1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHEN DRIVER HIT BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL WAS LEAKING OIL ONTO DRUM BRAKES. *AK DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

DID NOT SEE RED LIGHT DRIVING SOUTHBOUND AT INTERSECTION OF ROCKWELL AVENUE AND NW 50TH STREET. HIT DRIVERS SIDE OF FORD F350 EXTENDED CAB PICK-UP TRUCK TRAVELLING EAST BOUND ON NW 50TH. APPLIED BRAKE AND STARTED TO TURN LEFT TO AVOID COLLISION JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. ESTIMATED SPEED AT IMPACT 35-40 MPH. AIR BAGS (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DID NOT DEPLOY. CONCERNED THAT AIR BAGS MALFUNCTIONED OR DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

LOST ALL POWER STEERING AFTER MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN - COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL.THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE SUBURBAN. WE HAD JUST COME OUT OF THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS IN TO PIGEON FORGE TENN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

CONSUMERS ARE BEING RIPPED OFF AND IN DANGER DUE TO THESE VEHICLES. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

ABS WOULD PREMATURLY ENGAGE WHENEVER VEHICLE RUNS OVER A SMALL BUMP IN ROAD. ALSO, HAS TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. VEHICLE BEEN AT DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED AND THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THEIR FRONT BRAKE PADS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 16000 MILES, THE SITUATION WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED FROM THE FACTORY, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THESE PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY AN ENGINEERING AND/OR DESIGN FLAW. NLM

LEFT SIDE REAR BRAKES WEAR OUT EVERY 23OOO MILES. INTERMITTENTLY ON WET PAVEMENTS, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BRAKES LOCK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS OF BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT WENT TO FLOOR , BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. THIS HAD TO BE REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE BRAKES RESPONDED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 MORE TIMES FOR BRAKES SQUEELING. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK THE BRAKE WAS INADEQUATE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *YH

WHILE TOWING A TRAILER AT 55MPH, BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE REAREND AND OIL BLEW OUT ALL OVER THE BACK OF MY CAR AND THE TRAILER. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR OCCURRENCES.