1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

ABS SYSTEM ON VEHICLE ENGAGED WITHOUT CAUSE. LOCAL SERVICE STATION FIXED THE PROBLEM AND SAID BUILD-UP OF SALT AND SOILS WAS RESPONSIBLE. NEWEST RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT OF EFFECTED VEHICLES DOES NOT LIST MY 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THIS SEEMS TO BE CLEARLY A PROBLEM BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

TRUCK FAILED TO STOP IN LOW SPEED ACCIDENT. RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT THIS TRUCK DOES NOT STOP AT LOW SPEEDS. *NM

DT: 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOT OF A PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL, IT IS VERY HARD TO DRIVE. WHEN THE ROAD IWASUNEVEN IT WAS VERY HARD TO KEEP VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD TTO URN IT TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT ALL THE TIME. IT HAS BEEN ALIGNED AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES. NO ONE KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. MECHANIC SAID EVERY THING LOOKED FINE. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I CONSUMER DRIVE AND AT ANY SPEED. *AK

1) I WAS DRIVING HOME, ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR IN STEADY TRAFFIC ON A FLAT STRAIGHT ROAD. 2) MY MICHELIN XW4 P235/75R15 TIRE HAD COMPLETE TREAD SEPERATION, CAUSING ME TO SWERVE ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE TREAD RIPPED OFF, AND IN THE PROCESS "SLUNG" AROUND IN A CIRCLE LEAVING SCRATCHES AND TIRE RUBBER IN A SEMI-CIRCLE ON THE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND PUT A LARGE DENT IN THE REAR QUARTER PANEL. 3) THE TIRE IS STILL ON THE SPARE RIM AND IS STILL INFLATED (HOLDING AIR FINE) I PUT NEW TIRES ALL AROUND. (NOT MICHELINS)

1. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. 2. FUEL PUMP FAILED. SUDDEN POWER FAILURE. MY WIFE WAS DRVING AND HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING THE LARGE VEHICLE AND SAFELY BRINGING IT TO A STOP. 3. REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP.

I PURCHASED A 1999 CHEVY SUBURBAN IN 2004. WHILE LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY IM MAY OF 2005 I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. I LOOKED DOWN AND THE MIRROR CONTROL SWITCH WAS ON FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE PANEL OFF THE DOOR AND GET THE SWITCH OUT. IT MELTED THE SWITCH AND THE WIRE HARNESS INSIDE THE DOOR. I'M JUST GLAD MY WIFE WASN'T DRIVING.

DT: 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE. WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. PULLED OVER, PLAYED AROUND WITH THE SWITCH, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATED. THE CAR WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR GENERAL SERVICE WORK AND WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T WORK. CONSUMER TOLD THE MECHANIC, AND HE OPENED THE HOOD, AND HIT THE MODULE AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED TO WORK. ALSO MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043 ON THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. AFTER PRESSING THE DEALER HE ADMITTED THERE WAS A RECALLS ON OTHER VIN. MECHANIC AND SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THEY HAD DONE MANY OF THESE RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

DT: THE ABS SYSTEM CORRODED. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC ONLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO SALT WATER FOR SOME YEARS WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED CORROSION TO THE ABS. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS, AND NOTHING BEEN DONE TO CORRECT IT. THE CONSUMER TRIED EVERYTHING ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM, EXCEPT THE ABS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE HIT THE BRAKES HARD, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE MAY NOT STOP. IF HE HIT THE BRAKES HARD AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE MAY COME TO A SLOW STOP. ON OCCASION THE VEHICLE MAY PULL IN EITHER DIRECTION WHEN BRAKING. ALL THE BRAKE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE AND SOME PARTS TWICE. THE HYDRO BOOST, CALIPERS, PADS, ROTORS, MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE LINES, REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS REAR SHOES AND REAR DRUMS. *JB

BRAKES ARE VERY DANGEROUS. THE PEDAL IS WAY TOO HIGH, AND THE MECHANICS SAY IT CAN'T BE ADJUSTED. HAVE TO LIFT MY FOOT WAY UP TO GET ON TOP OF THE PEDAL, AND SEVERAL TIMES SHOESTRINGS HAVE CAUGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE PEDAL AND I HAD TO PULL MY FOOT AWAY TO HAVE ANOTHER GO AT IT. THEN WHEN I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN QUICKLY, THERE IS SOME KIND OF BACK PRESSURE; THE HARDER/FASTER I PUSH THE PEDAL, THE MORE IT RESISTS, JUST LIKE A HYDRAULIC EXERCISE MACHINE. I'VE HEARD THAT THE ROTORS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THIS WEIGHT OF VEHICLE, AND THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY IT TAKES SO VERY LONG TO STOP. I DIDN'T SEE A STOP SIGN ONE TIME, HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND BETWEEN THE BACK-PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL AND THE TOO-SMALL BRAKES, I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE 4-LANE INTERSECTION BEFORE THE TRUCK EVER STARTED SLOWING DOWN. JUST LUCKY THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE COMING THROUGH. I AM TERRIFIED THAT I'M GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF THESE BRAKES. THE MECHANICS SAY THEY FEEL LIKE "NORMAL CHEVY BRAKES". I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THESE NORMAL CHEVY BRAKES.

ABS ACTIVATES CONTINUOUSLY AT SLOW SPEEDS EXTENDING THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT SLOW SPEEDS.