2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

RATCHET FOR LOCKING SEATBELT IN REAR FOR CARSEATS WOULDN'T STAY TIGHT AT PINOT NEEDED FOR CARSEAT AND HAVE HAD THREE REAR WINDOE FAILURES IN 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. *AK

PLASTIC PART OF SEATBELTS WHEN CONNECTING THE RETRACTOR BROKE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CUPPED AND WAVED TREADS ON TIRES / FIRESTONE WILL NOT REPLACE/BLAMES MFGR. (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

PE00 020; CONSUME R WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDERS, AND CALLED HER HUSBAND TO CHANGE THE TIRE. RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, STEELTEX#,LT2457516 #DOT VN, AND THE FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS (P235/75R16) TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN CASING WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

REAR SEAT HAS NO HEATING FACILITY EVENTHOUGH IT WAS DESIGNED WITH THE CONTROLS. DEALERSHIP INDICATED NO CORRECTIVE SOLUTION FOR PROBLEM FROM MANUFACTURER.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V672WL2170 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH 4 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN 8 MONTHS. EACH TIME THEY HAVE COMPLETELY REPLACED THE ENTIRE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COMPRESSOR. THE FIRST TIME THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY IMPLODED INTO THE REFRIGERATION LINES.*AK

MAJOR TREAD SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT REAR OF OUR NEW SUBURBAN, AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND NEAR BOISE, IDAHO. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE FREEWAY WITHOUT LOSS OF CONTROL. THE BOISE, IDAHO FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSED TO WARRANTEE THE TIRE, SAYING THE CAUSE WAS ABUSE. THE TIRE IS 6 MONTHS OLD AND CAN BE PROVED TO BE MONITORED REGULARLY. THE DEALER REQUIRED THAT WE PAY RETAIL FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRE, WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. THE TREAD FAILURE IS EXACTLY LIKE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WILDERNESS AT FAILURES. WE WANT TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE OF OUR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE AND THE FACT THAT THE LE 16" TIRE IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. WE WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THE REMAINING THREE TIRES REPLACED, AS WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE IN DRIVING OUR NEW VEHICLE ANY LONGER. WE WILL NEXT BE IN CONTACT WITH THE SELLING DEALERSHIP, TO SEE IF THE CAN HELP US.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/70R16 )

AS I WAS DRIVING, I HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE AND COULD FEEL ROUGHNESS IN THE RIDE AND THE STEERING. I PULLED OVER WITHIN 30 SECONDS TO FIND THAT MY TIRE WAS 80 % FLAT. UPON REPLACING THE TIRE I SAW THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE OR NAILS TO THE TIRE. A FEW MINUTES LATER AFTER I HAD PUT MY SPARE TIRE ON, I STOPPED AND INFLATED THE FLAT TIRE TO SEE WHERE THE DAMAGE MIGHT BE. AFTER INFLATING TO ABOUT 10 PSI I STOPPED BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALL NEAR THE OUTSIDE EDGE(NEAR TREAD) HAD A VERY SOFT SPOT THAT I COULD HAVE PROBABLY PUSHED MY FINGER THROUGH. IT WAS ALMOST AS SOFT AND THIN AS A INNER TUBE. THEN I ALSO NOTICED SEVERAL LUMPS ABOUT 1 TO1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE CASING NEAR THE OUTER EDGE. THIS WAS ALL ON THE WHITE LETTER SIDE OF THE TIRE. I BRIEFLY LOOK AT THE BACK SIDE BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING. ALL THE TIME I NEVER HEARD AN AIR LEAK, ALTHOUGH AN HOUR LATER IT WAS FLAT AGAIN. AS I STATED EARLIER I ONLY PUT APPX. 10 PSI. WHEN I SAW THE KNOTS APPEAR I STOPED IN FEAR OF THE CASING RUPTURING. IT DEFINITLEY APPEARS TO BE AN INTERNAL PROBLEM SUCH AS BELT OR PLY SEPARATION. BEFORE I CONTACT CHEVROLET OR FIRESTONE I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION SINCE I THINK THIS MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE CURRENT PROBLEM THE THE OTHER RECALLED TIRES AND DID NOT WANT THE EVIDENCE(MY TIRE) POSSIBLY LOST OR DESTROYED WITH YOU HAVING A CHANCE TO SEE IT IF YOU WISH. NON THE LESS I NOW NEED A SPARE, SO I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SOON. I WILL KEEP THE DEFECT THOUGH. I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANOTHER FIRESTONE ON MY TRUCK. UNTIL TODAY I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY ON THE 235 TIRE. ME AND MY FAMILY NEED YOUR HELP TO ASSURE US THAT MY FIRESTONES ARE SAFE OR SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER TIRE. PLEASE ADVISE SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANKS GEORGE( DOT NUMBER: V672WLI070 TIRE SIZE: 265/70R16 )