2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHILE PARKED WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SWITCH GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. AFTER 10,000 MILES CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THEY WERE TELLING THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE SENSOR AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE. THE PARTS WERE ON ORDER. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

REGULAR HARSH ENGAGEMENT ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE TRANSMISSION. 1) HAD A HUGE CLUNK WHEN HAVING TO SUDDENTLY STOP ON ONE OCCASION - SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO DROP/BAM. 2) ON AN UNPREDICTABLE BASIS THE TRANSMISSION HARSHLY ENGAGES WHEN GOING SHIFTING AT THE SLOWER SPDS. 3) BROUGHT TO SERVICE DEALOR AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM DURING A TEST DRIVE "THAT NEEDS TO BE CK'D OUT". THEY SAID THEY FIXED. 4) PROBLEM WAS WORSE WHEN CAR WAS RECEIVED BACK (HAVE NO IDEA IF CAR WILL EVER BAM/CLUNK/WHAM/DROP AGAIN AS I NORMALLY DON'T SUDDENLY STOP BUT WHATEVER THAT WAS IT CERTAINLY WASN'T GOOD FOR THE TRANSMISSION). I REPORTED THE FREQUENCY OF THE HARSH ENGAGEMENTS ACTUALLY WERE MORE OFTEN AND THEY THEN CHANGED THERE TUNE CITING A SERVICE BULLETIN SAYING IT'S NORMAL ". 5) NOW 15,000 MILES LATER OF HARSH ENGAGEMENTS I'M SENSING SOME SLIPPAGE AND THOSE HARSH ENGAGEMENTS ARE NOW HARSHER. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MY TAHOE AND AM VERY CONCERNED OF THE FUTURE OF THE TRANSMISSION IN THAT GM & BELZERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM THEN SAID GM SAYS NOT TO DO ANYTHING. CAR STILL RUNS BUT IT VERY ANNOYING WHEN DRIVING IN THE CITIES STOP AND GO TRAFFICE...A CLUNK CLUNK HERE AND A CLUNK CLUNK THERE HERE A CLUNK THERE A CLUNK. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT, "THERE WAS NO OBJECTS THAT HIT THE WINDOW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND BLEW UP. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER . FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS SIZE# UNKNOWN. DOT: UNKNOWN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNED AND THE FRONT SHOCK REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *TC

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ALONG TEXAS HIWAY 242, A RELATIVELY NEW HIWAY WITH UNIFORM ROAD SURFACE IN GOOD CONDITION (NORTH OF HOUSTON). VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. A LOUD BUZZING SOUND WAS HEARD SIMILAR TO THAT PRODUCED BY THE RIBBED EDGE-OF-ROADWAY WARNING STRIP FOUND ON SOME HIWAYS. I AT FIRST THOUGHT THE CHARACTER OF THE ROAD SURFACE HAD CHANGED; THEN, A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE COLLAPSED SUDDENLY. UPON STOPPING ON THE SHOULDER I FOUND THAT THE TIRE TREAD SURFACE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE AND AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE JUST AT THE MANUFACTURING SEAM WHERE THESE TWO COMPONENTS ARE JOINED. FIVE RADIAL RIPS HAD ALSO OCCURRED IN THE SIDEWALL LEADING FROM ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALL TO THE SEPARATED TREAD/SIDEWALL SEAM. THE TIRES WERE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE (PURCHASED IN MAY 2003) AND HAVE BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25,500 MILES. THE TREAD IS STILL VERY DEEP. THE TIRES ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16 111S TYPE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED GAS ODOR. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE FUEL LINE SYSTEM WAS LEAKING GASOLINE, CAUSING STALLING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE IT WAS HIT FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE, THE IMPACT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED A WIRE BURNING SMELL, AND AIR BAG INDICATOR SERVICE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. *AK