Chevrolet Suburban / 2017
2017 Chevrolet Suburban problems
Owners have filed 186 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Suburban with NHTSA. Service brakes account for 22% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 21%.
Complaints186
Crashes8
Fires3
Injuries9
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Service brakes 22.0% · 41
Power train 21.0% · 39
Engine 13.4% · 25
Electrical system 11.3% · 21
Unknown or other 9.7% · 18
Vehicle speed control 3.2% · 6
Steering 3.2% · 6
Exterior lighting 2.7% · 5
Severity
Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 9 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 29 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban in this data, 2017 sits 20th by complaint volume. 1994 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 52 in the last three years against 71 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 51,000 miles.
In owners' own words
We bought this vehicle and immediately had issues with the brakes. When you try and pump the brakes at a slow rate, the brakes harden up and has almost caused several accidents. We called the dealership and they said it was something we had to fix on our own and there was no recall. Looks like this is very common in these cars and you need to be aware. This is an expensive maintenance that has to be fixed. Service brakes · reported at 55,000 miles
Stuck in drive gears. Gears will not shift. Brake pedal stuck. Occurred suddenly with warning. Very dangerous. Previously the vehicle brakes pedal was stuck in the upward position. Would not go down. Had to fix it . Chevy is not taking responsibility. This is life threatening. Service brakes
antilock brake system makes it hard to press brakes mostly traveling at lower speed like when iâm parking. previously had it reprogrammed because of a recall but it continues to have this issue periodically. now iâm being told I need to replace to brake vacuum? Service brakes
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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