Six problems related to body have been reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving my friend to work in ok 4/30/14. . I have no recollection of what instigated our head on collision but I have several injuries, had to cut out of the dashboard and airlifted to ou medical ctr. In ok city. . Shattered ankles/feet, broken neck including sustainable facet disruption that is permanent and 8 broken ribs combined both r & l due to severe impact with out any airbag deployment. Asherbridgecrash. Com and I was in the white Suburban.
As I was backing out of a parking space, I experienced a total brake failure. Fortunately, I was going slow enough to stop and avoid injuring myself or another person. Thank god I wasn't going 50 mph with my wife and 4 children in the car or I might not be writing this today (or someone else could have been injured by me due to this brake failure). I discovered the reason for this failure was because my brake line prematurely corroded and this problem is well known to NHTSA and you have done absolutely nothing. How dare you and gm put my family and other innocent bystanders at risk because of your incompetence!!! why hasn't there been a recall??? a simple google search shows this problem has been experienced by thousands of chevy owners as well as premature rusting of the body and undercarriage which I am also experiencing. This car only has 60k miles and has been well cared for, but I am experiencing problems that cars with 3 times as many miles shouldn't experience. Perhaps congress would be interested in this dereliction of duty by NHTSA. How many americans have to die or get injured in accidents before you take action??? if total failure of a vehicle's breaking system doesn't spur a call to action by NHTSA then what will? what could be more vital to safety than brakes on a 1/2 ton truck? repairs for the brake line will cost me over $1,200 and that just adds insult to this whole disgraceful situation. I demand to be reimbursed for this well known safety issue that I have to correct. Nhtsa has failed and it's costing way more than $1,200; it's costing americans their lives.
The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for an unrelated repair when they noticed that the brake and fuel lines were rusted severely. In addition, the spare tire carrier exhibited rust corrosion and was removed from the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The vehicle had not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 147,000.
While driving on the freeway a loud pop was heard inside the vehicle followed by a sudden and pronounced increase in wind noise. The vehicle suffered a structural failure in the rear tail gate window hatch. Metal fatigue caused the left window hatch hinge to separate from the vehicle frame. This produced a potentially hazardous situation if as a result of the vehicle speed the window had fully separated from the vehicle at high speed in traffic. The glass window and frame would have struck the trailing vehicle resulting in possible injury or death.
The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated that he was experiencing catastrophic failure with his vehicle. The hinges that support the back windows are separating from the hinges. This causes the entire window to realign and shatter at any time. It is currently being held together with adhesive tape. The dealer and manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign id number 03v037000 (structure:body:door:hinge and attachments). The failure mileage was 50,000.
The hinges that support the back window are separating from the hinges. This causes the entire window to realign and now there is a gap where you can feel and hear wind constantly. It looks like it could fall off at any moment. Occurred around 60,000 miles.