2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

THE REAR PASSENGER AS WELL AS FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WERE NOT EQUIPPED DOOR CHIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK THE CONSUMER STARTED TO DRIVE AND WHEN HE MADE A LEFT TURN, THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. THE CHILD NEARLY FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING CHIMES TO ALERT THE CONSUMER THAT THE DOOR OPENED. *SCC *JB

THERE WAS AN ENGINE KNOCKING PROBLEM. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A LETTER THAT CERTIFIED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND THE VEHICLE WAS OKAY TO DRIVE. THE CONSUMER DISAGREED, AND FELT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE. *AK THERE WAS A NOISE, RUBBING SOUND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THERE WERE KNOCKS DURING THE INITIAL START OF THE DAY, AND THE WINDOW WAS NOISY WHILE OPERATING AS THE REGULATOR CABLE WAS LOOSE. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. SEVERAL OTHER SUBURBANS HAD FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE OF POOR PARKING BRAKES. *AK *CB *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE WHEN DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

GASOLINE LEAKED FROM TANK UPON FILLING. I HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AND DEALER FOUND THAT INSULATION HAD MELTED ON WIRES ON FUEL PUMP INTERNAL TO FUEL TANK. WAS ADVISED TO KEEP AT LEAST 1/4 FULL TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM. BOTH THE LEAK AND MELTED WIRES IMPLY A SAFETY PROBLEM.

ABS MODULE FAILED AT 56K MILES - I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH A FAILURE OF A BRAKING SYSTEM AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULDN'T GO OFF. ABS SYSTEM KEPT RUNNING AFTER CAR WAS TURNED OFF. GM DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE ENTIRE MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND CHARGED APPROX. $1000 TO FIX IT.*AK

MY FIRESTONE TIRES CAME APART ON MY TRIP TO NEV. I WAS IN A CURVE AT 70MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN THE TRED CAME OFF ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE THROWING US INTO A SKID. THE TRED RIPED OUT THE SPLASH GAURD AND THE FENDER MOULDING THEN HITING THE REAR QUARTER AND LEAVING A14 BY 8 INCH DENT. THEN ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO LATER THE LEFT FRONT GETS A PLY SEPERATION. I DONT CARE ABOUT THE JUNK TIRES BUT IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING I'M SURE SOMEONE WOULD OF GOTTEN HURT. I DROVE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS SO MY SKILL LEVEL IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN AVERAGE.*AK

ON JULY 2ND 2003, WE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON OUR 2001 SUBURBAN. THE FIRESTONE STEEL-TEX TIRES (245/75R16)ONLY HAD 13571 MILES ON THEM AND WE HAD MAINTAINED THE TRUCK AND TIRES ACCORDING TO THE GM SERVICE SCHEDULE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. WE WERE HAULING A TRAILER IN THE MOUNTAINS; TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY 75 DEGREES. WE EXPERIENCED A WEIRD BUMPY FEELING AND THEN A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARTING TOTALLY FROM THE SIDEWALLS. WE HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY TO CHANGE THE TIRE; IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS POTENTIALLY, DEADLY SITUATION. GM IS UNWILLING TO HELP COVER THE COSTS FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES, SO FAR. THEY ONLY WERE WILLING TO REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE WITH THE EXACT SAME FIRESTONE. WE DID NOT EVEN REQUEST THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO US; WE JUST WANT SOME HELP TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER MAKE OF TIRES. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE; I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE'S NO INHERENT FLAW IN THESE TIRES.*AK

RT & LT FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS PIN PASSENGERS TO SEAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT, IS TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT. WHEN DRIVER OR PASSENGER TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD, SEAT BELT RESTRAINS PERSON AND WILL NOT LET THEM MOVE FREELY IN THE SEAT. SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THEN WILL BE OK FOR A TIME BEFORE THEY START RESTRAINING PASSENGER AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE DRIVER WHO IS TRYING TO CHECK TRAFFIC OUT HIS SIDE WINDOW AND IS A NUISANCE FOR THE PASSENGER WHO CANNOT MOVE ABOUT IN THE SEAT. THIS PROBLEM ENCOURAGES THE OCCUPANTS TO NOT WEAR THE SEAT BELTS BECAUSE OF THE INCONVIENCE OF BEING PINNED INTO THE SEAT. ALL OF THIS IS IN NORMAL DRIVING SITUATIONS AND NOT IN EMERENGENCY SITUATIONS.

WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE GEAR SHIFT LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO INTO REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT A PIECE OF METAL GOT LOOSE AN TORE UP THE TRANSMISSION. *AK