1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. AS OF 4/28/04 WITH ONLY 47K MILES, A/C COMPRESSOR DEFECTIVE & DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE IN SPITE OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AS SOON AS 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE IN OCTOBER OF 2002. REPLACED BRAKES 3 TIMES AT OUR EXPENSE. DEALER (BOB NEILL PONTIAC IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY), STEERING PROBLEMS, ATTEMPTED REPAIR, AGAIN AT OUR EXPENSE. REPLACED DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOW MECHANISM'S AT OUR COST. TOTAL PIECE OF JUNK. WILL NEVER BUY FROM BOB NEILL PONTIAC IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC AGAIN & WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. JUST BOUGHT ENTIRE FLEET (6 TRUCKS) FROM CHEVY. DEALER N KERNERSVILLE, NC). WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH FOR THE ENTIRE LOT TO BREAK DOWN. COMPLETELY DISGUSTED WITH GM.

WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES WOULD PERIODICALLY QUIT DURING A LIGHT RAIN. WOULD USUALLY START BACK AFTER TURNING WIPERS OFF AND ON AGAIN. LAST TIME DURING A DRIVING RAIN STORM ON I-10 WITH 18 WHEELER CLOSE BEHIND, WIPER SYSTEM COMPLETELY STOPPED. A VERY HELPLESS FEELING AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. WIPER MODULE WAS REPLACED THE NEXT WEEK. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. TALKED TO DEALER AND THEY WERE AWARE OF SEVERAL CARS WITH SIMILAR SITUATION.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1999 CHEV. SUBURBAN FAIL FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE WINDSHIELD WASHER WAS FAILING FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT NOW NEVER WORKS.

MALFUNCTION OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS DURING USE IN RAINY WEATHER. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF OWN THEIR OWN. DEALER WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

REAR TAILGATE LATCH NOT WORKING. CAN'T OPEN TAILGATE AT ALL. HAD BEEN "CATCHING" FOR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE BECOMMING INOPERABLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 23, 2004 HEARD THE ALARM GO OFF. SHE WENT TO THE WINDOW, AND SAW VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL.*AK

EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOSSE OF POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING LEFT TURN, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEED. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY HAD A SIMILAR TYPE PROBLEM. *AK

I PURCHASED MY SUBURBAN IN MARCH OF 2001, I HAVE HAD 3 NEW SETS OF TIRES PUT ON IT. AND 4 FRONT END ALIMENTS. EACH SET OF TIRES HAVE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. IF MY TIRE PRESSURE GET JUST A LITTLE LOW IT IS VERY HARD TO STEER. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO CHRISWELL CHEVROLET SEVERAL TIME. THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM.(IF THEY EVEN LOOK) OR THEY JUST DO A FRONT END ALIMENT OR PUT MORE AIR IN THE TIRE. I HAVE EVEN HAD MY TOW END CHECKED TWICE. MY TRUCK IS VERY HARD TO DRIVE AND IT IS PULLING HARDER TO THE RIGHT ALL THE TIME. I LOVE MY TRUCK, BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I STILL HAVE OVER 5,000 MILE MORE ON MY WARRENTY. I HOPE I CAN GET CHRISWELL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

IT APPEARS ON THAT ON THE 1999 MODEL YEAR CHEVY SUBURBAN THERE IS A DEFECT THAT CAUSES A SHORT IN THE INTERIOR LIGHT SYSTEM, RESULTING IN THE INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAINING ON EVEN WHEN THE SWITCH IS OFF. I HAVE A FEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND FOUND A POSTING ON THE INTERNET WHERE SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM - LINK INCLUDED HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/VBULLETIN/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=1480449. *CB