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1996 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 7, 2010
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 7, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1996 Chevrolet Suburban 2500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 7, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500 WITH BF GOODRICH TIRES, ALL TERRAIN TAKO, SIZE LP245/75R/16E. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. HE PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE TIRES. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD A BULGE. HE CHANGED THE TIRE WITH HIS SPARE AND PURCHASED A NEW TIRE. TWO OTHER TIRES ALSO FAILED AND ONE BLEW OUT AND THE OTHER HAD A BULGE. TWO DAYS AGO HIS SPARE TIRE BLEW OUT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE TIRE BLEW IT DAMAGED THE LINING OF THE ROOF, MOLDING,SEAT BELT HOLDER AND THE TIRE COVER. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 136,490. UPDATED 12/22/10 *BF UPDATED 12/3/10*JB

NHTSA ID
10354131
Incident
Mar 21, 2010
Mileage
132,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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