2012 Chevrolet Suburban Owner Complaints

MY AUTO GEAR SHIFT DISINGAGED FROM THE TRANSMISSION THE CAR STARTED MOVING AS I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE DRIVER SEAT WITH DRIVER DOOR CATCHING THE TREE LIMBS AND OPENING THE DOOR AND ME HOLDING ONTO THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROOKE AND I FELL ONTO THE GROUND WHEN THE CAR STOPPED BY BACKING OVER THE CURB AND HITTING ANOTHER TREE. THERE IS A BUSHING HOLDING THE CABLE TO TRANSMISSION LEVER AND MY AUTO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND LOCAL CHEVY DEALER HAVE BOTH TOLD ME THE FAULTY CABLE CONNECTOR GETS BRITTLE AND BREAKS. NO WAY TO SAFELY DRIVE AS I CANNOT MOVE.

NHTSA ID

11608097

Incident

Jul 28, 2024

This is a recall took my 2012 Surburban to dealership in leavenworth, KS they had vehicle for two weeks did not fix the airbag that is under recall they stated could not get parts for it. So what is the problem with our government system in place to fix these problems but the GM dealership is not fixing the air bag nor do they call and state they have the parts in stock now???

NHTSA ID

11531720

Incident

May 1, 2023

My dash on my 2012 Suburban cracked within 4 years of its manufactured date and it just keeps getting worse. If there were an accident it is so dry and cracked it will through hard plastic into the driver and passengers. I know of many other same and similar year models that have the same issue. Now that there is a passenger-side airbag recall would be the perfect time for GM to step up and fix this obvious flaw.

NHTSA ID

11480228

Incident

Aug 19, 2022

Dashboard is cracking. I understand the class action was dismissed. But this is so unfair that the customers have to pay to fix for problem caused by material problem.

NHTSA ID

11431178

Incident

Jul 1, 2020

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 21V051000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The local dealer was contacted and it was confirmed that the part was not yet available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

NHTSA ID

11419491

Incident

Jun 3, 2021

I WAS SENT A SAFETY RECALL FORM & STILL HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED THAT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. I AM WORRIED BECAUSE WE USE OUR FAMILY CAR A LOT. THANK YOU!

NHTSA ID

11414352

Incident

Feb 21, 2021

CRACKED DASHBOARD IN SEVERAL AREAS

NHTSA ID

11405648

Incident

Jan 5, 2021

Mileage

200,000 mi

SEVERELY CRACKED DASH

NHTSA ID

11405178

Incident

Jun 12, 2017

Mileage

43,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

11399899

Incident

Mar 9, 2021

TRANSMISSION FAILURE< 150,000 MILES!! WELL MAINTAINED. LEFT US STRANDED ON OFF RAMP I-78.!!! CRACKED DASH ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

NHTSA ID

11398592

Incident

Jul 30, 2020

Mileage

147,000 mi

THE AIRBAG ERROR INDICATOR ON THE DASH ACTIVATES FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES IN ONE DAY. WHEN THE ERROR MESSAGE IS ACTIVATED, THE BACKUP CAMERA IMAGE IS PIXILATED. IT DOES NOT DO IT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK. CHEVROLET SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECOVER THE ERROR CODE OR REPLICATE THE ERROR MESSAGE. THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11389214

Incident

Jan 1, 2017

Mileage

125,000 mi

THERE ARE 2 LARGE CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD ONE RUNNING LONGITUDINALLY ON AXIS OF STEERING COLUMN AND ANOTHER SPREADING FORWARD TOWARD DRIVER SIDE ON FORWARD DRIVER CORNER OF PASSENGER AIRBAG CUTOUT RADIUSED CORNER. I WAS WARNED AFTER I PURCHASED VEHICLE THAT IT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD IN EVENT OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I AM REPORTING THE DATE AS THE DATE I PURCHASED VEHICAL BUT CRACK WAS PRESENT PRIOR TO THAT DATE FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.

NHTSA ID

11384156

Incident

Nov 6, 2020

Mileage

130,000 mi

DASHBOARD HAS SLOWLY STARTED CRACKING. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT AND NOT DRIVEN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS TO WARRANT SUCH DISTRESS ON THE DASHBOARD

NHTSA ID

11363822

Incident

Jul 13, 2016

DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING

NHTSA ID

11339986

Incident

Dec 15, 2019

Mileage

115,717 mi

THE DASH IS CRACKED ON THE BOTH WINDSHIELD-EDGE CORNERS OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG COVER AND BROKEN OVER THE DRIVER-SIDE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE DRIVER-SIDE BREAKAGE HAS SPREAD FROM THE WINDSHIELD INSIDE EDGE TO UP AND OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IT HAS BEEN GLUED AND PATCHED BUT HAS CONTINUED TO DISINTEGRATE AND IS NOW COMPLETELY BROKEN. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN ON ROAD AND HIGHWAY. THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND BREAKING OVER A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS.

NHTSA ID

11327613

Incident

May 24, 2020

Mileage

50,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE. THE CONTACT MANUALLY DEFLATED THE AIRBAGS AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO MCELVEEN BUICK GMC (117 FARMINGTON RD, SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,400.

NHTSA ID

11326477

Incident

May 26, 2020

Mileage

124,400 mi

CRACKING DASHBOARD NEEDS REPLACEMENT, I HAVE REPLACED OUR CRACKING DASHBOARD AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR MY EXPENSE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS ONGOING WITH ALL OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES.

NHTSA ID

11322144

Incident

May 13, 2019

Mileage

99,500 mi

OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS MY DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. THERE ARE 2 CRACKS AT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER ON THE TOP CORNERS AND A LONG CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH ABOVE THE GAUGE CLUSTER GOING TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NO SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. I AM PUTTING IN THIS COMPLAINT AS I HAVE SEEN THIS ON MULTIPLE VEHICLES OF THE SAME AGE AND LOOKING ONLINE OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME.

NHTSA ID

11310972

Incident

Sep 18, 2019

3 LARGE CRACKS ON DASH. GOING FROM WINDSHIELD TO DASH. IF I EVER NEED TO HAVE WORK DONE UNDER DASH, DASH WILL FALL APART. 3 CRACKS APPEARED FOR NO KNOW REASON.

NHTSA ID

11308366

Incident

Jan 1, 2019

Mileage

55,000 mi

SEVERAL CRACKES HAVE APPEARED IN THE TOP SECTION OF DASHBOARD

NHTSA ID

11306273

Incident

Jan 30, 2020

CRACKED DASHBOARD.

NHTSA ID

11297582

Incident

Dec 25, 2019

Mileage

91,000 mi

DASHBOARD HAS CRACK ABOVE GAUGE CLUSTER ON DRIVER SIDE AND ALSO CRACKED ON PASSENGER SIDE AT CORNER OF AIRBAG AREA. WITH DASHBOARD CRACK NEAR AIRBAG I BELIEVE IT COULD SEND SHARDS OF SHARP PLASTIC AT PASSENGER IF AIRBAG WERE TO GO OFF.

NHTSA ID

11278203

Incident

Jan 18, 2018

Mileage

75,000 mi

2012 LTZ 4WD SUBURBAN, NOTICED A FAINT HOT SMELL, THOUGHT IT WAS THE ENGINE, TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON NEW YEARS EVE 2018 ( WE HAD LOST AN ENGINE IN PREVIOUS SUBURBAN NOT TAKING CHANCE) TOLD BY MECHANIC ALLOY WHEELS ARE HOT, TOOK TO GM DEALER, FRONT WHEEL HUB NEEDED REPLACED, TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR, GARAGE TOLD US BRAKES, CALIPHERS, ROTORS BE REPLACED DUE TO CALIPHERS BEING CLOSED. THEY HAD HARD TIME BLEEDING THE LINES, ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, DROVE FOR FEW DAYS SHORT DISTANCE WHEN FRONT BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE, WITHOUT WARNING, TOWED BACK TO GARAGE, THEY COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS, DROVE FOR A WEEK HAPPENED AGAIN, TOWED BACK TO GARAGE, THEY TOOK TO GM GARAGE WHO REPLACED BRAKE SENSOR, DROVE FOR FEW DAYS LOCKED UP AGAIN KIDS IN CAR, HAD TOWED TO ANOTHER GM DEALER, TOLD BRAKE SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL TO REPLACE ABS COMPUTER MODULE, DROVE 2 WEEKS LOCKED UP AGAIN WITH KIDS IN CAR, TOWED BACK TO GM DEALER, WE WERE TOLD BY GM IT WAS AT RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE OR CATASTROPHIC INJURY AND THEY WERE SENDING TECH, TILL WE DID NOT PUT GM BRAKE PADS, POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE SYSTEM COULD FIX BUT NOT GUARANTEED. GM DEALER HAD SUBURBAN 2/19-9/9/19 AND IT STILL IS LOCKING UP WITHOUT DEFINED CAUSE. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT VEHICLE THIS WHOLE TIME & STILL OWE ON THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO CHEVY DEALER 10/26/19 AFTER LOCKING UP AGAIN. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS, THE BRAKES LOCK UP. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 MAJOR GM RECALLS REGARDING 2014+ SUBURBANS MY ISSUES ARE VERY SIMILAR REGARDING THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND EVEN MORE SEVERE. HAD WE BEEN ON BUSIER ROADS WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. WE WENT TO GM CORP. / GM DEALER LIED TO GM CORP. WE HAVE VMS TO PROVE. OVER $3K PUT INTO THE VEHICLE AND IT STILL IS NOT FIXED, THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS $4K & THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE THE DIAGNOSIS. VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE. PICS FROM 1/27/19 INCIDENT, FIRE / SMOKE VISABLE,

NHTSA ID

11277948

Incident

Jan 27, 2019

Mileage

162,333 mi

THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE CRACKED WHEN IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND NOW THE CRACK IS EVEN LARGER.

NHTSA ID

11257148

Incident

Jul 5, 2015

WENT TO BUY A NEW SUBURBAN, FOUND A GOOD USED ONE WITHOUT THE CRACKED DASH. WELL WITHIN 2 MONTHS WE NOW HAVE A CRACK IN OUR DASH. WERE TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD $1500 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT CHEVY WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF SUCH A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. HOW ARE THERE TONS OF OTHER BRAND VEHICLES WITHOUT THIS ISSUE? ALWAYS HAVE A SUNSHADE ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS IT ONCE A WEEK. I NOW WANT TO TRADE THIS FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM. CRACK LOOKS LIKE IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE AIRBAG OPERATION. OR SEND SHARDS OF PLASTIC WHEN AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. IT HAPPENED PARKED IN OUR GARAGE OVER NIGHT.

NHTSA ID

11254478

Incident

Aug 9, 2019

Mileage

63,000 mi