1991 CHEVROLET Suburban Problems

Complaints Reported

Complaints by Component

SEATS

12 complaints

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED. DEALER NOTIFIED. PROBLEM FIXED BY OWNER--BOLTS IN THE SEAT WERE REPLACED. UNDER RECALL # 96V226000 GM/ BUCKET SEATS. *ML

Sep 15, 1999

Injuries: 1

RECALL # 96V226000 GM/BUCKET SEATS; BOLTS WERE REPLACED ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATS UNDER RECALL ABOUT ONE YEAR. THE BOLTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT HAVE BROKEN AGAIN. *AK

Dec 08, 1998

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK COLLAPSED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE RETAINING BOLT, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL.

Jul 10, 1998

WELDING ON THE REAR REMOVEABLE SEAT , OVER TIME HAS BECOME WEAK AND SEPARATED FROM THE TUBING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Jun 19, 1998

RECALL 96V226000 HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DLR 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME RECALL. PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED.

Oct 01, 1997

+ 7 more complaints for this component

POWER TRAIN

10 complaints

GM WAS AWARE OF THE IMPROPER COMPONENTS INSTALLED IN THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION BUT FAILED TO RECALL CAR AND CORRECT DEFECT.

Feb 28, 1999

Crash: 1

TRANSMISSION PUMP STOPPED RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION , FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSING SMOKE.

Dec 30, 1996

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

Nov 06, 1996

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RELEASING FLUID OUT OF THE VENT STARTING A FIRE, DAMAGING WIRING. *AK

Apr 12, 1996

Fire: 1

AUTO-TRANSMISSION; REGULARLY, SHIFT LINKAGE WOULD ENGAGE INTO NEUTRAL OR REVERSE WHILE IN MOTION. PLEASE DECRIBE. *AK

Feb 22, 1996

+ 5 more complaints for this component

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

9 complaints

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN PRESSED WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *NLM

Apr 24, 2003

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SPEEDS OF 45 AND ABOVE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Sep 26, 2000

OWNER INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKES LOCKING UP/FAILING TO STOP THE TRUCK. TRUCK IS EQUIPPED W/ABS BRAKES. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS/ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

Jan 13, 1998

Crash: 1

Injuries: 1

ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP IN WET WEATHER.

Dec 23, 1997

BRAKE SYSTEM WARPED.

Nov 25, 1997

+ 4 more complaints for this component

TIRES

7 complaints

I HAVE A SET OF HANKOOK OPTIMO 727 TIRES ON MY FAMILY SUBURBAN, AND ONE OF THEM BLEW OUT SUDDENLY, AND UNEXPECTEDLY. THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT ONLY HAD 14,596 MILES ON IT. THE SIZE IS P235-75-15. ALL FOUR OF THESE TIRES WERE INSTALLED IN FEBRUARY 2016, AND THE VEHICLE WAS ALWAYS KEPT IN MY GARAGE. THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SUN OZONE DEPLETION, AND AGAIN, IT NEVER SAT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN. ADDITIONALLY, THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT HAD ALOT OF TREAD DEPTH LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERLOADED, AS I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN IT AT THE TIME OF THE BLOWOUT. I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING ABOUT 72 MPH DOWN INTERSTATE 65, JUST SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE, KY, I FELT SOME VIBRATION FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE, THEN BOOM!, THE TIRE LET GO. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN HANKOOK TIRES, AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER.

Aug 19, 2020

TREAD SEPARATION AROUND 9/10 OF TIRE STEEL BELTS SHOWING. RUBBER SEPARATING FROM SAME. *TR

May 02, 2010

PEP BOYS FUTURA SCRAMBLER A/P TRUCK TIRE BLOWOUT DUE TO BELT SEPARATION. *TR

Jul 14, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED VALVE STEM FAILURE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO CRACK. THE TIRE FLATTENED AND WAS RUINED AS A RESULT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE VALVE STEM FAILURE. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED VARIOUS RECALLS PERTAINING TO VALVE STEM FAILURES AND CRACKS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 51,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000.

Jul 09, 2008

BRIDGESTONE LT 23585R16 DOTEP9JHND205 WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPERATED AND DEFLATED, WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

Oct 08, 2002

Crash: 1

+ 2 more complaints for this component

SEAT BELTS

4 complaints

ON THE 18TH OF MAR 2001, AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK, I GOT IN MY VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY SEAT BELT ON AND ENDED UP LYING FLAT ON MY BACK. AS LUCK WOULD HAVE NO KIDS WERE SITTING BEHIND ME. A SINGLE GRADE 8 BOLT BROKE. A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN THIS VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 100K ON IT THE SAME THING HAPPENED. AT THAT TIME THE DEALER (PERFORMANCE CHEVY IN SACRAMENTO CA) TOLD ME THERE WAS A CAMPAIN TO REPLACE THE BOLTS FROM GRADE 5 TO GRADE 8. APPARENTLY THE GRADE 5 LASTED LONGER THAN THE GRADE 8. THE DEALER HERE IN OGDEN SAYS THE VEHICLE IS TO OLD AND THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR MAKING THIS A SAFER SEAT. IF THIS HAD ACCURED WHILE DRIVING THERE ISNO TELLING WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. I AM NOT A COMPLAINER BUT THIS WHOLE THING SEEMS WRONG. AND WHEN I GO TO SELL THIS VEHICLE HOW CAN I SAY IT IS A SAFE CAR. HOPE YOU CAN HELP,AND I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS, I CANT BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.. PHILLIP WILLIAMS. *AK

Mar 21, 2001

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, SECOND ROW BEHIND DRIVER, LOCKED UP AND UNABLE TO BE USED, CAUSING PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT TO BE WITHOUT RESTRAINT. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIRS UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

Nov 30, 1999

ALSO, IN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, IN SECOND ROW BEHIND DRIVER, IS UNABLE TO BE USED BECAUSE IT LOCKS UP. PASSENGER USING THAT SEAT WOULD BE WITHOUT RESTRAINT WHILE TRAVELING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO INJURIES IF INVOVED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Nov 30, 1999

THE OUTER TWO SEAT BELT BUCKLES DON'T WORK ON THE BENCH SEAT . *AK

Jan 27, 1997

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

4 complaints

ENGINE OIL COOLING LINES FROM ENGINE OIL FILTER TO ENGINE OIL COOLER WEAR AGAINST FRAME UNDER ENGINE, AND MAY CAUSE BAD ENGINE OIL LEAK . I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM TWO TIMES ONCE ON MY OWN TRUCK AND ON A FRIENDS TRUCK OF THE SAME MAKE MODEL YEAR AND GENERAL EQUIPMENT. *AK

Nov 09, 2000

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE EA94-029. TT

Jan 23, 1996

Fire: 1

GASKETS REPLACED.

Jun 19, 1995

PCV VALVE FAILED.

Jun 19, 1995

WHEELS

2 complaints

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH AND TOWING A TRAILER, 2 LUG BOLTS SNAPPED OFF THE HUB AND ONE OTHER BOLT WAS LOOSE CAUSING VEHICLE TO JACKKNIFE AND DROVE OFF THE ROAD. THE TRAILER SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IN A DITCH. THE REMAINING LUG BOTLS WERE MISSING THREADS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPOERT#10-90-210) *TT

Jun 24, 2002

SIX WHEEL STUDS SHEARED OFF AND FOUR WERE RUSTED THROUGH, RESULTING IN WHEEL LOSS AND VEHICLE ROLLOVER ONCE TOTALLED. TT

Feb 28, 1995

Crash: 1

Injuries: 1

STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

1 complaint

FRAME WHERE STEERING BOX IS ATTACHED FAILED. FLEXING FROM NORMAL USE CAUSED THE AREA AROUND THE MOUNTING BOLTS TO CRACK AND WOULD ULTIMATELY SEPARATE THE STEERING BOX FROM THE FRAME IF LEFT UNREPAIRED. REPORTS OF FRAME FAILURES ON 4X4 VERSIONS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING FOR SOME YEARS DUE TO THE HIGHER STRESS CAUSED BY THE FRONT AXLE AND THE USE OF OVERSIZED TIRES. IN THIS CASE THE SUBURBAN IS A 1/2 TON 2WD UNIT AND HAS ALWAYS RUN ON FACTORY SIZED TIRES. CRACKS WERE FIRST NOTICED JANUARY 2005 WITH 106744 MI DURING A REPAIR JOB FOR A LOOSE FRAME RIVET. CURRENTLY, DECEMBER 2010 AND 206000 MI., CRACKS HAVE FORMED ON ALL MOUNTING LOCATIONS AND REQUIRES A FRAME REPAIR KIT. REPAIR INCLUDES GRINDING AND WELDING OF CRACKS; AND WELDING ADDITIONAL REENFORCING PLATES TO STRENGTHEN THE AREA.

Dec 04, 2010

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

1 complaint

THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD SEPARATED. THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE. THE SAME PART FOR THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOR THE RECALL BRAKE PART AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS CLOSED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO INDICATE WHAT WAS REPAIRED DUE TO NOT BEING THE ORIGINAL OWNER RECALL 93V119000. *CM *SCC

May 07, 2003

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

1 complaint

1991 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN PEELING PAINT - TOP OF SUBURBAN - BAD!

Sep 22, 1999

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN

1 complaint

TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR INTO ANOTHER GEAR WHILE DRIVING. CAN TAKE OUT OF PARK & INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE WOULD GO FORWARD INSTEAD. BRAKES WOULD MAKE RATTLING SOUNDS WHEN APPLIED. WOULD HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK.

Aug 27, 1999

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,STRUCTURE,SEATS

1 complaint

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE FOLLOWING: 1. CRACKS DEVELOPING ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE ROOF, CAN BE A POTENTIAL DANGER IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT; 2. BRAKES CAUSE ERRATIC OPERATION WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO WANDER AROSS THE ROAD, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT; AND 3. SEATBACK WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE BACKWARDS EVERY TIME VEHICLE ROLLS OVER ANY TYPE OF BUMPS. ALSO COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE BEING OUT OF CONTROL AND A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. *AK

Aug 27, 1999

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

1 complaint

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AT THIS TIME NO ONE HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO FIND A CAUSE. *AK

Apr 30, 1999

Fire: 1

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

1 complaint

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, NOTICED FLAMES COMING OUT OF VEHICLE. UPON OPENING HOOD, NOTICED THAT ALTERNATOR OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE. ALSO SERPENTINE BELT OVERHEATED/BURNED. *AK

Aug 26, 1997

Fire: 1

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

1 complaint

FUEL LINE LEAK CAUSED ENGINE FIRE.

Sep 04, 1996

Fire: 1

STEERING

1 complaint

VEHICLES STEERING GEAR BOX BOLT SHEARED FROM FRAME,OCCURED WHILE IN PARKING LOT.CAUSING EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN STEERING CAPABILITIES. TT

Oct 12, 1995

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