1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WENT OUT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE WITH EMERGENCY BRAKES. BATTERY ACID LEAKED ON BRAKE LINE AND BURNT A HOLE IN IT. *AK *JG

60 MPH CROSS WIND BLEW THE SUBURBAN HEAD ON INTO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. THE VEHICLE SPUN 360 DEGREES, WENT INTO THE DITCH, THE FRONT END HIT AGAIN THE VEHICLE WENT UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EMBANKMENT AND STOPPED IN A FIELD. ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE FRAME NOT REPAIRABLE, THE REAR PORTION OF THE FRAME BENT INTO A DIAMOND SHAPE. FRONT CROSSMEMBER BENT AND ENGINE MOVED UPWARDS AT A 10 DEGREE ANGLE. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET PULLING MY BASS BOAT. I NOTICED A "ROUGH" RIDE ALL OF A SUDDEN. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CHECKED MY TIRES. I EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION ON MY LEFT REAR TIRE. TIRES HAD BEEN MAINTAINED AT REQUIRED PRESSURE AND ROTATED REGULARLY. FIRESTONE MANAGER REPLACED TIRE AS DEFECTIVE. HE STATED HE HAD SEEN THESE TIRES SEPARATE BEFORE BUT NONE AFTER THEY WERE REDESIGNED. THIS WAS A REDESIGN TIRE SUPPLIED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. REPLACEMENT WAS SAME TYPE OF TIRE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON THESE TIRES. FIRESTONE HAS A BAD REPUTATION NOW FOR TIRE SEPARATION.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE AT 40 MPH. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND BEGAN PUMPING THE BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4+ TIMES. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL. ENGINE MISFIRES ON ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS, THIS IS ALSO NORMAL PER DEALER. STEARING JUMPS WHEN TURNING THEY HAVE TRIED TO FIX IT AND IT IS A LITTLE BETTER. AFTER DEALER TRIED TO FIX VEHICLEL I LOST ABOUT 2 MPG AND HAD A REDUCED AMOUT OF POWER. VEHICLE FAILED EMMISSIONS TEST AND DEALER SAID HE WOULD PASS IT.

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN GROUNDED THREE TIMES, AND HAVE BEEN CHANGED ONCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH VEHICLE HIT A FIRE HYDRANT, THEN A TREE. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. IMPACT WAS MIDDLE OF FRONT OF VEHICLE. *AK

BRAKES SQUEAL, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WHICH HELPED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED, THE BRAKES STOP SUDDENLY JUST ABOUT THROWING THE PASSENGERS THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT MUD AND DIRT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND CAN NOT SEEM TO KEEP IT REPAIRED.*JB

THE FIRST PROBLEM THAT I HAD WITH THESES TIRES WAS BACK IN JULY OF 2000. ON BOTH OF THE FRONT TIRES THE BELTS HAD BROKEN AT THAT TIME THE TRUCK HAD ABOUT 12,000 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUGHT BEFORE ANY SEPARATION HAD HAPPENED. THEN ON 8/17/01 I WAS DRIVING ON I215 AND THE TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL AND PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT. I WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE AND THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED, IT DIDN'T GO FLAT. THEN EXACTLY A WEEK LATER I HAD THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOWOUT. THIS TIRE WAS IN PIECES. AFTER THE FIRST SEPARATION I CALLED FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER IN MY AREA TO HAVE THE REST OF THE TIRES LOOKED AT. I DID THAT I TOOK IT TO TED WIENS ON WARM SPRINGS. AT THAT TIME I SPOKE WITH COURTNEY HE CAME OUT LOOKED AT THE FIRST TIRE AND SAID SINCE I WAS CLAIMING PRODUCT LIABILITY FOR THE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK HE SAID ALL HE WOULD DO IS REPLACE THE TIRE AND NOTHING MORE. I ASKED HIM TO PLEASE LOOK AT THE OTHERS HE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING MORE HE COULD DO. SO I LEFT BOUGHT THE TIRE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HAD IT MOUNTED AND THE OTHERS CHECKED. I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THE TIRES SEEMDED FINE NO SIDWALL DAMAGE AND PLENTY OF TREAD. THEN I HAVE THE 2ND SEPERATION. I WENT BACK TO TED WIENS AND SPOKE TO THE OWNER CARLOS. HE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE BACK LOOKED AT THE REMAING 2 TIRES SAID THE TREAD WAS AT 10/32 NO SIDE WALL DAMAGE AND CALLED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE TOLD HIM SINCE THE TIRES HAD NO CRACKING THEY WOULD DO NOTHING. HE DID REPLACE THESE TIRES FOR ME. FIRESTONE WOULD NOT. I FEEL LET DOWN BOTH BY FIRESTONE AND CHEVROLET. I HAD NO CHOICE AS TO WHAT KIND OF TIRES WOULD BE ON THE TRUCK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. NEITHER ONE IS NOW TO EAGER TO HELP ME. I HAVE $5,000.00 IN DAMAGE TO A LEASED VEHICLE AND NO ONE WILLING TO STEP UP AND HELP.*AK (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A468 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, AND PART OF TREAD CAME OFF. HAD NOT CALLED GOODYEAR. TIRE SIZE P245/75R16. *AK GOODYEAR TIRE, 38 PSI, CONSUMER STATES THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF GARAGE. HEARD A NOISE AND ENGINE ROARED UP, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND WENT THOUGH CONSUMER'S LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK