2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WIRING TO FUEL PUMP INSIDE OF GAS TANK GETTING HOT ENOUGH TO MELT WIRE INSULATION AND PLASTIC CONNECTOR RESULTING IN GAS LEAK AT FUEL PUMP MODULE. HAD REPLACE FUEL PUMP MODULE, BUT ITS MY CONCERN THAT A FIRE COULD BE CAUSED BY OVERHEATED WIRES INSIDE OF FUEL TANK. *JB

FUEL PUMP WIRING MELTED INSIDE GAS TANK AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE LOST MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND SAFELY GET TO THE SHOULDER. MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE PUMP OWNS AN OLDER SUBURBAN AND HAD HIS FUEL PUMP FAIL MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL HE REPLACED IT WITH AN AFTERMARKET PUMP. *JB

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO FAILED TO START. THESE FAILURES WERE DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. WHEN THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED FUEL PUMP WASN'T HOLDING PRESSURE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED 11 TIMES BY EIGHT DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT, HOWEVER THE DRIVER MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER STATED THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT HAD BROKEN. *JB *SC *JB

DRIVING A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH 35,000 MILES AND ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE STEELTEX 16 INCH TIRES DURING THE DAY ON DRY ROAD, I HAD AN UNEXPECTED TREAD SEPARATION AND EXPLOSIVE BLOW OUT AT 70 MPH.TIRE PRESSURES WERE CHECKED BEFORE THE TRIP AND NO DEFECTS IN ANY OF THE TIRES WAS NOTED. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CAR IN THE WHEEL WELL AREA THAT WILL REQUIRE A FAIR AMOUNT OF BODY WORK TO REPAIR. THIS JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY 08AUG04, AND I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO CONTACT A CHEVY OR A FIRESTONE DEALER.*AK

ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I TURNED ON THE ENGINE OF MY CAR AND IT STAYED ON. A MOTOR UNDER THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN, EVEN AFTER I HAD TURNED THE ENGINE BACK OFF. I TOOK THE CAR INTO MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE MODULE 4.720 IN THE ABS MOTOR. MY CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY. 66,000 MILES AN IS AN 2001 MODEL - THIS TYPE OF EXTENSIVE REPAIR SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ~50 OF THE ABS MODULES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE SOME COMPENSATION AND/OR RECALL OR SOMETHING FOR PERSONS WHOM HAVE PURCHASED AUTOS IN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY WERE BUILD WELL AND THE MANUFACTURE WILL STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *LA

2001 CHEVROLET SURBURBAN - APPROX 17000 MILES - MONTHS AGO - RECEIVED A RECALL ON THIS SURBURBAN FOR THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES - TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THESE TIRES LOOKED OKAY. HOWEVER - ON 7/10/04 COMING BACK FROM A 2 MILE DRIVE FOR GROCERIES - (A MAJOR STREET) - HEARD A HUGE EXPLOSION SOUND - THE TRUCK SWERVED WILDLY - WE WERE THROWN AND TOSSED BUT HAD SEAT BELTS AND KIDS IN CARRIERS- GOING 35 MILES PER HOUR - MY WIFE AND CHILDREN TERRIFIED AND CRYING - AND THEY WERE TOSSED SIDE TO SIDE - WIFE IN PAIN - SON HAD HUGE BELT BRUISE - I PULLED MY LOWER BACK - MY BABY SEEMS OKAY. WHEN IT FINALLY STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD - I FOUND THATREAR LEFT TIRE HAD COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT LIKE A POPPED BALLOON - ENTIRE INTERNAL ABOUT 12 BY 8 INCHES - V PATTERN - THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF DAMAGE THAT GOT ALL THAT NEWS ATTENTION ABOUT FIRESTONE TIRES JUST BLOWING ON THE TIRE WALLS AND ROLL OVERS ON FREEWAYS. WE WERE TERRIFIED WHEN WE REALIZED THIS AND KNEW THAT HAD WE BEEN GOING FASTER WE WOULD HAVE NEARLY DIED! WENT TO MY CHEVY DEALER IMMEDIATELY AT HENDERSON CHEVY (SPARE ON) - COMPLETELY IGNORED MY COMPLAINT. PLEASE HELP !!!! WE ARE TERRIFED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AND CANNOT AFFORD TO JUST BUY ALL NEW TIRES - AND WHAT ABOUT BEING HURT AND THIS HAPPENING JUST LIKE IT DID TO SO MANY OTHERS THE SAME WAY (THEIR SUV'S AND FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES) - AGAIN HELP PLEASE!*AK

WIFE EXPERIENCED SEVERE ACCELERATION, UP TO 100 MPH, AND COULD NOT STOP IT. WE TOOK THE 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN IN FOR SERVICE. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THAN, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME SITUATION WITH A SEVERE ACCELERATION. THE DEALER SERVICE PEOPLE STILL SAY THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. *LA

WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED OR VEHICLE DRIVEN OVER A PUMP IN THE ROAD ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN SHOOK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND PACKED THE STEERING COLUMN. THE PROBLEM RECURRED A YEAR LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER . AS A RESULT, CONSUMER HAD TO ENGAGE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEALER STATED THAT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED.*AK