Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
I JUST FIX MY HEAD GASKET FROM LEAKING 2 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT A WEEK LATER THE SENSOR GAVE OUT THEN THE OTHER SENSOR KNOCK SENSOR 2 THEN THE SENSOR PUMP GAVE OUT TOO WITH IN 6 MONTHS AND COST ME ABOUT 4000 AFTER TAX CHEVY. *TR
LEAKING FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SEALS ON A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, 1500, 4WD. *NM
DT: CALLER SAYS AXLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE ABOUT 1 YEARS AGO. DEALER EXAMINED THE OTHER SIDE, THEN SAID IT WAS ALRIGHT. DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM AT MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. CURRENTLY, BRAKES STARTED MAKING A NOISE, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AXLE BROKE. DEALER SAID IT WAS CALLER'S PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER COULD NOT FIND ANY RECORDS OF FIRST OWNER, AND SAID THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR GETTING IT FIXED. *AK
I SEE WHERE CHEVROLET IS RECALLING THE SURBURBAN FOR A DEFECTIVE DRIVESHAFT. I HAVE AN EARLY 2001 MODEL AND MY DRIVESHAFT DID CRACKED. I WAS STUCK IN SAN DIEGO FOR TWO DAYS FOR THE DEALER TO GET THE NEW PART. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS WAS VERY RARE, THUS HARD TO FIND THE PART. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PART BECAUSE THIS WAS SO COMMON AND THE OTHER DEALERSHIPS DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THE PART. FIRST I AM MAD THAT I WAS LIED TO BY THE SERVICE MANAGER, BUT I ALSO WONDER IF THE DRIVE SHAFT PROBEM IS PREVELENT IN THE 2001 SUBURBAN MODEL AS WELL. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR RESEARCH.*AK
RE; PROBLEMS WITH GM ABOUT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION ON 2001 CHEV SUBURBAN. *BFTHE TRANSMISSION LOCKING MECHANISM IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM
WHILE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO AN EMBANKMENT. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE ROLLBACK. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
OIL CONSUMPTION, STEERING COLUMN, SIDE DOOR PANELS, REAR-END, SEATS CRACKING, FRONT POPPING NOISE, STEERS TO RIGHT CONSTANTLY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2001. WE HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY HERE IN N.C. AND ALSO TALKED TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH OIL CONSUMPTION THAT THEY HAVE TRADED BECAUSE OF IT AND THEY JUST KEPT TELLING US IT IS WITHIN MANUFACTURE LIMITS. THEY HAVE TRIED TO FIX THE OIL PROBLEM BUT WITH NO SUCCESS. ALSO THE STEERING HAS BEEN BROKEN DOWN TWICE BECAUSE OF ITS PROBLEM. THE DOOR PANELS ARE STILL NOT FIXED AFTER 2 TRIES. THE REAR-END HAS BEEN WORKED ON 2 TIMES BECAUSE OF DIFFERENTIAL FLUID, THE STEERING WHEEL STILL SCRUBS WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS STARTING TO CRACK. THE CONSUMER PEOPLE IN RALEIGH WILL NOT HELP US AFTER WE FILLED THE COMPLAINT, THEY WROTE US AND TOLD US TO HIRE A LAWYER AND THE MANUFACTURE ONLY OFFERED US A $1000.00 OWNER/LOYALTY CERTIFICATE TOWARDS A NEW VEHICLE. WHAT IS OUR NEXT STEP WITHOUT HIRING AN ATTORNEY? *JB
CRUNCHING & VIBRATION FROM DIFFERENTIAL, I THINK. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED BY TWO SEPARATE DEALERS. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO REPLICATE? ANY INFO. WOULD BE APPRECIATED.*AK
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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