1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

ON 12-8-97 DEALER REPLACED WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE AT CONSUMER'S COST. ON 4-1-99, WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMMENCED ERRATIC OPERATION AGAIN, WIPERS WOULD REMAIN OPERATING AFTER BEING TURNED OFF FOR SOMETIME BEFORE STOPPING. ALSO WOULD STAY AT LOCATION WHERE IT STOPPD. INTERMITTENTLY, IT WOULD COME ON WHILE IN AN OFF POSITION.A RECALL GOT CONSUMER A REIMBURSEMENT FOR IST MODULE SINC EIT FAILED AGAIN. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE BOTTOM OF SEAT & THE SEAT CUSHION. BOLT IS LOCATED ON THE GLIDE ROD THAT GOES BACK & FORTH. THE BOLT HOLES HAD BROKEN DUE TO STRESS OF THE SHEET METAL ANCHOR. THIS CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO DRIVER WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER & TOLD TO BRING VEHICLE TO HAVE IT CHECKED. *AK

WHENEVER ON DRY PAVEMENT, TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL STIFFENS AND THE ABS KICKS IN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ROLLING. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO BE REAPPLIED IN ORDER TO STOP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

ON MARCH 05, 1999 AT 7:14 P.M. I WAS THE VICTIM OF A REAR END COLLISION. THE DRIVERS SEAT OF MY SUBURBAN, PLATE# 3SLU868, COLLAPSED. AS A RESULT I SUFFERED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER. AS OF TODAY I HAVE NOT RECOVERED AND CONTINUE TO BE UNDER THE CARE OF STANFORD/UCSF MEDICAL CENTER. THE SEAT FAILED IN A MANNER IDENTICAL TO WHAT I HAVE FOUND ON YOUR TEST PAGES. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS SEAT IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS DIRECTLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURIES. I IMPLORE YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AS EVERY ACCIDENT AFFECTS THE LIVES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AND OUR GNP. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK SINCE MY ACCIDENT AND AM CONSTANTLY IN GREAT PAIN. TYPING THIS EMAIL IS PHYSICALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME. PLEASE RESPOND WITH ANY INFORMATION WHICH YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING, DURING DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM @ 65 MPH THE WIPERS "STOPPED" IN MID-STROKE . IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE TO SAFELY SLOW DOWN AND STOP. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THEY STARTED WIPING AGAIN. THIS CONTINUED EVERY FEW MINUTES UNTIL WE LEFT THE RAIN STORM. I CAN NOT DUPLICATE THIS WHEN IT IS DRY AND NOT RAINING.

MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 5 YEARS AND ONLY 43,000 MILES, WITH THE FIRST TIME BEING AT ONLY 8179 MILES! THE DEALERSHIP'S EXCUSE IS THAT "YOUR VEHICLE HAS SEMI-METALLIC BRAKE PADS WHICH WILL NOT LAST LONGER THAN 12,000 MILES" THIS IS BALONEY! NO VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE ITS BRAKES REPLACED ANNUALLY (OR MORE)!

THE BOOSTER ON THE POWER BRAKES WENT OUT. PEDAL TRAVELED 3/4 OF THE WAY TO FLOOR. WOULD PUSH HARD ON PEDAL TO GET BRAKES TO WORK. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, BUT EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.MJS

WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE PEDAL FELT REAL MUSHY & PULLED RIGHT OR LEFT. WOULD EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BEEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BRAKES BEING MUSHY ,COMMON PROBLEM. ANOTHER MECHANIC SAID POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE PROPORTIONAL VALVE WAS THE CAUSE. REAR BRAKES WILL NOT APPLY IN RAIN OR SNOW. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCED WHICH CAUSED A MINOR COLLISION RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. * AK TWO WEEKS AFTER ACCIDENT-ABS DASH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON-BRAKES VERY SOFT.*YC