2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND SEATBELT DID NOT TIGHTEN/ AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO VEHICLE WARNINGS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN IN ACCIDENT. *JB

DEALER RECENTLY REPLACE PART (WITH NO CHARGE) BUT DID NOT PERFORM A FRONT END ALIGNMENT TO ENSURE VEHICLE IS SAFE. NEW PART (9PER THE LIMITED WARRANTY) IS GOOD FOR 12 MONTHS AFTER SALE OR REPLACEMENT. STEERING SHAFTS SHOULD BE DESIGNED FOR LIFE VS FAILING AFTER 18 MONTHS. UNSURE OF OTHER 2000 SUBURBAN'S BUT, THIS WAS A CRITICAL PART OF THE VEHICLE AND IF NOT FIXED SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT..

NOISE IN FRONT END LED TO INSPECTION-FOUND RIGHT FRONT CONTROL ARM LINK MISSING.. *AK

P265/70R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN WITH 4000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH REAR LEFT TIRE EXPLODED, NO INJURIES.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES. *SLC

PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. WHEN TRUCK WAS NEW, IT WAS WEAK AT BEST, NOW IT WILL NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. TAKEN TO DEALER WHO AGREED IT DID NOT WORK AT ALL. VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY AND INSISTS I MUST PAY $180+ FOR REPAIR/ADJUSTMENT...EVEN THOUGH IT IS A "KNOWN PROBLEM" (IN THEIR WORDS). THEY STATED EVEN UNDER WARRANTY IT WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN COVERED FOR 12,000 MILES SINCE IT IS AN "ADJUSTMENT" EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO ADJUSTMENT FOR IT AND THE ENTIRE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE REMOVED TO REPAIR PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS A 4X4 WITH NEUTRAL TRANSFER CASE CAPABILITY AND I FEEL THE PARKING BRAKE IS ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE OPERATION OF THIS FEATURE. IT IS OBVIOUS THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT YET I AM REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 3 CHILDREN AND PREAGNANT WIFE WE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 80MPH, I HEARD A REPEATING THUD WHICH SOUNDED LIKE THE THUD PRODUCED WHEN DRIVING OVER EXPANSION JOINTS, HOWEVER, I NOTICED IT WAS LOUDER THAN TYPICAL AND DIDN'T COINCIDE WITH EXPENATION JOINT TIMING. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN BY COASTING. ALL THIS TRANSPIRED IN ABOUT 4 TO 10 SECONDS. THEN BANG, WE HEAR A LOUD NOISE, AND OUR VEHICLE REAR DROPS. I LOOKED BEHIND ME AND I SEE TREAD AND PEICES OF TIRE FLYING EVERYWHERE. I COASTED FOR A FEW SECONDS, NOT WANTING TO UPSET THE BALANCE OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN GENTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES. WE STOPPED. THE ONLY THING LEFT ON THE RIM WERE THE TWO SIDE WALLS. THERE WASN'T ANY TREAD LEFT. I HAVE SINCE RETRIVED THE TREAD. THE TREAD IS SEPARATED FROM THE CARCUS OF THE TIRE. I ASSUME THIS IS THE REPEATING THUD SOUND I HEARD. THEN THE TIRE CARCUS AND TREAD RIPPED COMPLETELY FROM THE SIDE WALLS. MY RIM IS SCRATCHED AND DENTED. GM SAYS THIS COST $480. TIRE IS OBVIOUSLY GONE. ABOUT 2,000 MILES EARLIER I HAD FIRESTONE, CHECK, AND ROTATE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND AFTER THE INCIDENT I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRES AND TIRE PRESSURES WHERE 35PSI +OR - 2PSI. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE TREAD THAT CAME OFF TIRE IT CAN BE SEEN THAT THERE IS A PUNCTURE WHICH LOOKS LIKE A NAIL OR SCREW PENETRATED THE TIRE. MY GM DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT THIS CAUSED THE TIRE PRESSUE TO GO DOWN AND I DROVE ON IT SO IT GOT HOT AND THIS CAUSED THE FAULURE. I BELIEVE THAT THE TIRE MAY HAVE LOST SOME PRESSURE, BUT I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A SLOW LEAK. MY WIFE AND I DIDN'T NOTICE A LOW TIRE BY THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS HANDLING. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE LOW PRESSURE MAY HAVE PRECIPITATED THE TIRE FAILURE, BUT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED SO CATASTOPHICALLY WITH ONLY A MINOR TIRE PRESSURE LOSS. IF THE TIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST FLAT, THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE FELT THE VEHICLE DROP.*AK

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE, P265/70R16, DOT V672WL11200, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN WITH 22000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR PASSENGERS TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*AK

CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH CAR SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF FUEL PUMP FUSE AND MODULE FAILED THIS CAUSED THE BRAKES AND STEERING TO FAIL NOT GOOD AT 65 MPH!!!!*AK

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK ON A SLIGHT UPGRADE, AS CONSUMER WAS STEPPING OUT OF VEHICLE AND REMOVED THE KEYS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE DOWN THE GRADE DAMAGING ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AGAINST ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK WHEN IT FINALLY STOPPED, CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND AFTER THE INSPECTION CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GIVEN.*JB