general problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph he noticed the temperature gauge increased to the high indicator. The engine coolant hot message was displayed. The contact stated that while attempting to pull over there was an abnormal popping noise and smoke was detected. The air bag warning light illuminated and the driver's side air bag deployed without impact or crash and struck the driver in the face, chest, and right hand. There was no medical attention provided, or a fire or police report filed. The vehicle was left on the side of the road. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

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.

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.

Driving on interstate road and the vehicle ceased running. Pulled off road and had to be towed back to garage. No vehicle function worked except emergency flashers. Vehicle just "died" and stopped operating.

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.

Driving down the road, when all of a sudden "reduced engine power". Replaced the throttle body, pedal sensor, and wiring harness without any success. Gm wants 150 just to plug it into their computer to tell me what I can get down for free with my buddies code reader. . . . No I won't let my wife or children drive the car. I only drive it to and from work. Had to go out and buy a Toyota just to keep my mind at ease so my wife and or kids won't get killed from this problem. It seems like chevy/GMC doesn't care about this issue until multiple people die from this. I hope to see that they will do the right thing. Thinking of contacting my congress representative to see what they can do to help out us that are dealing with this issue. Nobody else is.

2004 Chevrolet Suburban goes into reduced power engine w/o reason change the engine, because high miles, change transmission, change throttle body,change gas pedal module, change catalytic converter spend over 4,000 on the truck without counting the accident can occur in the interstate 78 west because of the lost of power, dealers don't know what is the problem neither the local mechanics can you please take action in this matter and read at edmonds. Com and see all the complains about the same problem.

I bought a new 2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LS in early September 2005. One evening I went to a restaurant to eat, went inside and was seated. Maybe 5 minutes passed, could have been less. The owner began yelling that a vehicle in the lot was on fire. I looked out the window and saw what I thought was a car next to mine bellowing smoke. I ran outside to move my 2004 Suburban away from the burning car and to my amazement discovered it was my Suburban! there was absolutely no prior indication of anything wrong such as an over-heated engine. No indication of any malfunction whatsoever. The engine was completely off when this fire started.

My 2004 chevy Suburban just dies while driving, I loose power steering & my brakes. It has happened 2x in 2 days. It presents a very dangerous situation, for myself & other drivers. When a diagnostic is run it is negative, nothing shows up. All of this out of nowhere.