2004 Chevrolet Suburban

1ST COMPLAINT: AFTER PASSING A VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY (THIS REQUIRED THE SUBURBAN TO GO INTO THE PASSING GEAR), THE SUBURBAN'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ENGINE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS FORCED TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER IN ORDER TO AVOID BE HIT BY PASSING VEHICLE. AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, THE SUBURBAN STARTED UP AGAIN. WE STARTED DRIVING AGAIN BUT AGAIN ONCE I TRIED TO ACCELERATE OR PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE THE SUBURBAN WOULD SHUT DOWN AGAIN. AUTO MECHANIC HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DO THIS. VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS IF THIS HAPPENS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY. 2ND COMPLAINT: CLUSTER PANEL WENT HAYWIRE. SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING, OIL GAUGE NOT READING PROPERLY ETC. EVENTUALLY, THE ENTIRE CLUSTER PANEL SHUT DOWN. HAD TO REPLACE IT AT A COST OF ABOUT $500. 3RD COMPLAINT: DRIVERS SEAT FUNCTIONS AND HEATING MECHANISIM MALFUNCTIONED. THE DRIVERS HEATED SEAT STOPPED WORKING AND THE SEAT CONTROLS MALFUNCTIONED. THE SOME OF THE DRIVERS SEAT CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING OR ARE REVERSED. EXAMPLE; WHEN YOU PUSH THE LEVER TO MOVE THE SEAT FORWARD IT GOES BACKWARD AND VIS VERSA. THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT STOPPED WORKING AND IT WILL CANCEL OUT THE PASSENGERS SIDE HEATED SEAT. EXAMPLE; IF THE PASSENGER SIDE HEATED SEAT IS SELECTED, IT WORKS BUT ONCE YOU SELECT THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT IT WILL CANCEL OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE STILL DOESN'T WORK. AUTO MECHANIC CLAIMED THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT ELEMENT WAS BAD. HAD IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $300 BUT STILL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE ORIGINAL HEATED SEAT ELEMENT WAS NOT BAD EITHER. *TR

STARTED DRIVING AND WITHIN 5 MIN, I LOST ALL BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO GET TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND DRAINED NEARLY ALL FLUID. HAD LINES REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES FOR MEGA BUCKS. RUSTED LINES BURST AT ONE POINT, HOWEVER, RUST/CORROSION WAS PRESENT AT SEVERAL POINTS IN THE SYSTEM. DID NOT SEE ANY RECALL OR NOTICE TO THE DEFECTIVE OR SUBSTANDARD BRAKE LINES IN 2004 CHEVY SUBURBANS. OLD LINES APPEARED TO BE CHEAP POT METAL. I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE DONE ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A NORTHERN VIRGINIA INTERSTATE, BRAKES WERE APPLIED FOR TYPICAL TRAFFIC SLOWDOWN. AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKE, THE WARNING LIGHT ALERTING DRIVER OF A BRAKE ISSUE CAME ON. AT THAT POINT, I TESTED THE BRAKE AND THE PEDDLE SUNK TO THE FLOOR WHILE QUICKLY LOOSING BRAKING RESISTANCE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE WITHIN ABOUT A MILE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS SIDE AND SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING/DRIPPING OUT OF THE BRAKE LINE WHICH WAS RUPTURED. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THIS TO A SHOP FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. ALL OF THE LINES WERE CORRODED. CHECKED ONLINE AND SAW THAT THIS WAS A "TYPICAL" ISSUE AFFECTING 2004 CHEVY SUBURBANS BUT THAT A PRODUCT RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED YET. I WAS THANKFUL THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN MY 16 YR OLD DAUGHTER DROVE THE CAR TO SCHOOL. *TR

AT FIRST I GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WITH CODE P0430, O2 SENSOR LOWER BANK 2, THEN BANK 1. REPLACED THOSE TWO WORK FOR A WEEK THEN RPM AND SPEEDOMETER GAUGE FLUCTUATE UP AND DOWN. I DROVE HOME FROM THE AIRPORT ONE NIGHT AND ALL GAUGE READING WENT ALL THE WAY UP. I WAS TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH A SPEED LIMITED OF 55MPH AND THE READING IN MY CAR WAS OVER 120MPH. TOOK TO IN SHOP, SHOP RECOMMEND I NEED SPEEDOMETER SENSOR REPLACED. REPLACED THAT, NOW ALL THE INSTRUMENT GAUGE JUMP UP AND DOWN. SOMETIME ALL THE WAY FULL SOMETIME ALL THE WAY DOWN. FINALLY GOT TIRE OF TRYING TO FIX IT MYSELF AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS A BAD DASH INSTRUMENT AND BAD CATYLETE-CONVETER. THANKS TO CHEVY IT COST ME HEADACHE, GUESSING TIME, GIVING FALSE READING AND MOST OF ALL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET IT FIX RIGHT. *TR

OBVIOUS CORROSION ON BRAKE LINES OF 2004 CHEVY SUBURBAN. BY JUST APPLYING THE BRAKE FOR FEW TIMES, THE BRAKE FLUID IS GUSHING UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE (BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS). ALSO NOTICE RUSTING BRAKE LINES UP TO THE ENGINE HOOD (THIS THING SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAPPENED, I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE IN ANY VEHICLE I HAD OWNED, BRAKE LINES SHOULD LAST EVEN BEYOND THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE!). I ALSO INFORMED CHEVY (TEL: 800-222-1020)ABOUT THIS LIFE SAFETY FAILURE, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT AND CHEVY MUST ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS CORROSION PROBLEM ON BRAKE LINES. *TR

GM TSB 06-06-019B GRADUAL COOLANT LOSS (JUNE 2007) MY VEHICLE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF COOLANT LOSS. SAMPLED OIL VIA CATERPILLAR, RESULTS SHOW COOLANT IN OIL. CHANGED OIL AND FOUND SLUDGE IN OIL FILTER. BOUGHT VEHICLE FROM A DEALER "AS IS-NO WARRANTY" . CANNOT BELIEVE A PROFESSIONAL SHOP "MISSED THIS" ON THEIR VEHICLE INSPECTION/PREP FOR RE-SALE. WILL BE TAKING TO DIFFERENT DEALER FOR COOLANT PRESSURE TEST 09.09.14 TO VERIFY WHAT I ALREADY KNOW. MY VEHICLE HAS THE CASTECH CYLINDER HEADS. THIS IS A REPAIR THAT I CANNOT PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET AT THIS TIME. I'M HOPING FOR OUT OF WARRANTY ASSISTANCE TO HELP W THIS REPAIR. FOUND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE ON-LINE AND IN GM FORUMS. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE AN ENGINE SEIZE OR CATCH FIRE ON THEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED JUST STARTING TO EXIT OFF RAMP BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND DASH LIGHTS CAME ON FOR BRAKES,ALSO STABILITY LOSS MESSAGE CAME ON. COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HAD SERIOUS ACCIDENT.LUCKY DID NOT BUT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.BROUGHT TO SHOP AND WAS TOLD AND SHOWN ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED REAL BAD AND ONE BROKE OPEN WHILE I WAS EXITING THAT OFF RAMP.I CALLED GM BUT THEY DID NOTHING! I WAS VERY UPSET WITH THIS AND FEEL THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF SOMEONE WHO WILL REALLY LOOK INTO THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL.ALSO MY 1997 CHEVY CONVERSION VAN,AND MY HUSBANDS 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THOSE BRAKE LINES WHILE DRIVING BROKE OPEN DUE TO RUST,LOSING BRAKES WHILE DRIVING.VAN MILEAGE WAS 70000,AND SILVERADO MILEAGE WAS 75000.THIS IS SO DANGEROUS I URGE YOU TO PLEASE CHECK INTO IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.I RECENTLY SAW ON THE NEWS THAT SUBURU RECALLED CARS IN NORTHERN STATES FOR RUSTED BRAKE LINES SAME AS THIS.GM SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH WHEN THE DISPLAY SAID "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND MY VEHICLE DECREASED IN POWER. IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO 10 MILES AN HOUR. I PULLED OVER, CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. STARTED IT AGAIN, IT DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MILES THEN THE SAME MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED HOME DRIVING 10 MILES AN HOUR. *TR

I HAD THE VEHICLE IN PARK, ON A HILL, AND WHEN I SHIFTED IT INTO DRIVE, FELT A POP IN THE PEDAL. THEN THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE. I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME STOPPING THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. THE BRAKES PEDAL WOULD JUST FALL TO THE FLOOR. MY HUSBAND CAME OUT AND FOUND ONE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES WAS RUSTED AND LEAKING FLUID. THE BRAKE LINES HAVE VISIBLE RUST ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEM. *TR