Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 05/02/2008 | 68000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet suburban 1500. upon inspection of the vehicle, the emergency brake did not function and the vehicle failed inspection. there is an open and closed investigation regarding this failure. the vin and investigation number were unknown. the failure mileage was 68,000. | |||
| 03/03/2008 | 10 | 2600 | 11/11/2000 |
| I own a 2001 chevrolet suburban 1500 2wd 5.3l v8 with automatic transmission. this vehicle was bought new and from day one, the emergency brake has been completely ineffective in holding the vehicle when applied. a cursory check on the internet reveals that this is a widespread and very well-known problem for owners of similar gm vehicles. visits to two separate gm dealerships in dallas confirm that the dealers know of this as a widespread and well-known problem as well. oddly, the nhtsa had a chance to review this vehicle safety defect at the request of the north carolina consumer council back in 2005, yet the nhtsa decided at the time that this defect did not warrant a safety recall. the summary concludes that for auto-transmission-equipped vehicles, the presence of a park pawl serves as sufficient holding power for these vehicles and therefore the appeal for a safety recall was denied. there is at least one major problem with this conclusion -- no state is going to allow a vehicle without a working parking brake to pass a state safety inspection. i know this first hand, at least in texas i do. it of course makes no sense for the nhtsa to have a different standard of vehicle safety than the constituent states do. either this is an issue worthy of a national safety recall, or the lack of a working parking brake should not serve as a vehicle for failure of a state safety inspection. *tr | |||
| 11/01/2001 | 500 | 1000 | 10/01/2001 |
| Parking brakes fails to work. tried to adjust. did everything short of replacing to whole thing. i did not work from day one. *tr | |||
| 08/14/2006 | 1 | ||
| Emergency brake went out for no reason. we have never used emergency brake since owning the car in 2001. *jb | |||
| 10/21/2006 | 66000 | 1 | |
| The parking brakes have failed and unable to restrict movement of the vehicle. this was discovered while a safety inspection was performed. the cost to repair the parking brake system is extensive. *nm | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| 05/13/2007 | 10328 | 2 | |
| Parking brake, failure to disengage or indicate that the brake was engaged, leading to wear of the rear rotor/drum, and requiring replacement. replaced once, only to have it happen again. parking brake was a safety feature that should be subject to recall. *ak | |||