1998 Chevrolet Suburban

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/2006· VISIBILITY

  THE WIPERS OF MY 1998 SUBURBAN K1500 HAVE STARTED WORKING ONLY OCCASIONALLY. THEY CAN GO MINUTES WITHOUT WORKING AND THEN WORK FINE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE SWITCH NEEDS REPLACING OR IT'S JUST A LOOSE CONNECTION SOMEWHERE. *NM

• 12/30/2001· STEERING

  DEALER SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME? WHY NOT HAVE A RECALL? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

• 12/19/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE VEHICLES' ABS BRAKES STAYS ENGAGED, WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKES PAD AND ROTORS TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACE PART 5 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

• 12/08/2004· STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE TENDS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING EVEN AFTER THE STEERING COMPUTER CHIP WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE SWERVES UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT ABOUT 50-55 MPH. *AK THE STEERING VEARED TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. BRAKE POWER BOOSTER PUMP WENT OUT LEAVING THE VEHICLE BRAKELESS. *TC

• 12/08/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THE FIRST REPORTED ITEM: SHOULDER BELT ANCHORS, 3 OF THE SHOULDER ANCHORS HAVE COME LOSS, THE FIRST CAME COMPLETELY OFF, AFTER NOTICING, I REGULARLY CHECK AND TIGHTEN. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE TO KEEP THIS FROM REPEATING. THE SECOND ITEM REPORTED IS THE EXHAUST LEAK. THE DEALER REPEATEDLY HAS FIXED THE SAME LEAK, IT FILLS THE VEHICLE WITH FUMES AND IS DANGEROUS. I FINALLY REPLACED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AT MY EXPENSE TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE. THE FAILED COMPONENT WAS ALWAYS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO "Y" PIPE GASKETS. THE THIRD COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTEROUS, THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED LEAVING THE VEHICLE STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE.*AK

• 12/07/2003· STEERING

  1998 SUBURBAN ALMOST WRECKED SEVERAL TIMES TO DO FAULTY ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORIFICE (EVO) SENSOR LOCATED UNDER STEERING COLUMN. WHEN IN A RIGHT HAND TURN VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY LUNGE TO THE RIGHT TO DO SUDDEN INCREASE IN POWER STEERING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND GM OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF DOCUMENTED CASES OF THIS PROBLEM AND GM KNOWS IT TOO... BUT THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *LA

• 11/29/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HYDRAULIC VALVE LIFTERS IN 7.4L ENGINE CAME APART UNDER NORMAL DRIVING AT 78,000 MI. OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY SINCE NEW. *AK

• 11/27/2002· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER STATED THAT THEY COULD TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 11/22/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  MY 1998 SUBURBAN HAD SAME REPAIR DONE ON THE ABS BRAKES THAT CURRENT RECALL IS OUT FOR 1999-2002 AND GM IS SAYING THE PART ON 99-2000 RECALL IS NOT THE PART ON MY 98 SUBURBAN. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS THE SAME RECALL PART AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO REIMBURSE ME FOR REPAIRS I PAID FOR BEFORE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. *JB

• 11/20/2003· SEAT BELTS

  THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT OF THE RETRACTOR LEAVING THE FRONT PASSENGER IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *PH

• 11/19/2006· VISIBILITY

  THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN C1500. THEY HAVE BEEN PARKING INCORRECTLY, BUT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY FAILED TO OPERATE. THE NEXT DAY THEY WORKED AGAIN. *NM

• 11/17/2000· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING A 55 MPH HIT A DODGE DAKOTA AND DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH. *AK

• 11/16/2009· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  1998 SUBURBAN K1500, ~126,000 MILES, ORIGINAL OWNER. ABS ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, I.E. CONSTANT PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL. WEATHER WAS SUNNY, DRY, LOW HUMIDITY WITH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 50 AND 70 F. VEHICLE DOES NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS QUICKLY WHEN THIS OCCURS. THREE INCIDENCES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS (FIRST TIME EXPERIENCED WAS TWO WEEKS AGO). NO REPAIRS ATTEMPTED YET. *TR

• 11/16/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ALL 4 BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER WENT IN A 90 DEGREE CIRCLE. PRESENTLY, BRAKES WON'T STOP, THEY GO TO FLOOR, AND VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *AK

• 11/14/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE ABS WOULD ENGAGE CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

• 11/13/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAS HAPPEND ABOUT 60 TIMES. TWO DEALER WERE CONTACTED,FIRST DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTED PUMP MODULE OF THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP. MR

• 11/13/2001· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH A ROCK CAME THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD / PASSENGER'S SIDE AND SHATTERED GLASS ONTO PASSENGER AND A CHILD IN SECOND RAW IN A CSS. BOTH PARTIES RECEIVED MINOR INJURY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

• 11/11/2004· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  I DRIVE A 1998 SUBURBAN AND MY HUSBAND DRIVES A 1997 GMC 2500 TRUCK. THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE (USED TO OPEN THE DOOR) HAS BROKEN THREE TIMES IN HIS TRUCK AND IT HAS DIFFICULTY CATCHING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN MY SUBURBAN. *JB

• 11/11/1999· WHEELS

  HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY HEARD ANYTHING UNUSUAL. HAVE OWNED 2 OTHER SUBURBANS BESIDES THIS ONE. I WAS LEAVING A PARKING LOT, TURNING LEFT ONTO THE STREET WHEN I HEARD A POP. I THEN HEARD SOME RATTLING AND SQUEAKING. I PULLED OVER AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING, SO I DROVE IT HOME...ABOUT 5 MILES. TOOK OFF THE LUGS:NUTS COVER AND 2 BROKEN STEMS FELL ON THE GROUND WITH THE NUT STILL ON THEM AND THE REST OF THE LUGS: NUTS WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE. HAD ALL THE TIRES ROTATED AT FIRESTONE ON 10-7-99 AND THE MILEAGE WAS 42,720. NONE OF THE OTHER WHEELS WERE AFFECTED.ALL LUGS: NUTS WERE ON TIGHT EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE WHEEL. FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAD A RECALL ON ALL 1998 LUGS: NUTS ON FORD F150 PICK UPS...COULD THIS BE RELATED? *AK

• 11/08/2006· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES INCREASED IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000 REGARDING SERVICE BRAKES HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

• 11/06/2000· TIRES

  WE HAVE HAD TWO TIRES SEPERATE ON THIS VEHICLE PLUS THREE TIRES ON ANOTHER CHEVROLET SUBURBAN OF THE SAME SIZE AT AN EARLIER DATE. (DOT NUMBER: V611 B1A TIRESIZE: 245X75X16)

• 11/04/2003· AIR BAGSCrash

  MY 1998 CHEVROLET METRO LSI WAS TOTALLED YESTERDAY IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A SCHOOL BUS. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEFLATE, AND JUDGING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ACCIDENT, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR MUTILATED. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE. *AK

• 11/03/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DRIVER'S' SIDE FRONT BRAKE CALIBER LOCKS WHEN HOT. THIS IN TURN WILL RESULT IN PREMATURE WEAR/FAILURE OF THE BRAKE PADS. IF THE VEHICLE SITS FOR A WHILE THE PRESSURE IN THE CALIBER LESSENS AND THE WHEEL TURNS.

• 11/02/2000· POWER TRAIN

  THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION WERE MADE FROM A SUBSTANDARD METAL THAT HAD BROKEN DOWN AND CRUMBLED. GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF THIS FLAW AND DUE TO THE LARGE QUANTITY OF VEHICLES THAT THEY PRODUCE WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THEM TO DO SO. (TIRESIZE: 16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

• 11/02/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE IS A COMPANY VEHICLE AND WAS PURCHASED WITHOUT TEST DRIVE. AFTER VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO SERVICE WE EXPERIENCED INSUFFICIENT BRAKING POWER, GRABING BRAKES, 100% LOSS OF BRAKES. ORIGINAL DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS, ROTORS & ABS SYSTEM. MARYVILLE, TN DEALER ALSO REPLACED PADS & ABS PARTS. STILL VEHICLE HAS NO STOPPING POWER. ON GOING PROBLEM WHICH CREATES A DANGEROUS VEHICLE.

• 11/01/2002· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  ALL BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD. NO WARNING OR OTHER INDICATION GIVEN THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INPERATIVE UNTIL A "NEAR MISS" ACCIDENT AND WE DISCOVERED BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. DEALER FOUND A WORN CONNECTION ON TWO WIRES IN TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. RESOLDERED WIRES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DT

• 10/29/2006· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  BRAKE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL FAILURE. NO PERSONAL INJURY OR CRASHES AS OF YET. FAILURE OF CIRCUIT BOARD ON BACK OF TAILLIGHT HOUSING CAUSES THE BRIGHT FEATURE OF ASSEMBLY NOT TO WORK. (NO BRAKE LIGHT OR TURN SIGNAL). REPAIR CONSISTS OF TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF ASSEMBLY AT $50.00 EACH. *NM

• 10/28/2009· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES AT SLOW SPEEDS, ON DRY PAVEMENT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS SLOWS BREAKING, CAUSES INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND COULD CAUSE THE CAR TO CRASH. THIS PROBLEM WAS RECALLED ON LATER MODELS...APPARENTLY THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM ON THE 1998 AND 1999. WHEN I GOOGLED "ABS ENGAGES AT SLOW SPEEDS SUBURBAN" I REALIZED THAT MY PROBLEM IS FAR FROM UNIQUE. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, AND I THINK THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER YEARS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN KEEPING US ALL SAFE! JENNIFER ROSENBERG *TR

• 10/28/2000· TIRES

  WHEN THUMPING OCCURRED AND VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO RIGHT WE HAD TIRES BALANCED. THIS DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM SO TOOK IT IN TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED MORE THROUGHLY. WE WERE TOLD THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND TO GET THEM OFF IMEDIATELY. THUMPING AND PULLING CEASED AFTER NEW TIRES WERE PUT ON. (DOT NUMBER: TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

• 10/27/2003· CHILD SEAT

  CONSUMER OWNED TWO GRACO CHILD SEATS ,AND ONE TIME OR ANOTHER SHIELD HAD FALLEN OFF DUE TO LOOSENING OF THE SCREWS. *AK

• 10/26/2000· TIRES

  THESE TIRES DID NOT LAST ONE YEAR. ODOMETER READING 30249 WHEN TIRES NEW. I CHANGED THE TIRES AT ODOMETER READING 59126 MILES. THE TIRES ARE RATED FOR 50,OOO. I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED BEFORE I TOOK A TRIP TO KANSAS CITY THIS PAST SUMMER IN MAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER OF THE GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER IN BEAUMONT TEXAS THAT THE REASON FOR THE TIRE FAILURE WAS UNDER INFLATION. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS ONE INFLATION AND THE AUTO MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS ANOTHER. I ASKED THE GOODYEAR SERVICE MANAGER IF GOODYEAR HAD THIS IN WRITING HE SAID NO. I BELEIVE I GOT RIPPED OFF! THE TWO TIMES I HAD MY VEHICLES TIRES BALANCE I WAS NOT TOLD THAT AT THE GOODYEAR DEALERSHIPS THAT THEY WERE UNDER INFLATED. I WOULD NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER GOODYEAR TIRE EVEN THOUGH THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS THEM AS A CUSTOMER BUTADIENE CUSTOMER. I WENT TO ANOTHER COMPANY AND GOT TIRES FOR MY VEHICLE AND MET A GOODYEAR EMPLOYEE AND THE BEAUMONT TEXAS FACILITY THAT TOLD ME HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVEN THOUGH HE WORKED FOR GOODYEAR PLANT HE WOULD NOT PURCHASED THEIR TIRES. HE ALSO BY HERE SAY TOLD ME THAT A RETIRED GENTLEMAN AT THE FIRESTONE FACILITY IN ILLONOIS PLANT TOLD HIM THAT THEY MADE TIRES WITH OTHER TIRE COMPANY NAMES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND A SICK WIFE AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DUPED BY CONGLOMERATE TIRE MANUFACTURES. IF I HAVE BEEN WRONGED AS I FEEL I THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST SUCH PRACTICES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/75R1C)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R1C )

• 10/23/2002· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WHIPER STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILTY. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. MR

• 10/22/1999· SUSPENSION

  DESTROYS FRONT RIGHT 2 TIRES (NOT ALIGNMENT PROBLEM) 2 TIRES IN 22K MILES( DOT NUMBER: M3DD TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

• 10/19/2001· TIRES

  FIRESTONE, AFFINITY, P21560R15; WHILE LOOKING OVER TIRES NOTICED ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES GROVE HAD CRACKS AROUND TIRES.*AK CONSUMER STATED UPON LOOKING AT TIRES, HE NOTICED THAT THEY CONTAINED CRACKS IN ALL 4, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMERS T HAT TIRES WERE OK.*SLC

• 10/18/2001· EQUIPMENT

  VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE ON FLAT SURFACE, CONSUMER USED SCISSOR TYPE JACK FOR FIRST TIME TO CHANGE A TIRE. AFTER JACKING VEHICLE UP JUST ENOUGH SO TIRE CLEARED THE GROUND, CONSUMER TURNED AROUND TO GRAB THE NEW TIRE, JACK BEND AND VEHICLE DROPPED. *AK

• 10/17/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 10/16/2015· SERVICE BRAKES

  DROVE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT, ALL WAS FIND. WHEN I RETURNED, STARTED THE TRUCK, PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. PUMPED THE PEDAL TWICE TO SEE IF BRAKES WOULD RETURN AND THEY DID NOT. INSPECTED UNDERNEATH AND SAW BRAKE FLUID. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A "ROTTED" LINE THAT HAD BURST. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD, HAD THE VEHICLE BEEN IN MOTION THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. I KNOW THERE ARE DISCUSSION OF BRAKE ISSUES STARTING IN THE 1999 MODELS, BUT THIS IS THE EXACT SAME IN THE 1998!

• 10/16/1998· VISIBILITY

  POWER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED CAUSING WINDOW TO STICK AND RATTLE.

• 10/15/2016· SEAT BELTS

  THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT WILL NOT EXTEND OUT FULLY.CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT LIKE DEBRIS OR COINS DOWN INSIDE TO JAM IT ,ITS OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY DEFECT THAT I NOW SEEALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE.

• 10/15/2009· VISIBILITY

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ACTIVATED. USUALLY WHEN SHE RESTARTS THE VEHICLE, THE WIPERS WILL BEGIN TO FUNCTION, BUT FAIL SHORTLY AFTER OPERATION. SHE HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP OR SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000.

• 10/14/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CATASTROHIC LOSS OF ENTIRE BREAKING SYSTEM DUE TO BURSTING OF BRAKE LINES WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE; DEALER REQUIRED COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM OWING TO SERVELY RUSTED PARTS THROUGHOUT; MECHANICAL EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM REQUIRED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO STOP VEHICLE; VEHICLE HAD BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED SINCE NEW WITH MOST RECENT SERVICE JUST 2 MONTHS BEFORE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE; HAD VEHICLE BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED POSSIBLE FATAL CONSEQUENCES; POSSIBLE ISSUE OF DESIGN/COMPONENT DEFECT

• 10/13/1999· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE WOULD WANDER AT ANY SPEED. APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR DEALER INSPECTION. DO NHTSA HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/12/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ABS BRAKES KICKING IN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE SERVICE BRAKES AND ABS WILL NOT HOLD WHEN THE ABS KICKS IN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON GOING SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2004. THE DEALERSHIP CLEANED AND GREASED THE BRAKES. THEY MACHINED THE ROTORS AND REPLACED THE LEFT UPPER ARM BUSHING. AND THEY CHECKED THE ABS SENSORS. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. WHEN SHE CONTACTED THEM THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IT STARTED GETTING WORSE IN JULY OF 2005. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR BUSHINGS AND AN IDLE ARM. THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. SHE TOOK IT BACK TO THEM. THEY REPLACED TWO REAR DRUMS, THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, THE U JOINTS, AND T TIGHTENED THE TRANSFER CASE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. A RECALL FOR THE 2000 MODELS WAS ISSUED. WHEN SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY SAID THAT THIS MODEL YEAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT HAD TO HAVE THE SERVICE BRAKES REPLACED BEFORE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS AND THE PADS. THE CONTACT FELT THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. . *AK

• 10/12/1998· VISIBILITY

  SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS VIBRATE/FAILED, MAKING IT HARD TO SEE VEHICLES IN THE REAR.

• 10/11/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  I OWN A 1998 CHEVY SUBURBAN 2200 4WD. ON 7/10/00, AT 13.000 MI THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS AND REAR SHOES WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. ON 9/13/00 AT 15,000 MI THE FRONT DISC PADS, MASTER CYLINDER PROPORTION VALVE AND CALIPER BRAKE HOSES WERE REPLACED PER SERVICE BULLETIN. ON 8/21/03 AT 22,500 MI I HAD THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED WITH FACTORY OEM PARTS. ON 10/11/04 AT 27,00 MI I HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT ROTORS CUT BECAUSE OF OVERHEATING OF THE ROTORS. ROTORS DISPLAYED HOT SPOTS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RECURRING PROBLEM/DEFECT WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. *NM

• 10/11/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/09/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CHEVROLET SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS CONSISTENTLY ON IN THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP CAN'T SEEM TO GIVE AN HONEST ANSWER AS TO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. *LA

• 10/04/1999· POWER TRAIN

  VIBRATIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60 TO 75) AS WELL AS WANDERING ON HIGHWAY. DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT RECREATE. REPLACED VARIABLE SPEED ADJUSTMENT MODULE TWICE WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT.

• 10/02/2000· TIRES

  THE STEEL BELT BROKE, CAUSING A LUMP ON THE TIRE. CHANGED TIRE OUT IMMEDIATELY. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

• 10/01/2012· SERVICE BRAKES

  MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING BACK FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE WITH OUR TWO AND SEVEN YEAR OLD KIDS, AND THE BRAKES FAILED SHE WAS ABLE TO RUN THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD AS TO NOT HIT ANYBODY OR ANYTHING, AND WAS ABLE TO STOP IT, AFTER ADDING BRAKE FLUID AND STARTING THE VEHICLE AGAIN, I REALIZED THERE WAS FLUID COMING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, I SAW THE METAL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED , WHILE THE RUBBER LINES SEEM TO BE OK. I DO NOT HAVE THE TYPE OF MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WITH FIVE CHILDREN AND MY WIFE NOT WORKING, I THINK THAT A VEHICLE LIKE THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED US LIKE THIS. *TR