1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WAS DRIVING 35MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TRIED REBALANCING ALL FOUR TIRES TO REMOVE VIBRATIONS. VIBRATION PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN WITH 33,000 MILES. LT245/78R16. *AK THE CONSUMER BOUGHT 5 NEW TIRES AND REPLACED THE ONES THAT WERE UNSAFE. *YH

BRAKE BOOSTER HAD A VACCUM LEAK AND FAILED, CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES. CONSUMER CAN HEAR PART FAILING AGAIN *AK. *JB

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN 1999 THERE WAS VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINATION, RIGHT REAR OF TIRE HAD A SECTION OF TREAD PEELING OFF AND THERE WAS A BUBBLE FORMING WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE, SIZE - LT245/75R16 WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE, AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO OTHER FAILURES, A TIRE MAN EXAMINED THE TIRES AND STATED THAT ALL OF THEM HAD BROKEN PLACES IN THE STEEL BELTS. *SLC

WOULD BE DRIVING AND VEHICLE WOULD BE HARD TO CONTROL. STEERING IS ERRATIC. FEELS AS IF VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE. WOULD TURN STEERING WHEEL AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THEN, SUDDENLY WOULD WHIP AROUND LIKE IT WAS FREE WHEELING. PROBLEM WAS STEADILY GETTING WORSE AFTER TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP.*AK CONSUMER STATES HAPPENS MAINLY WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT, IT IS NOT THAT THE TIRES DON'T TURN, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT IS IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT IT JERKS. *JB

ORIGINAL TIRES ON FIRESTONE, TPC 2012MS, LT245/75R16 LRE, 23553-UR-BM 05326. PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGING TO VEHICLE.*AK *JB

VEHICLE PULLS LEFT AND RIGHT AND CHATTERS VIBRATES. CONSUMER HAD BRAKES REPLACED 5 TIMES IN LAST 30,000 MILES. DEALER HAS INVESTED TIME IN TRYING TO RECTIFY VEHICLE, SUCH AS CHECKING TIRE AND WORKING ON FRONT END. IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A EMERGENCY SITUATION VEHCILE WILL DIVE INTO ANOTHER LANE. DEALER HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A REMEDY AT THIS POINT. *AK AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING IN FRONT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START IN THE AM, HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED. *SLC

THE LATCH THAT KEEPS THE RIGHT REAR TAILGATE DOOR OPEN BROKE. THIS PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM REMAINING OPEN WHILE YOU ARE ADDING OR REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE TRUNK SPACE. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE IN THE LEFT LANE, CONSUMER HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT HAS BEEN GETTING NO ASSISTANCE IN THE MATTER, CONSUMER HAS HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *JB

ERRATIC STEERING - VEHICLE WANDERS IN LANE AND HAS NO TACTILE FEEDBACK TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MOVING LEFT OR RIGHT. STEERING SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS BEEN TESTED SEVERAL TIMES. PROBLEM IS VERY INTERMITTENT. ON LAST OCCURENCE SIMPLY STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT RETURNED THE STEERING TO NORMAL. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK