2016 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated while his wife was driving approximately 70 MPH, she felt the vehicle decelerate while the RPM’s increased. Additionally, there was a loud noise coming from the engine. The contact stated that his wife observed that the transmission warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that his wife was able to pull over safely. The contact towed the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 76,133. Pump on the transmission went which caused the toque converter to get damaged. They replaced the entire transmission.

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V645000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) in 2019. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10-25 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact continued to depress the brake pedal, which responded just before the vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact veered to the side of the road and parked the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the vacuum pump and belt needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired under an unknown warranty. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist because the VIN was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was approximately 72,779.

While backing up and going forward at a slow speed the car did not stop. The brake pedal was hard and my foot pressure did not help it stop. Terrible feeling. When I turned the vehicle off and back on the brakes seemed to work. This is worrisome. I bought the car used with the car fax stating it had previous minor front end damage. I am concerned this has happened before.

Car is unable to be driven. Transmission needs to be replaced according to chevy dealer, James Corlew, in Clarksville, Tennessee. It has just over 83,000 miles, has never towed anything, not even once. This is clearly a defective transmission as seen in other models/years and Chevy should be covering this. Many, many complaints from other owners regarding this as well as a class action lawsuit that I have read about online regarding this.

My 2016 suburban is giving false alerts warnings, making my suv unable to change lines on highway or making it hard to do so. Unable to detect rear cross traffic.

On Friday evening, I noticed a higher revving noise when accelerating at lower speeds. The noise appeared to resolve at higher speeds. The noise continued into Saturday. After driving approximately 90 miles Saturday, while at highway speeds of 75mph, the engine stopped accelerating and began dropping speed. When pushing the gas pedal, the rpm revved up to 3-4000 immediately with no change in speed. Arriving at the destination quickly, I turned the car off. My husband got in approximately 5 minutes later, turned the car on, put it in drive, and the car immediately went backwards. This happened multiple times even though the car was in drive and the accelerator was pushed. The following morning (Sunday) after being turned off approximately 16 hours, the car cranked and drove normally through the yard about 500 feet. The car was then trailered 100 miles back home where it sits awaiting placement at the mechanic shop for diagnosis. At no point, including while driving, were there any warning signs/lights/noises to indicate the engine was failing. Thankfully children were not present in the car at the time, however this could have been a catastrophic event.

The contact's husband owns a 2016 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that while her husband had merged onto the highway at 30 MPH, the vehicle began to hesitate without warning upon depression of the accelerator pedal. Her husband pulled the vehicle over and attempted to restart the vehicle; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was initially towed to their home and then to the dealer where they diagnosed the vehicle with a faulty transmission. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and denied covering the cost of the repair due to the vehicle being out of warranty. The vehicle was not repaired and remained in the possession of the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 113,000.

Transmission went out with less than 90,000 miles. I am the original owner, kept up with the maintenance services and never towed anything. I spent $3,800 to rebuild the transmission. This has been a common problem but no recall from Chevrolet.

Loss of breaking power observed at low speeds. Has occurred three times in recent weeks when accelerating forward into a parking space, and when attempting to brake when coasting in reverse out of an inclined driveway. Brake cannot be depressed.

When stepping on brake the electrical system went off for several seconds as in the entire dash shut off, then later when driving at low speeds and backing up dash reads stabilizer track and jerks the steering wheel out of hands