1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

MY 95 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS ALOT OF SAFETY ISSUES. THE SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. WE WERE INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THEY DID NOT LOCK AND ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY BROKE I HAVE 5 SMALL CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO BE RESTRAINED WITH THE SEATBELTS AND THEIR CAR SEATS WONT STAY PUT THIS VEHICLE HAS NO LATCH SYSTEM SO NO WAY TO SECURE THE CAR SEATS. I HAVE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND AM FINDING NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BUT THEIR ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. ALSO THE SEAT TRACKS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE ARE BROKEN AND WHEN STOPPING SUDDENLY THEY POP REALLY LOUD AND THE SEAT MOVES. ALSO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW OR DON'T WORK AT ALL. ALSO THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I MEAN EVERYTHING STEERING BOX TIE ROD ENDS YOU NAME IT BEEN REPLACED BUT THE TRUCK STILL WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND KEEPS GETTING WORSE TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY ARE NOT FINDING ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE SAME PROBLEMS I THINK CHEVY NEEDS TO START RECALLING SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, APPROACHING A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS HITCHED TO A BOAT TRAILER. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WITHIN A HALF A MILE AFTER REPEATEDLY ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO UNHITCH THE BOAT TRAILER FROM THE VEHICLE, AND RESUMED WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS HAD BROKEN IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ALSO, ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THE BRAKE LINE EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE RUST WITH LOSS OF PRESSURE. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

MY 1995 DIESEL SUBURBAN BEGAN RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH. ONE MORNING JUST AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SURGED UP TO 3000 RPM AND JUMPED FORWARD. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND COAX IT BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY. RESEARCH WITH MY LOCAL DIESEL EXPERT SHOWED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A FAILING INJECTOR PUMP AND FURTHERMORE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE PUMPS. THE PROBLEM IS NOW EASILY REPRODUCED SIMPLY BY SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND RUNNING THE TRUCK. IT WILL START, AND THEN REV TO 3000+ RPM ON IT'S OWN, THEN BACK TO NORMAL. IT WILL DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. NOT ONLY IS THIS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR ($2000 IN PARTS ALONE) BUT IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS. HAD I BEEN AT A STOPLIGHT WITH A PEDESTRIAN OR ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND IT SURGED I COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED SOMEONE. CONSIDERING THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN BY MY MECHANIC, THE POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES AND THERE IS A TSB ON THIS FUEL PUMP (01349A) I AM STUNNED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MANDATORY RECALL. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME ON MY 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS BROKEN AND I'M HEARING A TREND OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME YEAR / MAKE VEHICLE. THIS COULD BE A HAZARD BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS WHEN THEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AND THE SEAT BECOMES UNSTABLE. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER COULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MATERIAL USED TO MAKE THE SEAT FRAME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRES, SIZE LT245/70/R16. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALLS WERE SEPARATED ON ALL THE TIRES. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04T003000 (TIRES) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE THE RECALL IN THEIR DATABASE; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND THE CONTACT STILL HAS THEM IN HIS POSSESSION. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN OPERATING WHILE THE SWITCH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. SHORTLY AFTER, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND REMAINED IN THE UP POSITION ON THE WINDSHIELD. THEY REMAINED IN THAT POSITION THE REST OF THE DAY. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN AND STOPPED OPERATING ON THEIR OWN WHILE IN THE OFF POSITION. SHE CALLED A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATING TO HER VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 302,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 301,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE ABS SPEED SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS EITHER DISCONNECTED OR MISSING. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR PROPERLY, BUT SHIFTED FROM SECOND TO THIRD OR THIRD TO OVERDRIVE WHILE REVVING UP. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED, SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 193,767 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 193,000.

(1) HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKING SYSTEM 3 TIMES IN LAST 4 MONTHS (2) VEHICLE KEEPS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAVE BEEN ACTIVATING FOR NO REASON (3)REPLACED ROTORS, CALIPERS AND BRAKE PADS 3 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS (4)WHEN STARTING FROM START POSITION BRAKE CALIPERS STAY A LITTLE CLOSED AND EVENTUALLY LOOSEN UP ONCE THE VEHICLES PICKS UP SPEED. *JB

FELL ASLEEP AT WHEEL, CRASHED AT SPEED OF 60-65 MPH, HIT EMBANKMENT FIRST AND THEN 24" DIAMETER TREE PLUS OTHER SMALLER TREES, FRONT OF VEHICLE COMPRESSED APPROX. 38 INCHES INCLUDING BUMPER, NEVER APPLIED BRAKES DUE TO SLEEPING, AT IMPACT DRIVER'S CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL AND HEAD HIT DASH, AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED, VEHICLE TOTALED AND DRIVER HOSPITALIZED WITH HEAD/CHEST TRAUMA

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE MECHANIC BLED THE BRAKES AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. THE ABS ACTIVATED WHILE DRIVING AROUND A CURVE AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. THE ROADS WERE ICY, AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. THE BRAKES LOCKED, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT MOVING UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED. THE ABS HAD BEEN ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE ABS ACTIVATION WAS INTERMITTENT, AND MANY TIMES THE BRAKES WERE DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A DIFFERENT MECHANIC SHOP, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE WITH THE ABS SENSORS. *AK UPDATED 1/11/2006 - THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ABS SENSORS WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER CLEANED THE SENSORS AND SPRAYED THE WITH AN ANTI-CORROSION SPRAY. THE CONSUMER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. *NM