2000 Chevrolet Suburban Tires & wheels Problems

2000 SUBURBAN TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *TS THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED ALTHOUGH THE TREAD SEPARATED. THE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10147586

Incident

Sep 17, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 01T001000, CONCERNING THE TIRES:TREAD/BELT. THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. THIS CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. WHEN HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CLAIMED THE TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE SERIAL NUMBER. THE TIRE HAS BEEN REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10144041

Incident

Nov 24, 2005

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10068678

Incident

Apr 19, 2004

Mileage

60,000 mi

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS SINCE DAY ONE ON THIS SUBURBAN. MOST RECENTLY THE TWO ABOVE. I CHECKED THE WARRANTY WORK THAT WAS DONE ON MY SUBURBAN AND IT WAS OVER A PAGE OF CLAIMS. I JUST CANNOT REMEMBER THE DATES THE ITEMS I CHECKED OCCURED. THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM WAS LONG IN THE COMING, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I SPENT OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. THIS LEFT US STRANDED 3 TIMES! THIS LAST TIME COST ME $765. TODAY, THE ABS SYTEM DIED. THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO COST ME CLOSE TO A $1000 TO REPAIR. I PURCHASED THE SUBURBAN BECAUSE IT WAS SAFE TO CARRY MY WIFE AND 7 KIDS. SO FAR, WE HAVE BEEN STUCK ON THE ROAD, LOST VACATION TIME AND JUST CAN'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE. NOW I DON'T HAVE BRAKES. THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT. KENT DOLD

NHTSA ID

10071085

Incident

Oct 15, 2003

Mileage

62,591 mi

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE, OEM TIRE EXPERIENCED A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT OF APPROXIMATELY 3" LONG FROM RIM TO TREAD. *LA

NHTSA ID

10052335

Incident

Dec 18, 2003

Mileage

12,000 mi

RE 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 4X4. VEHICLE HAS STEERING DIFFICULTIES (VEHICLE CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE LANES WITHIN 2 LINES ON THE ROAD, LOOSE STEERING AT TIMES, STEERING WHEEL JUMPS WHEN TURNING CURVES) WHICH WERE REPORTED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER BLAMED TIRES WHICH WERE NOT RECALLED. THE JUMP/POP IN STEERING WHEN ROUNDING CURVES WAS SAID TO BE DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION UPON CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLE-SOMEWHAT IMPROVED. STEERING COLUMN STILL MOVES (FEELS LOOSE AT TIMES) AND FEELS AS THOUGH WILL DISCONNECT OR TIRE ROD WILL BREAK WHEN THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. AT 43,000 MILES FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL HAD TO BE REPAIRED, JUST OVER EVERY 20,000 MILES BRAKE DISC SEEMS TO NEED REPLACED. VEHICLE DOES NOT GO COMPLETELY INTO PARK OR GEAR AND SOMETIMES POPS OUT (THOUGHT TO NEED LINKAGE ADJUSTMENT, BUT VEHICLE HAS CABLE SO CANNOT BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO REPAIR PERSON). SOMETIMES (FAIRLY FREQUENTLY) SEAT BELTS STILL DO NOT COMPLETELY BUCKLE, THEY WILL POP OUT AT VARIOUS TIMES IF THEY BUCKLE AT ALL(NOT ONLY WITH CHILDREN, BUT WITH ADULTS). VEHICLE SEEMS VERY LOOSE TO DRIVE AND WE FREQUENTLY FEEL AS THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF OUR VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING (INTERMITTENTLY). WE FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THE VEHICLE. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023003

Incident

Jun 13, 2003

CENTER HUB OF FACTORY ALLOY WHEEL (LEFT FRONT) HAS 2 VISIBLE RADIAL CRACKS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND GM IS REPLACING THE CRACKED WHEEL AND CHECKING THE OTHER 3. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10018997

Incident

May 20, 2003

Mileage

42,000 mi

THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT.*JB

NHTSA ID

10011401

Incident

Feb 9, 2003

WHILE DRIVING IN A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH ONLY THE DRIVER A THUMPING SOUND WAS HEARD. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED LEFT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, ORIGNIAL EQUIPMENT, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRE SIZE P265/70R16, DOT# V672WL2. *AK TIRE SPECIALIST FOUND RUN LOW SIDEWALL FLEX FAILED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

NHTSA ID

8011532

Incident

Jun 6, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE, 16INCH.*AK *YH

NHTSA ID

8008746

Incident

Apr 1, 2002

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.(FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16).*JB

NHTSA ID

564977

Incident

Mar 9, 2002

TIRE FAILED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. TREAD SEPARATED VIOLENTLY BREAKING OUT INTERNAL WHEEL WELL COMPONENT AND ADJACENT WINDOW WASH LINE. LOCATION WAS IH35 SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. LEVEL, SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE. TIME - 9:00 PM TEMPERATURE - 70 F. *AK (DOT NUMBER: MEXICO TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

NHTSA ID

759667

Incident

Mar 9, 2002

THE TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN IMMEDIATE TIRE FAILURE. I WAS TRAVELING AT SEVENTY MILES PER HOUR ON A FLAT SECTION OF IH 35 SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55 DEGREES F. TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 9:00 PM. THE TIRE LITERALLY CAME APART WITH FLYING PIECES BREAKING OUT THE PLASTIC INTERNAL WHEEL WELL ASSEMBLY AND REAR WINDOW WASH HOSE LINES. ON 3/12/02 THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER WILL CHECK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE BUT DID CROSS OVER THE ADJACENT LANE AND ON TO THE ROAD SHOULDER. I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF ( AND WILL RETAIN) THE TIRE. WHEN TROUBLE WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES WAS INTIALLY MADE PUBLIC I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS ASSURED THAT THE PROBLEM TIRES WERE A DIFFERENT TYPE. WHEN I REPORTED THE SUBJECT INCIDENT TO THE DEALER HE SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT THE AREA GMC SERVICE CENTER (1 800 222 1020). AFTER REVIEWING THE PROBLEM WITH THE GMC REPRESENTIVE I WAS INFORMED THAT "TO HER PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE" I WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I THEN ASKED IF SOMEONE CALLS IN AT SOME FUTURE TIME AND ASKS IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY TROUBLE WITH THIS TIRE WOULD THEY BE TOLD THAT AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS HAD TROUBLE. I WAS TOLD THAT GMC'S INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT SHE USES DID NOT HAVE THE CAPABILLITY TO DISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER. SHE DID ASSURE ME THAT THE DESIGN ENGINEERS WOULD BE MADE AWARE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HEAR FROM GMC AGAIN ABOUT THIS MATTER. I INFORMED THE REPRESENTIVE THAT I WANTED SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE BE, AT THE LEAST, MADE AVAILABLE TO THE NEXT PERSON THAT INQUIRES ABOUT THIS MODEL OF FIRESTONE TIRE. SHE SUGGESTED THAT I CALL FIRESTONE (1 800 356 4644). THIS REP., IN TURN, ASSURED ME THAT "TO HER KNOWLEDGE" THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL TIRE, ETC, ETC.*AK (DOT NUMBER: MEXICO TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

NHTSA ID

759236

Incident

Mar 9, 2002

P265/70R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN WITH 4000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH REAR LEFT TIRE EXPLODED, NO INJURIES.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES. *SLC

NHTSA ID

899427

Incident

Nov 23, 2001

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 3 CHILDREN AND PREAGNANT WIFE WE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 80MPH, I HEARD A REPEATING THUD WHICH SOUNDED LIKE THE THUD PRODUCED WHEN DRIVING OVER EXPANSION JOINTS, HOWEVER, I NOTICED IT WAS LOUDER THAN TYPICAL AND DIDN'T COINCIDE WITH EXPENATION JOINT TIMING. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN BY COASTING. ALL THIS TRANSPIRED IN ABOUT 4 TO 10 SECONDS. THEN BANG, WE HEAR A LOUD NOISE, AND OUR VEHICLE REAR DROPS. I LOOKED BEHIND ME AND I SEE TREAD AND PEICES OF TIRE FLYING EVERYWHERE. I COASTED FOR A FEW SECONDS, NOT WANTING TO UPSET THE BALANCE OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN GENTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES. WE STOPPED. THE ONLY THING LEFT ON THE RIM WERE THE TWO SIDE WALLS. THERE WASN'T ANY TREAD LEFT. I HAVE SINCE RETRIVED THE TREAD. THE TREAD IS SEPARATED FROM THE CARCUS OF THE TIRE. I ASSUME THIS IS THE REPEATING THUD SOUND I HEARD. THEN THE TIRE CARCUS AND TREAD RIPPED COMPLETELY FROM THE SIDE WALLS. MY RIM IS SCRATCHED AND DENTED. GM SAYS THIS COST $480. TIRE IS OBVIOUSLY GONE. ABOUT 2,000 MILES EARLIER I HAD FIRESTONE, CHECK, AND ROTATE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND AFTER THE INCIDENT I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRES AND TIRE PRESSURES WHERE 35PSI +OR - 2PSI. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE TREAD THAT CAME OFF TIRE IT CAN BE SEEN THAT THERE IS A PUNCTURE WHICH LOOKS LIKE A NAIL OR SCREW PENETRATED THE TIRE. MY GM DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT THIS CAUSED THE TIRE PRESSUE TO GO DOWN AND I DROVE ON IT SO IT GOT HOT AND THIS CAUSED THE FAULURE. I BELIEVE THAT THE TIRE MAY HAVE LOST SOME PRESSURE, BUT I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A SLOW LEAK. MY WIFE AND I DIDN'T NOTICE A LOW TIRE BY THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS HANDLING. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE LOW PRESSURE MAY HAVE PRECIPITATED THE TIRE FAILURE, BUT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED SO CATASTOPHICALLY WITH ONLY A MINOR TIRE PRESSURE LOSS. IF THE TIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST FLAT, THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE FELT THE VEHICLE DROP.*AK

NHTSA ID

754304

Incident

Oct 26, 2001

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE, P265/70R16, DOT V672WL11200, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN WITH 22000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR PASSENGERS TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

898825

Incident

Nov 4, 2001

TIRE HAD BUBBLE THAT WAS CAUGHT BEFORE IT FAILED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

NHTSA ID

752917

Incident

Sep 26, 2001

PE 00 020/TREAD SEPARATION, WHILE TRAVELING AT 65-70 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION, AND FIVE RIPS/TEARS ON SIDEWALL WITH DRIVER ONLY IN A 2000, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT; TIRE SIZE P265/70R16; DOT# V672WL1389. FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AKDOTV672WL1389 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16. *NLM

NHTSA ID

896779

Incident

Sep 15, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL C00093-S, HOWEVER HE HAD ALREADY REPLACED ALL FIRESTONE TIRES EXCEPT FOR THE SPARE, DEALER REPLACED SPARE AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REFUND CONSUMER FOR THE COST OF REPLACING THE TIRES PRIOR TO THE RECALL, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16. *SLC

NHTSA ID

562030

Incident

Feb 16, 2001

THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY HAD ISSUED A RECALL (01T-001) TO THE CONSUMER, AND THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD AN OPTION OF REPLACING THE TIRES AND GETTING CASH REFUND FROM LOCAL DEALER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO PROCESS CASH REFUND STATING THAT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE CASH REFUND OPTION AND THE CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHAT ACTION TO TAKE. *YH

NHTSA ID

561580

RR TIRE BLEW OUT. NO ROAD HAZARD SEEN. NO FORIEGN OBJECT FOUND IN TIRE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265 70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265 70R16 )

NHTSA ID

745757

Incident

May 11, 2001

I HAD TWO TIRE SEPARATION FAILURES IN TWO WEEKS. PLEASE CONTACT ME. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V672WL2 TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

NHTSA ID

743880

Incident

Mar 25, 2001

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE DEVELOPED A VIBRATION IN THE REAR, UPON INSPECTION THE CONSUMER FOUND A SEVERE BULDGE AND DEFORMITY IN THE TREAD AREA OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE, THE CONSUMER'S TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL(FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16). NLM

NHTSA ID

560326

Incident

Aug 11, 2000

ELECTRICAL- POWER WINDOWS INOPERABLE FOR THE FIRST 8 MONTHS THAT WE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, INVOLVED 5 TRIPS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. BODY DESIGN? PROBLEM - TIRES DID NOT CLEAR VEHICLE BODY WITHOUT RUBBING, CAUSING IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DEALER KEEPS RECOMMENDING US TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES WHEN EVER THEY SERVICE OUR VEHICLE. BRAKES - POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS A KINK IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM SUPPLY HOSE. I NEED TO SUGGEST TO DEALER THAT THEY CONSIDER THIS FOR A PROBLEM THAT WERE HAVING WITH A NOISE AND VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN YOU PRESS AND RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER RECOMMENDS THAT WE BUY 4 NEW TIRES, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT DIAGNOSES IS THAT WE ALSO HEAR THE NOISE WHEN THE CAR IS NOT MOVING! I WONDER IF THEY READ THEIR TSB'S*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

NHTSA ID

740962

Incident

Jul 8, 2000

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRE, P265/70R16, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, DOT # V672WL11800, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES, FIRESTONE WAS ONLY WILLING TO PRORATE THE FAULTY TIRE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

877539

Incident

Dec 31, 2000