1995 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

BOTH REAR TIRES BEGAN TO FORM CRACKS ARROUND SIDEWALL AND SHOULDER OVER ABOUT 4 WEEKS, FRONT TIRES WERE FREE OF CRACKS. TREAD SEPARATED FROM SHOULDER TO SHOULDER CLEANLY ALL THE WAY ARROUND. TIRE STAYED INFLATED. TIRES HAD THE FOLLOWING MARKINGS: LT245/75R16, 120/116R, VN11 BAC, E4, 00 8009, DA 807T, A14L, 08149.

WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH IN GUSTY AND HEAVY WINDS. DRIVER LOST VISIBILTY DUE TO ARM RESTING ON SIDE MIRROR. DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER ARM DOESN'T HAVE A CAPTURE TO HOLD THE ARM IN TACK LIKE PASSENGER'S SIDE. DEALER NOT INFORMED. *AK CONSUMER REVIEWED THIS FAILURE WITH ENGINEERS AND THEY ADMITTED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE WIPER IS FAULTY. ENGINEER IS FROM DELCO ITT AUTOMOTIVE PLANT WHERE CONSUMER WORKS AND WHERE THE ORIGINAL WIPER SYSTEM IS MADE. *JG

PASSENGER REAR TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH. TREAD WAS STILL ATTACHED AND FLAPPING AROUND, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. NO PRIOR WARNING. TIRE SIZE LT245/75R16; 23,000 MILES; AFTERMARKET TIRE ON A 1995, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN, 2500. *AK ALL FIVE FIRESTONE TIRES WERE REPLACED BY THE CONSUMER. *YH

DRIVER'S SEAT IS VERY LOOSE. A BOLT MUST HAVE BROKEN OFF. CURRENTLY, SEAT IS NOT STATIONARY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ATTORNEY WRITING ON THE BEHALF OF 4 ACCIDENTS IN WHICH HE STATES WERE CAUSED BY TREAD SEPARATION ON GOODYEAR 16 INCH LOAD RANGE E STEEL BELTED RADIAL TIRES, THIS PARTICULAR POLICE REPORT STATES THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A ROLLOVER IN WHICH THERE WERE 2 INJURIES AND ONE DEATH, CONSUMER HAD STATED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT PRIOR TO THIS ONE, OWNER OF VEHICLE IS SUSAN ANN GILBERT, 5317 N 46TH STREET, PHOENIX AZ 85018, 602-840-2986. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH SOUTHBOUND ON CA99 THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FAILED. THERE WAS A COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED ON 03-18-98 AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES ON IT. THERE WAS STILL GOOD TREAD REMAINING ON THE TIRE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE.*AK

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BOLTS ARE LOOSE, CAUSING SEAT TO WOBBLE OR PULL TO REAR OF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT A PIECE OF METAL WHICH HOLDS THE DRIVER SEAT SUDDENLY BROKE.*YH

THE POWER WINDOWS AND THE DOOR KNOB DO NOT WORK. CONSUMER STATES HE SPOKE WITH THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AS OF YET. *JB. CONSUMER STATED THE REAR RIGHT TUNR SIGNAL NOT WORKING, THE WIRES WERE REPLACED.*MJ

CONSUMER LEANED BACK TO PLACE SOMETHING IN BACK SEAT AND PART OF SEAT BOLT SNAPPED. HE S DID NOT FALL OUT OR HURT HIMSELF IN ANY WAY.*AK

WHILE ON A TRIP I FOUND OUT THAT I NEEDED MY TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED. UPON INSPECTION FOUND STEEL STICKING OUT IN SEVERAL PLACES ON TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES AND THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPERATE. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES.