Loud Engine Noise problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Suburban

One problem related to loud engine noise has been reported for the 1999 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Loud Engine Noise problem

Failure Date: 07/04/2003

I was driving and my vehicle (1999 Chevrolet Suburban 2wd) made a loud noise and vibrated for a few seconds, my check engine light came on and my vehicle would not shift into second gear until I let off the accelerator. I took my car to an automotive shop where the hooked up a machine to see why the check engine light had come on. The machine told them it was my transmission shift silenoid. When I went to leave in my vehicle from the automotive shop it would not go into reverse. I then had to take it to a transmission shop have an expensive complete transmission overhaul on a vehicle with only 97,000 mi. I shopped around at several transmission shops and was told this was very common in chevy/GMC Suburban's and trucks made from 1997-2000. If this is the case, why isn't gm recalling the vehicles for repairs?.




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