CarComplaints.com Notes: Engines shouldn't need a new quart of oil every 500-1000 miles, but for thousands of Suburban owners that's exactly what's happening. Engine oil consumption on aluminum block engines with Active Fuel Management (AFM) is out of control and owners are left looking for answers.
The most likely culprit is an uncovered AFM valve which, in many cases, can be covered under warranty. The problem is the issues don't stop there and many owners have been told by GM just to buy a new engine. Take one guess who they want to pick up the tab.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
12 / 0
Average Mileage:
72,547 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My two children and I where coming home from a wrestling tournament traveling on a highway doing about 65 mph. They were in the back seat. We all had seat belts on. I had a epileptic seizure and they said my foot hit the throttle so we might have be going faster when we hit. I last recall doing the speed limit. I went to the left and missed a power pole but hit the railroad tracks(these tracks are banked up on dirt and rock). Which caused the Suburban to some how roll 4 to 5 times down the tracks.we ended up on the other side of the tracks on our rims. Every tire was blown. Every window was shattered except the front it had a hole in a center of it which a railroad tie came thru. There are impressions of the railroad road tracks on the Suburban. The driver side of the Suburban is smash down to the driver head rest. I ended up with a broken neck. Thank goodness my kids seats were reclined in the back or their necks would have broke. Not one part of this Suburban is not smashed. Everything flew out of it when we rolled. My son had to crawl out the window and search on the ground to find cell phones that flew out of the Suburban when we wrecked to call 911. The side air bags failed my family. I always felt safe with them. But we rolled and they did not work. Even the front airbag didn't go off when I first hit the tracks. Besides my broken neck it all turned out good. I will never buy a Chevy again. Our insurance company said our Suburban is totaled. Only thing worth anything is maybe the seats. Everything thing else is scrap metal. If you'd like to see pictures your welcome to contact us. But please check into these Suburban. If we wouldn't have had seatbelts we would all be dead. My husband went and bought a 2015 Ford. I will never put my trust in a Chevy again. Or airbags. I'm wondering if they just put a airbag sticker in them to make us feel safe. Thank you
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated that the dashboard exhibited several six inch length cracks on the driver's side and also near the passenger's side air bag housing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The approximately failure mileage was 130,000.
Interior chrome door handles peeling. Peeling chrome extremely sharp. I've had my fingers pricked by the peeling chrome and my wife got a small cut on her finger from it. Very sharp.
Chrome peeling off of inside door handles has become hazardous, which cut 2 of my fingers. I'm now afraid to open my door w/O getting cut. Please consider this as a recall item.
We were driving home when a person ran a red light and hit us. We were crossing an intersection about 15 miles an hour and they hit the front part of our Suburban. Everything was damaged the hood, and everything inside the hood sustained damage. There was a liquid that was leaking but I am unaware of the substance. The person that hit us must have been going about 40-60 miles an hour. After they fled the seen police mentioned that their air bags were deployed. My concern was why our air bags did not deploy as well. My daughter and I both hit our heads on our side windows. My son had slight injury mostly from the seatbelt. My sons door had to be opened from the police officer on the screen. My biggest concern was about the airbags and also the onstar did not work as well.
The exterior door handles pull out of the car body on my 2007 Chevy ltz Suburban.. the design appears to use plastic plugs that either break apart or deteriorate, causing the door handles to break loose when grabbed and pulled to open the doors. My handles have all broken loose at the forward end of the handle, with the rear end remaining attached. This has happened multiple times, the first of which may have been in 2010. I believe I initially had the drivers door and the right rear door handles replaced under warranty (before 3 year/36,000 miles). I believe that a second incident happened to the front right (passenger) door, possibly in 2011, and the dealer also replaced it without charge as part of a GM acknowledged defective item recall. Recently, in April 2013, I again noticed the front right passenger door handle had broken again. I just had the car in for servicing at the Chevy dealer, however I was told that the manager stated that I would have to pay (prox $200) to have the door handle replaced. I paid for the repair and will have to file a claim with GM for reimbursement. I have seen many reports on the internet about this defective door handle problem on 2007 Chevy Suburban, as well as on similar GM vehicles. The door handle is a very poor design that GM should have corrected, and have replacement handles provided at no charge to car owners. This is my third Suburban going back to 1992, all of which have never had any serious defects. I take care of my Suburban, and it looks almost new having only 33,800 miles. I am single, and only occasionally have other passengers in the car, who may use the other door handles. This means that all the door handles have not been used that often. There is obviously a design flaw in the attachment of these door handles to the car body. This should have been corrected by GM., and replacements offered owners.
The dash on my 2007 Suburban cracked on the driver's side in front of the instrument bezel area. This same exact crack has appeared on hundreds if not thousands of Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, Yukon XL, and Silverado trucks for this vehicle cycle. Also on other similar dash panels an additional crack has appeared by the passenger airbag. Recently GM has redesigned the dash so that it will not crack in these areas, but they have failed to issue any sort of recall to the current owners with defective dashes and fix the dash that could pose a safety risk if the vehicle is involved in an accident.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that the rear automatic lift gate was opened and fell down, abruptly striking the contact in the head. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the support struts on the rear lift gate failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 79,467. Updated 05/31/12
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that the dashboard developed a crack where the front passenger side air bag was located. The contact expressed concern that the crack may leads to an air bag malfuntion. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that the dashboard needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered to pay for the parts necessary to perform repairs. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 64,000 and current mileage was 65,164. The VIN was not available.
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