2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

REVVING OF ENGINE TO POINT OF SCREECHING TIRES. SOMETIMES FEELING OF BEING IN NEUTRAL FOR A SECOND THEN CLUNK IN TRANNY/REAR END? ACTS AS ENGAGEMENT OF CRUISE CONTROL INCREASING SPEED, NOT ABLE TO DISENGAGE BY HITTING BRAKE. COMPUTER DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING. NEXT TIME PUTTER "LOCKED OUT" TECH'S. PUTER REPLACED. WORKED GOOD FOR TWO WEEKS. ENGINE REVVED, HIT PATCH OF ICE, TOTALED OUT Z-71. THANK GOD, NO INJURIES. FIGHTING IT FOR APPX 16000 MILES. 72000 TO 88000. *TR

2003 CHEVY SUBURBAN 2500 WITH 122,000 MILES - THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED "ZERO" AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO REGISTER ANY SPEED. IT THEN REGISTERED BETWEEN 120MPH AND 0MPH ALTERNATELY. *TR

I BOUGHT MY SUBURBAN WITH GOODYEAR TRACKER II TIRES ON IT FROM THE DEALER IN DEC 06. IN APRIL 07 A TIRE WAS FLAT. IT HAD A SMALL SLICE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE BETWEEN THE GROOVES. NOTHING HAD TOUCHED OR SCRAPED AGAINST THE TIRE TO CAUSE IT. I BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE FROM WALMART AS THEY ARE ONLY ONES ABLE TO GET AND SELL THEM. I HAD TAKEN THE WHEELS OFF FOR THE SUMMER AND PUT THEM BACK ON IN SEPT 07. IN MARCH 08 ON THIS NEW TIRE, IT HAD A LEAK IN THE GROOVED SECTION OF THE SIDE WALL NEAR THE TREAD. AGAIN NOTHING PUNCTURED IT OR SCRAPED IT. BECAUSE I COULDN'T CHANGE THE TIRE AT THE TIME I HAD TO PUT A PLUG IN IT TO GET HOME. THESE ARE VERY POORLY MADE AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER TIRES GET SMALL SLICES IN THE SIDEWALL. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF I HIT A POTHOLE, CURB, NAIL, SOMETHING. BUT THE FIRST TIRE WAS 3" ABOVE THE GROUND AND THIS ONE WAS ABOUT 1" ABOVE THE GROUND. I HAVE ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON THIS TIRE WITH ALOT OF TREAD LEFT THAT IS NOW GARBAGE. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE, A 2003 CHEVY SUBURBAN. I FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME IN 2006 AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAFT. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT A RECALL ITEM BUT ONE THAT THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT. I GUESS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS DIED FROM IT, CHEVY THINKS THAT SHABBY WORKMANSHIP AND DEFECTS ARE OKAY TO PASS ON TO CONSUMERS. THIS IS AN ANNOYING CLUNKING AND ONE THAT COULD MASK A REAL PROBLEM IF YOU CAN'T HEAR IT. WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? *TR

INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDS REPLACING AGAIN. THIS WILL BE THE 4TH TIME THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. 24,451MI, 26,094MI, AND 65,655MI. YOU START TO HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING OR SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF STEERING WHEEL. HAS MORE PLAY THEN USUAL AS WELL. GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THESE AS THEY KNOW IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. IN JUNE OF 2003, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT THREE YEARS AGO, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MAKE A THUMPING NOISE AND VIBRATE WHENEVER MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR DEFECTS RELATING TO THIS FAILURE. SEVERAL MECHANICS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY SUBURBAN THAT HAS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING. WHILE TURNING AT SPEED OR SIMPLY CORRECTING AS DRIVING. I HAVE NOTICED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SITE ABOUT IT BUT IT APPEARS GM IS NOT PAYING FOR A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE ON GM'S BEHALF TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS OR AM I STUCK FIXING THIS? THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BECOME VERY LOOSE WHEN DRIVING. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS CURRENTLY STUCK AT 120 MPH. PROBLEM STARTED WITH IT BEING STUCK AT 45 MPH WHEN VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY FLASHES. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,722.

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS WHILE I AM DRIVING HWY SPEEDS. IT JUMPS TO 120 MPH WHILE I AM DOING 60 TO 65 MPH. *TR