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 dealer for this failure. He did not notice any differences beforehand. The speed was not a factor. The current mileage was 120,000 and failure mileage was 100,000.

- Ventura, CA, USA

Do you want the failed parts?no safety defect listed.

- Lake Oswego, OR, USA

Seat failure-the driver side seat support broke causing the seat to lurch forward and backward upon stopping and starting of the vehicle accompanied by a loud popping noise. Dealer is replacing supports on both the driver and passenger seat since the passenger seat was also loose or cracking. Engine-the original engine in the truck failed. The crankshaft rod bearings were badly worn. The trouble was detected by a slight knock in the lower part of the engine. The new engine started to produce a "tapping noise" upon cold start up. The dealer said this was a normal noise due to loose pistons (slap). The noise subsides after about 4 minutes of warm-up. If this is piston slap, the engine will wear faster causing premature failure. I called GM and they were not interested in the discussing or helping with latter problem.

- Brownsville, TX, USA

Driver's side seat experienced excessive play in the tracks, which in turn, caused seat to rock in motion. Consumer has taken truck into dealer 9 times for the same problem. Rear bolts that held the tracks to seat frame fell out.

- Toledo, OH, USA