2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 problems
Owners have filed 131 complaints with NHTSA about the 2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. Next are body & structure (15%) and latches & locks (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 131 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 91 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 14 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 91 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 69,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 108,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 15 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban 1500 with enough data (56 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet suburban 1500 with bridgestone dueler h/l alenza tires, size 275/55r20, DOT number: x2aeh56407. The contact was driving 45 MPH when the front driver side tire slowly deflated, causing the thread to separate from the tire. The vehicle then rolled off the road and flipped over twice, causing extensive damages to the vehicle. The contact was knocked unconscious and was transported to the hospital.
I was driving on 7th ave and a car ran a stop sign at an intersection. It was dark early morning. I hit the car coming across and drove it into a tree.the driver in the camry had to be cut out of her car . My car had the front end severely damaged. Almost $10,000 damage to my car. The airbags did not activate. I asked the body shop doing the work and the state farm insurance claims person about why they did not work and was told the accident may not have been severe enough or the angle we hit did not require them…
Complaint to document a safety issue on a 2008 chevy suburban. Sharp edges on interior door handles causing serious injuries to the hands of passengers. The chrome finish is delaminating from the interior door handles causing sharp knife like edges as noted on several 2007 GM models in defect investigation report ea10004. My 2008 chevrolet suburban has the same problem as described in the previous investigation.
We have a 2008 chevy suburban and there seems to be a defect in the electric door locks. First the front passenger door lock went out that was fixed under warranty. About a month the drivers side doorlock stopped working. It appears to me that it is a defect. The dealership told me the repair would require a new wiring harness now since chevy had changed the locking wiring to an new design in 2009 and the 2008 was no longer available. It appears chevy knows there was a problem and does not want to fess up to it.
The wheel bearings on the right front wheel became unsealed. We were driving on a four-lane highway. The antilock breaking and stabilitrack warning lights came on. We did not know why. We continued to drive home on the interstate with about 100 miles to go. The car steering became intermittently difficult to control. Eventually we stopped when the car was pulling drastically to the right and the wheel well was smoking.