Transmission Not Go Into Gear problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban

One problem related to transmission not go into gear has been reported for the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Transmission Not Go Into Gear problem

Failure Date: 05/19/2013

The vehicle is a 4wd Suburban 1500. With 2 wd drive selected and driving at varios speeds from 5 mph to 60 mph the vehicle will go into neutral. This has happened 7 or 8 times. Each time was in traffic which required illuninating emergency flashers and pulling to side of road. Every time presented a safety issue and was fortunate it didn't cause an accident. On one occasion I had just passed a semi on the intersate and had just pulled back into trucks lane when it occurred. Dealership could not detect a problem. The gear shift selector remains in "drive", the dash selector remains illuminated in 2wd and I get no messages on instrument panel message center. To troubleshoot I selected "auto 4 wd" on dash selector and operated for a week with no problem. I then selected 2 wd and the problem reappeared within 2 hours of operation. Once I stopped, I selected 1,2,3 and r on gear selector with no effect. Selected neutral and turned ignition off and then restarted with no effect (on previous occassion I had selected park with vehicle running and noticed a gear grinding noise so didn't want to do that again with engine running). Turned ignition off with gear selector in neutral and selected auto 4 wd and then restarted engine which took care of problem.




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