2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED. LUCKILY WE WERE GOING DOWN A HILL AND NO OTHER CARS NEARBY, SO WE COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. CAR WOULD NOT CRANK - IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID A FUSE WAS BLOWN WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY THE FUSE WAS BLOWN. THEY GAVE US SEVERAL EXTRA FUSES IN CASE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM VACATION, SO WE TOOK THE EXTRA FUSES AND FINISHED THE TRIP HOME. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CAUSING THE FUSE TO BLOW. WE HAD TO PAY OVER $800 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. WE ARE HOPING THAT GM WILL RE-IMBURSE US, SINCE THIS SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE RECALL. THEY SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD TO PAY FOR THE PROBLEM, WE CANNOT FILE ANY PAPERWORK UNTIL NOVEMBER. SO IT'LL BE AT LEAST UNTIL THEN BEFORE WE GET ANY MONEY BACK, IF AT ALL. IN THE MEANTIME, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NEW FUEL PUMP IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SAME PROBLEM.

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION; LOST ALL FORWARD GEARS ON NJ TURNPIKE AFTER SLOWING DOWN FOR STOPPED TRAFFIC. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. ONLY 16,000 MILES ON VEHICLE; 1 YR 11 MONTHS OLD.

ROTORS RUSTED, PITTED, CORRODED AT ONLY 10,000 MILES; 15 MONTHS OLD. ALL TURNED, BUT WERE UNDER SPECIFICATIONS, SO DEALER HAD TO REPLACE (UNDER WARRANTY)

I HAVE A 2001 SUBURBAN WITH 65000 MILES THAT INTERMITENTLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY RESTART. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN HOT AND COLD WEATHER, AND OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDS, AND SLOWING TO STOP SPEEDS. USUALLY THE VEHICLE RE-STARTS AFTER 10 MINUTES, BUT IT HAS TAKEN AS LONG AS 45 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START. THE VEHICLE ALSO INTERMITENTLY WILL NOT START AFTER BEING PARKED FOR VARIABLE LENGTHS OF TIME. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WITH THE SAME RESULT: CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO CAN'T FIX IT. I CALL THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND THEY TELL ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE LAST DEALER PERFORMED COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. MEANWHILE, I READ MANY ARTICLES AND POSTINGS ABOUT OTHER SUBURBANS EXHIBITING THE SAME BEHAVIOR- STALLING AND NOT STARTING. AND MEANWHILE, I GET TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT PUTS MY FAMILY IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO INJURIES, ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS CAUSED BY THIS BEHAVIOR, YET, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY WHILE RIDING IN A VEHICLE THAT COULD STALL AT ANY TIME, WITH LIMITED CONTROL OF BRAKING AND STEERING. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROBLEM AND DO SOMETHING BEFORE PEOPLE DIE.

MY ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS TURN ON AND OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY AND INTERMITTENLY, SOMETIMES STAYING ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIP AND OTHER TIMES NEVER COMING ON AT ALL. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED AND REPLACED, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I'M GETTING REAL TIRED OF MY 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN HAVING PROBLEMS THAT ARE MORE RELATED TO SENSORS THEN ACTUAL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. OFTEN THE FIXES FOR THESE PROBLEMS ARE COSTLY AND OF COURSE, THEY ALL OCCUR AFTER THE WARRANTY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM SINCE 56,000 AND I'M CURRENTLY AT 93000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO WAIT TILL NOVEMBER TO GET IT FIXED UNDER THE LATEST RECALL. CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK IF THERE ARE OTHERS FACING THE SAME BRAKE SYSTEM/ABS PROBLEM? WHEN IS CHEVY GOING TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER?

2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT FREQUNTLY LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT EXTEND ENOUGH TO SECURE A PERSON. SEAT BELT OFTEN LOCKS UP WHEN PASSENGER IS BELTED IN AND PASSENGER CANNOT MOVE.

PARKING BRAKE ON 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WON'T HOLD. WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE CAN STILL ROLL.

THE ABS MODULE THAT GM HAS KNOWN IS A PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM IN MODEL YEARS 99 THROUGH 02. I OWN A 2001 SUBURBAN WITH 54,000 MILES. THERE IS A RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE THAN REPLACEMENT THAT GM WILL NOT ADMIT TOO. SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR THE ALTERNATIVE. IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND. THIS PROBLEM IS SO COMMON IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE A COMPANY WOULDN'T ISSUE A RECALL.

DT: CALLER SAYS AXLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE ABOUT 1 YEARS AGO. DEALER EXAMINED THE OTHER SIDE, THEN SAID IT WAS ALRIGHT. DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM AT MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. CURRENTLY, BRAKES STARTED MAKING A NOISE, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AXLE BROKE. DEALER SAID IT WAS CALLER'S PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER COULD NOT FIND ANY RECORDS OF FIRST OWNER, AND SAID THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR GETTING IT FIXED. *AK

CONTACT STATES THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WHILE HIS WIFE WAS SHOPPING, SHE OPENED UP THE GLASS PORTION OF THE LIFTGATE. THEN SHE ALMOST SHUT IT, AND THEN SHE REACHED UNDER TO GET A HOLD OF THE LIFTGATE HANDLE AND RAISED THE ENTIRE LIFTGATE ABOVE HER HEAD .WHEN SHE RAISED THIS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD BROKE AND SHATTERED ON HER HEAD.. HE HAS TALKED TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS, AND THEY SAID THAT THESE THINGS SOMETIMES HAPPEN. HE STATEED THAT THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HIM.*AK