2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. HAD TO USE THE PARKING BREAK AND RUN INTO THE CURB TO STOP. FOUND THERE WAS NO FLUID SO FILLED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND PUMPED BRAKES. FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT OF THE LINE JUST UNDER THE DRIVER'S DOOR. I INSPECTED ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND FOUND THEM SEVERELY CORRODED AND WILL NOW REPLACE THEM ALL. THE LAST TIME I HAD TO CHANGE A STEEL BRAKE LINE WAS ON A 1952 BUICK, BUT THAT WAS IN 1984, WHEN THE CAR WAS 32 YEARS OLD. THERE SHOULD BE EITHER A RECALL OR AT LEAST A NOTICE FROM CHEVROLET THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN. I COULD HAVE EASILY WRECKED MY TRUCK AND/OR KILLED A PEDESTRIAN. *TR

EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS HUGE PILE OF JUNK, IT HAS BEEN EVERY PROBLEM TO CHANGING FUEL PUMP SEVERAL TIMES, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS,BATTERIES,MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, EVERY GAUGE IN THE VEHICLE IS OFF FROM GAS GAUGE TO SPEEDOMETER TO COOLANT! THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT IS NOT WRONG WITH IT. AFTER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND SO MANY TIMES OF BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH 4 LITTLE KIDS IN THE DEAD OF WINTER WITH NO HEAT. I WOULD LIKE A LIFETIME WARRANTY FROM CHEVROLET TO COVER ANY EXPENSE INCURRED WHILE OWNING SUCH A PIECE OF CRAP AND FOR THE HUMILIATION I HAVE INCURRED BY BEING SEEN IN A CHEVY BECAUSE THEY ARE JUNK!!!!!OR WOULD LIKE BOOK VALUE OF VEHICLE SO I CAN GO BUY A FORD BECAUSE THEY RUN FOR 250,000 MILES PLUS!!! NOT 125,000. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND LOW BRAKE FLUID. CHEVROLET DEALER REPLACED REAR BRAKE LINES. LOST BRAKE PRESSURE ON DECEMBER 23, 2003 AND TOWED VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS FRONT BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING BRAKE LINES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, THE SPEEDOMETER PROVIDED AN ERRONEOUS READING OF 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

BRAKES FAILED ON HIGHWAY. HAD TO HAVE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING 35MPH I BEGAN TO BRAKE FOR A CHANGING LIGHT SIGNAL. THE INITIAL APPLICATION OF BRAKES BEGAN TO SLOW THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER WAS EXPERIENCED. I RAPIDLY LET OFF AND RE-APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO GAIN IN BRAKING. I COASTED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ON A RED LIGHT. THERE WAS NO COLLISION. I DOWNSHIFTED AND USED THE PARKING BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE AND EVENTUALLY STOP. A BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ONLY AFTER THE COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINE REVEALED A RUPTURE TO THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE LINE NEXT TO THE FRAME RAIL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN GETTING READY TO ENTER ON TO THE FREEWAY. MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND I COULD NOT STOP. I HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO AVOID HITTING THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME. NO EASY TASK AT 45MPH. I VEERED AROUND THE CARS AND WENT OFF OF THE ROAD. AFTER LOOKING, MY SUBURBAN I FOUND THAT 2 BRAKE LINES HAD BLOWN OUT AND WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE AREA THAT THEY RUSTED WAS DIRECTLY BELOW THE DRIVERS AREA. I LOOKED AT THE REST OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND ALL OF THE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. IN 28 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE GO OUT ON ME. I'VE OWNED SOME CARS WITH UPWARDS OF 250,000 MILES TOO. MY 03 SUBURBAN HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED SOMEONE. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE AND SEE THAT THERE IS COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT OF THIS PROBLEM. WHEN IS THE NHTSA GOING TO ACT ON THIS? GM SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE VEHICLES AND FIXING THEM. THESE ARE FAMILY VEHICLES THAT CAN CARRY AS MANY AS 8 OR 9 PEOPLE. THIS IS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AT AN INTERSECTION BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES AND THE FRONT CALIPERS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 SUBURBAN I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ACTION. AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN (THANK GOODNESS NO OTHER CAR WAS CROSSING) I ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BREAK WHICH FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AS WELL. I THEN INTENTIONALLY TURNED TO TRUCK OVER A CURB INTO A GRASSY AREA AS TO STOP THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO ROLLING DOWN THE HILL INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. UPON EXAMINING UNDER THE TRUCK I DISCOVERED AN AREA UNDER A CLAMP LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. IT APPEARS THAT IT HAD CORRODED THROUGH. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR WHEN THEY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE AND FUEL LINES WERE RUSTED SEVERELY. IN ADDITION, THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER EXHIBITED RUST CORROSION AND WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.