1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

BRAKES DO NOT SEEM TO BE AS AFFECTIVE AS THEY SHOULD BE. IT TAKES A LONG DISTANCE TO GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED. WE HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AND EVEN THE MASTER CYLINDER BUT DOES NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THE STOPPING POWER OF THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE WORKING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TURNING OUT OF MY OFFICE PARKING LOT I HEARD A "POP" - - - AS I PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD I NOTICED A "FUNNY WIGGLE" WHEN I CHANGED LANES OR TURNED - - - I PULLED OFF THE ROAD INTO A LARGE PARKING LOT AND BEGAN INSPECTING THE FRONT SUSPENSION - - - THEN I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY IN TWO WHERE IT MEETS THE FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE - - - GLAD I WAS NOT GOING 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

I WAS TURNING LEFT INTO A PARKING LOT IN DRY WEATHER AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICKED IN WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT WAS NOT AWARE THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AND MY COMPLAINT STATED THAT THEY DID NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN THEY CAME ON ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE, MOST RECENTLY YESTERDAY. I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT 8 MPH, THE ABS CAME ON, THEY PULLED MY VEHICLE TO THE LEFT, AND I HAVE 106,870 MILES ON HER NOW. MY BRAKE PEDALS IS GOING LOWER TO THE FLOORBOARD EACH YEAR AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND IT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED! MY MASTER CYLINDER IS NOT LEAKING, NOR IS MY BRAKE FLUID AT THIS TIME. I HAVE HAD MY FRONT CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE! I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLE AND HAVE A LOT OF MONEY PUT IN MY BLACK BEAUTY, WITH REPAIR RECORDS TO SHOW FOR IT. I HAVE MY CHILDREN AND FRIENDS RIDE WITH ME AND DO NOT WANT TO INJURE/KILL THEM OR ANYONE, MYSELF INCLUDED! YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! *TR

BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE TO REAR ON DRIVER SIDE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. FUEL LINE FITTINGS ARE JUST AS BAD. FITTINGS ON REAR A/C WENT UP OVER THREE YEARS AGO, HAVEN'T HAD AC. *TR

AT 45 MPH FIRESTONE P235/75R15 MODEL FR380 TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE PASSENGER FRONT. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN K1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE FLUID TO THE REAR BRAKES. AFTER INSPECTION, HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND PERFORMED THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 121,000. UPDATED 12/29/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED LOW SPEED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 02/29/12

I STARTED UP MY 1999 CHEVY SUBURBAN IN MY DRIVEWAY THIS AFTERNOON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID SPLATTERED ALL OVER THE AREA BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ALL OVER THE GROUND. I DISCOVERED THAT THE LINE TO THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RUSTED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. I CHECKED THE OTHER BRAKE LINES AND THEY ARE BADLY CORRODED. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER LEFT ME STRANDED IN 13 YEARS. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE IT GO, BUT THIS MAY BE THE END. ALSO, A LITTLE OVER 1 YEAR AGO, I SOLD MY 2005 TAHOE TO A MAN WHO TOLD ME HE HAD A 1999 TAHOE. HE WAS BUYING MY TAHOE BECAUSE THE BRAKES LINES ON HIS HAD CORRODED AND RUPTURED. HE WAS CAREFUL TO CLIMB ALL AROUND AND UNDER MY TAHOE TO CHECK FOR BRAKE LINE CORROSION BEFORE BUYING. I JUST RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM, AND IT APPEARS TO BE COMMON. MANY OF THESE TRUCKS ARE STILL ON THE ROAD. HOW MANY WILL HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE ABOUT IT? *TT

1. DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD. 2. BRAKE FAILURE. BARELY ANY BRAKES. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM MY FRONT LEFT WHEELWELL. 3. NO ACTION TAKEN YET TO REPAIR. NEED TO REPLACE CORRODED BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SURBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK. MORE BRAKE FLUIED WAS ADDED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT A LOW SPEEDS THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM CAME ON AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THERE WAS A PLASTIC ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORIFICE RING WITH WIRES ATTACHED TO THE STEERING SENSOR WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN DRIVING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR HIS VIN ON ANY OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 197,000.