1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN HIT BRAKES AND BUMPS, AND CONSUMER HEARD LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURHTER INOFMATION.*AK

WE HAVE RETURNED OUR SUBURBAN THREE TIMES ALREADY FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE FIRST AT ABOUT 13K MILES ONE ROTOR WAS REPLACE BECAUSE IT WAS WARPED AND THE OTHER WAS CUT. AT ABOUT 23K MILES BOTH ROTORS WERE FOUND TO BE WARPED AND REPLACED. NOW AT 30K MILES THE ROTOR WERE FOUND TO BE WARPED AND THEY WERE CUT. UNPON BRINGING THE SUBURBAN HOME FROM THE DEALER THE BRAKES ALMOST FAILED COMPLETLY. TAKES FOUR TIMES THE NORMAL DISTANCE TO STOP. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS A VALVE TAP THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VALVE TAPPING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED IT LASTED ABOUT 15 TO 20 SECOND. IT WAS RETURN 2 OR 3 TIMES TO THE DEALER BEFORE THEY ADMITTED HEARING IT, THEN THE RESPONSE WAS IT WAS NORMAL. THERE HAS BEEN A VALVE TAP THAT HAS BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS REACHED OPERATIING TEMP. EVERY TIME IT WAS BROUGHT BACK IN FOR WARRANTY WORK THE VALVE TAP WAS MENTIONED. NO ONE CAN NEVER HEAR IT. AT 30K MILES THEY THINK THEY HEAR IT NOW AND THE FIX FOR A MECHANICAL LIFTER NOISE IS PROGRAMMING I AM BEING TOLD. MY CONCERN IS THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT IN 6K MILES AND THE MOTOR HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM THE FIRST DAY. WHAT IS A PERSON TO DO?*AK

ERRATIC POWER STEERING, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE, WANDERS, CLUNK IN STEERING GEAR. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, SUBURBAN LT245/75R16 SIZE. THERE ARE DIMPLES ON ALL FOUR FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES THAT RUN FROM THE BEAD OF THE RIM TO WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECTED THE TIRES.*AK DOT# VN11. *SLC

THE VEHICAL WAS A "BUY BACK" THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT LISTED WAS VIBRATION IN FRONT. CHEVROLET CLAIMS THE ISSUE WAS FIXED OR NOT VARIFIED. WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICAL IN FOR SERVICE THE SERVICE REPRESENTITIVE NOTICED UNEVEN WEAR AND RECOMMENDED AN ALLIGNMENT. HE NOTICED SEVERE CUPPING PSNGR SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. I HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFIGANT PULL IN THE VEHICAL TO THE LEFT AGAINST THE SLOPE OF THE ROAD. I AM CONCERNED RE: THESE TIRES BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY IN MY EXPERIENCES AND MANY OF THE REPORTS I HAVE READ ON INTERNET. PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED RE: YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THESE TIRES. I AM SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATING HAVING THEM REPLACED EVEN W/O RECALL AND WOULD SIMPLY HANG ONTO THEM IN CASE OF RECALL. FIRESTONE DEALER WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OR EMPATHETIC RE: MY CONCERNS. I COULD NOT FIND DOT CODE BUT TIRE WERE MADE IN CANADA THE # THAT WAS ON THEM WAS 235 45 VR BM05327-1. *AK (DOT NUMBER:, TIRESIZE: 245-75-16)

STRONG INTERMITTENT ODOR FROM ? PRIOR COMPLAINT ODI ID 865611 IS PROBABLY THE SAME ISSUE.*AK

WHEN ROADS ARE WET AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES, BRAKES WOULD GRAB. PLESE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 01/29/2000 - BATTERY REPLACED ON 03/22/2000, FUEL PUMP REPLACED ON 03/22/2000, MISSING LUG NUTS INSTALLED ON 03/22/2000, BACKING PLATES ON ROTORS REPOSITIONED ON 03/22/2000, FUEL SENDER REPLACED ON 06/15/2000, FUEL PUMP ELECTRICAL GROUND WIRE REPLACED ON 10/23/2000, FUEL PUMP REPLACED ON 10/26/2000,

THE BRAKES ON THIS CAR HAVE BEEN REPLACED 8 TIMES AND EACH TIME WAS A PREMATURE WEARING AND MOST OF THE TIME COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I PAID $100.OO DEDUCTIBLE I THINK 5 TIMES. ON 4/11/00 THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY COVERED ITEM AND SO I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. THEN ON 6/28/00 THE NEW REASON THEY GAVE ME FOR THE PREMATURE WEARING WAS THAT I NEEDED HEAVY DUTY BRAKES ON THE REAR. I PAID $401.00 FOR THAT AND THEY COVERED THE FRONT BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME. I WAS ALSO TOLD NUMEREOUS TIMES IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. IT IS STILL A CONSTANT PROBLEM AND NOW THEY HAVE GIVEN ME A NEW REASON FOR THE PREMATURE WEARING OF THE BRAKES. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR FEAR THE BRAKES WILL GIVE OUT WHILE I AM GOING FAST. *AK