2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

GAS LEAKING FROM TOP OF GAS TANK ON SUBURBAN. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES SINCE JUNE OF 2007. NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME, ABOUT EVERY 4 MONTHS. IT ISN'T A LITTLE BUT A LOT CAUSING A PUDDLE AND A HORRIBLE GAS SMELL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN MY VEHICLE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS EVERYONE AROUND THE STATION IS ASTONISHED AT HOW MUCH IT LEAKS AND THAT I GET IN THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE OFF. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS TO REPLACE A VALVE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, BUT THEN WHY DOES IT HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN. LAST WEEKEND THIS HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY (3 KIDS UNDER 4 ARE IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS) WHILE ON VACATION. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS VERY SCARED AND ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT MAKING SURE WE WERE NOT AROUND ANYTHING HOT OR ANYBODY SMOKING. AS ONE CIGARETTE WOULD HAVE PUT OUR VEHICLE INTO SHOOTING FLAMES. WE WERE ALSO ALL EXPOSED TO THE FUMES ALL WEEKEND LONG. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STABILITRACK WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ALL SIX SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT OR ROLLOVER. SHE WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT ANY OF THE WINDOWS AND THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BECAME FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM THE AIR BAG DEBRIS. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE DEALER FOUND NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY SENT A CRASH TEAM TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO RECALL, THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE TOO SENSITIVE AND WOULD ACTIVATE WITHOUT WARNING. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED SEVERAL SIMILAR INSTANCES WITH THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 24,000.

I STOPPED INTO TO TETON MOTORS IN JACKSON, WY. AND TOLD THEM I HEARD A SQUEAL FROM MY BRAKES. THEY ASKED HOW MANY MILES ON THE CAR I TOLD THEM 36,000. THEY SAID NOT TO WORRY THAT I WOULD NOT NEED THE BRAKES DONE TILL 100K. I TRAVELED 1,000 MILES HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND DISCOVERED THAT MY REAR INSIDE BRAKE PAD WAS GONE. IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTS SO I MADE THE RETURN TRIP UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR IDLING, A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF HEAT COMES OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE DASHBOARD AND VENTS BECOME EXCESSIVELY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN IN EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT OUTPUT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED. RECENTLY, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A COMPONENT IN THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WITH THE OVERHEATED UNIT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WE WENT ON VACATION AND GOT A HOLE IN THE TREAD OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ON JUNE 3, 2008. WE GOT IT REPLACED, AND BLEW OUT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE ON JUNE 5, 2008. WE GOT TWO NEW TIRES AND PUT THEM ON THE REAR AND MOVED THE OLD TIRES TO THE FRONT. ON JUNE 18, 2008 WE GOT ANOTHER HOLE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. WE GOT RID OF THE FIRST TWO TIRES, BUT STILL HAVE THE TWO WE MOVED TO THE FRONT. *TR

VEHICLE TORQUE CONVERTER SLIPS / DISENGAGES ON INCLINES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS AFTER TRYING TO PROCEED AFTER A STOP. MUST BE ON THE GAS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH COMING OFF THE BRAKE TO PREVENT ROLLING BACKWARDS INTO CARS OR PEOPLE. HAPPENS IN DRIVE, THIRD AND FIRST. TRANSMISSION LOCKS IN SECOND. TORQUE CONVERTER ALSO SLIPS WHILE AT IDLE IN GEAR CAUSING A ROUGH IDLE SITUATION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 20 MILES AN HOUR THERE WAS A LOUD THUD AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BOTH CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS ON ACCELERATION AND SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS WAS SO ROUGH IT SHOOK THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 9, 000 MILES ON IT. THE SUBURBAN WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS IT TOOK 3 DAYS FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE COMPUTER RELAY WAS AFFECTING THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND #7 CYLINDER HAD SEIZED. THE ENTIRE CAM SHAFT IS GOING TO BE REPLACED. EST. WORK WILL TAKE 7-10 DAYS. *TR

MY 5 YEAR OLD SON WAS HIT ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH OUR AUTOMATIC CLOSING CARGO DOOR ON OUR 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WHEN THE RESISTANCE MECHANISM FAILED. INSTEAD OF GOING BACK UP AFTER MEETING SOME RESISTANCE THE CARGO DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE ON HIS HEAD RESULTING IN A GASH TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WHICH RESULTED IN 3 STAPLES TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED GM AND IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE. THEY OFFERED TO PAY HIS MEDICAL EXPENSES, WHICH WERE ALREADY COVERED WITH OUR MILITARY INSURANCE, AND 300 FOR HIS PAIN AND SUFFERING. WE DECLINED THE 300 BECAUSE GM WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY EVEN GOING AS AFAR AS TO SAY THAT I MAY HAVE CAUSED THE DAMAGE BY PULLING HIM OUT FROM UNDER THE DOOR. WHEN I ASKED THE CLAIMS LADY IF I SHOULD HAVE THEN ALLOWED THE CARGO DOOR TO KEEP CLOSING ON MY SON'S HEAD SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW I WASN'T THERE. I WANT TO WARN OTHER PARENTS BECAUSE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AND THE CARGO DOOR SHOULD NOT REQUIRE THAT MUCH PRESSURE BEFORE THE RESISTANCE MECHANISM WORKS---MY SON SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO REQUIRE 3 STAPLES TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD! *TR

TRAVELERS IN SUBROGEE OF CLIFFORD BOYER: MR BOYER'S VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS AS A RESULT OF AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT IN THE GMC VEHICLE. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. OWNER HEARD HORN GOING OFF AT 3AM AND LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW A SMALL FIRE ON DRIVER SIDE FRONT HOOD NEAR TIRE AREA. FIRE BURNED INTENSELY THROUGHOUT LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR