2003 Chevrolet Suburban Tires & wheels Problems

2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSFER CASE DEVELOPED A LEAK. *TGW

NHTSA ID

10329654

Incident

May 11, 2010

WHILE DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN NJ (MILE MARKER 133.6), THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW-OUT WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. *JB

NHTSA ID

10154703

Incident

Mar 24, 2006

Mileage

25,474 mi

WE HAVE A 2003 3/4 TON SUBURBAN WITH APPROXIMATELY 42,000 MILES. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN JANUARY 2003. ON THE WAY HOME FROM CHARLESTON, SC ON INTERSTATE 26 NEAR THE I-95 INTERSECTION THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME APART AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM BOTH SIDEWALLS, AND STAYED INTACT. AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECK ON FRIDAY. THE TREAD WAS INSPECTED AND NO CUT, TEARS OR PUNCTURES WERE PRESENT. THERE WERE ONLY 2 PASSENGERS WITH LIGHT LUGGAGE IN THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE IS MANUFACTURED BY BRIGDESTONE. THE INFORMATION ON THE TIRE IS THE FOLLOWING: LT245 75R16 120/1165 M+S R265G2 E4 0012336 LOAD RANGE E 34449EX26564 MADE IN MEXICO. *JB

NHTSA ID

10153973

Incident

Mar 26, 2006

Mileage

42,000 mi

EXITING ONTO ON RAMP RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED HOWEVER TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM TIRE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10132288

Incident

Jul 22, 2005

2003 CHEVROLET K2500 SUBURBAN WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT245/75R16 TIRES. ON FRIDAY JUNE 10, 2005 THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SUDDENDLY LOST PRESSURE WHILE TRAVELING ON I95 AT 65 MPH, AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES: HOWEVER, I NOTICED THE LOSS OF PRESSURE BEFORE THE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SHOULDER. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND NO PUNCTURES. THE INSIDE SIDE WALL HAD A 1-1/2" CRACK WHERE THE TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE. THE TIRE HAD 68781 MILES OF TREAD WEAR WITH APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 10000 MILES OF TREAD LIFE LEFT. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE LONG LIFE OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE IS STILL IN MY POSSESSION.

NHTSA ID

10125108

Incident

Jun 10, 2005

Mileage

68,781 mi

DT: CONTACT HAD FIRESTIONE WILDERNESS L/E TIRESON 2003 SUBURBAN. ON 5/30/05, GOING 70 MPH RIGHT REAR INNER SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. TIRE HAS 2,5000 MILES ON IT. MAXIMUM PRESSURE WAS 34 PSI.TIRES HAD 39 PSI AT THE TIME OF BLOWOUT. NO VIBRATION WAS NOTICED PRIOR TO BLOW OUT. NO VISIBLE BULGING IN THE TIRES. CONTACT STATED THAT NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS PRESENT ON TIRE, BESIDES A VERTICLE SPLIT THROUGH THE TIRE FROM THE RIM THROUGH THE TREAD. NO PROBLEMS WITH TIRES BEFORE AND NO OTHER TIRES WERE DAMAGED. RIGHT REAR TIRE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10122479

Incident

May 30, 2004

Mileage

250,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND BLEW UP. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER . FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS SIZE# UNKNOWN. DOT: UNKNOWN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10089412

Incident

Aug 22, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ALONG TEXAS HIWAY 242, A RELATIVELY NEW HIWAY WITH UNIFORM ROAD SURFACE IN GOOD CONDITION (NORTH OF HOUSTON). VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. A LOUD BUZZING SOUND WAS HEARD SIMILAR TO THAT PRODUCED BY THE RIBBED EDGE-OF-ROADWAY WARNING STRIP FOUND ON SOME HIWAYS. I AT FIRST THOUGHT THE CHARACTER OF THE ROAD SURFACE HAD CHANGED; THEN, A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE COLLAPSED SUDDENLY. UPON STOPPING ON THE SHOULDER I FOUND THAT THE TIRE TREAD SURFACE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE AND AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE JUST AT THE MANUFACTURING SEAM WHERE THESE TWO COMPONENTS ARE JOINED. FIVE RADIAL RIPS HAD ALSO OCCURRED IN THE SIDEWALL LEADING FROM ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALL TO THE SEPARATED TREAD/SIDEWALL SEAM. THE TIRES WERE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE (PURCHASED IN MAY 2003) AND HAVE BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25,500 MILES. THE TREAD IS STILL VERY DEEP. THE TIRES ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16 111S TYPE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10086262

Incident

Aug 1, 2004

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FIVE TIMES, AND TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10081991

Incident

Jul 14, 2004

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S REAR SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE TIRED NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10073840

BOUGHT 4 BF GOODRICH LONG TRAIL TIRES FOR 2003 1/2 TON CHEVY SUBURBAN 4 WHEEL, IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF USE, TIRES EDGE(S) "BITE" AT HIGH SPEEDS 60-70 MPH CREATING LACK OF CONTROL IN MODERATE WINDS, NOT ONLY WAS CAR PUSHED IN MODERATE WIND BUT ACTUALLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL DANGEROUSLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10072772

Incident

May 8, 2004

Mileage

30,100 mi

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVY SUBURBAN EQUIPED WITH FACTORY INSTALLED WRANGLER AT 265/70/17 TIRES.WHILE TOWING A BOAT IN A SNOW SQUALL,I LOST ALL TRACTION ON AN OVERPASS RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF THE BOAT,MOTOR AND TRAILER UPSIDE DOWN IN A DITCH.FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE AND WE SURVIVED,BUT THE $15,000 BOAT WAS A TOTAL LOSS.ALSO WHILE BACKING DOWN A BOAT RAMP THAT WAS SLIPPERY,WE ALMOST ENDED UP IN THE RIVER AS WE SLID MOST OF THE WAY DOWN THE RAMP.AFTER I EXITED THE VEHICLE,IT SLID ANOTHER 5 FEET ONLY STOPPING WHEN IT HIT THE SAND AT THE WATER'S EDGE.AFTER PUTTING LARGE STONES BEHIND THE REAR WHEELS,WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER,ONLY TO EXPERIENCE NO TRACTION AT ALL EVEN IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHILE TRYING TO GET UP THE RAMP.AFTER MUCH TIRE SPINNING WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO INCH OUR WAY UP THE RAMP.WE SEEMED TO BE ONLY ONES HAVING THIS MUCH TRACTION PROBLEMS AS A FEW VEHICLES LAUNCHED AND RETRIEVED BOATS AFTER US WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY.THESE TIRES MAKE NO SENSE ON A VEHICLE THAT SPENDS THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOT IN A MUD HOLE,THE TRACTION SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR ON WET OR SLIPPERY SURFACES.I HAD TWO SETS OF FIRESTONE STEELFLEX TIRES ON MY PREVIOUS SUBURBAN AND NEVER ONCE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRACTION LIKE I DO NOW.*AK

NHTSA ID

10063679

Incident

Mar 18, 2004

Mileage

12,000 mi

TRANSFER CASE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING IT TO GO FROM 4-WHEEL DRIVE TO 2-WHEEL DRIVE BY ITSELF. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL, AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE 3 TIMES, AND REPLACED THE SWITCH AND THE BOX, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10061699

Incident

Jan 2, 2004

Mileage

23,000 mi

2003 SUBURBAN ROLLED OVER IN ROAD AFTER TRYING TO AVOID CHAIR THAT WAS OBSTRUCTING MIDDLE LANE. *LA

NHTSA ID

10050839

Incident

Nov 24, 2003

Mileage

11,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SHIFT STICKS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. GENERAL MOTORS SAYS THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, AND IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. *AK VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SHIFT STICKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. GENERAL MOTORS CLAIMS THAT THIS MAY BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. GENERAL MOTORS HAS FAILED TO FOLLOW UP ON REMEDY FOR PROBLEM.*MR

NHTSA ID

10042380

ON JAN 20, 2003 MY NEW 2003 CHEV SUBURBAN 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM FAILED AS I ATTEMPTED TO ENTER TRAFFIC. SERVICE 4WD SHOWED ON THE INFORMATION CENTER AND I WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO THIS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SVC DEPARTMENT, WHERE THE SVC PERSON TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF THEN ON AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THE MILAGE ON THE TRUCK WAS 172 MILES (ONEHUDREDSEVENTYTWO)

NHTSA ID

10003509

Incident

Jan 20, 2003

Mileage

172 mi