2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. THE FAILURE TO THE VEHICLE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING SHAFT. CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF STEERING. CHEVROLET SERVICE LUBED THE STEERING SHAFT PER A GM SERVICE BULLETIN. THIS REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED. CHEVROLET SERVICE STATED THAT GM HAS DEVELOPED A NEW STEERING SHAFT TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM. I WILL BE TAKING MY VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR 3 DAYS FROM THIS WRITING. CHEVROLET SUGGESTED THIS COMPLAINT AS A METHOD OF OBTAINING A RECALL AND SUBSEQUENTLY A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

TRANSMISSION HOT LIGHT CAME ON AS TRAVELING THE INTERSTATE. PULLED OVER UNTIL LIGHT WENT OUT. LEFT THE INTERSTATE, LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. AS TRYING TO PULL OFF ROAD, TRUCK STOPPED (ENGINE ON, BUT WOULD NOT ADVANCE FORWARD). HAD TO REPLACE WITH ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE VEHICLE HAS TWO COOPER TEMPRA TRAIL CUTTERS, SIZE LT26570R17 TIRES (NA). WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT A STRONG VIBRATION COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO EXPLODE. THE FAILURE DAMAGED THE REAR FENDER, BUMPER, AND TAILPIPE. TRIPLE A ARRIVED AND REPLACED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE BODY SHOP AND ALL FOUR TIRES WILL BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE ALSO SHOWS TREAD SEPARATION AND BLISTERS. THE DOT NUMBER AND DEALER INFORMATION WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BEGAN READING HIGHER AND HIGHER SPEEDS EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. WHEN SITTING STILL, THE SPEEDOMETER READ 70 MPH. THE NEEDLE WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO, EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED.I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $400.00 TO $500.00 TO REPAIR. I CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, NOT KNOWING HOW FAST I AM GOING. *JB

SPEEDOMETER WAS TICKING UP AND DOWN RATHER THAN SMOOTHLY INCREASING AND DECREASING. WE USED CRUISE CONTROL WHEN ON A TRIP AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. SINCE THIS OCCURRED, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN STUCK PAST 120 MPH ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN WE WERE GOING ABOUT 30. THIS IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY HAZARD FOR WHICH A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF IT MALFUNCTIONS WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. YOU WOULD TEND TO DRIVE SLOWER AND YOU COULD BE REAR-ENDED BY SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS EITHER SPEEDING OR DOING THE CORRECT SPEED LIMIT. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET HAS NOT STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I FOUND OUT ACCIDENTALLY THAT WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE, THE SPEEDOMETER RESETS BY 5MPH. I WOULD HAVE TO START THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY TO GET IT BACK TO ZERO. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE STARTER, THIS WAS MY ONLY OPTION AT THE TIME. I JUST SAW SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET THAT SAID TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THEN TRY TO START IT. BY DOING THIS IT WOULD RESET THE SPEEDOMETER BY 5MPH EVERY TIME WITHOUT ENGAGING THE STARTER. THIS DID WORK, BUT WHEN I DROVE THE VEHICLE THE NEXT TIME, THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK AT ALL. I TRIED RESETTING THE SPEEDOMETER AGAIN BY PUTTING IT IN PARK AND STARTING, BUT TO NO AVAIL. AFTER TRYING MANY MORE TIMES TO RESET BY STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO WORK. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AT EVERY LEVEL. THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEG AND PLEAD TO GET A MANUFACTURER DEFECT FIXED. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO CAUSE CHEVROLET TO FIX THIS DEFECT, ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES? IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P3 YOU WILL SEE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL TOOK AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME TO ACTIVATE. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL FINALLY ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND MADE A LOUD REVVING NOISE. HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE RPM INCREASED FROM 1,800 TO APPROXIMATELY 4,300. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE FAILURE, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

LAST WEEK, I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK AS USUAL. WHEN I WENT TO PULL OFF, THE GAS LIGHT FAILED TO GO OFF, THE GAS NEEDLE DID NOT MOVE AND THE BELL TO INDICATE THAT THE TANK WAS EMPTY WENT OFF. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT'S MY FUEL SENDING UNIT AND THAT HE'S SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE DEFECT LATELY...AND THAT I SHOULD CHECK FOR A RECALL. SINCE, I'VE HAD TO MONITOR WHEN I GAS UP AND HOW FAR I DRIVE...WHICH IS NOT ONLY FRUSTRATING, IT'S SCARY! THE NEEDLE NOW FLOATS FROM FULL TO EMPTY AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT RESTS ON E. VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER...THIS MODEL IS NOT GIVEN AS AN OPTION IN LATER SCREEN WHERE I ENTERED "SUBURBAN". I OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. THANK YOU *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN SPEEDOMETER STARTED READING 80 THEN 90 THEN 100, THEN EVENTUALLY 120 MPH. PULLED OVER, SPEEDOMETER ONLY RETURNED TO 45. HAD TO START AND STOP ENGINE 7 TIMES TO GET TO RESET. HAPPENS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 2 WEEKS. CAN'T COUNT ON ITS ACCURACY FOR MY SAFETY IN DRIVING.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER AND CENTER SECOND ROW SEATS CAME UNLATCHED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER EACH TIME WHERE THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED TWICE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. UPDATED 12/1/2006 - *NM

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE CAR FOR A MONTH AND THE DASH LIGHTS AND HEAD LIGHTS WOULD DIM ON AND OFF BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM AND HAD MY CAR FOR A WEEK AND REPLACED CONTROL MODULE CAR STILL PROCEED TO DO THE SAME THING BROUGHT IT IN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE CAR HAD PCM AFTER 4 MONTHS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THESE DEALERSHIPS CAR WAS FINALLY FIXED DUE TO A RECALL IN A SCREW AND WIRE NOT BEING GROUNDED CORRECTLY. NOW MY CAR IS IN THE DEALERSHIP WITH NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND ARE TRYING TO SAY THAT CAR WAS HIT BY LIGHTING CAR WOULD NOT START BURNING SMELL CAME FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD OF CAR. NOW CAR DOES NOT RUN OVER 15 MPH WITH DYING OUT BATTERY ONLY HOLD CHARGE OF 10 VOLTS. *JB