1992 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED INTERMITTENTLY A GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD, WHICH RESULTS IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN WORKED ON BY PRIVATE MECHANIC. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *YC

DUE TO DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD, WHILE IN USE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WHICH CAUSES THE WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ABS SYSTEM FAILS TO OPERATE RESULTING IN BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR, COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING, AND A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE UNIT. IN PRIOR INCIDENTS TO 2-12-99, VEHICLE HAS BEEN PUT UP ON CURB AND HOMEOWNER'S FRONT LAWN TO AVOID REAR END COLLISIONS. ON 2-12-99 REARENDED A PICKUP TRUCK THAT STOPPED SUDDENLY IN FRONT OF ME. HAD AT LEAST 50 FEET OF STOPPING DISTANCE. WHEN CHEVROLET DEALER WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT SUBURBAN ABS PROBLEM, OWNER WAS TOLD PROBLEM DOES NOT EXIST. SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE IT DOES AND SQUEAL IS NORMAL. UNLESS ABS LIGHT COMES ON, IT IS NOT VEHICLE ERROR. MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED ON VEHICLE, BUT DANGEROUS SITUATION CONTINUES TO PERSIST.

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ANITLOCK BRAKES. WHEN DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, VEHICLE SKIDDED. ON DRY PAVEMENT, AND/OR DURING LOW SPEEDS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK *ML

WE HAVE HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES MAKING A LOUD GROANING SOUND. THIS TYPICALLY OCCURS RIGHT AFTER WE START THE ENGINE AND THEN SEEMS TO GO AWAY. IT WILL ALSO OCCUR WHEN WE GO OVER A BUMP WITH THE BRAKES ENGAGED. I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALER(S) WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ON JAN 15, 1999 I WAS FOLLOWING A CAR WHO STOPPED AT A YELLOW SIGNAL LIGHT. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THERE WAS A LOUD "GROAN" AND I BELIEVE THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. I HAD ADEQUATE ROOM TO STOP, BUT THE BRAKES SEEMED TO JUST NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN I WENT OUT THIS MORNING TO CHECKTHE BRAKES, THEY FELT SPONGY AND THEN FINALLY GOT A NORMAL FEEL AGAIN. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THE ACCIDENT WAS RELATIVELY MINOR; HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD FIX BOTH MY VEHICLES BRAKES, AND TAKE CARE OF THE DAMAGE ON THE OTHER CAR. I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN UNTIL THE 26TH OF JANUARY.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK ONE WEEK AND THE NEXT WEEK THEY DON'T WORK DUE TO AN OVERHEATED CIRCUITBOARD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

ON WET PAVEMENT, ABS MALFUNCIONED WHILE BRAKING AND STRUCK VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM.

THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE LIGHTS ACTIVATE ABOUT EVERY SECOND TIME THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED AND SOMETIMES JUST FROM DRIVING OVER A BUMP OR A POTHOLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NOT ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO THE TRUCK HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHILE THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK