2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

SEATBACK ROCKS FORWARD FOR PASSENGER AT STOPS AND IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. MY CONCERN IS IN AN ACCIDENT THE MECHANISM WILL FAIL ALLOWING THE PASSENGER TO COLLAPS FORWARD CAUSING FURTHER INJURY. *AK

PE 00 020/TREAD SEPARATION, WHILE TRAVELING AT 65-70 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION, AND FIVE RIPS/TEARS ON SIDEWALL WITH DRIVER ONLY IN A 2000, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT; TIRE SIZE P265/70R16; DOT# V672WL1389. FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AKDOTV672WL1389 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16. *NLM

ORIGINAL WHEEL HAS A CRACK GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE RIM. NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE RIM JUST A CRACK THAT APPEARS TO BE READY TO CAUSE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE RIM. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE CRACKED WHEEL WHICH IS VERY SCAREY WHEN YOU IMAGINE OUR FAMILY OF 6 DRIVING AT 65-70 MPH WHILE ON VACATION. I HAVE KEPT THE WHEEL FOR REVIEW BY ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN HOPES THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, THIS MIGHT HELP AVOID UNNECESSARY PROBLEMS. THE CRACK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME AS IT IS NOT A CLEAN METAL APPEARANCE. IT IS FILLED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE ROAD DIRT AND LOOKS AS IF IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.*AK

PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD THE CAR ON STEEP SURFACES. CAME THIS WAY NEW. MANY LIKE VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. GM DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. THE SHOP MANUAL DESCRIBES AN ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE. THE DEALERS CAN'T FIND AN ADJUSTMENT IN THERE COMPUTERIZED MANUAL. THE IMPASS HAS LASTED SEVERAL MONTHHS.

WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS IN OPERATION AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE AND ON ONE OCCASION CAUSED INTHE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRACTION, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IN MAY OF 2000 THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD CONTACTED CHEVROLET WHO STATED THEY WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY WRITING A NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS LATER TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT VEHICLE BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND IF THAT CAN NOT BE DONE CONSUMER REQUESTS TO BE REFUNDED FOR THE ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 40+ MPH, THE ENGINE CUTS OFF COMPLETELY. FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE VEHICLE JUST "DIES" AND VEHICLE HAS TO BE GUIDED TO SHOULDER. FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE 95 N , JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, RETURNING HOME WITH OUR 4 CHILDREN. FOUND OUT LATER FROM A DEALERSHIP THAT THE 20 AMP FUSE CALLED THE ECM WAS BLOWN. SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT IN MAY THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 4 MORE TIMES. WE GUIDE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD AND REPLACE THE FUSE, START THE ENGINE TWICE AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY. AT THIS TIME, THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP, HOOKED UP TO A "TECH II" COMPUTER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS. HAVE INFORMED DEALERSHIP THAT I WILL NOT ACCEPT VEHICLE UNTIL THIS PROBLEM HAS DEFINITELY BEEN RESOLVED, AS WE ARE ONCE AGAIN HEADED ONTO INTERSTATE 95 AND MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY NEXT TIME. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME AS WE ARE VERY EAGER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. MARYANNE COMBS (703) 266-3173.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A PICK UP WHICH WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55 MPH, UPON IMPACT THE VEHICLE WENT 118 FEET THROUGH A FENCE, THE SECOND THIRD ROW SEATS COLLAPSED AS THEY WERE PUSHED FORWARD AFTER IMPACT, THE PASSENGER SEAT CAME OFF THE TRACK COMPLETELY, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS ALSO COLLAPSED DURING IMPACT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A BELL SOUND AND AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP FAILED TO TURN ON RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY, THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPT WITH AN AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHT SENSOR WHICH FAILED, THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS MANUALLY WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL C00093-S, HOWEVER HE HAD ALREADY REPLACED ALL FIRESTONE TIRES EXCEPT FOR THE SPARE, DEALER REPLACED SPARE AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REFUND CONSUMER FOR THE COST OF REPLACING THE TIRES PRIOR TO THE RECALL, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16. *SLC

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHEN ON THE ROAD OR FREEWAY AND STAY INOPERABLE, KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM ALSO RANDOMLY SETS ITSELF OFF AND CAUSES THE DOOR LOCKS TO UNLOCK. *ET