1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE. BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE RAN DOWN BATTERY CABLE AND CORRODED HYDRAULIC LINE, CAUSING FAILURE (INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ASSESSMENT).*AK

AT 973 MILES VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIECING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK SOMETIME BRAKES HANG UP AND SMOKE WHEN APPLYING. *YH

THE POSITIVE POST OF THE BATTERY FAILED AND BATTERY ACID DRENCHED AREA NEAR AND UNDER THE DAMAGED BATTERY. NLM

CONSUMER HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE: FRONT END PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE DRIVING, THERE ARE FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS, IT HAS BEEN ALIGNED, HOWEVER STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. ENGINE IS BURNING ANTIFREEZE, WHEN CHECKED SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED THE OIL WAS DOWN 2 QUARTS, VAPOR RECOVERY TANK WAS EMPTY, ANTIFREEZE/WATER LEVEL IN ANTIFREEZE IN RADIATOR WAS DOWN 1 QUART, HEAD GASKETS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND BURNING THE ANTIFREEZE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, COOLANT LEVEL IN RADIATOR DROPPED ONCE THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS A MINUTE AMOUNT OF EXHAUST GASES COMING OUT OF THE FILLER NECK OF THE RADIATOR AND THE WATER LEVEL SLOWLY DROPPED IN THE RADIATOR. VEHICLE PULLS DRASTICALLY TO THE LEFT WHILE BRAKING, DEALER HAS REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND REAR SHOES AND HAS REFACED ROTORS AND DRUMS, PULLING STILL EXISTS, DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE PROPORTIONING VALVE. TRANSMISSION MAKES A TICKING NOISE. A SPECIALIST LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, IT CHARGES AT 15.1 VOLTS DIRECT CURRENT WHICH IS OVERHCARGING THE BATTER, EVEN AFTER VEHICLE RAN FOR 15 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL CHARGING AT 14.71 VOLTS, THE BATTERY HAS FAILED 4 TIMES, IT HAS LEAKED AND CORRODED, CHECK GAUGES LIGHT CAME ON AND ALL GAUGES WENT CRAZY. VEHICLE IDLES HIGH, DEALER REPLACED IDLER AIR CONTROL VALVE. DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WILL NOT TURN SIDE TO SIDE, DEALER REPLACED FAULTY MIRROR SWITCH. *SLC

I WAS ON VACTION WITH MY FAMILY DRIVING ON MOUNTAINOUS ROADS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. I BEGAN TO FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND NOTICED THE CONSOLE SHAKING. I SLOWED THE SUBURBAN DOWN TO 15 MPH AND I COULD FEEL THE REAR END WOBBLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST TIRE STORE AND THE INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF LOOSING ITS TREAD. I VERY CAREFULLLY DROVE TO THE NEAREST FIRESTONE DEALER AND HAD TO PAY A PRORATED PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE SINCE THIS PARTICULAR TIRE HAD NOT BEEN OFFICALLY RECALLED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE OTHER FIRESTONE MODELS WITH TIRE SEPARATION ISSUES AND I AM FORTUNATE THAT I CAUGHT MY TIRE PROBLEM BEFORE A COMPLETE LOSS OF TREAD OCCURED AT 55 MPH WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A019 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO HER LANE, HITTING HER HEAD-ON, AND PUSHING VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER LANE. VEHICLE HIT TELEPHONE POLE, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. CHEVROLET HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT 15 MPH AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, BRAKE LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON, AND HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT. DEALER SAID NO BRAKE PAD WAS LEFT ON BRAKE. THEN, BRAKE PADS WORE DOWN TO HALF. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER. *AK THE BRAKE FAILED COMPLETELY RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF BRAKE PROBLEM AND HAS CHANGED BRAKING SYSTEM FOR 2000 AND 2001 MODELS, BUT MADE NO RECALL OF THIS VEHICLE. THE BATTERY FAILED TWICE. *YH

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE FOR 1+ YEARS AND FOR 18,000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS DONE ALL HE CAN DO AND THE CHEVROLET TEACHNICAL SERVICE PEOPLE HAVE NOT RESPONDED FOR HELP AND EVALUATION. THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO NOT BE REPAIRABLE ATTHIS POINT OF TIME. BRAKING AT ANY SPEED PULLS THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

WHEN GASOLINE TANK IS FILLED (OR NEAR FULL) A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IS NOTICED AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ODOR IS STRONGER ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF FILLER CAP/TUBE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND FOUND NO PROBLEM, ATTRIBUTED IT TO POSSIBLY A LOOSE GAS CAP.

HEADLAMPS HAVE FAILED ON 2 OCCASIONS: 1. WHILE DRIVING AT DUSK HEADLIGHTS WERE SWITCHED ON, BUT FAILED TO POWER ON. LIGHT SWITCH WAS CYCLED WITHOUT RECOVERY OF HEADLAMPS. DAYLIGHT HEADLAMPS DID NOT FAIL AND WORKED WHEN SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. TRIP WAS COMPLETED WITH LIGHT SWITCH TURNED OFF USING DAYLIGHT HEADLAMPS. 2. ON SECOND OCCURANCE LIGHT SWITCH WAS SWITCHED ON AND HEADLAMPS DID NOT COME ON. SWITCH WAS CYCLED AND HEADLAMPS CAME ON WHEN SWITCH WAS IN MARKER LIGHT POSITION. SWITCH WAS TURNED TO HEADLIGHT POSITION AND HEADLAMPS TURNED OFF. TRIP WAS AGAIN COMPLETED WITH DAYLIGHT HEADLAMPS. *AK