Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF GASOLINE LEAKAGE OTHER THAN THE ODOR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY VARIOUS REPAIR SHOPS AND DEALERS, BUT NO SOURCE OF LEAKAGE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. *JB
UNEXPLAINED AND SUDDEN STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED.*AK
GENERAL MOTORS UNWILLING TO HONOR WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS UNDER A SPECIAL POLICY AMENDMENT. TSB 00064 INCREASES COVERAGE FOR ELEVEN YEARS OR 120,000 MILES FROM DATE OF SERVICE IN REGARDS TO MALFUNCTION OF THE ELECTRONIC DIESEL FUEL INJECTION PUMP. THIS INCLUDES 1994 CHEVROLET SUBURBANS. *AK
PREVIOUS RECALL FOR DEISEL STALLING, HAS HAD 4 INJECTION PUMPS AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ENGINE STALLS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. CHEVROLET HAS REPLACED PUMP 3 TIMES SINCE INTIAL RECALL, AND STILL THEY DON'T WORK AND VEHICLE STILL STALLS WITHOUT WARNING.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. NO WARNINGS, IT JUST QUITS. DEALER PUT ON A NEW FUEL PUMP, CONSUMER THINKS ITS THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL PUMP, AND FEELS IT IS UNSAFE FOR VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY FREEWAY. *AK
ELECTRONIC FUEL PUMP FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.
POWER SEATS DETACHING FROM ANCHORS. ABS BRAKES LOCKING UP ON WET ROAD WHEN APPLIED, CAUSING BRAKES TO SLIDE. FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY (5 TIMES). LEAKS IN VALVE COVER GASKET. *AK
INTERMITTENT STALLING DUE TO FUEL INJECTION FAILURE PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS 95I-005.000. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
CRACK IN OWNERS FUEL TANK FITTING, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM TRUCK.
ENGINE DIESEL: RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN 1995 WITH 6000 MILES ON VEHICLE. HAD FUEL INJECTOR PUMP REBUILT. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN AFTER 40,000, NEEDS TO HAVE FUEL INJECTOR REBUILT AGAIN. (95I-005). *AK
AFTER ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT ANY SPEED, DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP, WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. TT *SLC
CAR WAS PARKED CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT IT WAS DETERMINED BY CHEVROLET THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHORT BEHIND THE DASH AND CONSIDERED VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS, CHEVROLET IS REPLACING THE VEHICLE. *SLC
DURING DRY AND WET WEATHER, INTERMITTENTLY BRAKES LOCKUP, BETWEEN 20 TO 40 MPH, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. TT
FUEL PUMP FAILURE, CAUSING STALLING PROBLEM, PE94-091 ACTIVE. TT
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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