2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 brakes problems
65 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500, which is 29% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 65 29% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 102,000 miles 58 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 6 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 58 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 102,000 miles, and 16% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes.
What owners wrote
Corroded brake lines on 2003 chevrolet suburban caused a front end crash when brake line burst at corrosion. I was lucky to have had a snow bank in my path and not another car. I applied the brakes coming to a stop light when the brake pedal went to the floor. Myself and my wife went through the red light, unable to stop, with no traffic coming from the cross street, luckily.
I just started leasing the vehicle from quality auto that says that the car is road ready but have lots of hazardous things to it a very bad gas leak that there taking there time to fix and my hood of my car won't stay down ...it's 7 days into my car lease and there promises have been broken and won't trade me another car .
Other problems reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1500
- Electrical system 60 complaints
- Body & structure 16 complaints