1999 GMC Suburban

DOOR ACUATORS FAULTY. POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED. FUEL GUAGE FAULTY. SECURITY SYSTEM OVERRIDES STARTER WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE STARTED. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE "SERVICED" THREE TIMES FOR "DOOR ACTUATORS" AS WE WERE TOLD THIS IS WHAT WAS CAUSING SECURITY SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN VEHICLE. THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. GMC NATIONAL SERVICE CENTER WAS NOT HELPFUL. THEY DID NOT RETURN CALLS OR SET-UP SPECIAL SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT LOCAL DEALER AS THEY PROMISED. THERE ARE SEVERAL INCIDENT DATES OF WHEN WE COULD NOT START OUR VEHICLE. WILL USE JULY 29TH AS ONE DATE, UNABLE TO START VEHICLE WHILE ON SUMMER VACATION IN LAKE TAHOE AREA. IF THIS HAPPENS DURING REAL EMERGENCY IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE.

REPEATED EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE PADS AND NOW ON REAR BRAKE DRUMS. WE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE DRIVERS AND TYPICALLY GET 80-100,000 MILES ON A SET OF BRAKES. THIS IS OUR SECOND SET OF FRONT PADS. WE DO TOW HEAVY LOADS. THE SUBURBAN IS EQUIPPED WITH A HEAVY DUTY TOWING PACKAGE . IT HAS ALREADY HAD THE STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE FRONT PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND THE REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED, ALSO THE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE BRAKES JUST DO NOT SEEM OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO STOP A VEHICLE OF THIS MASS TOWING LOAD. WE'VE OWNED SUBURBAN'S SINCE 1973 SO WE DO FEEL WE HAVE A DEGREE OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA. FINALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND A BUMP IS HIT, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTS OUT FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/6-1/5 OF A SECOND CAUSING EVERYTHING TO GO DARK. I SUSPECT AN EXPOSURE IN A WIRING HARNESS. *JB *****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****763731

WHILE ENGAGED IN A TURNING MANEUVER, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY APPLIES MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE, STARTLING THE DRIVER AND CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE SUDDENLY. THIS MOVEMENT IN TURN CUASES THE FRONT WHEELS TO TURN SUDDENLY WHILE IN A TURING MANEUVER. IF THE DRIVER IS NOT EXTREMELY ATTENTIVE, THIS PROBLEM CAN EASLIY CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS I UNDERSTAND FROM LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS AND A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET AND GMC TRUCKS AND SUBURBANS.

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN TRAFFIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING PUMP FAILED, FORCING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. CONSUMER STATED THAT BRAKING SYSTEM ALSO RAN THROUGH THIS STEERING PUMP, AND SHOULD BE UNDER SEPARATE SYSTEMS. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND WAS REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER'S CAR WAS PULLING TO RIGHT AND BRAKING TO LEFT. TOOK TO DEALER, AND AND THEY ALIGNED FRONT END, AND DID REPAIRS ON BRAKES AND KNUCKLES. *AK THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. THERE WAS WIND NOISE FROM RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE IDLES ROUGH DUE TO DIRTY INJECTORS. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AT SPEEDS OF 80-90 MPH DUE TO BENT WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A WEAK BATTERY. THE STEERING MOANS WHEN TURNING DUE TO FAILURE OF EVO SENSOR ON STEERING COLUMN. *YH

STEERING WOULD JERK LEFT/RIGHT INTERMITTENTLY UNDER LOAD (WHILE NEGOTIATING BEND IN ROAD). PROBLEM PROGRESSED TO POWER ASSIST FAILURE. LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DIRECTED US BACK TO SPECIFIC PERSON AT DEALERHIP TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE SENT SEVERAL SUBURBAN OWNERS THERE WITH SAME COMPLAINT. DEALER REPLACED SOMETHING IN GEAR BOX. PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED AND HAS WORSENED. TRUCK BACK IN SHOP THIS WEEK. DEALER IS INVESTIGATING.