1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 35MPH PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN MINORPROPERTY DAMAGE. DEALER HAS PERFORMED 9 BRAKE JOBS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CHEVROLET HAS AGREED TO REPURCHASE VEHICLE. *SLC

THE SIDE MOUNTED POSITIVE BATTERY POLE LEAKED ACID ONTO VARIOUS ELECTRICAL WIRES AND CAUSED SEVERE COROSION OF THE AIR CONDITIONING LINES AND "BURNED" THE PAINT FROM THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE R FRONT WHEEL WELL. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LYNN SMITH CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENDED TO HIS WIFE'S CAR SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER.*AK

MOISTURE DEVELOPS IN BRAKE DRUMS WHICH CAUSES ONE OF THE BRAKES TO GRAB EXTREMELY HARD . *AK WHILE RAINING OR IN VERY DAMP CONDITIONS, BRAKES GRAB AND IN ONE CASE IT CAUSED 2 PEOPLE TO BUMP THEIR HEADS TOGETHER, DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL BRAKING AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER DRAG THE BRAKE EACH MORNING FOR 125 FEET, AFTER MANY CALLS AND AN INCIDENT WHERE A HORSE WAS INJURED WITH A RUPTURED STOMACH, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE RUPTURE, BUT CONSUMER STATES THE ABRUPT JERKING FROM THE BRAKES WAS NOT PLEASANT FOR THE HORSE, DEALER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ORDERING A NEW 2001 SUBURBAN FOR CONSUMER BECAUSE THESE HAVE DIFFERENT BRAKING SYSTEMS. *SLC

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN THIS SIZE OF VEHICLE THAT THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED AND THAT THE DOORS CRIMPLED SO BAD THAT THE PASSENGERS WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN A TIMELY MANNER. PLEASE CONTACT ME CONCERNING THIS. THANK YOU. *AK

SEAT BACK ADJUSTMENT LEVER FRAYS SEAT BELT. THE LEVER THAT IS USED TO RELEASE THE SEAT BACK FOR ADJUSTMENT OFTEN CATCHES THE SEAT BELT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PUT ON. PULLING ON THE BELT HAS CAUSED THE BELT TO FRAY SLIGHTLY. I SWAPPED THE LEVERS SIDE-FOR-SIDE CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, THE DRIVERS LEVER WAS LABELED R AND THE PASSENGER LEVER WAS LABELED L. I BELIEVE THEY WERE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. *AK

BRAKE PROBLEM; WHEN SHE APPLYING BRAKES THEY GRIND, AND VEHICLE WILL STOP SLOWLY.*AK

DOOR CAN NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN DOOR CAME OPEN. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK MR. MCCARTHY IS A MEDIATOR FOR THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, A HEARING WAS HELD IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINT AND THE DOOR LATCHES WERE FOUND TO BE UNSAFE, THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH 3 OUT OF 4 DOORS, MR. MCCARTHY ORDERED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. *SLC

BRAKES HAVE CONTINALLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. REPEATED ( SIX) REPAIRS HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. IT GETS WORSE WITH MILAGE AND WHEN DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS TAKEN IN AND FOUND THAT THE EXHAUST DONUTS WERE BURNED UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 52000 MILES AND AT 64000 MILES WE ARE REPLACING THE SAME ONES AGAIN, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEMS AND WE END UP REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS,

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON HAD THIS CHECKED CAME UP WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. TOOK TO DEALER SAID THAT CHEVY SAYS THAT IT IS BETTER TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN LOOKING AT THE TRANMISSION. *AK