1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHILE TOWING MY 29' TRAILER THROUGH WYOMING ON INTERSTATE 80 AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH MY RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW. THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE THROUGH THE STEAL. THE INSIDE OF MY WHEEL WAS DAMAGED AND MY QUARTER PANEL WAS COVERED WITH RUBBER WHERE THE TREAD SEPARATED AND RUBBED AROUND THE SIDE OF MY SUBURBAN TILL I CAME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I PURCHASED A NEW TIRE. THE TIRE THAT BLEW WAS 1 YEAR OLD AND HAD LESS THEN 10,000 MILES ON IT, ADDITIONALLY THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED TWO DAYS PRIOR. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHENEVER PUTTING GASOLINE INTO THE GAS TANK TO THE FULL LEVEL, AND THEN DRIVING VEHICLE IT BECOMES HALF FULL, BUT FUEL GAUGE INDICATES FULL WITHOUT THE CONSUMER ADDING GAS TO THE TANK. *AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR CONSUMER NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR STARTED SMOKING, AND THE MIRROR CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

I PURCHASED A 1999 SUBURBAN ON FEB. 28, 2004. WHEN WE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE IT DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. ON THE WAY HOME IT STARTED WANDERING ALL OVER THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK. WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID OR PERHAPS TIRES. ON MARCH 11, 2004(TWO WEEKS LATER) I WAS WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND GLANCED DOWN AT MY CLOCK. WHEN I LOOKED BACK UP THE VEHICLE HAD VEERED INTO THE WRONG LANE. WHEN I TRIED TO GET BACK INTO MY LANE THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE RIGHT, WAY OVER CORRECTING ITSSELF. I TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT BACK OUT BUT IT OVERCORRECTED AGAIN AND CAUSED ME TO GO INTO THE DITCH AND ROLL.*AK

CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE WHILE BACKING UP VEHICLE. ONCE SERVICED, TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR END FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE BEGINS TO VIBRATE ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH FOR 20-30 SECONDS THEN STOPS. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. MECHANIC INDICATES THAT THE 4TH CYLINDER IS SKIPPING. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS NO "FIX.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER PULLED OUT OF THE ROAD WHEN HEARING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE ROTOR BROKE. MECHANIC REPLACED THE ROTOR. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEFT SIDE. *SC

PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS. I HAVE HAD A CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH THE WIPERS AND HAVE READ IN SEVERAL PLACES THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON CHEVROLET SUBURBANS PRIOR TO MODEL YEARS 1999. THIS IS AN INTERMITENT PROBLEM SOMETIMES THEY WORK, SOMETIMES THEY WON'T GO OFF AT ALL (THEY KEEP RUNNING) SOMETIMES WHEN I TRY TO USE THE WIPER WASHER THEY CONTINUE TO GO AND USUALLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. DEALER WAS AWARE THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AND WILL REMAIN. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE ACCELRATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK