2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

CONSUMER NOTICED DEEP RUBBING SOUND FROM BRAKES, ESPECIALLY WHEN DECELERATING BETWEEN 40 AND 20 MPH DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, BUT AFTER REPAIR CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO GET THE BRAKES TO WORK.

AFTER PURCHASING NEW 2000 VEHICLE, UNABLE TO PROPERLY SECURE CHILD'S SAFTY SEAT INTO MIDDLE POSITION OF THIRD ROW SEATS DUE TO POSITION OF SEAT BELT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NOT MEANS PROVIDED TO SECURE SAFETY STRAP. THERE IS ONLY ONE SECURE POINT PROVIDED, BUT IT IS NEXT TO A WINDOW AND SEAT BELT CAN'NT BE PROPERLY SECURED TO PERMIT NO MOVEMENT WITH CAR SEAT. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT SNAPS ARE NOT POSITIONED IN THE SEAM OF THE SEAT BUT SEVERAL INCHES OUT FROM THE SEAT BACK, THUS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SECURE ANY SEAT WITHOUT MOVEMENT. MANUFACTURE REPRESENTIVES HAVE ASSURED ME THAT THE SAFEST SEAT IN THE VEHILCE FOR CHILDREN IS THE MIDDLE POSITION. THEN WHY IS A SECURE POINT NEXT TO A WINDOW AND USING A SEAT BELT THAT RELIES ON SUDDEN STOP OF VEHICLE TO STOP THE THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT BELT? 2ND ISSUE - FIRESTONE TIRES PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURE WERE ONLY INFLATED TO 24 PSI (THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 80 PSI),WITH VEHILCE WAS DELIVERED AT SALE. THUS GIVING FALSE SAFETY TO NEW OWNER. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT DEALER MIGHT NOT BE FOLLOWING PRESCRIBED SAFTEY REQUIREMENTS IN PREP OF VEHILCE PRIOR TO DELIVERY TO BUYER. IN LIGHT OF THE NATIONAL CONCERNS REGARDING FIRESTONE TIRES, IT WOULD BE ASSUMED THAT ALL FIRESTONE TIRES NOT TO MENTION ALL BRANDS SHOULD BE UP TO PROPER SAFETY INFLATION STANDARDS PRIOR TO SALE TO PUBLIC. PLEASE PROVIDE INPUT ON HOW THESE ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED. *AK

TIRE BLOWOUT ON HWY 59 IN HOUSTON, WHILE TRAVELING 65-70 MPH, REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE, REPLACE TIRE

WITH LESS THAN 4700 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE REAR RIGHT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT FROM A SIDEWALL TEAR (265/70R16). NLM

THE TIRE DEVELOPED SEVERE TREAD DISPLACEMENT AND DISFIGUREMENT. LUCKILY, WE NOTICED THE VIBRATION WHEN IT STARTED AND PULLED OFF IMMEDIATELY. WE HAD VERY LITTLE WARNING. IT STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN. WE WERE ON THE EXPRESSWAY, AT 70 MPH, WITH 5 PEOPLE AND A LOAD OF LUGGAGE. IT WAS 98 DEGREES OUT AT THE TIME THE TIRE FAILED. THE TIRE WAS KEPT BY THE CHEVROLET DEALER IN FERNANDINA BEACH. FL. THEIR NAME IS RON ANDERSON CHEVROLET, 904-261-5776. DAVID DUBOSE IN SERVICE HAS THE TIRES. THEY REPLACED ALL 4 OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES ON THE VEHICLE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

PE00020; WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES PURCHASED ON A 2000 GMC, SUBURBAN,TIRE SIZE P26570R16. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK FIRESTONE P265/70/R16 *MW

2 WEEKS AFTER GETTING THE CAR I NOTICE SOMETHING WRONG WITH TIRES, AT 60 MILES THE CAR WANTS TO BREAK IN PIECES,, I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIRES ARE NO DIFFRENT THAT THE OTHERS SIZES AND NAME IN THE RECALL FROM FIRESTONE. PLEASE CHECK THIS TIRES TOO BEFORE SOMEONE GET INJURY OR KILL. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70/16 )

ELECTRIC WINDOW ON BOTH 2ND SEAT ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES HAVE FAILED DUE TO FAILURE OF MOTOR OR REGULATOR. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING WHEN DRIVING OVER 65 MPH DUE TO FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK

PE00-020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE, LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS EQUIPTED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. WHILE TRAVELING AT 70MPH TIRES COMPLETELY BLEWOUT. DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE. *AK