2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

AT RANDOM YOU WILL JUST BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND A MESSAGE COMES ON THAT SAYS REDUCE ENGINE POWER AND THE T/C LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, IS VERY UNSAFE, AND IS GETTING WORSE. WE HAVE HAD WORK DONE TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM BUT ITS STILL HAPPENING. WE DON'T HAVE TONS OF MONEY TO FIX THIS, LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, AND HAVE 5 KIDS. THIS IS OUR ONLY TRANSPORTATION AND WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE LOAN ON THE THING AND ITS TURNING INTO YARD ART. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON RT.1 IN DELAWARE I SEEN A CAR ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND OFF THE ROAD I APPLIED MY BRAKES HARD TO STOP AND HELP THAT IS WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED. AFTER CHECKING ON THE DRIVER I LIMPED MY TRUCK TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND DISCOVERS MY BRAKE LINE HAD ROTTED OUT UNDER MY TRUCK BY THE FRONT WHEEL. THE CLIPS THAT SECURE THE BRAKE LINE TO THE FRAME SEEM TO BE THE PROBLEM. *TR

STEEL BRAKE LINES ON VEHICLE ARE SEVERELY CORRODED WITH OBVIOUS SECTION LOSS. BASED UPON MY EXPERIENCE WITH A SIMILAR VEHICLE, A LINE FAILURE DUE TO RUPTURE IS IMMINENT AND ALL LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WILL BE NEITHER AN EASY NOR AN INEXPENSIVE TASK. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY IS THAT GM DOES NOT OFFER REPLACEMENT LINE SETS; IT'S ROLL YOUR OWN OR BUY AN (INCOMPLETE) AFTERMARKET SET (NO ONE OFFERS COMPLETE SET FOR JL4 REAR BRAKE ARRANGEMENT). THIS REALLY IS RIDICULOUS GIVEN THE COST, AGE, MILEAGE AND OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE. *KB

FAILURE OF BRAKE LINE AND LOSS OF FLUID WITH NO WARNING LIGHT UNTIL PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MECHANIC HAS REPORTED SEVERE CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINE, CALIPERS, SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY AND NO ACCESS TO THE BRAKE LINE AREA ABOVE THE SPARE TIRE WITHOUT CUTTING THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER ASSEMBLY OUT. ESTIMATE IS OVER $1000 TO REPAIR. BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT A WARNING - VERY SCARY. *TR

MY 2004 SUBURBAN IS EXTREMELY WELL CARED FOR. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 51,000 MILES AND IS KEPT IN PERFECT RUNNING AND PHYSICAL CONDITION. ON 10/8/2011 I WAS PERFORMING AN EXTENSIVE VISUAL CHECK OF THE BRAKE LINE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER READING OF SOME ISSUES WITH SIMILAR VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, I SAW THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEMS HYDRAULIC LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED IN MULTIPLE AREAS. THESE LINES MUST BE REPLACED TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ON A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE AND LIMITED MILEAGE THIS IS HIGHLY WORRISOME. I HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES OF CONSIDERABLY GREATER MILEAGE AND OF OLDER VINTAGE THAT HAVE NOT HAD THIS CORROSION ISSUE. I MENTION THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE SERVICE LIFE, TO DATE, IN THE SAME WEATHER/DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE MATERIALS USED FOR THESE BRAKE LINES ARE OF AN INFERIOR MATERIAL. A RECALL IS ABSOLUTELY IN ORDER AS THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING REPAIR THAT IS THE RESULT OF POOR QUALITY PARTS. *KB

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

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND REDUCED ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. MY SUBURBAN SLOWS TO ABOUT 35MPH AND WILL NOT GO ANY FASTER. THIS OCCURS ABOUT 15 TIMES A MONTH. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE DRIVING BEHIND ME WHEN IT COMES TO A SUDDEN SLOW IF I CAN NOT GET OFF THE ROAD. WE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO A DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. WE HAVE CHANGED THE THROTTLE PEDAL POSITIONING SENSOR, MAP SENSOR, CRANK SENSOR, KNOCK SENSOR, SPARK PLUGS, SPARK PLUG WIRES. NOTHING HAS WORKED. *TR

I STARTED THE HOMEWARD SEGMENT OF AN 800 MILE TRIP ON JULY 4TH WEEKEND. SPEEDOMETER APPEARS TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY BECAUSE I MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRST POLICE RADAR CHECKPOINT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND ENTERED A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. AFTER DRIVING AN ESTIMATED 50 MILES FOR THE DAY I WAS STOPPED BY THE STATE POLICE. HE SAID THAT HIS RADAR HAD ME GOING 74 IN A 55 SPEED ZONE WHEN ME SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 55 MPH. WHEN THE OFFICER INFORMED ME OF MY SPEED, I LOOKED AT MY SPEEDOMETER AND SAW THE NEEDLE WAS BELOW 0 MPH. THE SCARY PART OF THIS IS THAT I DID NOT REALIZE THAT I WAS GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, PROBABLY BECAUSE I WAS ACCLIMATED TO THE HIGHER INTERSTATE SPEED, MY SPEED ODOMETER INDICATED I WAS TRAVELING THE SPEED LIMIT, AND UP UNTIL THIS TIME I HAD NO INDICATION THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I CONTINUED WITH THE TRIP AND USED MY GPS TO KEEP ME AT A SAFE SPEED THE REST OF THE TRIP. I COMPARED THE SPEEDOMETER MPH WITH THE GPS MPH MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE TRIP. THE SPEED ODOMETER WENT DOWN TO 0 MPH WHEN I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH AFTER DRIVING AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL 40 MILES. AFTER DRIVING AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILES THE SPEED ODOMETER WAS INDICATING THE CORRECT SPEED. THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED ABOUT 70% OF THE TRIP. IT WOULD ALTERNATE BETWEEN NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND WORKING CORRECTLY THROUGHOUT THE TRIP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CHEVY DEALER THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY BACK HOME. THE DEALER SAID THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MUST BE REPLACED. I AUTHORIZED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS GOING BACK TO BE REFURBISHED. THIS FAILURE COMPROMISED NOT ONLY MY SAFETY BUT ALSO MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS. RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I AM FINDING THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD. *TR