Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 05/01/2009 | 150000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 1999 chevrolet suburban. the contact stated when the brake were applied at a low speed the antilock system came on and caused the brakes to fail. while driving 60 mph the power steering failed. there was a plastic electronic variable orifice ring with wires attached to the steering sensor which caused the steering to be uncontrollable when driving. the dealer was not contacted. the manufacturer stated that there were no recalls for his vin on any of the failures. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 150,000 and the current mileage was 197,000. | |||
| 05/01/2009 | 150000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 1999 chevrolet suburban. the contact stated when the brake was applied at low speed the antilock system comes on. this causes the braking system to not stop the vehicle. also while driving 60 mph the power steering fail. there was a plastic ring which is called the electronic variable orifice that has wires that goes to the steering sensor caused the steering to be uncontrollable when driving. the dealer was not contacted. the manufacturer was contacted who stated there was no recall for his vin on any of these failures. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 150,000 and the current mileage was 197,000....mw | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 04/06/2007 | 92125 | 3 | 03/15/1998 |
| While driving at 55 mph on dry concrete limited access highway on interstate i-820 southbound, approaching i-30 westbound at interstate interchange, slowed to 50 mph as turning to right at approximately 30-45 degrees of steering wheel input were applied to start right sweeping turn from tangent direction. ) as desired steering angle was reached, steering angle was unintentionally increased by the power steering system. vehicle turn rate to the right exceeded the necessary amount and vehicle initiated a turn-in oversteer. steering angle was reduced, but when re-initiated, the turn-in oversteer recurred. this situation continued to plague this vehicle, today. no repairs have been attempted, since the dealership won't agree that anything is wrong.*ak | |||
| 11/17/2006 | 88858 | 20 | 03/21/1998 |
| The variable effort steering on my 1999 chevrolet suburban c1500 is failing to attenuate during almost all turns from tangent. i get almost full power assist at road speeds from 45 to 70 mph; this can be quite unnerving even at slight steering wheel inputs. usually there is a break point at which the attenuation is normal up to that point, but beyond the break point, the wheel becomes quite light. when this occurs, the steering input torque at the wheel is decidedly too much and more steering than necessary enuses. on dry pavement, i have actually heard the rear tires sliding during interstate interchange driving. on wet pavement, even with new tires and proper inflation, this is getting quite scary. *nm | |||