1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH DOWNHILL, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE REACHED SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 95-100 MPH BEFORE CRASHING INTO A BUILDING WITH AN ALUMINUM STRUCTURE. THE CRASH WAS ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED LACERATION OVER THE RIGHT EYE WHICH REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES. A

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH DOWNHILL, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE REACHED SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 95-100 MPH BEFORE CRASHING INTO A BUILDING WITH AN ALUMINUM STRUCTURE. THE CRASH WAS ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED LACERATION OVER THE RIGHT EYE WHICH REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES. A

Mileage: 175,000

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES. APPEARS THAT REAR LINES FAILED BUT NEITHER FRONT OR REAR BRAKES WORKED DURING INCIDENT. BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTY WHEREAS THERE IS ALMOST NO RUST ON OTHER COMPONENTS.

Mileage: 235,000

UPON APPLYING BRAKES LOSS OF BRAKING OCCURRED ON THE REAR BRAKES. UPON INSPECTION THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY WHILE THE FUEL VAPOR LINES BELOW THEM HAD NO RUST WHAT SOEVER . *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND ANOTHER PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS AND INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS INJURED BUT THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES WAS UNKNOWN. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHI

Mileage: 133,000

DEER ACCIDENT, LOST CONTROL RAN HEAD ON INTO THE CURB, HIT A SIGN. FRAME IS BENT, WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED AND CAVED IN, FRONT PUSH GUARD IS BENT, AND FRONT PASSENGER FENDER WELL IS CAVED IN. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!!! *TR

Mileage: 176,000

DEER ACCIDENT, LOST CONTROL RAN HEAD ON INTO THE CURB, HIT A SIGN. FRAME IS BENT, WINDSHIELD IS SHATTERED AND CAVED IN, FRONT PUSH GUARD IS BENT, AND FRONT PASSENGER FENDER WELL IS CAVED IN. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!!! *TR

Mileage: 176,000

1999 CHEVY TAHOE WITH VERY BAD BRAKES. PURCHASED VEHICLE 1/6/08. 1 PRIOR OWNER WHICH LIVED IN TEXAS. WHEN PURCHASED VEH. HAD A HISTORY RPT THAT SHOWED ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS DONE. WE HAD VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOTICED BRAKES DIDN'T WORK WELL. TOOK BACK. DEALER REPLACED M/C AND FLUID.. BRAKES WEREN'T BETTER. 2-3 MONTHS LATER TOOK TO ANOTHER SHOP. THEY WERE AMAZED AT THE RUSTY BRAKE FLUID THEY SAID THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVEN WHEN FLUID ISN'T CHGD OR FLUSHED IN TWO YRS. CLDNT FIND ANY PRO

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP, THE RPM'S DECREASE AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. WHEN ACCELERATING UP A HILL OR SLOPE, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER THE CONTACT ACTIVATES THE SEAT HEATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IT BEGINS TO BURN THROUGH THE LEATHER ON THE SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS SLIGHTLY BURNED ON HIS RIGHT LEG. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE D

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP, THE RPM'S DECREASE AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. WHEN ACCELERATING UP A HILL OR SLOPE, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER THE CONTACT ACTIVATES THE SEAT HEATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IT BEGINS TO BURN THROUGH THE LEATHER ON THE SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS SLIGHTLY BURNED ON HIS RIGHT LEG. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE D

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT, WHO IS A MECHANIC, STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CRANK, BUT NOT TURN OVER. HE REMOVED THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND NOTICED THAT THE CONNECTION TO THE FUEL ASSEMBLY HAD MELTED. THERE WAS A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V155000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP) FOR THE 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND SUFFERED A CONTUSION ON HER LEFT LEG AND BRUISES ON HER RIGHT LEG. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10MPH ON DRY ASPHALT, THE ABS ACTIVATED AND THE BRAKES PULSATED QUICKLY AND ROUGHLY. THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE I WAS NOTIFIED THERE IS NO RECALL. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000 PERTAINING TO THE HYDRAULIC ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

Mileage: 109,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLACK SMOKE EMANATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS INSIDE THE CAB. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE TAKEN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE ITSELF WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL

Mileage: 150,000

WHEN PARKING THE SUBURBAN, THE BRAKES PUSHED THROUGH, THE ABS CAME ON AND THEY WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR. WE HIT A CEMENT LIGHT POST, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AMOUNTING TO OVER $1,000.00. TOOK THE SUBURBAN TO HAVE THE ABS BRAKES CHECKED AND CORRECTED. WAS CORRECTED AND THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. ANYTIME WE ARE TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED AND TRY TO STOP OR ARE STOPPING AT RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, GOING DOWN A HILL, THE ABS BRAKES COME ON AND THE VEHICLE

Mileage: 52,300

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10MPH AND BELOW, THE ABS ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE HIT A DUMPSTER, BUT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE'S BUMPER. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEREFORE NO POLICE WERE CALLED. THE VEHICLE'S ABS SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AND CLEANED ON FOUR PRIOR OCCASIONS, BUT STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, CONCERNING THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVE

Mileage: 80,000

1999 SUBURBAN STEERING WHICH LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO THE GUARD RAIL. *TS THE STEERING GEAR WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 101,575

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE ABS ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE STOPPING DISTANCE FOR THE VEHICLE WAS LONGER BECAUSE OF THE ABS ACTIVATION. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC BUT NO CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. *AK UPDATED 10/17/2006 - THE ABS ACTIVATED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY OF HOME. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO THE HOME'S GARAGE DOOR. *NM

Mileage: 100,000

IN NOVEMBER OF 2003 I WAS TRAVELING SLOWLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON I66 OUTSIDE WASHINGTON DC. THE ROADWAY WAS DRY. I ALLOWED A COUPLE OF CAR LENGTHS TO STOP IF NEEDED. THE CHEROKEE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED QUICKLY SO I BRAKED AGGRESIVELY EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 15 MPH. MY BRAKE PEDAL SHOT BACK UP FROM THE FLOOR AND WHEN I RE-APPLIED IT, THE ABS PULSING BEGAN AND THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO STOP. MY VEHICLE ROLLED INTO THE REAR OF THE CHEROKEE DESPITE MY FULL PRESSURE ON THE BR

Mileage: 106,500

TRUCK FAILED TO STOP IN LOW SPEED ACCIDENT. RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT THIS TRUCK DOES NOT STOP AT LOW SPEEDS. *NM

Mileage: 36,000