1994 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IN RESULT OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS/MISFIRES ON ACCELERATION, AND LONGER TIME TO CRANK HOT OR COLD. AT TIMES SLIGHT TOUCH OF ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD.*AK THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF AT ANY SPEED, LOSING POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AS PER RECALL 95I005, WHEN VEHICLE WAS RETURNED IT WAS WORSE. CONSUMER INSTALLED A VACUUM PUMP WHICH WAS NEEDED BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER TOOK IT BACK AND WAS TOLD A LIFT PUMP WAS NEEDED AND THEY GUARANTEED THE PROBLEM WOULD BE FIXED. IT WASN'T. NOW THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JG

ABS SYSTEM WOULD NOT CLEAR CODES 71-74 DURING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. FLOWCHART SPECIFIES PART REPLACEMENT, HOWEVER, ABS LIGHT ON DASH HAS NEVER ILLUMINATED EXCEPT FOR THE TWO SECONDS AFTER VEHICLE STARTED. SAFETY IS AN ISSUE WHEN TESTING REQUIRES REPLACMENT, BUT THE DRIVER IS NOT WARNED. COMPONENT WAS TESTED BECAUSE CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. LATER DETERMINED TO BE A BAD REMANUFACTURED CALIPER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY. IT WAS VERY UNSAFE BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK WIPERS FAILED AGAIN AND MECHANIC SHOWED CONSUMER HOW TO BANG ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD TO GET THEM GOING AGAIN. FINALLY THE CIRCUIT BOARD NEEDED REPLACING, THE BANGING STOPPED. *JG

DRIVER'S SEAT PLATE IS CRACKING WHICH MAY CAUSE THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE.*AKTHE METAL IS SO THIN THAT THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT IF IT BREAKS THERE MAY BE AN ACCIDENT. *NLM

FRONT BRAKE DRUMS AND ROTORS ARE WARPED. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND BRAKES GRIND. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED ROTORS AND PRIOR TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THERE ARE 2 RECALLS ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *JB

WHEN LIGHTLY APPLYING BRAKES ABS WILL COME ON, AND NOT ALLOW VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. THERE WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT. THEY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER ASKED DEALER IF THIS VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL 98V150001. DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WAS FOR 1996 AND UP EVENTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE HAD SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK