2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

HEATED POWER MIRRORS WITH DIMMING FEATURE HAS A LIQUID INSIDE THAT HAS TURNED DIRTY BROWN RESTRICTING SIGHT REARWARD. THE POWER SWITCH ADJUSTING THE REARVIEW MIRRORS INOP. CD PLAYER INOP. SUNROOF INOP. SUNROOF GETS STUCK INSIDE ITS RAILS IN OPEN POSITION. UNABLE TO OPEN OR CLOSE. ENGINE LEAVES POLLS OF OIL INSIDE MY GARAGE APPROX 1QT. PR 1000 MILES. JUST HAD A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH A VERY CLOSE CALL ACCIDENT, LOOSING 3RD AND 4TH GEAR REQUIRING COMPLETE REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION, DRIVE AXLE LEAKING OIL. AND OF COURSE ALL THIS HAPPENS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS CAR TODAY COSTS $ 50,000.- WITH THIS TRIM PACKAGE. HAS ONLY 81000 ON ODOMETER. GM THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT. THIS IS MY 3RD LEMON FROM GM. DO THEY NOT MAKE CARS THAT'LL LAST PAST WARRANTIES ANY MORE?? *JB

PERFORMED A "KICK DOWN" TO PASS DUMP TRUCK ON HIGHWAY. AFTER PASSING THE TRUCK AND BACK IN MY LANE OF TRAVEL THE ENGINE OVER REVS TO 5000+ RPMS AND CAR HALTS TO A STOP IN FRONT OF THE DUMP TRUCK THAT I JUST PASSED, FORCING HIM TO SWERVE AND STAND ON ITS BRAKES TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ME. THE CAR NOW HAS ONLY TWO FUNCTIONING GEARS, 1ST AND 2ND. TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS INTO FIRST WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT TO 3RD. CAR NOW HAS 81000 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION SHOP SAYS THAT MY 3RD AND 4TH GEAR CLUTCHES ARE GONE!!?? AND A $1,500+ REBUILD IS NECESSARY. THE SHOP SAYS ITS SURPRISED THAT THIS HAPPENS TO A LOW MILEAGE TRUCK LIKE THIS. AND SO AM I. *JB

A PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE WENT TO USE THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR SEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE BELT WHICH WAS RETRACTED AT THE TIME CAME OUT AND FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER A LOUD NOISE. THE SEAT BELT IS UNUSABLE. *JB

THE DESIGN OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKES IS VERY POOR AND ACCORDING TO THE 3 BRAKE SHOPS I VISITED, GM HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM ON SUBURBANS. THE CALIPER CLIPS ON AND IS NOT "FIXED" INTO POSITION. WHAT HAPPENED IN MY CASE AND IS QUITE COMMON IS THAT THE PADS SLIP AND RUB THE DRUM WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OWNER. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS WITH NEW ROTORS AND PADS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IS SO THIN. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NOT ADJUSTABLE, SO THE ONLY CORRECTIVE ACTION IS THE ABOVE, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE BRAKE SHOPS I SPOKE WITH. THE CLIP GM PROVIDES TO HOLD THE PADS IN PLACE DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME, SO WHY WOULD IT WORK IN THE REPAIR? *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE . THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

THIS IS MY 2ND COMPLAINT. FIRST WAS ODI # 10088120. SINCE POSTING THAT COMPLAINT, MY FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED 2 MORE TIMES. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESEARCH THIS ON THE WEB, AND HAVE FOUND QUITE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS ABOUT FUEL PUMPS FAILING IN SUBURBANS AND CHEVY TRUCKS FROM MANY DIFFERENT YEARS. THESE COMPLAINTS DON'T SEEM TO HAVE MADE IT TO THE NHTSA. IT ALSO SEEMS THAT ONCE THE PROBLEM ARISES, IT CONTINUES. THERE MUST BE SOME UNDERLYING DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE THAT IS CAUSING THESE PUMPS TO FAIL. I THINK IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT I WILL HAVE TO TRADE THIS CAR IN BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP IT RUNNING, AND IT ISN'T EVEN PAID FOR YET. *NM

DURING A 60 MPH FRONTAL VEHICLE COLLISION, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *JB *SC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO MELTED WIRES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BARE WIRES MELTED INSULATION ON THE FUEL PUMP IN THE GAS TANK. FAILURE DUE TO A BAD CONNECTION CAUSING HEAT. ONE WIRE MELTED INTO THE ADJACENT WIRE CAUSING THE FUSE TO BLOW WHILE EMERGED IN FUEL. *TC

I SEE WHERE CHEVROLET IS RECALLING THE SURBURBAN FOR A DEFECTIVE DRIVESHAFT. I HAVE AN EARLY 2001 MODEL AND MY DRIVESHAFT DID CRACKED. I WAS STUCK IN SAN DIEGO FOR TWO DAYS FOR THE DEALER TO GET THE NEW PART. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS WAS VERY RARE, THUS HARD TO FIND THE PART. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PART BECAUSE THIS WAS SO COMMON AND THE OTHER DEALERSHIPS DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THE PART. FIRST I AM MAD THAT I WAS LIED TO BY THE SERVICE MANAGER, BUT I ALSO WONDER IF THE DRIVE SHAFT PROBEM IS PREVELENT IN THE 2001 SUBURBAN MODEL AS WELL. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR RESEARCH.*AK

DRIVING ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. POWER STERRING PUMP SHAFT FAILED MAKING TRUCK EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. POWER STEERING SHAFT FAILED-REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP-OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE MOVING SLOWLY .*AK