Latches/locks/linkage Problems of Chevrolet Suburban - part 1

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Suburban. While driving at an undisclosed speed, the doors began to lock and unlock independently. The contact reached his destination and turned off the vehicle, but it failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to basil Chevrolet (located at 5111 transit rd, depew, NY 14043, (716) 683-6800) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was not available.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban. While the vehicle was in park or drive, all four doors failed to unlock and the key fob failed to unlock the door. In addition, while driving 50 mph, the check engine, stability track disengage, and traction control lights illuminated. The vehicle decelerated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the oil spilled and caused the spark plugs to fail. The spark plugs were replaced numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

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Gm designed this car with a no key entry for the rear hatch. It does not have an internal manual unlocking mechanism for the hatch. If the car is in an accident, there would be no way to open the rear hatch. On top of this, the rear hatch lock actuator fails for thousands of customers. This either locks the hatch in place, or leaves it unable to be locked. Gm needs to do a recall to fix this issue. It is unsafe, and costing thousands of customers upwards of a $400 repair just to correct it at the dealer.

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The door lock on the driver side second row would not unlock when the car was parked either by the inside unlock mechanism or the remote control door unlock button. Had to manually unlock in from the inside which was difficult because of having a carseat back there. Should there have been an issue where I needed to get my child out in a hurry, there could have been a major issue.

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Failure of power assisted door locks. Doors will not open with power switch. Solenoid has burnt out. Gm has recognized problem with faulty parts manufactured in china. Replaced first solenoid that was close to being under warranty. The three other units that have now failed will cost $90. 00 each to replace. Thousands of complaints have been filed with the ntsb and gm but the refuse to do a manufacturers recall.

Door lock actuators fail causing doors to remain locked and inoperable. Several accounts on the internet claim multiple failures at the same time and or replaced actuators failing a second time. Vehicle can not be entered or exited easily in an emergency causing a safety issue.

The lock on the passenger side door stopped working by the unlock button or the automatic entry button. Had it repaired to the tune of $500. Now both back door locks need replacing. Dangerous if kids unable to get out of the car.

Rear window hinge broken passenger side.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban. While parked, the contact noticed that all the electronic door locks would unlock and lock involuntarily. In order to properly use the door locks, they had to be operated manually. The failure also occurred while driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics, where the technicians stated that the lock mechanism failed. The contact was unaware of the repairs that would need to be performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.

Have a 2006 z-71 Suburban , and the rear lift gate and glass will not open , can't hear it lock or unlock , no inside handle or way to unlock manually, not safe . . . . .

I own a 2008 chevy Suburban and two of our outer door handles came off under warranty and the third right after now the fourth has come loose. Judging by many forums found on google this is a frequent problem. I find this also to be significant safety problem since I have little children who cannot get out the car by themselves in this problem hinders the door form opening from the outside in an emergency this could become a life-threatening defect of these cars. I really hope someone does something about this.

I purchased a 2008 Suburban ltz in July 2011. Shortly after we purchased the vehicle 3 of the doors locks have stopped functioning completely, the 4th door works sporadically (driver side, passenger). The locks do not work at all with the keyless entry nor the main lock button from the driver side door. I have been told that it is a problem with the lock actuators malfunctioning and that it is also a well known issue from various dealers and per my research on the internet. In order to unlock the doors, I must manually use the key to unlock the driver side door then unlock all the other doors by hand one by one. Then we must lock all doors manually after entering because the locks also do not lock automatically when you take the car out of the park position. Although the power locks are a luxury, this also becomes a safety issue. A vehicle with an original asking price of over $55,000 should never have this issue and I'm not sure why Chevrolet fails to take action for a clear safety danger. As a mother of 3 children I find this to be a very serious safety issue. A child could easily open the door and fall out of the moving vehicle or if we were involved in a car accident any one of my family members (adult or child) could potentially be ejected from the vehicle, causing either serious injury or worse!! I realize the child safety locks can be activated to keep a child from opening the door accidentally, but that will not prevent a carjacker or anyone else for that matter from jumping in and stealing the car or kidnapping a child. In my opinion, their definitely needs to be a recall issued for this major locking malfunction based on my experience and hundreds of others I have researched.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated the rear liftgate power lock mechanism became inoperable and prevented an occupant from entering or exiting from the rear. The vehicle was not designed with a manual key lock feature. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000. The VIN was unavailable.

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The lift gate lock actuator on my 2005 Chevrolet Suburban has failed. It has no means of manual operation creating a safety issue concerning emergency exiting of the vehicle from the rear, such as frontal impact or fire.

In November 1008 the driver's side outside chrome door handle began coming loose from the door. It was replaced under warranty, failed part #25960525. Now, in June 2011, the rear driver's side outside chrome door handle is coming loose from the door. Will take it to the dealer when we return from a scheduled trip.

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2008 chev Suburban has defective external door handles - they break loose from the car body and make the door inoperable from inside - so one cannot exit in an accident.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban. The vehicle was parked when the contact attempted to unlock the rear passenger door using the key fob as well as the unlock button on the front drivers side control panel. All of the locks except for the rear passenger door unlocked successfully. In order to unlock the door the contact had to manually unlock the door from inside. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed the rear passenger door actuator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 44,500 and the current mileage was 44,550. The VIN was unavailable.

1. The rear liftgate was periodically sticking in the locked position even when unlocking the car with the key fob or the lock/unlock buttons. 2. The rear liftgate is now stuck permanently in the locked position making it difficult to load/unload the rear area of the car. This is also a safety issue as rear passengers may become trapped in the event of an accident, since there is no manual unlocking mechanism for the rear lift gate. 3. No corrective action has been taken yet.

Driver side rear door lock quit working, shortly after that driver door quit lock quit working, took into dealer for repair, said it would be about $1000 for 2 door lock actuator replacements, a few months later the psgr rear door lock quit working.

2009 chevy Suburban currently has 57,000 miles. Starting around 30,000 miles the automatic locks started to stop working. Now the passenger front, passenger rear, and drivers side read door locks do not work. They do not lock or unlock while pushing the switch on door or using the remote. Took to dealer today and was advised that the cost to repair would be $875. 00. Researced the item and it seems to be an ongoing and frequent problem over the past few years, yet gm is not doing anything about it. This is a safety concern to those of us who have children as the doors to do not automatically lock like they are supposed to and they can be unlocked while the vehicle is in motion. I think that this is an issue that needs to be investigated due to the high number of compliants that have been made, the high number of repairs that have taken place for this, the high cost to correct the problem, and the safety issue that it can cause.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated that the front passenger and rear driver side doors were defective and would only open when pulling the latch manually. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not repaired. The failure mileage was 57,000 and the current mileage was 58,600. The VIN was unavailable.

Back passenger actuator in door locks not working. When these go out , the door cannot be opened from the outside with handle or remote. If a child or person was in the vehicle and there was a fire or accident, they could not get out. I have found online so many people with the same problem and gm is not willing to fix. Why isn't there a recall with millions of people with the same issue. It is about $400/door to fix and from what I have read all four will eventually go out. 2008 chevy Suburban.

The chrome on both the driver and passenger side interior door handles is peeling off and cuts your fingers everytime you try to open the door.

We have a 2008 chevy surburban anf there seems to be a defect in the electric door locks. First the front passenger door lock went out that was fixed under warranty. About a month the drivers side doorock stoped working. It appears to me that it is a defect. The dealership told me the repair would require a new wiring harness now since chevy had changed the locking wiring to an new design in 2009 and the 2008 was no longer available. It appears chevy knows there was a problem and does not want to fess up to it. The lock not working does cause a safety hazard since they are automatic and are expected to work for that safety condition.

I attempted to open my driver side door. The chrome is beginning to peel off and it sliced into my middle finger. My wife cut her finger on the chrome handle yesterday.

2008 chevy Suburban- all locks have stopped working have been told it is the lock actuator. Huge safety issue as I can not get children out of car. The actuators have failed on every lock in the vehicle, unacceptable!.

We had to change a rear driver side tire because we needed to add air to the tire and the sensor control was broken. We took the tire off and replaced it with the spare. When retrieving the spare we had a very difficult time getting it off the spare tire holder winch. After struggling with the spare tire for 30 minutes we got it released and when we tried to hoist the winch back up, it would not go up. We tried repeatedly for another 30 minutes without any success. We had to remove the entire tire winch holder part so it wouldn't hang down while driving. I have been calling all morning to try to find the part and draper Chevrolet said they have had a lot of problems with this part but mainly when customers are trying to retrieve the tire. My incident is different since it wouldn't go back up. Draper Chevrolet did not have this part in stock and I have been calling salvage shops as well without any success. I am currently driving without a spare and I drive 60 miles a day on the highway and this is unsafe to be driving without a spare tire because the other tires sensor stem broke on its own. When calling draper Chevrolet they said the part cost $170. 42 new but they do not have the part in stock. I work 8:30 a. M. To 6:00 p. M. Monday thru Friday and can only take care of this on the weekend. Which this weekend is christmas day. I hope you understand my predicament and can help me in some way to rectify this problem. I come from a general motors family and have always been able to count on general motors doing the right thing. Thank you for your consideration.

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Have replaced 3 electric door locks, each several months apart. I transport several of my grand kids and assume that I have locked the doors with my automatic lock only to find out the plugger is not working. This could lead to one of my children opening the door and following out.

Rear glass will open on its own while driving.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that there was no key slot for the rear hatch and now the switch, which was on the drivers side will not open the vehicle. The contact was unable to open the window on the rear hatch as well. The dealer stated it was not under warranty, but the module that controls the rear hatch and window had failed. The failure mileage was 60000 and the current mileage was 61000.

2007 chevy Suburban - inside door handles - chrome peeling off and cutting hands and fingers! potential to occur every time you open the door!.

About once every 7-8 months the power door locks on my 1999 Chevrolet Suburban k1500 fail. When this occurs the doors do not open from the inside or from the outside at times. In case of a fire or accident you can remain trapped inside. I have replaced them several times. The five actuators from ac delco take turns going bad. I have replaced them at least 2x in the two years I have owned the truck.

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I own a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban. Over a 6 month period, three (3) of the door lock actuators have stopped working and were replaced. Now the fourth one has stopped working. General motors has done nothing to remedy the problem after making them aware of it. The failure of the door lock actuators is constant. There were no events leading to the failure other than an inferior part. The only way to unlock the rear doors is to crawl over the front seats into the rear of the vehicle. In the event of a traffic accident this will become a safety hazard due to the following reasons. 1. The power locks inside the door and the remote fail to unlock doors 2. There are no key holes on the rear doors to unlock them in the event of a crash 3. This will lead to entrapment inside of the vehicle if the doors are locked in a crash.

There is a recall for the chrome door handles on the 2007 Chevrolet tahoe, but I am having the same problem with the chrome in my 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. The dealer says the Suburban is not part of the recall even though it is the exact same problem in almost the same car. This recall needs to be expanded. I have had two people cut their hands on my door handle, and I'm going to just sand it down myself or wrap it with duct tape.

2007 Chevrolet Suburban interior door handles are peeling the top layer of metal off. This metal exposes extremely sharp surfaces. Two members of my family have cut their fingers on the door handles.