2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 1500 LT, ABS PROBLEM. RECURRENCE OF FAILURE OF ABS PUMP TO DEACTIVATE. PUMP RUNS CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL IT BURNS UP. REPLACED PREVIOUSLY (NOT UNDER WARRANTY). OVER $1000. AT THIS TIME THE ABS FUSE IS PULLED SO PUMP WON'T BURN UP AGAIN, BUT I HAVE NO ANTILOCK BRAKES. APPARENTLY A SENSOR OR SOMETHING IS FAILING AND CAUSING AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. *TR

2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 1500 LT, 5.7 STALLING PROBLEM. STALLS AT LOW IDLE ROUNDING CORNERS, AND IN PARKING LOTS ENTERING AND EXITING SPACE. RUNS FINE AT NORMAL SPEED. NO STALLING DURING REGULAR HIGHWAY SPEED DRIVING UNLESS SLOWING TO ROUND A CORNER. *TR

THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #L 05V379000 ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WAS PERFORMED IN 2005 AT THE VALENTI AUTO MALL IN MYSTIC, CT. THE INTENT WAS TO TREAT A GM RECALL NO. 05068 TO FIX ABS FRONT HUB SENSORS THAT WOULD CORRODE. SUPPOSEDLY THEY DID THIS AT 85,000 MILES IN 2005. IN 2009, I HAVE BEEN HAVING RECURRING ABS ISSUES AND THEY REPLACED THE INACCURATE SENSOR SIGNAL AT $675. RECURRING ISSUES THEY NOW NEED TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE SENSOR AT $675. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE SENSOR RECALL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, GM HAS STATED THE CUSTOMER MUST PAY FOR THE VERY ISSUE THE RECALL CALLED OUT, WHICH WAS CORRODED SENOR HUB ASSEMBLIES AND THE CUSTOMER MUST PAY. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT GM/CHEVROLET KNEW OF AND DID NOT FIX IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. THE SUBURBAN BARELY DOES NOT STOP WELL AT ALL AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 1500 WHILE GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP AT THE SPEED OF 20MPH THE LUMBAR SUPPORT IN MY DRIVER'S SEAT "POPPED". WE HEARD A VERY LOUD EXPLODING SOUND AND AT THE SAME TIME I FELT A EXTREME PRESSURE AND PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK... I NOW HAVE LOWER BACK PAIN A DAY LATER. *TR

I OWN A 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 1500, THE MIDDLE ROW BENCH SEAT IS A 70/30 SPLIT. THE BOTTOM ( PART YOU SIT ON) OF THE LARGER SIDE (BEHIND DRIVERS SEAT TO MIDDLE OF VEHICLE) WILL NOT STAY LATCHED OR "LOCKED" INTO PLACE. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE MY SUBURBAN HAS MORE THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES OR DEFECTS. VERY FRUSTRATING! THIS IS A TOTAL SAFETY CONCERN, SPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THIS TRUCK! *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ON MY 2001 SUBURBAN AT 29,000 MILES. THIS WAS MY DADS VEHICLE AND WAS GARAGE KEPT AND DRIVEN ON TRIPS OR TO CHURCH IN RURAL TEXAS, WHICH IS WHY AFTER 8 YEARS IT ONLY HAD 29,000 MILES. I HAD IT SCANNED AT AUTO ZONE. A #1 CYLINDER MISFIRE WAS DETECTED. I MOVED THE COIL, SPARK PLUG, AND WIRE TO OTHER CYLINDERS TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. THE SCAN STILL DETECTED #1 CYLINDER MISFIRE EVEN AFTER DRIVING OVER 50 MILES. THE MISFIRE WAS NOT DETECTABLE BY THE WAY THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING. I WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE INJECTOR ON THAT CYLINDER JUST TO RULE IT OUT. ONCE AGAIN AFTER OVER 50 MILES OF DRIVING IT STILL SCANNED AS A #1 CYLINDER MISFIRE. I HAD PLANNED ON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009 MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THE TRUCK DIED DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTART IT AND LIMP HOME. I FOUND NO COMPRESSION ON THE #1 CYLINDER AND TOOK OFF THE ROCKER ARM COVER TO FIND A BROKEN SPRING ON THE EXHAUST VALVE. HAD IT ONLY BEEN 3 YEARS OLD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BAD SPRING BAD LUCK STORY. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF OTHERS ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM OR DID THE BLACK CLOUD JUST DWELL OVER ME. SINCE I CAN REPAIR IT MYSELF I AM. THIS PROBLEM MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO OTHERS WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE SINCE THEY HAD IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE COST TO ME FOR PARTS IS ABOUT $350. THE GREATEST COST WAS GASKETS. REPAIR AT A DEALER WOULD BE BETWEEN $1500 AND $5000 I'M SURE (THERE WAS A BENT VALVE I REPLACED, AND A MARK ON THE PISTON I AM LEAVING ALONE, I'M NOT SURE THEY WOULD REPAIR JUST WHAT WAS NEEDED OR GO FURTHER). IT IS DISHEARTENING WHEN SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN DOES. THERE IS MORE I WOULD LIKE TO VENT HERE BUT THAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF MY COMPLAINT. I JUST WANTED THE COMPLAINT REGISTERED SOMEWHERE. THANKS. *TR

I OWN A 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN. YESTERDAY, FOR THE 2ND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WHEN I GOT HOME AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GENERATOR WAS RUNNING UNDER THE TRUCK. WE DISCONNECTED THE ABS FUSES BOTH INSIDE THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE TO MAKE THE NOISE STOP. CALLED CHEVY DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED ABOUT THE ABS SYSTEM, BUT NO RECALLS. WAS ALSO INFORMED IT WOULD BE $1500 TO FIX. I HAD IT REPLACED THE FIRST TIME IN 2005. A MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THE ABS PUMPS SHOULD NEVER GO BAD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 70 MILE HIGHWAY WHEN I FELT A VIBRATION AND THEN MY BACK RIGHT TIRE TREAD BLEW OFF (IN A COMPLETE CIRCLE) AND I WAS LEFT DRIVING ON MY RIM. ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES AND BEEN REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL IN 2007. FOUR NEW TIRES OF THE SAME BRAND WERE INSTALLED. THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING ON THESE TIRES THAT THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE RECALLED FOR. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. I HAD REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED AT 87813 MILES IN 02/08. AT APPROXIMATELY 78713 MILES THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 104783 MILES ON IT AND THE REAR PADS ARE GONE AND THE REAR ROTORS ARE WARPED. THE FRONT PADS CURIOUSLY STILL HAVE 2/3 OF THE PAD LEFT. WHEN GOING ONLINE I FOUND A RECALL EFFECTING THE BRAKE SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE NHTSA # 05V379000. DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY STATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR RECALL IS NOT OPEN FOR THE VIN # OF MY VEHICLE. AFTER READING THE ACTUAL RECALL ON YOUR WEBSITE IT WOULD APPEAR MY VEHICLE WHICH IS IN FACT REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF OHIO A "SALT-BELT" STATE WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE RECALL. I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE RECALL WOULD NOT BE IN EFFECT ON MY VEHICLE. DOES MY VEHICLE FIRST HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURIES BECAUSE OF A BRAKE FAILURE BEFORE THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED? NO COMMON CAR OWNER WOULD SUSPECT THAT AFTER 15K MILES REAR BRAKES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GET AN EXPLANATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS AS TO WHY THIS IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED IN THESE VEHICLES NOT SUPPOSEDLY AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. IN AUGUST OF 2004, AT 99,551 MILES, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF SUDDENLY AND WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT PAID FOR THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER TO BE REPLACED. IN JULY OF 2008, THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER WERE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE INVOLVED TWO DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS REPLACED BY A SECOND DEFECTIVE PUMP. AFTER THE SECOND REPLACEMENT, THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AGAIN AND THE SHOP REIMBURSED THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT DECIDED TO PURCHASE A FOURTH FUEL PUMP THAT WAS INSTALLED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON JULY 1, 2008. THERE HAD BEEN NO OTHER FAILURES BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CANNOT HAVE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A TANK OF FUEL. OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE FAILURES WITH THE ENGINE CRANKING AND STALLING DUE TO THE PUMP LOSING PRESSURE FROM THE LACK OF FUEL CIRCULATION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 188,000.