Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 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
MY GAUGES ARE DOING ALL TYPES OF CRAZY THINGS BLINKING ON AND OFF I REPLACE MY PCM AND BODY CONTROL MODULE AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS THIS GMC IS NOT DRIVE ABLE AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL I HAVE SPENT OVER $2000 IN THE SHOP
THIS STARTED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH. SUDDENLY MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON ALONG WITH BLINKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ALSO READ STABILITRAK OFF AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL IN READOUT BELOW. IMMEDIATELY MY TRUCK LOST POWER AND DECELERATED SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ROAD AS TO NOT GET RAN OVER BY TRAFFIC. READ MANUAL SAID TO TURN OFF AND RESTART. DID THIS AND ALL WAS GOOD FOR ANOTHER MILE THEN HAPPENED AGAIN ON AND OFF FOR LAST 12 MILES BEFORE I COULD GET HOME. UPON TAKING IT TO DEALERSHIP TODAY THEY CAME BACK SAYING NOTHING ABOUT THESE CODES BUT THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE CODE AND OIL LOW?? SO NOW I HAVE GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND FUEL SYSTEM CLEANING. UPON ASKING ABOUT THE INITIAL PROBLEM I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH APPARENTLY THE WHOLE TRUCK PLATFORM AT GM. THIS PROBLEM IS POSTED ALL OVER INTERNET WITH CARS EVEN SHUTTING OFF AND BRAKES LOCKING UP AND THE BIG PROBLEM IS NO DEALERSHIP KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT. CHARGE PEOPLE A BUNCH OF MONEY TO FIX NUMEROUS THINGS THEY KNOW WILL NOT FIX ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE A MAJOR RECALL ON 2007- AT LEAST 2010 FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM DATA THAT IS OUT THERE. I WILL BE SELLING MY TRUCK AFTER THIS BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY KIDS IN IT. I'M DIE HARD CHEVY GUY WHO HAS A 2003 SUBURBAN WITH 400000+ MILES ON IT WITH VERY LITTLE ISSUES IN ALL THESE YEARS. PLEASE MAKE GM FIX THIS PROBLEM.
PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN MARCH 2013 WITH APPROX 63K MILES ON IT. IN NOVEMBER 2013, STABILITRAK WARNING CAME ON. TOOK TO CHEVY DEALER WHO REPLACED SPARK PLUG AND NEW BATTERY. IN JANUARY 2015, STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT ON AGAIN. TOOK TRUCK IMMEDIATELY TO DEALER WHO HOOKED IT UP FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT DID GET ANY RESULTS. LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AGAIN UNTIL 9/8/15 WHEN I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. SERVICE STABILITRAK/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL/ABS ALL LIT UP. STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY, HAD NO BRAKES. PEDAL LITERALLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS AN INCLINE SO MY VEHICLE SLOWED ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. PULLED OFF ONTO AN EMERGENCY AREA JUST PAST THE TOLL BOOTHS AND HAD TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. LUCKILY, I DIDN'T HAVE MY 4 SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME LIKE I USUALLY DO. NOW THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY IS TRYING TO DENY MY CLAIM FOR REPAIRS SAYING THAT THE RUST WAS THE CAUSE. I HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT BY A CERTIFIED AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIDN'T NOTICE THE RUST AND I ALSO HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED IN JULY PER MA LAW FOR SAFETY AND EMISSIONS AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF RUST EVEN THOUGH THEY DO A PRETTY THOROUGH INSPECTION YET I, THE CONSUMER, AM AT FAULT WHEN MY WHEEL RIPS APART FROM THE HUB WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH?!? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PROBLEM. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST DRIVE SUVS -AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH SALT EVERY WINTER. ISN'T THAT THE POINT OF HAVING AN SUV?!?. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A GM AND I WILL BE SURE TO TELL ANYONE AND EVERYONE I KNOW TO AVOID THEM AS WELL. SHAME ON GM FOR PUTTING CONSUMERS IN POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS USE OF INFERIOR MATERIALS. I HOPE THE NHTSA TAKES A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AND FORCE GM TO ADDRESS IT.
OWN A 2008 SUBURBAN AND HAD EXACT PROBLEM FIVE (5) TIMES AND PAID TO REPAIR (5) TIMES. WE HAVE CALLED GM CONSISTENTLY RELATIVE TO PROBLEM AND WILL NOT ADMIT ISSUE. WE HAVE LEARNED OTHER OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH STABILLITRAK SENSORS. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY DROPS SPEED TO 20 MILES AN HOUR DURING DRIVING. MY UNDERSTANDING, THE VEHICLE RECEIVES SENOR READING RELATIVE TO STERRING AND STABILITY (POTENTIAL FOR VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL). ISSUE IS THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY DROPS SPEED WHICH CAN CAUSE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE "REAR-END" ACCIDENTS. I CALLED YOUR HOTLINE "WITHOUT RETURN CALLS"!
CRACKED DASH, RAZOR-SHARP DOOR HANDLES AND IT CUTS OUT AND SHAKES DUE TO THE STABILITRAK. *TR
2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE MANUFACTURER DUE TO NUMEROUS VEHICLE REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN ROUGH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE SERVICE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN SOME OF THE CYLINDERS SHUT DOWN, THE LIFTERS WERE NOT PROPERLY LUBRICATED, CAUSING THEM TO FAIL. THE ENGINE CONSUMED LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL. THERE WERE NOISES COMING FROM THE OIL PAN AND TRANSMISSION AREA, 3 OF THE 4 DOOR LOCKS ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED, THE REAR LIFTGATE BROKE FOR THE 4TH TIME, THE RIGHT RETRACTABLE MIRROR WAS INOPERABLE, THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKED ABOUT 505 OF THE TIME, WHICH WAS PROBABLY TIED THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR GOING BAD AS WELL. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAD SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, WHERE CERTAIN LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE DASHBOARD, THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE CLICKING NOISE, THAT SOUNDED LIKE A RELAY FIRING VERY QUICKLY. *JB
AIR BAG LIGHT, DOOR LOCKS, TRACTION CONTROL, RADIO, AND MANY OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. ENGINE VIBRATES AND THEN DIES. WILL NOT START BACK UP UNTIL SOME PERIOD OF TIME GOES BY. ALWAYS DIFF AND HAPPENS IN ALL TEMPS AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN IN GARAGE ALL NIGHT WILL NOT START IN THE AM. VERY INTERMITTENT. WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH KIDS 5 TIMES AND HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 MONTHS. *TR
2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY FROM A STANDING START TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC LANE AHEAD OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT. HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL QUICKLY, THEN LET UP, BUT THE ENGINE RPM CONTINUED TO CLIMB, AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WERE FULLY DEPRESSED. UPON HEARING THE ENGINE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, AND FEELING THE VEHICLE SURGE FORWARD, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE WITH FULL FORCE, USING BOTH FEET AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO STOP; DISTANCE TRAVELED WAS ABOUT 40 FEET FROM THE POINT WHERE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ONCE STOPPED, THE CONSUMER PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, WHERE UPON THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO THE REV LIMIT. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE ENGINE USING THE IGNITION SWITCH, TO AVOID ENGINE DAMAGE. AFTER A MOMENT, HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE, WHICH RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *JB
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