Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Chevrolet Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
THE DRIVER NOTICED A BROWNISH LIQUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF GARAGE. DRIVER CONTACTED A MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE HOUSING SHAFT. *AK
THIS THE THIRD TRASMISSION THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ON THIS VEHICLE, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL ON 1995 SUBURBANS FOR A THIN TRANSMISSION CASE, I WAS TOLD MINE DOES NOT QUALIFY. *AK
SEAL IN TRANSMISSION FAILED ALLOWING TRANSMISSION TO FLOOD WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DISABLE TRANSMISSION AND HENCE VEHICLE OPERATION. VEHICLE WAS LEFT DISABLED IN TRAFFIC LANE FOR ONE HOUR WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SERVICED 1,378 MILES EARLIER ON 2/24/00 BY REFERENCED DEALER.
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN ON WET ROADS PULLING A 16 FOOT TRAILER W/WOOD ON IT, AND GOING UP A SLIGHT SLOPE. WENT TO PUT 4- WHEEL DRIVE ON AND IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT BY A BULLDOZER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ACCUMULATOR HAD GONE OUT. WAS TOLD THIS WAS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLE. ALSO, ELECTRIC POWER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING TEMPORARILY. MASTER SWITCH HAD GONE OUT. THIS HAPPENED IN HOT WEATHER. *AK
GEAR SHIFT SHATTTERED, CAUSING THE GEAR TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO LOCK INTO GEAR, WILL NOT LOCK. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND RPM WENT HIGH, WHEN STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL SEEMS TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE, DEALER CHANGE THE FUEL FILTER BUT AFTER FEW MILES IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *ET
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION/OVERDRIVE FAILED.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
WHEN DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T GO OVER 35 MPH NO WARNING PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
SMOKE FROM LEFT SIDE OF VALVE COVER.
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, SHIFT FOR 2WD OR 4WD WAS PUSHED BY CHILD INTO NEUTRAL AND VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHILE CAR WAS STILLL IN PARK. *AK
CONSUMER READ IN THE MAGAZINE IN TRAILER LIFE MIN THE 7/95 CALL DEALER SAY IT WAS OK DIDN'T ASK CONSUMER TO BRING IN TRUCK TO BE INSPECTED HAVING PROBLEM . TT
VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN HILL WHILE IN PARK, AND INTO A TREE. 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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