2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

RUNNING BOARD IS LOOSE AND NOT FASTENED PROPERLY ON BOTH ENDS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE DELIVERED WITH 305 MILES. NOTICED PARKING BRAKE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT HOLD VEHICLE WHEN PARKED ON SLIGHT INCLINE AFTER ABOUT 1000 MILES. INITIALLY, PARKING BRAKE PEDAL HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THE LAST 2 TO 3 INCHES OF PEDAL TRAVEL, AS IF IT WERE 'GIVING WAY' DUE TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON PEDAL. HOWEVER, WHETHER THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR OR STOPPED BEFORE IT HAD THAT STRANGE 'GIVE WAY' FEEL DID NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THE FAILURE OF THE PARKING BRAKE TO HOLD VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED. EVENTUALLY, AFTER ABOUT 10000 MILES, THE STRANGE 'GIVE WAY' FEELING CEASED. ALSO NOTICED THAT OVER TIME THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD FAIL TO HOLD THE VEHICLE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AND AROUND 14000 MILES, QUIT ALTOGETHER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS ADVICED THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH THE NEW SUBURBAN BODY STYLE (2000). SERVICE ADVISOR SAID WOULD HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE PARKING BRAKE UNIT TO SEE IF PADS NEEDED ADJUSTMENT OR REPLACEMENT AND MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD BE NEEDING REPLACEMENT AND THUS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I TOLD HIM THIS WAS HAPPENING FROM THE BEGINNING AND HE SAID THE PADS FOR THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE NEW BODY STYLES WERE VERY SMALL AND WORE OUT VERY QUICKLY ESPECIALLY IF USED ON AN INCLINE OR DRIVEN WITH PARKING BRAKES APPLIED. THIS BEING THE CASE, IT DID NOT SEEM COST EFFECTIVE TO BOTHER REPLACING THE PADS AS HE WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME ABOUT $150. IS THIS A DESIGN DEFECT OR AN INTENTIONAL SCHEME TO RIP CUSTOMERS OFF WITH FREQUENT BRAKE PAD CHANGES?*AK

CHEVROLET HAS NOT OFFERED TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

REAR END WENT OUT ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER HAS REBUILT REAR END ONCE AND REPLACED RING AND PINION WEARING AND SEAL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ON MARCH 30 MY 2001 SURBURBAN QUITE RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A 6 LANE HIGHWAY IN HATTIESBURG, MS. IT WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN AND EVEN THOUGH I KNEW I HAD PLENTY OF FUEL THE GUAGE WAS SHOWING EMPTY. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUSE CONTROLLING THE ENTIRE FUEL OPERATION HAD BLOWN AND AFTER REPLACING IT THE DEALERSHIP IN HATTIESBURG SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANOTHER PROBLEM. YESTERDAY, APRIL 11, I WAS ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY STOPPED FOR CONSTRUCTION WHEN IT SUDDENLY QUIT RUNNING AGAIN. I HAD AN EXTRA FUSE THIS TIME BUT I HAD TO GET OUT IN THE LINE OF TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO OPEN THE HOOD AND REPLACE THE FUSE. WHEN I TRIED TO CRANK IT AGAIN THE FUSE IMMEDIATELY BLEW. THE VEHICLE AGAIN HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT A WIRE WAS BURNT AND IT CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO SHORT AND BLEW THE FUSE. I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHY THE WIRE BURNT AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM REPORTED WITH OTHER SURBURBANS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER T BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THEN SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, AND RAN INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, THERE WAS A FIST SIZE WHOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE WHERE THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET (2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, P265/70R16 SPEC # 155MS, ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE)FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE. NLM

THE VEHICLE IS IN AWD OR 4-WHEEL DRIVE - STEP ON THE GAS AFTER BEING STOPPED, THE TRANSMISSION SOUNDS AS IF IT IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. WHEN IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE THE VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO TURN. ALSO, REAR HEATER TAKES 30 MINUTES TO HEAT UP, AND THEN ONLY BLOWS LUKE WARM AIR WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. MANUFACURER STATES BY DESIGN.*AK

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT COLLISION AT 35-40 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK/ BACK AND KNEE INJURIES. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING. DRIVER LEFT VEHICLE, AND WENT AROUND TO PASSENGERS SIDE. VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. WHILE TRYING TO GET INSIDE VEHICLE, OWNER'S LEG WAS RAN OVER BY VEHICLE AND WAS BROKEN IN 3 PLACES. REPORTED AND DRIVEN ON OCTOBER 31, 2001 BY [XXX] *AK *YH INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR