1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

TIRE FAILURE RESULTED FROM TREAD SEPARATING IN ITS ENTIRETY FROM THE TIRE CARCASS. THIS WAS PRECEEDED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY VIBRATION, FOLLOWED BY LOUD BANGING NOISES FROM THE FLAILING TREAD, AND FINALLY, WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED, DEFLATOIN OF THE TIRE CARCASS. THERE ARE NO PUNTURE OR DAMAGE EVIDENT, AND THE REMAINS HAVE BEEN CHECKED BY BOTH A MICHELIN TIRE DEALER AND THE CHEVROLET (SELLING) DEALER. THERE IS NO HISTORY OF DAMAGE TO THIS OR ANY OF THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. INFLATION PRESSURES WERE USED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS RANGE OF PRESSURES, AND WERE SET AT 50PSI FRONT AND 60PSI REAR. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE DESTRUCTIVE DELAMINATION OCCURRED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES F AND CLEAR. TRAVEL WAS ON INTERSTATE 10. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A108 TIRESIZE: 2.45/75/16)

THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUED BRAKE SHUTTER AND UNEVEN BRAKING. UNEVEN ROTOR WEAR.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL FAIL TO OPERATE ON A RANDOM BASIS. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT IS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT FIND A MALFUNCTION. PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR WHILE DEALER IS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

BATTERY ACID LEAKED FROM THE BATTERY AND RAN DOWN THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND CAUSED THE STEEL LINE TO RUPTURE. THE BRAKES WENT THE FLOOR AND DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AS I BACKED OUT OF THE CARPORT. *AK

RADIATOR FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION COOLING BLOCK LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY NEED REPLACED AND THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THIS. *SLC

STEERING SEEMS LOOSE AND SLOPPY, VEHICLE WANDERS, SAME AMOUNT OF INPUT PRODUCES DIFFERRENT RESULTS AT DIFFERENT TIME. ALMOST LIKE TIE ROD ENDS ARE BAD. 3 TRIPS TO DEALER - ONCE SAID IT WAS JUST SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING; ONCE @ 38,510 MILES REPLACED EVO SENSOR; AGAIN @ 39,846 MILES ALIGNED AND REMOVED KNOCKOUT SAYING THAT SHOULD FIX. STILL WANDERS, FEELS SLOPPY, AND MAKES ME WONDER IF I'M IN FULL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST BRAKES AFTER APPLYING THEM TO SLOW DOWN. WAS TENTH TIME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED. HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 25MPH. MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE ISSUE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED, TOW DRIVER NOTICED PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT PULLS TO LEFT, AND SOMETIMES TO RIGHT. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN A BUMP IN ROAD IS HIT. DEALER HAS WORKED ON THIS VEHICLE A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINS OF SOFT PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL ALSO PULSATES WHEN BRAKING, DEALER HAS SWITCHED ROTORS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, REPLACED OUT OF ROUND ROTORS, REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS TWICE, AND RESURFACED ROTORS AND DRUMS, DEALER ROTATED TIRES AND VEHICLE STILL PULLED. STEERING WHEEL FOUND OFF CENTER. CENTER SEAT RECLINER HANDLE BROKE, DEALER REPLACED HANDLE. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL LEAK. DRIVER DOOR POWER SWITCH LOOSE IN DOOR. REVERSE LOW PLANETARY GEAR WAS BROKEN CAUSING A GRINDING NOISE AT LOW GEAR, VALVE BODY AND GEAR WERE SCORED DUE TO METAL IN TRANSMISSION. AIR PUMP REPLACED DUE TO BEING VERY NOISY. *SLC

REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS FAILED, LEAKED BRAKE FLUID ONTO BRAKES. RESULT--NO REAR BRAKES. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL IS NORMAL. HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK