR TO CHURCH IN RURAL TEXAS, WHICH IS WHY AFTER 8 YEARS IT ONLY HAD 29,000 MILES. I HAD IT SCANNED AT AUTO ZONE. A #1 CYLINDER MISFIRE WAS DETECTED. I MOVED THE COIL, SPARK PLUG, AND WIRE TO OTHER CYLINDERS TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. THE SCAN STILL DETECTED #1 CYLINDER MISFIRE EVEN AFTER DRIVING OVER 50 MILES. THE MISFIRE WAS NOT DETECTABLE BY THE WAY THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING. I WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE INJECTOR ON THAT CYLINDER JUST TO RULE IT OUT. ONCE AGAIN AFTER OVER 50 MILES OF DRIVING IT STILL SCANNED AS A #1 CYLINDER MISFIRE. I HAD PLANNED ON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009 MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THE TRUCK DIED DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTART IT AND LIMP HOME. I FOUND NO COMPRESSION ON THE #1 CYLINDER AND TOOK OFF THE ROCKER ARM COVER TO FIND A BROKEN SPRING ON THE EXHAUST VALVE. HAD IT ONLY BEEN 3 YEARS OLD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BAD SPRING BAD LUCK STORY. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF OTHERS ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM OR DID THE BLACK CLOUD JUST DWELL OVER ME. SINCE I CAN REPAIR IT MYSELF I AM. THIS PROBLEM MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO OTHERS WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE SINCE THEY HAD IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE COST TO ME FOR PARTS IS ABOUT $350. THE GREATEST COST WAS GASKETS. REPAIR AT A DEALER WOULD BE BETWEEN $1500 AND $5000 I'M SURE (THERE WAS A BENT VALVE I REPLACED, AND A MARK ON THE PISTON I AM LEAVING ALONE, I'M NOT SURE THEY WOULD REPAIR JUST WHAT WAS NEEDED OR GO FURTHER). IT IS DISHEARTENING WHEN SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN DOES. THERE IS MORE I WOULD LIKE TO VENT HERE BUT THAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF MY COMPLAINT. I JUST WANTED THE COMPLAINT REGISTERED SOMEWHERE. THANKS. *TR

I PURCHASED A SET OF SIGMA STAMPEDE TIRES IN 2-2007. 3 OF THE 4 TIRES PURCHASED HAD SIDE WAL BLOW OUTS. I TOOK THE TIRES TO WHERE I BOUGHT THEM AND THE OWNER SAID IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THERE COULD BE A DEFECT. I CONTACTED TBC CORP. ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS TIRE HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT THE SET I HAD WAS THE WRONG DOT #. I THEN TOLD THEM 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES THAT HAD NO TREAD DAMAGE THAT BLOW OUT THE SIDE WALL SHOULD BE LOOKED AT I WAS TOLD TO GET MY RECEIPT AND FAX IT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON 2 OF THE TIRES THIS WAS DONE 2 WEEKS AGO AND I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM . THE FIRST TIRE BLEW OUT 11-2008, AND I REPLACED IT . THE SECOND ON 4- 2009AND THE THIRD ON 7-12-2009. THEY SAID THAT I WOULD NEED ALL THE BAD TIRES FOR THEM TO LOOK AT , BUT ALL BUT 1 CANNOT BE RECOVERED THEY HAD ME TAKE THE REMAINING TIRE 34 MILES FROM MY HOME TO ONE OF THEIR DISTRIBUTORS TO LOOK AT ,WHEN I WENT THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT . THIS COMPANY HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GIVE ME A RUN-AROUND WHEN ALL I WANTED WAS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM. THEY WERE THE PNES THAT MENTION AN ADJUSTMENT, AND AFTER DOING WHAT THEY ASKED THEY WILL NOT CONTACT ME BACK. *TR

I OWN A 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN. YESTERDAY, FOR THE 2ND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WHEN I GOT HOME AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GENERATOR WAS RUNNING UNDER THE TRUCK. WE DISCONNECTED THE ABS FUSES BOTH INSIDE THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE TO MAKE THE NOISE STOP. CALLED CHEVY DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED ABOUT THE ABS SYSTEM, BUT NO RECALLS. WAS ALSO INFORMED IT WOULD BE $1500 TO FIX. I HAD IT REPLACED THE FIRST TIME IN 2005. A MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THE ABS PUMPS SHOULD NEVER GO BAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE TOOK A LONG TIME TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK) WAS REFERENCED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CALLED A REGIONAL GMC REPRESENTATIVE. GMC WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE RECALL BECAUSE CORROSION WAS NOT AN ISSUE IN THE CONTACT'S HOME STATE. NO OTHER DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

CLUNKING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION, GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM, WHAT HAPPENS IF INTERMEDIATE SHAFT FAILS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED TWICE. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AT 35,852 MILES. DURING THE SECOND FAILURE, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS FAILING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT IS WAITING ON AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,852 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000. UPDATED 05/08/09 *BF UPDATED 05/12/09.*JB UPDATED 06/09/09.*JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A 70 MILE HIGHWAY WHEN I FELT A VIBRATION AND THEN MY BACK RIGHT TIRE TREAD BLEW OFF (IN A COMPLETE CIRCLE) AND I WAS LEFT DRIVING ON MY RIM. ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES AND BEEN REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL IN 2007. FOUR NEW TIRES OF THE SAME BRAND WERE INSTALLED. THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING ON THESE TIRES THAT THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE RECALLED FOR. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. *TR

2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 8.1 WHEN DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS JUST DIES. STARTS BACK UP 5-15MINS. REALLY SCARY IF YOUR DOING 75 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I AM 99% SURE ITS THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. GM HAS A RECALL ON 2001 2500 HD TRUCKS ONLY!!!!I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CRANKSENSOR FROM SOME PEOPLE ONLINE WHO LEARNED THE HARD WAY .WITH TODAY TIMES PEOPLE CANT AFFORD TO PAY BIG BUCKS FOR LITTLE PARTS. GM NEEDS TO EXTEND THE RECALL TO ALL 8.1 L REGARDLESS OF YEAR OR MAKE. I FOUND A WEB SITE THAT SOME BOAT MOTORS ARE DOING THE SAME THING 8.1 GM. CHEAP IF YOU FIX IT BEFORE YOUR OUT ON A ROAD TRIP. P.S. I HEARD ABOUT A OPENING ON THE HUMP BUT GM LINE WELDED IT UP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2001 SILVERADO WITH THE SAME ENGINE, BUT NOT FOR THE SUBURBAN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. I HAD REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED AT 87813 MILES IN 02/08. AT APPROXIMATELY 78713 MILES THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 104783 MILES ON IT AND THE REAR PADS ARE GONE AND THE REAR ROTORS ARE WARPED. THE FRONT PADS CURIOUSLY STILL HAVE 2/3 OF THE PAD LEFT. WHEN GOING ONLINE I FOUND A RECALL EFFECTING THE BRAKE SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE NHTSA # 05V379000. DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY STATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR RECALL IS NOT OPEN FOR THE VIN # OF MY VEHICLE. AFTER READING THE ACTUAL RECALL ON YOUR WEBSITE IT WOULD APPEAR MY VEHICLE WHICH IS IN FACT REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF OHIO A "SALT-BELT" STATE WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE RECALL. I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE RECALL WOULD NOT BE IN EFFECT ON MY VEHICLE. DOES MY VEHICLE FIRST HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURIES BECAUSE OF A BRAKE FAILURE BEFORE THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED? NO COMMON CAR OWNER WOULD SUSPECT THAT AFTER 15K MILES REAR BRAKES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GET AN EXPLANATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS AS TO WHY THIS IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED IN THESE VEHICLES NOT SUPPOSEDLY AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. *TR