2015 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT ROBERT CHEVROLET (236 SOUTH BROADWAY, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801, (888)-619-7642) FOR BRAKE SERVICE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000. *DT *TP

IT'S BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS THAT I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. WHEN I TURN MY STERRING WHEEL TO MAKE A TURN MY VEHICLE TURN OFF;OR WHEN I REVERSE. ALSO ON THE DASH BOARD I NOTICED A WARNIG THAT READS PARKING ASSISTANCE OFF; OPEN DRIVER WINDOW AND CLOSE. AND THAT SPEEDDOMETER IS FREQUENTLY CHANGING TO A RADIO STATION I STILL PAYING MY VEHICLE AND IS NOT FAIR FOR ME TO BE DRIVING A VEHICLE UNDER THIS CONDITIONS. IS NOT SAFE FOR ME TO BE DRIVING MY KIDS AROUN , I DONT FEEL SAFE.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THAT DAMAGES OF VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOONER IF YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME. YOU CAN REACH ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

STATE REJECTS VEHICLE CITING MOISTURE INSIDE A SEALED HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS POSTED ONLINE. GM/CHEVROLET ADMITS THE SEALED ASSEMBLIES ARE DEFECTIVE HOWEVER THEY DO NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND FURTHER STATING THEY CANNOT BE REPAIRED. DEALER HAS QUOTED A PRICE OF UP TO $1,400 TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY ON MY VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE FIRST APPEARED WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE MOISTURE ACCUMULATION CAN INCREASE OR DECREASE WITH RAIN OR OTHER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WITHIN THE HOUSING OF THE SEALED LENSES RUST CAUSING THE LAMPS AND TURN SIGNALS TO INTERMITTENTLY GO ON AND OFF AND FAIL ALTOGETHER. ONCE FAILED, ATTEMPTS TO REPLACE THE BULBS HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE OXIDATION AND/OR RUST ACCUMULATION ON THE LENS HOUSING CONTACT POINTS.

I CONTINUE TO HAVE REOCCURRING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2015 CHEVY SUBURBAN. THE PROBLEMS CONSIST OF ELECTRONICS RESETTING/FLASHING OR TURNING OFF AND STAYING OFF, SPECIFICALLY, MEDIA SYSTEM, WINDOW CONTROL. MANY TIMES THIS OCCURS AT A SIMILAR TIME TO THE STABILITRACK WARNING SYSTEM COMING ON AND LOSING POWER STEERING AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER TO THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES AFTER THE LOSS OF POWER THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CRANK WITHOUT BEING JUMPED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE AT CAPTIOL CHEVROLET IN MONTGOMERY FOR THESE ISSUES ON 8/27/19-8/30/19. NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES WERE FOUND, HOWEVER, IT WAS RECOMMENDED WE SERVICE THE DIRTY THROTTLE BODY AS THIS COULD BE PART OF THE PROBLEM. WE HAD THIS SERVICE PERFORMED. SINCE THEN, WE'VE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS ON 9/2/19 @ 4PM-ISH- ALL ELECTRONICS FLASHED OFF/ON WHILE TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE, FOLLOWED BY STABILITRACK WARNING AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE COMING TO STOP AT BOTTOM OF INTERSTATE OFF RAMP APPROX. 15 MIN. LATER. 9/12/19 @ 3:45 PM- STABILITRACK CAME ON 3X IN A ROW WITH LOSS OF ENGIN POWER, ALL ELECTRONICS WENT OFF, INCLUDING NO WINDOW CONTROL OR SCREEN, CAME BACK ON WHEN CRANKED BUT DELAY IN SCREEN COMING ON. 9/19/19 @ 3:08 PM-MEDIA SCREEN FLASHED AND RESET CLOCK TO 12:00. 9/19/19 @ 7PM- CAR DIED WHILE PARKING IN SAM'S WHOLESALE PARKING LOT AND HAD TO BE JUMPED OFF. CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER AT ALL UNTIL JUMPER CABLES ARE CONNECTED AND THEN IT TYPICALLY CRANKS RIGHT UP. NEW INTERSTATE BATTERY WAS PURCHASED 4/6/18. WHEN WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE LAST FALL THIS BATTERY WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW INTERSTATE BATTERY ON 11/3/18. WE HAVEN'T HAD PROBLEMS WITH CAR FROM THAT POINT UNTIL AUGUST 2019. IT DID SEEM TO HELP BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THE CAR BATTERY EVERY 9 OR 10 MONTHS. CHEVY DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR HOW TO FIX IT.

FRONT STRUTS ARE SEIZED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND LEAKING FLUID ON THE LEFT. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT. WITHOUT THIS THE CAR RIDES INCREDIBLY ROUGH AND KEEPS EATING THROUGH TIRES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BECK CHEVROLET (561 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, YONKERS, NY 10704, (914) 965-2400) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V645000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE BRAKE CONTROL MODULE; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD ONLY REPROGRAM THE MODULE AND THE VACUUM PUMP WOULD NOT BE REPLACED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,746.

WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO HAVE VIBRATIONS. HAVE TAKEN OUR SUBURBAN IN FOR MULTIPLE REPAIRS BUT THEIR REASONING WAS THE VEHICLE AND TIRES WERE NOT BALANCED HOWEVER AFTER REPLACING THE TIRES AND GETTING A ROAD FORCED BALANCE IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. IT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE ABOVE 70MPH.

WHEN TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEEDS, I.E., PARKING LOT OR RESTAURANT DRIVE-THRU LINE, AND MAKING SHARP TURNS, CAR STABILITRAK WARNING WILL FLASH THEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WILL RESULT. ADDITIONALLY, THE MEDIA ELECTRONICS WILL SHUT OFF AND RESTART PERIODICALLY. THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, ALTHOUGH, THIS NEVER HAPPENS WHEN I AM NOT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM. (SEE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT: 11122704) TOOK CAR FOR SERVICE AT CAPITOL CHEVY ON 8/30/19. THEY SAID NO CODES WERE INDICATED, HOWEVER, THROTTLE BODY WAS DIRTY AND COULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON MY ISSUE. THROTTLE BODY WAS SERVICED/CLEANED. ON SEPT. 2, 2019 I HAD ISSUE WITH MEDIA SYSTEM AND STABILITRAK. WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON I-85, CRUISE CONTROL SET APPROX. 75 MPH, I BRAKED TO DISENGAGE CRUISE SPEED WHEN MEDIA SYSTEM RESET. I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY APPROX. 20 MINUTES LATER AND WHILE TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED AND TURNING IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE STABILITRAK WARNING CAME ON RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I WAS NEARLY AT A STOP WHEN IT HAPPENED. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CAR LOSES POWER IN THESE SITUATIONS IT WILL HAVE TO BE JUMPED OFF TO RESTART. WHICH HAPPENED PRIOR TO BEING SERVICED ON 8/28/19. I READ ABOUT SIMILAR STORIES ON CHEVY MESSAGE BOARDS RELATED TO 2015 MODELS,

VACUUM BOOSTER FAILURE DUE TO PROBLEMATIC VACUUM PUMP. STIFF BRAKE PEDAL AND UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY GENERAL MOTORS

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DOOR LOCKS WILL UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. SOMETIMES ALL OF THE DOORS UNLOCK, SOMETIMES JUST ONE OR TWO DOORS. WE HAVE HEARD THE SOUND OF UNLOCKING DOORS SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST AS WE DROVE. ON AUGUST 22, WE HEARD THE UNLOCKING SOUND, AND THEN OBSERVED THE DOORS UNLOCKING. AFTER RELOCKING THE DOORS, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS!