1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO 20 MPH ON DRY ROADS DURING NORMAL BRAKING, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHT CIRCUIT BOARDS HAVE BURNED OUT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THIS CAUSED NO REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AND NO REAR TURN SIGNALS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE CIRCUIT BOARDS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY TAHOE THAT IS HAVING THE SAME ANIT-LOCK ISSUES THAT IS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA #: 05V379000. WHY DIDN'T YOU INCLUDE THE 99S ALONG WITH 2000-2002 MODELS? THIS PROBLEM FIRST STATED LAST YEAR. I THOUGHT I HAD MIDAS FIX IT AND NOW THE SAME PROBLEM IS RECURRING AGAIN. AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKES THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *JB

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE JERKED, THROWING THE OCCUPANTS FORWARD. THIS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, BUT WAS MORE APPARENT WHEN THE ROADS WERE WET. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE BRAKE PADS AND SHOES. *JB UPDATED 2/13/2006 - *NM

OUR 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAD AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT BEGAN SLIPPING FROM 800 MILES. EVERY TIME MY WIFE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, NOR COULD THEY DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE SLIPPING ONLY HAPPENED PERIODICALLY AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY COULD HAVE DUPLICATED IT. SHE WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT IS NORMAL WITH A COMPUTERIZED TRANSMISSION. MAYBE IT WAS JUST A DELAY. WELL, ON DEC 27, 2004 OUR TRANSMISSION DECIDED TO ACT VERY STRANGE AND WOULD NOT SHIFT BEYOND 3RD GEAR. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS LOCKED UP IN 3RD GEAR. AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AND APPROX 33,000 MILES PAST WARRANTY. THE DEALER NEEDED TO SPEAK TO GM ABOUT ANY WARRANTY COVERAGE SINCE IT WAS BEYOND THE WARRANTY. GM SAID THEY WOULD ONLY COVER HALF OF IT SINCE IT HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT IN REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION IN APPROX 26,000 MILES. IT HAD CONTINUED TO SLIP BUT THE INFO GIVEN TO MY WIFE WAS THAT MAYBE THIS WAS NORMAL, SO SHE HAD NOT ADDRESSED IT FURTHER. THEN WE ENDED UP NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT COMPLETELY. NOW HERE WE ARE A YEAR AFTER THAT AND I FIND BUNCH OF SERVICE BULLETINS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM, NOR WILL I BE THE LAST. I BELIEVE THAT THIS INFO SHOULD BE RESEARCHED AND LOOKED INTO. IT JUST DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT. TO TOP THIS OFF MY BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION IS ALSO DOING THE SAME SLIPPING AND I CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL TAKE IT IN EVERY TIME IT SLIPS, NO MATTER WHO SAYS IT MAY BE NORMAL. *JB

WIFE DROVE VEHICLE 75 MILES AWAY FROM HOME CALLED TO SAY IT WOULD NOT START. REPLACED FP RELAY, NO CHANGE. HAD TOWED $225.00 . *JB

ON DECEMBER 28, 2005, I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR WALTERBORO WHEN A BF GOODRICH TIRE ON THE LEFT REAR OF MY 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN SUDDENLY DISINTEGRATED INTO FRAGMENTS WHILE I WAS DRIVING. BEFORE I LEFT ON MY TRIP TO FLORIDA, I HAD THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE ROTATED AND BALANCED. ALL OF THE TIRES APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION...WITH DEEP TREAD. BF GOODRICH HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRE IN QUESTION WAS SOLD TO GM AS A SPARE TIRE FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS NEW IN 1999. THE TIRE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE AS THE OTHERS AND WAS MARKED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. I PLACED THE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE TO USE IN NOVEMBER OF 2003. SINCE THAT TIME, THE TIRE HAS BEEN IN USE FOR APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAS INCREASED SOPPING DISTANCE , AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A DEALER. THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN COOLER WEATHER(NOT NOTICIBLE IN HOT MONTHS), AND NOT EVERY SINGLE TIME, TURNING TO THE RIGHT AROUND A CURVE OR TURNING A CORNER THE STEERING HOLDS THE TURN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN LETS GO OF THAT HOLD (TENSION IS LOST). I CAN CORRECT FOR IT BY RETURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY AND THEN BACK INTO THE TURN. SOMETIMES IT HOLDS THE SECOND TIME AND SOMETIMES IT LETS GO AGAIN. THIS IS REPEATED UNTIL THE END OF THE CURVE OR TURN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE RIGHT EXTERIOR HOUSING MATERIAL OF THE HEADLIGHT WAS FILLED WITH RAIN WATER AND DEBRIS. THE MOISTURE CAUSED THE HALOGEN BULB TO BLOW OUT WHICH EXPOSED THE ELECTRODES AND SHORTED OUT THE LIGHTING CIRCUIT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW THE RAIN WATER FILLED THE HOUSING. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE CRACKS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING NEW HOUSING MATERIAL. *AK